For Daniel Ferguson, it’s plain and simple. Antuon Townsend was the best, most fun and friendliest basketball trainer and coach he ever had. 

The Fairfax Christian School boys basketball team recently won the Virginia Indepedent School Division III state championship, going 3-0 in the tournament.

The Marymount University baseball team earned some preseason recognition when the Saints were ranked No. 1 in the Atlantic East Conference preseason poll.

Numerous varsity high-school girls and boys basketball players were chosen to all-district and all-region teams for their performances during the shortened 2020-21 season.

As expected for a state-championship team, multiple basketball players for the Madison Warhawks earned all-district and all-region recognition for helping the girls high-school team finish 16-1.

The Marymount University baseball team has received some preseason recognition and the men's and women's basketball teams are playing games. See details below.

Following is a roundup of how local athletes performed in various Virginia High School League Class 6 state competitions, along with some region-tourney and other events.

The Madison High School girls basketball team won the Virginia High School League's Class 6 girls state championship on its home court the night of Feb. 20 in Vienna.

For decades, the Madison Warhawks have been a perennial girls high-school basketball power, winning hundreds of games and all the biggest tournaments, with the last three seasons have been especially accomplished.

A year later, the Madison Warhawks are sole state champions – a task the girls basketball team had initially hoped to accomplish in early March of 2020.

YORKTOWN SIGNING CEREMONY: A dozen Yorktown High School athletes participate in recent college signing ceremonies to continue their playing careers at the next level.

There are few athletic teams that prefer long layoffs without real playing action or competition. That’s pretty much the case in every sport. The inactivity can dull the timing and precision and slow the senses.

They deviated from their winning playoff formula en route to dominating a recent region tournament with a 3-0 record, but the Madison Warhawks found another way to win in a state-tournament semifinal contest.