The Madeira School recently recognized three high-school female student-athletes who signed college letters of intent.

It used to be that taking team photos of championship sports squads wasn’t a big deal or all that popular. A team would win a title, gather with a trophy and banner, and a few would be on hand to snap a picture.

Right from the start, the Madison Warhawks struggled to get into a rhythm on offense or defense Nov. 22 in a semifinal home game of the 6D North Region football tournament playoffs.

Four Langley High School seniors were chosen to the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 all-state first team in girls field hockey.

Flint Hill School senior girls volleyball standout Sydney Reed was chosen as the Virginia Independent Schools Division I state Player of the Year.

Langley High School softball player Sidney Torres has signed a letter of intent to play in college at Division I George Washington University.

For a girls volleyball program that started in 2015 on just the junior varsity level, the Potomac School Panthers have made big strides.

By rushing for 2,097 yards on 271 carrier this season, Langley Saxons running back Tre Vasiliadis finished his high-school varsity football career with 4,156 yards (631 carries) and scored 35 touchdowns, including 15 this fall.

With a strong finish to the season, the Potomac School Panthers capped their 2019 campaign with a state championship banner.

The Yorktown Patriots held on to defeat the visiting Marshall Statesmen, 28-23, on Nov. 15 in a first-round 6D North Region tournament high-school football game.

The Langley Saxons won the Virginia High School League's Class 6 girls state field hockey championship on Nov. 16 with a dominating 4-1 victory over the Kallam Knights in the title match at South County High School.

No more, maybe.

Led by two runners finishing in the top 10, the Oakton Cougars finished second in the Virginia High School League’s boys Class 6 state cross-country meet Nov. 16 at Great Meadow in The Plains.

With a stingy defensive performance, the Madison Warhawks (8-3) opened the 6D North Region high-school football playoffs with a 34-0 first-round home victory over the No. 7-seed Centreville Wildcats on Nov. 16.

All season long, the Langley Saxons knew what they wanted at the end, but the girls field hockey team remained focused on accomplishing the immediate tasks at hand and avoided looking ahead to that ultimate goal.

For the first time since 1980, the Langley Saxons will play in a state-championship field hockey match.

At last! A visual two-step process has begun with the hope of helping to eliminate, or certainly lessen the number of those annoying delay-of-game penalties in high school football.

This season’s Division I state championship volleyball match was similar to last fall’s with some early suspense for the ultimate champion Flint Hill Huskies.

With bookend victories to their regular season, including a memorable 17-7 final-game home win over their neighborhood rival Langley Saxons on Nov. 8, the McLean Highlanders had a big bounce-back campaign in 2019.

As they have done for so many years, the Oakton Cougars packed the top 20 to dominate and win another boys region cross country championship.

It took 39 years, but the Langley Saxons have returned to the throne as region field-hockey champions.

The host Langley Saxons lost to the Washington-Liberty Generals in the recent championship match of the Liberty District girls volleyball tournament.

Pretty much all season long, a big key to the Flint Hill Huskies’ tremendous championship success on the volleyball court was building significant leads early in each set, taking away the pressure and getting in a comfort zone.

A unique thing about many high-school cross country courses is that spectators are often right there with the runners, with very often ropes throughout the entire course, preventing them from wandering onto the course in various places, sometimes inadvertently getting in the way.

What became a championship soccer season for the Potomac School Panthers began with a mediocre start for the high-school boys team.

The continuing impressive dominance has become so longstanding for the Flint Hill Huskies, keeping track of the girls volleyball team’s list of various championships and victory streaks sometimes becomes a challenge as the numbers have become so lofty.

There will be no state-title three-peat for the Flint Hill Huskies this fall, but the high-school football team did maintain its status as a league champion.

The Madison Warhawks (6-3, 2-1) remained in second place in the Concorde District with a 41-0 home shutout over their neighborhood rival Oakton Cougars on Nov. 1 in high-school football action.

There was a brief but entertaining light show the night of Oct. 30 during a girls high-school district-tournament championship volleyball match at Langley High School.

For the third straight season and eighth time in the past 10 high-school football campaigns, the neighborhood rival Flint Hill Huskies and Potomac School Panthers will meet in the final regular-season game for both that will decide the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference champion.