George Mason University men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach Peter Ward has announced his retirement after starting the program 25 years ago.
With two recent victories each, the Langley Saxons in girls high-school basketball action and the Marshall Statesmen on the boys side extended their winning streaks and remained in first place with undefeated 7-0 records in the Liberty District.
Billy Emerson now has one more significant achievement to add to an already accomplished list of baseball milestones and involvements.
There always are surprises to any high-school sports season, and nothing is different this winter when it comes to the local girls and boys varsity basketball campaigns.
Winning certainly helps, but overall, Sedrick Winston said his transition in becoming the new Flint Hill Huskies girls head basketball coach has gone as smoothly as possible.
It’s always a big deal, and has been for years, when the Madison Warhawks and Oakton Cougars meet in girls basketball action.
The Langley Saxons had two individual champions to help the high-school wrestling team recently finish third in a tournament at Paul VI Catholic in Chantilly.
With a 13-2 record, the Potomac School Panthers were ranked fifth in the initial Division I Virginia private-school state poll of the 2022-23 girls basketball season.
With victories over the Chantilly Chargers and Centreville Wildcats in their first two Concorde District basketball games of the high-school season, the Madison Warhawks’ teams were atop the girls and boys standings when the week began.
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The Marshall Statesmen (13-2, 5-0) won twice against Liberty District boys basketball opponents last week to take over sole possession of first place with a two-game lead.
To any reporter who regularly takes notes the old-fashioned way – by writing things down – a box of brand new No. 2 wooden pencils anytime of the year is an outstanding, much-appreciated and cherished present.
The Langley and Madison high school athletic programs were among 178 recognized statewide by the Virginia High School League for making the 2022 fall sportsmanship honor roll.
So far, the McLean Highlanders have been “finding ways” this season.
Six Madison Warhawks High School football players were chosen to the Virginia High School League Class 6 all-state teams.
With a 5-0 record, the Langley Saxons ice hockey club team began the new year in first place in the Adams Division of the Northern Virginia School Hockey League.
With six pins and a forfeit, the host Marshall Statesmen rallied to defeat the Yorktown Patriots, 42-34, in a Liberty District high-school wrestling match.
The Madison Warhawks split non-district games with the host West Potomac Wolverines on Jan. 7 in girls and boys action. The Madison girls (10-2) won 37-35 and the Madison boys (8-4) lost 67-61.
Seven players who were teammates on last summer’s age 17-under AAU Team Prolook boys basketball squad took up different sides for the high-school championship game of the recent George Long Holiday Hoops Tournament.
The Langley Saxons (11-3, 4-0) defeated the Yorktown Patriots, 42-29, and Washington-Liberty, 51-27, in Liberty District girls high-school basketball games last week to improve their winning streak to six.
