The upcoming NFL season, if it is played, will be M.J. Stewart’s third, and the Yorktown High School graduate is more than eager for this month’s training camp then the 2020-21 season to start.
Sports
For years, as a youth coach and administrator of multiple sports, Bill Cervenak was a pillar in the Vienna community, touching hundreds of lives.
There was a “light show of solidarity” the night of May 4 and 5on the athletic fields of Arlington County’s three public high schools.
featured
Travon McMillian likes having a plan in place rather than shooting from the hip. It’s how he operates, but even more so right now as he balances his football aspirations with the reality of every-day living.
featured
Clint Sintim arrived at his first college football coaching job in the summer of 2013 with a suitcase, a used Lincoln LS he bought off Craig’s List and an open mind. If he was going to understand life as a college football coach, he had to start somewhere unfamiliar with only the bare necessities.
featured
Stonewall Jackson High School graduate Reggie Floyd will get his initial NFL shot with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted rookie free agent.
featured
Briar Woods High School graduate Brandon Polk signed with the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted rookie free agent Saturday after the conclusion of the 2020 NFL Draft.
featured
Stone Bridge High School graduate Aaron Crawford has signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted rookie free agent.
featured
The Washington Redskins selected Ohio State defensive end Chase Young with the No. 2 overall pick Thursday in the 2020 NFL Draft.
His most successful position in football last fall, as well as winning a state-championship event during the winter’s indoor track and field season made the Wakefield Warriors’ senior Isaiah Mefford may be the high-school’s most accomplished overall athlete throughout the 2019-20 calendar year.
As has been the case for years, hundreds attended the annual Northern Virginia Football Hall of Fame awards banquet, this year held March 6 in the grand ballroom of the Hilton McLean Tysons, where three new inductees highlighted the 30th event.
featured
Scroll through the roster of any of the eight teams that make up the XFL and you’ll discover the league is made up of guys from major collegiate programs. Ohio State, Penn State, UCLA, and so on.
featured
Hylton High School announced Monday it has hired Nate Murphy as its new head football coach.
featured
When Tatiana Perez first began tagging along at events her father Mike, a member of the Puerto Rican National, United States Army and Army European Championship teams, wrestled or coached in, she probably could not have envisioned herself eventually taking up the sport.
featured
With the 2020 high school football recruiting wrapping up with Wednesday’s national signing day, here are some of the top local recruiting targets for the class of 2021
featured
Hylton High School graduate Ricky Slade has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, according to reports.
featured
Undersized with little playing experience, Justin Peterson began his sophomore season at Patriot High School destined for the junior varsity football team. His only chance of earning a promotion to varsity was at a position he learned the year before as the Pioneers’ freshman team center.
featured
Stonewall Jackson High School now has two football underclassmen with offers from Alabama.
He was selective about his pursuit of a head-coaching position, but in time that strategy paid off, and David Murray got the job he wanted most.
The national tournament did not start well for the Virginia Hurricanes, but the competition certainly ended the best way possible for the Arlington-based girls flag football team - as champions.
Listening to Tre Vasiliadis, he’s as equally excited about attending Carnegie Mellon University to become a member of its renowned business school as the Langley High School senior is about playing football for the Division III college in Pittsburgh.
popular
Alex Urquhart’s orientation finished around 2:20 p.m. But as he left the Edward L. Kelly Leadership Center Thursday, Woodbridge High School’s new head football coach kept moving. There was no down time.
featured
Woodbridge High School has hired Alex Urquhart as its new head football coach.
featured
University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban visited Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas Tuesday.
Yorktown High School senior defensive end John Pius on defense and junior wide receiver Max Patterson on offense were chosen second-team all-state in the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 category.
LANGLEY SENIOR ALL-STATE IN FOOTBALL: Langley High School senior runningback Tre Vasiliadis was chosen second-team all-state in the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 category.
featured
Colonial Forge High School junior Elijah Sarratt announced Sunday on Twitter that he plans to transfer immediately to St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. Sarratt has already withdrawn from Colonial Forge.
The end-zone seats in football and the stands behind the hoops in basketball have long been some of the most famous and popular spots to gather and watch those two sports.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Real-time social media posts from local businesses and organizations across Northern Virginia, powered by Friends2Follow. To add your business to the stream, email cfields@insidenova.com or click on the green button below.
Who to Contact
Prince William/Stafford
David Fawcett, Sports editor- dfawcett@insidenova.com
Arlington/Fairfax
David Facinoli, Sports editor- dfacinoli@SUNGAZETTE.NET
Photo Galleries
75 years of football
featured
Before Prince William County public schools fully integrated in 1966, African Americans competed in football in Prince William County as far back as 1915 for the Manassas Industrial School.
Worth Reading
Trey Shepard’s mind wandered as he walked to the mound for his first start of the season. Pa… Read more
The final shot of Tyler Lloyd’s first varsity start produced an array of emotions that overs… Read more
Josh Square grappled with the enormity of the moment as he stood with Hampton University men… Read more
After finishing his last at-bat near the end of a two-hour evening practice on July 14 at th… Read more
