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.
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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.
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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.
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Woodbridge High School has hired Alex Urquhart as its new head football coach.
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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.
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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 Sarratt has already withdrawn from Colonial Forge.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.
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Tony Lilly has stepped down as Hylton High School’s head football coach.
The chart with this story displays the Sun Gazette's all-Arlington high-school football selections for the 2019 season.
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The 30th annual awards banquet for the Northern Virginia Football Hall of Fame is Sunday, March 8 at the McLean Hilton Hotel.
It was a perfect place to hold a celebration of life for Bill Murphy because the Vienna Post 180 American Legion Hall on Center Street was at one time kind of his second home.
WRESTLING: Wakefield High School’s Cameron Queen placed fifth at 152 pounds at the Battle of the Bridge holiday wrestling competition at Woodbridge High School.
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Friday marks the last day of school before students begin Christmas break. But for Patriot’s Tim Baldwin and Freedom’s Vershon Lee, it marks the last day of high school for good.
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After his son announced his college choice Tuesday afternoon at Woodbridge High School, Reuben Adams Sr. took a deep breath and exhaled.
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Karla King anxiously awaited her first face-to-face meeting with Ed Orgeron.
Highlighted by Yorktown Patriots’ senior John Pius being chosen the Defensive Player of the Year, multiple high-school football players from Arlington were 6D North All-Region selections for their 2019 performance.
Highlighted by a number of first-team selections, multiple football players from Langley, Madison, Marshall and McLean high schools were 6D North All-Region choices for their performances during the 2019 season.
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Brandon Williamson (Patriot) is one of 40 players invited to participate in the inaugural 2019 adidas MLS College Showcase Dec. 13-15 in Raleigh, N.C.
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VHSL STATE FOOTBALL FINAL SCHEDULE (all games Saturday, Dec. 14)
The Arlington-based Virginia Hurricanes age 13-14 girls NFL flag football team won the Washington Redskins regional championship on a field next to RFK Stadium in recent days.
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Stone Bridge senior linebacker Mikail Kamara said he saw the golden opportunity before him when North Stafford was backed up near its end zone in the middle of the second quarter and was about to punt.
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STATE SEMIFINALS (all games Saturday, Dec. 7)
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Hylton graduate Donovan Williams announced Friday on Twitter that he will transfer from the University of Connecticut.
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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.
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