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This past spring, George Rizzo in baseball and his younger sister, Lanny Rizzo, in girls soccer helped the Highland School of Warrenton win Division II private-school state team championships on the same day on fields near Richmond just a few hours and miles apart.

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By rushing for 897 yards in eight games and scoring multiple touchdowns, Potomac School senior Marcel Gaskins was a first-team Division I all-state selection on offense at runningback for his performance during the fall high-school football season. Gaskins also caught 12 passes for 173 yards.

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The Flint Hill Huskies (5-4, 2-2) finished their high-school football season with a wild 47-46 seesaw home loss to the Maret Frogs on Nov. 5 in a Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference game.

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In a Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference private-school football game Oct. 28 in McLean, the host Potomac School Panthers (5-2, 2-1) remained tied for first place with a 38-35 victory over Maret by gaining 466 total yards, 367 on the ground.

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 In private school action Oct. 21 and 22, the Flint Hill Huskies and Potomac School Panthers were involved in seesaw close high-school football games.

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Playing maybe their best overall game so far this season, the Potomac School Panthers were rewarded with perhaps the high-school football team’s biggest win so far this fall.

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Scanning the schedules in advance, followers of local high-school football teams often circle the dates of the biggest neighborhood-rivalry contests in anticipation of those games.

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Long scoring plays continued for the Flint Hill Huskies as its winning streak grew to  three games, while a trio of lost fumbles were costly for the Potomac School Panthers’ in their first loss of the season in Oct. 8 high-school football games.

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The Madison Warhawks and Flint Hill Huskies earned their second straight wins of the season by blowouts in high-school football games Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, respectively

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While the Madison Warhawks and Flint Hill Huskies earned their second wins of the season by blowouts in high-school football games Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, respectively, three other teams in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas lost by lopsided margins.

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Sparked by scoring three touchdowns on defense, the Flint Hill Huskies (1-2) earned their first victory of the high-school football season the afternoon of Sept. 23 in Richmond with a 37-28 non-conference road victory over the Collegiate Cougars.

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The second-year head coaches of the Flint Hill Huskies and Potomac School Panthers have similar goals and perspectives about their teams’ 2022 high-school football seasons that begin this Labor Day weekend.

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The situation was certainly unique and rare, with a brother coaching a brother on first a high-school team then, a short time later, a summer baseball squad. But the relationship between the two remained solid.

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Flint Hill School shortstop/pitcher J.T. Landwehr was a first-team Division I private-school all-state selection for his performance during the 2022 high-school baseball season.

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With a couple of one-run playoff-tournament victories, including a win over the top seed, the No. 4 seeded Potomac School Panthers find themselves in a familiar and maybe an unlikely spot.

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With a victory in its final regular-season game sometime this week, the McLean Highlanders will finish first in the Liberty District regular-season baseball standings and earn the top seed for the upcoming league tournament.

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The Flint Hill Huskies (12-2, 3-2) won four games in Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference high-school baseball action last week, downing Potomac School, 13-4, Sidwell Friends, 6-4 and swept a double header from St. James, 11-5, and 26-2.

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With a young team that includes only three seniors in the starting lineup, highs and lows were expected for the Marshall Statesmen this season.

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Flint Hill School basketball players Saxby Sunderland (boys) and Kelli Giuliani (girls) were second-team Division I all-state private-school basketball selections for their play during the 2021-22 high-school season.

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After two seasons dormancy because of COVID, the Flint Hill School is again sponsoring its annual boys high-school summer basketball league that will begin the week of June 13.

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For long-distance runners Molly Weithman and Charlie Ortmans, their list of significant accomplishments during the 2021-22 school year recently increased in length with victories at the recent indoor track and field Virginia private-school state meet.

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COLIN O’CONNOR: Great Falls resident Colin O’Connor played in four games during the football season for the U.S. Naval Academy team. The sophomore defensive back accounted for six tackles and two assists. He also was a special-teams player on kickoffs, kickoff return and punt teams.

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It’s hard to fathom now that the seventh leading scorer in NCAA Division II men’s basketball this season was, for a long while, overlooked by top-level college programs during his high-school career.

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