Girls Soccer: Broad Run, Heritage and Woodgrove All Advance to State Semifnals

(June 8, 2011) - 3-time defending AA girl soccer state champion Broad Run High School advancing to the state semifinals in Radford with an easy 5-1 win over Jamestown Tuesday did not raise many eyebrows.

On the other hand, first-year Woodgrove, a school with no seniors and the No. 6 seed in the Dulles District, winning 4-1 on the road at Warhill to advance to Radford was certainly surprising.

Friday's State Semifinal Schedule

Fri. June 10BaseballState Semifinals: AA at Calfee Park, PulaskiYork vs. Northside, 4 p.m.Broad Run vs. Tunstall, 1 p.m.
SoftballState Semifinals: AA at RadfordBriar Woods vs. Broadway, 10 a.m.Woodgrove vs. Northside, 4 p.m.
Girls SoccerState Semifinals: AA at RadfordWoodgrove vs. Blacksburg, 2 p.m.Broad Run vs. Jefferson Forest, 4 p.m.
AAA at WestfieldHeritage vs. Cox, 3 p.m.Battlefield vs.

Tuesday Night Playoff Scoreboard

Tues. June 7 Playoff Scoreboard
Baseball
State Quarterfinals
York 9, Potomac Falls 7
Northside 12, Cave Spring 11
Broad Run 5, Jamestown 1
Tunstall 6, Brookville 4


Softball
State Quarterfinals
Briar Woods 4, Powhatan 0
Broadway 14, Cave Spring 8
Woodgrove 2, Warhill 1
Northside 3, Abingdon 2

Boys Soccer
State Quarterfinals
Tabb 2, Broad Run 1 (OT)
Jamestown 4, Tuscarora 0

Girls Soccer
AA

Girls Soccer: Broad Run's Church is Region II Player of the Year; Spartans Collins is Coach of the Year

(June 7, 2011) - The Broad Run High School girls soccer team, which opens its quest for a fourth straight state title by hosting Jamestown tonight at 5 p.m. in a state tournament quarterfinal, has swept the Region II awards with senior Whitney Church named Player of the Year and Claire Collins named Coach of the Year.

Virginia High School League
Region II
District (Dulles, Evergreen, Jefferson

Girls Soccer: Heritage Places Three on Northwest Region Team

(June 7, 2011) - The Heritage High School girls soccer team, which plays tonight at Deep Run in the AAA state tournament quarterfinals, has placed three players on the All-Northwest Region team including senior Caitlin Kick and freshman Natalie Perussault on the first team.

NORTHWEST ALL-REGION TEAM

SPORT: GIRL'S SOCCER YEAR: 2011

PLAYER OF THE YEAR ALY SHAUGHNESSY BATTELFIELD

COACH OF

Girls Soccer: VHSL AA State Tournament Bracket

Virginia High School League
2011 AA Girls Soccer State Tournament


Tues. June 7
Quarterfinals at high seed
Woodgrove (Region II runner-up) at Warhill (Region I champ), TBA
Northside (Region III runner-up) at Blacksburg (Region IV champ), 5:30
Jamestown (Region I runner-up) at Broad Run (Region II champ), 5
Hidden Valley (Region IV runner-up) at Jefferson Forest (Region III champ), TBA

Fri. June

Girls Soccer: Broad Run Girls Win 5th Straight Region II Title

Ashburn (June 4, 2011) - The Broad Run High School girls soccer team clinched their fifth consecutive Region II title with a convincing 5-1 win over Dulles District rival Woodgrove Friday night.


The Wolverines are no strangers to the Spartans who have played each other four times this season including this year’s District championship game.

The Spartans controlled the tempo from the onset

Friday Night Playoff Scoreboard

Fri. June 3 Playoff Scoreboard
Baseball
Region II Semifinals
Broad Run 11, Kettle Run 7

Softball
Region II Finals
Woodgrove 5, Briar Woods 2

Boys Soccer
Region II Finals
Broad Run 3, Tuscarora 0

Girls Soccer
Region II Finals
Broad Run 5, Woodgrove 1

Northwest Region Finals
Battlefield 4, Heritage 0

Boys Lacrosse
VHSL Quarterfinals
Albemarle 9, Briar Woods 7
Chantilly 16, Patrick Henry 9

Friday Playoff Schedule: Three Lax Teams Open State Tournament; Six Loudoun Teams Play for Region II Titles; 11 Total in Action!

(June 3, 2011) - A very busy June Friday playoff schedule has three Loudoun lacrosse teams on the road as the state tournament opens and six teams playing locally for Region II titles and the chance to host a state quarterfinal on Tuesday. 
The Briar Woods boys lacrosse team is at Albemarle while the Loudoun Valley girls are facing Madison at Marshall and the Woodgrove girls travel to Osbourn

Girls Soccer: The Kids are All Right! Second-Half Comeback, Dramatic OT Win Puts 1st-Year Woodgrove in States

Woodgrove defense: JR Katie Beebe, SO Bergen ELkjer, SO Brittany Basinger


By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun Editor

Purcellville (June 3, 2011) - When Woodgrove High School girls soccer coach Erin Barrett was finally able to get her young team to settle down Thursday night after a dramatic, 4-3, overtime victory against Freedom clinched a AA state tournament appearance for the first-year program, her

Soccer: Double Trouble! Broad Run Boys and Girls Claim State Tournament Spots

By Alanna Dvorak
Special to VivaLoudoun

Ashburn (June 3, 2011) - Broad Run High School claimed a pair of state playoff berths in boys and girls soccer following Region II semifinal wins Thursday.

The Spartan girls took the field first, defeating John Handley High School, 7-1, in convincing fashion.

All-district midfielder Ellie Zoepfl notched four goals for the Spartans, a personal single-game

Region II: Dulles Shuts Out the Rest of the Region and Sends Seven On to States

(June 2, 2011) - The Dulles District had perhaps one of its greatest days in Region II history, going a perfect 7-for-7 in semifinal contests and setting up all-Dulles District regional finals in boys and girls soccer as well as softball. If Broad Run baseball can win its semifinal with Kettle Run Friday, then it will be a perfect 8-for-8 performance for the Dulles District and an unheard of

Region II: Loudoun Teams Play for State Tournament Spots - Tuscarora Boys Soccer Clinches Bid with Dramatic 2-1 Overtime Win - Complete Skinny from Regional Quarterfinals!

(June 2, 2011) - Before school was even out tonight, the Region II semifinals had produced its first drama as the Tuscarora High School boys soccer team clinched a AA state tournament bid when Angel Ceron-Garcia scored with 15 seconds left in sudden death overtime to give the Huskies a 2-1 win over Kettle Run in a regional semifinal played at Liberty High School.

Like all the semifinals tonight,

Girls Soccer: Surprising Heritage Beats Riverbend in Penalty Kicks to Make AAA State Tournament

Big "Kick": Heritage senior Caitlin Kick's penalty kick seals the Pride's win over Riverbend Wed. in the Northwest Region semifinals

Click here to watch all the PKs from this overtime thriller

Leesburg (June 2, 2011) - They were picked to finish last their five-team district and they lost a regular season game by eight goals, but through it all the Heritage High School girls soccer team

Girls Soccer: Heritage Shifts Regional Semifinal Start Time to 8 p.m.

(June 1, 2011) - Heritage High School has shifted tonight's Northwest Region semifinal girls soccer match with Riverbend to an 8 p.m. start. The Pride advanced with a 4-1 quarterfinal win at Patrick Henry in Roanoke with Natalie Perussault scoring all four goals.

Girls Soccer: Dominion Junior Maria "Mo" Pinkston to Play at NCAA Division I VCU Starting in 2012

photo courtesy Mark Luger
Sterling (Mar. 4, 2011) – Dominion High School junior Maria “Mo” Pinkston, an All-Dulles District midfielder/forward and leading scorer for the Titans, has verbally committed to play soccer in 2012 at NCAA Division I Virginia Commonwealth University.

“Mo is a dynamic force to be reckoned with,” said Dominion head coach Kelly Beauchamp Payne. “She is a creative

Girls Soccer: Stone Bridge's Emily Fredrikson and Julia Harmison Hold College Signing Ceremony

(Mar. 2, 2011) - The defending AAA state champion Stone Bridge High School girls soccer team celebrated two seniors heading to the college ranks next year as Emily Fredrikson and Julia Harmison held signing ceremonies Tuesday. Fredrikson, a key defender for the Bulldogs, will play next year at William and Mary and Harmison, the Bulldogs starting keeper, will play at Carnegie Mellon.

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Soccer: Foxcroft School to Host Free Clinic for Ages 6-16 on Sat. Feb. 26

Middleburg (Feb. 21, 2011) - Coerver Coaching of Virginia will hold a soccer clinic for children ages 6-16 on Saturday, February 26, at Foxcroft School. The clinic, which is free, will run from 11 a.m. to noon, rain or shine.


(In case of inclement weather, the event will move into Foxcroft's spacious Athletic/Student Center.)

To register for the February 26 clinic, please email northernva@

On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa: Welcome to My New Website!

It has been some week for the LPS Monkey!

On Monday DigitalSports.com, the parent company of LoudounPrepSports.com, was bought out by Vantage Learning. (Read the press release here!).

It appeared that I might be staying with LPS for another high school sports year (our fifth!) but I wasn't able to come to terms with the new owners and thus this morning was my last as "editor" of