News: Loudoun County Honors 13 to Play in College

(June 7, 2011) - Loudoun County High School gathered all of their Class of 2011 College Bound Student Athletes for a group photo. All of these young men and women have committed to continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level.

They are, from left to right, in the above photo:
Front Row:
Sydney Hewartson, Ferrum College, Girl's Lacrosse
Kathleen Horvath, University of Albany,

News: Loudoun Valley Hires Tuscarora Wrestling Coach Barden as New Assistant Athletic Director

(June 2, 2011) - Tuscarora High School wrestling coach, a Loudoun Valley graduate, is returning home as he has been hired as the Vikings new Assistant Athletic Director.

Barden, formerly an assistant wrestling coach at Loudoun County, was hired a year ago to start the new Huskies program.

Barden grew up in Loudoun, attending Hamilton Elementary, Blue Ridge Middle School and Loudoun Valley High

Wrestling: Freedom Finishes 12th in AA with Gaetani and Timbers Both 3rd; Loudoun Has 8 Place in States

(Feb. 24, 2011) - Freedom High School, with three medalists including a pair of third place finishes by 130-pounder Sean Gaetani and 285-pounder DaQuante Timbers, came away with a 12th place finish last weekend at the AA state wrestling meet in Salem.

The Eagles, with their highest state tournament finish ever, were just eight points away from 10th.

"It is also the 2nd year in a row where we

Wrestling: Three Loudoun Athletes Advance to AA State Semifinals

(Feb. 19, 2011) - Loudoun wrestlers had a good first day at the VHSL AA state meet in Salem with three athletes advancing to the semifinals: Potomac Falls 145-pounder Batchka Zulkhuu, Loudoun County 160-pounder Kenton Perrez and Freedom heavyweight DaQuante Timbers.

All three cruised on Friday with Zulkhuu advancing with two falls, the first in 3:13 and the second in a quick 35 seconds. Perez

Freedom Names Baseball, Wrestling Coaches

News from Freedom Athletic Director Matt Oblas today as the Eagles have a new wrestling coach and a new baseball coach. Here is the release from Oblas:
"The Freedom Athletic Department is excited to announce two new head varsity coaches. Kent Nagy will serve as the head varsity wrestling coach. Kent was previously a JV head wrestling coach at Freedom and had previously worked as the head

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