THIS WEEK: The BIG TEN
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Highland survives NSA
5/13/2008
On the phone, as his team made the long bus ride back from Suffolk, VA., Highland softball coach Donald O'Meara proclaimed facetiously, "I'm fine now, but I was in cardiac arrest about 30 minutes ago!" The reason for O'Meara's angst was his team's heart-stopping VIS quarterfinal game at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy. The Hawks held on for a 2-1 victory, but it turned into a white knuckle affair. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horse Sporting Calendar
5/13/2008
MAY 15 Tri-County Feeds nutrition seminar, 7-9 p.m., Nutrena's Dan Snively on feeding the high performance horse, Marshall, free, refreshments served, (540) 364-1891 | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horses and People Briefs
5/13/2008
Party date change The Virginia Point-to-Point Association awards party will be held Sunday June 1 starting at 5 p.m. at Great Meadow in The Plains. The event is free; season-end winners in all categories in the point-to-point series will be recognized. For details, log onto www.CentralEntryOffice.com or call (540) 253-5001. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Friday Liberty vs. Fauquier games Postponed
5/9/2008
Friday's Liberty at Fauquier Baseball and Softball games have been postponed to Monday May 12th at 6:00PM. Liberty at Fauquier boys soccer is postponed to Wednesday May 14th at 7:00PM. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FHS boys lacrosse team whips Culpeper to clinch district title
5/6/2008
With a seven-goal lead at halftime of their 12-2 victory over Culpeper Monday, the Fauquier Falcons knew it'd be only 24 minutes until they became Cedar Run District champions. The also knew the wait would be much longer to see if they'd have to share that title. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fauquier's McCartin accepts football walk-on offer at UVa.
5/6/2008
Suffering a torn ACL last football season didn’t end Kyle McCartin’s scholarship quest, but it made it a more laborious pursuit. In lieu of immediate athletic scholarship offers, the Fauquier High senior decided in early April to attend the University of Virginia next fall and join the football team as an invited walk on. Once recruited by a handful of Division I programs, McCartin will now try to earn a scholarship by climbing up the quarterback depth chart in the coming years. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
This time LHS girls dominate FHS in tennis, 9-0
5/6/2008
As celebrations go, this was pretty tame. It had the kind of hushed tone found amid church pews mid-sermon, altogether appropriate considering this celebration happened mid-match Wednesday in the Liberty Eagles' 9-0 sweep of Fauquier High. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Norman scores five as Eagles wallop Culpeper, 17-12
5/6/2008
While it is always good to get a victory on Senior Night, it is particularly sweet when most of the players on the team are seniors. That was the case Thursday night as the Liberty girls lacrosse team downed Culpeper, 17-12.Liberty scored first on Christy Simmons' goal over a minute into the game. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Battlefield hits 8 home runs, beats Liberty 30-2
5/6/2008
It’s technically possible for a baseball game to never end.Baseball has no time limits, meaning one team could keep on hitting if the other team can’t get them out.Battlefield put that mind-blowing time continuum to the test in Friday’s game against Liberty.The Bobcats batted 19 men and scored 15 runs in the first inning alone. They opened up a 15-0 lead and coasted to a 30-2 victory in a game that did eventually come to an end. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Despite 5-1 loss, Liberty girls improve as game goes on
5/6/2008
Liberty coach Bob Ruhland could not be disappointed at losing to Battlefield Friday night in Haymarket. His girls managed to hold the Cedar Run District's top team to only one second-half goal with underclassmen doing the bulk of the defensive work for him in the backfield. “I don’t ever complain [about] losing to talent,” he said.The Bobcats (11-1) unleashed a fury of goals right out from the gate as part of a 5-1 victory over the Eagles (2-8-1). | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FHS boys tennis (14-0) acing all comers
5/6/2008
The No. 1 team in the Cedar Run District boys tennis standings faced a test Monday. Here was first-place Fauquier, unbeaten this spring, headed to No. 2 Loudoun Valley for a late-season battle. Loudoun Valley had lost twice in league play, so the Falcons already had clinched the district's crown before entering the regular-season finale. The big question was whether the home-court advantage would permit the Vikings to spoil Fauquier's unblemished record. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sixth straight loss continues Falcons' 'tiring' season
5/6/2008
A rolling truck of momentum can't be stopped by optimism alone, especially when loaded with six consecutive losses.As such, the Fauquier Falcons' couldn't avoid a 4-3 loss to the Stonewall Jackson baseball team Thursday in Manassas. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Battlefield overpowers LHS, 5-0, in boys soccer
5/6/2008
If you thought Battlefield was good on grass, you should see them on turf. Playing on an artificial surface for the first time this year didn't faze the Bobcats, who shut out the Liberty, 5-0, in a boys soccer match Friday at Kip Hull Field in Bealeton. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
In a physical rematch, Culpeper edges LHS, 9-7, in boys lacrosse
5/6/2008
After a difficult start to the boys lacrosse season, Liberty picked up its first win over Culpeper on April 7. Last Thursday, Culpeper turned the tables.The Blue Devils, after a miserable 0-9 start, finally broke into the win column — downing visiting LHS, 9-7 in a hard-fought, physical battle. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
This Week
Friday Liberty vs. Fauquier games Postponed
5/9/2008
Friday's Liberty at Fauquier Baseball and Softball games have been postponed to Monday May 12th at 6:00PM. Liberty at Fauquier boys soccer is postponed to Wednesday May 14th at 7:00PM. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Battlefield hits 8 home runs, beats Liberty 30-2
5/6/2008
It’s technically possible for a baseball game to never end.Baseball has no time limits, meaning one team could keep on hitting if the other team can’t get them out.Battlefield put that mind-blowing time continuum to the test in Friday’s game against Liberty.The Bobcats batted 19 men and scored 15 runs in the first inning alone. They opened up a 15-0 lead and coasted to a 30-2 victory in a game that did eventually come to an end. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sixth straight loss continues Falcons' 'tiring' season
5/6/2008
A rolling truck of momentum can't be stopped by optimism alone, especially when loaded with six consecutive losses.As such, the Fauquier Falcons' couldn't avoid a 4-3 loss to the Stonewall Jackson baseball team Thursday in Manassas. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
'Crafty lefty' gives Eagles a chance
4/29/2008
The Liberty Eagles caught everything except a break Friday and lost 3-1 to Stonewall Jackson in Manassas.A starting pitcher for the first time, Liberty's Justin Reinaldo frustrated Stonewall batters with a repertoire of off-speed pitches and kept his defense busy by inducing 12 fly ball outs. Liberty's large collection of catches was upstaged, though, by one brilliant play by Raiders first baseman Jay Jay Zehring. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Despite 5-1 loss, Liberty girls improve as game goes on
5/6/2008
Liberty coach Bob Ruhland could not be disappointed at losing to Battlefield Friday night in Haymarket. His girls managed to hold the Cedar Run District's top team to only one second-half goal with underclassmen doing the bulk of the defensive work for him in the backfield. “I don’t ever complain [about] losing to talent,” he said.The Bobcats (11-1) unleashed a fury of goals right out from the gate as part of a 5-1 victory over the Eagles (2-8-1). | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Battlefield overpowers LHS, 5-0, in boys soccer
5/6/2008
If you thought Battlefield was good on grass, you should see them on turf. Playing on an artificial surface for the first time this year didn't faze the Bobcats, who shut out the Liberty, 5-0, in a boys soccer match Friday at Kip Hull Field in Bealeton. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Blows exchanged in FHS-Culpeper girls soccer match
4/29/2008
Add another chapter to the ever-heated rivalry between Culpeper and Fauquier.A late skirmish marred the end of Friday's Blue Devil-Falcon girls soccer match, won by FHS, 3-0. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
He's Junior Bioh, and he's tough to slow down
4/29/2008
It was the only thing Junior Bioh did that even mildly annoyed his coach. With 10 minutes left in Friday’s 6-0 boys soccer victory over Liberty, the Stonewall Jackson midfielder came out of the game, and went immediately to the sidelines to change clothes as action continued. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Highland survives NSA
5/13/2008
On the phone, as his team made the long bus ride back from Suffolk, VA., Highland softball coach Donald O'Meara proclaimed facetiously, "I'm fine now, but I was in cardiac arrest about 30 minutes ago!" The reason for O'Meara's angst was his team's heart-stopping VIS quarterfinal game at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy. The Hawks held on for a 2-1 victory, but it turned into a white knuckle affair. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Falcons threaten Battlefield at times, but fall, 7-1
5/2/2008
Had there been a sand wedge hanging on the dugout bat rack, Battlefield catcher Courtney Liddle may have hit three home runs in the Bobcats' 7-1 victory over the Fauquier softball team Tuesday. Sans sand wedge, Liddle had to settle for two home runs and four RBIs because the big barrel of her aluminum bat was of little use in her final at bat. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Stonewall survives late Liberty charge, wins 5-3
4/29/2008
Things are gonig your way when your pitcher's bad outing involves 11 strikeouts. Such is the story for Stonewall Jackson (10-3 overall, 5-3 district) and ace Melissa Kirby. The senior right-hander tossed all seven innings for the Raiders last Friday in Manassas as part of a 5-3 win over Cedar Run District rival Liberty (3-8, 1-6). | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Osbourn outguns Liberty, 9-1, to re-emerge as district contenders
4/22/2008
In the last seven years, the Osbourn High softball team has been a excellent source of family entertainment. For about $4, you get to see one of the elite programs in the state knock the ball around the park and play brilliant defense. But so far it's been an unusual season for the architect of this powerhouse, coach Renee Leake, wife of Highland School athletic director Gary Leake.Leake suspended four players for violating team rules earlier this year. It's one reason the defending Cedar Run District champions are 6-6, including an uncharacteristic 2-4 in league. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FHS boys lacrosse team whips Culpeper to clinch district title
5/6/2008
With a seven-goal lead at halftime of their 12-2 victory over Culpeper Monday, the Fauquier Falcons knew it'd be only 24 minutes until they became Cedar Run District champions. The also knew the wait would be much longer to see if they'd have to share that title. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Norman scores five as Eagles wallop Culpeper, 17-12
5/6/2008
While it is always good to get a victory on Senior Night, it is particularly sweet when most of the players on the team are seniors. That was the case Thursday night as the Liberty girls lacrosse team downed Culpeper, 17-12.Liberty scored first on Christy Simmons' goal over a minute into the game. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
In a physical rematch, Culpeper edges LHS, 9-7, in boys lacrosse
5/6/2008
After a difficult start to the boys lacrosse season, Liberty picked up its first win over Culpeper on April 7. Last Thursday, Culpeper turned the tables.The Blue Devils, after a miserable 0-9 start, finally broke into the win column — downing visiting LHS, 9-7 in a hard-fought, physical battle. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Eagles celebrate another win over Fauquier
5/2/2008
The Liberty and Fauquier girls lacrosse teams faced off on for the second time this season, with the Eagles winning an edge-of-your-seat game, 16-9, Wednesday at Kip Hull Field.Both teams displayed maximum energy from the get-go. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fauquier's Loba wins 1,600; Morse, Jordan duel in hurdles
4/29/2008
Grace Loba’s time was good, even by national standards. Her timing, on the other hand, may prove to be rather poor. In a Cassel’s XBC Track Experience meet swept Saturday by the Stone Bridge boys (77 points) and girls (76 points) at Chantilly High School, Loba won the 1,600-meter run by more than seven seconds with a time of 5 minutes, 7.65 seconds. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Twin golds for LHS track stars Chloe and Cameron Morse
4/16/2008
The Morse twins combined to score in five events last weekend in the Metro Run and Walk Invitational at Edison High School in Alexandria. Chloe and Cameron each earned one gold medal against a field that included most of the schools in Northern Virginia. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FHS girls win 3,200 relay at Turner Ashby meet
4/16/2008
Lindsay Gilbert, Emma Helsel, Cassie Machamer and Lauren Armstrong combined Saturday to win the 3,200-meter relay title in the Turner Ashby Invitational. The foursome finished in 10 minutes, 41.44 seconds, to win by more than eight seconds. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Liberty's Coaxum, Noe win medals at Virginia Runner Invitational
4/9/2008
Liberty's Rachel Coaxum won two events and teammate Lindsey Noe added a third gold medal during the two-day Virginia Runner Invitational. Coaxum raced to first place in the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.85 seconds and won the triple jump at 35-1 3/4. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
This time LHS girls dominate FHS in tennis, 9-0
5/6/2008
As celebrations go, this was pretty tame. It had the kind of hushed tone found amid church pews mid-sermon, altogether appropriate considering this celebration happened mid-match Wednesday in the Liberty Eagles' 9-0 sweep of Fauquier High. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FHS boys tennis (14-0) acing all comers
5/6/2008
The No. 1 team in the Cedar Run District boys tennis standings faced a test Monday. Here was first-place Fauquier, unbeaten this spring, headed to No. 2 Loudoun Valley for a late-season battle. Loudoun Valley had lost twice in league play, so the Falcons already had clinched the district's crown before entering the regular-season finale. The big question was whether the home-court advantage would permit the Vikings to spoil Fauquier's unblemished record. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Spring Swings: Highland junior B.J. Fisher is balancing golf and tennis this season
4/24/2008
Trade lives with B.J. Fisher for a week and you'll likely end up exhausted. Not only does Fisher compete in United States Tennis Association (USTA) tournaments year-round and maintain high academic standing at Highland School, the junior also play two spring sports for the Hawks — golf and tennis.Even though his difficult academic schedule consists of advanced placement U.S. history and English, honors pre-calculus and physics, Fisher still performs well in those classes and on his various playing fields. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
There's nothing finer than the FHS boys 7-0 record
4/22/2008
A touchdown's worth of victories. Midway through the boys tennis season, Fauquier is 7-0 and on its way toward capturing another Cedar Run District crown. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horse Sporting Calendar
5/13/2008
MAY 15 Tri-County Feeds nutrition seminar, 7-9 p.m., Nutrena's Dan Snively on feeding the high performance horse, Marshall, free, refreshments served, (540) 364-1891 | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horses and People Briefs
5/13/2008
Party date change The Virginia Point-to-Point Association awards party will be held Sunday June 1 starting at 5 p.m. at Great Meadow in The Plains. The event is free; season-end winners in all categories in the point-to-point series will be recognized. For details, log onto www.CentralEntryOffice.com or call (540) 253-5001. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Bubble Economy wins Gold Cup
5/6/2008
Arcadia Stable's Bubble Economy roared through the stretch to win the $100,000 Virginia Gold Cup, the world's richest timber race, in a four-horse shootout at the finish Saturday at Great Meadow. Trained by Jack Fisher and ridden by Chip Miller, Bubble Economy rated near the back of the nine-horse field early, advanced to contention late and outkicked 2005-'06 winner Miles Ahead, Hot Springs and Monte Bianco to the finish. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horse Sporting Calendar
5/6/2008
MAY 7 Piedmont Equine Practice lecture, Dr. C.A. Shea Porr on feed supplements, Marshall, 6 p.m. refreshments, 6:30 p.m. talk, free, (540) 364-4950 | 0 comments - ›› more ...