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Day Leads Herndon Football

Hornets amassed 3-17 record during previous two seasons.

Brian Day, a former assistant at Westfield and Centreville, is in his first season as head coach of the Herndon football team.

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Jarrell Leads Woodson Field Hockey

Cavaliers fell short of regional tournament in 2011.

Meg Jarrell, 22, is in her first season as head coach of the Woodson field hockey team.

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Defense Is Strength of Titans Field Hockey

T.C. Williams field hockey team beats Hayfield in its tournament opener.

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T.C. Williams Football Loaded with Playmakers

Titans to open 2012 season at home against Wakefield.

The T.C. Williams football team is loaded with playmakers entering the 2012 season.

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Molnar Leads Yorktown Volleyball Past South County

Junior tallies 20 kills in five-game, season-opening victory.

Molnar's 20 kills propel Yorktown volleyball past South County in opener.

CVHS XC Names Runners of the Week

The Wildcat Cross Country team began preparation for the upcoming season with a full slate of practices and an early season time trial.

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Journey of Hope

T.C. grad cycles 4,000 miles for disability awareness.

As the strains of Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the USA” blared out over crowd, more than 50 friends, family members and fellow T.C. Williams graduates gathered on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Aug. 5 to watch Alexandria's Louis Barnett cross the finish line in the 25th Annual Journey of Hope bike ride across America.

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Vienna Woman Follows a Slippery Slope

Madison grad training for skeleton in winter Olympics

Since graduating from Elon University, Veronica Day’s life has gone downhill. And well it should be because Day, a Madison High School graduate in 2007 who was track and field three-time All-State, who broke Elon’s track and field records, is at the U.S. Olympic Committee’s training facility at Lake Placid, honing her skill at "skeleton," a relative of luge and bobsled. She’s preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.

Bethesda Country Club To Host Wounded Warrior Tournament

Annual event returns Aug. 20.

In 2005, Jim Estes, director of golf at Olney Golf Park began teaching injured servicemen and women to play golf — many of them amputees, many with prostheses. He took the job so seriously that he practiced raising his right leg and hitting the ball off his left leg for hours as he tried to figure out the best way for one-legged people to hit the ball.

Pies Tackles National Competition

Local golfer qualifies for USGA Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament.

The U.S. Golf Association Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament is the most prestigious golf tournament for amateurs in the United States — and Potomac’s Rusty Pies qualified for the second year in a row. The tournament will be held Aug. 13 - 19 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colo.

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Quarterback Henderson Set to Excel at Lake Braddock

Former West Potomac coaches join Bruins’ staff.

After a strong sophomore year at West Potomac, quarterback Caleb Henderson enters his junior season as a member of the Lake Braddock football team.

Ireton Looking To Match, Eclipse Last Year’s Success

Cardinals’ 2011 season ended in heartbreaking fashion.

The Bishop Ireton football team looks to maintain its winning ways.

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Stewart a Humble Star for Yorktown Football Team

Patriots enter 2012 with talent at skill positions, strong defense.

The Yorktown football team has many weapons on offense.

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Shim, Weiss Lead Churchill Field Hockey in 2012

Bulldogs looking to build on 2011 region runner-up finish.

The Churchill field hockey team looks reached the 4A West Region championship game last season.

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Triathletes Swim, Bike and Run in Reston

Second annual youth triathlon raises scholarship funds.

Two hundred and fifty children spent their Sunday morning swimming, biking and running around Langston Hughes Middle School and South Lakes High School on Aug. 12 as part of the second annual Reston Children’s Triathlon, hosted by the YMCA, Fairfax County, Reston and the Reston Association.