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Sargent Leads SSSAS Softball to ISL AA Tournament Title

Junior’s maturity shows in 13-strikeout, five-RBI performance.

St. Stephen's & St. Agnes pitcher Alexis Sargent struck out 13 and went 4 for 4 with five RBIs during the Saints' victory in the ISL AA softball tournament final.

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Old Brogue Hockey Skates Away with Fifth Title

Inline hockey team wins third straight championship.

Chris Bass is no stranger to the Old Brogue. As a young man he was there on opening day in 1981 and hasn’t strayed too far since. In fact, now he wears a jersey with the bar’s name on it, as a member of the Old Brogue inline hockey team.

Churchill Boys’ Lax Ends Wootton’s 6-Year Stranglehold

Bulldogs beat Patriots, advance to region championship game.

Churchill defeated Wootton, 9-6, in the 4A/3A West Region semifinals on Monday, May 14, ending the Patriots’ six-year run as region champion.

Churchill Girls’ Lax Reaches 4th Consecutive Region Final

Flax scores 7 goals, Bulldogs beat Blake in semifinal shootout.

Churchill’s path to a fourth consecutive region final appearance hasn’t been easy, but the Bulldogs completed the task with a 21-16 victory over the Bengals on May 14.

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Seven Straight

Yorktown girls’ lax beats Hayfield in sudden-death OT to maintain district-title streak.

Junior midfielder Meaghan Galvin scored in sudden-death overtime to lift the Yorktown girls' lacrosse team to a 9-8 victory at Hayfield Secondary School, giving the Patriots their seventh consecutive district championship.

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Wildcats Softball Primed for the Playoffs

Centreville gets big Concorde wins over Rams, Hornets, Bulldogs.

The Centreville High girls’ softball team is playing its best ball at the right time of the spring with the regular season winding down and the postseason just ahead.

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Chantilly Pushes Rams to the Limit in Playoff Loss

Chargers, in Concorde quarterfinals, can’t quite overcome eight-goal deficit in 2nd half.

Both teams showcased their scoring prowess last Friday evening, May 4 when Robinson and Chantilly met in a first round Concorde District girls’ lacrosse playoff contest at Robinson Secondary.

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Robinson Girls Lacrosse Advances to Regionals

Rams win Concorde playoff opener over Chantilly Chargers.

Both teams showcased their scoring prowess last Friday evening, May 4 when Robinson and Chantilly met in a first round Concorde District girls' lacrosse playoff contest at Robinson Secondary. With a Northern Region playoff seeding on the line and a chance to advance to the district semifinals, both teams played with passion and determination. For the winner, it would be the first game of what could be an extended postseason. For the losing team, it would mark the end of the season. In the end, Robinson, the six-team district tournament's No. 4 seed, held off a ferocious late game Chantilly rally and defeated the Chargers, 19-16.

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Patriot District Lax Tourneys in Full Throttle

Boys and girls title games set for Friday evening at Lee.

The semifinals rounds of both the girls’ and boys’ Patriot District lacrosse tournaments were scheduled to take place earlier this week at Lee High School in Springfield.

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Stallions Ready for the Postseason

South County softball playing outstanding ball as regular season winds down.

With one game remaining in the regular season, the South County girls' softball team is beginning to get geared up for the upcoming postseason.

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Mount Vernon Boys’ Soccer Approaching No. 1 Seed

Majors receive wake-up call from loss to Chantilly.

The Mount Vernon boys' soccer team has responded well to its first loss of the season.

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Sports Briefs: Mount Vernon Boys’ Lax Reaches District Final

The Mount Vernon boys’ lacrosse team defeated defending National District champion Yorktown, 10-8, in the district tournament semifinals on May 8. The No. 2-seed Majors will travel to face No. 1 Edison for the district title at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 10.

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SSSAS Girls’ Lax Coach Jenkins Earns Win No. 600

Saints coach co-founded program at St. Agnes School in 1976.

Kathy Jenkins, who co-founded the girls' lacrosse program at St. Agnes School in 1976, earned her 600th career victory on May 3.

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TC Crew Freshman Girls Capture Silver Medal

When they began the season, the T.C. Williams girls’ freshman 8 was like any other freshman boat in the sport of rowing — unproven, untested, and unsure of how they would do. By the end of this past weekend, the TC girls’ freshman 8 was something else — one of the two best boats in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Churchill Boys’ Lax Storms Back Against Watkins Mill

Bulldogs enter postseason as top seed in 4A/3A West.

While things started poorly for the Churchill boys' lacrosse team, the Bulldogs ended their regular season finale game playing like a No. 1 seed.