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.
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.
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.
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.
Top 100: Grant Hill, South Lakes, Basketball, 1990
Seahawks superstar championed Duke to two titles and made the leap to NBA All-Star and Olympic Team.
There was a time before Grant Hill belonged to the rest of the world. There was a time before Hill was a 7-time NBA All-Star and member of the Orlando Magic or Detroit Pistons or even before he was a member of two NCAA champion Duke University basketball teams.
Top 100: Kara Lawson, West Springfield, Basketball, 1999
West Springfield grad is still winning championships.
When Pat Summitt, the head coach of the University of Tennessee women's basketball team, came to West Springfield to recruit Kara Lawson, she could not answer one simple question. She went back to Tennessee, found out the answer and secured the services of the nation's best high school player.
Top 100: Allen Johnson, Lake Braddock, Track, 1989
Rising to the top, over and over again.
It was nearly impossible for his high school teammates to predict the heights Allen Johnson would reach in track and field. The 1989 Lake Braddock grad was an exceptional athlete, but he did not win an individual state title until his senior year.
Top 100: Mia Hamm, Lake Braddock, Soccer, 1989
The Lake Braddock grad handled the pressure of national and global recognition with grace.
She is a household name. Across the globe, girls who play soccer strive to be her, while female athletes who play other sports look up to her. Mia Hamm is the face of women's soccer and an advocate of women's sports.
Top 100: Alan Webb, South Lakes, Track, 2001
Webb still holds several national high school records he set while at South Lakes High School.
Alan Webb, a 2001 South Lakes graduate and 23-year-old international track star, set the American record in the two-mile event at the 2005 Prefontaine Classic at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
Top 100: Tom Dolan, Yorktown, Swimming, 1993
A two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Dolan became nationally acclaimed sports figure.
An athlete cannot reach greater heights than earning a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
Top 100: Rob Muzzio, Robinson, Track and Field, 1982
Although he had reasons enough to quit multiple times, the brilliant athlete never let those reasons get in the way of his capability.
While other track and field stars were trying out for spots to represent their nation at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Rob Muzzio was in a hospital bed. The 1982 Robinson grad was fighting a severe asthma attack.
Top 100: Tommy Amaker, Woodson, Basketball, 1983
It was mind over body for the former Woodson basketball standout, as his career took him to the top of college basketball as a player and a coach.
Teamwork and defensive brilliance defined the high school and college basketball careers of Tommy Amaker, a 1983 Woodson grad. His basketball mind took him from Woodson to Duke as a player, and from Duke to Seton Hall to the University of Michigan as a coach.
Top 100: Chris Warren, Robinson, Football, 1985
Size and speed accounted for many of the Robinson star's record-breaking rushing yards.
What the defenses of local high school football teams already knew in the early 80’s, the defenses of collegiate and professional teams would find out later on. Chris Warren, the 1985 graduate of Robinson Secondary, was nearly impossible to stop.
Top 100: Hubert Davis, Lake Braddock, Basketball, 1988
Radiant personality and hard work led the former Bruin to a 12-year career in the NBA.
According to his high school basketball coach, Mike Wells, Hubert Davis came into Lake Braddock more highly skilled than most players leave the school.