News: VivaLoudoun Adds BeachandSwim.com as Sponsor of Swim Coverage

(Feb. 5, 2011) - VivaLoudoun.com announced that BeachandSwim.com, the premier online beach retailer for beach gear, is signed on to sponsor swim coverage on the fast-growing Loudoun County, Va. website.

VivaLoudoun, which covers sports, news and views including comprehensive coverage of all 12 Loudoun public schools and their varsity athletics, expects to reach two million page views in 2011.

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Wrestling: The Takedown Blog! VivaLoudoun and Cheers Sports Valley Duals Wrap-up

(Feb. 2, 2011) - When you have 14 teams wrestling on six mats spread out over three rooms at Loudoun Valley High School it takes some time to collect all the details but we put the call out to the coaches at the VivaLoudoun and Cheers Sports Valley Duals to give us their highlights and here are the responses:

Team Records and Outstanding Wrestlers

Round-by-Round Team Scores

Follow the Read

News: Select the VivaLoudoun Team of 2010 - Seven State Champs to Choose From!

(Jan. 2, 2010) - The polls are now open to select the VivaLoudoun Team of 2010 and Loudoun fans have seven state champions to choose from including some historic firsts as well as some repeat champions.

In the repeat category, there are four teams with the Briar Woods cheer -- named out 2009 Team of the Year -- winning a second straight title as did the Freedom girls basketball. Broad Run girls

Wrestling: Battle for Ashburn Today at VivaLoudoun Holiday Wrestling Tournament

Ashburn (Dec. 30, 2010) - Ashburn's three high school wrestling teams -- Briar Woods, Broad Run and Stone Bridge -- take to the mats today in the VivaLoudoun Holiday Wrestling Tournament.

Herndon and Kettle Run join the three local schools with wrestling running from 9 a.m. to about 4:30 p.m. Admission is $5.

Schedule
9:00 AM Championship- First Round (2 mats)
11:30 AM Consolation

Wrestling: VivaLouodun Holiday Tournament at Stone Bridge Seeking Three Varsity Teams

(Dec. 14, 2010) - The VivaLoudoun Holiday Wrestling tournament scheduled for Stone Bridge High School on Dec. 30 has slots open for three varsity teams.

Briar Woods, Broad Run, Herndon, Kettle Run and the host Bulldogs are already slated for the event. Teams interested should contact Mike Faul (michael.faul@lcps.org) or Brian Parke (brian.parke@lcps.org).

Action for the tournament starts

Football: Beat the LoCo Experts - Week One Picks Revealed!

(Aug. 27, 2010) - We call this contest the Beat the LoCo Experts because, frankly, we must be a little crazy to reveal our picks prior to the football games on Friday but that is what VivaLoudoun Editor Dan Sousa, Loudoun Times-Mirror Editor Carl Lukat, Clarke County Sports Editor Moe Murphy and local football guru Jason Rufner all are doing!

You can enter your picks for each game by emailing to

News: LoCo Elite 5 - Top 5 Rankings for Football and Volleyball

(Aug. 27, 2010) - The Loudoun Times-Mirror and VivaLoudoun.com are teaming up this fall to present the LoCo Elite 5 -- a top five rankings for football and volleyball among Loudoun's 12 public high schools.

Here is our preseason picks, with a word from VivaLoudoun editor Dan Sousa about each pick:

LoCo Elite 5 Foootball
1, Stone Bridge
If they filmed Friday Nights Lights in Loudoun, Stone

News: VivaLoudoun Joins the TBD.com Community Network

(Aug. 19, 2010) - VivaLoudoun.com has joined the growing list of blogs and websites that are part of the newly-launched TBD.com community network.

TBD is a TV station and website that delivers local news and community information from the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. region. TBD's integrated newsroom brings together reporters, editors, producers, and community-outreach specialists to produce

VivaLoudoun's 2009-10 High School Sports Year in Review: Part 3 - Spring

Here is the third and final part of our review the 2009-10 high school sports season. In the Spring Loudoun teams shined with the Broad Run and Stone Bridge girls soccer teams bringing home state title, but that was just the tip of a spectacular run for Loudoun athletes.

Here is a look at each sport in the Spring:

Baseball
Potomac Falls captured a school-record 22 wins in 2009 and made it to

VivaLoudoun's 2009-10 High School Sports Year in Review - Part 2: Winter

(July 15, 2010)  - We continue our look at the high school sports year in Loudoun with highlights from winter when the Potomac Falls boys made history with Loudoun's first ever state title and the Freedom girls basketball team added a second straight state title.

Here’s how the sports in winter broke down:

Boys’ Basketball
Jeff Hawes, the only boys basketball coach since Potomac Falls opened

News: VivaLoudoun.com Partners with APEX Gymnastics

(July 10, 2010) - APEX Gymnastics has agreed to become a sponsor for VivaLoudoun.com for the 2010-11 school year.

"APEX is pleased to be a sponser of VivaLoudoun. We have over 1,000 gymnasts at APEX and we coach many high school athletes in our Advanced programs," said APEX co-owner Melanie Cuozzo. "We not only sponser the site, but read it regularly. Many of our athletes who start with us in

On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa - Heat Wave Photo Special! Summer Camps of the Week! What Else We Have Cooking!

(July 3, 2010) - Heat Wave! And of course that means cool savings on our photos. In our first year covering sports in Loudoun we have uploaded 30,863 photos and between now and July 7 take 25 percent off your entire order. Our way of saying thank you and keep your cool as it nears 100 degrees.

We haven't posted any articles in a week -- partly because editor Dan Sousa somehow managed to spend

On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa - I Enjoy This So Much, I'd Do It for Free ... Well Almost!

On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa
(May 21, 2010) - I love this job! Honestly, starting VivaLoudoun.com this past year has been a joy.

Covering high school sports is a pleasure and this time of year, especially with so many good teams in Loudoun, it is 24/7 of great sporting events to attend. I like being editor of VivaLoudoun.com so much, I'd almost do it for free ...

Time out: This is Dan's wife

News: VivaLoudoun.com Breaks One Million Page Views Mark in Less Than Nine Months; On Pace for Nearly Two Million Page Views in 2010

(May 21, 2010) - VivaLoudoun.com, the fast-growing website that covers sports, news and views in Loudoun County, has broken the one million page view mark in less than nine months since starting up.
"As a start-up we have focused on the content and done very little marketing and advertising so our site traffic has grown mostly via word of mouth. It blows me away that we have reached one million

News: VivaLoudoun.com Partners with Cheers Sports

(May 21, 2010) - VivaLoudoun.com, the fast growing media site that covers sports, news and views in Loudoun County, and Loudoun-based Cheers Sports have agreed to a marketing partnership that looks to benefit both locally-owned enterprises.

"Cheers Sports has been a family sporting goods business here in Loudoun since 1995 and owner Denny Petrella has always been a big supporter of my coverage