Youth Sports - Boys Basketball: Briar Woods Summer Camp Sign-up

(June 7, 2011) - The Briar Woods High School boys basketball summer camp, which runs from July 18-22, is open for registration.

An advanced fundamental and skills clinic run by Coach Benson and the Briar Woods Boys Basketball staff. Learn shooting, passing, dribbling, and defensive fundamentals that will make you a better
basketball player. For more information call 703-777-0343. Please register

Youth Sports: Boys Basketball - Flexx All Stars 4th Grade Goes Undefeated in Spring League

(June 7, 2011) - The Flexx All Stars, an Ashburn and Lansdowne based AAU basketball program, added a 4th grade team to their organization this year and the team finished the Triple Threat Spring League regular season undefeated with a 7-0 record.

The team roster is:
Nick Conway
Hunter Auch
Mitchell Pehlke
Brian Barrett
Michael Tehan
Patrick Tehan
Mason Shockley
Vince Speroni
Sam Larsen
Ethan

Basketball: Middleburg Academy Junior Alie-Cox Makes Verbal Commitment to VCU

(May 27, 2011) - The Richmond Times-Dispatch is reporting that Middleburg Academy junior Mo Alie-Cox has verbally committed to one of the hottest basketball programs in the country, VCU.

The 6-foot-6, 251-pound Alie-Cox averaged 16 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks a game this past season.

Boys Basketball: LTT 10th Grade Gold Wins Division II State Championship

(May 26, 2011) - The Loudoun Triple Threat Gold 10th Grade boys registered an impressive 5-0 record in Richmond to win the 2011 Virginia AAU Division II State Title.

The 11-man roster represents nine area high schools. In their third consecutive trip to the State finals, the team posted an average margin of victory of 20 points per game with victories over BWSL Wolverines, Virginia Storm,

Youth Sports: Loudoun Triple Threat 5th Grade Boys to Hold Tryouts for Summer Teams

(May 26, 20110 - The Loudoun Triple Threat Boys 5th grade program will hold two tryouts for its summer basketball teams.

Tryouts are: Wednesday, June 15th at Smart's Mill Aux gym from 6:15 - 8:00pm and
Friday, June 17th at Douglass Community Center from 6:00 - 7:30pm

For more information, please go to http://loudountriplethreat.org.

Youth Sports: Boys Basketball - Loudoun County Summer Camp Sign-ups

(May 26, 2011) - The Loudoun County High School boys basketball program will host a summer camp July 11-15. Sign-up via Loudoun County Parks and Community Services.

Raider Camp 2011:

Location: Loudoun County High School, Leesburg
CAMP CODE: 521810-01 $91.00 Entering 5th-8th
M,Tu,W,Th,F 7/11-7/15 9:00A-12:00P
CAMP CODE: 521810-02 $91.00 Entering 9th-12th
M,Tu,W,Th,F 7/11-7/15 1:00P– 4:00P

Boys Basketball: More on Stone Bridge Hiring of Ben West to Lead Program

Ashburn (Apr. 29, 2011) - Stone Bridge High School Athletic Director Dave Hembach released the following statement on his hiring of South County assistant coach Ben West to lead the Bulldogs boys basketball program:

"I'm pleased to announce Ben West, of South County High School, has been named the new Boys Basketball Head Coach for Stone Bridge. Ben has coached at WT Woodson High School and at

Boys Basketball: Stone Bridge Names Ben West as New Varsity Coach

(Apr. 27, 2011) - Stone Bridge High School has named South County High School assistant Ben West as the new boys basketball varsity head coach. West replaces Sonny Green who stepped down after the end of the winter season.

Youth Sports - Boys Basketball: Middleburg Academy to Hold Boys Hoops Summer Camps

(Apr. 25, 2011) - Middleburg Academy boys basketball camp dates for summer 2011 have been released. There will be four one-week sessions with the first session starting June 27. For complete information, open this brochure.

Boys Basketball: Potomac Falls Senior Mihailovich Named D4 State Player of the Year, Panthers Hawes is Repeat as Coach of the Year

(Mar. 29, 2011) - The Potomac Falls High School historic back-to-back boys basketball state titles has reaped benefits as Panther senior Lukas Mihailovich has been named the Virginia High School Coaches Association Division 4 Player of the Year and Panther coach Jeff Hawes picked up his second straight Coach of the Year honor.

Panther junior Greg Graves was named second team all-state and

Cheers Sports and VivaLoudoun Athletes of the Month for February 2011

Photo shoot held at Lifetime Fitness in Ashburn.

Ashburn (Mar. 24, 2011) - Cheers Sports and VivaLoudoun.com released today their Athletes of the Month selections for February 2011. The February 2011 honorees -- the final selections for the winter sports season -- met at Lifetime Fitness in Ashburn on Feb. 12 for a photo shoot.

Chris Anderson was the photographer this month and the shoot was

Photo Gallery: Boys Basketball - VHSL D4 State Final by Gary Sousa - Potomac Falls vs. Hidden Valley

(Mar 14, 2011) - You know Gary "He is Not My Brother" Sousa has to be a good photographer ... the guy has "USA" in his name for "Pete's Sake" (and yes we will keep working this Pete Simoneau reference as much as the pun editors will allow us!) ...

Gary was on hand Saturday at Richmond's Siegel Center to shoot the Potomac Falls boys basketball big state title win over Hidden Valley and he

Photo Gallery: Boys Basketball - VHSL D4 State Final by Nick Lutkins - Potomac Falls vs. Hidden Valley

(Mar. 14, 2011) - Super photographer Nick Lutkins was on hand Saturday night for the VHSL boys basketball state finals as Potomac Falls won 58-55 over Hidden Valley in the final seconds for a second straight state title! And Nick was even rockin' a VivaLoudoun t-shirt on the sidelines at VCU's Siegel Center! Click on any photo to see the gallery with 200+!

Basketball: For Pete's Sake! Potomac Falls Boys Repeats State Title as Simoneau Hits Game-Winner with 5 Seconds Left; Loudoun County Girls Fall to Liberty

Richmond (Mar. 13, 2011) - Spending most of the night on the sidelines, it was fitting perhaps that Potomac Falls High School senior Pete Simoneau was knocked back into the Panther bench as he launched his game-winning 3-point shot with five seconds left in the VHSL Division 4 boys basketball title game Saturday night.
"Once I let go of it, I knew it was going to go in," said Simoneau of the

Live! Blogging! VHSL Basketball Division 4 State Finals

We are Live! from the Siegel Center as the Loudoun County girls and Potomac Falls boys attempt to bring back two basketball state titles to Loudoun. VivaLoudoun editor Dan "set shot" Sousa is now online from courtside of the 7 p.m. contest.

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On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa - For the Third Straight Year a 2-Fer State Title Hoops Chance for Loudoun Thanks to Raiders Crazy Comeback

On the Sidelines with Dan Sousa

Richmond (Mar. 12, 2011) - There was a time in Loudoun high school basketball history that you had to wait a decade for a team to make the Final Four in the state and a state championship was the Holy Grail -- always sought after but never found.

Prior to the modern era of VHSL athleteics -- pre-1970 -- the area had the Loudoun County boys advance in 1958 and

Photo Gallery: Youth Sports - Boys Basketball - River Bend vs. Sterling

(Mar. 12, 2011) - The Loudoun County middle school travel basketball playoffs are going on and super photographer Scott Shepherd was on hand to shoot the River Bend vs. Sterling boys game. Click on any photo to check out the entire gallery.

Basketball: Tuesday Playoff Night Scoreboard

VivaLoudoun Tuesday Night Basketball Playoff Scoreboard
Proudly a dunk free zone

Tues. Feb. 15
Boys Basketball
Cedar Run District Semifinals
#1 Osbourn 50, #4 Loudoun Valley 26
#2 Battlefield 73, #3 Stonewall Jackson 46

Liberty District Quarterfinals
#1 Langley 60, #8 Marshall 39
#4 Fairfax 62, #5 TJ 60
#3 South Lakes 63, #6 Madison 44
#2 McLean 50, #7 Stone Bridge 46

Girls basketball
Cedar

News: VHSL Appeals Subcommittee Denies Western Albemarle and Fluvanna County Appeals; Affects Region II Basketball Seeding

Charlottesville (Feb. 15, 2011) - The top-seeded Western Albemarle High School girls basketball team and the top-seeded Fluvanna High School boys basketball teams must forfeit first round victories in the Jefferson District tournament after the school's had appeals denied by the Virginia High School League Tuesday afternoon.

The decision affects Region II tournament seeding as the Division 3 and

Monday Night Basketball Scoreboard

(Feb. 14, 2011) - Woodgrove High School boys pulled off the Valetine's Day Surprise with a 69-67 win over No. 2 seed Broad Run Monday and the No. 5 Park View boys also won on the road, beating Loudoun County, 77-69.

All four girls top seeds -- Loudoun County, Freedom, Potomac Falls and Briar Woods -- advance as did the No. 1 seed in the boys Potomac Falls and No. 3 Briar Woods.

Mon. Feb. 14