College SIgning: Heritage Holds Ceremony for Six Athletes Headed to College Ranks

Leesburg (May 26, 2011) - Heritage High School held a signing ceremony on Tuesday to celebrate six athletes headed to the college ranks.

Those honored at the ceremony included: Brittany Burkhard – University of Maryland – Cheerleading; Shane Carrera – Bowdoin College – Baseball; Erika Grabbi – Princeton University – Lacrosse; Tyler McCullock – Eastern Mennonite University- Baseball; Troy

Swim: Loudoun Valley's Kelsey Ryan to Swim with NCAA Division I George Mason

(Mar. 30, 2011) - Loudoun Valley High School senior Kelsey Ryan, two-time Cheers Sports and VivaLoudoun Athlete of the Month this winter, announced this week that she will attend and swim with NCAA Division I George Mason University in the fall.

Ryan just missed the finals at the AAA state meet in the 100 fly with a 17th place in the prelims but she took 10th in the 100 back with a 1:07.19.

Swim: Heritage's Damon Rosenburg to Compete for NCAA Division III National Champion Denison University

(Mar. 29, 2011) - Heritage High School senior Damon Rosenburg announced Sunday that he will swim next year for Denison University, the Granville, Ohio school which a day earlier captured the NCAA Division III national championship and ending Kenyon College's amazing 31-year national title winning streak.

Rosenburg took fifth in the 100 breast at the AAA state meet this year with a 1:06.71 time.

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

News: Naval Academy Aquatic Club Water Polo to Hold Free Clinic at Claude Moore

(Mar. 17, 2011) - The Naval Academy Aquatic Club (NAAC) water polo program will hold a free clinic for boys and girls ages 7 thru 18 at Claude Moore Recreation Center in Sterling on Saturday, March 19, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Naval Academy Aquatic Club has produced many male and female scholarship athletes for NCAA college programs including Princeton, UCLA, Brown, University of MD and US Naval

Swim: VivaLoudoun Boys Top Swim Times Updated thru Districts

(Feb. 3, 2011) - The top swim times for Loudoun swimmers is updated thru the Dulles District meet last weekend.

See how your favorite swimmer is doing:




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Swim: Top Swim Times for Girls is Updated thru Districts

(Feb. 3, 2011) - All the top times are updated through the Dulles District meet.

See how your favorite swimmer is doing ...




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Photo Gallery: Dulles District Swim Meet by Chris Anderson

(Feb. 9, 2011) - Chris Anderson was on hand to shoot the Dulles District swim meet for VivaLoudoun and has put up 310 from the big event! Click on any photo to view the entire gallery!

Saturday Scoreboard

VivaLoudoun Scoreboard
Scores from the weekend!
Sat. Feb. 5
Boys Basketball
Osbourn 75, Heritage 56
James Wood 57, Woodgrove 54
Middleburg Academy 77, Christ Chapel Academy 52
South Lakes 58, Stone Bridge 53

Girls Basketball
Heritage 54, Osbourn 51
Middleburg Academy 66, Christ Chapel Academy 26
Stone Bridge 44, South Lakes 33

Gymnastics
Dulles District Meet
1, Freedom 138.300
2, Broad Run

Swim: Dulles District Swim Meet - Final Team Scores and Top 3 in Each Event

Broad Run's Jacob Leidy, Alan Horback and Mark Sarman


(Feb. 5, 2011) - The Dulles District swim meet Friday at Claude Moore Recreation Center was all about multiple winners as the Broad Run High School boys team won their third Dulles District meet in four years -- the 2010 meet was snowed out and the Spartans, without a dual meet defeat in four years, were crowned champions -- and the Briar

Swim: Broad Run Boys Win 4th Straight Dulles District Title; Briar Woods Girls Make it Back-to-Back Titles

(Feb. 4, 2011) - The Broad Run High School boys swim team finished off an unbelievable 4-year run through the Dulles District as the Spartans, perfect the past four years in district duals, made it four straight district meet titles as well after edging up-and-coming Freedom by 21 points at Claude Moore Recreation Center.

While the boys race came down to the final few races, the Briar Woods

Swim: Battlefield Sweeps Boys, Girls Cedar Run District Meet; Heritage Girls Second, Boys Third

(Feb. 2, 2011) - Battlefield High School swam away with both the girls and boys titles at the Cedar Run District meet Saturday in Manassas. Locally, Heritage fared well with the Pride girls runner-up and the boys third.

Kaleigh Rosenburg of Heritage and Kelsey Ryan of Loudoun Valley each won two individual events with Rosenburg taking the 200 IM (2:10.01) and 100 breast (1:06.76), while Ryan won

Saturday-Monday Scoreboard -- All the Basketball, Swim, Gymnastics Results

Sat. Jan. 29
Boys Basketball
Potomac Falls 79, Tuscarora 53
Park View 62, Woodgrove 48
Freedom 64, Dominion 60 (OT)
Heritage 52, Loudoun Valley 38

Girls Basketball
Potomac Falls 60, Tuscarora 31
Park View 47, Woodgrove 44
Freedom 63, Dominion 45
Heritage 67,  Loudoun Valley 50

Swim
Briar Woods vs. Potomac Falls at Claude MooreBriar Woods boys 150, Potomac Falls 136
Briar Woods girls 183,

Swim: The Splash! Area Athletes Prepare for Districts

The Splash: VivaLoudoun's Weekly Swim Blog! 
(Jan. 28, 2011) - This was to be the weekend of the start of the postseason with the Cedar Run and Liberty district swimming and of huge Dulles District match-ups with the Broad Run and Freedom boys due to collide tonight at Claude Moore but the weather has cancelled that marquee event.

The Spartan and Eagle boys will have to settle it in the pool

News: Park View Honors Sportsmanship Winners

Sterling (Jan. 27, 2011) - Park View High School recently honored its winter sports student-athlete sportsmanship award winners. The students were chosen by their coaches for outstanding sportsmanship this season.

Park View High School: Winter Sportsmanship 2011
Boys Basketball – Avron Holland and Ben Grapes
Girls Basketball- Ashley Messina and Ashley Long
Gymnastics – Karina Hernandez
Boys Swim

Swim: The Splash! Returns with More Meet Results

The Splash: VivaLoudoun's Weekly Swim Blog! 
(Jan. 5, 2011) - The Splash, VivaLoudoun's weekly swim blog, is back from holiday -- The Splash we hear went to South America in search of warmer weather the past few weeks but that may just be a rumor -- and we have all the meet results from the lastDec. 17 and Dec. 18

Thurs. Dec. 30
Boys: Colgate 180, King George 134, Potomac Falls 100, Dominion 50

Swim: Dive Into Week 2 of the The Splash Blog! Full Results for All 9 Meets on the Weekend!

The Splash: VivaLoudoun's Weekly Swim Blog! 

(Dec. 15, 2010) - All nine meets during the second weekend of the high school swim season were sweeps but there were some close match-ups highlighted by the Briar Woods boys edging George Mason by six points, 146-140, in a Dulles District dual.

Do you have news for "The Splash" swim blog? Email us at dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com. Please check back

Swim: Park View Grad Kerico and Heritage Grad Wright Named USA Swimming Scholastic All-Americans

(Sept. 29, 2010) - Two recent graduates, Park View High School's Amber Kerico and Heritage's Geoffrey Wright were named to the 2009-10 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American team.

Kerico also swims for the Ashburn Blue Waves and Wright swims for Snow Swimming.

Each year, USA Swimming recognizes its members who excel both in the classroom and in the pool. The Scholastic All-America Team is made up

News: School Board Approves More than 100 Coaching Hires for 2010-11 Including Jason Geyer as New Dominion Boys Basketball Coach

(Aug. 11, 2010) - The Loudoun County Public Schools board was busy Tuesday night, approving more than 100 coaching hires for the 2010-11 school year including Jason Geyer as Dominion High School's new boys basketball coach.

Geyer was previously an assistant at Briar Woods. He replaces Stephen Douglas, who left after last season to start the new program at Woodgrove.

Among the new hires was a

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