Girls Soccer: Broad Run, Heritage and Woodgrove All Advance to State Semifnals

(June 8, 2011) - 3-time defending AA girl soccer state champion Broad Run High School advancing to the state semifinals in Radford with an easy 5-1 win over Jamestown Tuesday did not raise many eyebrows.

On the other hand, first-year Woodgrove, a school with no seniors and the No. 6 seed in the Dulles District, winning 4-1 on the road at Warhill to advance to Radford was certainly surprising.

Softball: Briar Woods and Woodgrove Advance to State Semifinals for First Time

(June 8, 2011) - Loudoun will send two softball teams to the Virginia High School League AA state semifinals Friday at Radford after Briar Woods, behind junior Macy Jones' pitching gem, and Woodgrove, behind a sixth inning rally, both advanced.

It is the first trip to the Final Four for both Briar Woods (23-4) and first-year Woodgrove (24-4).

Briar Woods 4, Powhatan 0

Jones struck out the

Lacrosse: Loudoun Teams Fight Hard but Fall in State Quarterfinals

(June 7, 2011) - Three Loudoun lacrosse team battled over the weekend in the VHSL state quarterfinals but the Briar Woods High School boys and Loudoun Valley and Woodgrove girls all saw their seasons come to a close.

Boys Lacrosse: Albemarle 9, Briar Woods 7
The Falcons led, 6-1, at the half but couldn't not stop Albemarle for the big comeback.
Video here of the comeback via cville-lax.com
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News: First-Year Woodgrove Names Athletes of the Year - Fuller, Gilson, Crowley and Wells all Honored

Purcellville (June 6, 2011) - First-year Woodgrove High School has announced its end of the year honors with Ellen Fuller named Outstanding Female Athlete, Brad Gilson named Outstanding Male Athlete and the Scholar Athletes of the Year awards went to Michele Crowley and Brendan Wells

More on each athlete from the Woodgrove High School Athletic Department:


At this time the Woodgrove High School

Girls Soccer: VHSL AA State Tournament Bracket

Virginia High School League
2011 AA Girls Soccer State Tournament


Tues. June 7
Quarterfinals at high seed
Woodgrove (Region II runner-up) at Warhill (Region I champ), TBA
Northside (Region III runner-up) at Blacksburg (Region IV champ), 5:30
Jamestown (Region I runner-up) at Broad Run (Region II champ), 5
Hidden Valley (Region IV runner-up) at Jefferson Forest (Region III champ), TBA

Fri. June

Softball: VHSL State Tournament Bracket

Virginia High School League
2011 AA Softball State Tournament


Tues. June 7
Quarterfinals at high seed
Briar Woods (Region II runner-up) at Powhatan (Region I champ), 6
Broadway (Region III runner-up) at Cave Spring (Region IV champ, 5
York (Region I runner-up) at Woodgrove (Region II champ), 6
Abingdon (Region IV runner-up) at Northside (Region III chmap), 6

Fri. June 10
Semifinals at Radford,

Softball: Woodgrove Earns First Ever Regional Title in Any Sport

Historic Win: Woodgrove's 1st Ever Regional Title!


Photo courtesy of Carl Lukat/Loudoun Times-Mirror
By Carl Lukat
Loudoun Times-Mirror Sports Editor
Special to VivaLoudoun

Ashburn (June 5, 2011) - Freshman Rachel Harris provided the winning margin with her three-run triple in the fifth inning as Woodgrove High School defeated host Briar Woods, 5-2, in the Region II softball title game Friday

Girls Soccer: Broad Run Girls Win 5th Straight Region II Title

Ashburn (June 4, 2011) - The Broad Run High School girls soccer team clinched their fifth consecutive Region II title with a convincing 5-1 win over Dulles District rival Woodgrove Friday night.


The Wolverines are no strangers to the Spartans who have played each other four times this season including this year’s District championship game.

The Spartans controlled the tempo from the onset

Softball: First-Year Woodgrove Clinches State Tournament Spot

Allie Reid held Goochland scoreless over the last five innings for the win.
(photo courtesy Carl Lukat/Loudoun Times-Mirror)
By Carl Lukat
Loudoun Times-Mirror Sports Editor
Special to VivaLoudoun

Purcellville (June 3, 2011) - Woodgrove High School softball coach Joe Spicer knew his young team was feeling the pressure early in a Region II semifinal game against Goochland June 2 that would

Girls Soccer: The Kids are All Right! Second-Half Comeback, Dramatic OT Win Puts 1st-Year Woodgrove in States

Woodgrove defense: JR Katie Beebe, SO Bergen ELkjer, SO Brittany Basinger


By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun Editor

Purcellville (June 3, 2011) - When Woodgrove High School girls soccer coach Erin Barrett was finally able to get her young team to settle down Thursday night after a dramatic, 4-3, overtime victory against Freedom clinched a AA state tournament appearance for the first-year program, her

Girls Tennis: Woodgrove's Sunnie Lampl is Region II Singles Runner-Up

Charlottesville (June 2, 2011) - Woodgrove High School freshman tennis sensation Sunnie Lampl just missed qualifying for the VHSL AA state tournament as she couldn't convert on two match points and fell to James Woods senior Headley Wilson in the Region II singles finals, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

It was Lampl's first loss on the season. Lampl and her Woodgrove doubles partner lost in the regional

Baseball and Softball: Five Loudoun Teams Advance in Regional Play

(May 31, 2011) - From AA to AAA Loudoun baseball and softball teams had a great Memorial Day as five teams advanced in regional tournament play. Stone Bridge baseball in the Northern Region and Loudoun Valley softball in the Northwest Region both advanced to the semifinals.

Freedom baseball and Broad Run and Woodgrove softball advanced to the quarterfinals. One of the two teams to fall was

Soccer: Area Teams Go a Perfect 7-0 in Regional Action on Memorial Day

View more photos by Gary Sousa from this game!

(May 31, 2011) - When Dulles District athletic directors convinced Region II to expand its playoffs to account for the fact that Loudoun's 9-team district is almost twice as big as some of the other 5-team districts in the region, Monday night's success is surely what they had in mind as Dulles soccer teams went a perfect 6-0 in Region II first

Football: VHSL Releases 2011-12 Divisions - Half of Loudoun's 12 Schools Shift Division

(May 31, 2011) - The Virginia High School League has released its football divisions for the next two seasons (2011 and 2012) and half of Loudoun's 12 high schools have moved either up or down a division.

Freedom and Broad Run move up to AAA Division 5 from AA Division 4 while Heritage and Loudoun Valley shift down from AAA Division 5 to AA Division 4. Both Loudoun Valley and Heritage are