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Eight teams lead outright in district basketball standings

With a little more than two weeks remaining in the regular season, there were eight outright first-place leaders through Tuesday (Jan. 28) action in the four different public-school basketball districts in the 6D North Region.

In girls play, the Langley Saxons at 8-0 were among the leaders, atop the Liberty District by two games over the McLean Highlanders.

In the Concorde District, the Centreville Wildcats were first at 5-0 with the Chantilly Chargers right behind at 4-1. Chantilly defeated the Oakton Cougars, 48-42, in a Jan. 28 contest. Oakton dropped to 3-2 in the district.

The Robinson Rams were 9-0 and had a one-game lead atop the Patriot District.

The Hayfield Hawks were alone in first in 9-0 in the National District.

In boys play, the Yorktown Patriots (7-0) had a four-game Liberty District lead in the loss column over three other teams.

The South Lakes Seahawks at 5-0 were atop the Concorde District.

The Woodson Cavaliers had a three-game lead with an 8-0 mark in the Patriot District.

Like the girls, the Hayfield boys were atop the National District, standing 9-0 in league play.

In the boys Liberty District, Langley has made a strong recent run to tie for second place at 4-4 after starting 0-3.

About the Author

  • Dave Facinoli grew up in Prince George’s County, Md. and attended Friendly High School. After attending Prince’s George Community College and James Madison University, where he covered sports on both college papers, he launched a local newspaper career that included roles as the sports editor of the Alexandria Gazette, the Arlington Sun Gazette and GazetteLeader, and other local papers.