Wrestlers from 20 different high schools in Fairfax County recently earned berths at the Zone 4 qualifying event to participate in the Virginia High School League girls state tournament.
The top five wrestlers in each weight class earned those berths at Hayfield Secondary School, with the fifth-place finishers designated as alternates. The state tournament is Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 26-27, at the Henrico Sports and Events Center in Glen Allen.
Aaron Jia’s high school swimming and diving career now includes bookend Liberty District boys championships for the McLean Highlanders.
The latest came last Saturday (Feb. 1), when the senior swimmer won two events and was on a winning relay to help McLean finish on top with 488 points.
This season it was the Chantilly Chargers’ turn to win the boys Concorde District swimming and diving championship.
The Chargers won the crown Saturday (Feb. 1) at the Cub Run Rec Center in Chantilly with 565 points. The defending champion Oakton Cougars were second with 443 in the high-school meet.
Led by three winning relays and two individual champions, the Oakton Cougars won their fourth straight Concorde District girls swimming and diving title.
Oakton finished first in the high-school meet Saturday (Feb. 1) with 521 points at the Cub Run Rec Center in Chantilly under first-year Oakton head coach Nathan Pawlowicz, a former swimmer with the team.
It was double dominance for the South Lakes Seahawks at the Concorde District track-and-field championships.
The girls and boys high-school teams each won the meets by wide margins, thanks to finishing first in multiple events at the Prince George’s County Learning Center in Landover, Md.
Behind the performances of winning distance runners and pole vaulters, the West Springfield Spartans won the girls and boys Patriot District track-and-field championships.
At those high-school meets in Landover, Md., three different runners on each team won the 1,000, 1,600 and 3,200-meter races.
The Flint Hill Huskies’ basketball victory over the Sidwell Friends Quakers was significant on two big fronts.
The Friday (Jan. 31) home win by a 60-57 score tied Flint Hill (11-9, 7-1) with Sidwell (15-5) for first place in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAC) boys basketball standings.
Scoring a modest number of points in their basketball games — but allowing even fewer — has proved a winning formula for the Marshall Statesmen.
Through Friday (Jan. 31) action, the boys high-school team owned a 13-7 overall record and a second-place mark of 5-4 in the Liberty District.
Two former high-school players from Fairfax County have helped the Division III Randolph-Macon College men’s and women’s basketball teams to standout records during the 2024-25 campaign.
West Springfield High graduate McKenzie Matheny has helped the women’s squad to a 17-1 record and 16 straight wins through Wednesday (Jan. 29) action.
The pipeline of Flint Hill School graduates to college football teams keeps on growing.
As some high-school senior football players at the Flint Hill School have recently made commitments to play the sport at the next level, at least three others were freshmen members of college squads this past fall season.
