Tag: basketball

Former SSSAS stalwart becomes Bucknell’s starting center

By Jim McGrath At first glance, Andre Screen looks like a typical college student. With his scholarly wire rimmed glasses and a beard that is...

‘We have high hopes for this team’

By Gwen Peace There’s one name dominating Virginia high school basketball right now: Robinson. But behind that one name, there are two players – a pair...

Our View: Hoop dreams

The University of Georgia’s “two-peat” as college football champs on Monday night ended the college football season, and while the NFL playoffs are just...

Hoops season in the Port City

By Gwen Peace January is an exciting time for high school basketball – and Alexandria has an abundance of promising teams. “To have four, just really...

Home profile: 11 kids and a basketball court

By Lindsey Sullivan | [email protected] Figuring out a virtual learning set up to suit 11 children sounds like a nightmare for most families. But for...

Council accepts statue honoring Earl Francis Lloyd

By Margo Wagner | [email protected] Alexandria City Council voted to accept a statue in honor of Earl Lloyd, the first Black man to play in...

SSSAS and Episcopal compete in state playoffs

By Luke Anderson | [email protected] Two weeks after St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes defeated Episcopal in the IAC Championship, both high school boys’ basketball teams...

T.C. Williams boys’ basketball takes division title

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] With a surprise buzzer beater in the final second of the game, the T.C. Williams High School varsity boys’ basketball...

SSSAS boys’ basketball shoots for playoffs

By Luke Anderson | [email protected] Last year, the St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes boys’ varsity basketball team won the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association state...

Walter Densmore, GW high school athlete, dies at 79

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Walter Cox Densmore Jr., a George Washington High School record-breaking basketball player, died from cancer on March 15. He was...