Tag: Sports

12U NoVA Ice Dogs go 17-0 in history-making season

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] “Something just clicked with this team,” is the tagline of this ragtag team of 10-, 11- and 12-year-olds that went...

Tom Hodges named sportsman of the Year

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] Tom Hodges, a 1961 graduate of Hammond High School and a quarterback for the University of Virginia, will receive the...

BI hosts Special Olympics tournament

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] Bishop Ireton High School hosted a Special Olympics Basketball Tournament on Feb.19. The tournament featured teams from around the region...

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...

Still kicking at 50: The story of Alexandria Soccer Association’s half...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Drive around Alexandria for five minutes and it’s impossible to miss it. It’s on the bumpers of countless cars and...

Going for gold: Legendary goalkeeper Briana Scurry reflects on peaks and...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Briana Scurry first felt the weight settle on her shoulders when she stepped into the goal as a teenager. The eventual...

Alexandria Reds win regional tournament

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Alexandria Reds, Alexandria’s youth travel baseball team, won the Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League Silver Division tournament on Nov....

His long-awaited day in the sun: The Leon Day story

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Approximately 3,400 players competed on baseball teams in the Negro Leagues between 1920 and 1948. Thirty-four Negro League players and...

Poor Robert’s Ruminations with Rob Whittle: A sports column

This month’s column will be on sports. No, not like Tom Boswell, Michael Wilbon or Tony Kornheiser. Well, maybe a little like Kornheiser. Did you...

T.C. lights lawsuits are settled

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Updated Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. The years-long battle over the T.C. Williams High School stadium renovation came to a conclusion...