Tag: Sports

High school sports delays complicate college recruitment

By Margo Wagner Cancellations and delays for high school sports are disappointing for most athletes, but for athletes who are hoping to be recruited and...

Your Views: A puzzling omission of coach Louis Johnson

To the editor: Nicolas Walter, the late British anarchist and atheist, famously observed, “Getting the facts right is not history, but it is a necessary...

Alexandria Soccer Association launches program for school year

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Alexandria Soccer Association introduced ASA School+, a nine-week educational program for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to...

Fall sports delayed for Virginia high schools

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Virginia High School League announced that fall sports for schools across the state will be delayed until December, according...

Our View: “The Boys of Summer” return

The Washington Nationals begin the defense of their World Series title tonight. If that sentence doesn’t give you goosebumps, you may proceed immediately to...

Alexandria Aces 2020 season is cancelled

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] There’s some bad news for local baseball fans. The Alexandria Aces, Alexandria’s collegiate baseball team, announced on Monday that their 2020...

Our View: The dizzying pace of events

Alexandrians, like people across the country and around the world, have been thrown for a loop by the COVID-19 pandemic. People are getting sick and...

T.C. hockey player named league’s Player of the Year

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] T.C. Williams High School hockey player Jason Townsend was named the Capital Scholastic Hockey League’s Player of the Year on...

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...