Stonewall Jackson wins tense tussle with Battlefield
Stonewall Jackson wasted no time, pushing in front and finishing in the same fashion during this 14-13 victory over Battlefield at Battlefield High on October 26 in Virginia high school football action.
Brentsville District collects victory over Skyline
Saddled up and ready to go, Brentsville District spurred past Skyline 26-7 for a Virginia high school football victory on October 26.
There was no room for doubt as the Tigers added to their advantage with a 6-0 margin in the closing period.
The Tigers took control in the third quarter with a 20-7 advantage over the Hawks.
Brentsville District fought to a 14-0 intermission margin at Skyline’s expense.
The Tigers opened with a 6-0 advantage over the Hawks through the first quarter.
Colgan tames Osbourn’s offense
The Steel Curtain, the Purple People Eaters, the Bears’ 46 defense, all were built around similar defensive performances like the one authored in Charles J.
Colgan’s 14-0 victory over Osbourn in Virginia high school football action on October 26 at Charles J. Colgan High.
The Sharks drew first blood by forging a 14-0 margin over the Eagles after the first quarter.
The game could’ve ended after the first quarter because no team changed the scoreboard through the rest of the game.
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HARRISONBURG – (Press Release) Joshua Chiquillo (Woodbridge, Va./Gar-Field) broke through in a big way last week, netting his first career hat trick and leading EMU’s soccer men to a 3-0 week.
The Old Dominion Athletic Conference recognized his clutch performances by naming him the ODAC Player of the Week.
Chiquillo had a hand in all of the Royals’ goals in their two conference wins last week, pushing the men into a tie for third place in the league standings.
In Saturday’s 3-0 road victory at Emory & Henry, Chiquillo hit the net just 5:08 into play and had his hat trick by the 35th minute when he stuck in a free kick from outside the 18.
In Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Shenandoah, he assisted on the only goal by providing the set-piece delivery on Caleb Oakes ‘ (Waynesboro, Va./Stuarts Draft) header in the 30th minute.
With the wins, the Royals are 7-5-1 overall and 4-1 in ODAC play.
For the season, Chiquillo has nine points on three goals and three assists.
He entered his junior season with three career goals.
STAFFORD — Brooke Point found the tipping point, and leaned on it to knock off Mountain View 17-16 in a high school football matchup at Brooke Point High in Virginia on October 5.
The Black Hawks moved in front of the Wildcats 17-16 to begin the second quarter.
The game could’ve ended after the first quarter because no team changed the scoreboard through the rest of the game.
HAYMARKET — Battlefield High School football rolled past Osbourn for a comfortable 38-6 victory.
The Bobcats drew first blood by forging a 14-0 margin over the Eagles after the first quarter.
Battlefields’ offense pulled ahead to a 24-0 lead over Osbourn at the half.
The Bobcats’ rule showed as they carried a 38-0 lead into the fourth quarter.
My first Stafford County Public School football game. Stafford HS versus Mountain View HS. Either way my team wins. Woohoo. pic.twitter.com/YlCnrE9V7P
— Scott Kizner (@KiznerScott) September 21, 2018
STAFFORD COUNTY — Mountain View operated on Stafford and removed any chance of victory with a 30-7 procedure at Stafford High on September 21 in Virginia high school football action.
The Indians authored a promising start, taking advantage of the Wildcats 7-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Mountain View’s offense jumped to a 14-7 lead over Stafford at halftime.
The Wildcats and the Indians were engaged in a towering affair at 28-7 as the fourth quarter started.
5-0! The Wildcats head into the bye week undefeated after a 30-7 win over Stafford!
— MVWildcatFootball (@TheViewFootball) September 22, 2018
In February of this year, the United States Tennis Association Mid-Atlantic (USTA MAS) announced it will locate its new headquarters and state-of-the-art tennis facility in Innovation Park, in Prince William County. The Board of County Supervisors approved an agreement between USTA MAS and the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Prince William County and agreed to assign a $100,000 Economic Development Opportunity Fund (EDOF) grant as an incentive for the project, which is due to be completed by 2021.
The USTA Mid-Atlantic Section, one of 17 sections of the United States Tennis Association, is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization serving more than 33,000 members in the D.C. metro area. According to the USTA MAS, tennis players of all ages and skill levels are involved in leagues, tournaments and programs sanctioned by the section. Over 300,000 visitors are anticipated to visit the new USTA facility per year.
Will the new USTA MAS facility affect local centers?
A variety of sport centers stand to be impacted by the new facility, but according to two local center representatives, the move will be a benefit to tennis players.
“I think the facility will be an impactful addition to prince William county,” said Monte Evans, Director of Sports Management at Competitive Edge Athletic Performance Center in Woodbridge.
“Tennis is one of the underserved sports in the area, and this will allow youth to be introduced to the sport at a young age.”
Competitive Edge partners with a number of organizations to bring sports training and programs to the area.
Evans said in the past, he had the opportunity to work with USTA MAS to host a youth tennis class at Competitive Edge and was able to talk to parents about their interest in having their child participate, but at the time, there were “never enough resources in the county to offer training year round.” The new facility could change that.
Jason Shriner, Marketing Manager for the Department of Parks and Recreation, City of Manassas Park said, “I think I speak on behalf of everyone here at Manassas Park, Parks and Recreation when I say I think this a great opportunity to increase recreational opportunities in our area.”
Shriner said since his department doesn’t specialize in tennis, he doesn’t think there will be a positive or negative impact on Manassas Park, specifically. “But I think tennis players will definitely be happy,” he said.
“Tennis courts can also be costly and time consuming to maintain, repair and replace, so having a facility that specializes in tennis will give players additional alternatives as courts go down for maintenance.”
A boost for pickleball?
Shriner also said he hopes that the tennis courts are “flexed” to accommodate pickleball.
Played with a paddle and a plastic ball with holes, pickleball combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong. It can be played indoors or out on a badminton-sized court with a modified tennis net.
“As a parks and recreation professional and an avid pickleball player myself, we have seen a surge in popularity in the sport here in Manassas Park. This is a common pattern all over the country especially in the year round warm states like Florida.”
Shriner said, “Our facility alone has about 50 regulars in a club named the Old Dominion Dinkers.”
According to Shriner, having pickleball lines on a court shouldn’t be distracting. He cited basketball courts, which often have multiple lines. And adapting tennis courts for pickleball would accommodate local players who most often have to play outside.
“Right now, the most popular courts to play outdoors on this end of the county are Stonewall Park and Metz Middle school. Both are maintained by the City of Manassas, but even then, space is limited. In our area, the weather stays mild up until November, but with school in session Metz isn’t available during the school week.”
Shriner added that Pickleball is particularly popular with seniors, especially who may be unable to play their favorite racquet sports now due to limited mobility or disabilities.
“Pickleball has become an excellent recreational opportunity for seniors to keep up on their fitness well into their 80s,” he said.
“To be honest, if the new facility misses out on accommodations for pickleball, it’ll be a huge missed opportunity.”
The USTA MAS expects to host USTA programs, tournaments, recreational and public tennis play and special events at the tennis complex. According to the Prince William County Department of Economic Development release, “There will be additional activities in conjunction with the Freedom Aquatics & Fitness Center; George Mason University’s School of Recreation, Health & Tourism; the College of Health & Human Services; the Prince William County Parks & Recreation Department; and Prince William County Schools.”
We received this press release regarding triathlete and multisport athlete Sade Smith:
Being a triathlete and multisport athlete in high school is not easy due to the volume of hours of training outside of high school and the extensive travel to compete in triathlons and duathlons around the country and international. Competing in triathlons since the age of eight years old, Sade’ competes nationally as a USAT Junior Elite Triathlete and a Team USA Duathlete. In June 2017, Sade’ qualified to be a member of Team USA to represent the USA at the 2018 International Triathlon Union World Duathlon Championship in Odense, Denmark. On July 8, 2018, Sade’ competed in her first international race at the 2018 Fyn ITU Multisport World Championship and finished 9th in the world among the age group 16-19 females. As a member of Team USA, Sade will represent the USA again at the 2019 ITU World Championship again in Pontevedra, Spain in April
2019.
Sade’ is a 16 year old, rising Junior at Battlefield High School. Sade’ is a varsity letter holder in both cross country and swim and she is the recent USA Cycling Mid Atlantic Cyclocross Champion. Presently, Sade’ is ranked No. 1 in the country by USAT for duathlon for age group 16-17 females with All American Honors. As an emerging NCAA sport, Sade’ seeks to race at the collegiate level furthering her passion as a triathlete. Sade’ is a member of the Endorphin Fitness High Performance Team coached and Occoquan Swim Club.
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Jeff Porter asked a question in the comment section about how much the Potomac Nationals are paying to lease the stadium from the county.
We asked Prince William County Parka and Recreation Department spokesman Brent Heavner. Here’s his response:
The revenues vary as the Potomac National’s lease payment amounts are determined by electricity usage…
Basically, the team is invoiced at the beginning and end of each season for the cost of electricity used less those costs associated with activities scheduled in the Stadium which are not associated with the Potomac Nationals such as usage for other groups and activities.
For calendar 2014, the Potomac Nationals paid $32,652.33 in lease payments.
For fiscal 2015, they paid $34,381.07.
The Potomac Nationals are required to pay for the upkeep of the playing field.
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Don’t ever say Prince William County doesn’t support its minor league baseball team.
County leaders this week approved an additional $114,938 for the second and final phase of a repair project at an aging Richard G. Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge, which first opened in 1983 and is home to the Potomac Nationals.
The money will be spent to complete a project started last year to repair the stadium’s grandstand seating area after rust was found in 2014. When completed later this year, the cost of the rest repair and seating stabilization project will have cost taxpayers a total of $249,508, according to county spokesman Jason Grant.
The repair work is being done between games as to not stop any of the action on the field, or the popular Saturday night fireworks shows.
“This is to make the grandstand sound,” said parks and recreation director Debbie Andrew.
Taxpayers foot the bill for the repairs because the county’s parks and recreation department owns the stadium. The Potomac Nationals lease the space from the county.
These latest repairs are several in a long line of maintenance fixes done to the complex since the 1980s.
The stadium, when compared to others in minor league baseball, is small and outdated. A replacement stadium to be located at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center behind a Wegmans grocery store has been in the works for the past five years.
The plans for the stadium include box seats, a club-level restaurant open 365 days a year, and a total of 6,000 seats. A Washington Post reporter on the day in 2011 officials announced a new stadium would be built asked team owner Art Silber how he would pay for the new complex.
“I’m going to write a check,” he quickly replied.
At the time, the prospect of building a new stadium without the team owner going hat in hand to county taxpayers for money to construct a ballpark the was lauded by county officials like Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart.
Virginia officials also agreed to provide funding to a build a covered parking garage next to the stadium so fans could park there for evening and weekend games, and for events, while giving commuters and slugs additional parking on weekdays.
We were told last year that finding a naming rights sponsor was holding up the process of constructing the new stadium. Silber said in September 2015 that he expected to have the deal done by December of that same year.
We’re still waiting for an announcement.
Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland, who filled in for Stewart on Tuesday who is away at the Republican National Convention where Donald Trump will be announced the GOP nominee, asked parks director Debbie Andrew about the progress of the new stadium.
“I know there some things you can say, and there are probably can’t say,” prefaced Candland in his question to Andrew.
It was almost as if he was expecting not to get a straight answer.
Andrew replied and said she hasn’t been privy to discussions of a new ballpark, and Acting County Administrator Christopher Martino quickly quelled the line of questioning by telling Supervisors he had planned to discuss the stadium that day during a closed-door session.
Candland moved on, and the Board voted to fund yet another band-aid for Pfitzner.
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WOODBRIDGE – The Dale City “LIGHTNING” Track Club (DCTC) have 3 athletes that have qualified to compete in the 2016 50th USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, being held July 25 – July 31 in Sacramento, California. In the spirit of the Rio 2016 Olympics, USATF athletes will travel from across the USA to compete in various track and field and multi-events. Athletes had to finish in the top 5 amongst all athletes competing in their age division for each track event in both state and regional championships. Raven Evans (12), qualified in the 100m, Ruquyuah Byrd (10) qualified in the 400m and Taja Honay (16) qualified in the 100m.
Since the mid-1960’s, the USATF Junior Olympic program has been the most visible youth athlete developmental program in the world. Nearly 70,000 youth athletes compete each year in the Junior Olympic Track & Field and Cross Country programs and many of America’s Olympians began as youth athletes. “The DCTC team had an outstanding season this year; we had a record number of youth athletes participating in track this season. Many of those athletes broke their personal records this season,” stated Head Coach Monte Evans. “We could not be prouder of all our athletes, their hard work and dedication shows.”
DCTC introduces kids of all abilities to sprinting, hurdles, distance running and field events such as the shot put, discus turbo javelin toss and long jump. DCTC promotes good sportsmanship, nutrition motivates our athletes to improve their physical conditioning, and instills leadership skills to help our youth build a positive self-image. DCTC had over 150 youth athletes participate in the Spring track season.
Dale City Lightning
The Dale City “LIGHTNING” Track Club (DCTC) was established in 2010, as a track and field running club in the Prince William County, Northern Virginia area. DCTC is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization and our mission is to offer youth a positive environment that is fun, competitive, social, and informative about the sport of track and field. DCTC coaches and staff seek to improve our athletes’ leadership skills, enhance their athletic ability, combat juvenile delinquency, encourage greater participation in school sport programs and, in general, develop character in our youth that will foster necessary life skills.
DCTC operates three programs throughout the year, Spring Outdoor season (March – July); Cross Country season (September – October); and Indoor Track season (October – February). DCTC has roughly 300 youth athletes across these three programs. On average there are approximately 150 athletes that practice and compete on a weekly basis. Program activities are implemented by volunteer coaches and parents. For more information about DCTC’s program, please visit www.dalecitytrack.org,
