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Star Wars Day was this past Sunday at The Pfitz and all members of our roster (25 men) plus the coaching staff donned them.

All were auctioned off to the P-Nats' faithful and each winning fan got to receive a picture with the player or coach on the field post-game and all jerseys were autographed by the player or coach.

We have a few extras that will be placed on our MiLB Auction website page. We wanted to add some more flavor to the typical Star Wars events in MiLB.

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There's lots of new activities for children at Freedom Center summer camp

Regardless of their age, summer campers at Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center return every year to learn and excel at their favorite hobbies.

Many sports campers begin their journey at Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center in a beginner level soccer camp. As the summers progress, many campers' skills improve so much that they find success at their local elementary, middle and high schools, as well as local club teams.

Horse lovers 

For horse lovers, Freedom offers an equestrian summer camp. The campers begin taking lessons and enjoy and learn it enough always to make the choice to return every summer. In fact, the equestrian summer camp is one of the first camps to fill up the quickest. One of the reasons being is that throughout their lessons, campers develop a long-lasting passion for horses and riding. Horses don't come to Freedom Center, but campers travel to a local stable called Clover Brooke Stables for their lessons.

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Looking for a way to keep your kids busy this summer? The Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center has a massive indoor swimming pool and is hosting its annual Summer Camp.

A majority of Freedom's summer campers will go swimming each day. The times are scheduled, and camping groups are rotated to keep the pool from getting overcrowded.

While in the pool, children can enjoy the swimming slide, diving boards, and an inflatable obstacle course called the "wibit" on Fridays. All campers are supervised by Freedom's camp counselors who are in the pool or walking the pool deck. All of Freedom's counselors are trained on swim time procedures. The kids will have supervision when walking to the restroom and when they switch pools.

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facebook_14322155271601The Brentsville District High School Softball Team is definitely a force to be reckoned with.

Lead by one senior, five juniors, five sophomores, and three freshman, the team definitely brings it on the field. Heading into the district games as the number one seed this season. The juniors on the team which include the team’s three captain’ and make up majority of the infield are a diversified group.

Makenzie Bailey, or Mac for short, which is the team’s third baseman, started her freshman year catching for the Tigers. Mac, one of the teams big hitters came through this year big time in a conference game against Kettle Run High School.  With two outs in the bottom of the 7th, Mac hit a walk off home run to win the game. 

Kayla Nadeau the teams shortstop, brings another dynamic to the Tigers. Kayla, the leadoff hitter, is a lefty slapper that knows her game. With a batting average of 465 and 66 at bats this season, she gets the job done.

Kayla started her freshman year at 1st base and also backed up Panone in the pitchers circle and played the outfield when needed. A true utility.

Christa Panone play’s 2nd base for the Tigers. Another lefty slapper that brings a lot of diversity to the team. Panone started out in the pitchers circle for the tigers her freshman year. Christa can always be heard from the stands and has a positive energy that radiates through the team.

Lexi Mcgruder who has been the teams number one cheerleader from the dugout this season. After an ACL injury this fall she has been out to recover.

Lexi’s started her freshman year as a center fielder and then moved to right field. Her bat has definitely been missed this season. Lexi has been there for every game to cheer on her team.

Chelsea Hugh One of the teams flex players continues to be a positive influence from the dugout. Cheering her team on and stepping up to fill in spots in the outfield when needed.

All together these girls have played ball together through school and travel for more than 10 years. They show leadership, true sportsmanship and a dedication to each other and their team.

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Joey Rohal of Team Power Kix. [submitted]
Joey Rohal of Team Power Kix.
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Team Power Kix, based in North Stafford, gave impressive performances at multiple events in the U.S. and Mexico.

First, they competed in the 2015 US Open TaeKwonDo Championships in Orlando, Florida this past January. Over 2000 athletes from more than 15 countries competed at this event, according to a press release.

Joey Rohal won a bronze medal in the Junior Division.  

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Stonewall Jackson High School Girls’ Varsity Basketball Team’s most recent and first loss of the season to the Battlefield Bobcats was unexpected, to say the least.  

The Cardinal District team is ranked number one in the Washington Post’s “All Mets” section of high school sports and a team who boasted a 20-0 record prior to the game that took place on Tuesday. The loss briefly demonstrated a flaw in the Lady Raiders’ fortress.

“We came out each quarter fast and then slowed,” states Head Coach Diana Martinez.  â€œOur kids played hard and fought to get back into that game, but, unfortunately, the ball went the other way.”

Any team with a 20-game win record can’t stay down for long.  

“We are family,” said senior and guard, Rachel Burns.  â€œThey [the team] are like my sisters.”  

And with that simple, yet powerful statement, the Raiders march on — their final destination, an opportunity to play and win the Virginia State Championship.

The Lady Raiders have an arsenal of coaching weapons at their ready.  Coach Martinez is a former Woodbridge Senior High School player.  Graduating in 2003, she went on to play Division II basketball at St. Andrew’s University (formerly, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College) located in Laurinburg, N.C.  

Upon her graduation, she coached for a year at her Alma Mater, later moving back to Prince WIlliam County and becoming an assistant coach at Woodbridge Senior High School.  

An open opportunity and the urging of friends landed her at Stonewall High School coaching the girl’s basketball program. Read More

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Do you know about the Attack the Fat Challenge? It’s one of the most popular, effective, and fun weight-loss programs at the Freedom Aquatics and Fitness Center
 
It’s open to anyone, at any fitness level.
 
Robin Frey is a fitness program coordinator, certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor and the director of Freedom Attack the Fat Challenge at Freedom Aquatics and Fitness Center in Manassas. We spoke with her to get the 
 
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What is the Attack The Fat Challenge?

 
“It’s more of a full spectrum weight loss program and it runs for eight weeks…it’s based on focusing on weight loss but the overall effort that we do is that we want to promote and create lifestyle changes, not just during the eight weeks. For most people it’s just the starting point. A lot of people do it repeatedly because it works for them
and depending on the amount of weight they wish to lose, it may not happen in eight weeks.”   
 
What do participants do while in Attack The Fat Challenge? 
 
“Well actually the whole concept is they do train…and it’s based on percentage of weight loss…we make it a challenge so that it has some competitive edge to it but the overall focus is just to create a balance of accountability…to continue with fitness efforts for health, not necessarily for fitness. In other words, this is based on health and wellness, getting people appropriate nutrition and just trying to create a consistent effort with lifestyle change, it’s long term.”
 
 How much does the program cost?
 
“It [the program] breaks down to 20 dollars a session and the total cost is $480 but you’re getting 24 sessions, 24 full one-hour sessions…then in addition to that they get the support through nutrition tips and guidance…and body composition testing as well.” Frey also mentioned that there is an additional cost to non-members of the Freedom Center. 
 
 Attack-the-Fat-2015-flyer-791x1024How long does the challenge last? 
 
“Participants train three days a week with a trainer so it’s three one-hour sessions so they’re basically getting 24 training sessions as a group within that eight weeks, three times a week. In addition to that support that we offer is through our smart lab for evidence based testing for body composition or those types of things and also we do weekly weigh-ins”.
 
Is the Attack The Fat Challenge a seasonal program? 
 
“It’s twice a year, typically we do it  in February, March and then again in September.”
 
Is it too late to sign up? 
 
“The Attack The Fat Challenge  starts on Monday, Feb. 2. Registration does require you to be registered prior to the program but we work with people as well.”
 
Why did Frey get involved with the Attack The Fat Challenge?
 
“Well I started it, actually it’s been six years running now. I just felt that there was a need here at the Freedom Center to create programming in small groups that could be something that could bring more of an effort of accountability to each other, that tends to help. People can do training all the time but when they have other people depending on them to be part of their team, their group, it’s very successful. The success rate is much higher as far as them making the sessions, having to be responsible for that weekly weigh-in and then they bond and create groups that continue to train after that. We just didn’t have anything happening here in that capacity in programming.”
 
How does the Attack The Fat Challenge stand apart from similar programs?
 
“We were probably the original in this area. I know other facilities have programs similar to what we do, it’s a basic concept of accountability, through training, weigh-ins, and nutrition information…it’s just been very, very successful for us here. This our sixth year I believe, might even be longer. It tends to work. We provide a variety of workouts through different types of training. We may have them in the pool, TRX suspension training, circuit training, functional core
in other words we do a little bit of everything that we offer here
within those 24 sessions they’re getting a very large variety of different modalities of training.”
 
Why do people sign up?
 
Participants will] form groups and become friends and bond in that respect and want to continue to do it again, that kind of thing….plus we’ve had people that have lost over 100 pounds…it’s been very effective overall.” 

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MANASSAS, Va. -- What you do know about Reni Moshos is that she is a phenomenal swimmer.

She is currently being recruited by some of the top colleges in the nation, including University of Florida and University of Arizona.  

What you don’t know about Moshos is that she also excels in the classroom, and was recently named to the 2013-14 USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team, with a 3.5 grade point average.  

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MANASSAS, Va. -- The summer sizzle is quickly coming to an end, for many student athletes, the school year has already begun.

A variety of fall sports teams have started practices, conditioning training and weight room sessions.  Football players are no different, as many have already started performing the most exciting, yet grueling ritual during known to take place during off-season, “two-a-days.”  

When executed with the wellness of players in mind, this experience can be motivating and educational as coaches and teammates alike spend valuable time working together on strategies and fundamentals that will make their team successful when the season begins.

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