O’CONNELL PLAYERS NOMINATED: Two Bishop O’Connell High School basketball players are among 32 Virginia nominees hoping to be chosen for the final rosters of the 44th annual McDonald’s All-American girls and boys teams.
Adrianna Smith is nominated for the girls...
It all seems very weird, but the high-school football season for varsity public-school teams in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas is set to begin with a few Monday-night contests on Feb. 22. After that, games will take place on...
A strong runner-up finish in the girls region swimming and diving championships has become habit for the Yorktown Patriots.
For the third year in a row, Yorktown finished second in the 6D North Region high-school meet, each time behind the...
It was age seven when Ellie Joyce was introduced to the sport of diving as she begged permission from her mom to attempt some kind of flip right from the start.
Her mother denied that request at first, eventually relented,...
In honor of his decades of molding students and athletes at Yorktown and Bishop O’Connell high schools, the Virginia General Assembly has passed a resolution saluting Mark Stripe.
Stripe retired from Arlington Public Schools in 2020 after a coaching career...
How about some Monday-night football in February? Yes, that is correct.
It all seems very weird, but the high-school football season for Arlington’s three public-school varsity teams is set to begin with Monday night contests on Feb. 22. Practice began...
