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Dave Facinoli

Tempo slow, score low as Madison tops Oakton

It’s always a big deal, and has been for years, when the Madison Warhawks and Oakton Cougars meet in girls basketball action. The high-school teams are neighborhood rivals in the Vienna area, plus each have been perennial district, region and...

Sports Notebook: New hoop scoreboards

The new basketball scoreboards in some high-school gymnasiums have become more detailed. More than just the game score is provided on some, if that information is uploaded, that is. If inputted and updated throughout a game, some scoreboards provide how...

Sports Notebook: Frantic finishes

With many high-school basketball games being streamed live over the Internet these days, those who attempt to simultaneously watch multiple contests find a challenge when those events near their ends. Problem is, many of the public-school games start and end...

Sports Notebook: Girls wrestling

This season for the first time, girls wrestling is an official Virginia High School League sport, with a state-championship meet scheduled to be held and all.  As a result, the sport is gaining traction this winter as far as interest...

Sports Notebook: A classic MLK event

The one-day and second annual Spartan MLK Classic boys high-school basketball tournament held Jan. 14 at West Springfield High School was a well run and well-attended event. There were five varsity games played, beginning with a noon tipoff and concluding...

Madison basketball teams 2-0 in district

With victories over the Chantilly Chargers and Centreville Wildcats in their first two Concorde District basketball games of the high-school season, the Madison Warhawks’ teams were atop the girls and boys standings when the week began. The Madison girls (12-2,...

Wakefield hoop team wins at MLK Classic

By scoring his team’s first six points, then 23 overall by game’s end, the Wakefield Warriors’ Kobe Davis was chosen the Most Valuable Player of contest No. 4 on Jan. 14 at the Spartan MLK Classic. Davis helped Wakefield (7-8)...

Marshall atop Liberty basketball standings at 5-0

The Marshall Statesmen (13-2, 5-0) won twice against Liberty District boys basketball opponents last week to take over sole possession of first place with a two-game lead. Marshall defeated the Herndon Hornets, 57-37, then downed the Yorktown Patriots, 48-33, for...

Sports Notebook: Two winning teams

The season opened for the Madison Warhawks and Marshall Statesmen in boys high-school basketball action when the neighborhood rivals met in Vienna in what was the first game for each to tipoff the 2022-23 campaign. The Nov. 29 contest on...

W-L shot putter wins another big meet

Jonah Friedman continues to be one of the top performers for what has been an accomplished winter season for the Washington-Liberty Generals’ indoor track and field teams. The boys senior shot putter recently won his second significant championship of the...

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