For George Rizzo and his younger sister, Lanny Rizzo, they recently shared in the ultimate high-school accomplishment.
On the same day and just a few miles apart in the Richmond vicinity, the former Oakton siblings were members of different Highland...
For the Yorktown Patriots, the 2021-22 high-school sports season was historic, being the most accomplished ever for the Arlington school in state-tournament competitions.
As a result of three Yorktown teams winning state championships and two others placing second, the school...
Yorktown High School graduate Lauren Flynn was named to the U.S. Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team soccer roster for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica from Aug. 10-28.
The United States won the 2022 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship,...
For the second straight year, Yorktown High School soccer player Shay Montgomery was chosen as the 2021-22 Gatorade Virginia Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
The announcement came June 23, just days after the senior midfielder helped the Yorktown girls...
With seven public-school teams from the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas winning Class 6 state championships during the spring’s high-school sports season, the question is natural:
What kind of potential do those seven possess for repeating those titles in 2023? B
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With a 3-0 record, the Langley Saxons won the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 boys state soccer tournament.
Langley (16-2) defeated James River, 3-1, in overtime in the June 11 championship game at Freedom South-Riding High School in Loudoun...
A season that began with a loss ended with no other setbacks and a state championship for the Yorktown Patriots.
The girls soccer team won the Virginia High School League Class 6 state tournament by nipping the Kellam Knights, 1-0,...
After a disappointing finish in the preceding Liberty District Tournament, the Langley Saxons did far better on the next run of the ladder.
With a 3-0 record, the Saxons won the 6D North Region tournament, defeating the McLean Highlanders, 1-0,...
They had hoped to score more goals, and certainly had multiple opportunities to do so, to avoid a stressful nail-biting finish. That didn’t happen, but in the end, one tally was enough as the Yorktown Patriots nipped the host...
The Oakton Cougars (14-4) finished second in the 6D North Region girls soccer tournament, losing at home to the Yorktown Patriots, 1-0, in the championship match.
The loss snapped Oakton’s five-match winning streak, and left the high-school team 2-1 in...
