The boys tennis team at Oakton High School has a different situation than many rivals in the area and throughout Virginia.
At many schools, players who try out for the boys tennis team make the squad no matter their ability,...
No surprise. A few games into the American Legion District 17 baseball season and the three teams with the best records are Vienna Post 180, Springfield Post 176 and defending tournament champion Arlington Post 139.
The other three teams have...
What began and became a very popular sports league for entertainment and replacement purposes during the pandemic summer of 2020 when few other sports were being played back then, soon starts its third campaign overall.
On June 27, the month-long...
The best thing about watching the professional United States Open golf tournament each year in June is the competition and conditions are real golf, and real hard.
The winning score isn’t twentysomething under par like so many pro golf tournaments...
With the summer swimming season now under way, the Sun Gazette will provide regular coverage throughout the campaign for the next few weeks, with stories and photos in the paper and on its Websites and the Sun Gazette Sports...
For those who haven’t traveled along Route 50 from Fairfax County into Loudoun County and back in a while, beware. Traffic is heavy and horrible most times of the day (either direction) into late evening.
Sometimes it takes two or...
The all-state public-school teams for various spring sports in the different classifications are being released by the Virginia High School League for the next few weeks.
For the all-state teams from the smaller-enrollment schools, like Class 1, 2 and 3,...
With the local high-school spring sports seasons all completed now, the transition to the various summer campaigns has already begun, without any breaks, really.
In baseball and softball, summer travel ball is already ongoing, and same with American Legion baseball....
It was quite a performance turned in by local girls and boys high-school sports teams from the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas in state-championship games and matches on Saturday, June 11.
In all, the five local teams playing in Virginia High...
There is a lot to see and observe when arriving early and hanging out in a VIP parking lot prior to a sporting event that is still 90 minutes or so from starting.
That was the case June 11 at...
