Centreville High School | Archive | April, 2008

By Jimmy Thomas
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** Check below the story for complete highlights from Tuesday’s game.

Centreville shut out Westfield, 5-0, Tuesday night to remain undefeated in Concorde District play at 10-0. The Wildcats (15-2 overall) have not lost to a Northern Region opponent this season and thus have have already clinched the top seed in the upcoming district tournament, which is set to begin May 12.

Senior Brianne Pease led the way for Centreville in both the cirlce and the batter’ box. Pease pitched the first four innings and did not allow a hit while striking out four Westfield batters. Then, in the top half of the third inning, Pease stroked a single that scored seniors Jessica Ferrick and Victoria Marvin to give the Wildcats a 2-0 advantage.

Centreville add another run in the fourth when senior Megan deLorimier hit a lead-off double and later scored on a sacrafice by junior Shanna Tutt and got two more in the seventh after Marvin doubled to scored Ferrick and later scored on scored herself on a passed ball.

Westfield senior Anna Munizza and freshman Frankie Martinez both reached base in the fifth inning on what were the only two Bulldog hits of the game. The rally, however, was short-lived as Wildcat senior second baseman Hayley Morton fielded a ground ball, tagged the runner and threw to first base to complete the double play.

Westfield has lost four straight and will attempt to get back on track Friday night at Herndon. The Bulldogs won the previous meeting with the Hornets, 2-0.

The Wildcats will attempt to complete the regular season sweep of the Concorde District when they host Herndon on Monday and then travel to face Farifax on Wednesday.

                       1   2   3   4   5   6   7 — F
Centreville       0   0   2   1   0   0   2 — 5
Westfield         0   0   0   0   0   0   0 — 0

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Herndon senior pitcher Katie Briggs earned Velocity’s Featured Athlete of the Week honors after leading the Hornets to a 1-0 victory over visiting Robinson in eight innings on Thursday.

Not only did Briggs throw an excellent game — striking out 13 Rams’ batters in the game, including striking out the side in the second inning and fanning two batters in the third, fifth, sixth and eighth innings — she was provided the game-winning hit.

Locked in a scoreless tie in the bottom half of the eighth inning, Briggs took an outside pitch to deep right field to score senior second baseman
Chelsea Roseberry for a 1-0, walk-off
victory. Roseberry had reached on a single in the game’s first
additional inning and moved to second when senior center fielder Marra Hvozdovic drew a walk.

With the victory Herndon improved to 10-3 overall on the season with six regular-season games remaining.

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Chantilly senior left-handed pitcher Patrick Somers, the Velocity Featured Athlete of the Week, struck out 10 batters this past Wednesday in a key, 4-1 victory over rival Westfield. The victory moved the Chargers (10-4 overall, 6-1 Concorde District) into a tie for first place in league play.

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Allen Johnson Invitational at Lake Braddock High School

Boys  —  Team Results
1)
South Lakes, 67; 2) Mountain View, 61; 3) Lake Braddock, 60.50 4)
Edison, 43; 5) West Potomac, 41.75 6) Gar-Field, 37; 7) Episcopal, 34;
8) Westfield, 28.7; T9) Midlothian, 28; T9) Chantilly, 28; T11) W.T.
Woodson, 25; T11) Thomas Jefferson, 25; 13) Gonzaga, 23; 14) Fairfax,
22; 15) Potomac Falls, 19.75; 16) Robinson, 19; 17) South County, 17;
18) Oakton, 16; 19) Bishop O’Connell, 14.50; 20) Centreville, 1; 21)
T.C. Williams, 10; T22) Langley, 9; T22) Osbourn Park, 9; 24) Herndon,
4; 25) Manchester, 3.75; 26) Annandale, 2; 27) Lee 1.  

Girls  —  Team Results
1) Lake Braddock, 99; 2) Osbourn Park, 63; 3) Edison, 51; 4) Centreville, 45.50; 5) Manchester, 43.50; 6) Langley, 31; 7) Robinson, 28.50; T8) Brooke Point, 28; T8) South Lakes, 28; 10) W.T. Woodson, 23; T11) Annandale, 22; T11) Gar-Field, 22; 13) Chantilly, 20; 14) West Potomac, 19; 15) Midlothian, 17; 16) West Springfield, 16; 17) Westfield, 15; T18) Herndon, 14; T18) South County, 14; 20) Thomas Jefferson, 12; 21) Maggie Walker Govrs, 10; T22) Bishop O’Connell, 8; T22) Oakton, 8; 24) Fairfax, 6.50; 25) T.C. Williams, 6; 26) Durham Striders, 5; 27) Madison, 3; 28) Episcopall, 2.
 
Boys 100 Meter Dash
Meet Record: 10.74  2006  Sean Holston, Lee                          
1. Ladd, David  Soph.  Fairfax                  10.97 VA qualifier
2. Brown, Vincent  Jr.  South Lakes         11.12 VA
3. Davis, Matthew  Jr.  Westfield             11.14 VA
4. Titcombe, Ademola  Sr.  Edison           11.22 NREG qualifier
5. Urrutia, Raymond  Sr.  Chantilly            11.26 NREG
6. Robertson, CJ  Sr.  Fairfax                   11.37 NREG
                             
Girls 100 Meter Dash
Meet Record: 12.12  2000  Alyssa Aikin, Chantilly                    
1. Finch, Brittni  Sr.  Centreville                   12.37 VA
2. Mann, Shekyira  Jr.  Edison, Thomas         12.49 VA
3. Wallace, Lachelle  Jr.  South Lakes           12.71 NREG
4. Grant, Jordan  Sr.  Centreville                  12.72 NREG
5. Russell*, Desiree  Soph.  Manchester        12.78 NREG
6. Nocera, Amanda  Soph.  Osbourn Park      12.81 NREG

Boys 200 Meter Dash
Meet Record: 21.07  2007  Sean Holston, Lee        
1. Price, A.J.  Sr.  South Lakes                    21.98 VA
2. Vaughn, Nicholas  Sr.  South Lakes           22.30 VA
3. Vaughn, Adrian  Soph.  South Lakes         22.36 VA
4. McCants, Jon  Jr.  West Potomac             22.48 VA
5. Titcombe, Ademola  Sr.  Edison 22.60       22.57 VA
6. Ladd, David  Soph.  Fairfax                       22.81 NREG

Girls 200 Meter Dash
Meet Record: 24.27  1999  Alyssa Aikin, Chantilly                    
1. Finch, Brittni  Sr.  Centreville                   25.18 VA
2. Wallace, Lachelle  Jr.  South Lakes           25.61 VA
3. Woods, Connie  Sr.  Edison                     25.75 NREG
4. Sinichko, Becca  Fr.  Lake Braddock          25.79 NREG
5. Russell*, Desiree  Soph.  Manchester        26.09 NREG
6. Idris, Amira  Fr.  Chantilly                         26.12 NREG

Boys 400 Meter Dash
Meet Record: 46.55  2007  Sean Holston, Lee        
1. Keels, Allante  Jr.  Episcopal                     49.52 VA
2. Vaughn, Nicholas  Sr.  South Lakes           49.91 VA
3. Letson, Chris  Sr.  Lake Braddock              50.23 VA
4. Yi, Chris  Sr.  Langley                              50.94 NREG 
5. Vaughn, Adrian  Soph.  South Lakes         51.16 NREG
6. Lecky, Philip  Sr.  Gar-Field                       51.44

Girls 400 Meter Dash
Meet Record: 55.89  1999  Alyssa Aikin, Chantilly                    
1. Grant, Jordan  Sr.  Centreville                 58.04 VA
2. Sinichko, Becca  Fr.  Lake Braddock         58.82 NREG
3. Woods, Connie  Sr.  Edison 59.00           59.61 NREG
4. Nunn, Nikki  Soph.  Manchester               59.89 NREG
5. Coleman, Nadia  Sr.  South Lakes            1:00.04 NREG
6. Owusu-Mensah, Pris  Soph.  Gar-Field       1:00.17 NREG

Boys 800 Meter Run
Meet Record: 1:53.76  1999  James Small, McLean                      
1. Edgell, Devin  Sr.  Lake Braddock         1:57.73 VA
2. Hagen, Ryan  Jr.  Potomac Falls           1:57.99 NREG
3. Ward, Carter  Sr.  Gonzaga                 1:58.18 NREG
4. Degfae, Tihut  Jr.  Edison                   1:59.14
5. Sakyi, Derrick  Sr.  Gar-Field                 2:00.08
6. LoRusso, Joe  Sr.  Oakton                   2:01.11

Girls 800 Meter Run
Meet Record: 2:16.04  2007  Kerry Hartman, Westfield                 
1. Sevachko, Brittany  Sr.  Westfield             2:18.44 VA
2. Barber, Rosemary  Sr.  West Springfield     2:19.73 NREG
3. Epstein, Liana  Soph.  Lake Braddock        2:19.79 NREG
4. Dowd, Frances  Jr.  Fairfax                       2:21.72
5. Lardner, Casey  Fr.  Lake Braddock            2:21.74
6. Delphin*, Kacen  Sr.  Manchester              2:22.01

Boys 1600 Meter Run
Meet Record: 4:12.51  2004  Christo Landry, Thomas Jefferson  
1. Landry, Brian  Sr.  Thomas Jefferson           4:22.41 VA
2. Heflin, Evan  Sr.  Thomas Jefferson             4:23.25 VA
3. Degfae, Leoule  Jr.  Edison                        4:24.92 NREG
4. Ledder, Bill  Soph.  Gonzaga                       4:25.21 NREG
5. Barron, Patrick  Sr.  W.T. Woodson             4:27.03
6. Wester, Marty  Sr.  Robinson                      4:28.48

Girls 1600 Meter Run
Meet Record: 4:57.85  1999  Kelley Otstott, Thomas Jefferson          
1. Wijayaratne, Hirun  Jr.  Herndon                 5:00.48 VA
2. Fitzpatrick, Megan  Jr.  Bishop O’Connell       5:10.81 VA
3. Hall, Kellie  Soph.  Brooke Point                   5:14.13 NREG
4. Dow*, Samantha  Sr.  Midlothian                 5:15.73
5. Pastor, Aaren  Jr.  W.T. Woodson               5:17.56
6. DiValentin, Lia  Jr.  Chantilly                        5:18.37

Boys 3200 Meter Run
Meet Record: 9:09.87  2007  Mike Spooner, West Springfield           
1. Witt*, Jason  Sr.  Midlothian                   9:16.64 VA
2. Hammond*, Michael  Sr.  Midlothian         9:24.93 VA
3. Brown, Alex  Sr.  Mountain View             9:25.84 VA
4. Hendricks, Neal  Jr.  Oakton                    9:28.56 VA
5. Brown, Chris  Sr.  Mountain View             9:29.87 VA
6. Foley, Christopher  Soph.  Chantilly           9:33.01 VA

Girls 3200 Meter Run
Meet Record: 10:52.71  1999  Erin Swain, Lake Braddock               
1. DiValentin, Lia  Jr.  Chantilly                       11:01.79 VA
2. Karabinus, Ariel  Soph.  Osbourn Park          11:06.51 VA
3. Arrington, Lindsi  Soph.  Gar-Field               11:08.15 VA
4. Corrigan, Anna  Sr.  Lake Braddock             11:08.32 VA
5. Piersol *, Susanna  Jr.  Maggie Walker         11:21.93 VA
6. Fleming, Connor  Sr.  Thomas Jefferson       11:22.12 VA

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
Meet Record: 13.71  2000  Rickey Harris, Centreville                 
1. Santano, Michael   Jr.  Lake Braddock         14.54 VA
2. DeVito, Paul  Jr.  Osbourn Park                  14.81 VA
3. Brown, Vincent  Jr.  South Lakes               14.88 VA
4. Burrell, Clinton  Jr.  Gar-Field                      15.20 VA
5. Willoughby, Ray  Sr.  Centreville                 15.70 NREG
6. Harris, Devron  Soph.  Manchester              16.03

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
Meet Record: 13.71  2000  Sheena Johnson, Gar-Field                  
1. Akwule, Melanie  Sr.  Lake Braddock          14.75 VA
2. Simonson, Keosha  Sr.  Edison                  15.39 VA
3. Perkins*, Erica  Soph.  Manchester            16.15 NREG
4. Darhele, Shallu  Jr.  South County             16.73
5. Ingram, Emily  Sr.  Lake Braddock              17.97
6. Nalls, Megan  Fr.  Brooke Point                  18.77
 
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
Meet Record: 37.38  1999  Rickey Harris, Centreville                 
1. Santano, Michael  Jr.  Lake Braddock            40.43 VA
2. Everette, John  Sr.  Mountain View             41.10 NREG
3. Chauteh, Mark  Sr.  Bishop O’Connell            41.22 NREG
4. Bacote, Dominique  Jr.  Centreville               41.60
5. Herrity, Robert  Sr.  Chantilly                       42.10
6. Allen, Robert  Jr.  South County                  42.19

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
Meet Record: 42.46  2000  Sheena Johnson, Gar-Field                  
1. Hyter, Brittany  Sr.  Osbourn Park                45.34 VA
2. Akwule, Melanie  Sr.  Lake Braddock             45.56 VA
3. Pritchard, Jaime  Jr.  W.T. Woodson             46.54 VA
4. Simonson, Keosha  Sr.  Edison                      47.58 NREG
5. Waikiki, Tialei  Jr.  Osbourn Park                    47.94 NREG
6. Caldwell*, Erica  Soph.  Manchester               48.19 NREG

Boys 4×100 Meter Relay
Meet Record: 42.42  2002  Hayfield
1. Mountain View  ‘A’             43.61 NREG
2. Chantilly  ‘A’                      44.38
3. Fairfax  ‘A’                         44.45
4. Gonzaga  ‘A’                      44.54
5. West Potomac  ‘A’             44.58
6. Gar-Field  ‘A’                      44.70

Girls 4×100 Meter Relay
Meet Record: 48.74  2005  Manchester High        
1. Osbourn Park  ‘A’              49.02 VA 
2. South Lakes  ‘A’                49.32 NREG
3. Edison  ‘A’                        49.83 NREG
4. Manchester  ‘A’                 49.95 NREG
5. Brooke Point  ‘A’               51.12
6. W.T. Woodson  ‘A’            51.15

Boys 4×400 Meter Relay
Meet Record: 3:20.23  2000  T.C. Williams 
1. West Potomac  ‘A’               3:26.16 NREG
2. South Lakes  ‘A’                   3:26.61 NREG
3. Lake Braddock  ‘A’                3:28.21 NREG
4. Gonzaga  ‘A’                         3:28.94
5. Gar-Field  ‘A’                         3:31.03
6. Episcopal  ‘A’                        3:31.48

Girls 4×400 Meter Relay
Meet Record: 3:54.29  2007  Osbourn Park        
1. W.T. Woodson,  ‘A’              4:03.20 NREG
2. Lake Braddock  ‘A’                4:04.24 NREG
3. Osbourn Park  ‘A’                  4:05.43 NREG
4. Edison  ‘A’                            4:08.33
5. Brooke Point  ‘A’                   4:08.73
6. Thomas Jefferson  ‘A’            4:08.79

Boys 4×800 Meter Relay
Meet Record: 7:53.36  1999  T.C. Williams 
1. Mountain View  ‘A’                 7:56.06 VA
2. Gar-Field  ‘A’                          7:58.58 VA
3. Oakton  ‘A’                           8:03.42 VA
4. West Potomac  ‘A’                 8:04.55 VA
5. Potomac Falls  ‘A’                   8:08.51 NREG
6 Edison  ‘A’                             8:10.22 NREG

Girls 4×800 Meter Relay
Meet Record: 9:26.63  2003  Robinson
1. Gar-Field  ‘A’                         9:32.39 VA
2. Oakton  ‘A’                          9:35.11 VA
3. Thomas Jefferson ‘A’             9:41.32 NREG
4. Langley  ‘A’                          9:53.21
5. Herndon  ‘A’                         9:58.19
6. Lake Braddock  ‘A’                 9:59.31

Boys High Jump
Meet Record: 6-06.25  2005  David Jones, Lake Braddock               
1. Jenkins, Nelson  Sr.  Episcopal                     6-00.00 NREG
T2. Bowen, Evan  Sr.  W. T. Woodson           J6-00.00 NREG
T2. Muzzio, Joey  Fr.  Robinson                      J6-00.00 NREG
T4. Santano, Michael  Jr.  Lake Braddock          5-10.00
T4. Llames, George  Sr.  Bishop O’Connell         5-10.00
6. Allen, Jeffrey  Jr.  Robinson                        J5-10.00

Girls High Jump
Meet Record: 5-09  2001  Bonnie Meekins, Oakton                     
1. Scott, Lisa  Sr.  Langley                              5-03.00 VA
2. Reist, Caroline  Jr.  Robinson                        5-00.00
3. Meagher*, Erin  Soph.  Manchester             J5-00.00
4. Darhele, Shallu  Jr.  South County               J5-00.00
5. Peterson, Caroline  Jr.  West Springfield        4-10.00
6. Bumgarner, Megan  Soph.  Lake Braddock    J4-10.00

Boys Pole Vault
Meet Record: 15-04  2004  David Lewis, Centreville                   
1. Clark, Tommy  TC Williams                     13-00.00 VA
2. Sun, Curtis  Jr.  Chantilly                        12-06.00 NREG
3. Baerenz, Joe  Sr.  Thomas Jefferson      J12-06.00 NREG
4. Louie, Philip  Sr.  W. T. Woodson           12-00.00
5. McCaffrey, Conor  Sr.  Langley               J12-00.00
6. Wever, Corey  Jr.  Westfield                  J12-00.00

Girls Pole Vault
Meet Record: 11-00  1999  Kira Simms, Gar-Field                      
1. McGlade, Colleen  Jr.  Brooke Point                 10-00.00 VA
2. Danner, Morgan  Sr.  Langley                        J10-00.00 VA
3. Wuerker, Taylor  T.C. Williams                         9-09.00 VA
4. Powelson*, Jocelyn  Soph.  Maggie Walker      J9-09.00 VA
5. Weinberg, Kim  Jr.  Chantilly                           9-03.00 NREG
6. Shoemaker, Rebecca  Jr.  Lake Braddock          9-00.00

Boys Long Jump
Meet Record: 22-11.50  2007  Alex Owah, Harrisonburg                 
1. Olamigoke, Olu  Sr.  Mountain View           22-04.50 VA
2. Titcombe, Ademola  Sr.  Edison                21-09.00 NREG
3. Robinson, Keon  Sr.  Lake Braddock           21-01.00 NREG
4. Hogue, Alex  Sr.  Potomac Falls                 21-00.50 NREG
5. Llames, George  Sr.  Bishop O’Connell         20-02.00
6. Brown, Vincent  Jr.  South Lakes               20-00.50

Girls Long Jump
Meet Record: 19-02.25  2007  Brittni Finch, Centreville              
1. Finch, Brittni  Sr.  Centreville                 18-08.00 VA
2. Hyter, Brittany  Sr.  Osbourn Park          18-03.00 VA
3. Danner, Morgan  Sr.  Langley                 16-10.00 NREG
4. Johnson, Tristine  Durham Striders          16-08.50
5. Hyter, Bethany  Sr.  Osbourn Park          16-07.00
6. Seay, Zoie  Sr.  Lake Braddock               16-04.75

Boys Triple Jump
Meet Record: 47-05  2007  Antonio Miller, Manchester                 
1. Olamigoke, Olu  Sr.  Mountain View            46-06.25 VA
2. Aaron, Kevin  Sr.  Gar-Field                        43-06.75 NREG
3. Titcombe, Ademola  Sr.  Edison                 43-06.25 NREG
4. Robinson, Keon  Sr.  Lake Braddock           43-05.75 NREG      
5. Asare, Kwarteng  Sr.  Robinson                 43-05.50 NREG
6. Allen, Robert  Jr.  South County                42-01.25

Girls Triple Jump
Meet Record: 40-07.50  1998  Yolanda Thompson, West Potomac          
1. Akwule, Melanie  Sr.  Lake Braddock           37-07.25 VA  
2. Lee, Katherine  Sr.  West Potomac             37-03.50 VA  
3. Simonson, Keosha  Sr.  Edison                    35-08.50 NREG  
4. Hyter, Bethany  Sr.  Osbourn Park              35-08.00 NREG  
5. Darhele, Shallu  Jr.  South County              34-04.50  
6. Hairston, Candice  Soph.  Manchester         33-11.25

Boys Shot Put
Meet Record: 59-02.50  1999  Nick Welihozkiy, West Springfield       
1. Bennet, Jimmy  Sr.  West Potomac           49-02.75 NREG
2. Ruland, Ty  Sr.  Westfield                        48-06.75 NREG
3. Ertekin, Kerem   Sr.  West Potomac          46-09.75
4. Shiels, Andrew  Sr.  Episcopal                   46-01.25
5. Bullock, Josh  Jr.  South County                45-11.50
6. Shupp, Erik  Sr.  Herndon                        45-09.25

Girls Shot Put
Meet Record: 44-05  2003  Tiffany Evans, Gar-Field                   
1. Koppelman, Emily  Jr.  Annandale              35-04.75 NREG  
2. Echard, Jessie  Sr.  Robinson                     34-09.75 NREG
3. Wormley, Sachet  Sr.  Midlothian               34-06.50
4. Newman, Kaylin  Soph.  Westfield              34-04.75
5. Ometu, Christy  Jr.  Annandale                  34-03.00
6. Baity, Kendra  Jr.  Lake Braddock               34-00.50

Boys Discus Throw
Meet Record: 190-10  1999  Nick Welihozkiy, West Springfield         
1. Ruland, Ty  Sr.  Westfield                          148-03.00 NREG
2. Mueller, Travis  Sr.  W.T. Woodson             147-08.00 NREG
3. Fortes, Quintin  Jr.  South Lakes                 145-05.00 NREG
4. Pugh, Billy  Sr.  Midlothian                          136-06.00 NREG
5. Shiels, Andrew  Sr.  Episcopal                     136-03.00 NREG
6. Yesbeck*, Nick  Sr.  Midlothian                   129-05.00

Girls Discus Throw
Meet Record:  142-08  1998  Inhar Chong, Fairfax                      
1. Jordan, Matisha  Sr.  West Potomac             114-03.00 VA
2. Koppelman, Emily  Jr.  Annandale                 111-09.00 VA
3. Echard, Jessie  Sr.  Robinson                       109-08.00 NREG
4. Wormley, Sachet  Sr.  Midlothian                 109-01.00 NREG
5. Brionez, Anna  Sr.  Lake Braddock                105-02.00 NREG
6 Echard, Asia  Sr.  Robinson                          100-06.00

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** Look below the story for complete video highlights from Thursday’s game.**

With the head referee standing in the center circle and both teams positioned to begin the game, Westfield seniors Kyle Guthrie and A.J. Sheta posed with Centreville senior Brandon Chu for a photo from the sidelines.

This pre-game procession is an annual ritual for these cross-town rivals. And unless the teams meet in the Concorde District tournament, the Bulldogs’ 1-0 road win over the Wildcats on Thursday will be the last time the three friends meet at the high-school level.

“Me, Kyle and Brandon have been playing together since before we could walk,” said Sheta, who is a teammate of the pair on Northern Virginia Royals club team. “It’s fun, because now you get to talk to him after the game and rag on him a little bit.

“Other than that, we’re still friends.”

The three played end-to-end play in the opening minutes, pacing their respective teams, before Sheta readied to change the course of the game. In the 25th minute, the Bulldogs drew a free kick just outside of the Wildcats’ 18-yard box.

Westfield acted quickly and while Centreville looked to get organized and ensure every man in the box was marked, Guthrie rolled the ball short to Sheta, who was standing a few paces to his right.

Sheta took one touch to his right and fired a shot past Wildcat goal keeper Steven Linane for the game’s only goal.

“I come creeping up from the side and, if they don’t mark me, Kyle will scream,” Sheta said. “He’ll pretend like he’s going to cross the ball and he just lay it off. It was just a good hit.”

Added Westfield coach Tom Torres: “He had the same goal against Oakton — the same exact goal — except it went upper-90, so I told him after the game it wasn’t as good as his Oakton goal. It was the same set piece.”

Centreville came into the game hoping to crowd the midfield with its 4-5-1 formation and threaten the Westfield goal with a counter-attack. They never strayed from that lineup, despite trailing throughout.

“We knew what both teams had coming in here,” said Wildcats’ Coach Brian Cochran, in his first year replacing Jac Cicala (Robinson). “We were going to come in, score what we could and try to counter-attack. We played that way last year under a different coach and it worked well and we were going to try the same thing.

“We had a couple chances and that’s all you’re going to get on something like that. We had a couple chances and we just didn’t finish it.”

Although the Wildcats (3-2-2) failed to score, it was only the third time this season the Bulldogs (7-0-1) scored fewer than two goals.

“We came into the game thinking that Centreville was going to come at us,” said Torres, whose Bulldogs held a 20-4 advantage on shots-on-goal. “In the past, they’ve always sat back a little bit and exposed us on counterattack. We thought they might come at us first, but they did sit back.

“It kind of put us in a situation where we have to be patient and kind of pick our spots. The middle of the field wasn’t working so we were trying to get the guys to use the width … As we started to use the width, it created things. It created that free kick that led to the goal.”

Thursday’s game was the first in a series of difficult tests for both teams. Each of Westfield’s next four opponents — and four of Centreville’s next five — boast a .500 record or better.

“We’ve got Robinson coming up, we’ve got Herndon coming up, we’ve got Lake Braddock coming up,” Cochran said. “We’ve got to figure it out somewhere.

“But I think it boosted their confidence a little bit knowing that we can play with a full-on team like this.”

E-mail: pmurphy@digitalsports.com

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WF — Sheta (25)

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Two current members of the Northern Region — and two who would like to be — plead their cases before the Virginia High School League’s Redistricting and Reclassification committee Monday in Charlottesville.

But only the two current Northern Region schools — Hayfield and Stone Bridge — won the initial battle.

Hayfield, which is currently a member of the Patriot District, appealed its
continued placement there and requested to be moved to the National
District. And Stone Bridge, which currently a member of the Liberty District, appealed its
proposed move to the Cedar Run District in the Northwest Region and
requested to remain a member of the Liberty District.

Both requests were granted.

That was not the case for Heritage (AA Dulles District) and Loudoun Valley (AAA Cedar Run) of
Loudoun County, which appealed their proposed placement into the Cedar Run
District and, instead, requested to join the Northern Region. Heritage
asked to join as a member of the Liberty District; Loudoun Valley as a
member of the Concorde District.

Both of those requests were denied.

The only other change to the current alignment is Fairfax, which had previously been
moved out of the Concorde District, where it currently plays, and into the Liberty District.

A school still has one last opportunity to appeal the decisions that were made on Monday. It may appeal the R&R committee’s decision to the VHSL’s Executive Committee. No hearing will be held, but the Executive Committee will review the written record of the original appeal and issue its decision. The Executive Committe will meet May 7, and the final plan will go into effect July 1, 2009.

As it stands today, the most recent proposal for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years is as follows:

Concorde District
Centreville (2283)
Chantilly (2835)
Herndon (2190)
Oakton (2350)
Robinson (2751)
Westfield (3171)

Liberty District
Fairfax (2125)
Thomas Jefferson (1805)
Langley (2083)
Madison (1910)
Marshall (1326)
McLean (1767)
South Lakes (1442)
Stone Bridge (1704)
W.T. Woodson (2115)

National District
Edison (1769)
Falls Church (1318)
Hayfield (1583)
Mount Vernon (1758)
JEB Stuart (1545)
Wakefield (1633)
Washington-Lee (1743)
Yorktown (1883)

Patriot District
Annandale (2383)
Lake Braddock (2507)
Lee (1875)
South County (2044)
T.C. Williams (2807)
West Potomac (1982)
West Springfield (2217)

**Changes to the present alignment are italicized.

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** DigitalSports videographer Phil Murphy sits down for a one-on-one conversation with the Velocity Player of the Week, found in a video player just below the story.

Langley senior center fielder Lindsay Brown blasted a two-run,
home run over the left-center field fence in the top of the ninth inning last Thursday to
break open the tie and lead the Saxons to a 9-6 victory at Madison.

Langley (9-1, 4-0 Liberty) entered Monday’s district game at Stone Bridge having won eight consecutive ball games, including outscoring Thomas Jefferson, South Lakes and W.T. Woodson by a combined total of 79-3 in the three games prior to facing the Warhawks.

Brown, whose younger sister Brooke, a sophomore, picked up the win from the pitching circle on Thursday, has been a big part of the reason for success. Lindsay totaled seven hits during the teams’ 4-1 run through its spring tournament in Myrtle Beach, and has been on fire at the plate ever since.

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Centreville used the dominate pitching combination of senior Brianne Pease and junior Jessica Ferrick plus the first career home run for freshman Cara Donovan to defeat Herndon, 2-0, on Monday night.

Pease struck out three batters — allowing only two hits while retiring 11 of the last 12 Hornet batters she faced — before exiting the game after five innings of work. Herndon senior Jasmine Craun accounted for one of the two hits against Pease, ripping a single to left field to lead off the bottom half of the fourth inning. But the Wildcats’ defense ended the threat with a 1-6-3 double play.

Ferrick closed the game out, striking out two without yielding a hit.

Herndon got an outstanding pitching performance from senior Katie Briggs as well.

Briggs pitched the complete game, striking out 10 batters while giving up only three hits. Unfortunately for Briggs, all three came off Donovan’s bat, including her first career solo home run to lead off the sixth inning. Centreville’s second run came later in the same inning but was unearned.

“It was pretty exciting,” Donovan said. “As a freshman it’s a pretty big deal. It’s my first career high school home run.”

Centreville has won nine of its 11 games this season and will host Fairfax on Wednesday night. Herndon travels to Chantilly on April 22.

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