With the start of the 2008-09 high school sports season less than three weeks away, DigitalSports brings you of the most-watched videos from last school year.
Check the video player below for the most popular highlights from November of 2007 … and check back each Wednesday for the next months’ most-watched videos as we count the days until fall practice begins again!
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Most-Watched Videos: November 2007
Posted on 30 July 2008 by brian.
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DigitalSports Feature: NoVa sends “Team America” to Germany
Posted on 27 July 2008 by brian.
By Jimmy Thomas
Content Editor, DigitalSports.com
** Check below the story for interviews with members of Team USA and former players of Mark “Pudge” Gjormand.
After hearing Mark “Pudge” Gjormand speak about his experiences and success as James Madison High Schools head baseball coach at the National Coaches Conference, USA Baseball officials asked him to lead a team of high school eligible players from Northern Virginia to Germany in an effort to promote the game overseas.
Gjormand’s selection should come as no surprise.
In his 13 seasons at the helm at James Madison, Gjormand has racked up one Virginia AAA state title, back-to-back Northern Region championships, six Liberty District titles and was ranked in the top five in the nation in 2002 by ESPN and USA Today. He has been named the district, region and state Coach of the Year. He was also named BCA East Coast Coach of the year and was a finalist for BCA National Coach of the Year. Both awards sponsored by Baseball America.
Former Warhawk and University of Virginia standout Justin Counts and Centreville High School head coach Morgan Spencer have been chosen as assistant coaches. After some research and nominations from local coaches a 15-man roster(see below) was assembled.
“When these guys were selected, it wasn’t all about talent,” Gjormand said. “We are not only representing Northern Virginia, we are representing the United States. We wanted guys with great talent and great character. I am really excited about the opportunity and I am looking forward to it being an incredible experience for myself and the players. It is really an honor to be able to do this.”
America’s Team will arrive in Munich on July 30 and will travel to Deggendorf and Frankfurt over the next eight days playing six games against the best college and pro-level talent that Germany has to offer.
Although the games will be at the forefront of their minds, the players will also mix in some European history and culture during their trip as well.
The team will enjoy a sightseeing tour through Munich on bicycles, visit the castle of Neuschwanstein built by mad King Ludwig II and will travel to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial — a vivid reminder of the Nazi atrocities during World War II.
“It’s going to fun visiting a different part of the world that I haven’t seen before,” Spencer said. “We have our own tour guide and translator. Baseball is obviously the reason we are there but we are going to take full advantage of what Germany has to offer.”
Roster
#1 Dylan Robeson — W.T. Woodson
#3 Matt Moore — James Madison
#4 T.J. Ersham — James Madison
#5 Sean Murphy — Gonzaga
#7 Ryan Ashooh — Centreville
#8 Nathan Slater — Lake Braddock
#9 Kevin Pence — Herndon
#10 Brian Wittington — Marshall
#11 Sean Fitzgerald — Mclean
#12 Michael Norton — Georgetown Prep
#13 Ryan Stumvall — Thomas Jefferson
#15 Denis Buckley — Mclean High School
#16 Alex Jacquez — James Madison
#22 Chris Campbell — Centrevile
#30 Cam Cassady — James Madison
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Vienna Mustangs rally from deficit to defeat Dominion Dragons
Posted on 22 July 2008 by brian.
By Jimmy Thomas
Content Editor, DigitalSports.com
After a half hour delay and a lot of field maintenance to dry up the baseball field at Westfield High School on Monday, the umpires finally deemed the field ready for action. That’s when the Vienna Mustangs and the Dominion Dragons of the Old Dominion League squared off for the second time this summer.
Just before the first pitch, Mustangs Coach Morgan Spencer, who is the head coach at Centreville high school, calmly reminded his team that these same Dragons no-hit them in their previous match-up. Despite missing some players to summer vacation, Vienna prevailed this time around, coming from behind to beat Dominion, 7-6.
“I was proud of the way we fought back,” Morgan said. “The last two nights we have had to come from behind. They did a good job of manufacturing runs, they did a good job of squaring off the baseball and getting timely hits.”
The Dragons took a 3-0 lead on RBI base hits from Seth Jordan and Nick Digby, both of whom play at South County. Dominion added one in the second inning on an RBI single by Jeff Haeuptle and put two more runs on the board in the fourth to take a 6-4 lead through four.
The Mustangs finally took their first lead in fifth inning on RBI singles by James Madison University-bound Casey Turner and Ricardo Perez, a rising senior at Madison high school.
Centreville’s Chris Campbell took the hill for Vienna, going five innings for the win before giving way to Madisons’ Brig Tison for the two-inning save. Tison will be playing at George Mason University next year.
“Chris [Campbell] probably threw a little more than we would have liked tonight, but he battled and got through five and Brig [Tison] did a nice job closing it up,” Spencer said. “Brig is not a typical pitcher but he does a nice job of throwing strikes and has a nice little curveball.”
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Most-Watched Videos: October 2007
Posted on 17 July 2008 by brian.
With the start of the 2008-09 high school sports season less than five weeks away, DigitalSports brings you of the most-watched videos from last school year.
Check the video player below for the most popular highlights from October of 2007 … and check back each Wednesday for the next months’ most-watched videos as we count the days until fall practice begins again!
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Most-Watched Videos: September 2007
Posted on 08 July 2008 by brian.
With the start of the 2008-09 high school sports season less than six weeks away, DigitalSports brings you of the most-watched videos from last school year.
Check the video player below for the most popular highlights from September of 2007 … and check back each Wednesday for the next months’ most-watched videos as we count the days until fall practice begins again!
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