Osbourn Park High School | Archive | February, 2009

Boys Basketball: 2009 Cedar Run All-District

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2009 Cedar Run Boys Basketball All-District

First Team
Andrew Brookins, Osbourn Park
James Robinson, Battlefield
Darren Warren, Stonewall Jackson
Jerelle Benimon, Fauquier
Stephen Yates, Liberty
Django DeGree, Loudoun Valley
Joey Geary, Fauquier

Second Team
Dion Romeo, Battlefield
Robert Carter, Osbourn
Jamal Fofana, Stonewall Jackson
Drew MacMahon, Loudoun Valley
Wynton Wilson, Osbourn Park
Cory Turner, Osbourn
Spencer Allen, Culpeper

Honorable Mention
Dominic Paige, Osbourn Park
Jay Lane, Osbourn
Lucky Whitehead, Osbourn
Tim Horn, Battlefield
Jahmal Jones, Battlefield
Chris Parker, Battlefield
Jordan Baird, Stonewall Jackson
Brown Dixon, Stonewall Jackson
Morgan Winbush, Stonewall Jackson
Josh Majors, Culpeper
Larry Ralph, Culpeper
Connor Trombley, Loudoun Valley
John Yoxthimer, Loudoun Valley
Tyler Lamper, Fauquier
Alex Ritter, Fauquier

Player of the Year: Jerelle Benimon, Fauquier

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Girls Basketball: 2009 Cedar Run All-District

Click the “Videos” link above for highlights from the members of the Cedar Run District first team.

2009 Cedar Run Girls Basketball All-District

First Team
Kyani White, Stonewall Jackson
Selina Mann, Battlefield

Rachel Gordon, Osbourn Park

Joy Caracciolo, Stonewall Jackson

Kelly Hamner, Osbourn Park

Jessica Mullen, Loudoun Valley

Jazmon Gwathney, Liberty

Second Team
Sam Jordan, Stonewall Jackson

Destiny Shearin, Osbourn Park
Taylor Cordle, Battlefield

Erika Scott, Osbourn

Deneka Williams, Osbourn
Kayla Sweet, Loudoun Valley

Miranda Wingo, Fauquier

Honorable Mention
Tiffani Couts, Stonewall Jackson

Briana Terry, Stonewall Jackson
Kelila Atkinson, Osbourn Park
Alexis Carter, Osbourn Park

Katie Tassa, Osbourn Park
Annie Jones, Battlefield
Caitlyn Richbourg, Battlefield
Kelsey Butler, Osbourn

Mikal Johnson, Osbourn
Candy Jones, Culpeper

Kayla Bryant, Culpeper

Chasity White, Culpeper
Elizabeth Wood, Liberty

Katie Reeves, Liberty

Stormie Malik, Liberty


Player of the Year: Kyani White, Stonewall Jackson
Coach of the Year: Nsonji Whte, Stonewall Jackson

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Basketball: Northwest Semifinals Scoreboard

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By Paul Frommelt 

Prince William Content Manager
Boys Basketball
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Northwest Region Tournament — First Round (Tuesday, Feb. 24)
Gar-Field 62, Battlefield 46
C.D. Hylton 64, Fauquier 63
William Fleming 51, Stafford 46
George Washington 67, Moutain View 58 (OT)

Northwest Region Tournament — Semifinals (Thursday, Feb. 26)
William Fleming 59, Gar-Field 42
George Washington 84, C.D. Hylton 60

Northwest Region Tournament — Finals (Saturday, Feb. 28)
George Washington vs. William Fleming, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball
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Northwest Region Tournament — First Round (Tuesday, Feb. 24)

Forest Park 58, Osbourn Park 43
Stonewall Jackson 62, Woodbridge 44
Franklin County 74, Riverbend 72
Stafford 41, Patrick Henry 38

Northwest Region Tournament — Semifinals (Thursday, Feb. 26)

Forest Park 70, Franklin County 53
Stonewall Jackson 56, Stafford 42

Northwest Region Tournament — Finals (Saturday, Feb. 28)
Forest Park vs. Stonewall Jackson, 7 p.m.

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Track: Paul DeVito Signs With Georgia Tech

Press Release From Osbourn Park Head Coach Michael D. Feldman:

Osbourn Park Track and Field is pleased to announce that Paul DeVito, Class of ’09, has committed to Georgia Tech where he plans to major in engineering. He will compete for the Yellow Jackets in the high and intermediate hurdles, and sprint relay events. DeVito was All State in the 55-meter highs (7.73 seconds) and the 300 intermediates (38.85) as a junior. His time of 14.02 in the 110 highs was the second fastest time in Virginia in 2008. He finished 9th in the 110m highs at the Nike Outdoor Nationals. DeVito has yet to compete this year due to an ankle injury sustained this past summer.  He is preparing for the upcoming outdoor season and is targeting a return to competition in mid-April.

DeVito was also recruited heavily by Virginia Commonwealth University, Syracuse, Indiana University and East Carolina. However, after his visit to the Tech campus in early February, the Yellow Jackets jumped to the top of the list. Georgia Tech’s innovative engineering programs, coupled with the rich tradition of the Tech track program, and the leadership of head coach Grover Hillsdale and his staff, sold DeVito and his family. 

“The fact that Georgia Tech is a national leader in engineering and also has produced a number of great hurdlers was the difference maker. And a chance to compete in the ACC. It’s an opportunity I had to take. I am looking forward to getting back on the track and finishing my senior season strong. It has been tough not to be out there with my teammates and competing. I like running and competing, not coaching.”  said DeVito.

DeVito will join the following former Osbourn Park track and field athletes currently competing at the collegiate level:

2008
Bethany Hyter — Barton County Community College
Brittany Hyter — Arkansas
Michelle Ferguson — NAPS (Will compete at USNA in 2009-2010)
Tyler Simmons — VCU
Joey Renton — Shenandoah University
2007
Leigh Bradley — Bridgewater
Katie Trizna — Virginia
2005
Emily Arena — William and Mary
Matt Heidman — William and Mary
Crystal Lawrence — George Mason

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Top 10 Plays of the Week: February 16-22, 2009

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Honorable Mentions (in no order):
Helmer Takes Title
— Langley senior David Helmer — committed to Northwestern — wins the Virginia AAA State wrestling champion at 152 lb., his second-straight state title. He finished 52-1 this season and 161-16 in his career.
Martino Repeats — Battlefield 112-lb. wrestler Beau Martino — ranked first in the state — for the second straight year, beat Fauquier’s Ryan Hunsberger — ranked second — in the district, region, and state finals. He is 7-2 all-time against his rival.
High Degree of Difficulty — Viking junior guard Django Degree scored 19 points — including a four-point play — and had highlight-reel blocks in Loudoun Valley’s 75-50 win over Osbourn in the Cedar Run District tournament.
Speedy Gonzales — Friendly’s Mike Gonzales shows his tough defense on back-to-back plays
converting two steals into baskets, the second of which a basket and a
foul. His defense pushed the Patriots to a 56-43
victory and the win clinched the P.G. County 3A/2A/1A League
regular-season championship.
Porter Bats Batts — In last year’s Dulles District final, Freedom-South Riding guard Meixandra Porter partially blocked a last-second shot by Loudoun County that was caught and re-shot for a buzzer-beating Raider win. This year, Porter left little doubt as she blocked a would-be game-tying 3-pointer into the third row.
Record-Setting Fox — Georgetown Prep’s Brady Fox beats his own Metros record in the 100-yard Butterfly
with a time of :48.71 second. Metros is largely considered one of the most
competitive tournaments in the nation and Fox led Georgetown Prep to
the boys’ championship.
Smith Dunk Sparks Comeback — After weathering an early storm, Lackey fought back from a 20-point, second-quarter deficit to down North Point, 86-77, in overtime. Charger senior Amir Smith cut the lead to six points with this first-half, horn-beating baseline dunk.

No. 10 — King Kong Ain’t Got Nothing on Me!
Prince George’s County, Maryland — Central 189-lb. wrestler Denzel Washington, after only wrestling for one month in his career before the start of this season, won the County championship with a second-round pin of Northwest’s Lloyd Winter.

No. 9 — Hail to the Kingsbury
S.M.A.C., Maryland — In the last week of the regular season, Northern trailed McDonough by as many as 12 points in the third quarter. Patriot guard Haley Kingsbury, though, swung the momentum in Northern’s favor with this half-court heave to beat the third-quarter horn.

No. 8 — Sherwood Four-est
Montgomery County, Maryland  — Sherwood senior Steven Gamble became the only wrestler in Montgomery County to win four County titles when he won the 160-lb. class last week. Twenty five wrestlers had won three County championships before Gamble’s quartet was completed.

No. 7 — Deep Cooking
W.C.A.C., Maryland/D.C. — DeMatha sophomore guard Quinn Cook hit four 3-pointers en route to a game-high 25 points in the Stags’ 68-65 win that clinched the top seed heading into next week’s W.C.A.C. tournament. Cook only missed four field goals on the night.

No. 6 — Clipper 56
Prince George’s County, Maryland — Oxon Hill heavyweight Nigel Cross extended his winning streak to 56 matches with his victory at the Prince George’s County championships last week.

No. 5 — County-Winning Takedown
S.M.A.C., Maryland — Trailing by one point before a restart with :13 seconds remaining in the third period, Northern senior Jeff Williams takes down top-seeded Brent Mowry of La Plata at the SMAC championships in the 145 lb. weight class.

No. 4 — Greatest Show on Surf
Northern Region, Virginia — The Robinson boys’ swim & dive team won its seventh-straight Virginia AAA State championship at the Freedom Center in Manassas, Va. Only Great Bridge wrestling, which won 16 of 17 state championships from 1989-2005, has longer state-winning streaks in Virginia High School League history.

No. 3 — O.P.3.
Prince William County, Virginia — Osbourn Park became the first Prince William team to three-peat when it edged Kellam for the third-straight season at the Virginia AAA State gymnastics meet at West Potomac on Saturday. Yellow Jacket junior Megan McDonald paced her team with a second-place finish in the individual competition.

No. 2 — Broad Run to Region II
Loudoun County, Virginia — Broad Run forward Will Field pulls down a rebound, whips an outlet pass to senior Breon Earl who drives in for the game-winner only to pass under the basket to junior
Kevin McGaughey, who bobbles and then puts it in to beat the buzzer for
a 53-52 win. The Spartans advanced to knock off regular-season champion Dominion
in the finals and earn a bye in the Region II quarterfinals and a home
semifinal date this week.

No. 1 — National Record for Fletcher
Northern Region, Virginia — Madison senior Sean Fletcher broke the all-time national high-school record in the 100-yard butterfly (:47.08) at the Virginia AAA State championships on Saturday. Almost as impressively, he only had a seven-minute break until he competed in the 100-yard freestyle final and was .02 second from breaking the state record in that event. The original record holders were Nate Dusing (Covington Catholic High School, Texas; University of Texas; 2000 and 2004 Olympics), who set the record in 1997, and Austin Staab (Westerville, Ohio; Stanford) tied it in 2007.

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Gymnastics: 2009 VHSL State Individual Championships

By Angela Watts
Assistant GM, Washington D.C. Metro Area

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As Osbourn Park’s team huddled together on the floor awaiting the results from this weekend’s Virginia State Gymnastics Team Championships, there were a few moments on immense anxiety.

And, Coach Monica Brown said, impatience, too.

The Yellow Jackets, the two-time defending champions, thought they had narrowly edged Eastern Region power Kellam for their third straight title.

But the Knights’ coach had petitioned the judges to have the scores from the uneven parallel bars re-evaluated.

And Brown knew that if an error had been found, it could have meant the difference between first and second place.

“We knew we probably had them by a tenth of a point, but when they made that inquiry we didn’t know if that could change things,” she said. “So we really weren’t sure until they finally announced it.”

An in that instant, the anxiety turned to bliss. Osbourn Park did edge Kellam, 150.900-150.800, to become the first Prince William team to ever earn a three-peat.

The runner-up, each time, has been Kellam.

“The girls were so excited,” Brown said. “There were some tears of joy, and some sighs of relief, too. It was hard to wait through it all.

“But Kellam, really they are champions along with us. You can’t have a meet be that close and not feel that way.”

There was less drama — but equal excitement — surrounding the individual competition the next day, where Osbourn Park junior Megan McDonald took second in the All-Around competition behind Kellam’s Kirsten Strausbaugh, who also won the title in 2008.

McDonald did so by placing second on both vault (9.850) and bars (9.850), fourth on floor (9.625) and seventh on beam (9.650).

“It means a lot,” she said. “I didn’t even think I’d be a contender the past two years, but this year I thought I could actually do well, and second place is a big thing to me.”

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2009 VHSL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Team Scores

1. Osbourn Park  150.900
2. Kellam  150.800
3. Chantilly  144.975
4. Battlefield  144.400
5. Hickory  142.900
6. Atlee  141.400
7. Lake Braddock  136.800
8. Deep Run  126.450

Individual Competition

All-Around
1. Kirsten Strausbaugh, Kellam, 39.250
2. Megan McDonald, Osbourn Park, 38.975
3. Katie Brown, Kellam, 38.800
4. Megan Melendez, North Stafford, 38.550
5. Jennifer Ware, Princess Anne, 38.475
6. Erin Turner, Battlefield, 38.200
7. Katie Dennis, Oscar Smith, 38.075
8. Elly Taura, Chantilly, 37.900
9. Cameron Overstreet, Atlee, 37.525
10. Caitlyn Cook-Furr, Poquoson, 37.375
11. Amanda Famiglletti, Robinson, 36.900
12. Vicki Vesecky, Loudoun County, 36.775

Vault
1. Kirsten Strausbaugh, Kellam, 9.875
2. Megan McDonald, Osbourn Park, 9.850
3. Megan Melendez, North Stafford, 9.825
4. Katie Barton, Kellam, 9.700
5. Elly Taura, Chantilly, 9.675
6. Caitlyn Cook-Furr, Poquoson, 9.650
7. Sara Mogavero, Osbourn Park, 9.625
8. Erin Turner, Battlefield, 9.600

Bars
1. Kirsten Strausbaugh, Kellam, 9.900
2. Megan McDonald, Osbourn Park, 9.850
3. Hannah Chenault, Lee-Davis, 9.800
T4. Katie Dennis, Oscar Smith, 9.750
T4. Genevieve Bestercy, Great Bridge, 9.750
T4. Jennifer Ware, Princess Anne, 9.750
7. Katie Barton, Kellam, 9.675
8. Cameron Overstreet, Atlee, 9.625

Beam
1. Megan Melendez, North Stafford, 9.825
2. Kirsten Strausbaugh, Kellam, 9.750
3. Kourtney Burgsteiner, Hickory, 9.725
4. Katie Barton, Kellam, 9.700
T5. Jennifer Ware, Princess Anne, 9.675
T5. Erin Turner, Battlefield, 9.675
7. Megan McDonald, Osbourn Park, 9.650
T8. Alexis Priola, Hickory, 9.550
T8. Katie Dennis, Oscar Smith, 9.550

Floor
T1. Kirsten Strausbaugh, Kellam, 9.725
T1. Katie Barton, Kellam, 9.725
3. Jennifer Ware, Princess Anne, 9.700
4. Megan McDonald, Osbourn Park, 9.625
5. Elly Taura, Chantilly, 9.550
6. Crystal Blount, Tallwood, 9.500
T7. Erin Turner, Battlefield, 9.450
T7. Emily Bullen, Langley, 9.450

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Basketball: District Championships Scoreboard

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By Paul Frommelt 

Prince William Content Manager
Boys Basketball
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Click here to see the updated Cardinal District and Cedar Run District standings.

Cardinal District Tournament — First Round (Tuesday, Feb. 17)
No. 3 Woodbridge 56, No. 6 Freedom-Woodbridge 48
No. 4 Potomac 57, No. 5 Forest Park 53

One-Game Playoff for Top Seed
Gar-Field 51, C.D. Hylton 49

Cedar Run District Tournament — First Round (Monday, Feb. 16)
No. 1 Fauquier 67, No. 8 Culpeper 36
No. 2 Battlefield 69, No. 7 Osbourn Park 62
No. 3 Stonewall Jackson 83, No. 6 Liberty 54
No. 4 Loudoun Valley 75, No. 5 Osbourn 50

Cardinal District Tournament — Semifinals (Wednesday, Feb. 18)
No. 1 Gar-Field 37, No. 4 Potomac 34
No. 2 C.D. Hylton 55, No. 3 Woodbridge 50 (OT)
Cedar Run District Tournament — Semifinals (Wednesday, Feb. 18)
No. 1 Fauquier 66, No. 4 Loudoun Valley 54
No. 2 Battlefield 50, No. 3 Stonewall Jackson 49
Cardinal District Tournament — Finals (Friday, Feb. 20)
No. 2 C.D. Hylton 71, No. 1 Gar-Field 63
Cedar Run District Tournament — Finals (Friday, Feb. 20)
No. 1 Fauquier 57, No. 2 Battlefield 50 (OT)

Girls Basketball
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Click here to see the updated Cardinal District and Cedar Run District standings.

Cardinal District Tournament — First Round (Tuesday, Feb. 17)

No. 3 Woodbridge 52, No. 6 Freedom-Woodbridge 23
No. 4 C.D. Hylton 40, No. 5 Gar-Field 37

Cedar Run District Tournament — First Round (Friday, Feb. 13)
No. 1 Stonewall Jackson 73, No. 8 Culpeper 36
No. 2 Osbourn Park 65, No. 7 Fauquier 39
No. 3 Loudoun Valley 50, No. 6 Osbourn 33
No. 4 Battlefield 54, No. 5 Liberty 51

Cardinal District Tournament — Semifinals (Wednesday, Feb. 18)
No. 1 Forest Park 78, No. 4 C.D. Hylton 27 
No. 3 Woodbridge 44, No. 2 Potomac 39 

Cedar Run District Tournament — Semifinals (Tuesday, Feb. 17)
No. 1 Stonewall Jackson 50, Battlefield 42
No. 2 Osbourn Park 42, No. 3 Loudoun Valley 40

Cardinal District Tournament — Finals (Friday, Feb. 20)
No. 1 Forest Park 79, No. 3 Woodbridge 36
Cedar Run District Tournament — Final (Friday, Feb. 20)
No. 1 Stonewall Jackson 47, No. 2 Osbourn Park 38

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Basketball: Region Tournament Brackets

Bobcats, Indians Meet in First Round of Region

By Paul Frommelt
Prince William Content Editor
pfrommelt@digitalsports.com

While the Cedar Run and Cardinal District tournaments will have their finals tonight, the Northwest Region basketball tournaments already have their brackets’ set.

Click in the “Documents” section below to download the Northern Region Boys Basketball bracket.

With the Ceder Run and Cardinal District matching up against each other in the first round, the Gar-Field Indians, the No. 1 seed from the Cardinal District will host the Battlefield Bobcats, the Cedar Run’s No. 2 seed, on Feb. 24. The C.D. Hylton Bulldogs, No. 2 from the Cardinal, will travel to Fauquier to face the top-ranked Falcons from the Cedar Run. Both games will start at 7 p.m. The Semifinals will be hosted at the higher seed on Feb. 28 at 7 p.m., while the finals are set for Saturday, Feb. 28 at a site to be determined. Other first round matchups include No. 1 Stafford from the Commonwealth District taking on No. 2 William Fleming from the Western Valley Disrict and No. 1 George Washington from the Western Valley going up against No. 2 Mountain View from the Commonwealth.

The girls’ side will feature the top-ranked Forest Park Bruins going up against No. 2 Osbourn Park in the first round and Stonewall Jackson, the Cedar Run’s top squad, taking on No. 2 Woodbridge from the Cardinal.

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Ice Hockey: 2009 NVSHL All Star Game

South-Central All Stars Top North-West Squad, 7-5

By Paul Frommelt
Prince William Content Editor

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Click on the “Photos” and “Videos” links above to view pictures and video highlights from the game.

A six-goal offensive barrage in the third period helped the South-Central All Stars outlast the North-West All Stars, 7-5, at the Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League All Star game on Wednesday night at the Ashburn Ice House in a showcase of the top talent from around Northern Virginia. Woodbridge’s Seve Cordova was named the most valuable player for South-Central, scoring two of his squad’s six goals in the final period.

The South-Central All-Stars faced a 3-0 deficit after the first period and were down 4-1 at the end of the second. It was in that second period, however, that South-Central coach Jim Fullem saw the complexion of the game start to change.

“You could kind of see the momentum shift,” he said. “We just kept the pressure on them. I think that we surprised them a little bit. Once you start getting the puck to the net, they are going to start going in.”

All four of South-Central’s lines scored in the third, with Bishop O’Connell’s Nicholas Guerere, Battlefield/Brentsville’s Casey Dunn, Paul VI’s Adam Kosna and Forest Park’s Alex Clark all adding to Cordova’s two goals.

“You **** to keep giving cliches, but it was just absolute total team effort,” said Fullem, who coaches Forest Park. “Everybody chipped in. It was really nice to see. That’s what these things are all about.”

Langley’s Brett Hatfield was named the MVP of the North-West team, allowing only one goal in the second period with 14 saves.

The NVSHL playoffs begin on Friday, with No. 12 Broad Run taking on No. 5 Chantilly, No. 9 Briar Woods going against No. 8 Madison, No. 10 Westfield playing No. 7 Langley and No. 11 Paul VI taking on No. 6 Woodbridge. Top-ranked Stone Bridge, No. 2 Herndon, No. 3 Forest Park and No. 4 Bishop O’Connell all have byes in the first round.

Interactive Box Score
Click on the goal to view highlights.
Statistics courtesy of Jarrod Wronski from www.SportsAnnouncing.com.
South-Central All Stars 7, North-West All Stars 5


Final 1 2 3 T
South-Central All Stars 0 1 6 7

North-West All Stars 3 1 1 5

Scoring Summary
1st Period
NW — McLaughlin from McFadden and Wydler, 1:13 (1-0)
NW — Cutler from Peak and Lefebvre, 9:13 (2-0)
NW — Kortegast from Rutanen and Salzer, 11:45 (3-0)
2nd Period
SC — Yoon from Dunn and Shields, 0:37 (1-3)
NW — Davidson from Peak and Norman, 3:19 (4-1)
3rd Period
NW — Hirsh from Lefebvre and Sorando, 3:04 (5-2)
SC — S. Cordova from T. Cordova and Veltri, 0:36 (2-4)
SC — S. Cordova (2) from Shields, 4:41 (3-5)
SC — Guerere from Clark and Warner, 9:30 (4-5)
SC — Dunn from Yoon and McLaughlin, 11:13 (5-5)
SC — Kosna from Loveland, 16:18 (6-5) GWG
SC — Clark from Warner and Reichard (7-5)

Goalie Stats
North-West
Greg Hyde-HAY/SOCO (1st period) 7 saves, 0 goals
Brett Hatfield-LAN (2nd period) 14 saves, 1 goal
Bobby Burke-SB (3rd period) 19 saves, 6 goals
South-Central
Doug Page-DJO (1st period) 12 saves, 3 goals
Eugene Rose-FP (2nd period) 6 saves, 1 goal
Michael Houde-WFLD (3rd period) 13 saves, 1 goal

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The Paul Monitor #5: Predicting the District Winners

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The Paul Monitor #5: Predicting the District Winners

By Paul Frommelt

Prince William Content Manager

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UPDATE: So that worked out well — 5-for-7 in the first round of the playoffs. Apologies to Loudoun Valley and Gar-Field, please don’t punch me in the nose. I like Gar-Field and Fauquier as the favorites and Woodbridge and Stonewall as underdogs in the second round. No witty insight, just the facts ma’am.
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You want to know my favorite thing to do besides watching television in my underwear while eating frozen pizza? Providing locker-room motivation. Back at my old job, we made weekly football picks and I can’t even count how many times I got heat from for picking against a certain team. I used to giggle to myself thinking of coaches’ grabbing the paper and saying to their squads, “Look at what Paul Frommelt thinks of you! He’s says that we’re going to lose. It’s his friggin’ lock of the week!” At that point he would tear up the newspaper and the players would burn an effigy of me while chanting in a circle.

Of course, this probably didn’t happen — but it’s a pretty cool visual.

With the district basketball season starting tonight — I’m going to put on my Swami hat that I stole from Chris Berman and give you my picks for the first round of district play.

Fire up those printers and get that effigy ready (by the way, I dropped a few pounds, so not as much straw in the belly area this time).

Boys Basketball — Cedar Run District

No. 8 Culpeper (0-22) at No. 1 Fauquier (18-3)
Previous Meetings: Jan. 6 — Fauquier 89-57; Feb. 3 — Fauquier 74-60
Swami Sez: Really? Do I have to pick this one? Alright, I’ll take Culpe— just kidding. Falcons all the way.

No. 7 Osbourn Park (10-12) at No. 2 Battlefield (14-7)
Previous Meetings: Jan 6. — Battlefield 63-49; Feb. 3 — Battlefield 79-72
Swami Sez: Battlefield had a bit of a collapse midway through the season and gave up the No. 1 spot in the district. They look to be back to normal with three straight victories. I’ll take the Bobcats, because even during their swoon, they didn’t lose to the Yellow Jackets. 

No. 6 Liberty (9-12) at No. 3 Stonewall Jackson (11-11)
Previous Meetings: Jan. 13 — Liberty 83-76; Feb 3. Stonewall Jackson 61-51
Swami Sez: This one is tougher than it looks. I’ve seen both teams a few times and remember being more impressed with the Eagles, but that 10-point victory for the Raiders on Feb. 3 speaks volumes. They’re the better team right now. Gimme the Raiders.

No. 5 Osbourn (9-12) at No. 4 Loudoun Valley (12-9)
Previous Meetings: Jan. 10 — Loudoun Valley 62-52; Feb. 3. Loudoun Valley 52-51
Swami Sez: Here it is! My upset special! I know that the Vikes have beaten the Eagles twice this year, but I like the Eagles in this spot. The Vikings have lost three straight. Sure Osbourn has dropped 3-of-4, but I’m gonna take Osbourn. The two team’s last meeting was only a 1-point game and remember, Osbourn has beaten Battlefield this year and only lost to Fauquier by two points in their first meeting. Call it a hunch or call it indigestion — I’ll take the Eagles.  

Boys Basketball — Cardinal District

No. 3 Woodbridge (15-7) vs. No. 6 Freedom (1-19)
Previous Meetings: Jan. 16 — Woodbridge 74-53; Feb. 6 — Woodbridge 70-64
Swami Sez: There are four extremely talented teams in the Cardinal District that will be playing for a district and region title this year. Woodbridge is one of the four. Freedom is not.

No. 4 Potomac (13-9) vs. No. 5 Forest Park (9-13)
Previous Meetings: Jan. 16 — Forest Park 78-70; Feb. 6 — Potomac 63-60
Swami Sez: As much as I want to like the Panthers this year, losing 4-of-5 district games heading into the district tournament is never a good sign. I’m still picking them over the Bruins in the first round, but I’m not sure that they win a second game. Prove me wrong.

C.D. Hylton (17-4) vs. Gar-Field (14-8)
Previous Meetings: Jan. 16 — C.D. Hylton 76-62; Gar-Field 73-61
Swami Sez: Anybody have a coin? This game for the No. 1 seed and automatic region berth is really that much of a coin flip. Going on pure instinct I’m going to take the Bulldogs. Five will get you ten that this will also be the district championship game.

There it is — it’s out there now. Can’t take it back.

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