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Published February 8, 2025 at 3:30PM

O'Connell swimmers prepare to race (courtesy of O'Connell swimming)

Led by a speedy winning relay, the Bishop O’Connell Knights enjoyed a top finish in the biggest swimming-and-diving meet in the metro area for private high-school teams.

The Knights placed second with 501 points in the girls meet of the Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swim & Dive League (WMPSSDL) championships at the University of Maryland.

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W-L wins four-team Arlington County wrestling match

By Dave Facinoli

Published February 8, 2025 at 2:30PM

Wakefield's Alan Izaguirre, front, faces W-L's Brayden Black (photo by Rena Schild)

With a 3-0 record, the Washington-Liberty Generals won this season’s Arlington County wrestling meet between the jurisdiction’s four high-school teams.

The Generals defeated the Bishop O’Connell Knights, Yorktown Patriots and host Wakefield Warriors.

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Wakefield boys repeat as Liberty District track & field champions

By Dave Facinoli

Published February 8, 2025 at 1:30PM

The Wakefield boys champions (courtesy of Wakefield track & field)

Earning big points by nearly sweeping the high jump helped the Wakefield Warriors win a third straight Liberty District boys track-and-field championship.

Wakefield won the high-school meet with 135 points. That total included 25 points in the high jump, with the Warriors finishing first, second, third, fifth, seventh and eighth in the event.

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Arlington high-school wrestlers qualify for girls state tournament

By Dave Facinoli

Published February 8, 2025 at 12:30PM

Cameron Millsapps (courtesy of Wakefield wrestling)

Wrestlers from three Arlington County high schools recently earned berths at the Zone 4 qualifying event to participate in the Virginia High School League girls state tournament.

The top five wrestlers in each weight class earned those berths at Hayfield Secondary School, with the fifth-place finishers designated as alternates.

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W-L girls run, jump to district track & field championship

By Dave Facinoli

Published February 8, 2025 at 11:30AM

The champion Washington-Liberty team (courtesy of W-L track & field)

Gabriela Netwall and Ella Kaplan were big point-scorers in helping the Washington-Liberty Generals win the Liberty District girls track-and-field championship.

Each participated in multiple individual events in the high-school meet, and ran on the winning 4×200 relay in 1:48.66, as the Generals amassed 140 points.

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W-L second, Wakefield gymnast all-round champion in district

By Dave Facinoli

Published February 8, 2025 at 10:30AM

The W-L gymnasts finished second (photo by Ron Melkis)

With their best performance of the season, the Washington-Liberty Generals extended their girls gymnastics campaign with a satisfying and somewhat surprising runner-up finish at the Liberty District championships.

The high-school team, which hosted the meet, had a 131.825 point total, well behind the defending champion McLean Highlanders with 139.825. Washington-Liberty also finished second to McLean last season.

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Arlington boys record top finishes in district swim & dive meet

By Dave Facinoli

Published February 8, 2025 at 9:30AM

Tyler Hong swam for Washington-Liberty (file photo by Deb Kolt)

There was not a winner of any event from the three Arlington boys high-school teams at the Liberty District swimming and diving championship, but there were some notable individual performances.

Lucas Lopez of the Wakefield Warriors swam to the highest finishes with a second in the 100 backstroke and a fourth in the 100 butterfly.

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Yorktown girls win eighth straight district swimming and diving title

By Dave Facinoli

Published February 8, 2025 at 8:30AM

The Yorktown swim champions (courtesy of Yorktown swim & dive)

The routine, also now an expectation, of winning another girls Liberty District swimming and diving championship has continued for the Yorktown Patriots.

For the eighth straight season, Yorktown won that high-school title, this year in a rout, scoring 509 points. Yorktown’s Arlington rival Washington-Liberty Generals were a distant second with 372.

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Arlington high school sports schedule for Feb. 7-13

By Dave Facinoli

Published February 6, 2025 at 5:00PM

The region wrestling tourney starts Thursday (Feb. 13) (photo by Rena Schild)

High-school postseason competitions will be underway over the coming week for all winter sports teams in Arlington, with the exception of girls and boys basketball.

The Liberty District wrestling tournament is on tap, along with region competitions for swimming and diving, gymnastics and track-and-field teams.

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Track & field teams have strong showings at different meets

By Dave Facinoli

Published February 1, 2025 at 3:30PM

Ellen Malloy ran on a Yorktown relay (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

Different high-school track and field teams from Arlington had strong showings at a couple of different recent meets.

For the Washington-Liberty girls, Ella Kaplan won two events and was second in another at a competition at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington.

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