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Published December 21, 2024 at 9:00AM | Updated December 21, 2024 at 12:31PM

Sam Roosa helped Yorktown defeat Marshall (photo by Jen Snow Butler)

With their latest victory, the Yorktown Patriots completed the pre-winter-break portion of the boys basketball team’s schedule with a 7-1 overall record.

Win number seven came on the road Friday night (Dec. 20) by a 59-57 score over the Marshall Statesmen in the first Liberty District action of the campaign for the Patriots.

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Wakefield track & field teams finish first in girls and boys meets

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 20, 2024 at 7:00PM

Wakefield's Grace Armitage was a standout at the meet (courtesy of Wakefield athletics)

The Wakefield Warriors recently won both the girls and boys multi-team track-and-field indoor meets at Thomas Jefferson Community Center.

The girls were first with 104 points and the boys with 154. Both high-school teams had multiple winners of individual events, and combined for three victories in relay races.

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Yorktown girls basketball team challenged by tough opponents

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 19, 2024 at 7:00PM

Olivia Shiplett, right, is a top player for Yorktown (photo by Deb Kolt)

After a tough stretch of eight games in 14 days, including playing five of the stronger teams in the area, the Yorktown Patriots girls squad has a 2-6 overall record opening the 2024-25 basketball season

Yorktown has lost to top high-school teams like the Madison Warhawks, 49-39, South County Stallions, 46-34, Oakton Cougars, 64-46, Chantilly Chargers, 48-42, and defending 6D North Region champion Centreville Wildcats, 70-42. The Patriots’ wins were over the Westfield Bulldogs, 52-36, and Osbourn Eagles, 47-12.

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Yorktown wrestlers win Capital Duals competition with 5-0 record

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 18, 2024 at 7:00PM

Tyson Clark wrestle for Yorktown (courtesy of Yorktown wrestling)

With multiple wrestlers finishing undefeated, the Yorktown Patriots won the team title at the Wakefield High School Capital Duals competition Dec. 15.

Yorktown finished with a 5-0 record with victories over West Springfield, Potomac Falls, West Albemarle, Riverside and Westfield. The 3-2 victory over Westfield secured the title in the eight-team event.

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Washington-Liberty boys second in track-and-field invitational meet

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 18, 2024 at 6:15PM

Henry Brys placed in two races for Washington-Liberty (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

A trio of individual champions and other top placers led the Washington-Liberty Generals to a runner-up finish at the Bobcat Blizzard Invitational track-and-field meet.

The boys team scored 91.5 points in the meet at Battlefield High School on Dec. 14. Independence High School of Ashburn won with 109.

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W-L girls track-and-field team wins chilly Blizzard Invitational

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 17, 2024 at 7:45PM

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

The Washington-Liberty Generals girls track-and-field team again proved itself strong in cold weather at the Bobcat Blizzard Invitational track-and-field meet.

For the second time in three years, the W-L girls team won the championship. The squad finished second in 2023.

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Wakefield, W-L tie in county’s first girls varsity wrestling match

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 17, 2024 at 7:00PM

Girls wrestlers for Wakefield and Washington-Liberty (courtesy of Wakefield wrestling)

History was made in Arlington on Saturday (Dec. 14) when a varsity high-school girls dual wrestling match between two teams was held for the first time in the county.

As part of the multi-team Capital Duals Meet hosted at Wakefield High School, the host Warriors and Washington-Liberty Generals wrestled to a 12-12 tie in a scaled-down girls match.

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Brackets set for annual George Long Holiday hoop tournament

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 16, 2024 at 7:15PM

The defending champion Oscar Smith team (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

The basketball brackets are set for this year’s annual eight-team George Long Holiday Tournament at Wakefield High School.

This will be the 22nd year for the boys competition, hosted by the Wakefield Warriors with four games each day Dec. 26-28.

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Yorktown dads were YouTube streamers of field-hockey matches

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 15, 2024 at 9:20AM

Jeff Baskin, left, and Grant Yoder (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

Over the past five seasons, there were two aspects worth noting about home girls varsity field-hockey matches at Yorktown High School.

First and foremost, there were the Patriots’ contests on the field. But simultaneously, there was a free, live YouTube-streamed broadcast of the matches.

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O’Connell girls basketball squad is 3-3 as conference games await

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 14, 2024 at 9:30AM

O'Connell's Daniya Brown looks to pass the ball (photo by Rena Schild)

Under first-year head coach Kosa So, the Bishop O’Connell Knights are off to a 3-3 start in girls basketball this season.

The Catholic high-school team has played both private and public-school squads among its games. The Knights’ most recent victory was over public school Dunbar from D.C., 68-18.

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With just one returning starter, Wakefield opens 3-1 in basketball

By Dave Facinoli

Published December 13, 2024 at 7:00PM

Wakefield coach Tony Bentley (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

With only one returning starter, the type of basketball season underway for the Wakefield Warriors is kind of indescribable at this time, according to the team’s longtime head coach Tony Bentley.

“Is it a rebuilding season or something else? I’m not really sure yet,” Bentley said of his boys high-school squad.

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