By finishing with a 1-1 record in this season’s region softball tournament, the Yorktown Patriots accomplished something old — and something new.
The “new” was winning an opening-round region game for the first time since 2018 and reaching the semifinals for the first time in program history. Host Yorktown nipped the South Lakes Seahawks, 7-6, in that opening region contest.
With two individual champions for each team leading the way, the Washington-Liberty Generals placed third in the girls and boys region outdoor track-and-field championships.
In addition, both Wakefield and Yorktown high schools brought home individual championship from the event.
Of the 27 recipients of this year’s $5,000 high-school scholarships presented at the annual Northern Virginia Athletic Directors Administrators and Coaches Association (NVADACA) breakfast banquet, four were from Arlington’s public schools.
The NVADACA organization has been awarding college grants to graduating high school seniors since 1980. This year’s banquet was held at Springfield Golf & Country Club, and the 27 winners were the most ever awarded in one year.
Bishop O’Connell Knights baseball players Noah Haught and Jack Woda were chosen first-team Division I all-state for their performances during the 2025 private-school season.
Haught, a senior infielder and pitcher, batted a team-high .443 during the high-school campaign and had a team-best 35 hits. Haught scored 27 runs, had 20 RBI, seven doubles, two triples and two home runs. He stole seven bases.
Members of the Wakefield Warriors girls varsity eighth shell achieved a number of goals in reaching the finals of the national high-school crew regatta.
Wakefield finished fifth in a time of 5:04.29 at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America’s National Championship Regatta in New Jersey over the Memorial Day weekend. The winning time was 4:49.52 by Winter Park of Florida.
Head coaches from two different sports and 32 high-school senior athletes were among those honored at this year’s annual Better Sports Club of Arlington’s awards banquet.
The 69th awards event was held Wednesday night (May 28) at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
It was a double-whammy for two Yorktown Patriots lacrosse teams in the championship games of the 6D North Region tournaments.
Both lost at different venues in Thursday-night (May 29) action.
The Yorktown Patriots extended their girls softball season with victories over the Herndon Hornets and Langley Saxons in the Liberty District tournament.
Third-seed Yorktown (12-11) topped sixth-seeded Herndon, 10-5, in the first round, then upset and blanked second-seed and Langley Saxons, 5-0, in the semifinals to extend the high-school team’s winning streak to five.
Make it a baker’s dozen — 13 — consecutive state softball championships for the Bishop O’Connell Knights.
The top seed and undefeated girls high-school team (20-0) captured its 13th straight Division I private-school crown by nipping the second-seeded St. Catherine’s Saints of Richmond, 1-0, in the 2025 tournament final in a season-ending victory.
Alberto Starace has has accumulated many achievements as a high-school soccer coach.
Now, Bishop O’Connell Knights‘ head girls coach can add to the list his selection to the Arlington Sports Hall of Fame.
Still working to become further established in just its fourth season as a college softball team, the Marymount University Saints have won a significant championship.
The Division III women’s team this spring became the best in the Atlantic East Conference by winning the postseason tournament for the first time, earning the squad its initial NCAA-tourney berth.
As usual, Gabi Netwell was plenty busy during a track-and-field meet, most recently helping the Washington-Liberty Generals finish first in the girls Liberty District outdoor high-school championships.
The junior placed high in seven events as the Generals won with 118 points, just six more than the co-runner-ups Wakefield Warriors and Langley Saxons. The meet was held on two days over two weeks at Wakefield.
