The Yorktown Patriots (8-6) split two games with their Arlington public-school neighborhood baseball rivals in recent days, defeating the Washington-Liberty Generals, 4-2, then losing to the Wakefield Warriors, 8-4.
The win over W-L was the Patriots’ 15 straight against the Generals (10-6).
In a seesaw girls softball game, the Yorktown Patriots eventually pulled away and defeated the host Washington-Liberty Generals in an all-Arlington neighborhood high-school clash.
Yorktown won the Liberty District contest, 20-9, after trailing by scores of 3-0, 5-2 and 9-6.
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Arlington Babe Ruth turns 40 this year, and there is an event scheduled to celebrate the anniversary of the junior-age baseball league for players ages 4 to 12.
The event — to be held Saturday, May 3 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Barcroft Park — also will serve as the league’s opening ceremony.
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Despite their 3-6 record, don’t count out the Yorktown Patriots in boys lacrosse just yet this season.
Their record is below .500, but the schedule for the young Patriots has been brutal, one of the toughest in the state, so far during the spring high-school campaign.
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Bishop O’Connell High School graduates helped two different Division III women’s college soccer teams enjoy significant postseason success in recent weeks.
Sophomore midfielder Sophie Viscovich helped the Washington University in St. Louis Bears win the national championship, finishing with an unbeaten 23-0-2 record.
No athlete was busier for the Washington-Liberty Generals than Camille Walker during the recent Gainesville Cardinal Classic track-and-field meet.
The senior’s top finish in the multiple-team meet at Gainesville High School was a 17th in the girls discus. She also placed 18th in the triple jump, 19th in the 100 hurdles, 22nd in the shot put and 43rd in the 100 dash.
The regular season is complete and proved a big success for the Marymount University Saints women’s lacrosse team.
Marymount concluded that campaign with a 15-2 overall record, a first-place 5-0 finish in the Atlantic East Conference and a 10-match winning streak.
When it comes to home swimming and diving meets during the summertime’s Northern Virginia Swimming League seasons, Arlington will be a busy place for a little over a month starting in mid-June.
The four Arlington pools in the league each have both swim and dive teams. Those squads will combine to host 22 home meets, starting Saturday morning, June 14 with swimming competition.
The combination of a new head coach and an experienced squad, including 13 seniors, is working well so far this spring for the Washington-Liberty Generals girls soccer team.
The high-school team has a 7-1 overall record through this week, and is 2-0 in the Liberty District. The Generals have five shutouts in eight matches and have allowed only three goals.
