The head coaches of many high-school sports teams in Arlington have been in place for years. That is not the case, however, for the spring season in baseball and softball.
With the exception of two people, there have been a number of coaching changes in those positions recently.
Having had success a year ago in the inaugural event, the Washington-Liberty High School baseball team will host the second-annual Norwood Classic early in the 2025 season.
The tournament is named for former and legendary W-L head baseball coach Del Norwood. The late Norwood is a member of four Hall of Fames as a result of his success as the Generals’ head coach.
A pressbox with accompanying box seats, all located behind home plate, are new additions to the Bishop O’Connell High School baseball field for the 2025 spring season.
The new look was completed in recent weeks, prior to the Knights’ March 7 home opener against the Potomac School Panthers, a 6-3 O’Connell win.
Barcroft Park Field No. 1 will be the main site of the annual Arlington Little League 2025 opening-day ceremonies, set for Sunday, April 6.
The event will begin between 1:30 and 2 p.m. with a parade of multiple baseball teams and their players and coaches onto the main field at Barcroft Park, where games, announcements, recognitions and first pitches are scheduled to be thrown.
Dating back a number of seasons, the Yorktown Patriots have long winning streaks working against its two biggest Arlington County high-school baseball rivals.
Entering this spring’s action, Yorktown has defeated the Wakefield Warriors 25 straight times dating back to the 2007 campaign. Wakefield last defeated Yorktown when it swept three games from the Patriots in 2006.
Months in the making, a 22,000-square-foot youth sports complex in Clarendon is now open.
Corobus Sports is equipped with training facilities for baseball, softball and ice hockey. Part of The Crossing Clarendon, the underground center has opened at 2800 Clarendon Blvd, where Jumping Joeys closed in 2021, owner Henry White confirmed to ARLnow.
The Arlington Travel Baseball age 10-under Arsenal Blue won the championship at the recent Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League fall World Series at Patriot Park in Fairfax.
The Arsenal Blue opened with a 6-4 win over the Pioneer Legends. The team benefited from timely hitting by Neil Kasyan (three hits, two RBI) along with strong pitching from winner Bryce Keller. Ethan Guthrie pitched in relief and William Epton earned the save.
The Hall of Fame Class of 2024 for the Virginia Baseball Coaches Association includes former Arlington coach Del Norwood.
The late Norwood, a native of Maine, came to Virginia after a professional career as a player and manager. In nearly 30 seasons (1959-89) at Washington-Lee High School, now named Washington-Liberty, Norwood’s teams won 19 district and 14 regional titles with an overall record of 384-180.
The Arlington Travel Baseball 9-under Arsenal team defeated the Mount Vernon Mavericks, 14-1, to win the local Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League fall World Series championship at Patriot Park in Fairfax.
The Arsenal downed the top-seeded Stars 9U Ritter, 7-4, in the semifinals.
A new Arlington United team with the 13-under regional baseball program won two tournaments over consecutive October weekends.
One was at the Ripken Experience in Aberdeen, Md., the other in Arlington at the Coach Sam Fox Fall Classic at Gunston Park.
Young Arlington readers can meet a Nats notable this weekend and earn tickets to games later this summer through free library programs.
Pitching strategist (and former reliever) Sean Doolittle will be signing autographs for children on Saturday morning after reading a story at Arlington Central Library. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. and the event lasts until 11 a.m.
With the Alexandria NHL and NBA arena deal now dead, and MLB opening day today, it’s a good time to reflect on the fact that Arlington could have been the home of the Nationals.
In the early 2000s, a group bidding to land the Montreal Expos pitched the “PenPlace” site in Pentagon City. You know it now as the site where Amazon HQ2 Phase 2 and its distinctive Helix tower will be going (probably).
