Spring break is coming to an end for Arlington’s three public high schools, with the sports schedules back in full swing next week beginning with events Tuesday, April 22.
Some baseball and softball teams played tournament games over spring break, but many other teams, like lacrosse and soccer, did not play.
In recent Liberty District high-school baseball games between Arlington rivals, the host Wakefield Warriors topped the Washington-Liberty Generals, 8-5, then the Yorktown Patriots downed visiting Wakefield, 9-3.
For Wakefield (2-4, 2-3) against W-L, Cort Bringham was the standout. On the mound, the right-hander worked 6 1/3 innings of two-hit ball (one earned run), fanned five and walked two to get the win. With the bat, Bringham had three hits, with a double, and drove in three runs.
Gabriela Netwall winning multiple girls events and Ian Crowley doing the same for the boys helped the two host Washington-Liberty Generals teams win the annual Arlington County outdoor track-and-field meets.
The girls won with 200 points and the boys with 191. Both Wakefield Warriors squads placed second in the high-school meet.
A number of seniors who played for Arlington high-school football teams this past fall have made college commitments.
Among them is Yorktown Patriots’ quarterback Drew Morgan. He will play at Division III Kenyon College.
Spring break will mean a bit of a layoff for some high-school sports teams, while others will be participating in spring-break competitons over the next 10 days.
Some of that spring-break action will take place locally, while some teams will be participating in out-of-town tournaments.
The start of high-school football season is still a good five full months away, but the official schedules have been released for the upcoming 2025 campaign.
All four Arlington County varsity teams open play on Thursday night, Aug. 28, with two of those squads meeting in their openers.
Last year’s lack of offensive production has been turned around during the recent Washington-Liberty Generals’ winning streak.
During a three-game string, the high-school squad plated 28 runs in victories over the Marshall Statesmen by a 9-4 score, the Herndon Hornets in a 7-0 blanking and the South County Stallions in a 12-3 rout.
The Bishop O’Connell Knights and Yorktown Patriots won key league games in girls softball action miles apart on April Fools’ Day — and by the same close scores.
O’Connell (8-0, 5-0) topped the host St. Mary’s Ryken Knights, 3-1, in southern Maryland in a clash between top longtime rival high-school teams in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference.
The spring sports season is in full swing, with tons of regular-season action taking place for all of Arlington’s high-school teams.
Baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse and track-and-field teams are in action, with the spring crew season beginning Saturday, April 5 with a regatta featuring multiple teams.
With with a trio of convincing victories and a tight one-run win, the Bishop O’Connell Knights (7-0) extended their four-season girls softball winning streak to 61 games.
The single-run triumph was by an 8-7 score over the host St. Paul VI Catholic Panthers for the multi-time defending Division I state and Washington Catholic Athletic Conference private-school Knights.
As April approaches, the spring sports season is underway in full with regular-season action taking place for all of Arlington’s high school teams.
Baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse and track-and-field teams are in action, wtih the spring crew season beginning soon, as well.
As expected, the Bishop O’Connell Knights have been enjoying a strong and dominating start to the girls high-school softball spring season.
After two games, the Knights had a 2-0 record with wins over Elizabeth Seton by an 8-1 score and Holy Cross, 14-0, in a five-inning no-hitter.
