Arlington’s U.S. congressman is hosting a resource fair for federal workers and contractors this weekend.
The event — hosted by Rep. Don Beyer (D-8) in partnership with Arlington County, Fairfax County, the City of Alexandria and the City of Falls Church — will run from noon to 5 p.m. at Wakefield High School on Saturday.
For years, Arlington has been somewhat unique in having high-school varsity athletes successfully participate in two sports during the same season.
One year, during the winter campaign, Yorktown High’s Ari Molina won a Liberty District wrestling championship in Arlington in the early evening.
A number of players from Arlington were selections to all-6D North Region girls and boys basketball teams for their performances during the 2024-25 high-school season.
Boys players chosen to the first team from Yorktown High School were junior guard Jake Coulam and senior guard/forward Brennan Pilot. Yorktown senior forward Jack Rubin made the second team.
High-school crew teams from Arlington began practice in recent days for the upcoming spring season, which starts in April with area regattas.
As shown in the photo with this coverage, a couple of Wakefield High School girls eight shells practice in the early morning on the Anacostia River. The Wakefield boys and girls teams alternate morning practices on the Anacostia.
It was as if there was no learning curve when Cameron Millsapps took up the sport of high-school wrestling two years ago.
The Wakefield High School grappler was pretty much a natural at the sport the first time she took the mat last season as a junior. She lost just four matches last winter and placed sixth in the state at the 152-pound weight class, in what was a new girls high-school sport for Virginia public schools.
The Yorktown Patriots got off to a fast start in the 6D North Region boys basketball tournament with a dominating 73-43 first-round rout of the visiting Oakton Cougars.
In its next game, though, Yorktown lost to the host and Concorde District tournament champion Westfield Bulldogs, 64-55, in the semifinals — ending the Patriots’ season with a 20-5 record.
All that remains on the winter high-school schedule for Arlington teams are state-championship events in a number of private- and public-school sports.
State competitions are ongoing in basketball, gymnastics, swimming/diving, track-and-field and wrestling.
The Washington-Liberty Generals girls team advanced the farthest of any Arlington high-school basketball team in Liberty District tournaments.
The second-seeded girls squad (17-8) lost to the top seed and host Langley Saxons, 56-45, in the Friday (Feb. 21) championship contest, having its six-game winning streak snapped.
Led by a victory from Liam Keish, a versatile performance by Travon Buckner and other top individual finishes, the Wakefield Warriors placed second in the boys 6D North Region track-and-field championships.
Wakefield scored 59 points in the two-day meet Feb. 13-14. The first day’s events were held as scheduled in Prince George’s County, the second day being moved to Episcopal High School in Alexandria owing to weather. The South Lakes Seahawks won with 119.
As expected, seniors Cambyses Khani and Basheer Hadi repeated as region wrestling champions this season for the Yorktown Patriots.
Khani won the 6D North Region tournament title at 120 pounds and Hadi was the heavyweight winner at the 285 weight class. Each had 3-0 records in the high-school competition, hosted by Centreville High School.
This week’s high-school sports schedule is all about the winter playoffs remaining for some teams in Arlington.
Some gymnasts, wrestlers and swimmers/divers will be competing in Virginia High School League Class 6 state championship meets the next few days. The state track-and-field meet also is upcoming.
There was at least one individual champion from three of the Arlington high-school teams at district and conference wrestling tournaments.
The Yorktown Patriots had the most winners, with two. The Wakefield Warriors and Washington-Liberty Generals had one each, with the highest finish from a Bishop O’Connell Knights grappler being second.
