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Wakefield alum spotlights programs for underserved students seeking tech careers

By James Jarvis
Deontae Murphy speaks to Wakefield High School juniors (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A Wakefield High School alum is raising awareness about free programs to help disadvantaged students launch careers in high-demand fields.

Deontae Murphy, a 2011 Wakefield graduate who now works for Amazon Web Services, spent three days last week speaking to more than 100 Arlington students in small group sessions. Mostly speaking to those in underrepresented groups, he shared details about free training programs, certifications and tuition assistance that can lower the cost of higher education and open doors to tech careers.

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Wakefield track & field teams finish first in girls and boys meets

By Dave Facinoli
Wakefield's Grace Armitage was a standout at the meet (courtesy of Wakefield athletics)

The Wakefield Warriors recently won both the girls and boys multi-team track-and-field indoor meets at Thomas Jefferson Community Center.

The girls were first with 104 points and the boys with 154. Both high-school teams had multiple winners of individual events, and combined for three victories in relay races.

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Arlington high school sports schedule for Dec. 20-26

By ARLnow.com
O'Connell basketball player Maya Derrick plays defense (photo by Rena Schild)

With the winter break kicking in, the sports schedule for varsity high-school teams in Arlington will be limited until Dec. 26, but there are some games and events this weekend.

The Yorktown girls and boys teams and the Bishop O’Connell boys have basketball games Friday (Dec.20) and there are other sports that day, plus a few on Saturday. There is then a lull until things pick up post-Christmas.

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Wakefield, W-L tie in county’s first girls varsity wrestling match

By Dave Facinoli
Girls wrestlers for Wakefield and Washington-Liberty (courtesy of Wakefield wrestling)

History was made in Arlington on Saturday (Dec. 14) when a varsity high-school girls dual wrestling match between two teams was held for the first time in the county.

As part of the multi-team Capital Duals Meet hosted at Wakefield High School, the host Warriors and Washington-Liberty Generals wrestled to a 12-12 tie in a scaled-down girls match.

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Brackets set for annual George Long Holiday hoop tournament

By Dave Facinoli
The defending champion Oscar Smith team (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

The basketball brackets are set for this year’s annual eight-team George Long Holiday Tournament at Wakefield High School.

This will be the 22nd year for the boys competition, hosted by the Wakefield Warriors with four games each day Dec. 26-28.

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With just one returning starter, Wakefield opens 3-1 in basketball

By Dave Facinoli
Wakefield coach Tony Bentley (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

With only one returning starter, the type of basketball season underway for the Wakefield Warriors is kind of indescribable at this time, according to the team’s longtime head coach Tony Bentley.

“Is it a rebuilding season or something else? I’m not really sure yet,” Bentley said of his boys high-school squad.

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Arlington high school sports schedule for Dec. 13-19

By ARLnow.com
The Washington-Liberty girls basketball team will be in action in coming days (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

Arlington high schools have a full week of sports action starting Friday (Dec. 13) as the winter season continues for all teams.

There are basketball games, a big wrestling tournament, swim-and-dive meets, girls gymnastics action, ice-hockey matches and indoor track-and-field events throughout the week. .

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Arlington wrestlers place at annual NOVA Classic competition

By Dave Facinoli
Yorktown's Basheer Hadi, back, was second at heavyweight (file photo)

Yorktown Patriots’ wrestler Basheer Hadi was the top finisher from an Arlington school with a runner-up in the heavyweight division at the annual NOVA Classic at Fairfax High School.

Hadi finished with a 3-1 record at the two-day event, concluding Dec. 7, with a first-round bye. His victories were two by pin and the other by technical fall in the semifinals.

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Arlington resident still touching lives of many through memorial fund

By Dave Facinoli
Arlington resident Antuon Townsend died in 2021 (courtesy image)

The March 2021 death of Antuon Townsend from colon cancer at age 39 hit many in Arlington hard.

Townsend was known by young and old across the county through a wide array of community involvement. He was a popular personal trainer, instructor and coach of basketball and sports camps in Arlington for youth of all ages.

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Sports

Multiple Arlington football players chosen to all-district teams

By Dave Facinoli
Sam Bekele (55) was a first-team offensive lineman (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

Arlington was well-represented, with players from the county’s three public-school teams among those chosen to the 2024 all-Liberty District high-school football teams.

Making first-team on offense were quarterback Matthew Abramson (Washington-Liberty), wide receivers Jon Malatesta (Washington-Liberty) and Finn Luca (Yorktown), tight end Brady Owens (Yorktown), and offensive linemen Sam Bekele (Washington-Liberty) and Aidan Vroom (Yorktown).

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Arlington high school sports schedule for Dec. 6-12

By Dave Facinoli
The high-school swimming season is underway (file photo)

Arlington high schools have a full week of sports action starting Friday (Dec. 6) as the winter season is underway following conclusion of fall campaigns.

There are basketball games, a big wrestling tournament, swim-and-dive meets, girls gymnastics action, ice-hockey matches and more coming up.

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