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.
Two swimmers from Arlington high school enjoyed standout junior seasons for the Division I University of Delaware’s men’s and women’s teams during the winter season.
Yorktown High School graduate Lauren Hartel swam on the winning 800 freestyle relay for the Blue Hens in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) women’s championships.
Two accomplished athletes from Wakefield High School have been selected to participate in the 2025 USRowing Under-19 National Team Selection Camp, held this coming summer.
The camp is to help participants prepare for the 2025 World Rowing Championships. At the camp it will be determined which shells the rowers will be members of at the World Championships.
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 early-season victories each, Arlington’s three springtime boys high-school boys soccer teams are off to solid starts.
Through three games, the Washington-Liberty Generals and Yorktown Patriotst had 2-1 records while the Wakefield Warriors were 1-1-1.
The Wakefield Warriors recently did something the team last accomplished in the 2021 season: winning its opening game.
Wakefield blanked the visiting Marshall Statesmen, 10-0, in that five-inning 10-run slaughter-rule high school Liberty District contest.
With a couple of solid victories, the young Wakefield Warriors won their first two games of the high-school softball season.
Wakefield defeated the Edison Eagles, 6-2, then routed the Marshall Statesmen, 11-1, in home contests.
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.
