It took until the postseason, but the Washington-Liberty boys volleyball team emerged as a true Cinderella story.
That’s when the third-seeded boys volleyball squad, playing its inaugural season in the varsity high-school sport, won the Liberty District tournament by upsetting the No. 1 seed, host and defending champion McLean Highlanders, 3-1, in the championship match.
A former Washington-Liberty High School substitute teacher will spend five years behind bars over an inappropriate relationship with a student that began when she was 16.
Timothy McGhee was sentenced today (Friday) in Arlington County Circuit Court, the Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office said in a press release. After his release, he’ll serve three years of supervised probation with electronic monitoring.
A group of teenagers in a park near Washington-Liberty High School reportedly attacked a peer during school hours earlier this week.
The assault, which a local parent says follows other troubling incidents at Oak Grove Park, took place around 2 p.m. on Monday. It involved a group of teens trying to steal a boy’s shoes and jacket, police spokesperson Ashley Savage told ARLnow.
It’s not a trick. Instead, with much at stake, the result could be a big treat for the winning team.
On Halloween afternoon — 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31 — the most significant high-school football game of the season between Arlington rivals occurs when the Washington-Liberty Generals host the Yorktown Patriots.
Like every year, the 2026 inductees in the Arlington Sports Hall of Fame had a wide variety of significantly notable achievements.
That latest class consists of five new members, who were inducted during an Oct. 14 evening dinner ceremony at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The addition of Robert Asher, Tony Bentley, Clayton Deskins, Marcus Ginyard and Brian Rosenberger brings the total number of inductees to 80 in an organization that began in 1958.
As a freshman, Emmett Spence wasn’t one of the best-scoring players on the Washington-Liberty Generals high-school golf team.
By the next fall, though, his play significantly improved. As a sophomore, Spence began consistently carding impressive low scores in postseason tournaments.
Arlington residents trying to get rid of old electronics or household hazardous materials are in luck this weekend.
The county’s Environmental Collection and Recycling Event (E-CARE) returns on Saturday at 1425 N. Quincy Street, near Washington-Liberty High School.
Led by runners from all four grade levels — some experienced, others not as much — the Washington-Liberty Generals had a strong showing at the annual Arlington County high-school cross-country championship meet.
The varsity event was held on the sunny afternoon of Oct. 7 on the 5,000-meter Bluemont Park course.
A vandalism incident at Wakefield High School caused damage to school property ahead of tonight’s homecoming football game, authorities say.
A sidewalk, rock and sign at the school were all spray-painted sometime last night or early this morning, according to a preliminary incident report from the Arlington County Police Department.
In recent seasons, Tyler Flint-Steinig has been a standout performer in two different types of football — and dissecting defenses very well in each.
On the field, Flint-Steinig has successfully quarterbacked freshman, junior-varsity and varsity high-school teams for the Washington-Liberty Generals. Currently, he is W-L’s varsity starter for the second straight year.
For the fourth straight year, the Washington-Liberty Generals have started the football season with a 3-0 record.
The high-school team’s most recent victory was a 41-27 non-district road win the night of Sept. 10 against the Edison Eagles. It made the football squad one of several W-L teams to start the season strong.
Arlington’s high-school football teams each came away with a victory in Sept. 3-4 competition, and for the first time since the 2014 season, all four have at least one win after two games of a new season.
On Sept. 3, the visiting Wakefield Warriors (1-1) held off the Rock Ridge High School Phoenix of Ashburn to win 21-14 in non-district play, the host Washington-Liberty Generals (2-0) topped the McLean Highlanders, 17-7, in a Liberty District contest, and the host Yorktown Patriots (1-1) blanked the Ballou Knights (1-1) of D.C., 41-0, also in non-league action.
