Arlington high schools have a full week of sports ahead.
Three high-school football games will be Friday night (Oct. 18) involving Arlington teams.
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Nicholas Rados, a multi-sport athlete and 2024 graduate of Washington-Liberty High School, is being remembered by coaches and teammates for his upbeat personality and commitment to constant improvement.
Rados, 19, died in a fatal crash the morning of Saturday, Oct. 12 along the 2200 block of N. Harrison Street in Arlington’s Tara-Leeway Heights neighborhood. A car being driven northbound by an 18-year-old Arlington resident, in which Rados was a passenger, struck several parked vehicles and overturned, according to Arlington County police.
With 10 victories already in the book this season, and the potential for more, the Washington-Liberty Generals are happy with their start.
Victory No. 10 was a 2-0 triumph over the Herndon Hornets in a recent Liberty District girls high-school field hockey match. That win was a big bounce backfor the Generals and snapped a two-match losing streak after being blanked by the host Bishop O’Connell Knights, 3-0, and nipped by the Fairfax Lions, 2-1.
An Arlington man is dead and another young man has been charged in the crash that claimed his life.
Police and medics responded around 2 a.m. to a crash along the 2200 block of N. Harrison Street, in the Tara-Leeway Heights neighborhood south of Langston Blvd. A car being driven northbound by an 18-year-old Arlington resident struck several parked vehicles and overturned, according to Arlington County police.
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The undefeated Washington-Liberty Generals continue to score big — and win.
Even with starting quarterback Matthew Abramson injured and sidelined for a good part of the showdown for first place in the Liberty District against the Marshall Statesmen, Washington-Liberty built a 28-0 lead and came out on top, 42-13, Oct. 10 at home.
No matter what happens from this point, the Bishop O’Connell Knights already have achieved a season of firsts.
Through 11 games, the girls high-school field hockey team stands 10-1, with that number of wins being the most in a single season for the private-school squad.
Two tall refurbished trophies, named for individuals for the first time, were presented to the winning girls and boys high-school teams at this year’s annual Arlington County cross-country championship meets the afternoon of Sept. 24 at Bluemont Park.
The girls trophy is now named for former Washington-Liberty High School director of student activities Carol Callaway. The boys is named for former longtime Yorktown High School cross country coach Mark Stripe, who coached Yorktown for more than 25 years.
Arlington high schools have a full week of sports ahead.
Three public-high-school football games will be played tonight (Oct. 10) instead of Friday night (Oct. 11) to accommodate observances of Yom Kippur.
There will be no “Friday-night lights” for local Arlington public high-school football teams this weekend, owing to the observance of Yom Kippur.
Instead, contests will be played a night earlier (Thursday, Oct. 10) at the traditional 7 p.m. starting time.
The banquet is set and the new inductees are ready to be honored.
The 2024 Arlington Sports Hall of Fame induction event is Wednesday, Oct. 9, beginning with a reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by the dinner and ceremony at 7:15 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
The Washington-Liberty High School Athletic Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for 2024-25 inductees until Nov. 7.
The Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who through their accomplishments brought distinction and pride to the school and community as an athlete, coach, administrator or contributor.
For Emmett Engelhardt, the cross country season keeps getting better and better.
The high-school campaign is a little more than a month old and the Washington-Liberty Generals senior runner already has won three big races, the latest Oct. 5 at the Octoberfest Invitational on the Great Meadow course in The Plains.