Wrestlers from three Arlington County high schools recently earned berths at the Zone 4 qualifying event to participate in the Virginia High School League girls state tournament.
The top five wrestlers in each weight class earned those berths at Hayfield Secondary School, with the fifth-place finishers designated as alternates.
With their best performance of the season, the Washington-Liberty Generals extended their girls gymnastics campaign with a satisfying and somewhat surprising runner-up finish at the Liberty District championships.
The high-school team, which hosted the meet, had a 131.825 point total, well behind the defending champion McLean Highlanders with 139.825. Washington-Liberty also finished second to McLean last season.
There was not a winner of any event from the three Arlington boys high-school teams at the Liberty District swimming and diving championship, but there were some notable individual performances.
Lucas Lopez of the Wakefield Warriors swam to the highest finishes with a second in the 100 backstroke and a fourth in the 100 butterfly.
The routine, also now an expectation, of winning another girls Liberty District swimming and diving championship has continued for the Yorktown Patriots.
For the eighth straight season, Yorktown won that high-school title, this year in a rout, scoring 509 points. Yorktown’s Arlington rival Washington-Liberty Generals were a distant second with 372.
High-school postseason competitions will be underway over the coming week for all winter sports teams in Arlington, with the exception of girls and boys basketball.
The Liberty District wrestling tournament is on tap, along with region competitions for swimming and diving, gymnastics and track-and-field teams.
Different high-school track and field teams from Arlington had strong showings at a couple of different recent meets.
For the Washington-Liberty girls, Ella Kaplan won two events and was second in another at a competition at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington.
While the Yorktown Patriots won a second straight Liberty District girls basketball game, on the same date their counterpart boys team lost for the first time in league play this season.
The high-school contests were at different sites against the Marshall Statesmen on Thursday (Jan. 30). The girls won 45-24 on the road. The boys never led, losing at home, 64-49, having a six-game winning streak snapped.
The Yorktown High School club ice-hockey team has lost two of its last three matches, sandwiched between a forfeit victory over Flint Hill.
Yorktown lost to Madison by a 4-1 score as Peyton Tien scored the team’s lone goal. It was assisted by Henry Dwyer and Roger Allenbaugh.
Some high-school postseason competitions for winter sports teams are on the schedule over the coming week.
Liberty District swimming and diving, girls gymnastics and track-and-field championships involving the Wakefield Warriors, Washington-Liberty Generals and Yorktown Patriots all are on the calendar.
Max Patterson has several options once his college football playing career ends next fall.
If the Yorktown High School graduate has another good season as a wide receiver for the Division I University of Delaware team and draws interest from a professional team, he will entertain that possibility.
The Washington-Liberty Generals drew a little closer with a recent win, but still trail in victories this decade against their top rival Yorktown Patriots in girls varsity basketball action.
Washington-Liberty defeated host Yorktown, 46-33, in that Liberty District high-school meeting. The Generals led 23-17 at halftime, then pulled away a bit more in the second half.
So why have the Yorktown Patriots been so strong in boys basketball so far this season?
The reasons for the high-school team’s success are multiple.
