Five high-school basketball games were played Saturday (Dec. 14) in Arlington at the second annual Braylon Meade Basketball Classic.
The contests, two girls games and three boys, all were held at Washington-Liberty High School, beginning at 12:30 p.m. The event was expanded to include more games this season.
Over the past five seasons, there were two aspects worth noting about home girls varsity field-hockey matches at Yorktown High School.
First and foremost, there were the Patriots’ contests on the field. But simultaneously, there was a free, live YouTube-streamed broadcast of the matches.
The Yorktown High School ice-hockey club team lost its first game of the season recently to Stone Bridge, 5-4, in what was a hard-fought, penalty-filled match.
Despite the loss, Yorktown remained tied atop the Smythe Division of the Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League with a 2-1 record.
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. .
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.
Five high-school football players, all seniors, and one head coach from Arlington were chosen to 6D North Region first or second teams on defense for their performances during the 2024 fall season.
The first-team all-region selections were lineman Ben Hughes, linebacker Sean Guffey and all-purpose defensive player Ian Crowley from the Washington-Liberty Generals. Those three were leaders in tackles, sacks, deflected passes and other defensive categories for W-L.
Seven high-school football players from Arlington were chosen to 6D North Region first or second team on offense for their performances during the 2024 fall season.
The first-team all-region selections were Washington-Liberty Generals senior wide receiver Jon Malatesta and Yorktown Patriots junior tight end Brady Owens and Yorktown senior offensive lineman Aidan Vroom.
The beginning and end of the basketball game were good for the Yorktown Patriots in a comeback victory over the Madison Warhawks.
In between, Yorktown struggled, shooting poorly and turning the ball over in falling behind by as many as 14 points before its eventual 63-60 win in the boys high-school contest Friday night (Dec. 6) at Woodson High School.
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).
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.
The 2024 high-school football season was plenty memorable, in multiple ways, for Arlington’s four varsity teams.
Two things from the season stood out as the most likely to be remembered in coming years:
The second annual Braylon Meade Basketball Classic has been expanded to include more varsity high-school teams, both girls and boys.
This year, eight teams will participate in four non-district contests played at Washington-Liberty High School on Saturday, Dec. 14. The W-L and Yorktown High girls and boys teams are among those competing.
