LCHS vs. Blacksburg HS at Radford University

Girls Soccer Advances to the VHSL State Tournament

LCHS vs Jamestown at James City County Stadium in Williamsburg, VA

Game Time: 5:00pm

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - South Riding, VA - Freedom High School

For the second time this season against a top team, with momentum shifting in County's direction, lightning stops the game with County on the short end of the scoreboard as the Raiders fell short 11-6.

A Kris Pratt booming home run just before the halt was the highlight of the evening.

The Raiders ended the season playing their best ball.

On a VERY HOT day at Handley High School both the boys and girls track teams experienced some success. The day started out well with Anna Sullivan placing 3rd in the Region to advance to the state meet in the high jump.  The next person to advance was Julie Strange who ran a 5:15.21 to place 3rd in the 1600 to advance. Tommy Curtin  took to the track in the boys 1600 and ran an outstanding 4:22.74 to place 2nd and also set a  new school record.  The 4x100 team of Adam Yesuf, Dionte Fitts, Dejuan McConnell, and Teddy Murphy tied their best time of the year to place 8th. Erica Butkiewicz just missed advancing by one place when she finished 7th in the 300 Hurdles. The last races of the day for LCHS were the 3200's. Julie Strange survived the heat to place 2nd in this race and Tommy Curtin held on in the heat to place 3rd. The one girl who beat Julie and the two guys to beat Tommy had not participated earlier in the 1600 which was a huge advantage to them.

Next up for Tommy, Julie and Anna is the VHSL AA State Meet to be held next Friday and Saturday.

The Loudoun County Lady Raiders season ended with a 3-0 loss to Briar Woods in the Dulles District semi-finals.

Kiley Jacobus went the distance for the Raiders striking out 5, giving up 4 hits walking one and hitting one batter, while giving up only one earned run.  Meanwhile at the plate the Raiders only had one hit and it went to Katelyn Packard and this was County's only base runner for the evening.

The Raiders finished 9-13 in Coach Amber Jackson's first season at LCHS.

Author: Ray Aubel

Friday, May 21, 2010 - Leesburg, VA - Loudoun County High School - Loudoun County picks up a playoff win at home against Park View.

Fine complete-game pitching by Kris Pratt coupled with timely hitting and an error free game helped the Raiders pick up their first playoff win since 2006.

Eight different Raiders scored as they made the best of their 6 hits including a bases clearing 3-RBI double by Pratt. Others with singles were Matt Cunningham, JJ Levan, Taylor Cokeley (also with a double), Kelley Drews.

The Raiders travel to Potomac Falls to take on the top seed Panthers Tuesday evening at 6:00pm.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - Ashburn, VA - Broad Run High School - Raiders drop final regular season game 5-2 to Broad Run.

County jumped out ahead in the first taking advantage of 2 walks, a single by Taylor Cokeley followed by an RBI ground-out by Kelly Drews.  The Raiders picked up another run in the third with a long home run blast by Tyler Saleck.  Other hitters were Henry Massey (single), Matt Slack (single), and Kris Pratt (double).

Taylor Cokeley pitched the whole game for the Raiders giving up 8 hits while striking out 4.  The Raiders finish out with a 6-6 Dulles District record and host their first playoff game since 2006 against Park View.

As one of four teams remaining in District Playoffs contention, the Raiders return to action on Tuesday evening when they will face the number one seeded Briar Woods Falcons at Briar Woods at 6pm.

Author: Jeff Kuhn 

After a gut-wrenching, heart-pounding, down to the last second battle, the Lady Raiders defeated the Freedom Eagles (14-13) at George Mason on Wednesday night. The Lady Raiders dug deep and played hard from beginning to end. Lighting up the scoreboard for the Raiders were Seniors Hannah Young with 1 goal and Christine Rihn with 1 goal and 1 assist, Junior Sydney Hewartson with 4 goals and 2 assists, Sophomore Rachel Solis with 7 goals and 4 assists and Freshman Haley Knudsen with 1 goal and 1 assist. The attack was on fire, fighting oppressive checks with fast breaks and scoring drives straight to the goal!

Down on the defensive side, an impressive game was played. Stopping passes and dishing out a straight denial to the goal were Juniors Lesya Chopivsky, Caila Cummings, Jaci Shepherd, and Kasey Fletcher, Sophomore Shannon Rose and Freshman Haley Knudsen. Starring in goal was Sophomore Jessie Joseph who dominated her previous personal best to make an amazing 26 saves! Coach Wilhelm couldn’t ask for a better birthday present than that.

The Raiders are pumped to travel to their first regional appearance of the season on Monday May 24^th.