Posted on 18 May 2008 by brian.
** Check below for highlights from both semifinal games in separate video players. **
Game 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 — R H E
Westfield 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 –2 3 2
Chantilly 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 3 10 0
Game 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 — R H E
Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 2
Oakton 1 7 0 0 0 2 X –10 11 0
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Posted on 16 May 2008 by brian.
By Phil Murphy
Content Editor, DigitalSports.com
**Check below the story for a video player with dozens of highlights from Thursday’s game. Re-live the entire game in 14:43.**
Oakton defensive coordinator and goalkeeping coach Jon Weston has great confidence that middie Nick Stevens can shoot right-handed with lethal accuracy and power.
So does Langley.
The Saxon defenders rendered the junior ineffective for the first 47 minutes Thursday night by over-guarding his right side until — with the score tied — Stevens took Weston’s advice and tried going left.
He ripped a low shot past goalkeeper Galen Kuney with 1:19 left in the fourth quarter to lift Oakton to a 6-5 road win over Langley and push the Cougars into the Northern Region tournament semifinals.
“I had talked to him for a while and they had set him up that he was going right, going right and getting caught in the middle,” Weston said. “About the end of the third quarter, I said, ‘Look. Go left and make sure you don’t get caught. If you get caught, roll out and be more patient.’
“He got a little bit of a slot and he’s got a good enough shot to put it on-goal. I didn’t know if he had enough zip on his left hand – because he’s a righty, mostly – but he did.”
Added the ambidextrous Stevens: “Will [Harris] set me up perfectly up top. I was thinking about going right, but I saw the left just open up … I just heard the crowd roar and I couldn’t believe it. I wanted to jump; I didn’t know what to do. I just ran to the sideline.”
Although the Cougars held a 33-25 advantage in shots — out-shooting the Saxons (12-4) in every quarter but the fourth — any difference in momentum as the game progressed was indistinguishable. There was an obvious respect each team showed for its opposition’s defensive organization.
“I think we played 48 minutes of defense, that’s what their real strength is,” said Weston, a self-proclaimed defensive guy. “Our offense, we’re glad they got what they got. But our defense is our real strength … our strength worked out. They didn’t fluke into it.
“I want to play one more game, just like they do.”
After Oakton had been herded off the field, paced by the throngs of supporters who made the drive from Vienna, the team gathered at the bus entrance in Langley’s parking lot and held their hands in the shape of a ring, howling “O” exuberantly in unison.
It’s a celebration the Cougars (10-7) can enjoy for the moment, but a semifinal date with Patriot District champion Annandale (14-2) on Wednesday at South County stands between Oakton and the Northern Region finale.
“I’m really impressed with that team,” said Stevens, one of the few Cougars without a face caked in eye-black. “They seem to be playing really well and they have a lot of strong players. We just need to come out and play hard and hopefully get the win.”
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**To see highlights from Oakton’s semifinal opponent, Annandale, against Robinson, click here.**
Oakton 2 2 1 1 — 6
Langley 0 2 1 2 — 5
GOALS
1st Quarter
OK — Wheatley (9:04)
OK — Leonard (5:36)
2nd Quarter
OK — Leonard (11:25)
LG — Masters (8:32)
LG — Goeke (4:40)
OK — McClellan (3:35)
3rd Quarter
LG — Ningard (4:33)
OK — Koster (2:19)
4th Quarter
LG — Bentz (11:05)
LG — Ningard (5:58)
OK — Stevens (1:19)
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Posted on 13 May 2008 by brian.
NORTHERN REGION BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ LACROSSE TOURNAMENT
* First and Second-Round Games at Top Seed
** Single Games at 7 p.m.; Doubleheaders at 5 and 7 p.m.
GIRLS
Tuesday
L4 Madison at P1 Annandale
C3 Westfield at N2 Falls Church
(Winners will meet Thursday in the Quarterfinal Round)
N3 Washington-Lee at C2 Chantilly **Game has been moved to Washington-Lee’s turf field at 5 p.m.
P4 Lake Braddock at L1 Stone Bridge
(Winners will meet Thursday in the Quarterfinal Round)
C4 Oakton at N1 Yorktown
L3 Langley at P2 West Springfield
(Winners will meet Thursday in the Quarterfinal Round)
P3 South County at L2 W.T. Woodson
N4 Edison at C1 Robinson
(Winners will meet Thursday in the Quarterfinal Round)
BOYS
Tuesday
L4 Thomas Jefferson at P1 Annandale
C3 Robinson at N2 Yorktown
(Winners will meet Thursday in the Quarterfinal Round)
N3 Mount Vernon at C2 Oakton
P4 West Springfield at L1 Langley **Game has been moved to West Springfield’s turf field at 7 p.m.
(Winners will meet Thursday in the Quarterfinal Round)
C4 Westfield at N1 Falls Church
L3 Madison at P2 Lake Braddock
(Winners will meet Thursday in the Quarterfinal Round)
P3 South County at L2 W.T. Woodson
N4 Washington-Lee at C1 Chantilly **Game has been moved to Washington-Lee’s turf field at 7 p.m.
(Winners will meet Thursday in the Quarterfinal Round)
SEMIFINALS
GIRLS: Monday, May 19 at 5 and 7 p.m. at Lake Braddock
BOYS: Monday, May 19 at 5 and 7 p.m. at South County
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
GIRLS: Wednesday, May 21 at 5 p.m. at South County
BOYS: Wednesday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at South County
(Girls’ and boys’ consolation games will be held at 5 and 7 p.m., respectively, on Wednesday at Lake Braddock.)
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Posted on 12 May 2008 by brian.
By Phil Murphy
Content Editor, DigitalSports
Re-live
the Top 25 highlights of the last week in 8 minutes, 15 seconds.
These
are the most popular videos — by number of views — on the Northern
Region pages of Digital Sports for the week of May 5-11, 2008.
The clips are posted counting down from No. 25 to the one that received the highest amount of attention from you, the fans.
For your enjoyment, here are the most popular videos from last week:
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Posted on 09 May 2008 by brian.
By Jimmy Thomas
Content Editor, DigitalSports.com
Check below the story for highlights from both games in separate video players. Highlights from the boys game will be just below highlights from the girls game. Enjoy
The Concorde District girls’ and boys’ lacrosse championship games were moved from Robinson High to Fairfax High Friday night because the Rebels’ turf field was one of the few in the area that could sustain Thursday night’s downpour. Chantilly, the top seed in both games, entered the title matches with a combined record of 25-0 record on the year.
Chantilly’s girls were up first in a match-up with No. 2 seed Robinson, which they defeated earlier this season in overtime. Friday’s game featured six ties and was tied at 13 with less than a second left in regulation. Yes, a second.
That’s before Robinson junior Megan Dunleavy fired a shot that sneaked low past Chantilly’s goal keeper for her sixth goal, enough to give the Rams a 14-13 win at the buzzer and the Concorde District tournament championship .
“They are such a fast team — such a powerful team — we needed to make sure we had possession at the end,” Rams’ Coach Allison Nuen said.
Robinson, which defeated Westfield, 15-5, to reach the finale, got a hat-trick from junior Sarah Moody and two goals from sophomore sister Rachel Moody in the victory.
Chantilly, despite getting four goals from junior Brittany Griel and three each from senior Christina Patten and junior Kaitlyn Stillwell, were unable to take the lead at any time other than the games’ opening moments. Trailing 10-7 at half time, the Chargers tied the game at 11 and 13 but could not net the go-ahead score.
Robinson “pulled the game out in the last couple of seconds and we weren’t able to do that on our end,” Chantilly Coach Michele Gates said. “Robinson has excellent competitors. They always come out to win. This game was decided by one point, the last game was two points. We are always neck-and-neck. They just got this one in the win column.”
Chantilly’s boys team, which watched the final moments of the girls’ game sitting in the stands in full-gear, were determined not to fall to a similar fate. And they most certainly did not. The Chargers combined an early lead with great goal-tending to pull out a 9-7 victory over Oakton and keep their undefeated season in tact.
In the process, Chantilly claimed its first Concorde District tournament championship in school history.
Chantilly got a first quarter hat-trick from senior Kevin O’Neill to take an early, 5-0 lead. That five-goal deficit proved to be enough as the Chargers took a 5-1 lead into half time and stretched that margin to 9-3 lead after three quarters. O’Neill netted another goal in the third to give him four for the game, while senior Corey Aferiat scored two of his own.
“The guys were very focused, very loose and they came to play tonight,” Chantilly Coach Kevin Broderick said. “We have 16 seniors and they didn’t need a pep talk. It’s a team
game, they buy into it and they lead by example They are coaches on the sideline. They are
coaches on the field. They do a nice job.”
Oakton made a late run, scoring four fourth-quarter goals to pull with in two, but it proved too little too late. Senior Rob Koster scored twice for the Cougars and James McClellan and Nick Stevens both scored in the games’ final minute.
All four teams will play at home on Thursday in the opening of the Northern Region tournament.
GIRLS
1st 2nd –F
Chantilly 7 6 –13
Robinson 10 4 –14
BOYS
1st 2nd 3rd 4th — F
Chantilly 5 0 4 0 — 9
Oakton 0 1 2 4 — 7
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Posted on 05 May 2008 by brian.
By Jimmy Thomas
Content Editor, DigitalSports.com
**Check below the story for complete video highlights from Mondays game**
Chantilly pulled even with Oakton atop of the Concorde District standings Monday night after defeating the host Cougars, 6-5, and spoiling their Senior Night festivities.
Oakton got on the board first by getting three consecutive singles to start the game from seniors Keith Werman, Connor Madden and Kevin Wager. Senior Bret Williams doubled later in the inning to give the Cougars a 2-run lead after one.
After a shaky first inning Charger junior hurler Jordan Johnson was perfect for the next three innings, not allowing a hit while striking out five.
But offensively, Chantilly needed one trip through the batting order to gets their bats going. Then, in the third inning, senior leadoff batter Chris Gentile, in his second at-bat, hit a two-out, solo home run. As he crossed home plate, Gentile yelled “Lets Go! Lets Go!” to his awaiting teammates.
And go is exactly what the Chargers did. Chantilly posted three more runs the following inning when junior Brian King hit a three-run, home run that scored seniors Patrick Moore and Chris Yates, both of whom reached on a base hit.
“He has just recently made a few adjustments and has really started pounding the ball,” Chantilly Coach Kevin Ford said. “He has been working so hard, he has just let it come and let his ability take over. We hope to keep him going in that way.”
King picked up another RBI the following inning on a single as the Chargers took a 6-1 lead into the bottom half of the fifth inning.
That’s when Oakton posted a valiant rally. After a walk and a hit batter, Madden and Wager recorded back-to-back hits to score three and close the gap to 6-5 before Chantilly relief pitcher John Colella entered to end the threat.
Colella pitched a scoreless sixth inning before giving way to Yates, who was also perfect in the seventh to earn the save.
Both teams have one game remaining in district play before the post-season begins. Chantilly will host Westfield on Wednesday while Oakton travels to Robinson. The Concorde District Tournament is set to begin May 12.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 — F
Chantilly 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 — 6
Oakton 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 — 5
Homeruns: Chantilly 2 (Gentile, King).
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Posted on 05 May 2008 by brian.
By Phil Murphy
Content Editor, DigitalSports
Re-live
the Top 25 highlights of the last week in 5 minutes, 35 seconds. There are two non-soccer clips. It’s like finding Waldo… twice.
These
are the most popular videos — by number of views — on the Northern
Region pages of Digital Sports for the week of April 28-May 4, 2008.
The clips are posted counting down from No. 25 to the one that received the highest amount of attention from you, the fans.
For your enjoyment, here are the most popular videos from last week:
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