J E B Stuart High School | Archive | February, 2009

By Angela Watts
Assistant GM, Washington D.C. Metro Area

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There were no direct orders issued to Northern Region Players of the Year Tierra Ruffin-Pratt or E.J. Jenkins during the Northern Region quarterfinal games on Wednesday.

And yet both Titan stars instinctively knew when they were needed most.

And both, during those spurts, were downright dazzling.

Ruffin-Pratt scored 10 points and handed out two assists during the first three minutes of the third quarter to blow open an eventual 68-48 victory over Robinson in the first game of the doubleheader.

Then it was Jenkins’ turn as he recorded back-to-back steals and drove to the basket in the last two minutes of the third quarter to help secure what proved a 45-41 victory over Stuart in the nightcap.

“We were down, and I knew that the only way to get back in the game was to get back to our key principles, which is playing defense every game — and every play — as hard as we can,” T.C. Williams’ boys’ Coach Julian King said. “E.J. did that, and really helped us pick the intensity back up.

“Still, until the last second ticked off the clock I was worried.”

That’s because Stuart never gave T.C. Williams much breathing room.

The Raiders took their first lead of the game just before half time on the strength of consecutive baskets by senior forwards Mahamed Ibrahim (team-high 12 points) and Dominique Kosh to move ahead, 16-12. Stuart and T.C. Williams then traded the lead three times in the third before Jenkins’ defensive pressure allowed the Titans to pull ahead for good.

T.C. Williams took its largest lead of the game at 39-31 on another defensive steal — this one by senior guard Gavin Peterson — and a pair of subsequent free throws by Jenkins with 4 minutes, 33 seconds to play. But the Raiders kept fighting, and after three straight baskets by Hamza Kaissouni, Raymond Watson and Antonio Harris, Jr., they had closed the gap to 40-37 with 3:10 to go.

The margin shrank again to just one point — 42-41 — on a pair of Watson free throws with 2:10 remaining.

But Stuart mis-fired on a shot that could have given it the lead with :44.8 seconds to play, and T.C. Williams got a critical rebound from junior center Billy Rowland and steady free throw shooting from Jenkins (game-high 13 points), who connected on five-of-six free throw attempts down in stretch to seal the victory.

With it, the No. 8 Titans, the defending Northern Region and Virginia AAA state champions, advance to face Patriot District rival Lee at 7 p.m. Saturday at Robinson in the semifinal round with a state tournament berth on the line.

“It would mean everything for us to get back to the state tournament,” King said. “As I was just telling those guys, ‘Right now you’re marching in history. You’re creating your own destiny. Last year’s team is gone. Now it’s time to create your own niche.’ Our goal is to win the region and get back to states … and I’m confident my guys will play hard.

“The thing is, it’s just really tough to try and beat a team four times. So we really need to come prepared, because those guys we’re playing against, I’m sure they don’t want to lose to us for a fourth time, either, so they’ll be playing with some extra effort.”

The eighth-ranked Titan girls had a much easier route to the semifinal round. Up nine points at half time, T.C. Williams just exploded out of the locker room, going on a 14-0 run that gave them a 46-23 edge with 5:33 still to play in the third quarter. Ruffin-Pratt (game-high 18 points) had a hand in every field goal scored during that stretch as she assisted in the two field goals she didn’t make herself. 

“I want her to know that she is the leader and that this is her team as far as that goes,” Coach Cavanaugh Hagen said of the North Carolina-bound guard. “But I don’t want her to feel all the pressure or that all of the weight is on her back. It’s not. We have tons of weapons and when we’re hitting, it’s hard to stop all of them.”

“We went on a pretty good run in the second quarter … But it seems I’m never satisfied with how we can play and how we have played. I’ll always want the best for them, and I still think we can execute a lot better.”

The Titans will have a chance to show that when they take on Concorde District second-seed Westfield at 8 p.m. Friday in the semifinal round at Robinson.

“We haven’t peaked just yet,” Hagen said. “I know that for sure.”

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GIRLS
Robinson                    6  17    8  18 — 48
No. 8 T.C. Williams    18   14  20  16 — 68

Robinson — Partonen 4 2-4 13; Kuter 6 0-1 12; Priftis 3 4-4 11; Green 3 0-0 7; Esposito 1 0-0 2; Harris 1 0-0 2; Peterson 0 1-2 1. Team totals: 18 7-11 48. T.C. Williams — Ruffin-Pratt 6 5-6 18; Huggins 6 2-5 15; Norman 4 4-6 12; Fikes 3 2-2 8; Lewis 3 0-0 6; Thorne 1 1-2 3; Boston 1 1-2 3; Summa 0 2-2 2; Schedler 0 1-2 1. Team totals: 24 18-27 68. Three-pointers — Robinson 5 (Partonen 3, Green, Priftis); T.C. Williams 2 (Huggins, Ruffin-Pratt).

BOYS
Stuart                       6  10   9  16 — 41
No. 8 T.C. Williams     8   7  15  15 — 45

Stuart — Ibrahim 5 0-0 12; Watson 3 4-6 10; Harris 3 0-0 7; Kosh 2 1-2 5; Ford 2 0-1 4; Kaissouni 1 1-2 3. Team totals: 16 6-11 41. T.C. Williams — Jenkins 3 6-8 13; Chambers 3 1-2 7; Rowland 3 1-1 7; Yates 3 0-0 7; Moses 1 1-1 3; Copeland 0 2-2 2. Team totals: 16 11-14 45. Three-pointers — Stuart 3 (Ibrahim 2, Harris); T.C. Williams 2 (Jenkins, Yates).

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The boys’ basketball banner in the Raider gymnasium — same as the others hanging alongside it — seems almost *****.

Two dates are ironed on, white text against blue background. They commemorate a Potomac District title in 1977 and a Northern Region championship in 1996.

But given the meteoric rise of the program since the arrival of its coach, Tony Harris from rival Falls Church, it will not likely be long before those distant dates get some company.

Paced by an explosive third quarter, Stuart defeated perennial contender Herndon, 59-53, at home in the first round of the Northern Region Tournament on Monday.

“We wanted to get to the eight. Now that we’ve done that, we want to move on to the next stage,” said Harris, in his second season. “These kids deserve that. They work hard every day. They’ve been working on it for two years. I think we finally got what we deserve.”

Harris knows firsthand what it’s like to play high-school basketball against elite competition. A graduate of Fairfax in 1983, he battled the likes of Duke legend Tommy Amaker, a W.T. Woodson graduate, on his way to top-tier regional games at Robinson.

With the return of the Northern Region Tournament to Robinson this year from nearby George Mason University, Harris hopes his players have that opportunity, as well.

“It’s very gratifying because I have so many seniors who haven’t won a regional playoff game,” he said. “One of our big goals is to get to Robinson … so the kids can experience that. I played in this area. I’ve been here most of my life. I know what that atmosphere used to be like at Robinson back in the day.

“I think every high-school kid should experience that. I’m doing my best to get them there and they’re doing their best to get there.”

The Raiders were at their brightest during the third quarter.

Entering the half on the momentum of a spinning fast-break lay-in by senior guard Antonio Harris, Coach Harris’ son, Stuart picked up precisely where it left off after the break.

The Raiders started the third period on a 17-6 run, leading by as much as 16 points before back-to-back-to-back Hornet baskets cut the lead to nine at quarter’s end.

“Our conditioning kicked in for us,” Tony Harris said. “We do a lot of running, which is important because we have a lot of athletes on our team. We do a lot of conditioning work. If we can get to the third quarter, the third quarter is where we pick it up.

“We come out at halftime, get our second wind, get a little more trapping — a little more active on defense — got in the passing lanes.”

Added Antonio Harris, who scored a team-high 19 points: “We came in the locker room and I looked in the guys’ eyes and saw how bad they wanted it. We came out as a team and tried to execute the game plan to perfection.”

But Herndon, historically a team at its best during the postseason, did not watch its year end without protest.

The Hornets, riding a game-high 22 points by first-team All-Concorde District forward Isaac Johnson, stormed back into contention with defensive pressure.

With just under 2 minutes remaining, Herndon had an open look at a game-tying 3-pointer. And with :36.4 seconds to go, a pair of Johnson free throws cut Stuart’s lead to two.

The Raiders, having both spelled comebacks and spoiled late-game leads all season, prevailed thanks largely to reliable free-throw shooting by senior guard Tre Ford, Coach Harris’ nephew.

With the win, Stuart advances to face No. 8 T.C. Williams, the defending Virginia AAA state champions, with a berth in the Northern Region final four at stake.

“We’re ecstatic,” said son Harris, the team’s leading scorer. “We also know that — how big this game was — we also know that we have to come back tomorrow and get ready for the game on Wednesday.”

Added Coach Harris: “I knew the kids would revert back to Wakefield and other games where we faded down the stretch … Because of the game against Wakefield, we knew how to bounce back from that. We didn’t panic, we didn’t give it up, we let them come back and we still stuck it out. I wanted that.

“I told them early I wanted every way: I want a blowout, I want a close game, I want a come-from-behind game, I want another team to come from behind and tie it up. And we did that. Now I hope, next game, we can win by as many points as possible so I don’t have to stress.”

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Herndon        12  11  13  17  —  53
Stuart            14  14  17  14  —  59

Herndon — Johnson 8 5-6 22; A. Hamilton 5 2-5 15; M. Hamilton 3 0-0 6; Anane 1 2-4 5; Ozycz 2 0-0 4; Auker 0 1-2 1.
Team
totals: 19 10-17 53.
Stuart —
A. Harris 6 6-8 19; Watson 3 5-6 11; Kosh 3 3-3 10; Ford 2 5-8 9; Ibrahim 3 1-1 8; Zaman 1 0-0 2.
Team totals: 18 20-26 59.
Three pointers — Herndon 5 (A. Hamilton 3, Johnson, Anane); Stuart 3 (Harris, Kosh, Ibrahim).

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By Angela Watts
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When Mount Vernon’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams gathered at mid-court to pose for pictures following Friday night’s National District championship doubleheader, the Majors’ players and coaches unanimously decided to flash two fingers at the lenses instead of the traditional No. 1 gesture.

It was a sign of unity. One of dominance. And, mostly, one of pride.

Mount Vernon is one of only two schools in the entire Northern Region to capture both the girls’ and boys’ basketball district titles. The other is traditional-power T.C. Williams of the Patriot District.

“This … this puts Mount Vernon on the map!” one of the Majors’ assistant coaches shouted as the boys and girls players began gathering for their celebratory photo.

“This is history-making for our school!”

And, in fitting fashion, the girls’ 49-31 victory over Edison and the boys’ 55-50 victory over Stuart came in front of Mount Vernon’s largest basketball crowd in recent memory.

“That’s really a dream come true,” boys’ Coach Alfonso Smith said of the crowd. “I know that was one of the things when I first started coaching here that was a dream. … I had to walk into the gym before the guys came out and it was a really big moment for me because I was taken aback to see all of the people here.

“To have a dream and actually see it come to pass is really humbling.”

But there was another, more pointed dream on the line Friday night. Smith and girls’ Coach Terry Henderson, along with their entire coaching staffs, had talked all season about wanting this to be a joint effort.

And when the final buzzers had sounded after each game, they were the first in line to congratulate each other with genuine smiles, high-fives and hugs all around.

“We have a real close coaching staff from boys and girls,” Smith said. “And we talked about this week that we both wanted to go ahead and be in this position. And we were blessed enough to do that. So I’m really proud of both programs.”

The Majors’ girls got things rolling in the first game, turning what had been a close, 30-27 game with 2 minutes, 24 seconds left in the third quarter into a blowout.

No. 10 Mount Vernon did so by outscoring Edison, 19-4, over the final 10 minutes of play.

“At half time I told the girls that this is a game of runs,” Henderson said. “I said, ‘Edison is going to make their run. But we have to sustain that, stay poised during that time and when we make our run we have to extend it all the way through the fourth quarter.’

“And things just came together for us like that.”

The Majors were led by junior forward Tracy King (game-high 20 points) and junior point guard Jalinda Venable (16), who drained two key three-pointers in the final period of play.

Edison, meanwhile, was paced by junior point guard Myisha Goodwin (15 points), the National District Player of the Year.

“I’m truly excited,” Henderson said. “Words can’t even express how proud I am of these young ladies. The main thing is that they believed. And I really feel like while the regular-season title is nice, it’s not complete without the district tournament championship. So this means so much to us.”

The boys’ game was similarly close until late in the third quarter when a three-pointer by sophomore guard Jesse Konadu and a one-handed dunk by junior Daron Fennell turned a tie game into a 44-39 Mount Vernon lead headed into the final period.

The Majors were led by National District and Tournament MVP Skylar Jones with a game-high 18 points while Konadu and junior guard Robert Smith added 15 and nine, respectively. The Raiders were paced by junior guard Antonio Harris, Jr., with 14 and senior forward Raymond Watson with nine.

“Our guys just stuck together, just like we’ve been doing all year,” said Smith, whose team has won 17 consecutive games dating back to mid-December. “We’ve been tested, we’ve played a lot of good teams and we’ve gotten stronger. …

“We’re not done yet.”

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2009 NATIONAL DISTRICT ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Girls
Tournament MVP: Jalinda Venable, MV.
All-Tournament Team: Keiyana Brooks, ST; Christine Dua, ED; Myisha Goodwin, ED; Jayme Harris, ST; Tracy King, MV; Leni Negri, YK; Lindiwe Rennert, YK.

Boys
Tournament MVP: Skylar Jones, MV.
All-Tournament Team: Antonio Harris, Jr., ST; Simon Kilday, YK; Corey Levenberry, WK; Kyle Ricks, MV; Robert Smith, MV; Mike Veith, YK; Raymond Watson, ST.

GAME 1
Edison                              4  11  12    4 — 31
No. 10 Mount Vernon     11  12  11  15 — 49

Edison — Goodwin 6 3-3 15; Dua 1 2-2 4; Murray 2 0-2 4; Graham 1 0-0 2; Grignol 1 0-0 2; Potts 1 0-0 2. Team totals: 13 5-7 31. Mount Vernon — King 7 6-6 20; Venable 7 0-0 16; Mathes 1 4-6 7; Jackson 3 0-0 6. Team totals: 18 10-12 49. Three-pointers — Edison 0; Mount Vernon 3 (Venable 2, Mathes).

GAME 2
Stuart                          11  16  12  11 — 50
No. 9 Mount Vernon     12  17  15  11 — 55

Stuart — Harris 5 3-3 14; Watson 3 3-3 9; Ibrihim 4 0-0 8; Kosh 2 4-5 8; Ford 2 2-2 6; Zaman 2 1-2 5. Team totals: 18 13-15 50. Mount Vernon — Jones 7 3-4 18; Konadu 6 2-5 15; Smith 2 4-4 9; Green 2 3-4 7; Ricks 2 0-0 4; Fennell 1 0-0 2. Team totals: 20 12-17 55. Three-pointers — Stuart 1 (Harris); Mount Vernon 3 (Jones, Konadu, Smith).

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Stuart turned what was supposed to be a closely-contested game into a blowout Wednesday night with a 71-47 rout of host Wakefield in the semifinal round of the National District tournament.

“We played well,” Raider senior Raymond Watson said. “So we got a victory.”

Stuart took advantage of Wakefield standout senior Johnathan Ford’s early injury by jumping out to a quick 10-2 lead. The Warriors struggled to get back into the game as Ford (12 points) never returned to his typical, explosive fashion.

“[We] played [him to] his left because he always goes right,” Watson said on how his team slowed Ford. “And [we] played good defense.”
   
Watson, meanwhile, had a huge night. Wakefield had no answer for him in the post as he tallied a game-high 23 points.

“I play hard, practice hard, and get physical,” Watson said.
   
Senior Dominique Kosh was also a big boost for the Raiders off of the bench. Kosh got all of his points during very crucial points in the game — the beginning and the end. He finished the night with 12 points.
   
With a comfortable 36-22 lead entering the second half, the Raiders made sure that there would be no comeback by holding the Warriors to only seven third-quarter points as they rolled into the final quarter with an 18-point lead, 47-29.

“We just played hard like we were supposed to,” Watson said.
   
Stuart will travel to Mount Vernon to face the top-seeded Majors at 9 p.m. Friday for the district championship. The Majors swept the regular-season series, but both games were extremely close. Mount Vernon defeated Stuart 58-56 on Jan. 13 and 63-62 on on Feb. 6.

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*Rankings listed are teams’ district seeding

Boys’ Basketball

FEBRUARY 17
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Mount Vernon
No. 4 Yorktown 59, No. 5 Washington-Lee 50
No. 3 Stuart 69, No. 6 Edison 48
No. 2 Wakefield 68, No. 7 Falls Church 50

FEBRUARY 18
Semifinals
Mount Vernon 56, Yorktown 45
Stuart 71, Wakefield 47

FEBRUARY 20
Final
Mount Vernon 55, Stuart 50

First Round of Regionals:
Centreville at Mount Vernon
Herndon at Stuart
Wakefield at Westfield
Yorktown at Chantilly

Girls’ Basketball

FEBRUARY 17
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Mount Vernon
No. 5 Stuart 57, No. 4 Washington-Lee 50
No. 3 Yorktown 46, No. 6 Wakefield 32
No. 2 Edison 91, No. 7 Falls Church 23

FEBRUARY 18
Semifinals
Mount Vernon 69, Stuart 46
Edison 51, Yorktown 47

FEBRUARY 20
Final
Mount Vernon 49, Edison 31

First Round of Regionals:
Stuart at Oakton
Yorktown at Westfield
Robinson at Edison
Chantilly at Mt Vernon

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Team Results
1. Westfield — 220.50
2. Robinson — 198.00
3. South County — 139.00
4. Hayfield — 110.50
5. Fairfax — 89.00
6. Annandale — 85.00
7. Chantilly — 83.50
8. Lake Braddock — 78.00
9. Jefferson — 75.00
10. Langley — 73.00

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NORTHERN REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS

Top 15 Team Scores

1. Oakton 232
2. Robinson 230.50
3. Madison 205
4. Fairfax 186
5. Langley 167
6. W.T. Woodson 161
7. Chantilly 138.50
8. Herndon 126
9. Edison 109
10. Thomas Jefferson 97
11. McLean 94
12. Lake Braddock 88.50
13. South Lakes 76
14. Washington-Lee 55.50
15. Lee 53

Event 1 — Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
NR Record: 1:35.09 Oakton High 2009
M. Hallock, K. Park, Z. Smith, C. Megaw

1. Oakton 1:35.09*
M. Hallock, K.J. Park, Z. Smith, C. Megaw
2. Langley 1:36.51
S. Richards, C. Katis, A. Brumas, C. Barnard
3. Robinson 1:37.60
M. Osiecki, J. Zanellato, K. Root, D. McGuire
4. Herndon 1:39.61
C. Polito, M. Radakowski, W. Cormier, D. Camozzo

Event 3 — Boys 200 Yard Freestyle
NR Record: 1:40.02 Bradley Phillips 2009

1. Bradley Phillips, OK, 1:40.02*
2. Cyrus Hashemi, MR, 1:42.29
3. Matthew Benecki, CH, 1:43.37
T4. Freddy Crawford, WL, 1:44.03
T4. Mitch Phillips, CH, 1:44.03
6. Mike Grimmett-Norris, SL, 1:44.10
7. Balazs Kiss, ED, 1:45.15
8. Adam Pennington, MD, 1:45.68

Event 5 — Boys 200 Yard IM
NR Record: 1:50.75 Sean Fletcher 2009

1. Sean Fletcher, MD, 1:50.75*
2. Stephen Richards, LG, 1:52.78
3. K.J. Parks, OK, 1:53.54
4. Chuck Katis, LG, 1:53.96
5. David Kiss, ED, 1:54.43
6. Charlie Putnam, ML, 1:54.74
7. C.J. Fiala, WF, 1:59.09
8. Jake Baumgardner, FX, 1:59.12

Event 7 — Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
NR Record: 20.66 Robbie Parker 2009

1. Robbie Parker, MD, 20.66*
2. Kevin Vest, WT, 21.38
3. Geoff Bobsin, RB, 21.45
4. Joey Kelly, FX, 21.63
5. Robbie Munch, RB, 21.64
6. Matt Russiello, MD, 21.97
7. Alex Price, FX, 22.15
8. Graham Keller, ED, 22.32

Event 9 — Boys 1 Mtr Diving
NR Record: 566.95 Wes Reed 1986

1. Sean McKinney, AN, 508.95
2. Cory Bowersox, RB, 487.10
3. Petey Gibbons, WT, 455.80
4. Carl Buergler, WL, 443.45
5. John Trope, WS, 421.05
6. Zach Patteson, FX, 406.05
7. Brian Coonce, YK, 373.50
8. Martin Brown, ML, 364.85

Event 11 — Boys 100 Yard Butterfly
NR Record: 47.29 ean Fletcher 2009

1. Sean Fletcher, MD, 47.29*
2. David Kiss, ED, 50.18
3. Kurtis Ratcliff, WF, 51.15
4. Braden Baffer, WT, 51.72
5. Ryan Natal, LG, 51.99
6. Brad Dillon, SL, 53.08
7. Austin Patteson, FX, 54.12
8. Jake Baumgardner, FX, 54.75

Event 13 — Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
NR Record: 45.28 Charles Cline 1987

1. Michael Hallock, OK, 46.06
2. Geoff Bobsin, RB, 46.49
3. Robbie Parker, MD, 46.73
4. Larry Dow, TC, 47.01
5. Robbie Munch, RB, 47.57
6. Mitch Phillips, CH, 48.06
7. Steven Gifford, LE, 48.09
8. Joey Kelly, FX, 48.12

Event 15 — Boys 500 Yard Freestyle
NR Record: 4:27.37 Matthew Benecki 2009

1. Matthew Benecki, CH, 4:27.37*
2. Bradley Phillips, OK, 4:27.48
3. Cyrus Hashemi, MR, 4:37.88
4. Brian Via, HN, 4:38.84
5. Mike Grimmett-Norris, SL, 4:43.01
6. Adam Pennington, MD, 4:44.99
7. Balazs Kiss, ED, 4:45.61
8. Robert Hutchison, WS, 4:59.47

Event 17 — Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
NR Record: 1:25.07 Madison 2009

1. Madison 1:25.07*
2. Fairfax 1:27.19
3. Robinson 1:27.31
4. Chantilly 1:28.56

Event 19 — Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
NR Record: 50.93 Greg Landrum 2001

1. Michael Hallock, OK, 50.27
2. Charlie Putnam, ML, 51.71
3. Stephen Richards, LG, 52.52
4. Brad Dillon, SL, 52.73
5. Matt Osiecki, RB, 52.86
6. Kyle Tyrrell, AN, 53.01
7. Michael Herrmann, SC, 53.76
8. Matt Callahan, TJ, 54.17

Event 21 — Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
NR Record: 56.88 K.J. Park 2009

1. K.J. Park, OK, 56.88*
2. Chuck Katis, LG, 57.43
3. Mark Rodakowski, HN, 59.07
4. Tyler Ogren, LB, 59.25
5. C.J. Fiala, WF, 1:00.04
6. Ricky Munch, RB, 1:00.29
7. Brett Merker, CV, 1:00.33
8. Jake Huston, WL, 1:00.43

Event 23 — Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
NR Record: 3:07.28
B. Phillips, K.J. Park, K. Cho, M. Hallock

1. Oakton 3:07.28*
B. Phillips, K.J. Park, K. Cho, M. Hallock
2. Robinson 3:09.00
R. Munch, M. Osiecki, J. Zanellato, G. Bobsin
3. Madison 3:09.06
M. Russiello, A. Pennington, R. Parker, S. Fletcher
4. Chantilly 3:14.61
G. Borowski, B. Rothschild, M. Benecki, M. Phillips

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NORTHERN REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS

Top 15 Team Scores

1. Robinson 301
2. Fairfax 222
3. Langley 198
4. Lake Braddock 190
5. Chantilly 167
6. Oakton 150
7. Yorktown 140
8. Madison 117
9. Centreville 106
10. West Springfield 104
11. W.T. Woodson 99
12. McLean 92
13. South County 91
14. Westfield 80
15. West Potomac 57

Event 2 — Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
NR Record: 1:46.80 Fairfax 2009
L. Gehrke, E. Baumgardner, J. DeOrnellas, T. Harvey

1. Fairfax 1:46.80*
L. Gehrke, E. Baumgardner, J. DeOrnellas, T. Harvey
2. Robinson 1:48.88
L. Finelli, R. Canty, M. Rupp, A. Kendall
3. Centreville
S. Alloo, N. Leake, T. Avery, S. Lesniewski
4. Chantilly 1:50.20
S. Silsby, B. Yost, E. Hall, L. Bachman

Event 4 — Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
NR Record: 1:50.65 Molly Emery 2008

1. Rachael Burnett, AN, 1:52.36
2. Theresa Harvey, FX, 1:54.97
3. Jayme Katis, LG, 1:55.08
4. Sarah DiNardo, WL, 1:57.14
5. Rebecca Rice, WF, 1:57.73
6. Sarah Lynch, LB, 1:57.93
7. Margaret Harlow, ML, 1:58.21
8. Maggie Shaw, CH, 1:58.53

Event 6 — Girls 200 Yard IM
NR Record: 2:01.06 Ashley Danner 2008

1. Kaitlin Pawlowicz, OK, 2:04.99
2. Ellyn Baumgardner, FX, 2:08.51
3. Rachel Canty, RB, 2:09.46
4. Madison Rupp, RB, 2:10.83
5. Kathryn Sieracki, WS, 2:13.78
6. MacKenzie Walsh, SC, 2:14.36
7. Becky Shaak, MD, 2:15.06
8. Brooke Ream, OK, 2:17.63

Event 8 — Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
NR Record: 23.51 Amanda Kendall 2009

1. Amanda Kendall, RB, 23.51*
2. Jean DeOrnellas, FX, 24.36
3. Reanna Dona, WP, 24.48
4. Megan Howard, LG, 24.54
5. Susie Lesniewski, CV, 25.10
6. Hannah Walden, RB, 25.11
7. Sarah Lynch, LB, 25.18
8. Maren Taylor, YK, 25.27

Event 10 — Girls 1 Mtr Diving
NR Record: 473.50 Mary Yarrison 2002

1. Maren Taylor, YK, 437.05
2. Kelli Stockton, FX, 367.25
3. Kim Pilka, LG, 364.20
4. Kelly Lloyd, MD, 362.85
5. Kathy Jennings, WT, 350.95
6. Kelly Corish, MD, 339.85
7. Laura Gartrell, RB, 339.70
8. Carlin Tettelbach, SC, 334.25

Event 12 — Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
NR Record: 55.01 Michelle Griglione 1986

1. Kaitlin Pawlowicz, OK, 55.80
2. Elizabeth Hall, CH, 56.30
3. Kaitlin Wolla, YK, 57.08
4. Jessica Hawken, LG, 58.33
5. Megan Howard, LG, 58.54
6. Sarah DiNardo, WL, 1:00.01
7. Lauren Gehrke, FX, 1:00.74
8. Jordan Parry, LB, 1:00.84

Event 14 — Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
NR Record: 50.98 Amanda Kendall 2009

1. Amanda Kendall, RB, 50.98*
2. Eva Greene, ML, 51.95
3. Theresa Harvey, FX, 52.60
4. Jean DeOrnellas, FX, 53.10
5. Jayme Katis, LG, 53.24
6. Hannah Walden, RB, 54.64
7. Jill King, WT, 55.25
8. Molly Cudahy, HN, 56.40

Event 16 — Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
NR Record: 4:53.41 Molly Emery 2008

1. Rachael Burnett, AN, 5:01.20
2. Madison Rupp, RB, 5:08.60
3. Margaret Harlow, ML, 5:15.14
4. Laura Finelli, RB, 5:15.74
5. Becky Shaak, MD, 5:16.05
6. Maggie Shaw, CH, 5:18.71
7. Alex Sieracki, WS, 5:23.75
8. Tara Banks, WF, 5:23.83

Event 18 — Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
NR Record: 1:36.61 Fairfax 2009
E. Baumgardner, F. Dowd, J. DeOrnellas, T. Harvey

1. Fairfax 1:36.61
E. Baumgardner, F. Dowd, J. DeOrnellas, T. Harvey*
2. Langley 1:38.56
J. Hawken, V. Snare, M. Howard, J. Katis
3. Robinson 1:39.07
H. Walden, E. Lewan, R. Canty, A. Kendall
4. W.T. Woodson
B. Fan, K. Laurer, C. Rider, J. King

Event 20 — Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
NR Record: 56.21 Eva Greene 2009

1. Eva Greene, ML, 56.21*
2. Elizabeth Hall, CH, 57.86
3. Laura Finelli, RB, 1:00.14
4. Christina McGarry, LB, 1:00.17
5. Reanna Dona, WP, 1:00.54
6. Alissa Avilov, SL, 1:01.13
7. Molly Cudahy, HN, 1:02.02
8. Maddie Zeigler, MV, 1:02.63

Event 22 — Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
NR Record: 1:00.49 Ashely Danner 2008

1. Ellyn Baumgardner, FX, 1:02.21
2. Alessandra Troncoso, LB, 1:04.71
3. Shinhye Won, WS, 1:05.23
4. Natalie Leake, CV, 1:05.95
5. Abigail Ortmayer, YK, 1:07.21
6. Becca Yost, CH, 1:08.92
7. MacKenzie Walsh, SC, 1:09.46
8. Jenna VanCamp, HN, 1:10.30

Event 24 — Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
NR Record: 3:29.40 Lake Braddock 2008
S. Lynch, C. Ogren, M. Emery, A. Danner

1. Robinson 3:37.27
M. Rupp, T. Baker, L. Finelli, H. Walden
2. Chantilly 3:39.23
M. Shaw, A. Regan, B. Yost, E. Hall
3. Lake Braddock 3:39.72
A. McGarry, A. Troncoso, C. Ogren, S. Lynch
4. Oakton 3:42.06
Q. Wilkinson, A. Maher, A. Doran, K. Pawlowicz

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By Mike Murdock
Mount Vernon Junior, DigitalSports Intern

The 2009 National District wrestling tournament lacked nothing but a few concessions. That’s correct, by the time that the majority of the competitors had been eliminated and the championship introductions were commencing the concession stand had run out of supplies and was closed.

That’s because Stuart’s gymnasium was packed all day with excited fans and wrestlers, and all were still around waiting for the day’s final matches to get under way.
   
Although Edison had already clinched the team title with a 45-point lead coming into the final round, spectators remained anxious to see which school would come out with the most individual champions.

103 Pounds
The 103-pound championship featured heavily-favored Mount Vernon senior Chadwick Eason, the two-time defending champion at this weight, and Wakefield freshman Henry Vasquez.

The moments leading up to the match were suspenseful, but the bout itself proved uneventful. Eason took Vasquez down in the first period making the score 2-0. The veteran then picked bottom, scored a reversal and sunk in a deep half-nelson. A pin came quickly after and Eason earned his third district title.

112 Pounds
The second title match provided some intrigue as Major freshman Cody Marino faced off with Raider junior Kirubal Admassu. The first period consisted of a take down by Admassu. The junior then picked top in the second and tactfully stalled out the entire period. At the beginning of the third, Marino needed a take down to tie the match and obviously picked neutral. However, Admassu delivered a timely sprawl and ended up with the two points, winning the match, 4-0.

119 Pounds
This much-hyped match included Edison senior Marvin Gomez, who was looking to capture his fourth district title, and Wakefield freshman Henry Mejano, who was hoping to ****** the honor away. The match began with a ferocious take down from the freshman, which agitated Edison’s crowd and its veteran wrestler. Gomez was awarded a point for the slam on the head, and then he went to work. Gomez promptly put Mejano’s head to the mat, snuck in a double arm bar and grit his teeth as the freshman futilely attempted to fight off of his back.

A first-period pin gave Gomez his fourth district title.

125 Pounds
This match proved one-sided, as Yorktown’s Danilo Downing defeated Edison freshman Jason Earnest. The only points Earnest scored were on escapes that Downing let him have. Downing secured the district championship with a 19-3, tech-fall victory by scoring four double legs, a reversal and nine back points.

130 Pounds
Mount Vernon freshman Dusty Floyd, brother of four-time district champion Wyatt Floyd, advanced to the championship match with excellent technique.

“I want to win all four like my brother did,” Dusty Floyd said.

But in order to complete the first leg of his four-part journey, Floyd had to defeat Edison sophomore Jeremy Wagner. The wrestlers felt each other out in the first period and neither scored. Wagner won the toss and deferred, Floyd chose bottom and scored a quick escape to take a 1-0 advantage. Floyd then executed a beautiful, single-leg take down that turned into a deep half nelson for the match. The younger Floyd is well on his way to 100 wins and 4 district titles; he has a 25-11 record and a district championship thus far.

135 Pounds
The Majors placed another wrestler in the championship match of the 135-pound division as Trey McClure was set to wrestle 6-feet-1-inch Victor Leavell of Wakefield. The battle of the sophomores started off slow with no score in the first.

However, in the second period when McClure picked bottom Leavell proceeded to utilize his height and long legs by slipping in a grape vine. He earned three back points to take a 3-0 lead. A last-second escape by McClure made it 3-1 headed into the third.

And that final period was filled with fireworks and a dramatic come backs.

Leavell picked bottom in an apparent plan to stall out the final two minutes. But Mount Vernon Coach Anthony McDuffie elected to give away a free point for an escape and start the period neutral. The plan seemingly backfired as Leavell scored a take down and expanded his lead to 6-1. Then, in a spurt of energy, McClure over-powered Leavell, reversed the situation and put him on his back.

That five-point swing left the match tied with :30 seconds remaining. The wrestlers drew back to a neutral position with McClure on top. McClure then snuck in a cradle and accrued some back points. The two then went back to the neutral position with McClure on top, but in the final :10 seconds Leavell burst up and scored a last-second escape.

As it stood, spectators thought Leavell had won with that last-second escape that appeared to make the score, 7-6. However, the referee had actually awarded McClure two back points — which were tallied after the series of moves were complete and the match had ended — giving McClure an 8-7 victory.

140 Pounds
Wakefield’s Carlos Bonilla faced off against Washington-Lee’s Michael Watson in the 140-pound division. Bonilla scored five quick points on a take down and near fall. Watson answered with a reversal for two. Bonilla picked bottom and scored a reversal for two, then Watson escaped for one. It was Watson, this time, who chose bottom and escaped, and then took Bonilla down for three points. Bonilla reversed it and stalled out for the 9-6 win.

145 Pounds
This weight class proved easily to provide the best match of the tournament as Mount Vernon junior Joey Marino, the older brother of 112-pounder Cody Marino, squared off against Yorktown junior Hunter Rheaume.

This match got better and better as it progressed. Marino looked good in the first period and slid around the mat well. He faked a shot beautifully and left Rheaume’s chin on the mat, but a speedy recovery by Rheaume left Marino down two points and fighting off of his back. The score stood at 4-0 in favor of Rheaume after one period.

Marino chose down and scored an impressive fake stand up reversal that he turned into a power cradle, flipping Rheaume over his own head. After about :15 seconds of flailing the cradle was broke, and two back points were awarded, but the crowd into a frenzy, thinking Marino had earned three.

And so after two periods the score was tied, and the atmosphere was brewing.

Rheaume chose bottom to start the third and escaped to take a 5-4 lead. Then Marino snuck a single leg on the Yorktown wrestler and got two points to move ahead, 6-5.

Then, with :20 seconds left, Rheaume scored an escape to tie it up. The wrestlers jostled at the end — both taking one last wholehearted and exhausted shot, but both also mustered up enough energy to defend themselves from being taken down.

The intermission between the third period and over time lasted only about 10 seconds.

So, with the muscles in both athletes visibly quivering and exhaustion setting in, the two pushed-and-pulled and didn’t go anywhere for the first minute of overtime.

Virginia High School League rules state that double overtime consists of two, thirty-second periods where both athletes get an opportunity to start on bottom.

As the crowd rose to its feet, Rheaume went first and was held to no points. Then, in the second half of double-overtime, Marino scored a reversal and stalled away the :07 seconds that were left before raising his first in triumph, winning, 8-6.

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