By: Dan Sousa

2007 McLean Holiday Invitational
@ McLean High School

Oakton 56, Stuart 49
Centreville 74, Dominion 71
The Skinny: Wildcats defeat Titans with a 3-pointer buzzer beater. Dominion trailed by eight at the half but Deandre Albritton, scoring a season-high and area-best 34 points,  helped bring the Titans back. Albritton just missed a triple-double, finishing with 12 rebounds and eight assists. Ben Dickerson and Balraaj Najjar each scored 10 for Dominion

Centreville 74, Dominion 71
Dominion (3-3): Albritton 34, Dickerson 10, Najjar 10, Good 6, Reaves 4, Geegbae 3, Zurich 3, GSmucker 1. Totals 20 28-41 71
Centreville (2-5): Farrar 32, Warhurst 15, Jones 10, Denny 7, Bowanko 5, Tsinger 5. Totals 22 22-35 74.
Halftime: Centreville, 39-31
3-Pointers: Dominion 3 (Albritton 2, Zurich), Centreville 8 (Farrar 5, Warhurst, Jones, Tsinger)

Yorktown 79, Marshall 75
McLean 68, Fairfax 52

Bulldog Bash Boys Tournament
@ Westfield High School

West Mecklineburg SC 74, Robinson 61
Woodson 67, South County 63
Woodbridge 55, Freedom 42
The Skinny: Troy Dockett paced the Eagles with 21 but Freedom dropped this game to the Vikes from Prince William County. Freedom has been held to less than 50 points in all four losses this season. Freedom only had three players score in the contest with Henry Brisbe (10) and Ron Campbell (11) both supporting Dockett. 

Woodbridge 55, Freedom 42
Woodbridge (5-2): Jones 20, Putney 8, Thomas 8, Rowe 6, Hallums 5, Bonta 3, Frazer 3, Nottingham 2. Totals 20 11-18 55
Freedom (2-4): Dockett 21, Campbell 11, Brisbe 10. Totals 16 10-15 42
Halftime: Woodbridge, 24-20
3-Pointers: Woodbridge 4 (Thomas 2, Jones, Bonta). 

Westfield 81, Liberty 56

Howl-a-Day Tournament
@ Clarksburg MD High School

Watkins Mill MD 71, Heritage 64
The Skinny: Heritage led by as many as five points in the second half  but Watkins Mill took the lead with 55 seconds left and scored the final seven points, all by Bobby Bazelias who had 22, to win.

Chesapeake 48, Clarksburg 34

Girls Basketball

Beach Holiday Classic
@ First Colonial High School

Broad Run 52, Cox 36
The Skinny: Haley Johnson scored a team-high 15 pints and Alexis Campbell had a double-double in points (13) and steals (10) as the Spartans defeated Cox.

Norfolk Collegiate def. First Colonial

Bulldog Bash Girls Tournament
@ Westfield High School

Freedom-PW 57, Dominion 53
The Skinny: Colleen Reynolds scored 15 and Tiffany Jones and Allyson Reed each added 13 but the Titans fell for the second straight time in the Bulldog Bash and for the sixth straight time overall.

Freedom-Prince William 57, Dominion 53
Freedom (2-4): Kerr 17, Welch 9, Parker 8, Contrell 6, Williams 5, Jones 5, Oloponenia 4, Rivera 4. Totals 22 13-19 57.
Dominion (2-6): Reynolds 16, Jones 13, Reed 13, Landry 5, Gooding 4, Long 2, Hutchinson 1. Totals 19 11-18 53.
Halftime: Freedom, 33-21
3-Pointers: Dominion 4 (Reynolds 3, Reed)

Lee 61, Midlothian 47
Bullis 54, Washington-Lee 25
Westfield 63, Annandale 49

Cougar Holiday Classic
@ Oakton High School

Freedom 54, Fairfax 25
The Skinny:Kelsey Buchanan led the Eagles with 19 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks, nearly a triple-double. Dionna Scott finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds and Meixandra Porter added 12 points, four rebounds and three steals in one half of action. Fairfax was held to just one point in the second quarter as Freedom opened up a  24-9 halftime lead.

Freedom 54, Fairfax 25
Freedom (4-3): Buchanan 21, Porter 18, Scott 10, Smith 6, Heinrich 3, Turpin 2, Oliphant 1, Poindexter 1. Totals 21 11-20 54
Fairfax (1-7): Charney 10, DeSalvo 10, Wiley 4, Sharpe 1. Totals 8 8-20 25.
Halftime: Freedom, 24-9
3-Pointers: Freedom 1 (Porter), Fairfax 1 (Charney).

West Potomac 48, McLean 45
South Lakes 54, Falls Church 29
Oakton 63, Hayfield 40

Howl-a-Day Tournament
@ Clarksburg High School

Clarksburg 71, Heritage 44
The Skinny: Host Clarksburg out-paced the Pride, 41-21 in the second half.

H (2-4, 1-1) — Scott 11, Cerimele 8, Grabbi 7, Mitchell 6, Brosnan 4, Sterling 4, Launi 2, Reilly 2. Totals 17 9-21 44.
C (0-0, 0-0) — Cunningham 27, Harris 15, Brown 6, Clark 6, Hackett 6, Johnson 4, Johnson 4, Metz 2, West 1. Totals 27 14-31 71.
Halftime: Clarksburg, 30-23.
Three-point goals: H (Sterling); C 3 (Harris 3).

Watkins Mill vs. North Hagerstown

LoudounPrepSports.com Holiday Tournament
@ Briar Woods High School

Battlefield 49, Brentsville 39
Briar Woods 40, Fauquier 31

Pohanka Chantill Classic
@ Chantilly High School

Georgetown Visitation 63, Stone Bridge 25
The Skinny: Visitation showed the Bulldogs why they are ranked  No. 16 in the Washington Post’s Top 20 as they ran past SB. Courtney Bryant with 11 for SB was the only player to score more than four points for the Bulldogs.

Hylton 60, Mills Godwin 51
Chantilly 56, George Mason 38

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By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Editor 

Sterling (Dec. 20, 2007) – All things being equal, it’s nice to be tall in basketball and the Park View High School boys basketball team can throw a lot of nice at opponents this season with wide body Thomas Mulabah shorter than five of his Patriot teammates including 6-foot-7 back-up center Brock Pennington, 6-5 forward Kenny Smith and a pair of 6-4 swimgmen in Danny Foley and Brett Dufford.

Mulabah is listed at just 6-foot-2, but perhaps nobody in the Dulles District can fill the paint and command attention like Mulabah who scored 17 of his game-high 19 points in the second half Tuesday to lead his team to a 72-63 AA Dulles District opener win over previously unbeaten Loudoun County.

“Mulabah was a beast inside,” said Loudoun County coach Brian Blubaugh, who watched his team fall after opening the year with seven straight wins, the school’s best start to a boys hoops season in many years.

Mulabah is a study in contrasts as the nearly 300-pounder can use brute force inside, but often weaves and pivots through traffic with moves that might make a ballerina proud.

Park View’s size against the Raiders, as it will be against most Dulles teams this season, was a factor as County often had four players at 6-1 or smaller on the floor and the Raiders leading scorer, senior Donne Lucas, at 6-4 was often tasked with containing Mulabah.

“We thought there was going to be a mismatch somewhere,” said Park View coach Jeff Schneider after his team improved to 4-2 on the season.

Junior point guard Joe Bushrod scored a team-high 18 for the Raiders and Lucas added 17 with junior Brett Tagg (10), junior Timmy McLister (9) and senior Rick Cottom (9) nearly giving County five in double figures, but no other scoring support came from the bench.

Park View on the other hand had eight players score including senior Foley, who attacks the rim on a dunk as if he is gathering in a C.J. Leizear pass in the end zone in football, with 17. Junior Marcus Freedom finished with nine and seniors Leizear (8) and Dufford (7) added support with junior Smith, still recovering his game shape from a knee injury suffered during football, and senior Pennington combining for nine and junior Josh Jones finishing with three.

“We looked at this as a big game,” said Mulabah after the early-season showdown.

Held to two points in the first half, Mulabah the first eight Park View points in the third quarter as Park View utilized both Smith and Mulabah, a double wide offensive, down low against the Raiders.

It was just a one-point game heading into the final quarter after a flurry of late activity that saw the Raiders erase a seven-point deficit behind the outside shooting of Tagg and McLister and the penetration of Bushrod. A Tagg 3-pointer put LC up 45-43 with just seconds to go in the half, but the Pats rushed the ball down the court and Freeman’s 3-pointer beat the buzzer to put PV ahead, 46-45.

LC, having played a one-game Monday night, was taking the court for the fourth time in six days, and LC looked a bit ragged as the final quarter started with a Park View 6-0 run that gave the Patriots a lead they would not give up. Mulabah started off the run with back-to-back baskets, the second on a follow, and then Dufford finished off a fast break to make it 52-45.

Bushrod twice brought LC within three but Park View had an answer each time, once with Leizear knocking down a 3-pointer and another time with Mulabah scoring off a nice Foley feed. That basket made it 59-54 with 2:55 to play and Park View followed up with a drive by Jones and another Leizear jumper to make it 63-54 with 1:50 left.

The Raiders got a couple of more 3-pointers from Bushrod and McLister but PV took care of things at the line in the last minute, Mulabah had another basket in the paint and dished off to Foley for the final PV field goal.

Park View 72, Loudoun County 63
LC (7-1, 0-1) Bushrod 18, Lucas 17, Tagg 10, Cottom 9, McLister 9. Totals 26 5-9 63.
PV (4-2, 1-0) Mulabah 19, Foley 17, Freeman 9, Leizear 8, Dufford 7, Pennington 5, Smith 4, Jones 3. Totals 28 11-23 72.
Halftime: PV, 28-26
3-pointers: LC 6 (McLister 3, Tagg 2, Bushrod), PV 5 (Freeman 2, Leizear 2, Foley).

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Dec. 18-20 (“Jingle Bell Rock” Editon)

Thur Dec. 20
Boys Basketball
GM 70, Briar Woods 67 (OT)
The Skinny: After erasing a half time deficit and playing superbly in the second half, BW led 54 -51 with 3.5 seconds in regulation. Joel Chandler for GM hit a 3-pointer in the left corner to tie it at the buzzer. The Falcons were in shock. GM pulled ahead by nine early in the OT and BW climbed back to make it a 3-point margin. Freshman point guard Andre Evans handled everything with poise and was a key to keeping BW in the game. BW heads to Dominion tonight in a match-up of two new AA Dulles District coaches, Falcons Mike Benson and Dominion’s Steve Douglas.

AAA Cedar Run District

Loudoun Valley 43, Battlefield 42
The Skinny: Vikes move into a five-way tie for first place in the Cedar Run District with a big win on the road in Haymarket. Josh Mallory hit at 3-pointer in the closing minute to secure the victory. Valley led by 14 points in the first half and then by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter before the Bobcats came back and took the lead. Cody Mangano finished with 10 for LV. The Bobcats had nine players score but nobody hit double digits. Valley is off until they host rival County on Jan. 2.

Game: Loudoun Valley 43 (5-2, 2-1) vs. Battlefield 42 (12-20-07)

Stonewall 53, Fauquier 46
Osbourn 70, Culpeper 62
Liberty 87, OP 77

Girls basketball
Briar Woods 45, George Mason 37
The Skinny: BW improves to 3-2 on the season and earned a split of its non-district series with GM. Kim Bell scored 14 points with 15 rebounds and four blocks. Krysta Gardner finished with 10 points and five rebounds. The Mustangs led 30-28 going into the final quarter but BW took the lead on an Ashley Adams 3-pointer and never looked back, out-scoring GM, 17-7. The Mustangs did get a field goal in the final quarter until less than a minute remained. BW hosts Dominion tonight.

BW Scoring: Bell 14, Gardner 10, Adams 7, Harris 6, Aziz 6, Gilbert 2.

Jefferson WV 62, Park View 56
The Skinny: Patriots drop a non-district contest to West Virginians to fall to .500 (3-3) on the season. Rachael Miller scored 21 and Shernise Disney added 14 but Jefferson got 24 from Dakea Marshall. Pats host Heritage tonight in Dulles District action.

AAA Cedar Run District
Battlefield 43, Valley 34
The Skinny: Vikes drop third straight AAA Cedar Run District game and fourth straight contest since back-to-back wins over Stone Bridge and Loudoun County.

BOX SCORE

LOUDOUN VALLEY 34, BATTLEFIELD 43

LV (2-6, 0-3) – Sweet 12, Brea Calhoun 7, Oden 6, Haracic 5, Roth 4

Totals 12 9-18 34

B (,) – Mann 15, Jones 10, Lannarelli 8, Windsor 6, Crabtree 2, Gordle 1, Hobar 1 Totals 15 11-21 43

Halftime: B 21-15

Three-point goals: LV 1 (Sweet); B 2 (Windsor)

Scoring by Quarters

Loudoun Valley 7 8 8 11 34

Battlefield 6 15 8 14 43

Stonewall 81, Fauquier 39
Osbourn 72, Culpeper 54
Liberty 72, OP 34

Tue Dec. 18
Boys Basketball
AA Dulles District
Broad Run 73, Briar Woods 55
The Skinny: R. J. Jasper leads the Spartans to a district opening win over the Falcons in “downtown Brambleton”. Nathan Burcak hits three treys and scores a game-high 17 for Falcons. Broad Run will host Freedom Friday while Briar Woods travels to Freedom.

Freedom 63, Dominion 54
The Skinny: In a match-up of new coaches in South Riding, the Eagles gave Kevin Weeren his first district victory. The Eagles, according to Weerem, finally put together four complete quarters for the win. Freedom was led by Henry Brisibe’s 24 points and 9 rebounds, Troy Dockett’s 15 points and 3 steals, and Lee Duffy Ledbetter’s 6 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. Dominion was led by a strong 32 point performance from junior Deandre Albritton. Freedom travels to Broad Run Friday, while Dominion hosts Briar Woods.


Park view 72, County 63
The Skinny: Thomas Mulabah scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half as PV won an early-season showdown with LC and ended the Raiders season-opening seven-game winning streak. Read Dan Sousa’s story here.

Plus click here for a link to a photo gallery from the game!

Heritage 62, Potomac Falls 55
The Skinny: Curtis Rustin led the Pride team effort with 14 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocked shots. Heritage jumped out to an early lead and held the Panthers off, time after time, in this contest. PF rallied to tied the game at 54-54, but Heritage used an 8-1 run to propel them to vicotry. The Pride now face a big test Friday at home against Park View, while PF must get ready to face LC in Leesburg in a contest that pits two 0-1 Dulles teams that surely don’t want to skid into the h0liday break at 0-2 in district.

Box score for Potomac Falls vs Heritage (12/18/07)

P Falls 12 16 15 12 55

Heritage 18 13 16 15 62

Potomac Falls (0-1, 3-4) –Bartnick 7, Owens 2, Hibson 3, Hogue 11, Kott 10, Woodlief 3, Sweger 5, Mears 5, Carter 9 Totals: 12 16-27 55

Three’s: 5 (Bartnick, Hogue 3, Kott)

Heritage (1-0, 2-2) – Massey 12, Broderick 11, Shockley 10, Donohue 3, Madison 1, Alcala 1, Rustin 14, Findley 10. Totals: 15 14-23 62

Three’s: 6 (Broderick, Shockley 2, Donohue, Rustin, Findley)

AAA Cedar Run District
Osbourn Park 65, Valley 51
The Skinny: It surely didn’t help the Vikes that the power went out in Purcellville on Monday and that prevented Valley from having a practice prior to the game. The other power outage is that the Vikes have score over 60 points only once on the season. Josh Mallory led the way with 15 for LV.

Liberty 63, Osbourn 51
Fauquier 51, Battlefield 45
Culpeper 64, Stonewall 58

Non-district
Stone Bridge 64, Falls Church 48
The Skinny: K.C. Whitaker knocked down five 3-pointers, all in the first half, and finished with 24 points and Michael Prince added 19 as the Bulldogs blew by the Jags in a non-district contest in Falls Church . SB is back to Liberty District action Friday with a home contest with Woodson.

Stone Bridge

Prince 4 10-10 19

Parker 1 1-2 3

Wright 4 0-0 8

Whitaker 8 3-4 24
Patrick 1 4-4 6

McDonald 2 0-0 4

Falls Church

Griffen 1 0-0 2

Dowdy 1 1-2 3

Gerima 3 2-2 9

Renn 0 3-4 3

Wehrheim 1 0-0 2

Gotcher 1 0-0 2

Veney 5 1-2 11

Hansen 3 1-4 7

Garrett 4 2-2 10

SB 17 43 52 64

FC 14 26 38 48

Girls basketball
AA Dulles District
Broad Run 58, Briar Woods 47
The Skinny: The Falcons fell behind early and could never catch up to Broad Run in this district opener. Alexis Campbell led BR with 19 points and Caitlin Hunter pulled down 11 rebounds. Krysta Gardner had 15 for BW. The Falcons missed 16 foul shots in the contest. BW hosts Dominion Friday while the Spartans travel to South Riding, the site where they had a big district winning streak stopped last year.

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By: Dan Sousa
 

(Dec. 17, 2007) – The Sterling Lions held their 29th Lions Wrestling
tournament this weekend which featured Bishop O’Connell, Park View,
Freedom, West Potomac, Mercersburg, Charlottesville, Clarke County, and
Spotsylvania.  O’Connell was very impressive and had the tournament won
before the finals had even started.  However, second place stayed up
for grabs all the way until the end … with PV tying West Potomac in
dramatic fashion as heavyweight Edwin Guzman pinned his opponent in the
finals.

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