Fri. March 20
Baseball
Dominion 5, Freedom 4 (11 innings)
The Skinny: Chris Taylor with a 3-run home run in the seventh inning — on an 0-2 pitch! — ties the game and then he picks up the win in relief.
Titan coach Jay Raines reports:
Dominion jumped out 1-0 in the first and then went flat until the 7th. After some miscues in the 5th the Titians saw themselves down 4-1.
In the bottom of the seventh: Leadoff Jonthan Knight drew a walk and Ryan Doyle (3 for 4) also drew a walk. Up came Chris Taylor who with one swing tied the game with a 3 run blast.
Dominion had numerous chances in extra innings, but could not pnch acros a run. Finally in the 11th, after an Anthony Bartolotti walk and Matt Sherrill single, Nick DeMott hit a slow roller to short with 2 outs. The play on the run scooted past the 1st baseman and Bartolotti raced home for the win…
Dominion had solid pitching. Sophomore Doyle had 6 K’s in 5 innings (he started)
Bartolotti came in relief to hold the game where it ws. He was solid as well with 7 K’s in 3 innings
And then Taylor came in and had 8 K’s in the last 3 innings.
Eagle coach Chris Bourassa reports:
The Dominion Titans defeated the Freedom Eagles 5-4 in 11 innings on a bitterly cold evening last night in Sterling. Freedom took a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the 7th inning behind 6 solid innings pitched by Ali Moosvi. Chris Taylor’s 3-run home run off Anthony Perez tied the game sending it into extra innings. After 3 scoreless extra frames, Dominion pushed across a 2-out unearned run in the bottom of the 11th on Freedom’s only error of the night. Taylor earned the win pitching 3 innings of shut out ball, striking out 8 and only allowing 1 Eagle base hit. Ryan Doyle led the Titans with 3 hits while Jeremy Rilko (4-4 in stolen bases, 2 runs scored), Kyle Severns and Kyle Groome each had 2 hits for the Eagles
Bonus JV coverage! The Freedom Eagles JV baseball team won their third straight game of the season last night, all by shut out, over visiting Loudoun County High School, 7-0. Shayan Malik pitched 6 strong innings to earn the win for Freedom.
Potomac Falls 4, Heritage 2
The Skinny: Jacob Kline on the mound is one major reason that many pick the Panthers to win the Dulles District title this year and Kline was just fine on Friday with the win.
A PF fan reports:
On a cold blustery night in Leesburg, Jacob Kline out pitched Andrew Zarobila to lead the Panthers to a victory over Heritage High School. Both Kline and Zarobila gave up 6 hits and no earned runs in the pitchers duel but the Panthers took advantage of a 3 run second inning to secure the victory.
Both teams started the game with double plays but in different manners. Heritage turned a routine double play after sophomore Ben Sweger stroked a single up the middle with one out. Rob Malan followed with another ball up the middle that Brenton Peters fielded, stepped on the bag and completed the throw to 1st base to end the inning.
Potomac Falls double play went a little differently. Peters led off with a walk and Trey Reed followed with a shot to third. Matt Rubino fielded the ball cleanly and threw to Sweger at 2nd base for the force. Sweger had no play to 1st base but Reed was called out at first as Peters failed to slide into second and interference was ruled on the play. Kline then struck out Shane Carrera to end the inning.
In the 2nd inning, the Panthers pushed 3 runs across the plate. Mike Spring led off with a walk and advanced to 2nd on a ground out. After Ryan Miller grounded out to the pitcher, Eric Dimsey hit a ball to 3rd. Reed’s throw to 1st was in the dirt for an error and Spring scored from 2nd base. Chris Pelto then hit a single to center and advanced on the throw to 3rd. With Dimsey at 3rd and Pelto on 2nd, Rubino followed with a shot down the 1st base line for a 2 run double to put the Panthers up 3–0.
The Pride came right back with 2 runs in their half of the inning. Nick Clayton led off with a walk and promptly stole 2nd base. After a fly out and strikeout, Daniel Gershen hit a long fly ball to rightfield that turned into a triple and he was then knocked in by Mitchell Bowers single to center.
Both pitchers settled down until the 7th inning when Potomac Falls pushed another run home. Rubino led off with a walk and was sacrificed to 2nd on a bunt by Chad McMichael. Sweger then followed with a single to right. Malan then lined a single to centerfield to score Rubino with the final run of the game.
Highlights:
Panthers: Jacob Kline completed game win, (7 innings, 1 BB, 8 K’s) Ben Sweger 2-4, Rob Malan 2-4 and Matt Rubino 1-2, 2 RBI’s,
Pride: Andrew Zarobila (7 innings, 2 BB’s, 2 K’s), Nick Clayton 2-2, Daniel Gershen 1-3 triple,
Broad Run 9, Briar Woods 4
The Skinny: The Spartans came in struggling for runs in an 0-2 start but the 2-time defending district champions scored plenty behind sophomore pitcher Brandon Craft.
Loudoun County 3, Park View 2
The Skinny: The Raiders are young but so are the Patriots.
Osbourn Park 7, Loudoun Valley 3
The Skinny: Vikings open up their second baseball season in the AAA Cedar Run District with a loss to the Yellow Jackets.
Sonny Cachuela reports:
The Loudoun Valley Vikings baseball team traveled to Osbourn Park for a Cedar Run district game losing to the Yellow Jackets 7-3. Through the first 3 innings, it was a pitcher’s duel between Valley senior Kevin Rinek and Osbourn Park southpaw Matt Wainman. Rinek gave up only one hit until the fourth inning while Wainman did not allow any. With two outs in the top of the 4th inning, senior catcher Wes Walker hit a single to left field. With freshman JJ Sardie in to pinch run, junior 3rd baseman Alex Owens hit a towering double to left field plating Sardie for a 1-0 Valley lead. The next hitter grounded out to end the frame.
In the bottom of the 4th inning, Osbourn Park would score 5 runs to take the lead. Rightfielder Nate White would hit a sacrifice fly to score Josh Swirchak for the first run. Designated hitter Andrew Green hit a single and 3rd baseman Sam Fox drew a walk. Shortstop Nick Walker doubled scoring both Green and Fox. With a runner on 2nd base, catcher Devin White hit a two run homer making the score 5-1. The Vikes would add a run in the 5th inning on a solo shot by junior 2nd baseman Daniel Fleming. In the top of the 6th inning, the Vikes scored their last run of the game aided by an error.
In the bottom of the 6th inning, the Yellow Jackets scored two more runs to put the game away. Wainman pitched 5 innings allowing only two runs on three hits while striking out eight hitters. Ryan Weatherholtz pitched the final two innings to preserve the win for Osbourn Park.
Osbourn Park travels on Tuesday, March 24th to play Stonewall Jackson HS. Loudoun Valley travels to play Liberty HS on Tuesday, March 24th and plays its home opener against Westfield HS on Wednesday, March 25th.
McLean 4, Stone Bridge 3
The Skinny: When is the last time that the Bulldogs lost to McLean in baseball and softball on the same night?
Benny Piccolo reports for Bulldogs:
Jr. Sean Fitzgerald struck out 9 and pitched a complete game in a 4-3 win over Stone Bridge on a blustery night in Ashburn.
McLean jumped on Stone Bridge starter Sr. Nick Fialdini (1-1) for two runs in the first. Fialdini struck out Jr. Riley Beiro to start the game and got Jr. Chris Russo to hit a grounder to second but Sr. Patrick Thompson dropped the throw from second baseman Spenser Rositano. Russo stole second and scored on a double by Fitzgerald to deep right. Jr. Dennis Buckley followed with a single to left scoring Fitzgerald.
Stone Bridge came right back in the bottom of the first. Sophomore Rositano led off with a walk. After Sr. Michael Prince flied out to center, Sr. Johnny Bladel singled to right with Rositano going to third. Bladel then stole second with Rositano scoring when the throw sailed into center field. Jr. Taylor Lambke reached on an error by the third baseman and then J.J. White tripled to deep right scoring Bladel and Lambke.
After a wild first, both pitchers set down the sides in order in the second. In the third Russo got a one out base hit to right, Fitzgerald walked and after striking out Buckley, Fialdini hit Sr. Eric Payne to load the bases. Sr. Brett Bleiweis then delivered a single up the middle scoring Russo and tying the game at 3.
Fitzgerald again set down the side in the third. McLean started the fourth with Jr. Tim Terry drawing a walk and Sophomore Colin Cannon singled to right with Terry going to third. Beiro then hit a fly ball to right and with Terry tagging up Prince made a perfect throw to gun him down at the plate and shut down a McLean rally. Fitzgerald again set the Bulldogs down in order in the fourth. In the fifth after getting Fitzgerald to fly out to right, Fialdini gave up singles to Buckley and Payne. After Bleiweis flew out to left, Ghanam singled up the middle. Centerfielder Bladel threw a strike to home but Buckley slid around the tag to score the go ahead run.
Fitzgerald continue his strong performance setting down the Bulldogs in order in the fifth and sixth. Bladel came on and held the Highlanders in the sixth and seventh. In the bottom of the seventh Stone Bridge loaded the bases with Lambke getting to first on a swinging third strike that got by the catcher. Lambke went to second when White ground out to the second baseman. Jr. Dillon Berger then pinch hit for Sr. Bryce Williams and delivered a single over the second baseman’s head. Lambke rounded third but held up. Jr. Spencer Brookbank then hit a slow roller and with Lambke running, Fitzgerald scooped it up and threw out Lambke at the plate. Sr. Pat Piccolo got hit by a pitch to load the bases and then Rositano swung threw a knee high fastball on the outside corner, the 116th pitch for Fitzgerald, to end the game.
TurboStats ScoreKeeper Box Score
McLean at Stone Bridge 2009
Mar 20 2009 at Stone Bridge
McLean
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Riley Beiro cf………… 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Chris Russo ss………… 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
Sean Fitzgerald p……… 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
Denis Buckley c……….. 4 0 3 1 0 1 9 1 0
Eric Payne 1b…………. 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 3
Brett Bleiweis lf……… 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
Jordan Ghannam 3b……… 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Tim Ferry ………….. 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Ethan Gaba dh………… 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colin Cannon rf……….. 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
James Oldenburg …….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Will Burleson ………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total ……………… 30 4 9 4 4 6 21 10 8
Stone Bridge 2009
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Spenser Rositano 2b……. 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 3
Michael Prince rf……… 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0
Johnny Bladel cf………. 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
Patrick Thompson 1b……. 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0
Taylor Lambke 3b………. 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
JJ White c……………. 3 0 1 2 0 0 7 1 0
Bryce Williams ……… 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Dillon Berger lf……… 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spencer Brookbank lf…… 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Pat Piccolo ss………… 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Fialdini p……….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total ……………… 26 3 4 2 1 9 21 7 4
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
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McLean 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 – 4 9 2
Stone Bridge 2009 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 3 4 2
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E – Jordan Ghannam,Patrick Thompson,
ET – Denis Buckley,Nick Fialdini,
LOB – McLean 8, Stone Bridge 2009 4
2B – Sean Fitzgerald,
3B – JJ White,
SB – Chris Russo 2,Johnny Bladel,
CS – Spenser Rositano,
HBP – Eric Payne,Pat Piccolo,
McLean IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Sean Fitzgerald….. 7 4 3 0 1 9 26 28
Stone Bridge 2009 IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Nick Fialdini……. 5 8 4 3 2 4 23 26
Johnny Bladel……. 2 1 0 0 2 2 7 10
Win – Sean Fitzgerald. Loss – Nick Fialdini. Save –
Softball
Dominion 8, Freedom 2
The Skinny: We have established that the Titans can score runs this season.
Potomac Falls 11, Heritage 6
The Skinny: Panthers open district play with plenty of offensive power.
Panther coach Joe Pettit reports:
Potomac Falls (2-1, 1-0)
Carlyn Hanzel 1-5, R, 3B
Bonnie Pascal 3-5, (2) R
Lauren Fulcher 1-4, (3) R, RBI, 2B, BB
Heather Kiefer 2-5, (2) R, 2B, RBI
Ashley Lamb 4-5, (2) R, (2) 2B, 3 RBI
Peyton Valentine 0-3, R, (2) BB, (2) RE, FC (5-5 on base)
Caitlyn McClay 0-2, (2) BB, HP
Kayla Guttridge 0-3, BB, RBI
Erin Frasca 0-3, BB, RBI
Heather Kiefer (W, 2-1) 7 IP, 6 R, 2 ER, 8 H, 11 K, 2 BB
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E LOB
PF 0 0 2 0 3 3 3 11 11 2 11
S 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 6 8 3 7
Summary – Potomac Falls (2-1, 1-0) won its district opener in a come from behind victory against Heritage 11-6 on a cold blustery evening. For the second night in a row, the Panthers scored 11 runs on 11 hits. Heritage scored in the first inning with an unearned run on a throwing error and pass ball. The Panthers got on the scoreboard in the top of the third with freshman Carlyn Hanzel’s lead-off triple to right field and scored on freshman Lauren Fulcher’s fielders choice. Fulcher stole second base and scored on junior Ashley Lamb’s RBI-double. Heritage responded in the bottom of the inning with three more unearned runs to take the lead 4-2 on an infield error, walk and three singles. Sophomore pitcher Heather Kiefer held Heritage scoreless the next three innings. The Panthers scored three runs in each of the last three innings to pull away for good. In the fifth inning, Potomac Falls junior Bonnie Pascal singled and stole second, Fulcher walked, and Pascal scored on Lamb’s single. Fulcher and junior courtesy runner Paige Waltz both scored on infield errors. In the sixth inning, Fulcher got on with a double and scored on Kiefer’s RBI-double. Sophomore courtesy runner Kaitlyn McClung scored on an infield throwing error and freshman Peyton Valentine was walked in after three consecutive walks. In the seventh inning, Pascal led off with a single up the middle followed by Kiefer’s single up the middle. Pascal scored on Lamb’s RBI double and courtesy runners McClung and Waltz scored on a wild pitch and delayed steal. Heritage scored two more runs in the bottom of the seventh on four singles. Heritage’s catcher Mullen was 3 for 4 and pitcher McClung took the loss.The top five hitters in the Panthers line-up all hit with 2-hits (double) from Kiefer, 3-hits from Pascal, and four hits (2 doubles) and 3 RBIs from Lamb. Valentine was 5 for 5 on base. Panther’s pitcher Kiefer gave up 2 earned runs on six hits, 11 strikeouts and 2 walks in notching her second win and third complete game this week.
Broad Run 3, Briar Woods 0
The Skinny: You know the Spartans unbelievable two-year winning streak is going to come to an end some day … just not this night.
Spartan coach Ed Steele reports:
Broad Run defeated Briar woods 3-0. Judy Betz and Anna Blessing combined for a 1 hit shut out. Betz picked up the win with 5 hitless innings and Blessing gave up only one hit while striking out three in two innings of relief. Kate Sims and Jenn Soroka had two hits each and between them scored all three runs. Megan Waterman and Jenny Kramer each had single and an RBI. Second baseman Reagan Doiron anchored a strong infield defense and Blessing made two spectacular catches in centerfield. The Spartans are 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the District.
Falcon assistant Chris Starke reports:
Briar Woods got another strong pitching performance from junior Kate Fowler, but the Falcon offense managed just one hit in a 3-0 loss to two-time defending state champion Broad Run Friday night in Ashburn.
Broad Run (2-0, 1-0 Dulles District), which extended its winning streak to 59 games, capitalized on two errors, a rolling single up the middle and an infield single to plate a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the second. The Spartans then added another run in the fourth on a two-out RBI single.
Those three runs were more than enough for Spartan hurlers Judy Betz and Anna Blessing. Betz tossed five innings of no-hit ball, striking out three. She worked around a hit batter in the second, a one-out walk in the third and a lead-off walk in the fifth. Blessing struck out three over the last two innings to earn the save. She allowed a one-out double to Falcon sophomore Kristina Karagiorgis in the sixth.
Briar Woods (1-1, 0-1) was aggressive at the plate but hit into 11 ground outs. The Falcons had a runner at second in both the second and third innings and also had a runner at third in the fifth but came away empty. In the fourth, freshman Macy Jones and sophomore Jillian Olson sent screaming liners into the left centerfield gap, but Blessing made outstanding running catches of both shots to keep the Falcons at bay.
Fowler allowed eight hits — including seven singles — and just one earned run in a complete-game effort. She struck out three and walked one.
Loudoun County 8, Park View 6
The Skinny: It is always entertaining when the Patriots and Raiders mix it up in softball.
LC fans reports:
The Loudoun County High School girls softball team hopes to be a strong contender for the Dulles District title this Spring. The Raiders are off to a good start with a 8-6 win in their Dulles District opener against Park View on Friday night.
The Raiders were off to a 6-2 lead in the early innings, turning some scattered base hits into runs in the first inning. In the second inning senior Taylor Grimmel hit a bases loaded 3-run double to have the Raiders off to a nice start.
Park View did make a run at the Raiders in the middle innings scoring six runs. Going into the top of the seventh inning the Raiders were up 8-6. Senior center fielder Rochelle Latka made a diving catch in center field to get the lead batter out and the Raiders wwere able to hold the Patriots scoreless in the seventh to notch the win. Senior shortstop Holly Norris provided strong defensive leadership for the infield throughout the game.
The Raiders put forth a well rounded offensive effort in the game. Latka was 2-4 with 2 runs scored, senior pitcher Lindsey Holtz was 3-4 with an RBI, Norris was 2-4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI, senior second baseman Rachel Wigfield added a hit and a run scored, and sophmore outfielder Erin Ertel contributed a hit and a run scored.
Patriot coach Ed Abner reports:
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Park View 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 6 11 6
Loudoun County 2 3 2 0 1 0 X 8 7 1
Park View lost to Loudoun County tonight, 8-6. The Patriots pounded out 11 hits, including 3 each by Junior Rebecca Patton and Sophomore Robin Heironimus but could not overcome their 6 errors against the Raiders. Only one of Loudoun County’s runs was earned. Patton hit a two-run home run in the second to tie the game. Park View then fought back from a 7-2 deficit after three and had the tying runs on in the seventh when Senior Khree Lewis grounded out to end the game. Freshman Brittney Moore went the distance for Park View and absorbed the loss, giving up 7 hits and walking four. The loss evens Park View’s record at 1-1. They play the first of four games next week on Tuesday evening when they host Heritage.
McLean 4, Stone Bridge 2
The Skinny: OK … Bulldogs fall to Highlanders in baseball and softball on the same night.
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