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Prince William taking Howison soccer complex from 'good to great'
As Prince William's soccer community expands, the county is having its facilities grow with it. County representatives broke ground at the Howison Soccer Complex at 14716 Minnieville Road outside Dale City on Thursday. The site is set to have $5.2 million in new construction expansions and facility improvements with the...
Major League Fishing Announces Potomac River For 2025 Bass Pro Tour
MARBURY, Md. – Major League Fishing (MLF) announced the schedule for the seventh season of professional bass fishing’s most competitive circuit, the 2025 Bass Pro Tour, and local anglers will be very excited to see the Potomac River on the list. The Potomac River and Marbury, Maryland, will...
Gold, Light Blue, Royal Blue win senior softball crowns
Below are final regular-season standings and rosters of the championship teams in the Northern Virginia Senior Softball League for the 2024 spring and summer season. Games in the three conferences were played at various venues throughout Northern Virginia. Playoffs follow the regular season. The three conference regular-season champions were the...
Competition Times for Alexandria, Virginia’s Olympians
ALEXANDRIA, VA – T.C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) alum Noah Lyles will compete in the 100-meter preliminaries on August 3 at 5:45 am ET on NBC, Peacock, and NBCOlympics.com. The semifinals will take place on Sunday, August 4, at 2 pm ET on the same networks, and the 100-meter finals will take place at 3:50 on August 4. He will compete in the 200-meter preliminaries on Monday, August 5, at 1:55 pm, the semis on Wednesday, August 7, at 2:02 pm, and the final on Thursday, August 8, at 2:30 p.m. on the same networks.
Swim and dive seasons end with individual all-star meets
Individual swimming and diving all-star meets in the Northern Virginia Swimming League are being held this weekend. The swimming event is today, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Pinecrest Swim and Tennis Club in Herndon. The diving is Sunday starting at 8 a.m. at Hunt Valley pool in Springfield. The competitions last all day, with participants competing from the age groups of 8-under up to 15-to-18.
Convenient color combo leads to college pick for LC's Sanyiah Littlejohn
Andrew Robinson (@ADRobinson3) Some people just look good in certain colors. Sanyiah Littlejohn figured out her best colors are green and gold, having seen plenty of success wearing those colors through three years at Lansdale Catholic. George Mason’s colors are green and gold too and thanks to a year-long process, Littlejohn decided it might not be a bad idea to stay in those colors at the next level as well.
It could be too hot to host future Summer Olympics in DC area
Data: CarbonPlan. Note: Estimate uses median high WBGT from 26 climatological models; Chart: Simran Parwani and Erin Davis/AxiosMost of the world will be too hot to host the Summer Olympics by 2050, including the DMV.By the numbers: An Axios analysis of CarbonPlan data finds that in 2050 60% of locations globally will experience Wet Bulb Globe Temperatures above 82°F, the American College of Sports Medicine's recommended threshold for canceling outdoor, continuous activity to avoid heat illness.CarbonPlan's models estimate that 92% of weather stations in Virginia will experience temperatures above the "cancel activity" level in 2050, compared to 50% of stations...
Fox Chapel grad Fuhrer hopes summer golf success carries over to freshman season at George Mason
David Fuhrer doesn’t have to worry about ramping up for his first season on the George Mason men’s golf team. Fuhrer spent all summer building up his confidence. The Fox Chapel graduate has found that belief in himself on the junior circuit. Fuhrer has won three tournaments this...
Two Gar-Field grads headed to Summer Olympics
Besides Battlefield graduate Lauren Hoffman, two other Prince William County high school graduates will be participating in the Summer Olympics. High school: Gar-Field (1992 graduate) Sport: Rowing. Olympic connection: Head U.S. Men’s Sweep Coach. Did you know? Galvanek is a member of Gar-Field’s Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1991,...
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