Loudoun County (boys and girls), Tuscarora (boys and girls), Freedom (girls) and John Champe (boys) each won varsity basketball games Thursday night.

The Broad Run Spartans scored 38 points in the second half on their way to a 52-41 victory over the host Tuscarora Huskies in a Dulles District girls' basketball game Wednesday night in Leesburg.

Dominion, Loudoun County, Loudoun Valley, Potomac Falls, Stone Bridge and Woodgrove each won boys' basketball games Monday, while Broad Run, Freedom, Heritage, Loudoun County, Loudoun Valley, Potomac Falls and Woodgrove prevailed in girls' basketball games.

Stone Bridge High School senior quarterback Jacob Thomas has earned Offensive Player of the Year honors on the 2021 Virginia High School League Class 5 all-state football team.

Tuscarora High School standout pitcher Lindsey Mullen has committed to continue her education and play softball at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

The 2021-2022 varsity basketball season is set to resume this week following the holiday break. Several Loudoun teams are off to strong starts through the first month of the season.

Following a nearly 10-month absence of varsity sports in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Loudoun County Public Schools teams made up for lost time in 2021.

The Virginia State Golf Association has selected Brambleton teen Julie Shin as its 2021 Junior Girls Golfer of the Year.

Student athletes from Broad Run, Loudoun County, Loudoun Valley and Tuscarora high schools earned selection on the 2021 Virginia High School League Class 4 all-state football team.

Freedom High School graduate Zyan Collins scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help lead the California University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team to an 83-38 win over Carlow in non-conference action Dec. 15.

Loudoun Valley High School senior Ava Gordon crossed the finish line in 18 minutes, 41.7 seconds to place 35th in the girls' 5K race at the 2021 Eastbay Cross-Country Championships National Finals Dec. 11 in San Diego, California.

Loudoun County senior Sarah Jordan is the Class 4 Player of the Year and Stone Bridge sophomore Lilah Stevens is the Class 5 Player of the Year on the 2021 Virginia High School League All-State volleyball team.

Varsity football teams from Stone Bridge, Oscar Smith, Varina, Phoebus, King William and Riverheads high schools were each crowned Virginia High School League state champions Dec. 11.

The Broad Run Spartans scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter but it was not enough to overcome a 21-point deficit in a 28-21 loss to the Varina Blue Devils in the Virginia Class 4 football state championship game Dec. 11 at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

For a second consecutive season, the Stone Bridge Bulldogs claimed the Virginia Class 5 state football championship in walk-off fashion Dec. 11 at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.

The Class 4 Broad Run Spartans and the Class 5 Stone Bridge Bulldogs will each play in Virginia High School League state championship games Saturday.

As a year-round field hockey player with Metro Hockey Club for the last five years, Katie Clarke is accustomed to playing with and against older players.

A total of 13 players from Loudoun County Public Schools were selected on the 2021 Virginia High School League All-State field hockey team.

Stone Bridge placed first in the team standings and Dominion's Isabel Smith topped the all-around in a six-team gymnastics meet Dec. 6 at Potomac Falls High School in Sterling.

Christopher Newport scored a goal in each half on its way to a 2-0 victory over The College of New Jersey in the 2021 NCAA Division III women's soccer championship game Dec. 4 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

A pair of seniors connected for the decisive touchdown with 32 seconds left in regulation to lift the Broad Run Spartans to a thrilling 28-24 win over the host Salem Spartans in the Virginia Class 4 football semifinals Dec. 4 in Salem.

After winning 12 of their first 13 games this season by 20 or more points, the Stone Bridge Bulldogs came up clutch in their 28-26 victory over Highland Springs in the Virginia Class 5 football semifinals Dec. 4 in Ashburn.

The Class 5 Stone Bridge Bulldogs and the Class 4 Broad Run Spartans will play for state championships in their respective classifications after both teams won state semifinal football games Saturday afternoon.

Broad Run High School senior quarterback Brett Griffis was selected as the Offensive Player of the Year on the 2021 All-Region 4C football team. Matt Reidenbaugh of Loudoun County is the Coach of the Year.

The Broad Run Spartans and the Stone Bridge Bulldogs each advanced to the Virginia High School League state football playoffs after winning regional championship games Nov. 26.