Michael Brennan fits the definition of amateur golf. He loves the sport so much, he devotes as many as eight hours each day to perfecting it enough to one day earn his living by it.

Michaela Joyce of Sterling maintained her No. 1 position for the Cadet division (ages 17 and under) in the race to earn a spot on the USA Fencing World Championship Team following her strong finish at the 2019 October North American Cup.

Everyone is welcome to reach the Top Of the Podium. That’s the message founder and president Tom Houck brings as his five-year-old non-profit opens an amenity-filled five-mat wrestling facility in Sterling.

Team LoCo Motion, a Scholastic Action Shooting Program team, recently participated in the State Games of America, an Olympic-style competition that drew approximately 11,000 athletes from 49 states to Liberty University in Lynchburg.

It was a major league celebration for Loudoun County's Little Leaguers in South Riding on Sept. 14. Hundreds in the community came out for a parade honoring the local Little League teams, including the 11-12 Lower Loudoun squad that cruised all the way to the famed Little League World Series…

Kate Thresher and Silver Bop won the Novice Junior Championship at the 2019 USEA American Eventing Championships, contested during Labor Day weekend at the Kentucky Horse Center.

Grace Theurich, an equestrian athlete from Broadlands, has qualified for the National Finals at the Capital Challenge Horse Show after winning Zone III of the 2018-19 Taylor Harris National Childrens Medal.

Eastern Loudoun Wrestling Club is accepting registrations for the 2019-2020 season. Registration is open to kids in kindergarten through eighth grade.

The October Saves Goalie Challenge is set for a sixth season supporting breast and pediatric cancer research. October Saves calls on youth, amateur and professional ice hockey goalies to raise money through gathering pledges per save they make during the month of October.

Team CJR Martial Arts in Ashburn competed in a pair of North American Sport Karate Association 6A World Rated tournaments this year: the Amerikick Internationals, May 17-18 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the US Capitol Classics/China Open, Aug. 9-10 in National Harbor, Maryland.

Loudoun South's magical run through the District 16, Virginia State and Southeast Region tournaments all the way to the doorstep of the United States final of the 2019 Little League World Series concluded Thursday night in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

After holding its first two opponents scoreless without conceding a hit or committing an error, Southeast Region champion Loudoun South allowed 13 hits and committed five errors in a 12-9 loss to West champion Central East Maui on Wednesday night.