McLean Gymnastics Wins 4th Straight District/Conference Title
Green places second in all-around, Brown-Kaiser third.
McLean holds off Washington-Lee, Yorktown to win Conference 6 gymnastics championship.
Local Prep Football Coaches React to End of Super Bowl XLIX
Majority say they would have called a run play from 1-yard line.
Lake Braddock football coach Jim Poythress sticks up for Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell.
Alexandria: T.C. Williams Gymnastics Has Sights Set on Regional Berth
Defending conference champs field 2nd complete team in 3 decades.
T.C. Williams gymnastics won a six-team meet at West Potomac on Jan. 22.
Fairfax’s Barborek Wins All-Around at W-L Invite
Conference 6 championship meet scheduled for Monday, Feb. 2.
Fairfax senior Rachel Barborek is the defending Conference 6 all-around gymnastics champion.
Column: Traffic Caught
If I were writing this column in Massachusetts – where I was born and mostly educated (K-12), and had a thick Boston accent, that’s how court would likely be pronounced; changing a noun into a verb.
Arlington: Host Washington-Lee Wins Barbara Reinwald Invitational
W-L, Yorktown to compete with McLean for regional berths.
The Washington-Lee gymnastics team won its invitational meet on Saturday.
Great Falls: Langley Girls' Basketball Team on a Roll
Hard-nosed defense, Coach Baker’s preparation key during 13-1 start.
The Langley girls' basketball team defeated Langley 44-25 on Jan. 23 to improve to 13-1.
West Potomac Softball Clinic
West Potomac High School will host a winter softball clinic.
Alexandria: Senior Guard Hill, Rebounding Propel Titans in Second Half
TC beats West Potomac to improve to 5-1 in Conference 7.
The T.C. Williams boys' basketball team will face Woodson on Friday.
Column: Seasonal Seven Dwarfs
Sneezy, Coughy, Phlegmy, Stuffy, Achy. No-Sleepy and Post-Nasal Drippy; and no Doc, which is possibly what led to this column being written.
Francis, Scanlon Help Westfield Pull Away from Herndon
Bulldogs use 16-2 run to blow open close game.
The Westfield boys' basketball team is 13-1.
Arlington: Adams’ Career-Best Performance Leads O'Connell to Victory
Junior scores 30 points, including game-winner against Gonzaga.
Bishop O'Connell came from behind to beat Gonzaga on Monday.
McLean Gymnastics Looking for Return to States
Highlanders finished state runner-up in 2014.
The McLean gymnastics team finished state runner-up last year.
Fairfax Gymnast Barborek Dominates in Final Home Meet
Senior wins all-around by more than 3 points.
Fairfax gymnastics team finishes runner-up to McLean.
Vienna: Oakton Sophomores Royle, Connolly Provide Paint Presence
Royle scores career-high 18 points against Westfield.
Oakton defeated Westfield 63-46 on Jan. 9.
Alexandria: T.C. Williams Boys’ Basketball Firing on All Cylinders
Titans beat 2014 region finalists Woodson, Lake Braddock.
T.C. Williams defeated Lake Braddock 69-58 on Tuesday night.
Column: $32.99 Plus Shipping
For one box of 54 petite Belgian waffle cookies in three delicious flavors: milk chocolate, dark chocolate and vanilla; an extravagance to be sure, available during the holidays; this recipient (actually, my wife, Dina, was the recipient) very happy to oblige and indulge.
Column: Down and Not Out, Yet
Thankfully (so far as I know, which isn’t very far), after a five-week interval between infusions, which included two additional weeks of pre-chemotherapy lab work and an out-of-the-ordinary 24-hour urine collection (“creatinine clearance”) to boot – to more accurately measure my kidney function in hopes of meeting a 1.6 threshold – muster was finally passed, and I was subsequently infused without any further adieu.
Column: Level Best
If I wanted to rationalize the benefit of delaying my heretofore every-three-week chemotherapy infusion from three weeks to four and now on to five, possibly six – and that’s dependent on improved results from a second/maybe even third retest upcoming (this retest a bit more involved than drawing blood) – I would say it’s only fitting that I should have a break/brake; after all, it is the holiday season when all good things; yada, yada, yada. If only it were that simple.
Potomac’s Arden Courts Celebrates 20 Years
A facility for memory care.
Arden Courts in Potomac, the first community built by Manor Care dedicated to those with Dementia and Alzheimer’s, celebrated its 20th anniversary on Nov. 5. More than 200 healthcare professionals, government officials, resident families and local businesses in the community came out in support.