Baseball: Stone Bridge Grad Mattingly Switches Schools, Sports

(Apr. 7, 2011) - Stone Bridge Class of 2010 grad Mike Mattingly is giving up football at Lackawanna College to play baseball at Frederick Community College.

Mattingly will enroll in August and expects to play first base for the Cougars, who are coached by Rodney Bennett and currently ranked No. 1 in the country in Division II Junior College baseball at 26-1 for the season. The Cougars went to the Junior College World Series last year finishing in 5th place.

Former Stone Bridge standout Tyler Basso, who was first team All-State and first team Washington Post All-Met, plays third base and piches for Frederick.

Mattingly hit .409 as a junior for the Bulldogs and had a .539 on base percentage, earning all- Liberty district honors in 2009. He had to give up his senior baseball season to have labrum surgery from a injury suffered during football season.

Track and Field/Football: Briar Woods Grads, Twins Taren and Tavis Henry, Looking to Make Their Mark in College

Taren Henry

Ashburn (Feb. 8, 2011) - Recent Briar Woods High School graduates, twins Taren and Tavis Henry, are looking to make their mark in college in their respective sports with Taren a freshman high jumper at George Mason University and Tavis having completed his freshman football season as a linebacker at Ferrum.

Taren has participated in four indoor meets so far during her first year as a Patriot and she has three top five finishes including a fifth place finish at the weekend's 11th Annual New Balance Armory Collegiate Invitational in New York City.

Henry is one of five Loudoun athletes on the George Mason track and field team including junior Shehzaib Usman of Park View, junior Kimmy Moss of Broad Run, freshman Meredith Oare of Park View and junior Elizabeth Smith of Freedom.

Tavis Henry

Tavis, one of five Loudoun athletes on the Ferrum football team in the fall, is looking for a breakout sophomore season from the 5-foot-9, 209-pound linebacker for the Panthers which went 4-6 in 2010.

Among the other Loudoun athletes includes Heritage grad, Chris McCalla, who started four games at linebacker as a senior and registered 43 tackles and a sack in 10 games.

Also at Ferrum: freshman LB Anthony Wiley of Loudoun Valley, freshman WR Mike Girdy of Stone Bridge and freshman RB Ricky Simmons of Loudoun Valley.

Football: Former Broad Run Standout Lineman Taylor Evans Earns NCAA Division I Full Ride to Robert Morris

(Feb. 8, 2011) - Former Broad Run High School standout offensive lineman Taylor Evans, who helped the Spartans capture back-to-back VHSL Division 4 state football titles, has accepted a full ride offer to play next year at Robert Morris University.

Evans played a post grad season in the fall at Fork Union Military Academy and is now enrolled at Robert Morris for the spring semester. The 6-foot-3, 295-pound Evans is part of a recruiting class for Robert Morris that includes 19 players.

Robert Morris is located in Moon Township, Pa. and the school with an enrollment of 5,000 plays in the Northeast Conference in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The Colonials went 8-2 in the regular season in the fall and fell to North Dakota State in their first ever NCAA D1 FCS playoff appearance. The Colonials were co-champions of the NEC with a 7-1 mark.

The Colonials have only had one head coach -- Joe Walton who started the program in 1994 after 35 seasons in the NFL including a lengthy tenure as the New York Jets head coach (1983-89), two years as the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1990-91) and seven years as a player with the Washington Redskins and New York Giants.

Football: Park View Grad Robert Hayes Helps Shepherd to 9-0 Start, No. 12 National Ranking in NCAA D2

PV grad Robert Hayes picks up his first collegiate sack
Photo courtesy Miriam Hayes

(Nov. 6, 2010) - Park View High School grad Robert Hayes, all-district, all-region and all-state defensive lineman for the Patriots, is getting some playing time as a freshman at Shepherd University and has helped the Rams to a 9-0 start and No. 12 ranking in NCAA D2 football.

Hayes, a 6-foot-2, 285-pounder, has played in all nine games as Shepherd has clinched a WVIAC title and is ranked first in the region. Hayes has three solo tackles, three assists, 2.5 tackles for loss as well as a sack and two quarterback hurries.

There are two other freshman on the Rams roster this season: Potomac Falls grad Tarrell Owens (6-2, 181 DB) and Heritage grad Josh Labuhn (6-2, 255 OL).

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Football: Heritage Grad Cadwell Named WVU Defensive Scout Champion of the Week

Morgantown, WV (Oct. 14, 2010) – The West Virginia University football coaching staff has named its award winners for outstanding performance in the Mountaineers’ 49-10 victory over UNLV on Saturday, Oct. 9 and they include Heritage High School grad Nick Cadwell.

Offensive Champion – Brad Starks, Don Barclay, Joe Madsen; Defensive Champion – Sidney Glover, Keith Tandy;
Special Teams Champion – Gregg Pugnetti;
Offensive Scout Champion – Pete Miller;
Defensive Scout Champion – Nick Cadwell.

Football: Ryan Moody Highlights vs. VMI

Ryan Moody, a Stone Bridge High School graduate, is a sophomore WR at William and Mary