Liberty seniors excel at marksmanship camp in N.C.
There are summer camps designed for kids of all sports interests. Want to work on your jump shot, volleyball spike or cheerleading lift, it's no problem finding a camp for you.But what about marksmanship?For Robert Young and Alex Wolfe, two Liberty High students who enjoy riflery, a recent journey to North Carolina satisfied their urge to become better shooters. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
The Gators' quest for a ring
You know that saying about how if a bear if chasing your group, you don’t have to be the fastest to survive, but just faster than the slowest person?Well, take that theory and apply it to the Haymarket Senators and the wooden-bat Valley Baseball League playoff race.The Senators (18-26) did not have to be the best in the 11-team league or even finish with a .500 record in order to make the playoffs. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Pickleball: Warrenton man relishes challenge of spreading new sport
Pickleball.It’s not the latest product line from Vlasic. It’s a game Morris Wheat hopes will add spice to the sporting pallet of the Fauquier County community.Wheat, a Warrenton resident, was introduced to pickleball in 2006 around his winter home at Indian Creek RV Resort in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., and believes it would be a perfect recreational activity for local residents of all ages. He has secured a court at Auburn Middle School and begun trying to recruit interested players. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Mark Gorby hired as LHS golf coach
Mark Gorby, Liberty High's recently-hired golf coach, could probably guide any sport his new school wants him to.The 46-year-old says he's taught it all at — golf, basketball, tennis, football, baseball — at the four previous schools he's worked at in Texas and Virginia. Most recently, Gorby coached the boys basketball team at Broadway High near Harrisonburg. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Good-natured meet wraps up Tri-County League season
The unique dynamics of the Tri-County League All-Stars swim meet decorated Sierra Heifner's right arm by day's end.A handful of colored ribbons hung from it, in hand after Heifner placed among the top five in some events she swam Saturday at the Warrenton Aquatic and Recreation Facility (WARF).And written on it, in thick black lettering by a sharpie pen, was the phone number of one of Heifner's opponents. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
MacDougall an MVP of Scholar-Athlete Games
Carly MacDougall is the type of girl most parents probably wish they had. The Fauquier High softball player strives to work her hardest in the classroom and on the playing field, but puts academics ahead of everything. MacDougall, a rising senior who has maintained a 4.0 GPA, represented Virginia at the International Scholar-Athlete Games at the University of Rhode Island from June 28 to July 5. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Gators patiently waiting for playoffs
Fauquier coach Paul Koch is "pumped" and can't wait for the Valley Baseball League playoffs to begin Tuesday.Regardless, he and the Gators have done a lot of waiting lately.Dressed and ready to play the River Bandits in Woodstock on Saturday, they sat in a bus in the Fauquier High parking lot, waiting for eventual word that their game was postponed because of a storm passing through the area. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Schedules make room for new football rivalries
Football season is just around the corner. Kettle Run, Fauquier High and Liberty are set to begin practice in two weeks and will then bookend the 2008 season with a couple Fauquier County showdowns.In its inaugural season, Kettle Run has the difficult task of playing its first home game against Liberty on Aug. 29. Then the Cougars will have to play at Fauquier the following week. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Warning: Wolfpack can't be stopped
According to the Motion Picture Association of America, PG-13-rated blockbusters like “The Dark Night” and “Hancock” may not be suitable for any of these boys.It warns parents of violence, mature themes and adult activities.But these boys, the 10- to 12-year-olds who make up the Warrenton Wolfpack U-13 youth rugby club, have faced the like this summer without the comfort of a cushy theater chair. And they've handled it admirably. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Athletic Director's wife among new coaching hires
Highland athletic director Gary Leake has given a whole new meaning to the phrase “in-house candidate.” Leake announced Monday that Highland's softball coaching job — recently vacated by Donald O'Meara — would be filled by Leake's wife, Renee, the former head softball coach at Osbourn High. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Warrenton's Evans inducted into Wisconsin-Superior Athletic Hall of Fame
Ron Evans owns a framing store in Warrenton. Evans Framing, Inc., can cater to your many remodeling needs.But there's another thing Evans can frame for you in his sleep: a shot on goal in ice hockey.Evans, 41, is a former college star at the University of Wisconsin-Superior who was recently inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On a hot day, there's nothing like cooling off with cream pie
There's a universal truth to pie eating contests. It's that the competitors and spectators seem to have a blast regardless of who wins.There's something comical about all those cream-filled faces that bring out observer comments like, “You can breathe later!” or, “Dig in there, honey!”The Fauquier County Fair's pie-heating contest was held at 2:30 p.m. — right in the heat of the afternoon last Saturday. Perhaps the 90-plus temps made the competitors more eager to dip their faces in some cool filling and whipped cream. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Title-minded Frogs don't expect to croak
A narrow victory over Culpeper Rec. on Saturday widened the Fauquier Swim Club's lead in the Tri-County League standings.The first-place FSC Frogs improved to 4-0 with the 662.5-612.5 victory and put themselves in position to lock up the league championship with a win over Culpeper Country Club in a meet scheduled for Thursday evening (after Fauquier Weekend press time). | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Local 10-year-olds eliminated
Last week, Fauquier Showtime played two pivotal games in the Babe Ruth Baseball U-10 State Tournament against South Augusta and Peachtree. Unfortunately, the boys were unable to win and qualify for the next round. The event was held at the Liberty High softball fields.After winning their opening game by forfeit, Showtime squared off last Thursday against South Augusta. Mental mistakes were the deciding factor in a 15-1 loss. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Camp blends sports, pop culture and the Bible
“A Day In The Life” is a summer sports series that runs regularly in the Times-Democrat and Weekend. Each installment details the happenings at a local venue or event, or the pursuits of a person or organization. The following is a look at a typical day of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Power Camp held at Liberty High School from June 23-27.1:30 p.m.Listening to Melvin Adams, it seems like the Lord has deep pockets. Adams is circulating the Liberty High gym, cracking jokes with anyone who will listen and addressing each person he approaches by name.“Alright, Alicia Keys…” | 0 comments - ›› more ...
JUST BREW IT COLUMN: Sports editor finishes fourth in hot dog eating contest
I wanted to see if I could run with the big dogs.I came to the Fauquier County Fair to eat as many hot dogs as I could as a competitive eater, and I learned pretty quickly that while this may not be a sport, there’s a skill to it. And unfortunately, having a skinny frame, a fast metabolism and an empty stomach don’t really help. I finished fourth out of six, eating eight hot dogs (sans buns) in five minutes. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Pageant contestant wins Fair's Strongwoman event
Lucky for Katy Mae Barnes, the Miss Fauquier County Fair pageant was held Wednesday.Had it been two days later, the pageant runner-up would have been in no shape to compete. On Friday, Barnes' blond hair was damp with sweat and pulled back in a ponytail. The back of her blue jeans was smeared with mud and her purple and white thin-strap tank top was dusty, not to mention her hands and boots.It turns out winning the Strongwoman Contest is a dirty undertaking. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Playoff picture becomes clearer for Gators
Sometimes in baseball, something as mundane as a walk can be the turning point in a game.In Fauquier's 9-2 win over Haymarket last Thursday, the Senators led 5-2 going into the top of the seventh inning when catcher Daniel Petitti came to the plate for the Gators (18-13).One man was out and he quickly found himself down 0-2 in the count against Valley Baseball League all-star Ben Hildreth. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Who knew mom could spit like that?
Fauquier County Fair organizers may want to add a third tarp to the landing area for next year's Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest.This year's winner, Kate Warzinski, reached the second of two 20-foot tarps with a seed she launched 28 feet, 5 inches, despite only entering on a whim without having previously spat a seed anywhere but the garbage can. So one can imagine what a little preparation would yield for Warzinski and her cohorts, a group of five that included her children and the Dargis family. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Meet Raul Chavez, 10-year-old speed demon
Raul Chavez, 10, started getting involved in track two years ago at Banneker Elementary School in Middleburg. "They told him he was fast," said his father Isidro Chavez.They may be telling Raul he's fast for a long time.A lean, mean running machine, the youthful Chavez recently won the youth 9-10 title in the 400 meters at the state Hershey's Track and Field Championships in Charlottesville. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
No Tiger, but AT&T golf still a thrill
Waking up Sunday morning, I didn’t know what to expect from the AT&T National golf tournament. With Tiger Woods out after knee surgery, I felt a bit uninspired. Every golf tournament I've attended saw massive crowds following this godly figure from hole to hole and I was afraid there wouldn’t be the same electricity.Tiger made his rivals look like inferiors with what seemed like the whole gallery following him. All fans regardless of age fought and raced to the tee box or green to follow every one of his shots, some even climbing trees for a unique view. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
My, oh Myers: Fauquier's Brit and Cait packed 1-2 punch
Siblings playing on the same team is commonplace in interscholastic athletics, and something veteran coaches encounter quite often, actually.Twins are a different story.Even if both participate, they don't always choose the same sport. One might be drawn to running, the other to tennis. But when they stay together, there is an undeniable link — and a certain fascination to the union, as exemplified by two young women in Fauquier High's Class of 2008. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Nick Cook: Man, myth, all-around amazing guy
Did you hear about the new TV show that's a spin-off to "Everybody Hates Chris"? It's called, "Everybody Loves Nick."Nick Cook's name seemingly can't be uttered without accompanying praise like that given by Fauquier High football coach Greg Hatfield, "He’s a great athlete, but an even better person."That phrase is an oft-insincere exaggeration, but not in reference to Cook. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Bowman's bid falls short
Sarah Bowman figures to get another shot at it in 2012. Bidding for a spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team, the 2005 Fauquier High graduate finished eighth in the 1,500 meters Sunday at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. The University of Tennessee rising senior finished in a time of 4:16.54. Bowman had her problems at the start of the nationally-televised race, almost getting bumped off the track in the early going. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Liberty's Jerry Carter says he didn't want to leave
The Three Stooges picture went with him. Last Monday, Jerry Carter cleared out of the little office he spent 14 years in. Buried in the bowels of Liberty High, it was a second home to a man who gave everything he had to an Eagle athletics program he helped create in 1994.After 28 years as a teacher, coach and activities director in Fauquier County, Carter, 53, recently moved over to Loudoun County to take the job as athletic director at Briar Woods High in Ashburn. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Athletes of the Week: Cubs Fauquier Babe Ruth Baseball Team
Cubs Fauquier Babe Ruth Baseball Team — Age: 11-12-year olds.— Accomplishment: The top-seeded Cubs defeated the No. 2-seeded Tigers 7-4 to win the Fauquier Babe Ruth Majors Tournament June 15 at Fauquier High School. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sports Briefs
Fauquier County Tennis TournamentsEnrollment has begun for the Fauquier County Tennis Championships. The tournaments are open to all residents or employees of Fauquier, Culpeper and Rappahannock counties, and will be held at Chestnut Forks Athletic Club in Warrenton.Competition will be held in men's and women's A, B and C singles; men's and women's A, B and C doubles; men's and women's over-50 doubles; and A, B, and C mixed doubles. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Matt Miller to play lacrosse at Notre Dame
Rising senior Matt Miller of Notre Dame Academy recently announced he will attend the University of Notre Dame to play men's lacrosse. Miller, a defender whose brother David will be a freshman at the University of Maryland this fall, also considered the Terrapins and Harvard. "I would have loved to play with my brother,” said Miller, who lives in Warrenton, “but I felt Notre Dame was the best fit for me academically and athletically." | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fauquier hosting U10 Babe Ruth baseball state tourney
Starting today, a group of enthusiastic local 10-year-old baseball players will pull on their cleats and gloves and try to defend their home turf.The Fauquier Showtime are out to win the Babe Ruth Baseball U-10 state tournament and advance to the regional stage of the nationwide event. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
O'Meara steps down from softball post
Fresh off his team's second straight state title - and the birth of his first daughter - Highland coach Donald O'Meara has decided to step down as leader of the Hawks' softball program. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
You want a piece of me?
How good a ballplayer is Pat da Rock? Answer: Da Rock got game.The featured speaker at the Falcon Basketball Camp played a few past and present FHS varsity players one-on-one after giving his message to the kids. Stepping up an trying to keep up with the And One Tour streetball player were Jerrelle Benimon, Aubrey McLean and Michael Green.“He got 'em all,” reported Fauquier High coach Wayne Brizzi about da Rock's ability | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Anders Oster, meet Ozzie Smith
Once every game, No. 9 hitter Anders Oster likes to tap a ball down the third baseline and try to leg out a bunt single.Not even the allure of hitting consecutive home runs was cause to abandon that commitment Tuesday in the Fauquier Gators' 9-2 victory over Winchester.Oster, who had only 12 hits in 82 at bats (.142 average) entering the game, hit a solo home run in the second inning to give the Gators a 3-1 lead, but then opted to bunt for an infield single in his next at bat in the fourth inning. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Kids love Da Rock's game
“Anything is possible,” said Pat da Rock to a gym full of 150 kids of all ages.That message, delivered last week at Falcon Basketball Camp at Fauquier High School, came from a wannabe college basketball player who never quit trying to make a living at hoops. Guest speaker Pat Robinson, otherwise known as Pat da Rock, 24, is a wiry 6-foot-2 who is not one of the most dominating figures in professional basketball. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
'Touch finishes' help FSC edge Orange, 633-629 in swim thriller
The swimmers were all probably home crashed on their respective couches when a winner was declared in perhaps the closest meet in the Tri-County League history. By winning the 59th and final event of the day, Fauquier Swim Club edged Orange 633-629 last Saturday, but wasn't assured of its victory until later. Elsewhere, and less dramatically, the Chestnut Forks Swim Club beat Culpeper Country Club, 641.5-438.5, and the Fauquier Springs Swim Club lost to Culpeper Rec, 795-379. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horse Sporting Calendar
JULY 2 Touch Point Farm hunter fun show, Culpeper, www.touchpointfarm.com 2-6 Warrenton Pony Show, Warrenton Horse Show grounds, A-rated, 8 a.m. each day, free admission, www.warrentonponyshowinc.com, (540) 347-9442 | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Horses and People brief items
Editor's note: Due to space limitations, the Horse and Field Sports section of this week's Fauquier Times-Democrat newspaper did not include Horses and People briefs, nor the Sporting Calendar. We here at the Horse Sports desk recognize that these two items are by far the most read parts of our unique sports section. Therefore, we are 'publishing' the briefs and calendar in their entirety here online. Please refer to the Times-Democrat for other horse news, but trust that we continue to work hard to keep the horse sports news cranking out for local -- and out-of-area -- readers who've come to rely on. | 0 comments - ›› more ...