Langley High School | Archive | February, 2009

By Angela Watts
Assistant GM, Washington D.C. Metro Area

**Click the links above to access a full photo gallery and dozens of video highlights from Friday’s championship meet!

2009 NORTHERN REGION

GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Team Scores
1. *Chantilly 144.250
2. *Lake Braddock 138.775
3. Stone Bridge 137.200
4. Robinson 136.000
5. Thomas Jefferson 131.950
6. Edison 129.525
7. Falls Church 127.300
8. West Potomac 100.050

*The top two teams advance to Saturday’s state championship at West Potomac High.

Individual All-Around
Name  School  Vault  Bars  Beam  Floor — Total
1. *Elly Taura, CH, 9.600  9.425  9.050  9.600 — 37.675
2. *Emily Parillo, LB, 9.575  8.925  9.500  9.525 — 37.525
3. *Amanda Famiglletti, RB, 9.450  9.250  9.300  8.575 — 36.575
4. *Lauren Sullivan, HN, 9.300  9.175  9.050  8.850 — 36.375
5. Chrissy Franzel, TJ, 9.100  8.550  9.200  9.150 — 36.000
6. Tori Severin, SB, 9.150  9.400  8.400  9.025 — 35.975
7. Emily Bullen, LG, 9.100  8.600  8.750  9.350 — 35.800
8. Hannah Tecson, ED, 8.750  8.925  9.050  8.950 — 35.675
9. Mariah Rivera, CV, 8.700  8.825  9.050  9.075 — 35.650
10. Amy Fissmer, SB, 8.900  8.700  8.800  9.100 — 35.500

*The top four in the all-around advance to Friday’s state championship at West Potomac High.

Event Finals

Vault
1. Elly Taura, CH, 9.600
2. Emily Parillo, LB, 9.575
3. Jovani Garrett, WK, 9.500
4. Amanda Famiglletti, RB, 9.450
5. Heather Guryansky, CH, 9.400
T6. Tia Eberline, ED, 9.350
T6. Qadera Malveaux, HN, 9.350
8. Lauren Sullivan, HN, 9.300

Bars
1. Elly Taura, CH, 9.425
2. Tori Severin, SB, 9.400
3. Amanda Famiglletti, RB, 9.250
4. Lauren Sullivan, HN, 9.175
5. Lyndsey Saunders, CH, 9.025
T6. Emily Parillo, LB, 8.925
T6. Hannah Tecson, ED, 8.925
8. Mariah Rivera, CV, 8.825

Beam
1. Emily Parillo, LB, 9.500
2. Amanda Famiglletti, RB, 9.300
3. Chrissy Franzel, TJ, 9.200
T4. Lauren Sullivan, HN, 9.050
T4. Mariah Rivera, CV, 9.050
T4. Elly Taura, CH, 9.050
T4. Hannah Tecson, ED, 9.050
T8. Amy Fissmer, SB, 8.800
T8. Tia Eberline, ED, 8.800

Floor
1. Elly Taura, CH, 9.600
2. Emily Parillo, LB, 9.525
3. Emily Bullen, LG, 9.350
4. Caitlin Liberatore, LB, 9.275
5. Katie Guryansky, CH, 9.200
6. Chrissy Franzel, TJ, 9.150
T7. Lyndsey Saunders, CH, 9.100
T7. Amy Fissmer, SB, 9.100

*The top eight in each event advance to Friday’s state competition at West Potomac High.

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Dynamic Sports Performance is hosting a nutrition seminar for teens and pre-teens on Tuesday, March 3^rd on the second floor of the Ashburn Ice House.  Sue Saunders, nutritionist for the Washington Capitals and Georgetown Hoyas will be presenting on nutritional topics relating to young athletes and performance in sport.  If you need nutritional advice for your teen or pre-teen athlete to improve his/her performance in his/her chosen sport, then don’t miss this opportunity to hear what Sue has to say.  For more information or to sign up for the seminar visit www.dspashburn.com.   

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By Phil Murphy
Senior Multimedia/Content Manager
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area

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Two weeks ago, Woodson’s season finale at Madison on February 13 appeared to be the Liberty District game of the year.

So much for that.

The Cavaliers locked up the top seed in next week’s Liberty District tournament — regardless of its result against the Warhawks — with a 48-44 home win over the Saxons on Tuesday.

The victory also earned Woodson an automatic berth in the 16-team Northern Region tournament the following week.

“We had some tough losses early in the year, but our kids just fought through and really came together as a team,” Cavalier coach Doug Craig said. “It feels really good, especially this year in this district. It just seems like you’re not safe.

“You could be playing in the 2-7 game and you could be going home.”

Added forward Stephen Stepka: “When we lost Max [Lenox] at the beginning of the season, we had guys who needed to step up. When we lost games we probably normally win — against Marshall and T.J. — and in the season teams were tied-up.

“And we knew we’d have to win out to get the first seed.”

Craig alluded to three pre-season goals and — although he would not mention any by name — said a regular-season Liberty District title was not among them.

But if having the Liberty District Player of the Year is on the Cavalier wish list, Craig and company may have their first check mark.

Stepka, one of five senior starters on Senior Night, scored a game-high 26 points to go along with a game-changing effort on the glass.

Of his 26 points, 16 came in the second and third quarters, as Woodson turned a 13-5 first-quarter deficit to a 35-29 lead through three.

He scored 14 of the Cavaliers’ 20 first-half points and hit 10 of their 16 field goals for the game.

“Since the first time we played Langley — I think he had one bad half against Marshall — but since then he’s been a horse,” Craig said. “And we’ve been riding him as much as we can, especially early in the game tonight.

“That’s what you want your best player to do … We don’t really make an effort — like ‘Stephen’s got to get 20 shots tonight’ — he’s just going to get his shots.”

Added Stepka, who missed the first two weeks of practice with a broken nose: “All our guys get me the ball in good position to score and set good screens, then it’s just making shots. I felt that they couldn’t guard me and I kept going up with it.”

But in the fourth quarter, Stepka and the Cavaliers cooled off.

They struggled from the free-throw line — part of a collective 18-for-31 performance — and allowed the Saxons to trim what was an 11-point spread at the 4-minute mark to four points with 1:57 left.

Woodson turned to well-rested senior Dylan Robeson, who sat for a majority of the first half with two personal fouls, to put the game away with his steady hand.

“I was frustrated early, being in foul trouble,” said Robeson, who scored nine of his 14 points in the fourth quarter. “It made me a little antsy. I knew I had to come in and make some shots for my team and do what we had to do for a victory.”

Email: pmurphy@digitalsports.com

Langley     (15-6, 8-5)     13    7    9   19   —   48
Woodson  (14-7, 10-3)    5   15  15  19   —   54

Langley — Baker 7 3-5 18; Hunter 4 3-3 11; McLindon 3 0-0 8; Justus 2 2-5 6; Pritchett 1 2-5 4; Kody 0 1-2 1.
Team totals: 17 11-20 48.
Woodson — Stepka 10 5-9 26; Robeson 3 6-8 14; Pochekailo 0 5-10 5; Schoof 1 2-4 4; Noe 1 0-0 3; Boehling 1 0-0 2.
Team totals: 16 18-31 54.
Three pointers — Langley 3 (McLindon 2, Baker); Woodson 4 (Robeson 2, Stepka, Noe).

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By Angela Watts
Assistant GM, Washington D.C. Metro Area

Area teams from Fairfax, Prince George’s and Prince William Counties joined dozens of other schools Saturday at the second annual Sweetheart Invitational Saturday at Gar-Field High School.

*Click the links above to access a full photo gallery and dozens of video highlights … and look below for results from all of the varsity categories!

**Senior soloist performances have been added!

Senior Soloists
1st Place: Alex Peters, Osbourn Park
2nd Place: Abbie Santee, Gar-Field
3rd Place: Dani Berger, Langley

Varsity Officers
1st Place: Osbourn Park

Varsity Variety
1st Place: Lake Braddock
2nd Place: Stonewall Jackson

Varsity Kick
1st Place: Langley High School
2nd Place: Falls Church High School
3rd Place: Potomac High School

Varsity Jazz
1st Place: Hayfield High School
2nd Place: Langley High School
3rd Place: Gwynn Park High School
4th Place: Brooke Point High School

Varsity Pom
1st Place: Gwynn Park High School
2nd Place: Hayfield High School
3rd Place: Brooke Point High School

Varsity Hip Hop
1st Place: Brooke Point High School
2nd Place: Gwynn Park High School
3rd Place: Hayfield High School
4th Place: Osbourn Park High School
5th Place: Potomac High School

Honorable Mention
Colonial Forge High School
West Potomac High School

*Grand Champion
Brooke Point High School, Hip Hop

*Grand Champion honors the team with the highest scoring dance of the the entire competition.

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