The Sports Editor of Local Kicks, David has been covering Alexandria sports for the past 15 years for a variety of local newspapers. David grew up in Alexandria, Fairfax County and Arlington County, where he played lacrosse, soccer and football in both high school and college. David's driving passion is covering the local high school sports scene, for which he remarks, "The money machine is not the driving force.
Sports in the new academic year took off in earnest last week, as varsity golf commenced and varsity football and the other fall sports will make their debut over the next few days and weeks.
Regarding the schools in Greater Alexandria, the initial varsity football schedules are as follows:
The T.C. Williams Titans
The 2010-2011 high school summer practices have started in earnest and the upcoming months should be an exciting time for sports fans in Greater Alexandria.
Regarding the T.C. Williams Titans Football Team, the "Red, White and Blue" will kick off their upcoming campaign with two home games.
The first will take place September 2
It's not just the Washington Nationals that are having a tough summer. Have you seen the performance of D.C. United, the men's professional team in the Major League Soccer league? They're continue to have a difficult season as well..
Currently, D.C. United mans the eighth spot in the eight team Eastern Conference Standings
Spectacular rookie right handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg did not make it to the mound in the Nation's Capital Tuesday for what was the 100th game of the 2010 season.
Not that it would have made much of a difference. After the first 100 games of the season concluded July 27, the Nationals weigh in at 42-58 overall
The Washington Nationals dropped a 7-2 contest to the Cincinnati Reds on July 19 to fall to 40-53 on the season.
The 13-game below .500 mark means that the Nats are in the basement of the very competitive National League East - 14 1/2 games behind first-place Atlanta.
The Braves weigh-in at 54-38
As major league baseball prepares for its annual All-Star Game during the evening of July 13, the Washington Nationals have recently split their past 10 contests and find themselves in the familiar position of last place in the competitive National League East standings.
Currently, Washington weighs-in at 39-50 overall and finds itself 13 1/2 games
Last week's article mentioned the 17 members of the Northern Region Boys First-Team lacrosse squad led by T.C. Williams head coach Mike Mulherin.
Regarding the Northern Region Girls First-Team lacrosse squad, no T.C. Williams Titans were selected, but the 18 members include: W.T. Woodson's Rachel Obregon,
The Washington Nationals snapped out of their recent funk with a 2-1 victory at home vs. the Kansas City Royals (June 21st) to improve to 32-39 on the season.
Compared to the Nationals 59-102 finish in 2008 and their 59-103 finish in 2009 (one game was rained out and not made up in 2008), the Nats current 32-39 record perhaps looks reasonable.
That fact notwithstanding, the 2010 Nats
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