In the final boys’ basketball notebook of the season, we cover DeMatha and Gaithersburg No. 1 DeMatha ended 2017-18 with a trifecta of championships: Standing behind the bleachers, adjacent to Gonzaga’s court, DeMatha Coach Mike Jones reflected on his team’s effort to upend Gonzaga in that mid-February contest, which pushed the Stags ahead of the Eagles […]

The age of Rockville High School basketball player Jimmy Sorunke is being investigated at the state and local level, Montgomery County Public Schools spokesperson Derek Turner confirmed Monday. The investigation, spurred by a Deadspin story published Wednesday, started Thursday and is going through a mandatory five-day period, Turner said. That means it could conclude as […]

Some of the top programs from the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area aren’t playing in the NCAA tournament this year, but that doesn’t mean March Madness is devoid of players from the DMV. Here’s a breakdown of all the players with local ties getting ready for the big dance. Naji Marshall, a freshman forward for […]

Two D.C.-area track powerhouses broke national high school records at the New Balance Nationals Indoor meet this weekend in New York City. The Bullis School girls’ team, which has grown to be an elite sprint and relay program in recent years, set new U.S. standards in the 4×200-meter relay and the 4×55-meter shuttle hurdles. Bullis’s […]

For the second straight year, Gonzaga finishes the season on top of The Post’s ice hockey rankings. The Eagles never dropped from the No. 1 spot this winter as they handled expectations to lose only one game to local competition. “We love the pressure of being No. 1. We know we have a target on our […]

Damascus is still on top. For the second season in a row, the Swarmin’ Hornets finish the campaign ranked No. 1 in The Post’s wrestling Top 10. The Swarmin’ Hornets went undefeated in the regular season, pushing their streak for consecutive dual victories to 152, the fourth longest in U.S. history, according to the National Federation of […]

There was a Penn State commitment burying jump shots for Gonzaga, one after another, in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship game Monday. There was a high-major recruit for DeMatha answering with long makes of his own. There was another high-major recruit for Gonzaga, this one only a sophomore, tossing in odd-angle layups. There was […]

A Maryland girls’ high school basketball playoff game between Frederick and Linganore will be held at a neutral site and closed to the public Thursday after racial comments were allegedly made toward Frederick players during the team’s win over Linganore in January. The Class 3A section final, instead of being open to the public, will […]

A Maryland girls’ high school basketball playoff game between Frederick and Linganore will be held at a neutral site and closed to the public on Thursday, after racial comments were allegedly made toward Frederick players during the team’s win over Linganore in January. The Class 3A section final, instead of being open to the public, […]

In the Mid-Atlantic Prep Hockey League on Friday, top seed Gonzaga won its fifth title in the last nine seasons. On Monday in the Maryland Student Hockey League, top seed Churchill won its fourth straight title. In the Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League playoffs, the top four seeds, Broad Run, O’Connell, Briar Woods and Yorktown, […]

Wrestling season is nearing an end, with private school teams across the area and Virginia public school teams having stepped on the mat for the last time. This weekend at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, wrestlers in Maryland public schools will have one last chance to leave a mark, with the Maryland 2A/1A […]

In this week’s notebook, we cover Atholton, Largo, Marshall, Freedom-South Riding and Georgetown Visitation.  Atholton continues to battle adversity entering Long Reach game: Atholton has dealt with its fair share of setbacks this season. Ankle injuries. Illnesses. A dislocated shoulder suffered by starting point guard Alexandra Hargrett. And on the first play of practice Monday, the Raiders were dealt one […]

In this week’s notebook, we cover Hayfield, Theodore Roosevelt, Sandy Spring Friends and Meade. Brian Cobbs shoots Hayfield into the Virginia state tournament: Hayfield senior Brian Cobbs, a 6-foot-3 wide receiver who is committed to Maryland, is adept at bringing down jump balls. It’s a skill that carries over to the basketball court in the winter. […]

Down two starters and far from home, Riverdale Baptist felt pretty comfortable in the championship game of the InsideExposure.com Independent School National Championship in North Carolina. For one, their opponent in the final was not one of the distant powerhouses from Florida or New Jersey. It was Rock Creek Christian, a conference foe whom the […]

Edward “Robbie” Robinson, a 2015 DeMatha graduate and All-Met honorable mention, was arrested Friday night in Tempe, Ariz., after posting threats on Twitter claiming he intended to shoot people at Arizona State’s athletic facilities. Robinson, in more than 100 tweets posted Friday to his account, @RobThaProphet, said that he was attempting to purchase a gun […]

Despite a disappointing showing two weeks ago at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament, where Gonzaga finished in fifth, the Eagles scored 244 team points to earn first place at the D.C. Championships this weekend. Gonzaga had 14 place-winners and three individual champions — Gordon McMillen (132 pounds), Nathan Thacker (152 pounds) and Ryan Smith […]

No hockey team has crisscrossed the D.M.V. quite like O’Connell this winter. As members of the Mid-Atlantic Prep Hockey League, Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League, the Knights have seen a wider variety of the area’s high school hockey teams and their rinks than any of their peers. Last Wednesday, O’Connell […]

In this week’s notebook, we cover Arundel Christian, DeMatha, Gonzaga, O’Connell, Paul VI, St. John’s, Freedom-South Riding, Potomac Falls and Bethesda-Chevy Chase With “crazy” depth, the WCAC tournament presents a tight race at the top: Less than a half-hour after beating Gonzaga last Tuesday, DeMatha’s players reflected on the win. They felt they had one […]

In this week’s notebook, we cover Oakton, Holy Child, Eleanor Roosevelt and Bethesda-Chevy Chase.  In an atypical year, Oakton fights its way to a Concorde District crown: In some recent seasons, Oakton’s district tournament was a victory lap. The Cougars would beat rivals for the third time on their way to the state tournament. Not this year, though. This […]

Bullis Coach Bruce Kelley walked through school Friday morning, preparing himself for his team’s Interstate Athletic Conference semifinal against Episcopal, when he suddenly overheard a conversation in the hallway. A staff member was asking a nearby student if he was planning on going to the game that night. When the student said he didn’t know, the staffer […]

The Mid-Atlantic Prep Hockey league’s playoff script has been predictable since the current players were in elementary school. Gonzaga and Landon have split the last eight titles. This year’s playoff bracket is set, and third seed DeMatha is in a familiar spot as the biggest challenger to the Eagles’ and Bears’ run of dominance. On […]

Battlefield overwhelmed its competition at the Virginia Class 6 Region D tournament. (Courtesy photo/Sheridan King). Battlefield scored 298 team points at the Virginia Class 6 Region D tournament, blowing out the competition. Second-place Westfield racked up 190 points. The Bobcats hope the success continues into this coming weekend, when they compete for a Virginia 6A state […]

Tyler Terry, a 17-year-old who attended Quince Orchard High and played on its football team, died Sunday following a cardiac arrest that left him hospitalized Jan. 29. Terry had been on life support for close to two weeks after an altercation that day, and his parents decided toward the end of last week to remove […]

No. 16 Potomac overwhelmed No. 20 Theodore Roosevelt on Monday night. (Joshua Needelman/The Washington Post) * * * Potomac (Md.) point guard Jason Newman is a senior, so he won’t be back next season — unless Wolverines Coach Renard Johnson’s plan comes to fruition. “What I’m trying to do is get him to fail 12th grade, […]

In this week’s notebook, we cover Wilson, Bullis, Georgetown Prep, Episcopal, St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes, Southern and South Lakes In a battle of the DCIAA undefeateds, Wilson kept their heads: It was the type of game that built hype with every passing result: the longer Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson each remained undefeated in DCIAA play, the more […]

In this week’s notebook, we cover Georgetown Visitation, Gwynn Park, Loudoun Valley and Paint Branch.  Georgetown Visitation wins 12th straight ISL title: The Cubs did it again. With a win over Sidwell Friends on Thursday, coach Mike McCarthy’s team became the 12th straight Georgetown Visitation squad that could call itself the Independent School League champion. The Cubs still have […]

St. Mary’s Ryken was close to crashing the St. John’s Cadets’ party this past weekend. The Cadets led by nearly 40 points entering the finals of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament on Saturday, but that lead shrunk as the championship round wore on. The Knights were trailing by three points going into the 170-pound […]

Mychale Salahuddin wore a boyish grin as he sat on stage at H.D. Woodson’s auditorium, donning a University of Southern California sweatshirt as hats for both Pittsburgh and Syracuse laid out in front of him. It was finally the moment the one-time USC commit would make his college decision public — a choice he didn’t make until […]

Rasheed Walker waited to finish his official college recruiting visits until his senior season as the anchor of North Point’s offensive line ended. Then he waited through the NCAA’s new early signing period in December until Monday to inform Penn State coach James Franklin that he wanted to be a Nittany Lion. So it wasn’t much […]

National Signing Day has officially arrived for the Washington, D.C. area’s top 2018 football recruits, and with it, a plethora of highly anticipated announcements. St. John’s had a group of highly rated recruits who had planned to sign their national letter-of-intent at their school on Wednesday, with five of its players landing in 247Sports’ Top 15 composite rankings for […]

With inclement weather in the Washington, D.C. area canceling school for St. John’s, some of the area’s top recruits have decided to start rolling out their announcements on Twitter. The first of the group to announce was three-star cornerback D.J. Brown, who announced at 8 a.m. via Twitter he had signed with Notre Dame. Brown, […]

As the executive director of the Ashburn Xtreme travel hockey program, Gary Pouliot knows Loudoun County’s talent as well as anyone. Still, his players have surprised him during his first season as the Briar Woods Coach. “To be honest with you, I had no idea that we’d be this good. I thought we’d be 5-5,” said […]

In this week’s notebook, we cover Carroll, North County, Stone Bridge, Freedom-South Riding, Loudoun Valley and Fairmont Heights: Carroll overcomes “baffling” late loss in an upstart season: Carroll Coach Mike Powell gathered his team in the locker room Jan. 26 but didn’t know what to say. The Lions had made a layup to go ahead of then-No. 7 […]

In this week’s notebook, we cover Langley, Rock Creek Christian, Crossland and Capitol Christian: After some early trouble, Langley is finishing in tight games: Through the first two months of the season, all of Langley’s closest games were losses. After single-digit defeats to Marshall and O’Connell in December, the trend peaked in mid-January when the Saxons lost back-to-back […]

Going into this weekend’s Virginia 6A North region swim and dive championships, James Madison head coach Andrew Foos felt confident. His girls’ team, the reigning state champ which also finished first at last year’s regional competition, returned almost its entire squad. “We didn’t graduate anybody that swam at regions or states last year,” Foos said. “So we had our […]