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LoudounPrepSports.com Football Notebook
A look at what is going on in football in the area during the offseason ... do you have some football news? Drop us a note at dsousa@digitalsports.com

By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor

Football Clinic at Loudoun County: The second annual football coaches clinic at Loudoun County High School opened Friday night in Leesburg with NBC-4 sports anchor Lyndsay Czarniak as the featured speaker. The two-day clinic wraps up today.

Park View's Ridings to Play at Frostburg: Park View High School senior Jake Ridings has committed to play Division 3 football next year at Frostburg State. Ridings is a 5-foot-9, 175-pound fullback/outside linebacker/gunner on special teams for the Patriots. 

"Jake is a senior 2-year starter who plays hard, gets good grades and does good work in the community. Due to the position he plays on the team he may not get as much recognition as others, but he deserves it," said coach Andy Hill when nominating him for a College Vision Student Athlete of the Month award recently.

Frostburg's 2008 roster included junior quarterback Bryan Brosnan of Heritage and senior linebacker Justin Shockley of Loudoun County. The Bobcats play in the Atlantic Central Football Conference where they went 3-6 last season.

Broad Run's Flemming Stands out in Charlotte: Broad Run High School junior wide receiver Adrian Flemming, who helped the Spartans capture the school's first ever state football title in December. has broken onto the national recruiting spotlinght in a big way after a Nike combine in Charlotte. In fact, Flemming is mentioned in this article on ESPN.com.

Updated LPS College Signing Chart

Class of 2009

Athlete

 High School

 Sport

Level

 College

 Daniel Allen

 Stone Bridge

 Football

D1

 James Madison

 Alex Aust

 Bullis

 Lacrosse

D1

 Maryland

 Judy Betz

 Broad Run 

 Softball 

D1 

 Wagner 

 Johnny Bladel

 Stone Bridge

 Baseball

D1

 James Madison

 Kristen Burt

 Broad Run 

 Volleyball 

D1

 Norfolk State

 Matt Custer

 Stone Bridge

 Football

D1

 Albany

 Russell East

 Heritage

 Lacrosse

D1

 VMI

 Kelly Evans

 Broad Run 

 Soccer

D1 

 Old Dominion

 Will Field

 Broad Run

 Lacrosse

D1

 Sacred Heart

 Lindsay Henry

 Stone Bridge

 Soccer 

D1 

 UNC-Wilmington 

 Brea Hewitt

 Briar Woods 

 Soccer 

D1 

 Boston University

 Caitlin Hunter

 Broad Run 

 Soccer

D1 

 UNC-Wilmington 

 Lauryn Hutchinson

 Dominion

 Soccer

D1 

 Virginia Commonwealth 

 Nate Ingersoll

 Stone Bridge

 Football

D2

 Glenville State

 Chris Jessop

 Broad Run

 Baseball

D2

 Flagler College

 Haley Johnson

 Broad Run

 Softball

D1

 James Madison

 Holly King

 Broad Run 

 Soccer 

D1 

 Florida

 Bre Lewis

 Heritage

 Soccer

D1 

 Florida Atlantic

 Rob Malan

 Potomac Falls

 Baseball

D1

 Virginia Commonwealth

 Chad McMichael

 Potomac Falls

 Football

D1

 Campbell

 Matt Miller

 Notre Dame

 Lacrosse

D1

 Notre Dame

 Matt Miscione

 Stone Bridge

 Soccer

D1

 Bryant

 Alex Nieves

 Notre Dame

 Lacrosse

D3

 Salisbury

 Shaylin O'Connell

 Loudoun County 

 Volleyball 

D1 

 William & Mary 

 Mike Olson 

 Stone Bridge 

 Football 

D1 

 Wake Forest 

 Kiersten Pappas

 Loudoun Valley

 Tennis

D1

 George Mason

 Stephanie Paradis

 Stone Bridge

 XC/Track

D1

 Richmond

 Emily Patterson

 Broad Run

 Lacrosse

D1

 Saint Frances

 Meixandra Porter

 Freedom

 Basketball

D1

 Colorado State

 Valerie Powell

 Broad Run

 Soccer

D1*

 Arkansas

 Jake Ridings

 Park View

 Football

D3

 Frostburg State

 Krysti Rodriguez

 Stone Bridge

 Soccer

D1 

 Hofstra 

 Meredith Rogers

 Broad Run

 Lacrosse

D1

 Old Dominion

 Tim Sanders

 Broad Run

 Lacrosse

D1

 Sacred Heart

 Nick Sheehan

 Stone Bridge

 Football

D1*

 Virginia Tech

 Brian Slay

 Stone Bridge 

 Football 

D1 

 North Carolina State 

 Trevor Springman

 Stone Bridge

 Football

D1

 William & Mary

 Mike Spring

 Potomac Falls

 Baseball

D3

 Mary Washington

 Taylor Starr

 Broad Run

 Soccer

D2

 Tusculum

 Dexter Strong

 Stone Bridge

 Football

D1*

 William & Mary

 Patrick Thompson

 Stone Bridge

 Football

D1

 Wake Forest

 Zach Thompson

 Stone Bridge

 Football

D1 

 Wake Forest 

 Wes Walker

 Loudoun Valley

 Baseball

D1

 Niagara

 Chelsea Walter

 Freedom

 Soccer

D1

 Eastern Kentucky University

 David Wang

 Stone Bridge

 Football

D1

 Virginia Tech

 Meghan Waterman

 Broad Run

 Softball

D1

 Louisiana-Lafayette

 Caroline Williams

 Loudoun Valley

 Softball

D1

 James Madison

 Kevin Yerks

 Broad Run

 Golf

NAIA

 Johnson & Wales

*Preferred Walk-on Offer

Class of 2010

Athlete

 High School

 Sport

Level

 College

 Chris Daddio

 Loudoun Valley

 Lacrosse

D1

 Syracuse

 Derek Maltz

 Stone Bridge

 Lacrosse

D1 

 Syracuse

 Garrett Swankowski

 Loudoun Valley

 Lacrosse

D1

 Virginia