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Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Top 10 Plays — February 16-22, 2009
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Honorable Mentions (in no order):
Helmer Takes Title — Langley senior David Helmer — committed to Northwestern — wins the Virginia AAA State wrestling champion at 152 lb., his second-straight state title. He finished 52-1 this season and 161-16 in his career.
Martino Repeats — Battlefield 112-lb. wrestler Beau Martino — ranked first in the state — for the second straight year, beat Fauquier’s Ryan Hunsberger — ranked second — in the district, region, and state finals. He is 7-2 all-time against his rival.
High Degree of Difficulty — Viking junior guard Django Degree scored 19 points — including a four-point play — and had highlight-reel blocks in Loudoun Valley’s 75-50 win over Osbourn in the Cedar Run District tournament.
Speedy Gonzales — Friendly’s Mike Gonzales shows his tough defense on back-to-back plays
converting two steals into baskets, the second of which a basket and a
foul. His defense pushed the Patriots to a 56-43
victory and the win clinched the P.G. County 3A/2A/1A League
regular-season championship.
Porter Bats Batts — In last year’s Dulles District final, Freedom-South Riding guard Meixandra Porter partially blocked a last-second shot by Loudoun County that was caught and re-shot for a buzzer-beating Raider win. This year, Porter left little doubt as she blocked a would-be game-tying 3-pointer into the third row.
Record-Setting Fox — Georgetown Prep’s Brady Fox beats his own Metros record in the 100-yard Butterfly
with a time of :48.71 second. Metros is largely considered one of the most
competitive tournaments in the nation and Fox led Georgetown Prep to
the boys’ championship.
Smith Dunk Sparks Comeback — After weathering an early storm, Lackey fought back from a 20-point, second-quarter deficit to down North Point, 86-77, in overtime. Charger senior Amir Smith cut the lead to six points with this first-half, horn-beating baseline dunk.
No. 10 — King Kong Ain’t Got Nothing on Me!
Prince George’s County, Maryland — Central 189-lb. wrestler Denzel Washington, after only wrestling for one month in his career before the start of this season, won the County championship with a second-round pin of Northwest’s Lloyd Winter.
No. 9 — Hail to the Kingsbury
S.M.A.C., Maryland — In the last week of the regular season, Northern trailed McDonough by as many as 12 points in the third quarter. Patriot guard Haley Kingsbury, though, swung the momentum in Northern’s favor with this half-court heave to beat the third-quarter horn.
No. 8 — Sherwood Four-est
Montgomery County, Maryland — Sherwood senior Steven Gamble became the only wrestler in Montgomery County to win four County titles when he won the 160-lb. class last week. Twenty five wrestlers had won three County championships before Gamble’s quartet was completed.
No. 7 — Deep Cooking
W.C.A.C., Maryland/D.C. — DeMatha sophomore guard Quinn Cook hit four 3-pointers en route to a game-high 25 points in the Stags’ 68-65 win that clinched the top seed heading into next week’s W.C.A.C. tournament. Cook only missed four field goals on the night.
No. 6 — Clipper 56
Prince George’s County, Maryland — Oxon Hill heavyweight Nigel Cross extended his winning streak to 56 matches with his victory at the Prince George’s County championships last week.
No. 5 — County-Winning Takedown
S.M.A.C., Maryland — Trailing by one point before a restart with :13 seconds remaining in the third period, Northern senior Jeff Williams takes down top-seeded Brent Mowry of La Plata at the SMAC championships in the 145 lb. weight class.
No. 4 — Greatest Show on Surf
Northern Region, Virginia — The Robinson boys’ swim & dive team won its seventh-straight Virginia AAA State championship at the Freedom Center in Manassas, Va. Only Great Bridge wrestling, which won 16 of 17 state championships from 1989-2005, has longer state-winning streaks in Virginia High School League history.
No. 3 — O.P.3.
Prince William County, Virginia — Osbourn Park became the first Prince William team to three-peat when it edged Kellam for the third-straight season at the Virginia AAA State gymnastics meet at West Potomac on Saturday. Yellow Jacket junior Megan McDonald paced her team with a second-place finish in the individual competition.
No. 2 — Broad Run to Region II
Loudoun County, Virginia — Broad Run forward Will Field pulls down a rebound, whips an outlet pass to senior Breon Earl who drives in for the game-winner only to pass under the basket to junior
Kevin McGaughey, who bobbles and then puts it in to beat the buzzer for
a 53-52 win. The Spartans advanced to knock off regular-season champion Dominion
in the finals and earn a bye in the Region II quarterfinals and a home
semifinal date this week.
No. 1 — National Record for Fletcher
Northern Region, Virginia — Madison senior Sean Fletcher broke the all-time national high-school record in the 100-yard butterfly (:47.08) at the Virginia AAA State championships on Saturday. Almost as impressively, he only had a seven-minute break until he competed in the 100-yard freestyle final and was .02 second from breaking the state record in that event. The original record holders were Nate Dusing (Covington Catholic High School, Texas; University of Texas; 2000 and 2004 Olympics), who set the record in 1997, and Austin Staab (Westerville, Ohio; Stanford) tied it in 2007.
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