Dave Facinoli

Arlington

Sports Editor at Arlington Sun Gazette

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Arlington high-school sports schedule for April 18-24

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

Spring break is coming to an end for Arlington’s three public high schools, with the sports schedules back in full swing next week beginning with events Tuesday, April 22. Some baseball and softball teams played tournament games over spring break, but many other teams, like lacrosse and soccer, did not play. Bishop O’Connell has its spring break beginning Monday, April 21. Many of the school’s teams will not play during the break, but the baseball squad will play multiple games in Myrtle Beach.
Yorktown grad Torri Huske earns first individual victory at NCAAs

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

Add another type of gold medal to Torri Huske’s swimming accomplishments. The Arlington resident and 2021 Yorktown High School graduate recently won her initial individual first-place medal in the NCAA women’s national championships in this year’s Division I meet. Swimming for Stanford University, the junior won that gold by finishing first in the 200 individual-medley race in 1:49.87.
Chattanooga’s NIT men’s hoop crown has Arlington connection

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

Once members of rival boys high-school basketball teams in Arlington, this past winter Alan Treakle and Liam Vitters played different roles for the same Division I men’s college squad that won a national championship. Treakle, a Wakefield High School graduate, was the director of basketball operations, and Yorktown High grad Vitters was a walk-on freshman forward for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs, which won the National Invitational Tournament with a 5-0 record.
Arlington resident helps Univ. of Connecticut basketball team win national crown

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

She once helped an Arlington youth team win a national flag-football championship. And now, Azzi Fudd has a college-level national basketball championship to her credit. Last Sunday (April 6), the Arlington resident scored 24 points and grabbed five rebounds to help the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team win the Division I NCAA national championship with an 82-59 victory over the University of South Carolina in the 2025 title game.
Barcroft Park has been G.W.’s baseball home for 32 years now

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

Sometimes overlooked in the crush of Arlington springtime sports is George Washington University’s home baseball season at Barcroft Park. In a long-standing agreement with Arlington, George Washington has been playing home games at the artificial-turf Tucker Field venue at Barcroft Park since 1993. Entering this season, the Revolutionaries owned a 500-331-1 home record at the 500-seat South Arlington park.
Rain threat doesn’t dampen mood at Little League opening-day event

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

The potential for foul weather kept some of the crowd away, but otherwise the annual Arlington Little League opening-day ceremonies went as usual on Sunday (April 5). The afternoon event began with the traditional parade of dozens of teams through a tunnel of players from varsity high-school baseball and girls softball teams in Arlington onto field No. 1 at Barcroft Park. Some players from the Arlington Girls Softball Association were included in the ceremony and also paraded through the tunnel.
Baseball roundup: Wakefield, Yorktown take rivalry contests, O’Connell gets wins

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

In recent Liberty District high-school baseball games between Arlington rivals, the host Wakefield Warriors topped the Washington-Liberty Generals, 8-5, then the Yorktown Patriots downed visiting Wakefield, 9-3. For Wakefield (2-4, 2-3) against W-L, Cort Bringham was the standout. On the mound, the right-hander worked 6 1/3 innings of two-hit ball (one earned run), fanned five and walked two to get the win. With the bat, Bringham had three hits, with a double, and drove in three runs.
Yorktown girls lacrosse team starts 7-0 despite tough schedule

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

The Yorktown Patriots’ undefeated season through seven matches is extra-notable due to the difficult schedule the girls high-school lacrosse team has played so far. The defending Virginia High School League Class 6 state champion has faced and defeated perennial powers like the Langley Saxons, Oakton Cougars, Robinson Rams, Battlefield Bobcats and C.G. Woodson Cavaliers.
Host W-L teams finish first in county track-and-field meets

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

Gabriela Netwall winning multiple girls events and Ian Crowley doing the same for the boys helped the two host Washington-Liberty Generals teams win the annual Arlington County outdoor track-and-field meets. The girls won with 200 points and the boys with 191. Both Wakefield Warriors squads placed second in the high-school meet. Netwall won four events: the 100 meters in 12.82 seconds, the 200 (26.12), the high jump (4-feet, 8-inches) and the long jump (16-7).
Marymount’s flag-football team stands 9-0 with as many shutouts

1 week ago | arlnow.com | Dave Facinoli

Not only is the Marymount University Saints’ flag football team undefeated this spring — the second-year squad has not allowed a point through nine games. The Division III squad has outscored its opponents, 310-0, with its most recent win a 39-0 victory over Holy Family University in Philadelphia. Marymount’s closest game was a 12-0 road win over Eastern University. Marymount defeated a University of Virginia team, 47-0, in non-conference action.