The Mountain View High School boys’ tennis team has qualified for the Northwest Region tournament for the second straight year.

North Stafford High School tennis standouts Kyle Boes, 18, and Jake Rasmussen, 17, have taken their team 7-7 this season, with a final regular-season win over Massaponax. The team went on to play its first playoff game at home against Brooke Point High School. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — John Maine sat by a table in the middle of the New York Mets clubhouse at Nationals Park, resting his chin on his left arm - the arm that does not make him a rich young man - and pondered his next move. 

STAFFORD — After her son had won the first point of his doubles match against Stafford High School on Tuesday, a proud Lydia Ackermann clapped and hollered, “Good job, guys.”

The Penn Relays track and field competition is one of the biggest track and field events in the country. 

The Stafford County Sun’s feature, “Five Questions,” paid a visit to Mountain View High School this week, and focused on two of the school’s standout soccer players.

Local graduate, 23, seeing success on baseball field

It looks like the race for the top spot in the Commonwealth District baseball standings is going to be almost as wild as the boys’ basketball race was in the winter. 

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Curtis Lazar fouled off one pitch then lined a sharp single up the middle in the ninth on a full-count Sunday for the University of Maryland.

The Washington Redskins open their 2008 season on a Thursday night in a nationally televised game, play two other nationally televised games and finish their season by playing three of their final four games on the road.

For a softball team that recently felt the loss of a fellow bright athlete, these two standouts have maintained a sense of focus, camaraderie and humor.

Citing strong support from the communities surrounding George Mason University and its men’s basketball program, head coach Jim Larranaga signed a three-year contract extension Wednesday afternoon.

QUANTICO — An improved Butler Stadium was unveiled last week at Quantico Marine Corps base.

On Sunday, a red carpet stretched across Half Street at the center field gate — welcoming fans in Hollywood fashion.

Brooke Point’s Keidel says her success is all about teamwork