The Oakcrest School varsity basketball team fell short of victory in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference (PVAC) finals late last month, losing 49-46 to Covenant Life School at American University.

If the Mason High School baseball team is to enjoy a successful season, it most likely will be because of the team's pitching.

The Mustangs, who open regular season play at 6 p.m. on Thursday at Loudoun County High, return their entire pitching staff from last year's team.

FALLS CHURCH H.S.

Falls Church High School welcomed a new Jaguar this week: incoming football Head Coach Said Aziz.

Aziz, the former assistant coach for Stafford High, took over March 3 from Jaguars Head Coach Anthony Parker, who left Falls Church after eight years coaching the football team, with a difficult 29-51 record. Parker will be coaching at Edison High next year.

I spend an unhealthy amount of time watching college basketball. How do I know it's unhealthy? You know when you stare into the sun for a second and then you turn away and see all those little silver flashing spots? When I stare at a college hoops game the same thing happens to me, except those little flashing things are brackets.