George Mason High School seniors Alex Goetting and Xavier Alarcon claimed the Region B doubles title, defeating the tandem of Zach Pack and Jay Howard 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in the finals to advance to the state tournament next week at Radford University.
Month: May 2007
Golden Goal Lifts Mason In 100th Minute of Match
In a game that Mustang fans will remember for some time to come, George Mason High School locked horns with Rappahannock High School for 99-and-a-half minutes last Thursday night before sophomore Anthony Andrianarison’s golden goal gave the Mustangs a 1-0 win and a District tournament title.
For GMHS
With cloudy skies overhead on one of the biggest, most exciting days in Falls Church City, the George Mason High School varsity girls soccer team put on their own show, as they romped past Goochland High School, 8-1, in the first round of the Region B Tournament Monday afternoon.
Picking Splinters: Will Caps See Stars?
Archbishop of Canterbury Excludes CANA Defectors
The head bishop of the U.S. movement of defectors from the Episcopal Church, the so-called Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), Fairfax’s Rev. Martyn Minns, has been excluded by the Archbishop of Canterbury from a list of invitees to attend next year’s once-a-decade Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops in […]
Nicholas F. Benton: The Iraq Fiasco
Once again, we see someone assailed for what they’ve said without regard for whether or not it is true. Former President Jimmy Carter, in calling Bush’s foreign policy the worst in U.S. history, was echoing the same assessment expressed many times before by Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, among […]
F.C. Mulls Next Step as Lawsuit Vs. Fairfax Water is Dismissed
Mayor: Cost of Fairfax Designs Will Be Steep City of Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner, while saying she was “disappointed” by a federal judge’s decision last week to dismiss the City’s lawsuit against Fairfax County’s water system, confirmed that the City’s options are far from exhausted.
A joint work session of the Falls Church City Council and Planning Commission Monday took on the subject of Atlantic Realty’s proposed redevelopment plan in one quadrant set aside for City Center redevelopment. The plan, which has been modified in response to citizen input numerous times already, met with mixed […]
The following is excerpted from the speech of Roger Neighborgall slated to be delivered Monday at the Memorial Day observance in front of the Community Center at 11 a.m.
King and Queen for a (Memorial) Day
Falls Church News-Press from catching up with this year’s king and queen, Will Stewart and Margaret Lipman, to find out more about the Memorial Day monarchs.
