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‘Oliver!’ at Herndon High

Play features students from several local schools.

The Herndon High School Theatre Boosters will present "Oliver!" starting July 27, a summer show that will feature students from Herndon, South Lakes, Chantilly and Westfield High Schools. The production also received assistance from several local elementary and middle schools, as well as the Reston Community Players, the Alliance Theatre of Chantilly, Westfield Theatre and the Centreville Presbyterian Community Theatre.

Envisioning ‘After the Apocalypse’

Local novelist explores future of mankind.

In a career spent working in international development, Reston resident David Anderson has seen his fair share of exotic locales and the issues they face every day. And his years of work taught him something.

Potomac Interceptor Project Begins

Odor abatement facility, pipeline rehabilitation planned for Great Falls.

Eastern Great Falls will be the site of a new odor abatement facility, part of the ongoing project from the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority

More Tree Troubles for Great Falls?

Tree falls, kills one, residents concerned about others.

A tree on Georgetown Pike at Oliver’s Corner in Great Falls fell over Tuesday, July 17, killing Albert Carl Roeth III while he was driving south at around 6:30 p.m.

Turtle Recall Releases Debut Album

Local band consists of several South Lakes graduates.

It was the start of 2009 when South Lakes High School graduate John-Currie Hester made a resolution to his fellow South Lakes graduate Guido DeHoratiis: to start a band. Soon they recruited a few other South Lakes alumni to join up and they started playing covers at shows around the area.

Final Metro Span Laid in Tysons

Workers complete overhead bridges, move to laying track.

Workers from Bechtel Construction placed the final aerial span for Metrorail in Tysons Corner Tuesday morning, the last of 258 that will support trains as they make their way from Falls Church to Wiehle Avenue along Phase One of the Silver Line.

Top 100: Kendyl Baugh, South Lakes, Track, 1989

Lessons from track helped six-time AAA state champion Baugh persevere through personal tragedy.

Kendyl Baugh regained that familiar sense of security as she walked her son around the track at South Lakes High School last year. The 35-year-old Baugh traveled back to Reston with her son Kellen — the lone survivor of what would have been four-year-old triplet sons.

Top 100: Katie Beal, West Potomac, Soccer, 2001

Wolverine girls soccer star continued to shine as defensive stalwart for Florida State Seminoles.

Sitting on a bookcase in West Potomac High Athletic Director Jeff Dietze's office is a framed autograph picture of one of the greatest athletes the Alexandria-based public school has ever known. The picture is of Katie Beal — a 2001 West Potomac graduate and Wolverine soccer great — during game action when she was a member of the Florida State University women's team.

Derek Lee, South Lakes Baseball, 1983

South Lakes slugger was drafted five times before playing for Minnesota Twins.

Derek Lee is remembered at South Lakes high school, and by those that watched him play baseball, for his ability to do one thing — swing the bat.

Taline Tahmassian, Langley Soccer, 2001

Langley star recorded 96 goals and before winning NCAA title at Santa Clara.

How good Taline Tahmassian was on the soccer field can be measured by the pages of old newspapers. Tahmassian and the Saxons could be seen celebrating in photographs while snappy headlines chronicled their victories in a week-by-week scrapbook of archived clippings.

Top 100: Jon Carman, Herndon, Football, 1994

Herndon's gentle giant went from the band to the football field and into the NFL.

The legend of Jon Carman has outgrown the "gentle giant's" 6-foot 7-inch, 350-pound body frame. Any coach or neighborhood kid from back in Carman's day remembers his own story about the giant with the big hands whose mother, Betty, said he drank two gallons of milk a day.

Nate Friends, McLean Soccer, Basketball, 1991

Friends dominated the basketball court and soccer field to help McLean to several regional tournament appearances.

Chantilly coach Jim Smith was a relative unknown when he took over the reeling McLean High School boys basketball team back in 1989.

Top 100: Lori Grimm, Washington-Lee, Softball, 1976

In Arlington sports lore, Grimm has excelled as female athlete and coach.

When being a female sports standout was not the norm back in the mid 1970's, Arlington's Lori Grimm excelled on the softball diamond, the soccer field, and the basketball court.

Top 100: Morgan Marr, Madison Softball, 1999

Free-spirited Marr pitched her way to success, four all-state selections, two region titles, and SEC pitching.

What made 1999 Madison graduate and four-time all-state softball selection Morgan Marr so special was that she had "the gracefulness and competitiveness all in one," said her mother Barbara, who used to drive her ballerina daughter between softball games, dance classes and beauty pageants.

Top 100: Norris Davis, South Lakes, 1984

Seahawk wide receiver, defensive back and track star went on to UNC and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs.

There is no telling how much damage Norris Davis could have done on the high school football field if given the opportunity to play the position that his talent eventually led him to while at the University of North Carolina.

A Passion for Animals

"From a young age, I have always had a passion for animals. In college, one of my dogs passed away and I felt like I had lost a best friend..."

Top 100: John Crone, Yorktown, Football, 2004

Team leader dominated on the gridiron and at the plate for the Patriots.

Few Arlington-area prep school athletic stars have been the overpowering Northern Region forces in two sports that recent Yorktown High graduate John Crone (Class of 2004) was.

Top 100: Jasmine Thomas, Oakton, Basketball, 2007

Only a senior in high school, Thomas is already one of the Northern Region's greatest.

Jasmine Thomas is only a rising senior in high school. The career statistics for Thomas, arguably one of the greatest — if not the greatest — Northern Region girls basketball player, have not been finalized.

Top 100: Lindsey Ertter, Langley, Swim, 2001

Ertter won six state titles and swam in two Olympic trials

Lindsey Ertter is retired now, but not really. The 2001 Langley High School graduate and breaststroker said that she is still coming to grips with missing out on the Olympic swimming goal she dreamed up while watching Janet Evans cruise to gold in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Madison High Students Recognized for Leadership Skills

Seven Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students earned gold medals, the highest level of national recognition, at the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) 2012 National Leadership Conference held recently in Orlando.

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