By Angela Watts
Managing Content Editor, DigitalSports.com
The 2007-2008 high school sports season may be officially over, but more than two dozen recently-graduated seniors from the Northern Region have just a little more work to do.
Athletes from 12 of the 30 Northern Region schools have been selected to compete in the 2008 Virginia High School Coaches’ Association All-Star Games, which will be held near Virginia Beach from July 1-4. Included in the scheduled events are boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ and girls’ soccer, baseball, football, softball and volleyball.
Eight area coaches will also be back at work, including Thomas Jefferson boys’ soccer coach Sean Burke, Robinson softball coach Barry Gorodnick, South County baseball coach Mark Luther, Langley volleyball coach Susan Shifflett, Westfield football coaches Kyle Simmons and Tom Verbanic, recently-retired T.C. Williams boys’ basketball coach Ivan Thomas and Centreville girls’ soccer coach Warren Williams.
The list of local participating athletes includes:
BASEBALL (West Roster)
P Jesse Beal, Jr., South County
SS Brent Frazier, South County
BOYS’ BASKETBALL (West Roster)
F Maurice Hubbard, Westfield, 6-6
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL (West Roster)
G/F Amanda O’Neil, Westfield, 5-10
FOOTBALL (West Roster)
OL Carlos Rene Carales, T.C. Williams, 6-0 260
RB Peter Ferrara, Robinson, 5-11 190
LB Brian Kennedy, Westfield, 5-8 170
RB Titus Pennington, South County, 5-11 205
WR Johnny Pickett, Westfield, 5-11 160
BOYS’ SOCCER (West Roster)
GK Ariel Brown, Thomas Jefferson
FB Scott Garrison, Chantilly
MF Trey Messiah, Westfield
FB Ronnie Shaban, Stone Bridge
MF Eric Skogerboe, Stone Bridge
MR Ryan Sullivan, Stone Bridge
GIRLS’ SOCCER (West Roster)
MF Jamie Coder, West Potomac
MF Sarah Elliot, Westfield
FW Stephanie Gerow, West Potomac
MF Brittany Klippstein, West Springfield
DF Mallory Mann, Westfield
MF/DF Kristen Smith, Robinson
MF/FW Diana Wiegel, W.T. Woodson
SOFTBALL (West Roster)
3B Erin Henning, Robinson
C Kayla Lechler, Stone Bridge
1B Laura Wolz, Stone Bridge
VOLLEYBALL (West Roster)
OH Amanda Friday, Lee
MH Lisa Scott, Langley
S Megan Shifflett, Langley