Handley is as healthy as it has been since the first quarter of its first game this season. The extra week Handley had to get ready for the playoffs has proven very beneficial.
WINCHESTER -- Geremi Long is a natural leader -- whether it's in the huddle during a Handley football game, on the sidelines with his teammates, or even in the school play.
THE PLAINS -- Tom Delaney was starting to get a little worried. Entering the last mile of the three-mile race, Delaney found himself at the back end of the top 10.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Skyline gymnasium was blanketed in a strange, eerie silence. Not a lyric leaked from the school's sound system; not a sound swirled above the empty echoes of two dozen bouncing volleyballs.
FRONT ROYAL -- Handley senior Diana Kellam had been battling the flu for the last three weeks, so overcoming a little adversity was nothing new to her.
The Northern Virginia Daily Sports staff collaborated to create a football top 10 list. Each staffer voted, with 10 points being awarded to the top ranked team, nine to the No. 2 team and so on. Numbers in parenthesis indicate where each team was last week.
WINCHESTER -- Handley quarterback Geremi Long said it would take him and the Judges "about five more minutes" to get over their 15-7 win over district rival Millbrook.
WINCHESTER -- James Wood fought off a determined effort by Handley on Wednesday to topple the Judges 25-17, 25-18, 25-21 in the regular-season Northwestern District girls volleyball finale for both teams.