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Sports in Brief: Southern Fairfax (July 30-Aug. 6)
Camelot Knights take NVSL's Division 11 title:
The Camelot Knights, an Annandale-area team in the Northern Virginia Swimming League, captured a share of the league's championship, sharing it with the Holmes Run Hurricanes of Falls Church. Both teams concluded the season with 4-1 records.
This season's success follows Camelot's undefeated campaign in 2007, when the Knights captured the NVSL's Division 13 championship.
Leiva tapped to lead boys soccer program at Paul VI:
Former boys soccer coach at Woodson High School, Matt Leiva, has been hired to fill the same position at Paul VI High School in Fairfax.
“PVI has a talented pool of players who are dedicated to playing soccer,” Leiva said in a press release. “We have a lot of work ahead of us, but I know these young men will rise to the challenge and succeed.”
Leiva once played for and coached the goalkeepers with the Vermont Voltage of the USL's Premier Development League. He's been the head coach at Woodson for the past two seasons.
Tryouts and announcements:
The SYA Xplosion, a group of 10-U, 12-U, 14-U, 16-U and 18-U fastpitch softball teams, will hold tryouts for the 2008-09 squads on Aug. 9-10 at Centreville High School. For more information and the complete schedule of tryouts, please visit www.xplosionfastpitch.org.
Two-time coach of the year Stu Vetter, who's currently coaching at Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Md., will hold two basketball camps this summer at Hoop Magic in Chantilly. The first will start Monday, Aug. 4 and conclude Friday, Aug. 8, and the second will start Monday Aug. 11 and conclude Friday, Aug. 15. Camps run from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. and include college and professional players. For more information or to register, please visit www.stuvetterbasketballcamp.com, or call 240-753-4742.
The Fauquier Mustangs U-11 travel baseball team is looking for players to round out its roster for the fall 2008 and spring 2009 seasons. The Mustangs participate in a local travel league and various regional tournaments. Players born on or after May 1, 1997, are eligible. There are no fees to join. For information or to schedule a tryout, call Gary Croson at 540-336-5771.
Northern Virginia Senior Softball seeks men (50-plus) and women (40-plus) to play Fall Ball – two seven-inning slowpitch games every Tuesday and Thursday on various Fairfax County fields Sept. 2-Oct. 30. NVSS has 25 teams organized into three skill-level conferences. Players are assigned to a team by a skill assessment, not a tryout. For information, call Dave at 703-524-5576 or Ted at 703-913-0028, or visit www.nvss.org.
The Fire and Ice 16-U tournament team will hold four tryouts for the 2008-09 tournament season. Tryouts will be at Park View High School on Aug. 6, 7-9 p.m.; Aug. 9, 10 a.m.-noon; Aug. 11, 7-9 p.m.; and Aug. 13, 7-9 p.m. For questions, call Tony Sudley at 703-798-2003.
The Virginia Patriots, a softball team for high school girls, will hold tryouts for the 2009 season at Falls Church High School on Aug. 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and Aug. 17, 1-3 p.m. Contact E.J. Thomas to register at 703-255-2613 or ejt1609@aol.com.
Fairfax Adult Softball is accepting applications for men's, women's, coed, corporate coed and senior's adult softball teams. Deadline to register is Aug. 1. For information, call 703-815-9007 or e-mail office@fairfaxadultsoftball.com.
Average Joe Tournaments will launch its 11-city national basketball tournament at Chantilly's Hoop Magic Sports Academy in October. In each city, 64 teams will contend for the $100,000 prize; the tournament MVP will win a new car. For details and to register, visit www.averagejoebasketball.com.
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