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Fans scramble for cover when a pipe burst at Gallaudet University prior to the start of a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference game between DeMatha and Archbishop Carroll in Washington, D.C.

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Tempting fate at northern Virginia’s Burke Lake outside Washington, D.C. Minutes later, a park ranger showed up to shoo him off the ice.

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Down two sets to none, West Springfield’s lady Spartans stormed back to win the next three in a row to capture the Class 6 Virginia state championship, 3-2.

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Down 5-3 in the Virginia Class 6 state quarterfinals, West Springfield’s Spartans stroke a walk-off single to top the defending state champion McLean Highlanders, 6-5.

Next: State semifinals Friday, June 13 in suburban Richmond’s Glen Allen, Va.

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Occoquan Regional Quarterfinal:

WEST SPRINGFIELD 41
SOUTH COUNTY 12

Semifinal Tuesday, Nov. 26 — West Springfield at Lake Braddock

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West Springfield’s Evey Jurden leaps high for a volleyball “kill,” as the Spartans topped Glen Allen, 3-0, to advance to the Virginia state Class 6 semifinals.

NEXT: Langley at West Springfield, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19.

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West Springfield 63
Woodson 6

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West Springfield 34
Fairfax 25

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West Springfield tops West Potomac, 42-12 with the help of four Mark-Anthony Whyte TD’s. Pregame, dozens of West Springfield-area students helped sing the national anthem.

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West Springfield junior speedster Mark-Anthony Whyte races 40 yards to the Robinson 13 to set up the Spartans’ game deciding score. Earlier, Mark sped cross country with 90- and 62-yard TD runs. WS prevails, 33-28.

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For the second week in a row, West Springfield’s junior kicker Christian Sadek booted the winning point — this time, in overtime — as Sadek’s extra point lifted the Spartans above Yorktown in a homecoming, heart-stopper, 29-28. Sadek last week kicked a 44-yd FG to top Oakton.

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West Springfield’s junior kicker Christian Sadek booted a game winning, 44-yard field goal — his third FG of the game — with ONE second to play, as the Spartans climaxed a thriller over Oakton, 16-13.

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West Springfield’s Brady Davies storms into the end zone vs. Lake Braddock in the regional semifinals. The Spartans twice led but ultimately yielded to the Bruins, 38-21. WS finished 9-3, best record in years.

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West Springfield’s Brian Walrath prepares to take a knee in the closing moments of the Spartans’ regional quarterfinal game with Hayfield. WS topped the Hawks, 41-19, to advance to the semis against Lake Braddock.

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West Springfield’s Noah Plazio grabs a Brian Walrath pass and scores a 37-yard TD as the Spartans top Woodson, 47-0, to complete an 8-2 regular season, best in years. Playoffs await.

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West Springfield’s Brady Davies rushes the middle as the Spartans (7-2) top Fairfax (6-3), 44-20, on Senior Night. Mark-Anthony Whyte scored 4 TDs for West Springfield.

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West Springfield junior WR Antoine “A.C.” Ross snares a Brian Walrath pass and races 35 yards for a TD, as the Spartans topped West Potomac, 34-25. WS, now 6-1, plays Lake Braddock, 6-1, at home Friday, Oct. 20.

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West Springfield holds off always-tough Robinson to take a Homecoming thriller from the Rams, 27-21. The Spartans move to 5-1 and next face West Potomac in Alexandria.

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Junior speedster Mark-Anthony Whyte races in a blue field blur on an 88-yd TD — one of FOUR he scored in just one half of play, leading West Springfield (4-1) over Alexandria City, 49-20.

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West Springfield’s defense dramatically forced a Yorktown fumble at the WS 1, denying the Patriots a potentially tying score, then held on to run the Spartan’s record to 3-1.

WEST SPRINGFIELD 14
YORKTOWN 7

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