Guest Column: New High School Proposal Will Reverse Contentious 2008 Redistricting

The contentious 2008 redistricting divided communities and resulted in a lawsuit.

• By Dan Carney IBM, it used to be said by the company’s beleaguered employees, stands for “I’ve Been Moved.” It seems like families in western Fairfax county are all secret IBMers, so frequently does the school board enjoy moving its chess pieces, er, students, among schools. This means you, if you live in a school district that attends Centreville, Chantilly or South Lakes high schools. Probably Oakton too, based on my reading of the map. Time to dump all that spirit wear you had accumulated in support of the home team. Remember, the hats and sweatshirts you bought to replace the gear from the previous home team? You might need that back now. Oh, hadn’t you heard? The county is building a new high school west of Centreville H.S. The …

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Herndon Gets Hyped at Baron Cameron Bowl

South Lakes High School won the annual Baron Cameron Bowl, 21-7; the schools will have a friendly competition for Reston Interfaith's Help the Homeless walk.

Herndon High School’s JL Griffiths Stadium was packed Friday night as South Lakes came to visit for the annual Baron Cameron Bowl. It was Herndon’s first home game of the season. South Lakes took the lead in the second quarter with a little over three minutes left. The score was 7-0 going into halftime. With 1:49 left in the third period, an 8-yard run led to another touchdown for the Seahawks. After an extra-point kick by South Lakes’ Jeremiah Norman, the score was 14-0 going into the fourth quarter. With 7:46 left in the fourth quarter, South Lakes scored a third touchdown, taking the game to 21-0, but Herndon wouldn’t let the Seahawks walk away with a shut out. With just 10 seconds left in the game, Herndon’s Malcolm McKenzie scored on …

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Leslie Perales Loges

12:56 am on Monday, September 10, 2012

My apologies. We have another game story on the site as well that was contributed by Reston Patch, but most of my experience is in government, business and community reporting. I admit, I'm not a sports reporter and this is the first time I attended a football game as a reporter in my career and my knowledge is fairly limited. I had a choice to go to the game and try to cover it or not do …   more ›

Herndon Hornets Take on South Lakes at Home Friday

The Herndon Hornets varsity football team will take on the South Lakes Seahawks at this Friday's home game at Herndon High School. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. The Hornets lost to Langley last week, 14-42. They'll travel to Yorktown High for their next game on Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

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