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Dan Roem
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- Warm temperatures mark reprieve from snow
- Early injuries rock Tigers preparing for season start
- BD girls set out to avoid 'brick wall' in post season
- School board set to keep western PW school development priority
- BD baseball team returns 7 starters, 7 seniors
- Thompson third Tiger pitcher to earn athletic scholarship
- Haymarket finds faults with VRE, BRT expansion proposals
- Tiger boys bring back gold to Brentsville
- Indians end Bobcats season 33-28
- Fimian kicks off campaign with fiscally conservative message
- Indians end Bobcats' season, 33-28
- GMS gymnasts balance club schedule, life
- Haynes takes individual championship for BD girls
- On health care, Connolly sees room to work
- Haymarket, Gainesville business leaders discuss economy with Connolly
- Bowman, Cooke to represent BHS in Fairfax
- After snow storms, local teachers rethink lesson priorities
- Sitting in first place, BHS boys face biggest test yet
- Animal control beats the snow to take care of PWC animal shelter
- Local farmers dig out fields, neighbors from snow
- Gov't officials respond to blizzard
- BHS girls look for a rebound in final week of reg season
- BD boys, girls claim district swim titles
- Gov: Snow causing "extraordinarily challenging" situation in NOVA
- VDOT to begin plowing subdivisions no earlier than Sunday
- Haymarket Senators unveil 2010 roster
- Freshman gymnasts end regular season with strong showing
- Transportation tops discussion for Haymarket
- Gainesville firefighters help save 16 in Haiti
- Fimian runs against 'career politician', federal spending in 11th
- GMS seventh grader set to compete in PWC bee
- PW to "aggressively pursue" Northrop Grumman HQ
- BHS win at Aloha Classic sets up team for playoffs
- BD, SJ freshmen end regular season with strong showing
- BD girls in driver's seat
- Herrity declares in the 11th
- Patriot HS, T. Clay Wood ES to open next year in Nokesville
- Stonewall's Smith signs on with Kentucky
- Tiger boys try to rebound
- Haymarket plans for 'ultra-conservative' budget
- SJ's Costello signs on to Radford
- Three Bobcat track stars earn top-five finishes in Md.
- Nissan Pavilion name changed to Jiffy Lube Live
- 54-38 win over Loudoun Valley puts Bobcats at 5-5
- Gainesville mom gives birth to baby New Year
- Seven Senators returning to 2010 squad
- Donations, volunteer pour into BARN
- Battlefield takes win in gymnastics
- New schools will bring much-needed relief to Nokesville
- Dulin calls it quits
- Brentsville comes up big on opening day
- Bobcat boys earn first winter win
- Improvements slated for Glenkirk in 2010
- Haymarket fills 2 council vacancies
- New-look Bobcats adjusting to young squad
- Waverly Farm extension inches closer to U.S. 15
- Tiger boys focus on intangibles as b-ball season begins
- Tiger veterans lead team to opening day win
- Haymarket Holiday Party planned for Dec. 5
- Bobcats top OP, 33-27, for first regional title
- Student athletes sign on with colleges
- Local towers take hit during rough economy
- BHS prepares for third trip to regional semis
- Coach looks back on 13-7 BHS volleyball season
- Marshall sets out 2010 agenda following Election Day win
- Miller focuses on economy, transportation after big win
- PWC Dem party chairman discusses defeat
- 10U Generals close out fall season with third-place showing
- Tiger girls heading back to states
- Marshall seeks 10th term in 13th district
- Loudoun Dem takes on Marshall in 13th
- Race for the 51st gets personal
- Osbourn rolls over Stonewall 51-19 at Raiders homecoming
- Battlefield at 7-0 with wild 20-18 homecoming win over Osbourn
- Millbrook rocks Brentsville 41-20 at homecoming
- Rain dampens BD homecoming festivities
- 10U Cannons win fall ball state title
- Immigration, corruption, payday loans among hot topics at AG debate
- Kaine touts stimulus in Gainesville
- Farm Field Days educates local kids about agriculture
- Residents discuss overcrowding
- BHS field hockey sets focus on post-season with 6-0 win over SJ
- Brentsville girls, Battlefield boys crack top five at Octoberfest
- Tigers finish first, Bobcats second at Spiritfest
- Shuryn, Vazquez to resign town council seats
- Finally: Silver Lake reopens to the public
- Shannon talks corruption, child safety
- Marshall, Bell debate transportation, priorities in race for 13th
- Raider girls pay tribute to fallen Tiger in 3-2 home win
- Battlefield stays perfect after tight match against Hylton
- Hawks mount fourth quarter comeback in 34-20 win over Tigers
- Shannon talks corruption, child safety in AG race
- Stonewall volleyball focuses on basics to start '09 season
- Local residents grill Conolly on health care
- Health care debate hits home
- Liberty tops SJ for first field hockey win
- Candidates lob rhetorical bombs in 50th
- Battlefield takes football, volleyball and field hockey openers
- Connolly talks immigration, health care
- Merrifield Garden Center showcases 'state of the art' facility
- Animal control still answers 'nuisance' calls
- Young Brentsville team aims to rebound after tough 2008
- New Warrenton studio sticks with analog in the age of digital
- Stonewall seeks first winning season since '04 with slew of veterans
- Senators win the VBL championship
- Rodeo brings back pro bull riders to county fair
- Senators one win away from taking the Cup
- Obama, Kaine rally for Deeds in McLean
- Clashing views lead to problems between GDLL, Cannons
- Animal Control to drop 'nuisance' wildlife trapping cases next month
- Decline in commercial property values tougher in eastern PW than than western end
- Fireballer Adams brings extra heat to 10U Blaze
- Gainesville Cannons bring home two tournament wins
- Rural routes and broken bones: training at the Antioch fire station
- Hopkins finds happy medium in baseball, life
- With town council absent, Stutz and Weir talk development
- Liddle earns state Player of the Year honors
- Five Senators take the field at VBL All-Star game
- Haymarket councilman begins training for Iraq
- Gainesville seniors fall in playoffs
- Coles takes out Gainesville softball All-Stars
- Injury at Hopewell's Landing brings pleas for community design changes
- Park Authority lays initial plans for Silver Lake
- Senators dip back under .500 with four-game skid
- 9U Generals win championship, finish seventh at states
- GDLL Marlins prep for post-season
- Former Senators ink deals with MLB clubs
- Proposed asphalt plant withdrawn in Bristow
- SJHS sisters step up for Shamrocks in pursuit of national bid
- McDonnell goes door-to-door in Manassas
- Haymarket rebounds, wins 3-out-of-4 to reach .500
- Bristow residents speak out against proposed asphalt plants
- Tiger athletes make all-region teams
- Battlefield coach reflects on team's first state run
- Senators open season with big hopes, even after two losses
- Candidates make pitch to county Dems as primary nears
- Water main breaks on Sudley Road
- Road ends in state quarters for Bobcat girls lax
- Kent-Robinson, Thigpen grab state golds
- Black's 13Ks leads Bobcat girls back to states
- Softball loss knocks last Brentsville team out of playoffs
- Make it three: Battlefield softball clinches return to states
- Potomac Falls tops Tiger boys in overtime 2-1
- Battlefield clinches second state berth
- Heritage girls eliminate Brentsville from regions
- Softball regional semis moved to Thursday
- Brentsville, Battlefield teams win and lose in first round of regions
- Tigers take district crowns in baseball, softball and boys soccer
- Battlefield softball, baseball win district tournaments
- Loudoun Dem takes on Marshall in 13th
- Tigers end Cougars season with 12-2 romp in district semis
- Battlefield, Brentsville send seven teams to district tournament finals
- Near-no-hitter from Williams propels BHS past SJ 3-0
- Bobcat girls plow through Blue Devils 17-2 in playoff opener
- Battlefield boys win district track title, girls finish second
- Battlefield, Brentsville teams capture district crowns
- Changes in LID construction frustrates homeowners
- Rishell takes on Miller for third time in 50th
- Miller gears up for reelection run in 50th
- Tiger girls top Cougars 3-0, improve to 15-0
- Topped-ranked 10U Generals best Cannons at weekend double-header
- Dost leads Brentsville to 15-0 victory
- Findlay scores twice to lift Tigers to 12-0 before loss to Sherando
- Bobcat girls plow through OP 20-3 as regular season winds down
- Haymarket proposes 28 percent tax increase
- Klumpp scores three in 8-0 Bobcats win
- Local metal band tastes the big time
- Local band tastes the big time
- Stimulus funds bring in $9.8M for VRE
- GDLL kicks off spring season at new park
- Bristow racer prepares for 2009 ISCARS series
- Lingamfelter faces no challenger in 31st
- PWC candidates file for House of Delegates
- Town Center settlement targeted for end of April
- Raiders blank Eagles 19-0 in boys lax
- Federal stimulus money preserves, for now, more than 300 PWC school jobs
- BHS boys take first, girls second at county track meet
- Bobcat girls stay perfect with 2-1 win over Raiders
- Stonewall boys slug Battlefield 20-4
- Questions linger in run-up to Haymarket budget vote
- At Youth For Tomorrow, weathering the 'economic tsunami' is about more than money
- McDonnell focuses transportation pitch on private sector
- New auto shop in Gainesville adapts to changing business climate
- Population shifts influence diversity changes at Bull Run MS
- Manassas-based Generals No. 1 in nation
- Down two aces, Brentsville draws a third in win over Potomac Falls
- Haymarket struggles with growing pains
- BD boys place third at states; Relay team captures gold
- Younger Tiger team aims for return to states
- Town Center settlement date delayed again
- Stonewall girls lose regional championship
- Gar-Field eliminates Battlefield boys from playoffs
- BD's Kent-Robinson takes first, SJ's Thigpen second at states
- McDonnell focuses transportation pitch on private sector
- Buzzer-beating block by Big Bo boosts Bobcats by Raiders 50-49
- Martino earns second straight state title
- Proposed expansion of 29 raises concerns in Gainesville
- Moran outlines transportation plan in run-up to primary
- Skyline stuns BD girls, eliminates Tigers from playoffs
- Kettle Run mounts late surge to knock out Tiger boys 55-54
- Battlefield group takes top spot at state civics competition
- Democrats line up challengers for House of Delegates seats
- Commercial Construction Picks Up near Gainesville Intersection
- County political, business leaders deal with curtailing economy
- Battlefield comes up big at districts
- Bobcat gymnasts take second at district championship
- McAuliffe Pitches Green Jobs to Spur Economy
- Haymarket mill rate expected to increase, actual payments to hold steady
- Haymarket officers receive valor awards
- SJ wrestlers prepare for post-season
- Win over Sherando keeps Tiger girls tied for second
- Haymarket Council approves $2.3M sale of Town Center
- Battlefield swimmers out-race SJ
- Bobcats, Raiders take first place at Aloha Invitational
- Tales from the inauguration: A first-person perspective
- Stonewall girls remain perfect in district
- Lawmakers react to Kaine's address
- Planning Commission recommends Kennedy plan for approval
- Warner, Connolly start terms in Congress
- Latest sale date for Town Center Jan. 26
- Tiger swimmers top Cougars
- Martino, Psihas win big at Battle at the Bridge
- 2008: the year in sports
- Clutch free throws lift Tiger girls to second win
- Gainesville graffiti defendant undergoing competency evaluation
- Bobcat girls, boys sweep at invitational meet
- Clutch foul shots provide Tiger girls with 53-49 win ovef Judges
- Local business owners battle tough economy
- Haymarket jeweler brings flair for Celtic designs to Sugarloaf festival
- Brentsville, Battlefield take charge at Dudley Martin classic
- New Salvation Army building in Manassas more than typical thrift store
- Bricks mount up for Battlefield in OT loss to Potomac
- Haymarket targets Dec. 17 vote on Kennedy project
- Schumacher becomes first BHS player to earn lax scholarship
- Brentsville girls shift focus to defense for 08-09 season
- Tiger boys enter season with chance to control own destiny
- In wake of election, PW legislators assess red-to-blue shift
- Bobcat marching band racks up superior ratings, opportunities
- PW softball stars commit to Div. I-A universities
- Battlefield ends regular season undefeated
- Raiders win homecoming 28-20; Thigpen named homecoming king
- Brentsville District wins district cheer title
- BRMC pulls Silver Lake proposal
- McCain supporters rally for Republican, against Obama, media in Woodbridge
- Stewart “disappointed” in McCain on illegal immigration
- Battlefield claims a wild win over SJ
- ‘Forever on the Dance Floor’, music themes dominate Brentsville homecoming
- Skyline deep ball too much for Tigers at homecoming
- Relentless pursuit powers Battlefield over Liberty, Fauquier
- Bobcats take control of first place; Tigers ripped at homecoming
- Thigpen returns with four TDs in first Raider win of season
- Residential rezonings plummet while county considers Comp Plan update
- As housing market slows, impact hits local government, businesses
- Haymarket council outlines opposition to county Comp Plan
- Brentsville gives up 17 point lead in 33-23 loss to Millbrook
- Gainesville Grizzlies: More than just a sports club
- Bridge collapse injures man, closes parts of 29, 66
- No settlement likely over Silver Lake
- Local metal band makes it big with national record deal
- Ingram leads Battlefield with monster backfield attack
- Tiger girls come back from 0-2 deficit to snatch 3-2 win over Handley
- Tough housing market brings problems for local area
- Battlefield perfect through four after shutout of Stonewall
- Irvin scores twice, assists once in 3-2 Bobcat field hockey win over LHS
- Broad Run beats down Brentsville 53-13
- Battlefield volleyball attackers too much for Liberty
- Battlefield at 2-0 with shutout win over Gar-Field
- VRE continues work on westward extension study
- Brentsville drops home football opener to Freedom 22-14
- New-look Raiders prepare for opener with key players hurt
- Brentsville girls win first match of season
- New trailers bring extra students, issues to Brentsville
- Falcons come back from 24-21 deficit twice to sweep Raiders
- Biden stumps at GMU PWC
- Bobcat girls sweep Eagles in district opener
- Tiger volleyball team off to slow start, dropping first three matches
- Planning for Route 234 extension to Dulles riding rocky road
- Young Brentsville boys team sets out to defend state title
- Tiger girls hoping for national bid in cross country
- Funds, environment two major drawbacks to creation of controversial road
- Settlement date for Haymarket Town Center pushed back again
- Battlefield preps for hopeful return to title
- 76,000 flock to county fair
- Future state funding for new road construction projects hangs in balance
- Discoveries at George Mason spur economic development at Innovation
- Soccer coach Rohr splits with Brentsville after 18 years
- 9500 Liberty screens first version of illegal immigration documentary
- Bruised, broken and beaten, Senators clinch playoff spot
- Gainesville Wegmans scheduled to open in early November
- Senators manager Shields resigns; Fecteau takes reigns
- GDLL seniors win district tournament, berth to states
- District 10 Little League senior finale moved to Monday
- State declines to reimburse Haymarket for flood damages
- Back from Iraq, Cole gives a look at life inside the Green Zone
- Haymarket Town Council appoints members to new positions
- Gainesville girls come back 27-9 to force winner-take-all title game
- Battlefield grad to continue basketball career in college
- Two GDLL all-star teams remain in post season
- 10U Cannons finish ninth out of 97 teams in national tournament
- Road linking Gravely ES to U.S. 15 still a ways off
- Traffic light (finally) installed at Gallerher Road and Route 55
- Senators head into all-star break with shot at playoffs
- Gainesville District Little League all-stars enter post-season
- Bobcat baseball bigs show up-and-comers the way
- Proposed development south of Haymarket ‘indefinitely suspended’
- Senators skid continues with loss to Rebels
- Former Battlefield standout Herbek returns to Haymarket with Senators
- After .500 start, Senators drop 5 of 6
- Haymarket rectifies $194K budget shortfall
- Haymarket considers in-person absentee-voting station
- Youth For Tomorrow graduates largest class
- Stonewall Jackson graduates exit to the sounds of joy
- Poquoson ends Brentsville's quest for state title in quarter finals
- Bobcats lose state tournament title in overtime to Rams
- Battlefield softball one hit short in state final
- Obama draws thousands to Nissan Pavilion
- Two Battlefield teams to play state semi finals Friday in Chantilly
- Bobcats take first round of state tournament in rain-out win
- Bobcats, Tigers each claim regional championship
- Brentsville boys, Battlefield girls heading to states
- Brentsville claims three out of four district tournament titles
- Tiger boys earn trip to district championship
- Brentsville girls shutout Millbrook in soccer semis
- Sutphin outduels Roy as Bobcats end Falcons season, 3-0
- Barbour, Carpenter bring hurt to Warren County in 18-1 Tiger victory
- Tigers outslug Wildcats 9-4
- Undefeated Tigers roll past Central in district tournament opener
- Aflaki lights up Culpeper for Battlefield
- Top-seeded Brentsville teams sweep district quarter final opponents
- Battlefield out slugs Stonewall 13-3
- Bobcat softball team clinches first place in district
- School Board adopts budget; western PW high school still on track
- Democratic candidates debate illegal immigration
- Battlefield pounds Culpeper 19-5 in girls lax quarter finals
- Battlefield softball takes sole control of first place
- Incumbents, Edwards, Leake elected to Haymarket Town Council
- Battlefield's Sutphin outguns Culpeper's Beall in 1-0 pitchers' duel
- Battlefield dominates at SeaPerch
- Brentsville District at top of district in three sports
- Haymarket council challengers prepare for May 6 election
- Battlefield athletes to continue sports careers in college
- Kirby strikes out 11 Eagles in Stonewall softball win
- As technology changes, students find new ways to beat the system
- As Battlefield and OP clash for first place, Stonewall holds steady third
- Baltimore, Johnson step down from coaching posts
- Haymarket incumbents vie for re-election
- Firefighters quell barn blaze near Lake Manassas
- Linton Hall Road widening due to wrap up in summer 2009
- Breakaway churches score first-round win against Episcopal Church
- Gainesville little leaguers take NOVA tournament
- Falcons soar past Bobcat lax team
- Top-seed Krissy Davis pulls off lone Raider win in 8-1 loss to Liberty
- Scott strikes out 15 in no-hitter versus Falcons
- Haymarket Town Center re-approved; Ellie Cole appointed to council seat
- Board rejects Park Authority, BRMC on Silver Lake
- Sutphin throws fifth shutout of season
- Bobcats earn second place in weekend softball tournament
- Through competition, Robocats turn into engineers
- Marshall takes aim at Gilmore in U.S. Senate run
- Stonewall ties Gar-Field in girls soccer
- SJHS softball pitcher hurls no hitter
- Brentsville boys lax tops Potomac Falls
- Tiger coach O'Neill shifts focus from soccer to lacrosse
- John Cole resigns from council to move along Kennedy deal
- Haymarket residents speak out about Kennedy deal
- Tiger girls take out Eagles on opening day, 8-5
- Battlefield, Stonewall Jackson score softball victories
- Kennedy resubmits Haymarket Town Center deal
- From gold medals to ghosts, The Winery at La Grange has its share of stories
- Sutphin, Black bring contrasting styles on softball diamond for Bobcats
- Scott, Crouse return to the mound for Battlefield one last time
- Brentsville girls' season ends in state quarterfinals
- Cinderella season ends for Battlefield in regional opener
- Tiger girls heading to states
- Kennedy opts out of $2.3M Haymarket Town Center development deal
- Tiger girls hang on at regions to clinch state berth
- Potomac stuns Stonewall, region with 60-59 win
- Battlefield boys eliminated from playoffs with loss to GW-Danville
- Raider girls take district championship; Battlefield boys fall short
- Battlefield boys clinch regional berth with win over Culpeper
- Brentsville girls win district tournament
- Tigers taking winning ways through playoffs
- Fauquier knocks Battlefield girls out of playoffs in OT, 37-31
- Morres breaks record at state swim meet
- Stonewall, Battlefield compete in St. Jude's drive
- Lady Bobcats put up surprising fight against undefeated Raiders
- Company offers $10K for fuel truck theft conviction
- Battlefield boys take out Stonewall 47-29
- Stonewall Jackson, Battlefield send gymnasts to states
- Brentsville girls end regular season perfect in district
- Holy Trinity finally opens to public
- Battlefield boys send seven to states
- Raider wrestlers gear up for post-season
- Merrimac Farm sold to state, preserving land from developers
- VRE takes closer look at westward plunge
- Bobcats send two, Raiders send one to regions
- Former homeless tell their stories to Brentsville High students
- Bobcats send two, Raiders one to gymnastics regions
- Tiger boys take out Colonels in Nokesville 62-55
- Brown, Hammel end gymnastics regular season with a bang
- Raider swimmers qualify for regions
- Brentsville boys, girls advance to regions with district titles
- Weir rejoins Haymarket Town Council
- Sudley Park slated for fall opening
- County approves 210 new Haymarket houses
- Bobcat swimmers come together to take out Raiders
- Battlefield girls take 10 golds at home track meet
- Prince William gets first snow fall of 2008
- Western PW officials talk transportation, development with residents
- Weir resigns from Haymarket Town Council
- Sparks fly as Haymarket Town Council debates $2.3M property deal
- Bobcat gymnasts gaining on Yellow Jackets
- Battlefield rally falls short against Stonewall
- Raider girls devastate Battlefield 80-29
- Haymarket approves $2.3M property deal
- Mason leads Brentsville over Central in overtime, 66-57
- Tiger girls on top of district as second half of season begins
- Battlefield collapses in second half, loses to Gar-Field 66-51
- Bob Marshall declares Senate bid
- Raider girls win, boys lose at tournaments
- Battlefield girls win first-ever tournament, beat Briar Woods 38-26
- 2007 High School Sports Year-in-Review
- Raider gymnasts show signs of potential two weeks into winter season
- Raider girls trounce Falcons 81-39
- Raider boys beat Fauquier 52-46

