DaLawn Parrish leaves the juggernaut he built at Wise, insists he’s ‘not done’
After 17 seasons and six state titles with the Pumas, DaLawn Parrish said he is taking a break from coaching.
By Michael ErrigoIn third year, defending Maryland private champ Mt. Zion Prep fights on
Mt. Zion Prep dropped Sunday morning’s game to North Carolina’s 1 of 1 Academy, but it was another learning experience for the new-look Warriors.
By Michael ErrigoCalifornia lawmakers pushed a tackle football ban. Families pushed back.
After years of defending tackle football in Sacramento, the sport’s supporters know how to fight back. This month brought perhaps their biggest scare to date.
By Albert SamahaA tightknit team, as seen through a White Elephant gift exchange
How an Ice Spice Chia Pet, a tortilla blanket and a silly book bonded the Richard Montgomery girls’ basketball team on its holiday trip to Baltimore.
By Charlyn ChuFriendship Tech, growing in confidence, is keeping its eyes on the prize
The Titans allow just six points in the second half of a 45-point rout while they stay focused on a higher goal of a state title.
By Noah FergusonDunbar girls, McKinley boys repeat as DCIAA indoor track champs
Crimson Tide edges Jackson-Reed to capture a fifth straight girls’ title with a win in the final event of the night. The Trainers also repeated as boys’ champs.
By Nicky WolcottWizards to honor former St. John’s coach Patrick Behan amid ALS fight
The Wizards will wear shooting shirts honoring Behan at Saturday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs.
By Ava WallaceBullis track breaks national relay record; Blair dominates girls’ wrestling invite
In other winter sports notes: Stone Ridge senior Addie Shannon is excelling in a second sport; DeMatha boys’ hockey has visions of a 2023-like finish.
By Washington Post staffWith his late dad’s advice in mind, everything is clicking for Tony Pope
The senior point guard, who lost his father to cancer in 2018, has Gwynn Park undefeated and with visions of a state title.
By Noah FergusonA skull defect kept him from soccer, so he became a swimming star
Evan Mackesy underwent a full cranial reconstruction as a boy. He is soon headed to Purdue, but first he aims to break all of Magruder’s records.
By Sam JaneHockey midseason rankings: St. John’s boys, Visitation girls on top
Hockey season is hitting the home stretch before postseason play arrives.
By Aaron Credeur and Jakob BowenThe area’s main indoor track is back in business, much to everyone’s relief
Renovations at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex complicated many high school teams’ schedules early this season.
By Nicky WolcottRiver Hill goes from Princeton offense to run and gun; Dunbar hardened by schedule
In other high school basketball notes: Bullis’s Caden Diggs signs with Old Dominion; experience gives Briar Woods girls an edge.
By Washington Post staffBoys’ basketball Top 20: Holiday weekend brings a bevy of good games
Teams throughout the area played in tournaments against teams from across the country.
By Washington Post staffGirls’ basketball Top 20: McNamara is the new No. 1; Mt. Zion shocks PVI
Sidwell Friends is knocked from its usual perch from the top, and in come the Mustangs.
By Washington Post staffLong Reach’s power trio are enjoying hoops harmony in Howard County
The Lightning’s high-scoring senior threesome of RJ Barnes Jr., Jayden Saunders and Junior Nunez is leaving the rest of Howard County looking for answers.
By Varun ShankarMcNamara girls have a new coach, but Mustangs’ level stays high
Ron James, a major player in the AAU world, took the Mustangs in August.
By Michael ErrigoBake sale, T-shirts and donated equipment helped this hockey team fly
In their inaugural season, the Bishop O’Connell girls are off to a fast start.
By Jakob BowenVirginia has no shot clock, and some coaches think it’s a ‘travesty’
Many in Northern Virginia agree: It’s time to implement a device that will change play for the better.
By Spencer Nusbaum