Vienna 13-15s End Season On High Note Despite Loss

Vienna's run came to an end Saturday, as they dropped a 14-4 decision to Tallassee, Ala.

Fundraising Tourney Kicks Off In Nats Stadium

More than $380,000 raised in "Kyle's Kamp," a baseball tournament honoring 8-year-old leukemia patient

At this time last year, a few dozen teams from across the D.C. region were taking to fields in Vienna and across Fairfax County to play in the first-ever Kyle's Kamp Wood Bat baseball tournament, in honor of Kyle Hahne, a now-8-year-old diagnosed with leukemia in the fall of 2010. The three-day tournament for Kyle, the son of local baseball coach Rob Hahne and Madison High School teacher Kieran Hahne, raised more than $10,000 in its first run for the Children's National Medical Center for pediatric cancer care through individual and team donation and wood bat, T-shirt and food sales. Most of the teams gave a team tournament donation of anywhere between $75 to $300 in place of a tournament registration fee. What a difference a year can make…

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Favero, Graham, MacKeith Sign College Baseball Commitments

Prospect Academy hosts gala for signing ceremony

Prospects Baseball Academy honored its senior players who have signed to play baseball at the collegiate level Nov. 12 at the inaugural Diamond Club Gala. Mitch MacKeith, a left-handed pitcher from Marshall High School, along with Madison High School seniors Nate Favero, an infielder, and Johnny Graham, a catcher, are among the 16 players from the class of 2012 Prospects who will play at a Division 1 or Division 2 school next year. Favero, also a star basketball player for the Warhawks, will take the diamond at Brigham Young University. Graham, who along with Favero led Madison's baseball team to the Northern Region Semifinals last year, signed with the Air Force. MacKeith will head to Radford University to join the Highlanders' bullpen. …

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Vienna’s MVP Terps Sweep Mickie Gordon Tournament in Purcellville

U14 team posts 50 runs

Vienna’s MVP Terps (U14) won the Mickie Gordon Tournament over Memorial Day Weekend by posting 50 runs and surrendering only seven in five games. In the opening game at Fireman’s Field, Pete Nielsen with John Cerretani in relief combined to shut down the Western Loudoun Thunder 5-1. Hits came from Connor Grammes, Patrick Ryan, John DeFazio, Jimmy Goldsmith, Matt Favero and Carlo Alfano. In a 13-2 victory over the Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth (GLBR), the Terps gathered 10 hits, including three by Cerretani, two apiece by DeFazio and Ryan, and more by Alfano, Sam Kase, and David McGuire. DeFazio got the win with McGuire and Goldsmith in relief. In a tight battle (2-0) with the Ashburn Mustangs, Grammes threw six innings of shut-out ball with …

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Madison Baseball Continues Regional Run

Advances to Northern Region semi-finals with late-rally win over Yorktown

Despite trailing Yorktown 7-3 going into the bottom of the fifth inning on Monday, the Madison High School baseball team knew it wasn't ready to give up yet. And proved it. That inning they scored five runs on six hits -- and later in the game knocked two homeruns -- to defeat the Yorktown Patriots 11-8 in the Northern Region quarterfinals at Lake Braddock High School. “When you work as hard as we do in the off-season you just don’t surrender,” Madison Coach Mark Gjormand. “I told them not to get frustrated if they make a few mistakes, but our team is very resilient. We’ve done this all year.” A big performance for the Warhawks came from senior Eli Facenda. Facenda came in the top of the fifth and pitched three solid innings for Madison, …

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Madison Baseball Advances In Northern Region Playoffs

Warhawks will play in quarterfinals at Lake Braddock on Monday

A storm may have postponed Madison High School's game against West Springfield on Friday night, but it certainly didn't slow Warhawk Baseball down. The team came back on Saturday to beat the defending state champion West Springfield 10-6. Friday's weather left the game hanging in the bottom of the second inning, with Madison leading 3-2 with no outs. On Saturday, the Warhawks picked up where they left off: with Ben Powers at the plate with a 2-1 count. With the up-the-middle single that followed, Powers launched Madison into a five-run rally, as the Warhawks left the inning leading 8-2. Sophomore pitcher Andy McGuire was a standout on the mound and at the plate. He  held West Springfield at bay as the Warhawks increased their lead, …

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