.Thea LaFond waited five years for another chance to compete in the Olympics. On Friday, her first attempt in the triple jump set a personal best, tops in her qualifying group, and advanced to Sunday's finals. Read more Montgomery Community Media: mymcmedia.org/kennedy-high-t…

The pain was evident in Thea LaFond's voice. The Kennedy HS grad was so close to medaling in the Olympic women's triple jump, but she had gone just a bit too far before taking off. Her jump was a foul, her Tokyo dream over. More Montgomery Community Media: mymcmedia.org/triple-jumper-…

The first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold in wrestling, MCPS graduate Helen Maroulis OLY battled to compete in Tokyo, but she fell in a tightly-contested semifinal in a battle of 2016 Olympic champions. My story on Montgomery Community Media: mymcmedia.org/rockville-nati…

What an accomplishment for Rockville native Helen Maroulis OLY as she becomes the first U.S. woman to win two Olympic medals, dominating her opponent to win bronze in Tokyo! MCPS Athletics MCPS. Read more Montgomery Community Media: mymcmedia.org/rockville-nati…

Quite a start for Good Counsel GC Football alum and defending gold medalist Kyle Snyder in Tokyo. Kyle Snyder beat Canadian Jordan Steen 12-2 by tech fall in the 97kg freestyle wrestling opening round Montgomery Community Media

And wrestler Kyle Snyder is into the semis in Tokyo. Another dominant win, beating Italy’s Abraham de Jesus Conyedo Ruano, 6-0 in the 97kg quarterfinals. Two wins away from defending his gold medal. Montgomery Community Media

Kyle Snyder’s next match comes in a session that starts Friday at 515a. His will be the fourth match. Montgomery Community Media

Tough to be better than Kyle Snyder has been so far in Tokyo. He beat Turkey’s Suleyman Karadeniz 5-0 in the 97kg semis and will wrestle for his second consecutive Olympic gold! Montgomery Community Media GC Football Good Counsel

Good Counsel alum Kyle Snyder dominated his first three opponents, setting up a showdown for Olympic wrestling gold early Saturday morning ET. Good Counsel GC Football Montgomery County MD Read more Montgomery Community Media: mymcmedia.org/former-good-co…

You could sense the tension throughout the 97kg freestyle wrestling gold medal match, but Good Counsel Kyle Snyder could not pull out the victory, dropping a 6-3 decision to Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev in a highly-anticipated match Montgomery Community Media

They had split world championship finals, with Snyder winning in 2017 and Sadulaev in 2018. The buildup for Saturday's final was considereable. While Snyder was the aggressor, he fell behind and was unable to catch up Montgomery Community Media: mymcmedia.org/in-wrestling-s…

Just read this story. Surprised it doesn’t mention the safety concerns of having 19- and even 20-year-olds potentially playing 14- and 15-year-olds, unless there was an age restriction that isn’t mentioned?

This is amazing in so many ways.

As our kids look forward to yet another half day this week, a random idea: what about a half day that starts later (instead of finishing earlier) so the kids can sleep late?

Congratulations to Week 3 Go Bowling Military Bowl DC Touchdown Club High School Football Player of the Week, Urbana senior Keegan Johnson. He competed 10 of 13 passes for 249 yards and 5 TDs, all in the first half.

Riddle me this: I’m sure the time is dictated by TV, but what other major sporting event is played on a Sunday afternoon instead of prime time?

Not quite on the scale of “the demons have been exercised” but every long suffering Washington Capitals fan knows these days don’t come around often. They took the hard route for sure, but came thru and now they’ll get a shot at the big bad Prez Trophy winners. Playoff hockey is the best!

Run 4 Roses Classic, 2027 Platinum Champs, Virginia Hurricanes! Virginia Hurricanes