Spring Season Underway!
Despite some wild weather this week our spring sports programs got into full swing this week after a great round of try-outs. Both soccer programs got their first scrimmage under their belts against Wakefield, showing a lot of growth from last year and the girls lacrosse teams took on Osbourn, seeing many girls hit the turf for their first game ever! Friday saw a number of scrimmages get rescheduled due to some cold, wet weather but those games will all be made up on Monday, so be sure to get out and see the work our athletes and coaches have been putting in!
GO ATOMS!!
Annandale Unified Basketball
Last Sunday Annandale HS played host to the Unified Special Olympics basketball tournament. The Atoms squad took on Woodson and Yorktown, playing hard and having a great time in the process. Special thanks to Coach Lee and Coach Gokturk for all of their hard work!
Coaches Corner
Check out what our Atom's Coaches are saying about their programs! Each week our coaches will give a recap, provide a look ahead, or recognize a student-athlete.
BASEBALL, Chris Bagot:
Annandale Baseball completed their tryouts and first two weeks of practice. We are excited to start the season with 29 players in the program, including seniors Evan Newton, Ben Warth, David Sewall, Hadi Siddique, and Adam Sobalvarro. Varsity scrimmages Monday (vs Osbourn) and Friday (vs Alexandria City). JV scrimmages Tuesday (vs Mt. Vernon) and Friday (at Alexandria City).
BOYS LACROSSE, Bill Maglisceau:
Boys’ Lacrosse is looking forward to the our first scrimmages Saturday March 4 at Hylton HS – JV 8:15am / VAR 9:30am. The following Saturday March 11 we will be helping deliver mulch to benefit the AHS PTSA and its “ALL NIGHT GRADUATION PARTY” for the class of 2023. If you are interested in helping out we are in need of trucks, trailers and flat beds to facilitate moving the mulch. We also need any vehicles to help transport the players to the delivery locations. In addition, any food/drink donations to help keep the energy up would be amazing. The coaches appreciate your support!
TENNIS, Steven Zaret:
Looking for some new tennis gear for the spring? Check out our online team store
OUTDOOR TRACK, Phil Harris:
This week the Outdoor Track season began practice. We had a great participation numbers. We held time trials and are getting the team organized to figure out what events they will compete. Our first meet of the season is March 15 at Mt Vernon.
Director's Cut
Get a behind the scenes look at our Performing Arts as they share recaps, a preview to performances, or what is going on their classes!
PERFORMING ARTS
In the Spring, AHS Performing Arts will be embarking on their Spring Trip to Florida, getting the opportunity to work with two college performing arts departments along the way. Donate at tinyurl.com/SpringTripDonate to support students getting to go on this trip!
ORCHESTRA, Director Annie Ray:
Orchestra is excited to welcome Grammy nominated artist, Christylez Bacon, to our classes next week to kick off his residency with us! We are lucky enough to be one of the seven schools in Virginia to be awarded the 2023 Wolf Trap Educator Grant, and are using these funds to explore improvisation, blending styles and cultures of music, and creating beats with Christylez. This residency ends with a day of performing our original work and exploring arts careers at Wolf Trap. Catch our performance with Christylez at Annandale High School on May 18 at 7:00 pm in the auditorium!
CHORUS, Director Pat Vaughn
February 10-11, 34 members of the Annandale Choir Department participated in District Chorus held at South County Secondary School. This is a huge honor and a testament to their work ethic and commitment to their art. Please join me in congratulating them on this great achievement!
Members of the Mixed Choir (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) from AHS are:
Macy Best, Gabby Bolanos, Jaden Carothers, TK Decareau, Juliana Flores, Adonis Garcia Abarca, Jessup Gravitt, Bilal Hammod Majzoub, Timothy Hurd, Ethan Jackson, Abbie Lee, Charlie McGinity, Drew McKenna, Tyler Miller, Amelia Mongold, Charlotte Moore, Nick Ong, Esteban Rambal-Pinero, Jasson Rodriguez-Regalado, Finn Sample, Ramzy Tabbah
Hannah Vaughn, Joshua Vaughn and Sean Visperas
Members of the Treble Choir (Freshman and Sophomore Soprano, Alto) from AHS are:
Lina Abuelhawa, Julia Albertani, Harper Chapman, Sophia Demers, Anna Fitzgerald, Louise Fitzgerald, Angela Fuentes-Quinteros, Lizzie Gronberg, Haru Hernandez, Christine Mahoney
Megan Murray and Angela Salazar
By securing a chair in District Chorus, each of these students also had the opportunity to audition for the prestigious All-Virginia Chorus comprised of students from all over the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Out of the 21 students from AHS that prepared and auditioned for All-Virginia, I am pleased to announce that 2 students have been selected and will perform with the Mixed Ensemble of the All Virginia Choir Weekend at the end of April in Richmond, VA. Ramzy Tabbah (12) placed 1st chair in the Bass 2 section and Tyler Miller (9) placed 2nd chair, also in the Bass 2 section. In addition, Jessup Gravitt (12) placed as the 1st alternate in the Tenor 2 section, Nick Ong (12) placed as the 1st alternate in the Bass 1 section, and Sean Visperas (9) placed as the 2nd alternate in the Tenor 1 section. Please join me in congratulating these students on this incredible achievement.
BAND, Director Tyron Barnes:
The Annandale High School Wind Ensemble will perform in the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association's District 10 High School Concert Assessment on Friday, March 3rd, at 6:55 pm at West Potomac High School.
Athletic Training Wrap
Our Athletic Trainers, Ryan Hughes and Kathy Ayers, work really hard behind the scenes of our Athletic events and they would like to share some tips and advice they give the student-athletes at Annandale High School everyday.
TIP OF THE WEEK
As the weather starts getting warmer, a higher pollen count for Spring will be in the air. Over the counter meds such as Zyrtec, Flo-Nase and Claritin can help with itchy, watery eyes and general seasonal allergies
From the Boosters
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Please note that for the last year and a half, Fairfax County Public Schools paid for a countywide subscription for all schools and their communities. Unfortunately, FCPS will no longer be paying these fee. All of our events that take place on our stadium field and in our gymnasium will continue to be streamed live on the NFHS Network, but will now have a pay wall that the consumer will need to pay for.
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Weekly Schedule
March 6 - 11
Monday, March 6
Girls Tennis @ West Potomac - 4:00pm
Boys Tennis vs West Potomac - 4:00pm
JV/V Girls Soccer @ West Springfield - 5:45/7:15pm
JV/V Boys Soccer @ Unity Reed - 5:30/7:00pm
V Softball vs Parkview - 6:00pm
V Baseball vs Osbourn - 6:00pm
Tuesday, March 7
JV Baseball @ Mt. Vernon - 6:00pm
V Softball vs Osbourn - 6:30pm
Wednesday, March 8
JV/V Girls Lacrosse - 6/7:30pm
Thursday, March 9
Girls Tennis vs Osbourn - 4:30pm
Boys Tennis @ Osbourn - 4:30pm
JV/V Boys Lacrosse vs Rock Ridge - 6/7:15pm
Friday, March 10
JV Baseball @ Alexandria City - 6:00pm
V Baseball vs Alexandria City - 6:00pm
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