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in a recent world championship karate competition in South Africa. Mossadeghi, 15, advanced to the worlds after winning the gold medal in sparring for the 14-17 age group at an East Coast Regional Tournament. It was the second consecutive year Mossadeghi won the East Coast Regional title. He has participated in karate since age 6 at the Fairfax Shotokan Karate Club. “It used to just be a hobby, but now it’s more of a sport; almost like a lifestyle,” Mossadeghi said.
of former local high school baseball players are having good professional seasons for their minor league teams this summer. n Oakton High School graduate Alfredo Rodriguez is playing for the Joliet Slammers in Illinois in the independent Frontier League. The 26-year-old shortstop was batting .289 through 78 games with 21 stolen bases, 11 doubles, three home runs and 25 RBI. He hit .287 last season for Joliet with four homers and 39 RBI. After playing at the University of Maryland, Rodriguez was drafted in 2012 in the 17th round by the Milwaukee Brewers, then played three summers of minor league ball in their system. n Bishop O’Connell High School graduate Michael Katz, 24, is a first baseman in the New York Mets organization playing for the Class A St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League. He has been playing in the Mets’ organization for three summers, after being drafted in the ninth round in 2014 after playing at the College of William and Mary. Through 81 games this season, the 6-3 right-handed hitter had 64 hits, including two homers and 31 RBI. n McLean High School graduate Phil Morse is a right-handed relief pitcher for the Class A short-season Auburn Doubledays of the New York-Penn League.
and Langley High School student Omeed Mossadeghi won a silver medal
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AUTUMN BRENNER: McLean High School graduate Autumn Brenner, a freshman on the women’s volleyball team at the College of William and Mar, was named the Colonial Athletic Association’s Rookie of the Week on Aug. 29 after the squad’s opening weekend at Clemson’s Big Orange Bash. Brenner got the call to be the team’s setter in all three matches and all 15 sets. She responded with 8.8 assists per set
(132 total). That ranked second among all players at the four-team tournament, and places Brenner fourth in the CAA after the first weekend of play. Brenner’s 132 total assists is currently the highest total among all conference players, and more than the totals put up by five other whole teams. She also had five aces over the weekend, as well as 25 digs, six blocks, and seven kills while hitting .375 percent. In the season-opening victory over Clemson, Brenner made her collegiate debut with 39 assists, eight digs and three kills; then had a weekend-best 52 assists with two aces and three more kills against Wofford.
She wrapped up the weekend with her first double-double, 41 assists and 13 digs, in the five-set match against High Point, and also added two more aces and three blocks.
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government regulations on sick leave for employees. Hernick, a Pentagon City resident and environmental consultant, won the Republican nomination against hard-right contender Michael Webb for the chance to go up against Alexandria’s Beyer, who in 2015 succeeded Jim Moran. Beyer won 63 percent against four challengers in the 2014 race, with his margin likely to be boosted this year by the high turnout anticipated for the presidential race. (Julio Gracia, a Falls Church resident running as an independent, also is on the ballot, and participated in the Civic Fed-
eration debate.) Beyer, Hernick and Gracia tackled issues ranging from tax reform to the environment to health care. The incumbent – who said he offers constituents “proven experience, tested leadership” – said he wasn’t phoning in his run for a second term. “I take this race very seriously, and I take my responsibilities very seriously,” Beyer said. But he’s already looking ahead: Beyer said, if re-elected, he would press for a seat on the powerful House Ways & Means Committee, which handles tax policy.
YOUNG FLYERS TRACK AND FIELD:
Omeed Mossadeghi of Great Falls won a silver medal in a world karate competition.
Morse, 22, graduated from Shenandoah University this spring, then in June was chosen in the 16th round by the Washington Nationals. Through 13 games, Morse had a 1-0 record in 15 innings with 13 strikeouts and one save. GREAT FALLS RESIDENT WINS WORLD KARATE MEDAL: Great Falls resident
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The Potomac Valley Track Club invites young athletes from grades 1 through 8 to join its Young Flyers youth track and field program on Sundays, Oct. 2 to Dec. 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center. Visit www. pvtc.org/youth or call Jay Jacob Wind at (703) 927-4833. GOLF TOURNAMENT: The second an-
nual Arlington Food Assistance Center Golf Tournament, presented by McLean Mortgage, is Sept. 22 at the Westfields Golf Club in Clifton, with a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start. For more information, visit www. afac.org. Golf Club’s 2016 traveling league is re-
DAN POWERS: Madison High School graduate Dan Powers, was a starting junior pitcher for the College of William and Mary baseball team this past spring season. He was named Colonial Athletic Association Pitcher of the Week a couple of times during the 2016 campaign for the Division I Tribe. For the season, the 6-foot-2 righthander compiled an 8-6 record and 4.69 earned run average. His 94 innings
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pitched were the second most on the team. Powers struck out 39 batters and walked 23 for the Tribe, which finished the spring season with an overall 31-31 record. He helped the team win the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament, which included his first career complete game in a 5-1 nine-inning win over Northeastern. Powers then pitched in the region tournament where the team finished 2-2 and eliminated defending World Series champion Virginia. Powers was an all-district pitcher when he played for Madison.
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tain day, that does not determine what place I finish. Our goal this year was to win the track championship. Also a big thank you to my father, who has done all the work on the car throughout the whole season.” NASCAR legends Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison and Richard Petty have raced at Southside near Richmond.