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he Stafford County Board of Supervisors selected Thomas C. Coen as its interim George Washington District supervisor on Wednesday, when he was also sworn in.

Coen was one of seven applicants. He and two others--Anthony “Tony” DeTora and Gordon Silver-were interviewed for the job Wednesday.

The seat was vacated THOMAS C. COEN

by Supervisor Robert “Bob” Thomas, Jr., who is now a delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Coen will serve as interim supervisor until the board holds a special election in November to fill the remainder of the George Washington District term.

The winner of the special election will be sworn in after the election.

“After much discussion and interviews with the three most qualified candidates, we have decided to appoint Tom Coen,” said supervisors’ Chairwoman Meg Bohmke, R-Falmouth. The decision was based on Coen’s experience with Stafford County on its planning commission and other boards, and commissions as well as with the schools, where he is a U.S. government teacher at Colonial Forge High School, she said.

Bohmke said that Cohen has “demonstrated a dedication to the community and an understanding of our challenges and goals.”

Fast dance, slow dance or letting dad do all the work seemed to make no difference to the 40 young ladies who got dressed in gowns for the fourth annual Princesses Ball on Saturday evening. For more from the festivities, see Page 8.

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Petition pushes developer, board to fix Aquia Towne Center ALEX KOMA

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petition with nearly 1,200 signatures on Change.org asks that the developer of Aquia Towne Center get moving on plans for the plaza.

Aquia Harbour resident Kim Fischetti started the petition out of frustration over the long-stalled project. Her home backs up to the plaza, located off U.S. 1 adjacent to Aquia Harbour.

The petition, with just under 1,200

signatures as of Monday, asks Mosaic Realty Partners and the Stafford County Board of Supervisors to take action.

A portion of the petition states: “Stafford residents are disgusted by the dilapidated condition of the Aquia Towne Center, which has not been developed in over 10 years… .”

It goes on to note that garbage and rubble litter the plaza, making the area look poor and depressed. Also the petition states that it is impossible to attract new residents due to the

damage done to neighboring home values.

Mosaic, of Baltimore, Maryland, purchased the 25-acre plaza for $6.15 million in June 2015, but the plaza has struggled for a decade. RamcoGershenson, the previous owner, tore down the shopping center in 2005 with plans to revitalize the plaza, but that didn’t happen.

Eron Sodie, who represents Mosaic, said Tuesday that a setback BOARD

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Prince William’s Sawyers slipping in fundraising for 1st District race ALEX KOMA

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Prince William County School Board Chairman Ryan Sawyers has fallen a bit behind in the cash race among the group of Democrats vying to challenge Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st District, this fall.

According to new campaign finance documents released this month, Wittman still boasts a massive lead in both money raised and cash in the bank over the four Democrats running against him in the snaking Congressional district, which runs from western Prince William County down to Virginia’s eastern shore. But Sawyers is no longer the top fundraiser on the Democratic side; that distinction belongs to John Suddarth, a Prince William native and Mechanicsville businessman who entered the race last November.

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occurred when a prospective anchor tenant, pulled out of the project in 2017.

Sodie said the reasons were unrelated to Stafford or the site.

“We ceased construction when that happened and will resume when we have the right anchor tenant or retailers to re-start,” Sodie explained in an email to InsideNoVa. Meanwhile, Sodie said, some clean-up efforts are beginning soon with more planned for the spring.

The petition asks Mosaic to develop the property and clean up its mess or sell the property to a company that will develop it with businesses Stafford residents want and need. It asks the board of supervisors to do what it takes to ensure the mess is cleaned up and to work with Mosaic or a company it sells to, to ensure

In all, Suddarth pu l le d in ab out $26,800 from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2017, and he has just over $25,000 left in the bank, giving him the most cash on hand of any Democrat.

Over the same pe- EDWIN SANTANA riod Sawyers managed to raise slightly over $10,300 and he has about $12,600 in the bank, a far cry from the $39,000 or so he had on hand at the end of last October. Sawyers has largely been RYAN SAWYERS self-funding his race so far, pouring in about $76,700 of the

that the plaza is properly developed.

Fischetti said in a Facebook post urging people to sign the petition: “If you are sick of staring at the garbage pit for which Stafford has become infamous, please take a minute to sign this petition and let both Mosaic and the Stafford board know that we demand action.”

Aquia Towne Center was constructed in 1988, but in later years, many businesses in the plaza struggled, especially after its anchor store, Shoppers Food Warehouse, relocated to Stafford Marketplace off Garrisonville Road in 2004.

In later years, plans for a mixed-use, upscale work and live area fell by the wayside, despite apartments making their way to the plaza.

“Aquia Towne Center is a great site and we’re as anxious as the local community to see it reach its full potential,” Sodie noted.

more than $111,000 he’s raised since launching his candidacy last spring. For this reporting period, he only gave his campaign about $790.

Stafford County JOHN SUDDARTH resident Edwin Santana reported pulling in about $6,100, and he has just over $9,400 left in the bank.

In her first fundraising report of the campaign, King County resident Vangie WilVANGIE WILLIAMS liams reported raising about $9,600, though she has just under $1,900 left on hand.

All of those numbers pale in comparison to Wittman’s fundraising efforts, as he prepares for his seventh bid for reelection. He has more than $953,000 in the bank, and raised more than $126,000 from October through December last year, bringing his total for this campaign to about $625,000 in contributions.

Much like previous reporting cycles, the majority of Wittman’s contributions came courtesy of political action committees. In all, just over half of Wittman’s haul came from PACs, for a total of about $68,700.

His top donations included a $5,000 contribution from a PAC representing Arlington-based defense contractor DRS Technologies and a $4,000 check from a PAC controlled by employees of the California-based Cubic Corporation, a transportation and defense contractor.

Wittman has never received less than 56 percent of the vote since first winning the seat in a special election in 2007, and he most recently won re-election in 2016 with nearly 60 percent of all ballots tallied.

Equity, Diversity & Opportunity Committee taking flight TRACY BELL

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A new superintendent’s committee dedicated to address challenges in the schools system is getting off the ground, according to a report at Tuesday’s Stafford County Board of Supervisors meeting.

Stafford County Public Schools’ Superintendent Bruce Benson told supervisors the Equity, Diversity and Opportunity Committee --the first of its kind in the school division and will be composed of parents, teachers, students, school-based and central office administrators and community members-- is being organized.

The community members may include faith leaders, business leaders and other community partners.

The committee will look at challenges facing the schools division, such as achievement gaps in read-

ing and math, cultural competence and recognition, differentiated resources and support, disproportionate discipline, gifted education and specialty programs access, bullying issues and more, according to Benson.

“This is not a short-term effort for the school division,” Benson said. “I see the work of this committee being long-range, and we’ve got a number of things I think we’ll be examining throughout the schools system.”

Benson noted that the school board is asking for committee recommendations in the next three to six months.

The committee’s first meeting will be Feb. 28 and Benson is seeking committee members.

About 30 members will make up the committee, Benson said, which will allow for a broad perspective.

Charlene Green, manager for

the Office of Human Rights for the city of Charlottesville, will attend the first meeting to help get the committee off the ground, according to Benson.

Providing an example of an issue the committee will address, Benson said that the school board has received reports related to its International Baccalaureate program, Advanced Placement Programs of Excellence and the Commonwealth Governor’s School.

Specifically, Benson spoke about reviewing participation and whether that participation mirrors its student population.

“I think there are some challenges there for us to take a look at,” Benson said. “This will be a vehicle for us to review that data and enhance participation.”

He added that the committee would be interested in locating barriers to such opportunities.

Potential committee members can send an email of interest to Benson at bensonwb@staffordschools.net.

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school systems. We do very well My high school class graduin this comparison. However, ated the year of our nation’s bisince my days on the school centennial. We had long hair, board, that competitive group, which my father hated, wore that benchmark if you will, awful clothes and listened has changed. Some 15 years to some great music. And ago we rarely factored in counthough I couldn’t wait to graduDAVID KERR ties to our north, such as Prince ate from high school, I knew I William and Fairfax. But it’s these school had some great teachers. systems that have started to lure away For the most part, with the occasional some of our best and most experienced fresh-faced new hire or the retirement of teachers. one of our older teachers, it was pretty Sure it’s a commute, but, for say an much the same group I remember from additional $15,000 a year, it’s probably my freshmen year. The workforce was exceptionally stable. Our county put a lot worth it. Also, course loads and benefits of emphasis on making sure they held on compare favorably. So, not surprisingly, we’ve lost some of the talent we’ve to good teachers, and it paid off. trained because our mid-level pay scales However, when teacher turnover is just aren’t competitive. What’s more, as high, that dynamic--the balance and continuity in the workforce--is disrupted. the gap in the pay scales is run out to 30 That’s a problem we’ve had in the Stafford years, we fall way behind.

It’s also important to consider the school system for several years, and it’s mindset of a mid-level teacher. These are continuing. And pay is a big part of the young and early middle-aged employproblem. ees. Since beginning their career with Giving credit where credit is due, the Stafford schools, they might have gotten Stafford County Public Schools division has done a good job at making entry-lev- married and maybe had children. As a result they tend to be much more responel pay competitive. This was important. sive to financial incentives.

Thing is, it’s that group in the middle, We pay teachers with 20 years of serthose with 10 to 20 years of experience vice $68,042 if they have a bachelor’s deand beyond, who don’t fare so well when gree and $72,422 if they have a master’s. compared to some of our neighbors.

Not bad when compared to what other But it important to take a second look Fredericksburg areas schools pay, but at who we’re really competing against. weak when compared to Prince William.

The school division usually likes to comPrince William County Public Schools pare salaries to our Fredericksburg-area

pay teachers $80,028 a year if they have 20 years of service and a bachelor’s degree, and $85,627 if they have a master’s.

That’s a big gap, and it’s costing us.

New teachers come to Stafford, get their feet wet, get trained, hone their skills and then look at the pay scales; and many start to think again about their future in our system. Stafford has to make remedying this gap a priority.

But there are other issues. For one thing, as noted by Nicole Albertson in her Stafford blog, the counties to our north receive a state subsidy called “Cost of Competing.” It was designed to help counties in the Northern Virginia region keep pace with the higher pay offered in the immediate Maryland and Virginia suburbs. We get a little of this money.

Very little. Prince William gets a lot more. Perhaps it’s time for the legislature, and our delegation, to take a serious look at the way the “cost of competing” formula works.

Also, while pay is a big factor it isn’t the only reason teachers choose to stay or go. But more and more it’s pay that is becoming an important part of their decision making for mid-career teachers.

Given our fiscal constraints, we probably can’t match our neighbors to the north.

But, perhaps we could narrow the gap a little.

Unfortunately, it’s not clear that the school system fully appreciates this fact.

But they really should make it a priority because it’s a serious problem, and it’s probably going to get worse.

David Kerr, a former member of the Stafford County School Board, is an instructor in political science at VCU and can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

Are we entering an ever-growing, mindless void? about, as represented in their It seems to me…there are statement that is not markettrends that slowly take shape ing hype. and bring about change, While I never participated sometimes for good and in the derby, I did participate sometimes not. in racing car models built Recently, I read about the from a kit. The cars were carved declining interest in and possible HARVEY GOLD out of a block of wood, painted demise of the Soap Box Derby and decorated. This model was and couldn’t help but think about on a small scale compared to the derby what this might indicate. I think we all model. Although, it did require that all could agree that the Soap Box Derby is the work be done by the child, it did inmore than a race, sport or event. All the volve family mentoring and the resulting boys and girls who participate with adult bonding. The derby on a much greater guidance learn to plan, prioritize, devote many hours in building the derby vehicle scale creates mentoring and bonding, and all the other benefits their statement they will drive in a downhill race to claims. Above all, I believe it does so compete for awards and the opportunity much more: It builds moral strength by to go to Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio, teaching respect for others in the race, and try to be the best soap box builder that while winning is nice, losing is not and racer in the country. I’ve known one to me shamed, and that the effort to family in Stafford who has participated for years, allowing each of their children, reach the starting line, not the finish line, is the main goal. All are really winners male and female, the same opportunity because they showed up with the best to be part of this character-building, they could bring to the competition. family-bonding activity.

So what’s the big deal about not having If you go to the derby website you will the Soap Box Derby in Fredericksburg? see what the program is and has been all

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Well, it’s not just a Fredericksburg issue.

Having it in Fredericksburg allowed young folks from Stafford and surrounding areas an opportunity to participate, and its absence affects the entire area.

While there still are plenty of activities for the youth, like a variety of sports, music, dancing and drama for example, losing the derby removes one more character-building activity from the list of opportunities to learn a variety of skills that build self-confidence and social skills. And, in a world that has become more isolated by the growing attachment to and short attention span from the submersion into the electronic world and the dependence on it, it is a loss.

The adverse effects this electronic world has on our youth, and adults for that matter, is no longer debatable.

One only needs to look around and see all ages attached to their electronic devices, sending mundane messages that, in the clear majority of cases GOLD have absolutely no urgency PAGE 5 or need to know to some-

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one who is unfortunately interested in receiving this un-useful nonsense. What is worse is the compulsion to constantly hold or go to the device to look for the flowing drivel.

Don’t misunderstand my position. The devices themselves are not the problem.

The way they are used is the problem, and worse is the way we let them be used.

Promoting the less than acceptable social behavior is the problem.

At a concert at the University of Mary Washington, two teenage girls seated with their parents in front of me did not

shut off their cell phones and giggled while they showed each other pictures and messages they were receiving during the concert. When I complained to them, they continued and their mother became angry with me. Their father ignored it all.

They are not the exception.

Look at two or even four people, sometimes parents with children, seated in a restaurant not talking to each other but staring at their cell phones, as if they were waiting for the president of the United States or some head of state or the Pope to contact them to help them solve

TO THE EDITOR I firmly support of the addition of gender identity to the Stafford County Public School’s anti-discrimination policy.

Time and again, I have seen transgender students get harassed because of the gender with which they choose to align themselves. This is preposterous and unacceptable; every student is entitled to the same treatment and respect, regardless of external factors.

This does not, however, seem to be clear to everyone, as anger and hostility toward the LGBTQ community is prevalent. If, however, gender identity were implemented into the policy, already marginalized students would be subjected to a decrease

in negative verbal and physical altercations. This is not something that needs to be deliberated or discussed, but rather it is an action that needs to be taken immediately.

I know that SCPS stands for the equal treatment of all, regardless of race, creed or gender identity.

If they choose not to implement gender identity into the antidiscrimination policy, they should know that one day, in the near future, they will find themselves forever immortalized on the wrong side of history.

Nathaniel Strobl, Senior at Colonial Forge High School

an important world matter. These folks could use a dose of derby.

So, when I see an activity like the Soap Box Derby slowly disappearing, it is a cause for worry. Will we see changing behavioral patterns that lead to lessor social skills or increasing anti-social behavior? Will we allow our children to rely on electronic devices to give them instant capsulated information to rely on, instead of searching for information to make an intelligent decision? Or will we teach them to think for themselves, appreciate learning and become involved

socially, because that leads to more understanding of people and the world around us?

The existence of the Soap Box Derby by itself may not be critical to success in our lives. It is, however, the loss of one more human activity that made us a thinking, learning, discovering, sharing, caring and respectful society that now risks being replaced by an ever-growing mindless void.

Harvey Gold is a contributing writer at InsideNoVa/North Stafford. Reach him at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

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UMW linked to secret lives of WWII women » BY KRISTIN DAVIS

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In 1942, the U.S. Army sent its most handsome officers to women’s colleges across the South. The soldiers came to Virginia, and to the University of Mary Washington, to recruit graduates to break German and Japanese codes.

Southern women, the Army believed, were more susceptible to the charms of a good-looking man.

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Sworn to secrecy, the women—more than 10,000 by the war’s end—never spoke about their work. More than seven decades later, a woman with her own connection to UMW would reveal the contributions that cut short a world war by a year and saved scores of lives.

Best-selling author Liza Mundy returned to UMW recently where she told the story she chronicled in “Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II.” The Great Lives lecture, which accompanies the Great Lives honor courses that began in 2004, drew a crowd of 1,100.

They packed Dodd Auditorium to learn about the female code breakers Mundy calls the “hidden figures of the Greatest Generation.” Among those who came to listen was retired faculty member Jane Gatewood, whose mother was a code girl.

Years earlier, Mundy, then a high school student, had spent a summer at the University for Governor’s School, she said during her presentation. On its campus, she and her classmates created a newspaper they called The Merry Washington Post.

“We thought we were very clever,” she said.

Mundy told how the idea for “Code Girls” was born in 2014 after she read a declassified report about a code-breaking project from World War II. Afterward, she arranged an interview at the National Cryptologic Museum in Maryland.

There, the author first met Elizabeth “Betsy” Smoot, a National Security Agency historian whose knowledge helped lay the groundwork for her book.

Smoot was Betsy Rohaly when she graduated from Mary Washington in 1982 with a degree in geography. She recently retired from the NSA after 34 years.

During that first meeting in 2014, Mundy talked for an hour with Smoot and another woman who would play a key role in the author’s research, the cryptologic museum’s curator, Jennifer Wilcox.

“Those two people happened to be women. They were particularly glad to see someone interested in this story,” Mundy said in an interview.

Smoot directed Mundy to National Archives records and contacted code breakers’ families.

“Betsy answered questions I had along the way and helped in any way that she could,” Mundy said, just as the NSA historian would have done for anyone who asked.

“This school has been very important to me at many different stages of my life,” Mundy said at Dodd Auditorium on Jan. 25.

Her meeting with Smoot marked the second stage. The third would come when she found amid piles of declassified records the name of a Mary Washington graduate.

Virginia Urbin, class of 1943, was one of thousands of Southern women recruited by the Army for the life-saving work.

Finally, Mundy returned to the school for the first time since her days of Governor’s School. Only now she was an awardwinning journalist and best-selling author.

Mundy recounted how the Army, in the beginning of America’s involvement in World War II, targeted four southern states—Virginia among them—in the

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“The great irony of that strategy,” Mundy said, was that “many were looking for an opportunity to get out of a marriage they weren’t quite ready to enter into.”

Mundy would go on to track down, and interview, more than a dozen women for “Code Girls.” Their recollections, along with a mine of declassified records, ultimately unearthed their long-held secrets.

Many of them wouldn’t—and still can’t—quite fathom the depth of their contributions.

The work was among the most important code-breaking efforts of World War II, Mundy said. Day after day, school teachers from the South broke messages that pinpointed the locations of Japanese supply ships.

Over and over, the ships were bombed, she said. The women were so good at their jobs, in fact, that “most of the deaths in the Japanese Army were due to disease because they weren’t getting the supplies they needed.”

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Daughters, dads go on dancing date at Princesses Ball The Rowser Building in mid-county echoed with giggles and squeals of joy as some 40 girls and their adult dates spent Saturday evening at the fourth annual Princesses Ball.

The young ladies, from 3 to 13 years, were attired in prom dresses or gowns, while their fathers sported suits or even took a lighter approach in their fashion statement.

When not dancing or making crafts, the princesses dropped by the buffet of light snacks, punch and a chocolate fountain.

A bashful, young princess makes her way to a photo shoot with two Disney movie characters at the ball on Saturday evening

A highlight of the evening for the ladies was a visit from a pair princess characters out of a Disney movie: Elena and Arial.

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Eleanor gets a little help from her father, Matt, after she lost her slipper at the Princesses Ball.

Cyrus Pohwala provides some help in the buffet line to his daughters Kira, 8, right, and Alondra, 6.

Paula Santoro, left, gives instructions to the princesses and their escorts on how to make a paper crown.

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STAFFORD COUNTY SHERIFF’S BRIEFS STAFFORD MAN FACES FELONY CHARGES FOR LEGO RETURN SCAM A Stafford man faces felony charges after he returned Logos purchased online to the Walmart store on Garrisonville Road in North Stafford, according to Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office spokesperson Amanda Vicinanzo.

The contents of the boxes he returned did not match the description on the boxes, Vicinanzo said.

Christopher Lee-Edward Taylor, 30, of Stafford, allegedly returned the boxes and was reimbursed with over $1,800.

Stafford Deputy A.W. Sypolt responded to a call Jan. 28, at the Walmart after a security guard saw on camera a customer returning a large amount of Legos on multiple occasions. He suspected that the individual was obtaining money by false pretenses.

The first of three incidents occurred on Dec. 30 when Taylor returned several boxes of Legos valued at $593.83.

NO DETENTION FOR JUVENILE WHO ASSAULTED BUS DRIVER Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office detained a boy Feb. 1 for assaulting a substitute bus driver, accord-

ing to Amanda Vicinanzo, public information officer for the sheriff ’s office.

About 4:40 p.m., deputies responded to a call for a fight in progress involving a bus driver in the area of Streamview Drive in south Stafford, Vicinanzo said. The bus driver, bleeding from the forehead, was examined by medics and released, she added.

The driver told deputies that a young man attempting to pick up one of the students from the bus was not on the list of people he could release the student to.

The driver said he would need to call the school to confirm he could release the student, she said.

The person picking up the female student was her brother, it was later determined.

The boy punched the driver in the face, causing a laceration on his forehead, Vicinanzo said. He also hit a bus monitor who attempted to block the boy from getting access to the student, she said.

Mendez is accused of stabbing a 10-month-old shepherd-Lab at a home in the 13300 block of Paramount Lane around 7:23 a.m., Probus said.

After fleeing the home, Mendez was locat-

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The dog is being treated by a local animal hospital for serious injuries.

Mendez is being held without bond and expected in court March 5, Probus said.

During the second incident Jan. 19, Taylor again returned several boxes of Legos purchased online valued at $737.04. He was reimbursed with a Walmart gift card.

The third time, on Jan. 27, Taylor purchased $526.45 worth of Legos online and then returned the items to the store. He received reimbursement on his Visa card.

Sypolt discovered that Lego sets matching the descriptions of the ones Taylor purchased online and returned were found for sale online under the suspect’s eBay account with a description that said “No Box.” On Feb. 1, Taylor was taken into custody and released on an $8,000 unsecured bond. He was served three felony warrants of obtaining money by false pretenses.

The boy, acting as a guardian for his sister, had recently dealt with a number of serious family issues, according to a police report.

A criminal complaint for two counts of assault and battery was submitted to Juvenile Detention Services, which did not advise detention.

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Staying Sharp Mountain View’s Maggie Sharp is a prolific point producer » BY DAVID FAWCETT

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Maggie Sharp is accustomed to an opponent’s reaction when they see her for the first time. “‘You are the girl that scores all those points?’” is one typical comment Sharp hears.

With her 5-foot-4 frame, the Mountain View junior doesn’t look like a player who averages 24.5 points a game or scored 52 in one game this season.

But while her reputation precedes her, she backs it up game after game with big performances.

“I get mad when people say I’m too short,” said Sharp, who is the program’s all-time leading scorer with 1,063 points.

“My work ethic compensates for that.”

As well as having a prolific scoring touch and quick release from the time she enrolled at Mountain View.

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freshman and sophomore seasons. She earned first-team all-conference honors both times in helping lead Mountain View to records of 14-9 and 16-8 and the program’s first conference title.

Sharp is the go-to player again this season, but with added challenges.

Mountain View lost 9 of 12 players from last season, leaving Sharp with more of the scoring responsibility.

Sharp began the season with a 31-point performance against Potomac, then a single-game school record for points.

But on Dec. 19, Sharp rewrote the record book when she tallied 52 points against Riverbend, including converting 10 3-pointers in the 69-61 win. She scored 36 of her points in the second half and in overtime to help the Wildcats overcome a 15-point deficit going into the fourth quarter.

Mountain View trailed 26-25 at halftime and then again 49-34 after three quarters.

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To create more opportunities, Sharp expanded her game beyond just the comforts of the 3-point line. She became more aggressive in her play, especially in driving to the basket. While Sharp is still an outside threat, she has found success at the foul line, as well, with increased free-throw attempts. She is shooting 80 percent (183 of 228). In the first Riverbend game, she was 16 of 18 from the free-throw line.

With Sharp facing increased attention, she’s had to work more at times involving her teammates.

“Sometimes I wonder: ‘Am I shooting too much or too little,’” Sharp said. “I don’t like to be a ball hog.”

Mountain View head coach Ben Sargent encourages Sharp to avoid doing too much since she’s also the team’s best ball-handler.

“When the whole team is focusing on her, I want her to trust her teammates,” Sargent said.

Sharp is drawing interest from a number of colleges. She visited Division I St. Francis College in Brooklyn in January and hopes to see North Florida, another Division I school, soon.

In the meantime, Sharp has no off days as she continues to perfect her game.

“I’m always finding a gym,” Sharp said.

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Stafford resident Jahla Osborne began her college basketball career at Army West Point, a Division I member of the Patriot League.

She then transferred after one season to Division I Denver and is in her second season on the court, after sitting out as a redshirt during the 2015-16 season.

The Colonial Forge High graduate could play for Denver in 2018-19, but that appears unlikely.

“I have one more year [of eligibility] left but I don’t think I will take it,” she said last week.

Osborne is on track to graduate this spring from Denver, where she is majoring in psychology with some challenging minors on top of that.

She plans to do research for the next academic year or two and then go to graduate school.

Osborne could play for the Pioneers next season if she was in graduate school at Denver.

“At the beginning of the school year they offered for me to stay,” said Osborne, who has a 3.67 grade-point average at the Colorado school. “I am trying to find the graduate program that would fit me.”

She looked at graduate programs at Denver but didn’t find the right fit.

On the court, Osborne played in 22 of the first 24 games and averaged 6.4 minutes and 2.2 points per contest.

She played three minutes off the bench on Feb. 4 as Denver won 86-65 over Fort Wayne in conference play.

The Pioneers were 13-11 overall and 4-5 in the conference after going 6-24 last season and 5-25 in 2015-16.

“This year, it has been a lot better than past seasons,” she said. “Last year we won only six games. It is a change in the culture here.”

So how did the culture change? “It is hard to say. We have most of the same people we had last year,” she said. “I think our team has always been” together.

Osborne has seen little playing time this season. “Obviously I have been playing

less than I was last year,” she said. “I feel I have been more of a contributor when I was on the court. I felt like I wasn’t doing anything on the court [to contribute] last year. I am a lot more confident this year.”

“I just feel in the post [under the basket] I am posting up strong,” she added.

“Last year we really didn’t get the ball in the post. I feel more confident when I get the ball.”

Denver was slated to play Feb. 8 at South Dakota State and then Feb. 10 at North Dakota State in a pair of Summit League contests. The regular-season finale is Feb. 24 at home with Western Illinois.

The conference tournament begins March 3 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Osborne got to see family when Denver played Dec. 7 at Maryland, Baltimore County, and then two days later at American University in Washington. She had four points at UMBC and did not score against American.

“I don’t know if it has gotten easier or harder. I do miss my family,” she said of being so far from home.

Osborne was born in Columbia, Maryland, and began playing competitive basketball when she was in eighth grade.

She also played volleyball in high school as a sophomore. Her cousin, Julia Miller, graduated from West Point in 2008 and she has cousins who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland.

MARY WASHINGTON AIDED BY PARKER The Mary Washington women’s basketball team will play Feb. 10 at Wesley in Delaware and then host Christopher Newport on Feb. 14.

The Eagles lost to nationally ranked Christopher Newport by 55 points on the road last month.

Stafford High graduate Kendall Parker, a senior guard for the Eagles, was averaging a team-high 9.5 points per contest through games of Monday.

Parker had 27 points in a win Feb. 3 at home against Penn State-Harrisburg.

Mary Washington hosts Marymount in the regular-season finale Feb. 17, with the Capital Athletic Conference tournament slated to begin Feb. 20.

SMITH, EAGLES WIN SUPER BOWL Stafford High School graduate Torrey Smith had five catches for 49 yards for the Philadelphia Eagles in a 41-33 victory on Sunday in the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots.

Smith played for the University of Maryland and made his first Super Bowl appearance for the Baltimore Ravens. It was the first Eagles Super Bowl title.

“We are world champs. We worked our butts off,” Eagles linebacker Brandon Graham told a television audience after the game. “We have a team that is resilient.”

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