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Winter track and field is now underway. T. C. Williams hosted the first meet of the season at Episcopal High School’s indoor track on Saturday, Dec. 3.

Since 2007, when the Earl Loyd Court was dedicated at T. C. Williams High School, the Titan basketball teams have opened the basketball season wearing Parker-Gray High School uniforms. Last year, the Titans hosted Wakefield, whose basketball teams wore Hoffman-Boston uniforms to commemorate Arlington’s black high school. On Saturday night, the two schools met again and T. C. was victorious. The girls won, 73-33, and the boys won, 68-59.

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley have agreed to a friendly wager on the Virginia Tech vs. Clemson University ACC Championship football game Tomorrow.

Three runners from Alexandria -- Shannon Smythe and Anteneh Girma from T.C. Williams along with Liam O'Connor from Bishop Ireton -- competed on Saturday in the Foot Locker South Region cross country championship.

Fifty years after they last rowed together as a team, the original members of George Washington High School’s 1961 Varsity Four Crew Team came together recently for a “Reunion Row” on the Potomac River.

Three Bishop Ireton seniors signed national letters of intent Wednesday during the NCAA’s early signing period, committing to play lacrosse for a pair of Division I programs and one DII program. Over the past four years, more than a dozen BI girls’ lacrosse players have signed to play college sports.

The Old Dominion Boat Club Select Crew Team wrapped up its 2011 Fall rowing season this past Tuesday with a recognition dinner at the Old Dominion Boat Club in Old Town. Athletes were treated to a BBQ dinner, a celebratory cake, and presented with pins to recognize them for their efforts this Fall.

Shannon Smythe was the sole runner from T.C. Williams to qualify for the VHSL State Cross Country Championship, which was held on Saturday at Great Meadows (The Plains). By definition, the state championship includes the best of the best.

Senior Shannon Smythe was firing on all cylinders Thursday finishing in 15th place at the Northern Region cross country championship at Burke Lake Park.

T. C. Williams High School celebrated homecoming on Saturday in the rain, sleet and snow. The game ended as dismally as the weather, with the Titans losing to Robert E. Lee High school, 17-10.