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2002 DC Sniper and Northern Virginia HS football games

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by NNDman, Jul 29, 2023.

  1. NNDman

    NNDman Active Member

    Many of us remember the terrible situation that occurred in the NOVA - DC area in October 2002 with the sniper murders. Games were suspended and moved. On October 19, 2002 many NOVA schools played their scheduled games at "secret" locations for safety reasons. I have been able to find out where a handful of these games were played but not all of them by any means. I am looking for people who know where these games were played to record for historical reasons. Several were played at Monticello High outside of Charlottesville. Here is a list of the game locations that I am trying to find.
    10/19 Centreville - R. E. Lee Springfield (John R. Lewis)
    10/19 Chantilly - McLean
    10/19 Fairfax - George Marshall
    10/19 Falls Church - Thomas Jefferson
    10/19 James Madison - Langley
    10/19 James Robinson - T. C. Williams (Alexandria City)
    10/19 Hayfield - Lake Braddock - I have it at Hayfield but I am skeptical
    10/19 Park View - Stone Bridge
    10/19 South Lakes - W. T. Woodson 4OT
    10/19 West Springfield - West Potomac
    If you absolutely know where any of these games were played please post.
     
  2. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    I don’t have anything to add except I would love to read the story that comes out of this research.
     
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  3. rtse11

    rtse11 Well-Known Member

    Check fourseasonsfootball.com, it may have locations
     
  4. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

  5. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    Maybe bus drivers or referees keep pay records that go back that far?
     
  6. NNDman

    NNDman Active Member

    I started this thread on behalf of fourseasonsfootball
     
  7. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    Have you gone to a local paper and checked their archives?
     
  8. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member


    Not many "local papers" that covered those schools. I think they were mostly Washington Post coverage area schools.
     
  9. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Fairfax Connection, which I think was a weekly, covered at least some of them at the time. I'm not sure what sort of archives they have. I think this is their website.
     
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  10. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Fairfax is just one of 15 Connection Newspapers for every town in NoVA. You can visit the main site (The Connection Newspapers) and all of the individual papers are across the top.

    All 15 are archived separately (The Connection Newspapers) and appear to only go back to 2008.
     
  11. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    You’re looking for where they were played, right?

    The high school score agate would be in a lot of the papers, but I think you’re looking for more than that.
     
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