Browse past news stories for Woodson High School in Washington, DC.

• Woodson High makes history with Turkey Bowl win (WTOP Radio Washington, DC)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 10:01:43 pm
  The 40th annual Turkey Bowl between the two best high school football teams in the District is now in the record books. And it was quite a game.
• W. Basketball. Women's Basketball Hosts Jacksonville in Season Opener (Wake Forest Sports)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 08:42:28 pm
  The Wake Forest women's basketball team will kickoff the 2009-10 season with Jacksonville on Friday, November 13 at 5 p.m. at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
• New UC women's coach reaches out (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 06:39:48 am
  Using traits she developed as a player at ultra-successful UConn, Jamelle Elliott intends to roll up her sleeves and change perceptions about UC basketball while constructing a better product over time.
• PG South: Ironmen, Rebels face do-or-die (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 04:51:16 am
  Postseason life is likely on the line when Seton-LaSalle and Steel Valley meet tomorrow night.
• A sour homecoming for Leftwich (The Washington Times)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 09:20:39 am
  Last November, in front of friends, family and thousands of towel-waving Pittsburgh Steelers fans at FedEx Field, Byron Leftwich replaced an injured Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback and helped the Steelers beat the Washington Redskins. Leftwich, who grew up in Southeast and starred at H.D. Woodson High School, signed a two-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the offseason. He won the ...
• Sports Notebook: Former captain honored (The Red and Black)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 09:17:38 am
  Former Georgia great, and captain of the 1980 National Championship team, Frank Ros is the 2009 recipient of the Bill Hartman Award, UGA Sports Communications announced Tuesday. He will be honored during the Lousiana State game this Saturday.
• Point guard Ransford commits to Lady Bulldogs (Athens Banner-Herald)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 04:12:00 am
  Point guard Ronika Ransford verbally committed to Georgia's women's basketball program after visiting the campus last weekend, her high school coach said.
• Woodson High, South County Secondary Leave National PTA (Washington Post)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  As the windows darkened in the Woodson High School library, dozens of mothers and fathers raised orange cards in the air and voted to sever the school's nearly five-decades-long relationship with the national PTA.
• Kentucky on short list for top-20 prospect (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 10:06:51 pm
  This could be an important weekend for Coach Matthew Mitchell and the Kentucky women's basketba
• It's big recruiting weekend at UK (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 06:32:02 am
  We're heading into a huge weekend in Lexington, and not just because of the University of Kentucky's football game against Louisville.
• Kentucky sports digest (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 01:09:14 pm
  Thomas More swept Hanover College 3-0 Wednesday in a non-conference volleyball game 25-20, 25-5, 25-19.
• Lady Spartans' head volleyball coach has ties to Baldwin High School (South Hills Record)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 08:14:19 am
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• Thomas Jefferson evolves into a perennial state-title threat (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 04:04:47 am
  It all started with a touchdown pass from former Thomas Jefferson quarterback Brad Dawson to Dom DeCicco five years ago.
• The basketball-themed charity may have been a victim of its own success. (Washington City Paper)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 09:35:07 pm
  Time Out: Kay’s hoop-themed charity may have been a victim of its own success. (Courtesy of Hoop Dreams ) The New (New) Football Coach at Springarn The Green Wave's new coach aims to turn things around, just like the last one did.
• No-shows take a bite out of Cats' recruiting class (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 12:46:32 am
  Kentucky will be starting its women's basketball season without two of its freshman signees, in
• A Movable Tribute Celebrates Life of Michael Jackson Through Dance (Washington Post)
  posted on August 14, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  About 3 p.m. Thursday, as people sat in front of the fountains on the Georgetown waterfront taking their afternoon breaks, Michael Childs, 18, emerged from a group of about 20 people and snapped his fingers, starting a choreographed routine to Michael Jackson's "Shake Your Body (Down to the...
• Family, Friends Use Birthday to Remember Man Shot by Police in Trinidad (Washington Post)
  posted on August 9, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  When it came to celebrating his birthday, Trey Joyner liked to keep things low-key, with some ice cream and a handful of friends and relatives. But this year, said his brother Travis, 26, loved ones decided they would throw him a surprise party.
• Illini cornerback draws inspiration from grandmother (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on August 6, 2009 at 12:13:52 pm
  CHAMPAIGN -- Illinois sophomore cornerback Tavon Wilson could have gone in another direction when both of his parents died before he entered the sixth grade in inner-city Washington, D.C. When Illinois begins football practice Thursday at Memorial Stadium, the 6-foot, 195-pound Wilson enters preseason camp as a first-stringer at cornerback in a position vacated by Vontae Davis.
• Illini corner guided by higher powers (Peoria Journal Star)
  posted on August 6, 2009 at 02:31:14 am
  Tavon Wilson could have gone in another direction when both of his parents died before he entered sixth grade in inner-city Washington, D.C.   His father was murdered when Wilson was 1. His mother drowned during a pool party when Wilson was 12.  
• Illini cornerback Tavon Wilson draws inspiration from grandmother (Kewanee Star Courier)
  posted on August 6, 2009 at 12:49:46 am
  Illinois sophomore cornerback Tavon Wilson could have gone in another direction after both of his parents died before he entered the sixth grade in inner-city Washington, D.C.  
• Nickles Weighs Change in Policy Allowing D.C. Social Workers to Use Own Vehicles (Washington Post)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles is weighing a change in the policy that allows social workers to drive their personal vehicles to get to residents, citing liability issues surrounding the use by city employees of private vehicles for government business.
• Hoop Dreams Scholarship Program Comes to the End of Its Run (Washington Post)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  Susie Kay, a white teacher at the District's H.D. Woodson High School, stood 5-foot-2 but had big dreams for her mostly black students: She wanted them to go to college. What is more, she made it happen.
• June 26, 2009 (Washington City Paper)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 05:39:06 pm
  Susie Kay, the founder of Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund, has just announced that she is dissolving the charity, which for years has been one of the most celeb-laden and powerful sportscentric fundraising groups in the city.
• Putting Fenty’s Face Forward: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 05:09:06 pm
  Morning all. In WaPo’s A Section today, amid all the second-day stories on the horrific Metro collision, Nikita Stewart examines questions about Mayor Adrian M. Fenty ’s performance as the face of the government response to the tragedy, reporting that ‘his performance during the past two days rubbed already raw nerves, causing friction between Metro and city officials’ and that it ‘drew ...
• Florida State Soccer Announces 2009 Signing Class (WCTV Tallahassee)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 04:21:35 pm
  The Florida State Women's Soccer team and head coach Mark Krikorian announced Thursday, June 18, their signing class for the 2009 season. The newest additions to the Seminole soccer team include midfielder Tiana Brockway, midfielder Alex Crown, forward/defender Breezy Hupp, defender/midfielder Ines Jaurena, forward Nichole Mercier, midfielder Tifani Mullen and goalkeeper Kelsey Wys.
• W. Soccer. Florida State Soccer Announces 2009 Signing Class (Florida State Seminoles)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 03:15:09 pm
  The Florida State Women's Soccer team and head coach Mark Krikorian announced Thursday, June 18, their signing class for the 2009 season. The Seminoles signed seven freshmen for the upcoming season including one student-athlete who enrolled at Florida State back in the spring of this year.
• Annandale: From farmlands to families (The Washington DC Examiner)
  posted on June 4, 2009 at 02:29:54 am
  In the mid-70s when the Cornick family was in the process of relocating from Puerto Rico and looking for a home in the Annandale area, Nancy Cornick called her husband about a house he had to see.
• Media Advisory: Parks and Recreation Celebrates the Coming of Summer with May 18 Media Kick-Off Event (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 03:03:00 pm
  Department to introduce newly expanded, free late-night recreation program to provide youth with safe havens after dark
• Woodson High School Construction Delay Has Community Concerned and Suspicious (Washington Post)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  When Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and other District officials gathered at H.D. Woodson High School last July to announce its impending demolition, they brought drawings of its gleaming, $110 million masonry-and-glass replacement, with abundant natural light and geothermal heating and cooling. Construction...
• UK women sign two D.C. standouts (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  posted on April 20, 2009 at 09:46:40 pm
  The Kentucky women's basketball team signed two more players to national letters of intent, Coach Matthew Mitchell announced Monday.