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At Heritage High School, Ken Schiffer is in the middle of his third season leading the Pride golf team. But what you may not know is that before he became the Pride's golf coach, and even before he became a school teacher, Schiffer was a special agent in the FBI. It’s time to take you Inside the Huddle. Music by NEFFEX.

At Lightridge High School, Lightning football coach Bobby Eavenson will lead his team into battle this fall. Just a second year program, the Lightning put together an impressive freshman campaign during a bizarre COVID-ridden, senior-less, spring football season in 2021. But, for Lightridge, that was just the beginning. It’s time to take you Inside the Huddle.  Music by NEFFEX

Varun is joined by Owen Gotimer and Matthew Chesnutt to discuss the crazy ending to the Dominion at Loudoun Valley boys basketball Dulles District Semifinal before previewing the Dulles District championship games between Tuscarora and Loudoun Valley's girls basketball teams and Loudoun Valley and Loudoun County's boys basketball teams.

Varun Shankar and Owen Gotimer sit down and pick their choices for boys and girls Basketball awards so far this season. The awards are discussed as follows, Most Valuable Player, Underclassmen of the Year, Surprise of the Year, Most Impressive Team, and Playoff X-Factor.

Varun Shankar sits down with Loudoun Valley senior point guard Trent Dawson to discuss the season so far, his views on basketball, and much more.

Varun Shankar and Owen Gotimer sit down to preview the Loudoun County basketball season by giving their three most intriguing teams (girls for Owen,  boys for Varun) and then giving one bold prediction.

Varun and Owen review the Potomac Falls at Riverside game, discussing the huge penalty call, then they talk about the Loudoun Valley at Handley game, then take a quick look at the other games that wrapped up last Friday before moving on to previewing the next four games being played this Friday: Briar Woods at Woodgrove, Loudoun Valley at Broad Run, Tuscarora at Liberty, and Potomac Falls at Stone Bridge. 

Varun and Owen talk about the eight playoff games happening on Friday, talking about Potomac Falls @ Riverside, John Champe @ Freedom PW, RE Lee @ Briar Woods, Millbrook @ Broad Run, Sherando @ Tuscarora, Loudoun Valley @ Handley, Loudoun County @ Liberty, and Independence @ Goochland.

On this episode of the Technical Fowl, Varun Shankar sits down with Potomac Falls Wide Receiver Jalen Coker to talk about about his senior season, some nerdy football concepts, and much more.

On this episode of the Technical Fowl, Varun sits down with Mitch Griffis and talks about his senior season, some nerdy football concepts, and much more Music from www.bensound.com

Varun sits down with Carson Swank to talk about about his recent injury (0:26), senior year on the team (2:40), and his winning streak in baseball (3:38).

In this episode, Varun explores the idea of perseverance along with Dominion senior center Jackie Christ, who suffered an ACL injury in the fall. 

In part two of a two part podcast, Varun Shankar talks with Loudoun Valley All-American swimmer Sean Conway about his average day when practicing for swimming (0:31), being part of a team (9:16), his start to swimming (21:28), what makes him a great swimmer (35:39), and more.

In part one of a two part podcast, Varun Shankar talks with Loudoun Valley All-American swimmer Sean Conway about his most recent victory (1:18), being the team captain (8:10), and setting records (9:15). 

Varun sits down with Isabellah Middleton about the upcoming district tournaments (0:53), life as a leader (6:54), how to beat the undefeated Freedom Eagles (15:33), and the marginalization of women’s sports (20:53).

Varun interviews Heritage football and basketball player Gio Seigler about his commitment to the University of Richmond (2:26), what it was like playing with an interim head coach (6:34), Loudoun County football (13:08), some pop culture (17:55) and much more. 

Varun talks with LoCoSports Owl-in-Chief Owen Gotimer about the Top 5 girls basketball (0:43) and boys basketball (10:44) teams in Loudoun County. Then, Varun interviews defending Dominion state champion wrestler Jack Creamer (26:02). They talk about many things, including a hypothetical all-star wrestling team (31:40, 49:34), the mindset needed to be a successful wrestler (34:31), the work Creamer puts in (35:05), his experience at the state tournament a year ago (38:50), and much more. 

Varun sits down with LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief Owen Gotimer to talk about the All-LoCo football (0:30) and cross-country teams (22:18) before chatting about the current landscape of Loudoun County basketball (25:38).

On the first ever episode of Technical Fowl, Varun sits down with Potomac Falls High School basketball player and golfer Hayden Hawes to discuss many things. They start out by talking about the Potomac Falls win over Dominion (1:01), then move onto discussions about Jeremy Roach (1:43), the Broadway tournament (3:08) and being around Potomac Falls state titles and great players from those teams (5:09). They then discuss Hayden’s future at Shepherd University (8:28) and some in-depth hoops talk of what Hayden would do as a head coach (10:31). They move into talking about Tiger Woods (12:34) and then talk about UNC and college hoops as a whole (17:30).

A new podcast from LoCoSports talking with various athletes in Loudoun County