Bishop Ireton High School is looking to make improvements to its athletic facilities at its Fannon Field.
The Catholic Diocese of Arlington is asking the city for permission to expand the school’s track from four lanes to six, add concessions and storage buildings, more bleacher seating and a new turf field.
The Alexandria City Council unanimously and without discussion approved a sweeping plan to expand athletic facilities and field lighting to St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School in the city’s West End.
Council approved the plan on Saturday (Oct. 17) to add a new 1,500-square-foot concessions building with bathrooms, bleachers, a 715-square-foot, open-air covered pavilion, a new 770-square-foot storage shed and press box as well as eight, 85-foot-tall field lights at the school’s Kelleher and Moss fields.
In their first year on the field, the undefeated Alexandria City High School Girls Flag Football team is tearing it up.
Washington Commanders players helped pack 500 bags of food for students at Mount Vernon Community School in Del Ray on Tuesday (Sept. 22).
Hundreds of students welcomed wide receiver Jaylin Lane, cornerback Rasul Douglas and mascot Major Tuddy in a pep rally in the school auditorium. This was the Commanders’ third annual visit to MVCS in collaboration with the nonprofit Blessings in a Backpack.
Friday night lights may be headed to St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School in Alexandria’s Seminary Ridge neighborhood.
A special use permit request to erect field lighting on poles in excess of 35 feet to light the football and soccer fields at the school at 1000 St. Stephens Road is heading to the city’s Planning Commission on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Current and former city leaders met Tuesday (Sept. 1) to officially name the athletic field complex after former Mayor Kerry Donley.
Donley died unexpectedly in 2022 at the age of 66. He was on City Council for 18 years, and was mayor from 1996 to 2003. After a two-year stint as the chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia, he was hired as the athletic director at ACHS, a position he held from 2005 to 2008.
Alexandria’s Amanda Congialdi wants to taste a championship win one last time before she retires.
The 34-year-old starting quarterback of the D.C. Divas was named the Women’s Football Alliance‘s most valuable player of the year in July, but says no accolade can compare to winning a national title. Her first year on the team, back in 2016, the Divas took the national crown, and since then she says the team has worked back to get itself into championship shape.
Alexandria native Claire Constant, captain of the DC Power women’s professional soccer team, is heading to the hall of fame.
The Alexandria City Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame, that is.
The Alexandria Aces, a collegiate summer baseball team, are seeking host families to provide a “home away from home” for their players during the 2026 season.
The team, which plays wooden bat baseball games at Frank Mann Field (3700 Commonwealth Avenue), regularly seeks Alexandria families to host student-athletes. This year, the team needs hosts from May 30 to July 25.
Numerous restaurants and sports bars in Alexandria are gearing up for March Madness this week, with plans to offer specials on drinks and bites while the games play on.
Fans will get to see how their March Madness brackets fare when the NCAA men’s tournament’s first round begins Thursday (March 19) and women’s tournament follows on Friday (March 20). Games run until the final championship games on April 5 (women) and April 6 (men).
A new golf club fitting studio is coming soon to Alexandria.
Club Champion is aiming to open its newest store in early March at 3209 Duke Street in the Alexandria Commons shopping center, the company confirmed to ALXnow. The 3,400-square-foot space was formerly a Rockbox Fitness Center.
