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Highlights Summer hoops last two games at DeMatha includes a 2 point loss to a WCAC team. Soccer player headed to Princeton after Bear career and Loudon United FC. More lacrosse honors both current (technically not–he’s ’21) and alumnus Summer baseball includes one Bear with an MLB contract and two playing in DMV Inside the […]

Highlights Summer hoops More lacrosse honors Summer baseball includes one Bear at MLB tryouts Zach Fingerhut is selected to be head referee in VA State Soccer Inside the White Rocks Basketball Coach Turner reports on one of his players competing on a travel team Remaining schedule all at DM’s gym 7/5 5:30pm Wilson won […]

HAPPY 4TH to all Bears Contrary to common opinion, being a teacher/mentor/coach at Landon is not just a 9 month job. In addition to other summer school activities, these dedicated individuals coach their boys at the ubiquitous summer camps/games. Thanks to Coaches Powers, Turner and Luther for news from their Bears. 3 Alumni Bears are […]

All IAC honors for the 2021 spring season Bears playing summer leagues and events- basketball, baseball, golf Alumni Bears playing summer ball Inside the White Rocks Baseball—Nathan Rosner ’22 and Davis Recker ’24 getting some batting cage time. Basketball Coach Turner is teaching 23 Bears (8 seniors, 3 juniors, 5 sophomores and 7 freshmen, tallest […]

Some end of season news in golf and tennis Bears hoops playing well in summer league Bears 2021—heading to college in 7 sports Inside the White Rocks Golf— Basketball Coach Turner’s leadership motivated the Bears against the perennial power to outrebound and to earn more assists. Tennis—the future looks bright with the work of this […]

Updates on college baseball player Randy Bednar (L ’17), who just completed a great career at UMd. Hayden Evans L*21 after a UK PG career heads to Michigan to play GK for the Wolverines News from the 100th Maryland State Amateur Championship Lacrosse—lost to GP in 2nd round of 1st IAC-WCAC tournament Good bye’s to […]

Lacrosse—beat PVI in 1st round of 1st IAC-WCAC tournament Updates on ALUMNI baseball players Randy Bednar (L ’17), Dane Camphausen (L’19), Jake Davidson (L ’19) and Jack Cope (L’20) Taft School PG plus a great story about Tai Alter (L’94) at Washington Nationals Foundation (thanks to Steve Davidson for the lead)!!! Good bye’s to three […]

FIRST ROUND OF THE 2021 WASHINGTON CHAMPIONSHIPS Traveling to the Northwest corner of Fairfax to play the Paul VI was a trip worth the time. The Panthers were the home team based on the tournament’s assessment that the 10-2 (losses to Episcopal and St. John’s College HS) WCAC team deserved the advantage. They boost a […]

BEARS LAX TRAX 053121 D-I DI NCAA TOURNAMENT, SEMIFINALS One close game and one blowout set up a Bears vs. Bears game for the tournament title on Memorial Day. The last NCAA Championship game that was also a Bears vs. Bears game was the 2007 championship game between Johns Hopkins (Conor Cassidy, Jake Byrne) and […]

Memorial Day Tribute The Landon alumni, who have given their lives to their country, who have served as a member of our armed forces and who are on active duty today, should be remembered by all Bears along with other friends who committed to such support for us. “In the End, we will remember not […]

BEARS LAX TRAX 052421 The second weekend of NCAA tournament play saw three teams get their tickets punched for Memorial Day weekend—Virginia, Maryland, and Salisbury. Unfortunately, the means that the 2021 seasons for Loyola, Tufts, and Colorado College came to an end. There is a chance that the last game of the season could be […]

Baseball and Tennis with big late season winsare in the IAC finals. Golf’s John Bates ’24 made all IAC team, Lax lost to GP in IAC semifinal LOOK FORWARD to John Nichols BearLaxTraxFax coming soon with lots of alums in big roles in the NCAAs. Randy Bednar (off injury list) and Dane Camphausen are crushing […]

Having recently espoused the sabermetrics theorem about the difficulty of winning a third game against an opponent, today’s trip up Rockville Pike proved the exception to the rule. The #5 not so little Hoyas demonstrated significant depth of talent and well-designed schemes. The Bears down 9-3 at half fought back to a -5 deficit in […]

[The Haudenosaunee Five Nations’ oral history says that the Creator decided that the captains of the original game were the Deer, the Great Turtle, the Owl, the Hawk, the Eagle and the Bear. The creator must have had a vision of our #50; for he chose the Bear,whose weight overpowers all opposition.] Most sports cyberneticians […]

BEARS LAX TRAX 051821 D-I Three out of four Bears team won and will move on—the best outcome we could hope for considering one of those first round games was a Bears vs. Bears contest. The next possible Bears vs. Bears contest requires wins from Loyola and Virginia in the quarterfinals. Should that happen and […]

Dane Camphausen named D3 and NCAC baseball player of the week. Baseball has big comeback against StA behind strong pitching, Basketball played/ scrimmaged, Golf lost to Bullis, Tennis undefeatedstring stopped by undefeated StA, Track runners recorded Personal Best and close to School record, Lax swept StA and plays them for the 3rd straight time […]

The Bears and Bulldogs met for the 2nd time in three days. The teams played again at Triplett Field @ Bordley Stadium, but uniform colors were reversed—StA in home white and Landon in their visiting Brown. The play on the field was changed too; having seen their zone sliced apart by Bear cutters, Coach Colin […]

The Class of 2021, inside the White Rocks or atop Mt. St. Albans (377 ft ), has had a very tough year; in fact, it is fair to say that these boys have endured travails beyond their predecessors. Congratulations to the 13 Bulldog seniors who have held their team together. Thursday May 13 was designated Seniors […]

BEARS LAX TRAX 051021 HIGHLIGHTS Conference tournaments wrapped up this week, setting the stage for the NCAA tournaments in D-I and D-III. Congratulations to the Maryland Terrapins who added a sweep of the Big Ten tournament to their undefeated regular season play. It’s been fifteen years since a team made it all the way through […]

BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION 5.9.2021 Baseball has had its games postponed; Golf beats Bullis, Tennis is still undefeatedsweeping Bullis; Track had no meets; Lax beat Bullis and then lost the return match; Dane Camphausen are hitting well. Jake Davidson has a good trip to the mound. Jack Cope PG year at Taft—poor web site?Randy Bednar, Jr. […]