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August 22, 2018 | Serving Haymarket, Gainesville and Western Prince William County | Vol. 17, No. 34 | www.PrinceWilliamTimes.com | 50¢
Manassas Park High cancels varsity football By Jeff Malmgren Times Staff Writer
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Manassas Park has had success in football, winning a state title in 2004 and going 8-4 in 2012. Since then the program has faltered, leading to low turnout and the cancellation of the 2018 season.
Manassas Park’s High School’s reluctant decision last week to cancel its 2018 varsity football season due to low turnout has since had a ripple effect in the schedules of nearby programs such as Brentsville and Kettle Run high schools. Low player turnout during preseason practices led to the move Manassas Park made Aug. 14, only 11 days before the Cougars’ scheduled season-opening game against Kettle Run. So Kettle Run had little time to find a new opponent for its Aug. 24 contest and now plans to play only nine games with byes during Week 1 and Week 10 (Oct. 26). Brentsville had better options
to adjust its schedule with the Tigers’ game against Manassas Park scheduled for Nov. 2. They switched that Week 11 game to a bye and added a game against Central Woodstock to their previous bye week, Sept. 21. Manassas Park, meanwhile, will play only a junior varsity schedule this fall with expected varsity athletes eligible to play. “My heart is heavy for everyone at Manassas Park,” Kettle Run coach Charlie Porterfield said. “I know that it was a tough decision to make, but ultimately was the correct one. “Having played them for the last three years I know those are tough kids,” he said. “They will bounce back.” Manassas Park canceled its varsity season after its preseason
practice roster included only 30 athletes with an average of only 15 healthy players available each practice, principal Pamela Kalso wrote in a letter sent to members of the Manassas Park community. “Many of these athletes have little, if any, varsity experience,” she wrote. So Manassas Park administrators consulted with the VHSL, which recommends that a school play a varsity football schedule only if it has at least 25 viable players. Otherwise, “Playing at the varsity level would expose student athletes to a higher risk of injury,” Kalso wrote, “and that participation posed a serious safety threat.” See FOOTBALL, Page 2
Last call for Kline’s Freeze Yorkshire ice cream shop closes after 53 years By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
Kline’s Freeze, a Manassas summertime tradition since 1965, twirled its last soft-serve ice cream cones, cherry-topped sundaes and tall, frosty milkshakes to hundreds of loyal customers who stood in lines that snaked around both sides of its iconic blue-and-white building for most of the day Sunday, Aug. 19, the final day of business for owners James and Lorraine Kline Croushorn. Together, the couple have run the ice cream stand, located on Centreville Road in Yorkshire, since they took over from Lorraine’s parents, Paul and June Kline, when they retired. “My daddy’s favorite thing to do was to watch kids eat ice cream. It’s a happy thing,” Lorraine Croushorn said outside the restaurant Sunday evening. “I’ll bet he’s smiling on us today.” See KLINE’S, Page 2
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Saying goodbye: Members of the Kline family hung out at their family ice-cream shop, Kline’s Freeze, much of the day on Sunday, Aug. 19, the restaurant’s last day in business. From left, Donna Kline House, Lorraine Kline Croushorn, James Croushorn and Bonnie Kline Cheshire. INSIDE Calendar.............................................10 Classifieds...........................................12 News....................................................3 Obituaries.............................................6
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