The Northern Virginia Community College men’s lacrosse team begins its 2012 season on March 4 with a new coach.

The Northern Virginia Community College women’s basketball team played two consecutive especially exciting and close games on Dec. 16 and Dec. 20 at the Annandale campus. Both scores were remarkably similar, with NOVA winning the first but losing the second.

The Jan. 14 game for the Northern Virginia Community College men’s basketball team turned out to be the game that most players dream of as NOVA scored 124 points — 70 points in the second half — whooping Lord Fairfax Community College 124-84.

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The teacher is one of 12 faculty members from Virginia’s public and private colleges and universities who received the award, the highest honor bestowed upon faculty in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The NOVA Police Basketball Community College Tournament will be held Feb. 10.

The defending Virginia Community College champion men’s basketball team began its season in early November. Duplicating last season’s success, however, is not a given as most of last year’s team is gone. The only holdover players are forward Jonathan Ball and the injured Andre Allen. Jamal Fair returns from the 2009-10 team.

The Northern Virginia Community College women’s volleyball team, with the help of early-season successes, ended its 2011 season with a winning record at 13-12.

The Northern Virginia Community College women’s basketball team led almost the entire game on Dec. 7 at Annandale, easily defeating the Howard Community College Dragons of Columbia, Md., and more than doubling their score.

Photos of NOVA’s Hispanic Heritage Festival in 1983 and 2011.