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Gar-Field High School retired Jeff Baker's No. 24 baseball jersey number April 9, 2022. (left to right) Larry Baker (Jeff's father), Jeff Baker, Jaclyn (Jeff's wife) and Dawn Baker (Jeff's mother). 

Here is a list of local retired numbers for a particular sport at Prince William County and city of Manassas high schools:

BATTLEFIELD

No. 14: In honor of Niko Agnos (baseball)

Of note: Agnos' three sons all wore No. 14 while playing for Battlefield baseball. Agnos, a long-time Battlefield supporter, passed away Sept. 17, 2021 from complications due to COVID.

BRENTSVILLE

No. 12: Ryland Harris (baseball)

Of note: Harris, a 17-year-old Brentsville student, died Sept. 15, 2021 after a battle with brain cancer. Harris wrestled, and played football and baseball. 

No. 15: Sean Cutsforth (baseball)

Of note: Cutsforth is a 2006 Brentsville graduate and former baseball player who died in combat in Afghanistan in February, 2011. The baseball field is named in his honor.

CHRIST CHAPEL

No. 2: Stephen Brown (basketball)

Of note: Brown scored 2,512 points in five varsity seasons (8th-12th) at Christ Chapel. He was also the school's first athlete to receive a Division I scholarship (Bucknell).

EVANGEL CHRISTIAN

No. 24: Sean Davis (basketball)

Of note: 1983 graduate died in the fall of 1983 in a car accident.

FREEDOM-WOODBRIDGE

No. 6: Howard Jones (football)

Of note: 2008 graduate was an all-American at Shepherd University who played in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Chicago Bears.

GAR-FIELD

No. 24: Jeff Baker (baseball)

Of note: 1999 graduate started four years at Gar-Field, where he was a high school all-American. He went on to play 11 seasons in the major leagues.

No. 42: Charleata Beale (girls basketball)

Of note: 1991 graduate is Gar-Field’s all-time leading scorer in boys and girls basketball with 1,802 points.

OSBOURN

No. 20: Kirsten Holsclaw (girls basketball)

Of note: 1981 graduate averaged 15.7 points and 9.9 rebounds her senior season to earn all-Northwestern District honors.

No. 21: Brandon Hogan (football)

Of note: 2007 graduate led Osbourn to the 2006 Group AAA Division 6 state title before going on to star at West Virginia. The Carolina Panthers selected him in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft.

No. 22: Lucky Whitehead (football)

Of note: 2011 graduate played for the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets and then in the CFL for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the BC Lions.

OSBOURN PARK

No. 53: Billy Fields (basketball)

Of note: 1978 graduate averaged 40.1 points per game senior season and is the Prince William County’s all-time public schools’ career points leader with 1,846.

PATRIOT

No. 22: Josh Morrison (baseball)

Of note: A 2013 Patriot graduate who helped lead the Pioneers to the state baseball tournament his senior season, Morrison died Jan. 3, 2014 following injuries he suffered in an auto accident Dec. 25, 2013.

POTOMAC

No. 23: Chuck Coles (football)

Of note: A football player, Coles died during a 1986 Potomac football playoff game of a congenital heart defect. Potomac’s football stadium is named after him.

WOODBRIDGE

No. 9: Shawn Scales (football)

Of note: 1992 graduate was all-state his senior season before going on to star at Virginia Tech and spent a year on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad.

No. 18: Victor Williams (boys soccer)

Of note: In 1977, Williams died at the age of 18 in a boat fire off the Fairfax shore of the Occoquan River.

No. 18: Tony Lilly (football)

Of note: 1980 graduate was all-state his senior season, all-SEC at Florida and a third-round pick by the Denver Broncos in the 1984 NFL Draft.

No. 24: Rebecca Wakefield (girls soccer)

Of note: This 1988 graduate is Prince William County’s all-time leading goal scorer with 134. She is a member of the Virginia High School League Hall of Fame.

No. 33: Russell Davis (football)

Of note: The 1975 graduate holds the Group AAA state playoff record for most rushing yards in a game (384). Prince William County’s first Parade All-American and first county running back to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season (1974). The Pittsburgh Steelers selected him in the fourth round of the 1979 NFL Draft.

No. 79: Matt Lehr (football)

Of note: 1997 graduate was all-state his senior season and an all-American lineman at Virginia Tech before becoming a fifth-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys in the 2001 NFL Draft.

note: If this list is missing a retired jersey number for a Prince William County athlete, email the information to David Fawcett at dfawcett@insidenova.com

David Fawcett is the sports editor for InsideNoVa.com. Reach him at dfawcett@insidenova.com

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