Dola selected for 2nd team All-State by Virginia Preps

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21,854 comments January 11, 2011

Dola Makes 2010 Fall All-Met 2nd Team

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23,857 comments December 21, 2010

Sports: Michael Dola Named All-Region Team

First Team

Kicker – Michael Dola, senior, Yorktown

Read more here.

20,607 comments November 19, 2010

Michael Dola Fall 2010 Highlights

21,967 comments November 12, 2010

Washington Post Profiles Michael

Link to this video.

23,633 comments November 7, 2010

Yorktown’s Patriot: Yorktown High School’s star kicker, Mike Dola, is the difference in this Yorktown football team.

Another great article from the Ballston-VirginiaSquare Patch. Click her for a link to this article.

October 22, 2010

Arlington Sun Gazette: Big Foot

Link to his article.

If Michael Dola’s nickname is “big foot” that would certainly be an appropriate description.

That’s because the Yorktown High School senior place-kicker and punter has been booming the ball with thunderous and lengthy results all season long, no matter what type of kick.
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21,951 comments October 16, 2010

Varsity News: A Conversation With ‘Internet Sensation’ Michael Dola

Link to this article

This week at Varsity News, we talk to Michael Dola. He’s the best kicker in the D.C. area and the reluctant co-star of football blooper that has gone viral.

Oct 15, 2010 – My name is Jordan Ruby and I’ve been living in the DMV for five years and covering high school sports in the area for four. Varsity News is a weekly feature that reviews all the best local action in a single place, bullet pointed for easy digestion.

Michael Dola is the placekicker for Yorktown High School in Arlington, and he’s known for his touchbacks. He’s got a strong leg and usually a forces opponent to start their drives at the 20-yard line. He’s a field position generator.

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October 15, 2010

Yorktown Kicker Dola Boots Hayfield, 51-yard field goal, touchbacks, set the stage for comeback

A great article from the Kingstowne Patch.

Michael Dolla

15,228 comments September 25, 2010

Washington City Paper: Kicking Isn’t Everything—It’s the Only Thing

Link to this article.
How local coach Paul Woodside teaches future NFL kickers, one leg at a time

Last week, ESPN began running a short video of a high school football player catching a kickoff and immediately running into the goalpost at the back of his own end zone. The blooper aspect of the clip got it heavy rotation.

What I found most striking about the viral video, however, was the distance of the kick: The ball traveled almost 70 yards in the air. When I saw that the incident happened locally—the kicker was Michael Dola from Arlington’s Yorktown High—my first thought was: “I bet Paul Woodside coached him!”

Yup.

“Michael Dola! He’s one of my guys!” Woodside, the region’s pre-eminent kicking coach, tells me as soon as I mention the clip. “Big leg! Great kid! Awesome!”

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September 24, 2010


Michael Dola

Class of 2011
Yorktown High School
Arlington, Virginia
Kicker/Punter

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