Dan Sousa, the man behind LoudounPrepSports.com, resigned from his position as editor of the site and left DigitalSports on Tuesday.

On Monday, DigitalSports - which bought Loudounprepsports.com about a year ago - was purchased by Vantage Learning, a self-proclaimed "pioneer in providing Software as a Service (SaaS) to K12 schools and districts."

Yesterday, Dan announced his departure from the company and his brainchild (and life for the past four years), LoudounPrepSports. On a new blog called VivaLoudoun (which has a much better ring to it than "Viva Viagra" in my opinion), Dan wrote that he "wasn't able to come to terms with the new owners."

It's a truly unfortunate development for the Loudoun sports community as Dan has been a veritable one-man-band of print, photo and video coverage for all of Loudoun's high school sports programs in recent years. He's pushed himself to the limit by running all over the county to catch double-headers, cover signing ceremonies and provide a one-stop shopping media outlet for anyone interested in Loudoun County sports. But this is just another sign of how hard the media industry has been hit by tough economic times. Cutbacks, layoffs, reorganization and the dissolution of entire newspapers continue to occur across the region and the country and everyone is effected.

But as anyone who knows Dan will tell you, we certainly haven't seen the last of him on the high school sports front. He'll still be on the sidelines from time to time and from the sounds of it, he'll be delving into news coverage as well. We wish him the best during the transition and will certainly follow VivaLoudoun with a keen eye. Dan, I look forward to chatting it up on the sidelines with you again this fall.