Greetings from Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach on this Senior Night, where it's 61 degrees and rather sunny and we're ready for a 6:30 PM EST early kick-off of Beach District Football.

It's the Dolphins of Ocean Lakes at 4-1 playing host to the visiting Kempsville Chiefs, who come in at 3-2 overall.

We'll have updates here + on Twitter or 'X' as they call it @hatfieldsports

Before we start with Kempsville receiving the opening kickoff, let's give you our mini preview and picks from earlier on the V.I.P. Board...


Kempsville (3-2) at Ocean Lakes (4-1) . . . The Dolphins had won nine in a row over Kempsville 2010-18, but the Chiefs have now reeled off three straight in this series, including 28-20 last year. It was not a thing of beauty for Kempsville in its 16-12 win over Landstown last week, but they are looking for that defense – headed up by LB Darryl Veal and DB Jaylen Hatton (4 INT’s) – to contain an Ocean Lakes attack putting up 40.6 points per game. Ocean Lakes scored two non-offensive touchdowns in their 32-24 loss to Cox last week, where they led by double-digits early before getting shut out in the second half.

Ocean Lakes QB Noah Colon has been a dual-threat weapon this season with 651 yards passing and 10 TD’s on 33 completions to go with 591 yards rushing and 5 TD’s on 62 attempts. Colon committed this past week to play his College Football at Hampton University, where he will likely be used a slot receiver. His go-to target is WR Devin McGill (13Rec. 262Yds. 2 TD’s), though he’s doing a nice job of spreading the ball around.

Kempsville has used different players at the QB spot. The key to them in this one will be establishing the ground attack, sparked by sophomore Robert Hughes, and controlling the line of scrimmage. Senior LG Makai Bacon anchors the Chiefs o-line, which has its hands full blocking Dolphins pass rusher Taylor Vogel (12 sacks).

Matt Hatfield Says – Ocean Lakes 24-21
Coach Ed Young Says – Ocean Lakes 26-20

Here’s some Thursday night calm before to storm filler for y’all…was just thinking about how I take for granted the beautiful views of the Shenandoah Valley. Just about every football stadium I’ve been too has had incredible views of the Blue Ridge…especially this time of year when the leaves are changing. Lots of beautiful parts of the state but I’m lucky enough to live in one of the most stunning. I’ve been to:

Harrisonburg
Rocktown
Spotswood
East Rockingham
Luray
Central Woodstock
Strasburg
Stonewall Jackson
Turner Ashby
Broadway
Staunton
Waynesboro
Stuart’s Draft
Sherando
John Handley
James Wood

And just about everyone one of them had an incredible view. Enjoy the sights tomorrow night at all your respective football games 😎

High School Football Predictions Battle: 2024 Regular Season Totals

Matthew Hatfield – 122-19 (86.5%)
Coach Ed Young – 118-23 (83.7%)

Young went 19-3 compared to Hatfield’s 17-5 mark, missing on a pair of Southeastern District tilts with King’s Fork/Indian River and Grassfield/Great Bridge that helped Ed draw closer.

** Tune in to Hatfield & Young on 757 Saturday Sports Talk on CoVA Sports TV from 9:30 to 11:30 AM EST on YouTube! **


Action for Thursday 10/10/24:

Kempsville (3-2) at Ocean Lakes (4-1) . . . The Dolphins had won nine in a row over Kempsville 2010-18, but the Chiefs have now reeled off three straight in this series, including 28-20 last year. It was not a thing of beauty for Kempsville in its 16-12 win over Landstown last week, but they are looking for that defense – headed up by LB Darryl Veal and DB Jaylen Hatton (4 INT’s) – to contain an Ocean Lakes attack putting up 40.6 points per game. Ocean Lakes scored two non-offensive touchdowns in their 32-24 loss to Cox last week, where they led by double-digits early before getting shut out in the second half.

Ocean Lakes QB Noah Colon has been a dual-threat weapon this season with 651 yards passing and 10 TD’s on 33 completions to go with 591 yards rushing and 5 TD’s on 62 attempts. Colon committed this past week to play his College Football at Hampton University, where he will likely be used a slot receiver. His go-to target is WR Devin McGill (13Rec. 262Yds. 2 TD’s), though he’s doing a nice job of spreading the ball around.

Kempsville has used different players at the QB spot. The key to them in this one will be establishing the ground attack, sparked by sophomore Robert Hughes, and controlling the line of scrimmage. Senior LG Makai Bacon anchors the Chiefs o-line, which has its hands full blocking Dolphins pass rusher Taylor Vogel (12 sacks).

Matt Hatfield Says – Ocean Lakes 24-21
Coach Ed Young Says – Ocean Lakes 26-20


Bayside (2-3) at First Colonial (1-5) . . .

Matt Hatfield Says – Bayside 30-12
Coach Ed Young Says – Bayside 26-16


Landstown (2-4) at Green Run (6-0) . . .

Matt Hatfield Says – Green Run 56-16
Coach Ed Young Says – Green Run 45-8


Salem-VB (4-1) at Kellam (2-3) . . .

Matt Hatfield Says – Salem-VB 28-20
Coach Ed Young Says – Salem-VB 21-18


Princess Anne (0-6) at Tallwood (1-4) . . .

Matt Hatfield Says – Tallwood 34-9
Coach Ed Young Says – Tallwood 30-12


Denbigh (1-4) at Warwick (6-0) . . .

Matt Hatfield Says – Warwick 48-6
Coach Ed Young Says – Warwick 50-0


Phoebus (5-0) at Kecoughtan (0-6) . . .

Matt Hatfield Says – Phoebus 62-3
Coach Ed Young Says – Phoebus 50-0

With 3 games remaining, Essex JV team is 5-0 with wins over….

4A Caroline 28-8
Northumberland 38-0
2A Southampton 28-8
2A King William 38-22
Rappahannock 52-8

Keep up the good work young men.

Photo Courtesy of Dan Trevino


A 9-3 mark for the Dynamic Dozen in Week 6 saw yours truly miss on Indian River/King's Fork as well as GW-Danville/Magna Vista and North Stafford/Eastern View.

Hat's Dynamic Dozen Picks from Week 6 - 9-3 (75%)
Hat's Dynamic Dozen Selections for 2024 Season - 52-20 (72.2%)

We've got a Baker's Dozen for this week with a trio of games on Thursday and 10 more for Friday...

Picks in the next post!