GW rolling 28-3 4th

Rye Cove leads Honaker 30-14 at halftime

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Couple of completions of 5 yards to Damon McDaniel Jr. and 7 yards to Kendall Daniels for 5 yards makes it a manageable fourth down for the Maury offense, but hten they get hit with a penalty that forces them to punt it away.

On the punt, the snap is low and the Springers drop them for a huge loss. It gives the HSHS offense great field position at the 28-yard line of the Commodores with just over 10 minutes to go in this one.

My take:

Both teams have some very good athletes. @BleedingNavy Varina is ultra talented but their playcalling will handicap them. If they’re not scrambling, they don’t have an offense. Wyche is a stud and takes that ugly/bland offense to “decent”. Herm had a good gameplan but horrible execution. Andre Clarke did nothing tonight and you gotta think if he gets the ball that they’re better than 10 points. In all, it’s what I expected. Low scoring, ugly.

Riverheads offense can't get anything going. Fort knew what they were facing and knew just what to do to stop it.

I'm watching this game and Fort has a very good game plan and their QB is a stud

Highland Springe goes 3 & out with the punt being fielded LeBron Bond near his own 12 and he zigs and zags his way along the near sideline close to midfield. Unofficially, we'll call it a 38-yard return to their own 48 with 50.6 seconds to go in the third quarter.

The Commodores have not been nearly as crisp in this half and they'll head to the fourth quarter still with a comfortable 24-point lead, but facing 2nd & 17 from their own 41.

MARTINSVILLE 19 CHATHAM 0 — HALF

Caden Martin with a pair of rushing scores. Camarion Plunkett with a TD on sweep. Jailyn Reynolds with a fumble, Da’Veono Love with pick.

GEORGE WASHINGTON 14 EC GLASS 3 — HALF

Nehemiah Cabell and Jaden Glenn with rushing scores.

Rye Cove 30
Honaker 14
End of 1st Half

Prince George 26 Deep Rrun 0 Halftime

Keeping the offense on the field on fourth down on their side of the 50, Springers QB Nelson Layne is sacked by Maury's Javonti Hughes.

It gives the Commodores the ball at the HSHS 30 with 2:58 to go in the third period.

But the effects of the Maury offensive line minus two regulars - Jayvon Wynn (1st Team All-State last year) and Naziar Tate - due to injuries is beginning to show. They've gone just 4 of 11 through the air here after half-time as the Springers have made some adjustments to counter them.

Stone Bridge 0, Woodgrove 0 at the half

Briar Woods 28, Broad Run 0 at the half

Science Hill 17, Union 0

Hilltoppers have scored on all but one drive and Union hasn’t really sniffed the end zone. All Hilltoppers in this one

Halftime: Abingdon 14, Gate City 0

HALFTIME Louisa: 21 Massaponax: 7

Halftime: Heritage 27 Appomattox 0

Halftime Orange County 42 Harrisonburg 0

Fort Defiance 28
Riverheads 14
End of 3rd Quarter

Halftime - Glenvar 33, Cave Spring 0.

Patrick Henry (Roanoke) 38 Albemarle 21

Much like we noted that Leslie Hines has been an x-factor on defense for Maury, the same can be said about junior WR Damon McDaniel Jr. On this series alone, McDaniel Jr. has grabs of +6, +25 and +9, showing off the hops for one of those grabs.

His father was starred on that 2004 Landstown team that won a state title before going off to play College Football at Florida State and Hampton University.

LeBron Bond slips out of two or three tackles to get a catch worth a couple of yards. You don't usually see Highland Springs fail to wrap up like that and the Commodores are on the move, at the Springers 36.

The Highland Springs defense generates a turnover as it's Demontez Bullock-Coles picking off QB Au'Tori Newkirk over the middle. Newkirk was trying to get it to Bond over the middle.

Can this jump-start the Springers offense? They're at their own 20 with 6:11 to go in this third quarter, which is moving much slower than portions of our first half.

End of the 1st half William Byrd 21 Christiansburg 0