Excellent kickoff return to begin the second half for Highland Springs, all the way to the Maury 48. However, a strong stuff by LB Carlton Smith, the Terps commit for Maury, keeps Daeron Ferguson from gaining a yard on first down. The Springers then get called for a false start penalty, backing them up to their own 47.

Nelson Layne's second pass attempt of the night on a screen is incomplete. This makes it a mighty daunting challenge with 3rd & 15 and the Springers will burn a time-out. Leslie Hines, No. 12 off the edge, hurries the throw and it's incomplete.

Hines just might be the most underrated defensive performer on this Maury defense and deserves more attention than he's gotten in my opinion.

Maury's first possession of the third quarter will come with 10 minutes to go on the clock from their own 19.

McCoy kicks a field goal with 6.7 seconds left and Maury leads Highland Springs 24-0 at halftime

Grayson Co: 10 Rural Retreat: 6

After Herm turned it over on downs.

Varina facing a 4th and 19. Herm has 1 timeout left.

1:49 left.

Varina 18 Herm 10

Yorktown - 21
Wakefield 7

Halftime Score:

Turner Ashby 7, Monticello 0
Fort Defiance 20, Riverheads 14

HALF - Hayfield 51, Annandale 0

Franklin County scores just before half.

Other than that it's been all Bulldogs tonight.

T. Jackson • 8/9 175yds, TD passing

G. Davidson • 10 rush/117yds

LCA - 28 FCHS - 7 Half

Broadway with a big 29-0 lead over Waynesboro at the half.

Halftime: Eastside 12, Fort Chiswell 0

Football Halftime Lebanon 7, Marion 6

Tazewell 28
Richlands 7

Graham 24
George Wythe 0

Varina’s backfield is tough. Between Wyche, Tre Rogers and Breon Bonner, they’re definitely more explosive than last year.

Wyche with a 25 yard TD run. XP no good.

Varina 18 Herm 10
5:15 left in 4th.

Stats at the Half:

Maury 24:
Au'Tori Newkirk - 8-14 for 185Yds. 2-0 TD/Int. ratio; 4Car. 29Yds.
LeBron Bond - 3Rec. 111Yds. TD
Damon McDaniel Jr. - 2Rec. 39Yds. TD
Elijah Moss - 2Rec. 11Yds.
Jaiden Avery - 1Rec. 24Yds.
Kendall Daniels - 1Car. 13Yds.
Isaiah 'Ike' Simmons - 7 Tackles (3 Solo)
MarQuaveon Morris - 6 Tackles
Ari Watford - 4 Tackles, 1.5 TFL, Fumble Return TD
Leslie Hines - 3 Tackles, Sack, Forced Fumble

Commodores - 23 plays for 231 total yards (8-14 for 185 yards passing; 9 rushes for 46 yards); 5 penalties for 35 yards; 0 turnovers


Highland Springs 0:
Eric Byrd - 10Car. 42Yds.
Nelson Layne - 7Car. 21Yds.
Daergon Ferguson - 7Car. 9Yds.
Josiah Martinez - 3 Tackles, TFL
Brennan Johnson - 2 Tackles

Springers - 28 plays for 83 total yards (0-1 for 0 yards passing; 27 rushes for 83 yards, 2 lost fumbles); 3 penalties for 30 yards; 2 turnovers

17-7 Rapp at the half

HALFTIME: King's Fork 19, Western Branch 0

Varina 12 Herm 10
7:31 in 4th

BleedingNavy said:

@BoKnowsSports is the ugliness a result of Varina's predictability on offense or Hermitage defense. This Varina team has the athletes to be successful, but appear to be easily defended. Just curious on your take.

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Varina is just horribly coached. Their offense is elementary but they have some really nice looking backs. Herm’s D is stout and Varina only scored on a broken play and a very nice looking deep TD throw. Varina’s D is fast and physical. Herm is so damn unorthodox on offense. They’ve had some opportunities but they’ve gotten in their own way. Varina has done an excellent job of taking Andre Clarke out of the game. He hasn’t done anything tonight as of 8:46 left in the game.

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Most remarkable to me is the fact that Highland Springs didn't record its first pass attempt until 1:58 to go in the second quarter when it fell incomplete.

Maury's Kendall Daniels blocks the punt on 4th down, so the Commodores are in business with 1:00 exactly to go in the first half, at the Highland Springs 11 with no time-outs. But trust me, the time-outs are a non-issue.

We saw QB Au'Tori Newkirk is human as he made a potentially wrong read, not giving it to LeBron Bond in the flat. However, I can't even say it was the wrong read because Kendall Daniels got open in the corner of the end zone and they just didn't connect.

Commodores Coach Dyrri McCain probably will be bothered at the break unless they score here because they've gotten a couple of penalties to back them up further, to the Springers 21-yard line with 28 seconds to go.

GW-0 Graham-24 2:08 2nd Q. #1 Lilly right up the gut from 35 yards out he was not touched. GW is doing the same thing as last week holding the opponent pretty well then one big play balls the D.