Crowing Phoebus the early favorites as long as they stay healthy.

Fleming should beat the Spartans — I just think they’ve finally put it together. The framework was laid by Lovelace and the following coach continued the course. A lot of excitement around the colonels.

glass I think falls to GW — GW more battle tested after a tougher game with Dinwiddie but when these two play often times throw out what you know and just see what happens when they line up.

Where are all the springer faithful been rather quiet this year…

Highland springs isn’t the same program from 3/4 years ago. The rest of Richmond is catching up and the talent is more evenly distributed…still very formidable but they aren’t the best in the state anymore and might not be the best in the 804. Phoebus is the premier program outside of Maury in the 757 — 36 in a row and beating teams above they weight class (population size) the phantoms back.

The Dogs were up 22-12 at the half but got a few key guys banged up and they don't have any depth. Once Gretna got rolling in the 3rd quarter the Dogs had no answers. Gretna has a good team and the qb is very good.

(Inside Nova)

Abingdon 31, Christiansburg 28

Alleghany 47, Fort Defiance 13

Altavista 24, George Wythe 0

Amelia County 30, Franklin 14

Armstrong 20, Petersburg 13

Atlantic Shores Christian 48, Catholic 0

Atlee 29, Deep Run 6

Bassett 51, Patrick County 0

Bath County 55, Page County 0

Battlefield 56, Potomac 8

Benedictine 31, Western Branch 13

Bland County 36, Jenkins, Ky. 12

Briar Woods 20, Loudoun County 7

Brooke Point 41, Spotsylvania 20

Brookville 61, Halifax County 34

Brunswick, Md. 56, Rock Ridge 28

Bruton 38, Nandua 0

Buckingham County 29, Madison County 15

Buffalo Gap 47, Luray 7

C.D. Hylton 44, Osbourn Park 14

Carroll County 22, Grayson County 18

Central – Wise 28, Marion 13

Central of Lunenburg 41, William Campbell 14

Chantilly 41, C. G. Woodson 18

Chatham 36, Tunstall 32

Chilhowie 34, J.I. Burton 7

Clarke County 28, King William 20

Colgan 24, Osbourn 7

Collegiate-Richmond 42, Goochland 7

Colonial Forge 35, Alexandria City 14

Colonial Heights 14, New Kent 13

Courtland 37, Louisa 20

Dinwiddie 35, North Stafford 25

Douglas Freeman 34, James River 6

E.C. Glass 35, Patrick Henry 21

Eastside 46, Hurley 12

Fauquier 35, Liberty-Bealeton 14

Fishburne Military 18, Massanutten Military 14

Floyd County 47, Fort Chiswell 12

Forest Park 27, Riverbend 20

Frank Cox 47, Bayside 9

GW-Danville 24, Amherst County 12

Some more scores I stumbled upon this morning (computer was giving me fits last night and I finally gave up at 10:30)

757Teamz Top 15

#1 Maury 20, Wise (Md.) 14 – FINAL

#2 Phoebus 23, Highland Springs 7 – FINAL

#4 Oscar Smith 54, Norcom 16 – FINAL

#5 Green Run 49, Kellam 0 – FINAL

#7 Indian River 56, Lakeland 3 – FINAL

#9 Lafayette 68, Booker T. Washington 0 – FINAL

#10 Granby 79, Kecoughtan 0 – FINAL

#11 Cox 47, Bayside 9 – FINAL

Benedictine 31, #15 Western Branch 13 – FINAL

Beach District

Ocean Lakes 51, First Colonial 7 – FINAL

Kempsville 51, Princess Anne 0 – FINAL

Landstown 18, Tallwood 13 – FINAL

Peninsula District

Menchville 35, Heritage 0 – FINAL

Non-district

Smithfield 14, Churchland 13 – FINAL

Colonial Heights 14, New Kent 13 – FINAL

York 21, Gloucester 6 – FINAL

Great Bridge 34, Norview 6 – FINAL

Matoaca 35, Warhill 0 – FINAL

Bruton 39, Nandua 0 – FINAL

Private schools

Atlantic Shores Christian 48, Catholic 0 – FINAL

Greenbrier Christian 57, Fuqua School 0 – FINAL

Roanoke Catholic 34, Isle of Wight 26 – FINAL

Saturday, Sept. 7

Non-district

King George vs. #14 Hampton at Darling Stadium, 1 p.m.

DinwiddieProud said:

155-0 in two games is ugly.

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Now it shows the score as 61-0 this morning on Roanoke Times website - AP has 65-0, so who knows.

Everyone thinking Essex is a lock to be in Salem but Altavista may have a say in that.

19GHS87 said:

Big Test next week for Graham with GW coming to town.

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I don't think Graham will have any trouble with GW, they beat a struggling Radford team and got handled by Altavista. GW is probably the best team in class 1 west as of now but I don't think they have anything for Graham.

Jsoleksy said:

Tonight’s game at BTW was terrible, we could have scored 100 on them, even with them holding our defense the entire game. The refs didn’t even use a running clock, it just made the game last longer. BTW forfeited with 7 minutes left in the 4th after starting a brawl on their sidelines with our 2nd/3rd string defense.

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I heard about that brawl, pretty bad. I was stunned by no running clock. I passed on going, Lafayette was favored by 49 points and BTW is in a lousy area. I went go Warhill. They looked absolutely terrible. Zero pass attempts, offense had maybe 50 total yards. Matoaca had 2 td called back. Only many penalties on them prevented a 56 or 63 point game.

SPL311U said:

Hmmm... You mean the all girls Catholic school...🤣🤣

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Yeah, according to Scorestream I guess so 😁😁

awjones1978 said:

Would love to see the complete stats of that game!!

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Me too but the media is lacking, especially in Hampton, when it comes to HS box scores these days. I’m hoping Richmond area paper has them. It was a big game somebody has to have the stats

I do know the final team total yards was Phoebus 306 to Highland Springs 68

Actually shocked they had 68. That completion they had in the 4th must’ve been longer than i thought.

Logan is a STUD at QB
18/24 350 yds and 4 TD tonight

Ahhh I knew I should have picked Phoebus. I was regretting that one in the stands tonight haha. Went with the team I was more familiar with.

Madison over Lake Braddock was probably the easiest pick for me though. After watching Colgan move the ball in the first half against Lake Braddock's defense, I didn't think Madison would have much of problem with them last night.

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Felt good coming into a game the underdog! Blunt had them boys prepared tonight. We knew what they liked to run and we shut it down. Highland Spring had to have like 40 yards and only 2 first down.

23-7 Phoebus

36 wins in a row

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Would love to see the complete stats of that game!!

Like GHS said..........each team gave the other exactly what they were expecting to see as Riverheads got seven rushing touchdowns from five different players and Tazewell threw the ball on about 80% of their plays and scored all three of its touchdowns through the air. Although the score might imply that the Big Red was in control from the start, that was not the case because a betting man would have put his money on the visiting Bulldogs about halfway through the first half, as they had a 14-7 lead and seemed to be the more confident team.

But Riverheads tied things up at 14, got one more possession before the break, and added a field goal for a 17-14 halftime lead. The Gladiators then poured it on with a five touchdown outburst in the second half, although if you had to pick one play of the game that may have been the biggest momentum swing, it actually came on defense.

Tazewell had received the second half kickoff and just like they say in any sport, the first few minutes of the second half can often determine the outcome. So on the Bulldogs' first play from scrimmage in the third quarter, Carson Brooks shot through the line untouched and dropped Creasy like a sack of potatoes in the backfield. That ten-yard loss sent the message that Riverheads was the team that came out to play in the second half and they certainly did just that as they put up two scores in the third quarter to go up 31-14. At that point the Big Red had scored 24 unanswered points.

To their credit, Tazewell fought back and scored late in the third to trim the lead to 31-21 and even got the ball back with a chance to get within one score. But Riverheads slammed the door on them and scored three TDs in the fourth to make it look like more of a runaway than it really was.

As expected, Jonathan Talbott was the Big Red's leading rusher, despite playing with an injured wrist. He scored three of the Big Red touchdowns after Levi Dunlap got the party started with a one yard quarterback sneak to cap off the Gladiators' opening drive. Other home team touchdowns came from Brady Boehm and Jackson Fitzgerald but by far the biggest crowd pleaser came in the final minutes of the game, when junior running back Preston McCauley swept right end, turned on the afterburners, and outraced the Bulldog defense for a 73 yard score, the longest run of the year for RHS.

Also a big part of the Gladiator offense was the kicking game as senior Zac Brooks was a perfect 6 for 6 on PATs in addition to the 35 yard field goal that gave the Big Red the lead for good. Following the McCauley touchdown, we learned who the Big Red's placekicker will be the next two years as sophomore Bryan Lopez-Rojas booted the final point of the night for the home team with a kick as pretty as any of the ones Brooks had.

In addition to the players who scored, the Gladiators got quality runs from Brooks, meaning Carson Brooks, as well as Brody Phillips, Spencer Simpson, and Austin Roberts who was having a great two-way game until he went down shortly before the break with an ankle injury. The Gladiators also completed their first pass of the season as Dunlap connected over the middle to tight end Charles Glenn on the way to one of those second half scores.

On defense the heroes were many for the Big Red. As already mentioned, Brooks' sack of the quarterback was a key turning point. But almost everyone already mentioned as offensive contributors also had key defensive plays, along with solid efforts from the Dotson twins Jayden and Chris. I am sure I am leaving out some players that deserve recognition, but let's face it.........there was a LOT going on in this game!

Which leads into a discussion of the officiating. All you can ever ask of a crew is consistency and I guess tonight's gang did their best, but there was an incredible amount of flags in this one, and on more than one occasion, there were disputes about what the call was, which team it was on, how much should be marked off, you name it and it happened. Calls were sometimes delayed until well after the play was over, flags were picked up at least four or five times, and we even had one case in which a ref signaled an ineligible receiver on the DEFENSE, but you will be pleased to hear we got that one straightened out! With both teams having the potent offenses they did, the constant disruptions to the game kept it from having any real flow and it is a miracle the teams scored the points they did.

With the win, RHS is now 2-0 on the season and they will travel to Fort Defiance next week for the Shenandoah District opener for both teams. An announcement was made at our game that the Indian quarterback had been injured in their game tonight, so between his injury and the status of Riverheads' Roberts, both teams may have to make some adjustments for that one.

As for Tazewell, hopefully everyone had safe travels home. It has been an interesting five game series between these two and despite tonight's loss, you can tell that the Bulldogs will again be a playoff-caliber team by the end of the season. Now that they have this first game of the season behind them, they will fine-tune some things and make some serious noise down south.

Nice win for you guys.

Great win abingdon.