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King William @ South Hampton
Stuart Drafts @ Riverheads
Fort DeFiance @ Strasburg
Appamattox Co @ Floyd Co
Staunton River @ William Byrd
Gate City @ Union
Lebanon @ Virginia
Patrick Henry @ Holston
Grundy @ Honaker
Rural Retreat @ Rye Cove

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OCBoy said:

News out of Hayfield. Below statement is from twitter.

Hayfield Update
FCPS, on behalf of Hayfield, has filed an injunction against the VHSL to insert Hayfield into the 6A State Playoffs. Robinson would be removed and the opponents rematched in Region C potentially delaying the playoffs statewide. The court will decide on Friday.

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I saw that as well but I wonder how credible that source is. I haven't seen it posted anywhere else. No news outlets or anything.

BoKnowsSports said:

They’re legit but they’ve been stacked like this before and got

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10iceiceice said:

The difference between John Marshall and LCA is LCA is a private school and John Marshall is a public school LCA is a private school playing in a public school division instead of playing against other private schools like Benedict or Trinity ect ,, John Marshall players transfer their and play other public schools and private schools also, LCA players pay to attend. Big difference. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Players get sponsored by members of the church to attend for free while regular students have to pay to go to LCA .

Handley will be excited just in general to come down to Salem and play in that atmosphere again. I know last November when they came down to Salem I was living in Winchester at the time and there was a lot of excitement in the air from the community and players when they knew they were coming down to a town with a storied program for the first time to play football. Salem must punch them in the mouth early. Don’t let them get ahead early and let them hang around. When you do that it makes teams believe and then you feel the pressure. It’s gotta be a fundamentally sound all around performance or Salem very well could be out in the first round.

The main keys for Salems defense on Friday I believe is to keep Hassan Akanbi in check. The defensive line needs to play sound assignment football and stop him before he can get to the next level. They also must get pressure on the qb no matter which qb the Judges go with on Friday.

Gotta score often and early too. Keep the high powered Judges offense off the field as much as possible. Can’t get in a shoot out though.

Scalvinscaliwag said:

No way Handley beats Salem without the QB. They could possibly keep it interesting but I doubt it.

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You'll never see a less confident group of fans than you will with Salem. The "aw, shucks" routine wears thin after awhile.

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The difference between John Marshall and LCA is LCA is a private school and John Marshall is a public school LCA is a private school playing in a public school division instead of playing against other private schools like Benedict or Trinity ect ,, John Marshall players transfer their and play other public schools and private schools also, LCA players pay to attend. Big difference. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Scalvinscaliwag said:

No way Handley beats Salem without the QB. They could possibly keep it interesting but I doubt it.

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I would normally be very confident that Salem would handle things rather easily this Friday night. However, this has not been a normal Salem defense this season. You have to go back to the days before Willis White took over the program (1984) to find a Salem defense with this kind of performance. I think Salem fans are hoping that the defense has improved and will show that improvement in the playoffs. Me, I'm not so sure. Hopeful, but concerned.

southbottomU said:

Noticed that the last few games Handley been giving up 3 or 4 touchdowns. I'll go out on a limb and say Salem will be the best offense Handley has seen. On offense Salem has speed from both backs and their receivers. Handley will have to score with Salem. Could be very possible. Salem has given up a lot of points to teams like Pulaski and Franklin County (neither are world beaters). Could be a shoot out determined by turnovers

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No way Handley beats Salem without the QB. They could possibly keep it interesting but I doubt it.

I wonder where they filed the injunction. I wouldn't think a Fairfax Court could hear the case. This could surely cause a delay in the playoffs if the judges are forced to recuse themselves. If the Fairfax Court does hear it and rules in Hayfields favor the VHSL could simply issue forfeits on Friday thus eliminating the issue.

Personally, I find this strategy interesting. There has to be way more to this story than meets the eye. The VHSL and Fairfax Schools utilized the appeal process as designed and a decision was rendered by their peers.

Unless an egotistical idiot is in charge, (I have no clue) there is no way a member school system totally ignores it's membership agreement and jeopardizes other Fairfax County School participants. If the Courts uphold the injunction for which they have no jurisdiction to do so it will set a precedent for every player ejection, or team sanction in the state. Oh my!

CrushBlock said:

Most likely scenario right here. ^. I thought Fleming would be a shootout too but that was just a weird game

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Fleming is very very good on defense. Real shock them losing to Staunton River.

Best that I can remember, the Circuit Courts across VA have declined to rule on VHSL matters.

Noticed that the last few games Handley been giving up 3 or 4 touchdowns. I'll go out on a limb and say Salem will be the best offense Handley has seen. On offense Salem has speed from both backs and their receivers. Handley will have to score with Salem. Could be very possible. Salem has given up a lot of points to teams like Pulaski and Franklin County (neither are world beaters). Could be a shoot out determined by turnovers

G-Men2012 said:

Agreed. They will not see a close game the rest of the way. Some good coaches are looking to leave 3a because of it. They are essentially the John Marshall of football.

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They won't be bad, but they won't be anything like this next year.

BoKnowsSports said:

Powhatan’s the worst nightmare to a team like Huguenot or Varina. Look at what happened in 2021 they played. Powhatan was minus 2-3 athletes to this years’s team and Varina won the state championship. 28-27 Varina that year. Powhatan lost to Huguenot twice last year by a combined 9 points. In the playoff loss, Huguenot scored with no time left to win. This year was the outlier where if they played 5 times, 4 would be close (toss up for either team) and 1 would be a blowout.. This year was the blowout. I really don’t know how they stack up with Dinwiddie or KG.. I think Mills and Lunsford are PROVEN to make adjustments vs a slower paced/power team.

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Thanks @BoKnowsSports . I have watched their video and like what I see. The Indians rb's seem to be used as decoys for the passing game and their QB Elliott Murphy gets most of the yardage on the ground. Powhatan certainly can throw the rock and they have three darn good receivers to go get it in Whitver, Henderson (Penn St.) and Morris.

The Indians have a solid defense, but the one area Dinwiddie can have success is their greatest strength. Powhatan has struggled mightily with their opponents run game. The Generals can surely run it and that's what they did last week to wear Matoaca down in the fourth quarter.

According to stats on Maxpreps, Dinwiddie averages about 100 yards per game more than Powhatan on the ground and the passing yardage is only separated by 30 yards per game.

Defensively, Dinwiddie holds opponents to under 100 rushing and 149 yards passing per game. Powhatan looks to give up about 200 on the ground and 150 in the air per game. That's about a 100 yards per game difference.

Both teams have very experienced coaches who know how to win. The two teams have faced once in 2022 and Dinwiddie's won convincingly.

Yes, Powhatan has proven they can play good teams well and can score, but they have also given up a lot of points in those games. In fact, they have given up more than 20 points five times and have lost four of those games. Comparatively speaking Dinwiddie has given up 20 points or more in four games. The difference is Dinwiddie won three out of four of those games.

This should be a good game. I don't think Dinwiddie will lay the wood to Powhatan, but I do believe they will wear the Indians down in the second half. Home field advantage is huge. Give me the Generals by 14.

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BoKnowsSports said:

You had me confused 😂

I meant that those were the only 3 teams that could possibly give Phoebus a game in the state semi’s (Region A plays Region D). It will be the 804 vs 757 for the state championship. BOOK IT!

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Yea I thought Region A and Region C matched up in the Semis so I misunderstood.

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What do Fairfax County residents think of this? This situation would be comical were it not so sad?

DinwiddieProud said:

Dr King’s best words were, (paraphrased), judged by your character, not the color of your skin.

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In the real world that we live I have people in my own family that are members of secret societies that like other Black people as much as you would like to eat a rotten meat sandwich. All they do is lie, steal, cheat, lie and then lie about stealing and cheating. In the real world Black on Black gun violence and money based crime has been a real thing that happens forever and when caught racism is the word of the day. MLK would drop dead if he knew what goes on today. His words will not make this reality go away. Forgive? Sure. Pretend that it is not happening in every aspect of Black society including the school system? Not on your best day.

BleedingNavy said:

Just curious @BoKnowsSports. We know how Powhatan matched up against Huguenot, because they played. How would they do against Varina and King George.

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Powhatan’s the worst nightmare to a team like Huguenot or Varina. Look at what happened in 2021 they played. Powhatan was minus 2-3 athletes to this years’s team and Varina won the state championship. 28-27 Varina that year. Powhatan lost to Huguenot twice last year by a combined 9 points. In the playoff loss, Huguenot scored with no time left to win. This year was the outlier where if they played 5 times, 4 would be close (toss up for either team) and 1 would be a blowout.. This year was the blowout. I really don’t know how they stack up with Dinwiddie or KG.. I think Mills and Lunsford are PROVEN to make adjustments vs a slower paced/power team.

Nottoway @ Bruton
King William @ South Hampton
Stuart Drafts @ Riverheads
Fort DeFiance @ Strasburg
Appamattox Co @ Floyd Co
Staunton River @ William Byrd
Gate City @ Union
Lebanon @ Virginia
Patrick Henry @ Holston
Grundy @ Honaker
Rural Retreat @ Rye Cove

GOTW
Central-Woodtock @ Buckingham Co

kwhs95fan said:

He's so cocky and arrogant that when Hayfield lost to that private school from Maryland the other week, he posted on his social media that their 30 something game winning streak was over. Obviously we all know that Hayfield didn't win that many in a row. He was referring to his own personal record, which in my personal opinion was what he really cared about. Tooting his own horn.

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Uhhhhh, what good coach isn't?? LOL, is it that he just isn't trying to hide it, or isn't humble, and that pisses people off?

Phoebus Fan said:

They don’t call a flag for hurdling players? They do all the time out here.

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As with many flags there is leeway applied but by definition if a defender is airborne i.e. his feet aren't touching the ground, then he is fair game to be hurdled legally. Most refs just tend to call it based on whether a defender is attempting a low tackle (waist or preferably knees/ankles) or something higher, letting the former go and flagging a hurdle on the latter.