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VHSL Region 4A Football Quarterfinals at the Half - Warwick 8, Hampton 6.

(Matt H tweets)

14-0 Salem. Just had a punt return called back for block in the back.

Football, Region 2D Playoffs, First Round, 11:35 left in 1st: Virginia High 0, Lee High 0. VHS QB Brody Jones injured on second play from scrimmage. Not looking good with apparent leg injury

An aircast applied to Brody Jones' leg and he is stretchered off the field. Hate to see that

Football, Region 2D Playoffs, First Round, End 1st: Virginia High 0, Lee High 0

Touchdown Bulldogs! Caleb Davidson for the score. ----- Rustburg - 0 LCA - 7 Q2 • 11:51

Trinity Episcopal will return to the VISAA D1 State championship game to defend their title after defeating Potomac School 35-0 on Saturday. The Titans will face cross city rivals Benedictine in a rematch of the 2022 title game. It will be the 4th meeting in past two years between the schools.

The Titans use big plays from the offense and a stingy defense that finished with seven sacks and two interceptions. Four of the five touchdowns covered 60-yards, 90-yards, 65-yards and 91 yards.

After a scoreless 1st quarter, junior running back Trey Grant finished a 5-play drive with a 3-yard touchdown plunge with 10:06 to go in the 2nd quarter. Grant carried the ball four times for 53 yards on the scoring drive. The next time Trinity Episcopal had the football, Navy commit Trai Ferguson turned the corner and ran away from the Panthers defenders for a 60-yad touchdown run to extend the lead to 14-0 after the extra point.

The Potomac School was in position to score before the half after driving 54 yards down to the Titans 13-yard line (with the help of a fake punt). However Old Dominion commit Mario Thompson (pictured below) jumped pass and returned it 90 yards for a pick six. The Titans led 21-0 and seemed to deflate the Panthers momentum heading into halftime.



Sophomore Isaiah Robinson and freshman Davion Brown both turned short screen passes into long touchdown receptions. Robinson broke a couple tackles on his 65-yard touchdown reception and Brown shook two defenders to score a 91-yard touchdown.

Meanwhile William & Mary commit linebacker Elijah Rainer was the defensive leader with several tackles, a sack and tackles for losses. VMI commit Robbie Dunn had three sacks and his last one put Potomac School sophomore quarterback Camren Boykin out of the game midway thru the 3rd quarter. The Panthers were forced to run the football the remainder of the game.

Thank you for the updates sir.

Congratulations to gladiators01 for winning this week's Pick em!

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mike salem 29
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(BullRun66 27)

Across all 6 classes, no #1 seed was beaten. In fact, no #1 seed was even seriously challenged, score wise.

In C4, all 4 top seeds in each region won except #4 Orange, which was beaten by #5 Amherst.

I believe across all classes, 3 #7 seeds won, upsetting #2 seeds.

Most points scored by any one team, surprise surprise, Freedom with 77.

It looks like 9 shutouts.

Two games were decided by 1 point.

Lowest scoring game, Kecoughtan over Norview, 7-0

Two losing teams had a safety as their only points. Both were in C1. Northampton and Franklin.

Scoreless @ half

Region 4D quarterfinals: No. 8 Halifax 12, No. 1 E.C. Glass 0, 3:44 1Q

Lebanon 51 Twin Springs 49
Holston 31 Rye Cove 8
Patrick Henry 49 Hurley 8

NM

Webb with TD run Dowdy with extra point PH 7 Briar Woods 0

It was a log jam in the standings for this first week of the Playoff Pick'em. OCBoy came out on top with 15 correct, while everyone else got 14 correct.

OCBoy - 15
falcettik - 14
otnorot - 14
SPL311U - 14
tylerrossfc10 - 14
540 Athletes - 14

Twin Springs leads 21-19 in the 2Q

Jason Murray 8 TD run. Loudoun County 7, #Handley 0, 3:53 left in 1st

Bears with a 1 yard TD run, extra point no good!

Gate City 0 Union 6 5:09 left in the 1st quarter

Tweed 21 run for td.

Run is good.

Holston 8 Rye Cove 0 8:33 left in the first.

2D 8:37 1st Tazewell 0 Ridgeview 6 Tazewell fails at opening onside kick, Pack punt 4th &25, Bulldogs muff return, Pack recover & later score 3 yd TD run

(David Moore tweets)

Region 1D Playoffs, First Round, 6:33 left in 1st: Patrick Henry 6, Hurley 0. Rebels from Buchanan County in the red zone.

What defensive penalties are automatic first downs and which are not?

WA @ OR
KSU @ Bay
UCF @ Tul
App St @ Marsh
Pur @ IL
WI @ IA
KS @ TT
TXAM @ AUB
GA @ MS ST
FSU @ Syr
SC @ FL
LSU @ AR*
UNC @ WF*
TCU @ TX*
AL @ MS*


MN @ BUF*
AZ @ LAR*
LAC @ SF*
SEA @ TB*
NO @ PIT
DEN @ TN
IN @ LV
DAL @ GB

*GOW 2 pts each

How good are they and can they win it all?

In a very physical game that saw a first half full of big plays, followed by a second half that saw each team try to impose their will on the other, Westfield came away with a 31-28 OT win. Before I get into the game play, hats off to Herndon's #6, Liam Wilson, who pulled double duty as DE and RB., almost never coming off the field. As the RB he probably had 30+ carries and was a huge force for Herndon.

HERN won the toss and deferred, kicking with the wind and putting the ball out of the back of the end zone. WF reached the HERN 44 yard line but punted, giving HERN their first possession on their own 18 yard line. On the first play from scrimmage, HERN's Callow found Humphreys for a 38 yard pass to the WF 44 yard line. HERN then moved down the field and score when Wilson ran it in from 7 yards out for a 7-0 lead (Zouagui XP) with 4:02 remaining in the first quarter. WF took the KO at their own 20 when the KO went into the end zone again and on their first play Jenks found Morin for a 36 yard pass to the HERN 44 yard line. After a 23 yard Jenks to Murphy pass, Jenks eventually ran it in from yard out to tie the game at 7-7 (Mattfeld XP) with 1:15 to play in the first quarter. HERN muffed the ensuing KO and had to start on their own 18 yard line, but Callow hit Swinton down the right sideline for a 64 yard gain to the WF 7 yard line. Wilson then scored again on a 2 yard run and HERN was back on top, 14-7 (Zouagui XP) with 11:17 remaining in the first half. After a short HERN KO into the wind, WF started at their own 40 yard line and put together a 60 yard drive to score on a 22 yard Houser to Anderson pass to tie it again, 14-14 (Mattfeld XP) with 8:42 left in the half. Herndon answered with an 80 yard drive of their own, scoring on a 71 yard Garcia run around the right side to go ahead again, 21-14 (Zouagui XP) with 7:01 to play in the half. After a WF punt, HERN's Callow was intercepted by WF's Rennyson on the WF 33 yard line and Rennyson returned the ball all the way to the HERN 25 yard line. Jenks soon found Anderson for his second score on a 20 yard passing TD and it was tied again, 21-21 (Mattfeld XP) with 29 seconds remaining.

HERN took the second half KO and went three and out. The short punt gave WF good field position at the HERN 41 yard line, but WF's Duda fumbled and HERN's Wilson recovered on the HERN 45 yard line. HERN ran several plays but then faced a 4th and 3, with Wilson getting the three yards to keep the drive alive. HERN ran three more plays and again faced a 4th down, 4th and 6 at the WF 30 yard line, but HERN lost yardage to turn the ball over on downs at the WF 34 yard line. WF went three and out on this possession, and HERN had the ball on their own 28 yard line just before the end of the third quarter. On this possession a HERN 4th and two attempt at the WF 32 yard line would come up inches short and WF took over on their 30 yard line. WF got one first down on this drive but had to punt, getting a good punt to pin HERN on their own 10 yard line. HERN quickly moved to near midfield where they faced yet another 4th down, 4th and 7 at the HERN 48 yard line. HERN elected to go for a fake punt and the up-back (I think it was, you guessed it, Wilson) ran around the right side for a first down. After two plays gained little yardage, HERN opted for a HB pass but Wilson's long ball was dropped by a receiver who was behind the defense and Herndon had to punt. The punt pinned WF on their own 6 yard line with about 2:29 to play. WF used a Jenks 28 yard run to the WF 35 yard line to get some breathing room but had to punt the ball back to HERN with 19 seconds remaining in the game and the ball on the HERN 37 yard line. HERN did gain some yards to get to the HERN 46 yard line but elected to run plays instead of attempting a long 65-70 yard FG with the wind on the final play of the game. Not sure why, since their kicker was easily kicking the ball 60+ yards through the uprights from midfield, with the wind, in warmups. So we go to overtime.

WF had the ball first and drew an illegal procedure on the first down. Jenks then ran for 11 yards, followed by a 3 yard Richardson run, then Jenks ran it in from one yard out to put WF up, 28-21 (Mattfeld XP).

HERN used a 7 yard Wilson run, a 1 yard Wilson run, and a two yard Wilson run to even the score at 28-28 (Zouagui XP).

In the second OT HERN went on offense first. On their first play they were penalized for a block in the back that pushed them back to the 15 yard line. HERN then got a 9 yard Callow to Humphrey's pass to the 6 yard line, but got no more yards and lined up for a 23 yard Zouagui FG attempt. WF's Duda came off the left side and blocked the kick to give WF a great chance to now win the game.

WF's first play was an 8 yard Jenks to Anderson pass, followed by a Duda run for no gain, then a 1 yard Butler run on third down. WF lined up with their offense on 4th and goal from the one, but then sent out the FG team. Mattfeld hit the 17 yard FG and WF won the game, 31-28.