Brookville Head Coach Jon Meeks starts his 10th season at Brookville with a home contest vs. Patrick Henry; Raiders Doug Smith battles cancer again

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Jon Meeks, the third winningest head football coach in Brookville High School history, is going for his 70th victory Friday at 7 p.m. when the Bees host Patrick Henry at Stinger Stadium live on WLVA 94.1 FM and Fox 580 AM. Coach Meeks has led Class 3 Brookville to 4 wins in 5 contests over the Class 5 Patriots. The Bees beat PH 35-27 in Roanoke last season. Head Coach Alan Fiddler's squad went to beat Salem 17-7 to tie the Spartans for the River Ridge District title. Coach Fiddler is the all-time winningest coach in Patriot Henry Football with 83 victories in 12 years. Meeks has won an amazing 25 out of 27 non district regular season games in the last nine years as the Bees' head coach. He told me at the Titan Trophy Awards ceremony Tuesday that he has one of his youngest teams ever and could start as many as 11 Sophomores vs. PH Friday including Lincoln McDaniel who takes over for his brother Drake who was a 4-year starter as the Bees' Quarterback. Senior Jor'dyn Whitelaw is coming off 1,000 yards rushing last year and Micah Pennix leads a stingy Bees defense. Both Whitelaw and Pennix were Titan Trophy finalists with Appomattox QB Gray Peterson taking the top prize as the best rising senior in the Lynchburg area. Raiders Head Coach Doug Smith, second in wins at Appomattox to only Gordon Bragg, continues to receive cancer treatments and will once again depend on Defensive Coordinator Stephen Castello to step up as he did in the Spring of 2021 when Appomattox won their 5th Class 2 Championship in 6 seasons. The Raiders battle the Knights for "The Axe" in Buckingham County Friday at 7 p.m. The beloved Coach Smith will seek his 117 victory at Appomattox, 130 wins overall as a head coach!