Early player of the year nominations
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I would have to throw Ryan Beidlemam from Giles in the mix. Over 200 yards rushing first three games, close to 200 in game 4 with a 96 yard interception return for a touchdown. Playing great defense for the Spartans also.
Payton Rutherford from Clarke county around 900 yards rushing with 14 TD's and 1 receiving TD
Couple Dogwood guys to watch
Preston Turner RB Chatham 666 yards rushing 10 rushing touchdowns on 34 carries, young man also had 3 receptions and 44 receiving (1 TD) in 2.5 games essentially since suffering an ankle injury in game 3. Turner set the VHSL record for TD's in a game on 8/25 with 9 vs James River.
D. Hicks WR Gretna 18 receptions 432 yards and 4 TD in 4 games...and he's a junior catching the rock for a young Hawks team
Those are two down in Pittsylvania county with some impressive stats early on in the season
Preston Turner RB Chatham 666 yards rushing 10 rushing touchdowns on 34 carries, young man also had 3 receptions and 44 receiving (1 TD) in 2.5 games essentially since suffering an ankle injury in game 3. Turner set the VHSL record for TD's in a game on 8/25 with 9 vs James River.
D. Hicks WR Gretna 18 receptions 432 yards and 4 TD in 4 games...and he's a junior catching the rock for a young Hawks team
Those are two down in Pittsylvania county with some impressive stats early on in the season
Max Philpott, Glenvar. Commands a double team every play and still makes play after play on defense. No team so far has been able to stop him from blowing up the backfield consistently.
Jalen Brown Amelia QB james river district. He's only a junior 860 yds passing 10 TD and 2 on the ground in 4 games. Kids a leader and a beast. very humble kid also.
I don't have the stats but I'm watching Bryce Wilson from Nelson County. He got the Governors at 2-2 right now. Thier coach is the real deal, he coached my nephew at Va State. Bryce is slinging the rock around over there and I think he is just a freshman. The kid Preston Turner from Chatham was probably the most impressive I've seen so far this year in person.
Heard he went well over 1000 last night with 3 more TDs half way through season. And their opponents have all been 3 and 4A so far. Their district schedule will be MUCH easier. So he probably will not be playing many second halves in the district.
I would say that Clarke's toughest regular season game will be a district game against Central, you can't get much easier non-district games than playing Manassas Park or Washington.
A 2A cannot play much tougher than Dominion either. Handley and Waynesboro were no slouches.
I think Central will be good game but they are not better than Handley Or Waynesboro. Man Park is not much but you never know when they will be good or not.
I think Central will be good game but they are not better than Handley Or Waynesboro. Man Park is not much but you never know when they will be good or not.
Handley is not a good team at all, Clarke's poor pass defense in that game kept Handley in the game far longer than they should have been. Central is better than Handley and Man Park has been terrible for going on five years now. Waynesboro was a good team and played well. But we all see things differently when watching these games.
And your opinion of Dominion? I am no Clarke apologist. I just think they have tried to play a decent non-district schedule. All opponents are 3/4A . They could have scheduled 1/2A teams I suppose. I would also disagree that Central is better than Handley. But to each his own.
Clarke has a great non-district schedule wise, you just never have any control over how well the opponent is going to do that season. Dominion played solid the first half, but from my point of view, when their star receiver dropped a wide open pass that was a sure TD early in the second half, they seemed to stop playing with any enthusiasm. Still, it was a very good win for Clarke to start the season.
Because of what happened last season vs. Central, I in no way would write them off, but yes, I would agree that the rest of our District schedule is pretty much a cakewalk, or at least it appears that way now. Who knows what the future holds. Our pass defense is sporadic at best. Washington, Handley, and Dominion proved that.
Hard to judge this in 2A though right Didn't Nelson drop a lot of teams and pick up 1A teams and private schools?
Not trying to discredit this young man just wondering if he is playing comparable competition.
Not trying to discredit this young man just wondering if he is playing comparable competition.
I'm not sure of Mitchells stats this year for Union, but since he became the primary ball handler and runner, he's gotta be averaged close to 100ypg on the ground to go with ~200 receiving yards and a couple TDs before the QB injury. He also has two, maybe three punt return TDs while being a force as a ROVER/FS.
I'm cutting and pasting a piece of an article from the Winchester Star about Peyton Rutherford.
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The 6-foot, 190-pound Rutherford has 140 carries for 1,078 yards (7.7 average) and 17 TDs. He’s rushed for at least 100 yards in every game, and scored at least three TDs in every game. His best performance came in Week 4, when he rushed for 344 yards and five TDs on 32 carries against Waynesboro.
Since the Eagles began their 10-year run of consecutive playoff seasons in 2007, no Clarke County running back has averaged 200 running yards per game. At 215.6 ypg so far, Rutherford has a chance to surpass Hunter Rogers’ single-season record of 2,410 yards set last year."
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The 6-foot, 190-pound Rutherford has 140 carries for 1,078 yards (7.7 average) and 17 TDs. He’s rushed for at least 100 yards in every game, and scored at least three TDs in every game. His best performance came in Week 4, when he rushed for 344 yards and five TDs on 32 carries against Waynesboro.
Since the Eagles began their 10-year run of consecutive playoff seasons in 2007, no Clarke County running back has averaged 200 running yards per game. At 215.6 ypg so far, Rutherford has a chance to surpass Hunter Rogers’ single-season record of 2,410 yards set last year."
I'm guessing youre his Dad based on your username. I would just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of jumping on message boards. I'm all about being proud of your kid but: 'When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.'
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