State Semi-Final Highland Springs vs. Stone Bridge

[HooSprings]

I keep hearing how SB dominated Mountain View, they should have, who did Mountain View play this year to validate they were a top tier team. Mountain View lost to Colonial Forge, SB struggled against Colonial Forge, and HSHS beat the brakes off of Colonial Forge. People are discounting how good LC Bird was this year, they almost beat Manchester and Manchester was a good squad this year, just young. LC Bird was a better team than Mountain View and HSHS still beat them 35-0 despite the turnovers and silly mistakes.

I heard the same garbage. When I heard Mountain View had lost to colonial Forge, that lost all the respect I had for Mountain View as a viable contender. I also saw the way Stonebridge struggled against colonial forge the week after taking a beating from freedom. Some say that freedom loss was supposed to be a wake up call, but maybe the wake up call was two weeks later when they played the weaker competition. Fact is, between the two of us, only Varina was a legitimate contender of any of those teams either one of us played, and their offense was substandard at best.

I just know this…. The starting 11 on defense for Highland Springs has only given up three touchdowns the entire season,and all three of those are through the air, in the first two games of the year. That same starting defense still has not given up a running touchdown the entire season. If that’s not a statement,based on a schedule that no one else can compare to,then I don’t know what it is. If anyone can say they were expecting Highland Springs to shut out Varina and to shut out Martinsville until the last three seconds, then they are lying to you. The offense is just lead by a quarterback has thrown 26 touchdowns and only one interception in the entire season. Needless to say…. I like our chances!

 

[HooSprings]

Martin went to Brookland Middle School. Last I checked those kids aren’t anywhere close to HS’s zone. He’s not an East End kid and has been playing with the Herm/GA/Tucker kids his entire life. I know the entire story on why he ended up at HS instead of his home school, Herm. There’s others but since he’s your star, no not all of that firepower is homegrown. Just stop spreading misinformation. You’re wrong, just admit it and move on.

All these kids played all over the metro area. Everywhere from Chamberlain to Glen Lee to East End to Highland Springs, because there are no borders when it comes to rec league football in this area. He started his JV year at Highland Springs. He enrolled in the specialty program just like all the other kids in the county are allowed to apply and to do. As I said in my prior post, Becton didn’t grow up in Highland Springs Little League nor did he go to Fairfield. Neither did his little brother. But, it’s not recruiting if a student applies to a specialty program that their home school doesn’t supply them with. My daughter is the perfect example of that. She doesn’t go to school where she is zoned because her school doesn’t offer the specialty program that she needs for her future. None of these kids are recruited,because they don’t need to be. that was the whole point of my statement. I said a majority of these kids are homegrown and are second generation players. Gilliam, who is now with Oklahoma, didn’t grow up in the Highland Springs youth program, but the specialty program offered to him at Highland Springs was why he chose to go to Highland Springs. This person said Highland Springs goes around recruiting players, and that’s just not true! Fact is, there is no school in the country that can sit here and tell you that every player on the roster came up through the Little League that they play for now. I hope that clarifies my statements.

 

[hokies-n-wildcats]

No-one said it won't legal recruiting but it's recruiting nonetheless. Loudon has the same deal with open enrollment. How else are the same two teams winning year in and year out? Pretty funny that you won't admit it and move on. I can tell you if I lived in either Loudon or Henrico I'd be sending my kids to play for either of those coaches Johnson especially.

 

[Gunz41]

I heard the same garbage. When I heard Mountain View had lost to colonial Forge, that lost all the respect I had for Mountain View as a viable contender. I also saw the way Stonebridge struggled against colonial forge the week after taking a beating from freedom. Some say that freedom loss was supposed to be a wake up call, but maybe the wake up call was two weeks later when they played the weaker competition. Fact is, between the two of us, only Varina was a legitimate contender of any of those teams either one of us played, and their offense was substandard at best.

I just know this…. The starting 11 on defense for Highland Springs has only given up three touchdowns the entire season,and all three of those are through the air, in the first two games of the year. That same starting defense still has not given up a running touchdown the entire season. If that’s not a statement,based on a schedule that no one else can compare to,then I don’t know what it is. If anyone can say they were expecting Highland Springs to shut out Varina and to shut out Martinsville until the last three seconds, then they are lying to you. The offense is just lead by a quarterback has thrown 26 touchdowns and only one interception in the entire season. Needless to say…. I like our chances!

This statement (Varina part) just is blatant misinformation.

Don't know much about either team, or the opponents, but to continue to push the narrative of playing a nationally ranked team, and another high class program (Chambers and Martinsburg respectively) is ok, no matter what those finished as.

But to say that Varina is the only contender either team played is FALSE.

Varina lost in 2nd round of 4a playoffs. Stone Bridge has TWO TEAMS on their schedule that are STILL PLAYING in 6a.

I get thinking your team is the best, but it makes you come off very poorly when you use misinformation to try and support that feeling.

And on the "recruits", I have ZERO clue on how it works, legit or not, etc. Don't care one way or another, but using different words to try and explain it away doesn't look good.

Last thing, I am glad that HS (and ALL other schools get these kids into programs), but continuing this we have 67 D1 players stuff so we are better comes off as very arrogant. Because while this "every school may have a transfer" thing is correct, most of the state also has to go by physical geography and county/school lines, so when you brag about how much talent you have it doesn't factor that part in. Whether its a special program or great football program is irrelevant. Think what some other areas of the state could be if for WHATEVER LEGIT reason they were allowed to congregate on the best team in the city/county.

Easy, just look at my area (Augusta County). 5 county schools, and 2 city all inside each other.

 

[hokies-n-wildcats]

This statement (Varina part) just is blatant misinformation.

Don't know much about either team, or the opponents, but to continue to push the narrative of playing a nationally ranked team, and another high class program (Chambers and Martinsburg respectively) is ok, no matter what those finished as.

But to say that Varina is the only contender either team played is FALSE.

Varina lost in 2nd round of 4a playoffs. Stone Bridge has TWO TEAMS on their schedule that are STILL PLAYING in 6a.

I get thinking your team is the best, but it makes you come off very poorly when you use misinformation to try and support that feeling.

And on the "recruits", I have ZERO clue on how it works, legit or not, etc. Don't care one way or another, but using different words to try and explain it away doesn't look good.

Last thing, I am glad that HS (and ALL other schools get these kids into programs), but continuing this we have 67 D1 players stuff so we are better comes off as very arrogant. Because while this "every school may have a transfer" thing is correct, most of the state also has to go by physical geography and county/school lines, so when you brag about how much talent you have it doesn't factor that part in. Whether its a special program or great football program is irrelevant. Think what some other areas of the state could be if for WHATEVER LEGIT reason they were allowed to congregate on the best team in the city/county.

Easy, just look at my area (Augusta County). 5 county schools, and 2 city all inside each other.

Exactly. This dude keeps running Colonial Forge and Mountain View down but they are in Stafford County which has less than half the population that Henrico does and pushing a 1/3 of what Loudon does and they make it extremely tough to go to a different school than you're zoned for. I guess he thinks they just grow better football players all over Henrico then the rest of the state.
To your point, King George put up more points against Varina than HSHS did!

 

[BoKnowsSports]

All these kids played all over the metro area. Everywhere from Chamberlain to Glen Lee to East End to Highland Springs, because there are no borders when it comes to rec league football in this area. He started his JV year at Highland Springs. He enrolled in the specialty program just like all the other kids in the county are allowed to apply and to do. As I said in my prior post, Becton didn’t grow up in Highland Springs Little League nor did he go to Fairfield. Neither did his little brother. But, it’s not recruiting if a student applies to a specialty program that their home school doesn’t supply them with. My daughter is the perfect example of that. She doesn’t go to school where she is zoned because her school doesn’t offer the specialty program that she needs for her future. None of these kids are recruited,because they don’t need to be. that was the whole point of my statement. I said a majority of these kids are homegrown and are second generation players. Gilliam, who is now with Oklahoma, didn’t grow up in the Highland Springs youth program, but the specialty program offered to him at Highland Springs was why he chose to go to Highland Springs. This person said Highland Springs goes around recruiting players, and that’s just not true! Fact is, there is no school in the country that can sit here and tell you that every player on the roster came up through the Little League that they play for now. I hope that clarifies my statements.

So are all of Highland Springs’ talent home grown and come from that area or do they play all around the metro??? That doesn’t make sense. Chamberlayne isn’t even close to HS, that’s Herm/Henrico. Funny you say that, one of the area public school coaches resigned this year because he got frustrated with kids leaving to go to Highland Springs, but Varina got his two best players. Highland Springs get their fair share of players as does Varina. I’m very familiar with the specialty programs in HCPS. They are very very selective and someone has to look at their middle school grades/activities. That’s the best way to get the better football players not in your district in as 9th graders, the clean way. I don’t have a problem with any of that, I just hate to read misinformation.

 

[tw2126]

Is this gong to be on NFHS or any other network?

 

[springer76]

I'm not sure what your talking about, maybe confusing me with someone else. I said HS was going to win this weekend. All I said was last year if HS got their extra points to tie SB was in position to kick a short field goal to win. Stone Bridge that destroyed a confident Mountain View team this year is better than Freeman and Bird. Highland Springs looks on the level of the 2018 year team so it will be a very tall order for Stone Bridge to pull out a win, especially at Highland Springs. I will say nobody will be happier than me if they pull the upset as you're one of the cockiest fans on this forum. I enjoy every time HS loses so I can see you eat crow after all your "we are invincible" talk. Last year was a great year.

We don't lose very often.

So are all of Highland Springs’ talent home grown and come from that area or do they play all around the metro??? That doesn’t make sense. Chamberlayne isn’t even close to HS, that’s Herm/Henrico. Funny you say that, one of the area public school coaches resigned this year because he got frustrated with kids leaving to go to Highland Springs, but Varina got his two best players. Highland Springs get their fair share of players as does Varina. I’m very familiar with the specialty programs in HCPS. They are very very selective and someone has to look at their middle school grades/activities. That’s the best way to get the better football players not in your district in as 9th graders, the clean way. I don’t have a problem with any of that, I just hate to read misinformation.

This whole conversation is interesting and head scratching at the same time. I'm in no way connected inside the school, teachers or coaching staff. I just went there and graduated in 1976 and I support the football team and the HSHS band (I was a band member in HSHS).. I hear and read all about this recruiting and kids jumping ship here and there... WTF? I thought it happened just about everywhere! As far as "homegrown talent"... What is that? I consider "homegrown" as grown in the good old USA! HS has a couple of kids on the team which I can't even pronounce their names! Either from China, Africa or some foreign country, called migrants!!!!
Which brings me to this conversation. Migration: movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions:
Does our school systems not supposed to allow families or kids to MIGRATE to another area or a different school? I know most that do a move, it's probably for job changes, better living conditions, or maybe have a kid go to one of the specialty programs offered like Engineering at HSHS's VoTech Center.
Back the the "homegrown" comment. Everybody that was born in the USA and raised here is HOMEGROWN! As far a kids going to different school districts, either it is legal or illegal. If it were illegal, it WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED! Right? I haven't heard of any forfeitures of game around here for having illegal players. If there were, forfeits would happen, right?

 

[HooSprings]

This statement (Varina part) just is blatant misinformation.

Don't know much about either team, or the opponents, but to continue to push the narrative of playing a nationally ranked team, and another high class program (Chambers and Martinsburg respectively) is ok, no matter what those finished as.

But to say that Varina is the only contender either team played is FALSE.

Varina lost in 2nd round of 4a playoffs. Stone Bridge has TWO TEAMS on their schedule that are STILL PLAYING in 6a.

I get thinking your team is the best, but it makes you come off very poorly when you use misinformation to try and support that feeling.

And on the "recruits", I have ZERO clue on how it works, legit or not, etc. Don't care one way or another, but using different words to try and explain it away doesn't look good.

Last thing, I am glad that HS (and ALL other schools get these kids into programs), but continuing this we have 67 D1 players stuff so we are better comes off as very arrogant. Because while this "every school may have a transfer" thing is correct, most of the state also has to go by physical geography and county/school lines, so when you brag about how much talent you have it doesn't factor that part in. Whether its a special program or great football program is irrelevant. Think what some other areas of the state could be if for WHATEVER LEGIT reason they were allowed to congregate on the best team in the city/county.

Easy, just look at my area (Augusta County). 5 county schools, and 2 city all inside each other.

You are 150% correct! I posted before I finish that statement which should have said, Highland Springs Nor Stonebridge faced a contender after SB faced Freedom other than Varina. Both teams opened with a strong opening schedule. HSHS just seemed a little more dominant over the teams they played, or the teams they played maybe weren’t as talented as the teams that Stonebridge played.

Also…last year…we had all the talent in the world,but no chemistry! The team was a noticeable mess the entire season with no identity. That talent that remains,from that team,has chemistry this year,and it has shown,but they are still young(QB among others is still only a junior). What I’m saying is, talent doesn’t always mean success, because if that talent doesn’t play well together, it’s really not much better than being an average team. This team reminds me of the 2015 and the 2018 teams. That type of chemistry with quite honestly a better quarterback.

Recruiting is going over to ask another player to transfer to your school. HSHS doesn’t do that! There are a lot of very talented players in the Richmond area,and in the Henrico county school system. Whether people like it or not, Highland Springs does it the right way!

 

[HooSprings]

So are all of Highland Springs’ talent home grown and come from that area or do they play all around the metro??? That doesn’t make sense. Chamberlayne isn’t even close to HS, that’s Herm/Henrico. Funny you say that, one of the area public school coaches resigned this year because he got frustrated with kids leaving to go to Highland Springs, but Varina got his two best players. Highland Springs get their fair share of players as does Varina. I’m very familiar with the specialty programs in HCPS. They are very very selective and someone has to look at their middle school grades/activities. That’s the best way to get the better football players not in your district in as 9th graders, the clean way. I don’t have a problem with any of that, I just hate to read misinformation.

Chamberlain is in Henrico and plays in the metro football association. Schools in Henrico county offer specialty programs such as engineering or architecture or even teaching so that kids that don’t have it offered at their school can still pursue their education in those programs. Two of the better players that play for Glen Allen physically live in the Highlands Springs district, but they go to the specialty program at Glennallen so they play football,basketball,and baseball for Glen Allen. One of the kids that plays baseball for Highland Springs lives in the Freeman district, but Freeman doesn’t have the engineering program that Highland Springs has. It happens all over the county. Henrico county is not the only school system that does this. It’s actually a state wide initiative for kids to be able to pursue their dreams even if that program is not available at their address school, but they must apply and qualify academically to pursue the specialty programs at the schools

 

[HooSprings]

Exactly. This dude keeps running Colonial Forge and Mountain View down but they are in Stafford County which has less than half the population that Henrico does and pushing a 1/3 of what Loudon does and they make it extremely tough to go to a different school than you're zoned for. I guess he thinks they just grow better football players all over Henrico then the rest of the state.
To your point, King George put up more points against Varina than HSHS did!

Highland Springs was up 29-0 over Varina,and called the dogs off! Convincing shut out over a defending state champion, and no one got hurt in the game.

All we are doing with colonial forge is comparing how Stonebridge did compared to how Highland Springs did against that same team. Remember, Highland Springs played colonial forge in a heavy downpour and still put up 250 yards passing and had a running clock. How in the world did colonial forge give Stonebridge a tough game like that?

 

[-COUNTRY-CLUB-JOE-]

I don't think HS does anything different from any other school like that when it comes to getting players. I'd say most of the time it's another player in someone's ear at a camp, 7-on-7, etc that plants the seed or a parent that wants their kid to succeed in whatever sport or a particular program instead of a coach actually recruiting. Happens at big city schools. That's pretty far removed from a national program offering student housing in my mind. Just my take, albeit from a distance.

 

[BoKnowsSports]

I could give two sh*ts where they get their players, what I have a problem with is the constant misinformation given on these boards. It was brought up that all of HS’s players are home grown; meaning they are from Sandston, Varina or Highland Springs. That is not the case as I have given multiple examples. All schools have transfers but as @country club Joe eluded to, in the bigger schools, transfers and recruiting are a thing. Perfectly said btw… Hell Herm fired their whole JV staff to get a kid’s dad who had no coaching experience just to get his son. It’s not right but apart of the game. Just get tired of the “HS is holier than thou” bs. Lots of misinformation is given on these boards.

 

[-COUNTRY-CLUB-JOE-]

I could give two sh*ts where they get their players, what I have a problem with is the constant misinformation given on these boards. It was brought up that all of HS’s players are home grown; meaning they are from Sandston, Varina or Highland Springs. That is not the case as I have given multiple examples. All schools have transfers but as @country club Joe eluded to, in the bigger schools, transfers and recruiting are a thing. Perfectly said btw… Hell Herm fired their whole JV staff to get a kid’s dad who had no coaching experience just to get his son. It’s not right but apart of the game. Just get tired of the “HS is holier than thou” bs. Lots of misinformation is given on these boards.

You're on the NC boards some, so I'm sure you're well aware of the stigma surrounding Charlotte schools. Don't be like them. No way to go through life 😂. I'm not a HS fan. I respect them. They have a good program. I don't see the "holier than thou" thing. Cocky? Yeah. But you can be cocky when you win 🤷‍♂️. Caveat here is I've never spent much time around their fans.

 

[BoKnowsSports]

Before I’m called a hater, for the 100th time LJ is the best active coach in the Richmond metro. His whole staff are in house guys who are teachers and administrators. They do things right. I’ve said it on multiple boards, I don’t have any problems with kids moving around to improve their recruiting stock.

 

[BoKnowsSports]

You're on the NC boards some, so I'm sure you're well aware of the stigma surrounding Charlotte schools. Don't be like them. No way to go through life 😂. I'm not a HS fan. I respect them. They have a good program. I don't see the "holier than thou" thing. Cocky? Yeah. But you can be cocky when you win 🤷‍♂️. Caveat here is I've never spent much time around their fans.

I’m a JC Cougar so I know first hand the conversations in NC 😂 I don’t have a problem with recruiting. It’s apart of the game.

 

[-COUNTRY-CLUB-JOE-]

I’m a JC Cougar so I know first hand the conversations in NC 😂 I don’t have a problem with recruiting. It’s apart of the game.

I know you're not a hater either. Frankly, a little smack talk is what makes things fun and interesting. Makes Twitter fun too 🤣

 

[-COUNTRY-CLUB-JOE-]

I think this will be a good game..What everyone expected. Interested to see how it plays out.

 

[BoKnowsSports]

I know you're not a hater either. Frankly, a little smack talk is what makes things fun and interesting. Makes Twitter fun too 🤣

NC HS twitter is very entertaining yet informative. The back and forth that teams like Maury do, makes my head hurt. It’s been fun to be a spectator this year.

 

[mmqp 5.0]

You have really thin skin.

I wonder how that lawsuit that was filed against the refs is going? LOL!!!

 

[BoKnowsSports]

I wonder how that lawsuit that was filed against the refs is going? LOL!!!

😂😂 I’m convinced that buddy talks just to talk. I’ve seen him go ballistic at the Highland Springs games 😂 can’t question his loyalty though.

 

[springer76]

😂😂 I’m convinced that buddy talks just to talk. I’ve seen him go ballistic at the Highland Springs games 😂 can’t question his loyalty though.

LMAO! He will give referees hell from the stands. Hoosprings knows what's going on, on the field! We do have a good time, funny as hell too! Lots of laughs, probably laughing now!

 

[BoKnowsSports]

LMAO! He will give referees hell from the stands. Hoosprings knows what's going on, on the field! We do have a good time, funny as hell too! Lots of laughs, probably laughing now!

Y’all are both very loyal and are true fans.

 

[hokies-n-wildcats]

Highland Springs was up 29-0 over Varina,and called the dogs off! Convincing shut out over a defending state champion, and no one got hurt in the game.

All we are doing with colonial forge is comparing how Stonebridge did compared to how Highland Springs did against that same team. Remember, Highland Springs played colonial forge in a heavy downpour and still put up 250 yards passing and had a running clock. How in the world did colonial forge give Stonebridge a tough game like that?

I was at the game. HS didn't score until right before the half then recovered the onside kick and then got a another TD all in about 3 minutes. Totally knocked the wind out of Forges sails. CF is a scrappy team that knocked undefeated Battlefield out of the playoffs. Stafford schools don't have a lot of depth so you can have some strange things happen. My guess with Stonebridge is that right before the CF game they were banged up from Freedom who, like Stonebridge and HSHS, recruit.

 

[wolverinedad2018]

I heard the same garbage. When I heard Mountain View had lost to colonial Forge, that lost all the respect I had for Mountain View as a viable contender. I also saw the way Stonebridge struggled against colonial forge the week after taking a beating from freedom. Some say that freedom loss was supposed to be a wake up call, but maybe the wake up call was two weeks later when they played the weaker competition. Fact is, between the two of us, only Varina was a legitimate contender of any of those teams either one of us played, and their offense was substandard at best.

I just know this…. The starting 11 on defense for Highland Springs has only given up three touchdowns the entire season,and all three of those are through the air, in the first two games of the year. That same starting defense still has not given up a running touchdown the entire season. If that’s not a statement,based on a schedule that no one else can compare to,then I don’t know what it is. If anyone can say they were expecting Highland Springs to shut out Varina and to shut out Martinsville until the last three seconds, then they are lying to you. The offense is just lead by a quarterback has thrown 26 touchdowns and only one interception in the entire season. Needless to say…. I like our chances!

Highland Springs was lucky not to have Freedom on their schedule, it would have ruined their perfect season.

 

[Thomasddev]

Highland Springs was lucky not to have Freedom on their schedule, it would have ruined their perfect season.

And I guess Freedom is lucky to not have traveled 5 hours to play chambers because it would've messed up their perfect record. I commend teams like HSHS, Maury, and Oscar Smith to have the balls to play out of state talented teams. Freedom better worry about Western Branch instead of guys like you talking about hypothetical games between HSHS and Freedom. Freedom has not played a team like HSHS, that can match them athletically. Maxpreps, VHSL rankings, and other national rankings let you know who the best team in VA is, HSHS.

 

[HooSprings]

Highland Springs was lucky not to have Freedom on their schedule, it would have ruined their perfect season.

Based on what?! Beating a bunch of JV teams?! 1 tough game all year,and THAT team was missing their starting QB. I promise you,Freedom isn’t Julius Chambers! Nowhere close to the level of athletes! Charlotte,Nc is another planet from that weak district Freedom plays in!

 

[springer76]

Highland Springs was lucky not to have Freedom on their schedule, it would have ruined their perfect season.

Why would HS want Freedom on their schedule? If they are so great, show us their resume!!! How many titles have the won in football?

 

[wolverinedad2018]

Why would HS want Freedom on their schedule? If they are so great, show us their resume!!! How many titles have the won in football?

Highland Springs is the best program in the state since I’ve been following VA HS football (2017). But that Freedom team this year would beat HS as Manchester would have in 2018, IMO. Sorry your not best in the state.

 

[wolverinedad2018]

And I guess Freedom is lucky to not have traveled 5 hours to play chambers because it would've messed up their perfect record. I commend teams like HSHS, Maury, and Oscar Smith to have the balls to play out of state talented teams. Freedom better worry about Western Branch instead of guys like you talking about hypothetical games between HSHS and Freedom. Freedom has not played a team like HSHS, that can match them athletically. Maxpreps, VHSL rankings, and other national rankings let you know who the best team in VA is, HSHS.

Your way off on this one. Freedom beats Chambers. You obviously are not watching what Freedom is doing to teams this year. Sorry Highland Springs is the runner-up in VA this year.

 

[wolverinedad2018]

Based on what?! Beating a bunch of JV teams?! 1 tough game all year,and THAT team was missing their starting QB. I promise you,Freedom isn’t Julius Chambers! Nowhere close to the level of athletes! Charlotte,Nc is another planet from that weak district Freedom plays in!

Totally disagree. Freedom beats HS and Chambers, just out scores both in a close game, IMO.

 

[SBOEDog]

Hey guys…..Freedom returns a lot next year, HSHS returns a lot next year. Both will be in Class 6. Anybody smell what I am cooking?

 

[BoKnowsSports]

And I guess Freedom is lucky to not have traveled 5 hours to play chambers because it would've messed up their perfect record. I commend teams like HSHS, Maury, and Oscar Smith to have the balls to play out of state talented teams. Freedom better worry about Western Branch instead of guys like you talking about hypothetical games between HSHS and Freedom. Freedom has not played a team like HSHS, that can match them athletically. Maxpreps, VHSL rankings, and other national rankings let you know who the best team in VA is, HSHS.

Chambers wasn’t all that this year. I don’t know why y’all throw them out there like they are DeMatha or St. Frances. Chambers lost to a team in the playoffs that resembles SB a lot. I saw Chambers play LIVE 8 times this year and they were A LOT more like Varina than anything else. Athletes everywhere but really didn’t do much offensively. I was at the HS/Chambers game. HS had more fans, Martin had the game of his life on the ground. Nobody seen that coming, even the Springer coaches I’ve talked to. HS stopped Chambers when it mattered. Chambers was good but let’s not forget that they came to RVA last year, won and lost to a team A LOT like Stone Bridge.

 

[BleedingNavy]

And I guess Freedom is lucky to not have traveled 5 hours to play chambers because it would've messed up their perfect record. I commend teams like HSHS, Maury, and Oscar Smith to have the balls to play out of state talented teams. Freedom better worry about Western Branch instead of guys like you talking about hypothetical games between HSHS and Freedom. Freedom has not played a team like HSHS, that can match them athletically. Maxpreps, VHSL rankings, and other national rankings let you know who the best team in VA is, HSHS.

Freedom is ranked #1 team in Class 6 and all divisions in VA by Maxpreps and Calpreps. HSHS is #1 in class 5 and #2 in all divisions and Stonebridge is #6 in all divisions. @HooSprings and @springer76 the RVA guys on here are pulling for your team , but you know damn well all this talk about being #1 is nonsense until you win the big one. Can't do that until you tear down "the bridge". Lot to crow about on Route 156 thus far. Now go root your Springers on in the semi-final! Hoping we get two in the finals.

 

[wolverinedad2018]

And I guess Freedom is lucky to not have traveled 5 hours to play chambers because it would've messed up their perfect record. I commend teams like HSHS, Maury, and Oscar Smith to have the balls to play out of state talented teams. Freedom better worry about Western Branch instead of guys like you talking about hypothetical games between HSHS and Freedom. Freedom has not played a team like HSHS, that can match them athletically. Maxpreps, VHSL rankings, and other national rankings let you know who the best team in VA is, HSHS.

OK Thomas I'm in a generous mood today. I'll take your advice and listen to MaxPreps. Findings below. 😂

1	Freedom (Woodbridge)	13-0	53.3	15.1	+1
2	Highland Springs	13-0	49.3	12.1	-1
3	Dinwiddie	13-0	47.0	10.3	+1
4	Trinity Episcopal (Richmond)	11-0	46.5	14.4	-1
5	Phoebus (Hampton)	13-0	44.7	8.9	--
6	Stone Bridge (Ashburn)	12-1	44.0	17.2	--

Freedom played the harder schedule and Highland Springs is closer to Dinwiddie than HS is to Freedom. 😁

 

[CavsGrad]

Highland Springs is the best program in the state since I’ve been following VA HS football (2017). But that Freedom team this year would beat HS as Manchester would have in 2018, IMO. Sorry your not best in the state.

You are going to make HooSprings break his device with your posts. I love his passion though.

Hard to go off of hypotheticals, but I agree, that Manchester team was my pick for the best in the state in 2018.

 

[CavsGrad]

Freedom is ranked #1 team in Class 6 and all divisions in VA by Maxpreps and Calpreps. HSHS is #1 in class 5 and #2 in all divisions and Stonebridge is #6 in all divisions. @HooSprings and @springer76 the RVA guys on here are pulling for your team , but you know damn well all this talk about being #1 is nonsense until you win the big one. Can't do that until you tear down "the bridge". Lot to crow about on Route 156 thus far. Now go root your Springers on in the semi-final! Hoping we get two in the finals.

This is one of the best years for football in VA in a long time. I'm happy to see strong teams and incredibly talented players across the state. Freedom is setting records and looked good against Dematha in their pre-season scrimmage (shout out to the Kirk and Byrd show for reminding me) and they deserve their rankings. No disrespect to the other playoff teams, but if we ran a playoffs five times with the remaining teams in Class 5, Freedom, Dinwiddie, and Phoebus, I could see a different team winning each time.

 

[BoKnowsSports]

This is one of the best years for football in VA in a long time. I'm happy to see strong teams and incredibly talented players across the state. Freedom is setting records and looked good against Dematha in their pre-season scrimmage (shout out to the Kirk and Byrd show for reminding me) and they deserve their rankings. No disrespect to the other playoff teams, but if we ran a playoffs five times with the remaining teams in Class 5, Freedom, Dinwiddie, and Phoebus, I could see a different team winning each time.

Facts!!!!!

 

[wolverinedad2018]

You are going to make HooSprings break his device with your posts. I love his passion though.

Hard to go off of hypotheticals, but I agree, that Manchester team was my pick for the best in the state in 2018.

I'm just being honest and replying to their comments. I believe Highland Springs will win comfortably against Stone Bridge and the Green Run/Maury winner in the finals. Freedom will have a stiffer test against Fairfax. I could be wrong but I believe Freedom beats Highland Spring 45-42.

 

[springer76]

Highland Springs is the best program in the state since I’ve been following VA HS football (2017). But that Freedom team this year would beat HS as Manchester would have in 2018, IMO. Sorry your not best in the state.

Cool, I respect your opinion! It is what it is...