As Churchland entered Powhatan field Friday night with a clean 3-0 record, they eased their way onto the scoreboard just at the mid-point of the game. On the other hand, Granby wasted no time, led by QB William “Boojoe” Smith. The score was 14-0 in favor of the Comets before you knew it.
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Oscar Smith and Grassfield are now the only Southeastern District teams with undefeated records. Ocean Lakes, Cox, and Salem now lead at the Beach. Lake Taylor and Maury brought their records to 3-1 and dropped Norview and Norcom down to 3-1. Churchland now leads the Eastern District with a 4-0 record. Bethel knocked Woodside off in a defensive battle, upping their record to 3-1 while Woodside fell to 3-1. Bishop Sullivan topped Nansemond-Suffolk in a TCIS battle of undefeateds.
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Tonight’s game pitting Princess Anne vs. Cox is more than just a cross-town game between two football teams. There’s an underlying story that marks an evolution in high school athletics.
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Tonight is the first night of the season where practically every game falls on Friday night. That makes for some big games happening on the same day.
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The I.C. Norcom Greyhounds are off to a 2-0 start and are ready to make it 3-0. The Norcom Greyhounds start facing familiar foes this week when they face the Commodores of Maury High School. The Greyhounds defeated the Lakeland Cavaliers in game one and Deep Creek in game two. When Norcom faces Maury, it could be a bigger test. Maury is 2-1 their only loss coming against the Grizzlies of Grassfield. The two wins are against Warwick and Menchville.
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The story lines for Friday night’s game pitting Western Branch against Oscar Smith are rich. Both teams come into this game undefeated. The Tigers brutalized Indian River last week by a score of 61-0. Western Branch whipped Hickory 50-7. If there were a Southeastern District title to fight for, these two teams would be in the thick of it at the end of the year.
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If you weren’t there for last week’s award winning performance by Phoebus running back Marshawn Williams, you can now see it for yourself. Williams rushed for 308 yards and eight touchdowns against Warwick last Saturday, and we have the video to showcase it.
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There’s the injury bug, and then there’s what the Lake Taylor High school football team is dealing with. The state champions from a year ago are having trouble even keeping their third string signal caller healthy. In spite of the problems keeping a quarterback on the field, Lake Taylor Head Coach Hank Sawyer is positive about his team’s outlook for the rest of the season.
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Congratulations to Phoebus High School running back Marshawn Williams on winning the Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week Award. We were at Phoebus Wednesday to congratulate the team, and Marshawn, on winning the award.
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It was a quiet transfer, as far as high profile recruits go. For ODU fans wondering where Rashawn Proctor went, he’s still in town. He’s just across the water.
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