The "Wall's" Peninsula Playoff Game of the Week #2 - York Looks for First Round Win Against Colonial Heights

3A East – #5 Colonial Heights (4-6) vs. #4 York (6-4), 2:00 PM Saturday, Bailey Field (Yorktown)

Simply put, Colonial Heights is a team in trouble as they head to Yorktown for Saturday’s matchup against York.

The Central District team is without its star running back Darien Canada. Canada, who joined the Colonials after transferring with his military family from Texas, fractured his leg in the last regular season contest against Petersburg. Surprisingly, Colonial Heights, who had garnered a 5-34 record from the beginning of 2012, managed to overcome a 16-point deficit at halftime to overtake Petersburg and earn a surprisingly high seed for a 4-6 team.

However, Canada, with his 1,254 yards rushing and 16 touchdowns, will not be easy to replace. Devinne Edwards, who ran for 87 yards in Canada’s place last week, will try and fill the void.

On the other side of the field, the Falcons will be waiting. The York offense is firing on all cylinders after last week’s win over Jamestown. In that game, Devin Campbell served as a one-man wrecking crew. In his final home game as a Falcon, Campbell rushed for 216 yards and a touchdown, while grabbing four passes for 123 more yards and another pair of scores. With his performance, Campbell topped 1,000 yards on the ground for the season, and the 339 total yards with three TD’s raised him to “Superman” status.

Not to be outdone, freshman quarterback Ramsay Hayyat completed all 11 of his passes against Jamestown for 285 yards and three touchdowns. With the final outburst, Hayyat finished the regular season with 1,151 yards and nine touchdown passes.

Hayyat’s main target remains Luke Gilbert, who finished the season with 18 catches for a remarkable 24.8-yard average and four TD’s. However, Adam Lytle lit up the Eagles last week for 100 yards on three receptions.

The Falcon defense, headed by Darius Reynolds, finished among the Bay Rivers District leaders in fewest points allowed (15.1 – 3rd ) and fewest yards allowed (189.6 – 2nd).

Facing a traveling opponent without their star player, the Falcons should be able to utilize their weapons on both sides of the ball and live to play another week.