Still playing a little catchup, but here are some highlights from a couple of weeks ago.
Even though we are more than two months past Independence Day, Week 5 was one of offensive fireworks under the Friday Night lights.
The aptly named Freedom team led the charge, blowing up for 75 points in a win over Osbourn. Westfield, in its 28th straight win, cranked out 62 in its game over West Springfield. Potomac School tallied 56 in its blowout win over St. Albans, and the Mount Vernon Majors, off to a 5-0 start for the second year in a row, ripped through the Wakefield defense for 49 points.
Yet, there was a lot of defensive prowess on display last Friday. Woodbridge, known for its ability to keep opponents out of the end zone, pitched a shutout in its 41-0 win over Forest Park. NOVA’s top two private school teams, Flint Hill and Episcopal, also shut out their opponents in forty-plus point victories. The Huskies thrashed Collegiate of Richmond 42-0 in a replay of last year’s VISAA Division I championship, while the Maroon blasted Maret (DC) 40-0.
There were others. Broad Run (41-0 over Rock Ridge), Colonial Forge (35-0 vs. Riverbend), Colonial Beach (53-0 over Mathews), Hylton (15-0 win against Gar-Field), Edison (35-0 vs. Jefferson), Lake Braddock (36-0 over Yorktown), and Loudoun County (28-0 vs. Riverside) also gave their opposition’s kickers a night off.
Langley, O’Connell, Potomac and Falls Church earned their first wins of the year, while Justice (formerly J.E.B. Stuart) is now 4-0 after a 35-14 throttling of McLean.
But first, Stone Bridge reached its 200th team win under Mickey Thompson on Friday.
Stone Bridge 42, Champe 7
Zakias Moore ran for three touchdowns, and Payton Hunter ran interceptions back for 87 and 47-yard scores as the Bulldogs reached a notable milestone on Friday night.
After a 3-7 inaugural season, Stone Bridge has averaged a stellar 11.7 wins for the past 16 seasons helping the Ashburn school reach the milestone in just 18 seasons. For Thompson, it was career win #274, putting him second among active Virginia coaches (Hampton’s Mike Smith leads with 484 over 47 years).
Moore finished with 79 yards on seven carries as Stone Bridge (4-0) ground out 305 rushing yards.
Westfield 62, West Springfield 21
Noah Kim completed 11 of 14 passes for 302 yards and four touchdowns, all to Taylor Morin, as the Bulldogs raced to a 41-7 halftime lead and disposed of the Spartans in Springfield.
Morin finished the night with eight receptions for 267 yards. Two of the touchdowns went for over sixty yards, and both occurred in the second quarters as Morin, the Penn commit, grabbed midrange passes and outraced the West Springfield defense to the end zone.
Defensively, the Bulldog line, anchored by Joe Clancy and Eugene Asante, kept the Spartans ace quarterback Peter Muskett off balance and out of the pocket throughout the night.
Mount Vernon 49, Wakefield 7
Fonnae Webb threw for 144 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Majors matched last season’s 5-0 start with a runaway road win over the Warriors.
For the season, Webb has thrown for over 600 yards with eight touchdowns and no interceptions. However, the transfer from McKinley Tech has run for 665 yards (14.8 yds. per carry) and 11 touchdowns.
Kofi Kwarteng caught three passes for 71 yards and a TD. Kwarteng now has an eye-popping 31.4 reception average on 18 catches with eight scores. Jordyn Reid ran for a TD and caught a 29-yard pass for another.
Massaponax 44, North Stafford 7
Evan Schickel completed only two passes, but did enough damage in the first half to propel Massaponax to an easier-than-expected win over the Wolverines.
Schickel’s first pass was a seam throw to Zach Rock who rambled the length of the field for an 80-yard score. He also found Jacob Romero for a 23-yard touchdown as the Panthers (5-0) jumped to a 23-7 halftime margin. Schickel also ran 17 times for 91 yards before intermission.
Rock later scored again on a 29-yard run early in the second half, while Jonathan Kim booted a 43-yard field goal.
North Stafford’s only TD came on an 80-yard run by Devyn Ford, but the Panthers held the Penn State commit to under 100 yards (12 for 97).
Loudoun County 28, Riverside 0
In a battle of unbeatens, Loudoun County used its stout defense to cruise to a decisive win at home.
Nick Barts threw for four touchdowns and 191 yards as Joseph Groves (10-151) and Derek McCandless both caught two TD passes. Groves also blocked a second half field goal attempt to save the shutout.
Colonial Forge 35, Riverbend 0
Josh Sarratt and Zack Kindel caught touchdowns from Madden Lowe and the Eagles remained unbeaten as their defense held the Bears to 68 total yards.
Lowe finished the game 12 of 18 for 188 yards, and scored on a three-yard run late in the game. Sarratt finished with four catches for 97 yards, and Oliejah Louissaint added a 14-yard rushing TD for Forge (5-0).
Flint Hill 42, Collegiate 0
Miles Thompson got the Husky aerial game going early, completing a 71-yard touchdown to Justice Ellison followed by a 92-yarder to Trey Rucker, to help Flint Hill extend its win streak to 14 with a blowout over Collegiate.
Thompson finished the day with eight of nine completions for 213 yards and two touchdowns, both to Rucker who finished with four receptions for 125 yards.
Jordan Houston carried for 130 yards and two long touchdowns, as the huskies scored all of their points in the first half and enjoyed a running clock for the second.
Potomac School 56, St. Albans 14
Potomac School kept its VISAA playoff hopes intact, ousting non-conference opponent St. Albans by 42.
Anglin Brown opened the scoring with an eight-yard run. Axel Gyllenhoff caught a 35-yard touchdown reception from J.T. Tyson and the hosts ran out to a 28-0 halftime lead. Brandon Potts added an 85-yard kickoff return for another score for Potomac, which is now 3-1.
Edison 35, Jefferson 0
Jacob Parker completed 10 of 11 passes, including a 33-yard touchdown to John Logan as the Eagles ran through Jefferson.
Nate Hester opened the scoring with an eight-yard rush in the opening while Bryant Jenkins and Gillani Hunter combined for a pair of short rushing touchdowns in the second quarter. Carlos Titus’ 25-yard pick-six sealed the win for Edison (2-2).
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