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2 DAILY PRESS SPORTS High Schools Football standings PENINSULADISTRICTALL W-LW-L Phoebus (Div. 5)7-08-0 Woodside (D6)7-18-1 Bethel (D5)5-36-3 Hampton (D5)5-36-3 Warwick (D5)5-35-4 Kecoughtan (D6)4-44-5 Denbigh (D5)3-44-4 Menchville (D6)2-62-7 Heritage (D5)1-71-8 Gloucester (D6)0-80-9 BAY RIVERSDISTRICTALL W-LW-L Smithfield (D4)5-16-1 Bruton (D3)5-26-2 York (Div. 4)5-26-2 Tabb (D4)5-25-3 Poquoson (D3)4-34-4 Grafton (D4)3-34-3 Jamestown (D4)3-44-4 Lafayette (D4)3-44-4 New Kent (D3)1-61-7 Warhill (D3)0-71-7 Scores, matchups Group AAA Peninsula District Woodside 56, Gloucester 14 Hampton 28, Kecoughtan 3 Menchville 35, Heritage 20 Bethel 28, Warwick 7 (Thurs.) Southeastern District Nan. River 9, Indian River 0 Fork 7, Lakeland 6 Grassfield 7, Deep Creek 3 Great Bridge 48, Hickory 7 Oscar Smith 42, W. Branch 6 Beach District Bayside 21, First Colonial 17 Ocean Lakes 35, Cox 34, OT Green Run 34, Kellam 21 Kempsville 17, Landstown 7 Tallwood 17, Princess Anne 14 Eastern District Churchland 31, Maury 9 Lake Taylor 28, Norcom 24 Booker T.

Wash. 43, Wilson 7 Group AA Bay Rivers District Tabb 35, Poquoson 7 Bruton 27, Warhill 11 Jamestown 35, New Kent 13 Lafayette 62, York 27 Group A Tri-Rivers District Sussex 44, Charles City 20 Windsor 28, Surry County 6 Tidewater District King William 48, Middlesex 14 West Point 63, Mathews 13 Northern Neck District Essex 48, Lancaster 30 Col. Beach 26, Northumberland 6 Area independents Trinity Episcopal 35, Nansemond-Suffolk Ac. 28 Isle of Wight Ac. 21, Southampton Ac.

14 Fuqua 28, Hampton Christian 27 Norfolk Chr. 41, Greenbrier Chr. 6 Collegiate of Richmond 63, Norfolk Academy 0 Around the state Varina 50, Cosby 14 Powhatan 31, Brunswick 6 Highland Springs 43, Armstrong 8 Chancellor 10, James Monroe 7 Hanover 28, Atlee 7 Hermitage 16, John Marshall 0 Meadowbrook 29, Matoaca 0 Thomas Dale 51, Col. Heights 0 North Cross 45, Covenant 7 Brookville 32, E.C. Glass 0 Heritage of Lynchburg 34, Rustburg 14 Patrick Co.

22, Bassett 0 Altavista 28, Wm. Campbell 6 Salem Spartans 28, Hidden Valley 0 Amherst 30, Jefferson Forest 0 Appomattox 28, Gretna 26 J.I. Burton 36, Clintwood 0 Sherando 23, Skyline 19 Handley 15, Millbrook 7 Blacksburg 34, Pulaski Co. 3 Madison Co. 28, Strasburg 7 Colonial Forge 28, Riverbend 7 Eastern View 42, Caroline 0 Courtland 50, Culpeper 13 game PHOEBUS (8-0, 7-0) VS.

DENBIGH (4-4, 3-4) WHEN: 1 p.m. WHERE: Todd Stadium. THE BUZZ: Remember the last time these teams met? Phoebus scored 49 points in the first quarter and cruised to a77-0 win. It be that lopsided, but the Patriots are short-handed with QB Allen Simon, RB Jarmaine Rawls and OL Terrence Holston out the remainder of the season with injuries. The Phantoms are going for their 29th straight district win.

THE PICK: Phoebus 38, Denbigh 6. Johnson SMITHFIELD (6-1, 5-1) AT GRAFTON (4-3, 3-3) WHEN 2 p.m. WHERE Bailey Field. THE BUZZ Grafton will be without starting quarterback Joe Cibrin, sidelined for the remainder of the season with a knee injury. But the biggest challenge will come defensively.

The last time speedy backfield ran on the fast turf at Bailey, it amassed 402 rushing yards in a 41-14 win over York. THE PICK Smithfield 21, Grafton 7. YORK In a battle of land and air on Friday night, land be stopped. Lafayette piled up 389 rushing yards on 48 carries to defeat York and its 296 passing yards, 62-27, at Bailey Field. Junior Brandon Jones had 201 yards and four touchdowns, including a 3-yard sweep that virtually put the game away in the third quarter.

team, been struggling with Jones said. had a couple suspended from behavior problems. We lost some starters. But we just had to fill it up and bounce back, and what we did Lafayette quarterback Nate Kepa completed the three passes he attempted for 81 yards and a touchdown, including a 61-yarder to Ray Kindley over the middle to put the Rams (4-4, 3-3 Bay Rivers District) up 26-13 with 7:21 to play in the third quarter. But York (6-2, 5-2 BRD) answered immediately on second-and-20 from its own 39 when Alex Johnston hit Charlie Rogerson in stride for its own 61-yard scoring strike.

Johnston threw for 286 yards and two touchdowns, and Rogerson had six catches for 182 yards for three TDs, but the Falcons stop array of traps, sweeps and misdirection. put on a clinic Falcons coach Doug Pereira said. did what they needed to, (and) we stop them. We literally never stopped them only mistake was a costly interception with York down 19-13 and driving early in the third quarter. The Rams answered with deep ball to Kindley and were off and running.

William Capers broke a 45-yard run off an inside trap play for a 34-20 Rams lead with 2:37 left in the third, and Lafayette went up 41-20 a minute later on Jerome TD a play after York failed to convert a fourth-and-7 from its own 26. But Johnston hooked up with Rogerson again, this time on a 78-yard touchdown, to pull within 41-27 just 21 seconds later. The Rams answered with a nine- play, 53-yard drive, capped by 3-yard run, after York recover on onside kick. like to run the Lafayette coach Paul Wheeler said. week kept on chipping away and trying to get The Rams took the first drive of the game 71 yards, all of them coming on running plays, to go up 6-0 on 18-yard sweep.

But offense got going in the second quarter, when Ben Edwards lofted a 10-yard fade to Rogerson in the left corner of the end zone for a 7-6 Falcons lead. That advantage lasted all of two plays before Jones broke free up the middle for a 66-yard TD. LAFAYETTE 62, YORK 27 Lafayette6132221 62 York013140 27 Laf: Jones 18 run (kick failed) York: Rogerson 10 pass from Edwards (Howell kick) Laf: Jones 66 run (run failed) Laf: Kepa 16 run (Hayes kick) York: Johnston 3 run (run failed) Laf: Kindley 61 pass from Kepa (Hayes kick) York: Rogerson 61 pass from Johnston (Howell kick) Laf: Capers 45 run (Kepa run) Laf: Walker 26 run (Hayes kick) York: Rogerson 78 pass from Johnston (Howell kick) Laf: Jones 3 run (Hayes kick) Laf: Holbert 1 run (Hayes kick) Laf: Jones 17 run (Hayes kick) TEAM STATSLafYork First downs1312 Rushes-yards48-38921-47 Passing yards81296 Comp-Att-Int3-3-013-26-1 Penalties-yards8-859-78 Fumbles-lost0-01-1 LAFAYETTE 62, YORK 27 Rams on a in big win By Melinda Waldrop HRVarsity.com Get the latest scores, standings. to make it 28-0 with 3 minutes, 58 seconds to play in the third quarter. His 86-yard romp to the end zone included a broken tackle and two nifty cuts to avoid would-be tacklers.

That made it 35-0 midway through the fourth quarter. accurately credited an offensive line that blew open holes, big and small, virtually every time he touched the ball. offensive line opened up big initial he said. was getting five yards before I started running into some Meanwhile, the Tabb front seven lineman Zachary Kezar, Thomas St. John and Sam Barber providing an impenetrable first line of defense stifled the Poquoson running game.

The Islanders managed just 28 rushing yards and were dropped for zero or fewer yards on 11 of 23 rushing attempts. give all the credit to our two-way standout Dillon Biagas said. were very well- That was true on 30-yard fumble return for a touchdown that gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Ian Haislip forced the fumble with a big hit on Thomas Garris, allowing Biagas to scoop and score. fumble recovery at the 30 set the Tigers up for a second-quarter touchdown that made it 14-0.

three carries moved the Tigers to the 3-yard line, from which Biagas blew through a big hole for the touchdown. Patrick and Biagas shared the load on 58-yard touchdown drive to open the second half. Biagas capped the nine-play, all- rushing series with another 3-yard TD run to increase the lead to 21-0. Patrick took over from there. Three plays after the Islanders went three-and-out, Patrick burst through a huge hole on the left side feels good to beat them, especially after last Patrick said.

was a rough game and almost cost us a playoff berth. we have to win out and hope some other teams It certainly looks less and less likely that the Tigers will lose. offensive and defensive lines were Tabb coach Matt Lawson said. they keep that up, be TABB 35, POQUOSON 7 Tabb77147 35 Poquoson0007 7 Tab: Biagas 30 fumble return (Henderson kick) Tab: Biagas 3 run (Henderson kick) Tab: Biagas 3 run (Henderson kick) Tab: Patrick 64 run (Henderson kick) Tab: Patrick 86 run (Henderson kick) Poq: Diggs 20 pass from L. Hill (Lutz kick) TEAM STATSTabPoq First downs1410 Rushes-yards42-37823-28 Passing yards71169 Comp-Att-Int4-13-113-16-0 Penalties-yards4-206-37 Fumbles-lost3-04-2 DIANE PRESS PHOTOS Julius Wormley (75) screams after the Tigers recover a fumble during their decisive 35-7 Bay Rivers District victory over Poquoson on Friday night.

Tabb Continued from 1 Dillon Biagas, right, scored the first three touchdowns, the last coming with this 3-yard scoring run in the third quarter Friday night. feels good to beat them, especially after last year. That was a rough game and almost cost us a playoff berth. Now we have to win out and hope some other teams Tabb running back Corey Patrick JAMES CITY Bruton coach Tracy Harrod warned his team not to overlook Warhill, a steadily improving team still seeking its first Bay Rivers District victory. Bruton got a wake-up call in the first half as Warhill took a one- point halftime lead, then the Panthers scored 10 points in the third quarter on the way to a 27-11 win at James City County Stadium on Friday night.

were saying all week that this was a trap game because we look at their record, and Ithink we came in lacking some of the focus we senior running back Lorenzo Taliaferro said. woke us up in the first half, and we realized better get it together if we wanted to 11-10 halftime lead was the first time the Lions had led at that point this season. The Lions took their first lead of the game when Kenaan Canady, who started at quarterback, broke free for a 49-yard touchdown run. After a roughing-the-kicker penalty on the extra-point try, Canady ran in the two-point conversion. Canady rushed for 145 yards on 20 carries as the Lions gashed Bruton for 201 rushing yards.

Bruton (6-2 overall, 5-2 Bay Rivers District) went back in front on a32-yard field goal by Ben Arbino, but it was all Warhill from there in the first half as the Lions held the ball for the last 5:17, thanks to a couple of odd plays. After it appeared Bruton had stopped the Lions, a bouncing punt touched a Bruton player and Sha- monte Sexton recovered it to give Warhill (1-7, 0-7) new life on the Bruton 33-yard line. Seven plays later, the Ryan Ristaino hit a 20-yard field goal for an 11-10 lead. Asquib kickoff then bounced into the hands of a Warhill player, and a run by Canady ran out the first-half clock. Alarge part of the lead came thanks to stingy defense, which allowed 95 first-half yards.

The defensive effort was led by junior linebacker Nick 13 tackles. Sophomore linebacker Joey Ripchick added nine tackles, including two sacks and a tackle for a loss, and junior linebacker Alex Tremblay had 12 tackles, including two for losses. been trying to tell these guys that Warhill is much better than their record Harrod said. we came out on top, but we knew this was going to be a dogfight because they do a lot of things right and make it easy on you. got some very good players and are a dangerous Bruton jumped back on top just three plays into the third quarter when quarterback Jackson Neve escaped a sack and found Taliaferro wide open in the secondary for a 53-yard scoring pass.

Neve finished with 109 yards and two scores while going 6-for-9. After Arbino stretched the lead with a 27-yard field goal, Taliaferro struck again when he broke free for a 45-yard scoring run less than aminute into the fourth quarter. BRUTON 27, WARHILL 11 Bruton73107 27 Warhill01100 11 Bru: Olivas 3 pass from Neve (Arbino kick) War: Canady 49 run (Canady run) Bru: FG Arbino 32 War: FG Ristaino 20 Bru: Taliaferro 53 pass from Neve (Arbino kick) Bru: FG Arbino 27 Bru: Taliaferro 45 run (Arbino kick) TEAM STATSBruWar First downs147 Rushes-yards35-22339-201 Passing yards1094 Comp-Att-Int6-9-01-7-0 Penalties-yards5-325-41 Fumbles-lost2-10-0 BRUTON 27, WARHILL 11 Bruton wins after Warhill leads early By Chris Lancia CORRESPONDENT Product: DPress PubDate: 10-31-2009 Zone: ALL Edition: FINAL Folio: C2 User: japatterson Time: Color: CMYK Notes:.