The Brentsville Varsity Tigers may be small, but they have a mighty ability to work together as a team.
The pride of Nokesville (2-0) will take on Warren County Wildcats (1-1) on Friday at home. The team will not only look to their fans to cheer them on but to their coaches, who they credit for bringing focus to a team that finished 2-8 last year.
The majority of the players on Brentsville's varsity squad are new and smaller than average. Players on the team's offensive line average 225 pounds.
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Tom Lemming, who is a nationally recognized high school football scout, was in Virginia last Saturday. “The Lemming Report” is an annual magazine featuring the best high school football players in the area.
Daniel Horne from C.D. Hylton High School (#63 in the photo) was one of the players invited to participate.
At 6’5 and 305 pounds, he is a junior playing the right offensive tackle position and one of the Bulldogs team captains.
After the photo shoot several players were invited to the University of Virginia football game when they played Notre Dame. Final score: Notre Dame 34, Virginia 27.
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The varsity Vikings are playing to win tonight.
They'll have home field advantage when the Battlefield Bobcats from Haymarket come to Lake Ridge. The game starts at 7:30 p.m at Woodbridge Senior High School.
The Vikings are, for the most part, a new team. Coach Gary Wortham now leads these young men on the field. He came here after five years as head football coach at nearby Freedom High School.
"Woodbridge is home, and I'm glad to be home. It's a great opportunity for me. It's a dream job. And I'm living the dream," said Wortham.
He was an assistant football coach at Woodbridge from 1995 to 97, and again from 2003 to 2010, before leaving for Freedom.
Wortham has developed a team he says focused on both the running and passing game. It's a way to make sure all of those on the field are "playing honest."
Both Woodbridge and Battlefield are 2-0 in this early season. Tonight's match-up is an out of conference for the teams. And while both teams will play for a win, one of them will walk off the field tonight with its first loss of the season.
"You've got two very good teams. it should be an exciting game," said Wortham.
His players are focused on the task at hand. The confident senior defensive tackle Kyree Campbell, 17, followed Wortham from Freedom to Woodbridge and had already committed to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. It was on of 42 schools that made him an offer.
"This is a game where I've got to be selfless. I'm Kyree Campbell, and nobody can block me," he said.
Campbell said the team gelled over the summer by not only working out on the field but eating dinners together and going to the movies. The family base and the fan base at Woodbridge is better, he said.
Senior running back Jay-Jay Burris, 18, said he uses the energy on the field to get him excited to play well. If's he's breaking tackles, as he's done so this season on a regular basis, he's doing his job.
"...when I run the ball...as long as my team is on the sideline rooting for me, I'm going to clap it up when they get into the game," said Burris.
Cameron McAfee, 18, a senior, has been on the varstiy squad for three years, and a team captain for two years. He plays left guard on the defensive line. He's focused and determined not to make his teammates or his coaches look bad.
McAfee says the football program at Woodbridge has improved under Wortham.
"He was hard on us at first, and then we learned he was cool.. he wants the best for us," said McAfee.
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First-year football coach Jared Van Acker is focused forging a solid team and taking the reins of a well-respected head coach.
Van Acker took the helm this year from longtime Battlefield High School coach Mark Cox who stepped down this year as head coach. Cox still works at the school, and Van Acker consults him on a regular basis.
The Haymarket team is 2-0 so far this season, beating Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge by 32 points last week, and shutting out Hylton High School 28-0 during week 1 of play.
Van Acker's roster is not full of returning players this year. He's fostered a quarterback competition, and it's Alex Gutierrez whose stepped up to make plays for the team.
"He's had a lights-out performance last week and is able to get the ball out to the playmakers. We've not had too many turnovers, and they're protecting the football, and that's very crucial," said Van Acker.
There's a big focus on defense for this team. Returning all-state wide receiver, Zac Kerxton is a big part of the team's playbook.
"Things really seem to be going our way this year," said Kerxton, noting the that he doesn't want to "jinx" the team by saying that. "They've been pressuring me a lot as a wide receiver, and that's been opening up the run game, and that opens up the passing game. "So it's really like 'pick your poison' out there and then, we can win the games."
Kerxton grew up playing football with quarterback Gutierrez, and he says they work well together. The wide receiver has two touchdowns this season.
Brett Reid brings a lot of confidence to the game and has three interceptions so far this season. He credits his team for their victories this past two weeks over their opponents.
"Hylton is obviously always good. We're better," said Reid. "We play as a team. We just came out fired up, more pumped up about the game and we won. And we're more talented than Gar-Field, and we know that.
This week the Battlefield Bobcats take on the 2-0 Woodbridge Vikings in Viking territory. The Vikings put up 37 more points on last week's win over Stafford High School.
Van Acker says his team will treat this game, like all others, as a playoff competition. The game begins at 7:30 p.m. at Woodbridge Senior High School located at 3001 Old Bridge Road in Lake Ridge.
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The Hylton Bulldogs beat the Osbourn Eagles Friday night at home 35 to 13. The Bulldogs of Woodbridge led the Eagles of Manassas the entire game.
The most explosive play in the first half of the game came when C.D. Hylton's Kris Thornton ran the ball 60 yards deep into Osbourn territory for the touchdown. It was one of five touchdown plays led by Hylton quarterback Donovan Williams.
The Hylton Bulldogs played at home Friday nightWoodbridge facing the Osbourn Eagles, of Manassas. The score was 14-7 following the play.
This is week two of prep football action in the region. Both Hylton and Osbourn came into the game zero and one.
A big play in the 2nd half -- Hylton's Ricky Slade number 3 ran 25 years to score another touchdown with 3:41 left in the 2nd half, extending Hylton's lead by seven points.
Osbourn came alive in the later in the 2nd quarter and looked liked they wanted to score, with more visible drive and determination by quarterback Anthony Pearson. A holding call against the team with 1:14 left in the quarter slowed down the Manassas team.
Then, Hylton intercepted the ball on the five-yard line with 33 seconds to go in the half. Williams connected well with Slade, and Benson while picking up small passes.
For Osbourn, Pearson threw a 42-yard pass for the touchdown early in the 3rd quarter. Later in the quarter, Hylton's DiVijan Franklin intercepted a pass by Eagles quarterback Anthony Pearson.
With the Eagles, fumbled the play with 9:54 left in the 4th quarter. That set up a touchdown pass for Hylton's Justin Torian, number six. It was the third catch for Torian for the night.
"We did some good things out there tonight, and we've got lot of things that we need to get corrected and do better at" said Hylton Head Football Coach Tony Lilly. "We're a young team, and we've got a lot of young players that haven't played varsity ball."
Hylton was plagued by penalties Friday night, something Lilly says he will focus on for next week's home game against Patriot High School, of Nokesville. Patriot is now 1-1 after the team's 54-6 loss against Forest Park in Woodbridge.
"Patriot is a good team. They score a lot of points, and have a lot of discipline. And that is what we are going to instill in our guys this week," added Lilly while still on the field Friday night.
This was the second loss this season for the Eagles and the team's former Washington Redskin, head coach Chris Samuels. Osbourn will take on the Potomac Senior High School Panthers next week in Woodbridge.
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Prince William County firefighter Kyle Wilson dedicated his life to community service by becoming a Prince William County firefighter when he was just 23 years old.Â
It was a commitment that ended his life a year later as he searched a smoke and flames for the residents of a burning home in Woodbridge.
Wilson became the first Prince William County career firefighter to die in the line of duty. But his pledge to the community did not die.
His friends, family and the entire community are carrying on his passions for community service and education this weekend through the Kyle Wilson Softball Tournament and Kyle Wilson Endowed Scholarship in honor of the George Mason University alumnus.
The fifth annual softball tournament, Sept. 5 and 6, 2015, will be held at Valley View Sports Complex 11930 Valley View Drive in Nokesville. The park has five softball fields and aims to field 30 teams.
“If you want an old-fashioned Labor Day full of food, fun, and Adult Softball, drive over to Nokesville,” said Cherish Green, tournament coordinator.
Green there will also be plenty of raffles going on throughout the day from products donated from the business community. Green, whose husband is also a Prince William County firefighter, said the annual event has grown every year, as the community gathers to honor a home-grown hero.
“This has been a 5-year labor of love by Kyle’s friends, family, and members of the community to show our love and appreciation for this selfless young man,” said Green.
The tournament is one of three annual events that funds the Kyle Wilson Endowed Scholarship in George Mason University’s School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism. The scholarship is awarded annually to an undergraduate student who exhibits Wilson’s leadership, values, academic achievement, and passion for physical fitness and who has been admitted to the professional phase of the Athletic Training Education program.
Wilson graduated from George Mason University in 2005 with a BS in Athletic Training. Wilson died in 2006 when conditions suddenly worsened as he conducted a room-to-room search of a Woodbridge home.
All seven residents of the burning home escaped unharmed.
To donate to the scholarship, please make a tax deductible donation online at supportingmason.gmu.edu (write in “Kyle Wilson Scholarship” under “Other Established Fund”) or send your gift to: Kyle Wilson Memorial Scholarship George Mason University Foundation 4400 University Drive, MS 1A3 Fairfax, Va. 22030
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Mountain View vs. FreedomÂ
Final Score: Mountain View 42 Freedom 20. Great way to start the season. pic.twitter.com/ymuxxJS15Z
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Battlefield vs. HyltonÂ
FINAL: Battlefield beat C. D. Hylton 28-0 Share #HighSchool #Football scores! https://t.co/EZxJP3qiLy
— Score Scout (@ScoreScout) August 29, 2015Patriot vs. StaffordÂ
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