Gameday Notebook: Week 4 (Loudoun)
Gameday Rewind...
With 3 weeks under the belts of most area football programs, non-league games are about at an end, and this week starts the push towards all important District play. Some teams are getting stronger, and seem to be ready to make a charge towards their respective crowns, while others are still finding their way. The Park View Patriots saw yet another big test this past Friday, as they hosted the Handley Judges, and prolific QB J.J. Dorsey. With the offense putting up very good numbers so far in the early season, the question this night would be how the Patriot defense would contain the high powered Judges, and Dorsey's 100 plus passing average per game, and equal running ability. On a rain soaked night, Dorsey was able to amass 199 yards passing and a touchdown, along with one rushing TD. But Park View "D" was able to clamp down late in the game, creating a key turnover, and seal the 34-20 home victory.
In Ashburn, Stone Bridge was able to bounce back from a disappointing loss the week before (at Robinson), and roll to a 35-0 drubbing of the Marsall Statesmen, behind a stingy defense, and strong running performance by Jerron Gouveia. In Sterling, the Titans fell victim to mistakes and key turnovers, and fell to Millbrook, 34-22, while the Loudoun County Raiders dropped to 0-3, losing to James Wood, 41-8.
Rolling Along...
The Briar Woods Falcons continued their undefeated run by muscling up, and handing Manassas Park the 26-6 loss in the Broadlands Friday night. QB Alex Munro showed he is one of the top signal callers in the area, with his 159 yard performance, on 14-22 passing, and 3 TD's.
The Thrill Of Victory, and the Agony Of Defeat.....
In a wild game in Prince William County, the Heritage Pride escaped with a closing minute, come-from-behind, 29-26 victory over Brentsville. With just over 2 minutes to go in the game, Pride PK Josh Thiel kicked a 37 yard field goal to take a 22-20 lead. On the ensuing kick-off, Brentsville's Justin Donnelly took it to the house, giving the visiting team the lead back, at 26-22. With the air seemingly out of the Pride balloon, Nick Cadwell would pump it all back up, when he took the Brentsville kick-off 82 yards to the other end zone, and the Pride escaped with the thrilling victory.
A Tale Of 2 Halves.....
The Potomac Falls Panthers fell victim Friday night to the old adage....."You Gotta Play All 4 Quarters to Be Successful," as they squander a 21-20 halftime lead, and fall to Jefferson (WV), 42-21. Don't blame the effort, however, as these Panthers still have several key players who play on both sides of the football. A tough task early in the season, and especially against a very tough Cougar team.
Gameday Radio Is Where It's At....
With Gameday Radio in full broadcast mode, and Gameday Rewinds the only place you can go and re-live anywhere from 5-7 games from Friday night, the word has gotten out that Gamedaymagazine.com is the place to go for High School football broadcasts and written re-caps, and High School sports stories. As of September 17th alone, over 12,000 people listened to Gameday Radio broadcasts of games across Northern Virginia. At the half way point, September has been a record month so far, with over 3 million hits, 1.5 million page views, and 60,000 unique visits to GamedayMagazine.com.
Each and every Friday night, you can log on and listen live to an assortment of games throughout the region, along with viewing our Gameday Live Scoreboard, presented by Paintworx, for the only Real-Time live scores in the state, right on the front page at GamedayMagazine.com. If you are at a game or out and about, you can also visit www.tccscores.com on your mobile phone to get the latest score updates. The scores refresh every 60 seconds. Below is a schedule for Friday's games on the Gameday Radio Network.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Loudoun Valley @ Stone Bridge - (coverage begins at 6:45 pm)
Fairfax @ Oakton - (coverage begins at 6:45 pm)
Chantilly @ Westfield - (coverage begins at 6:45 pm)
Broad Run @ Brentsville - (coverage begins at 7:15 pm)
Friday, September 21, 2007
Sherando @ Warren County- (coverage begins at 6:45 pm)
Stafford @ Liberty- (coverage begins at 6:45 pm)
* All Games Are Available For On-Demand Re-Broadcast Listening Late Friday Night
The Rest of the Loudoun County Schedule....
Dominion @ Tuscarrora (MD)
King George @ Freedom
Chick-Fil-A Players Of The Week
Nick Cadwell - Heritage WR
Cadwell's 82 yard kick-off return for touchdown with just over a minute left in the game, elevated the Pride to a home victory against Brentsville, 29-26
Alex Munro - Briar Woods QB
Munro handled the rain and wet conditions all night long, going 14-22-159, and tossing 3 TD passes, leading his Falcons to a convincing 26-6 home win over Manassas Park.
The Picks-Of-The-Week
Every week, the Gameday Crew of Andy Hayes, Bruce Bornarth, and Tom Whipple, go head-to-head against each other, and a weekly invited guest prognosticator, and they will pick apart the teams and schedules, and come up with the Picks of The Week presented by GamedayMagazine.com, for your office pools. This week's challenger is Sr. QB Cole Shain, from the Broad Run Spartans. See how he fares against the "experts." This week's Picks from the guys are.....
* Do you think you can beat the "Gameday Crew?" Send an email to Gamedaymagazine@aol.com, and tell us you want to give it a shot! The Crew will pick one new guest "expert" each week.
