Posted on 28 September 2009 by .
Records as of Sunday, Sept. 27
Team (Record, Previous Rank)
1. Thomas Dale (6-0, 1)
2. Clover Hill (9-2, 2)
3. Cosby (9-2, 3)
4. James River (6-4, 4)
5. Atlee (7-1, 5)
6. Deep Run (8-1, 6)
7. Highland Springs (6-2, 7)
8. Matoaca (8-1, 8)
9. Maggie Walker GS (10-1, 10)
10. Lee-Davis (7-3, 9)
Other receiving votes: Mills Godwin (4-5, NR)
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Posted on 28 September 2009 by .
Fox/DigitalSports Top 10
Team (Record, Previous Rank)
1. Meadowbrook (3-0, 2): beat Norview 33-13. Next up: vs. Hopewell, 7 p.m..
2. L.C. Bird (3-0, 3): beat No. 7 Thomas Dale 20-14 (OT). Next up: at Monacan, 7:30
3. Hermitage (2-1, 5): beat No. 1 Varina 7-6. Next up: vs. Deep Run, 7.
4. Varina (2-1, 1): lost to No. 5 Hermitage 7-6. Next up: vs. No. 10 Lee-Davis, 7.
5. Dinwiddie
(2-1, 4): idle. Next up: vs. Colonial Heights, 7.
6. Highland Springs
(2-1, 6): beat Mills Godwin 27-0. Next up: at Hanover, 7.
7. Cosby (3-0, 8): beat James River 21-14. Next up: at Midlothian, 7:30
8. Manchester (2-1, 10): beat Monacan 41-14. Next up: at Huguenot, 4:45 p.m.
9. Thomas Dale (1-2, 7): lost to No. 3 Bird 20-14 (OT). Next up: vs. Petersburg, 7
T-10. Atlee (3-1, 9): lost to Douglas Freeman 34-31 (OT). Next up: idle.
T-10. Lee-Davis (2-1, NR): beat Patrick Henry 20-13. Next up: at No. 4 Varina, 7 p.m.
Other receiving votes: J.R. Tucker (2-1, NR)
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Posted on 28 September 2009 by .
Records as of Sunday, Sept. 27
Team (Record, Previous)
1. James River (6-0, 1)
2. Cosby (8-1, 2)
3. Thomas Dale (3-0, 3)
4. Atlee (6-0, 4)
5. Maggie Walker (5-2, 5)
6. Deep Run (6-2, 6)
7. Douglas Freeman
(4-2, 7)
8. Manchester (6-2, 9)
9. Mills Godwin (4-3, 8)
10. Prince George (4-3, 10)
Other receiving votes: Monacan (2-5)
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Posted on 21 September 2009 by .
Records as of Sunday, Sept. 20
Team (Record, Previous Rank)
1. Thomas Dale (3-0, 1)
2. Clover Hill (8-1, 2)
3. Cosby (7-2, 5)
4. James River (5-4, 6)
5. Atlee (4-1, 3)
6. Deep Run (8-1, 4)
7. Highland Springs (4-2, 8)
8. Matoaca (7-1, 7)
9. Lee-Davis (5-3, NR)
T-10. Maggie Walker GS (7-1, 9)
T-10. Mills Godwin (3-4, NR)
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Posted on 21 September 2009 by .
Fox/DigitalSports Top 10
Team (Record, Previous Rank)
1. Varina (2-0, 1): beat No. 7 Thomas Dale 20-14 (OT). Next up: at No. 5 Hermitage.
2. Meadowbrook (2-0, 2): beat No. 4 Hermitage 27-14. Next up: vs. No. 1 Varina.
3. L.C. Bird (2-0, 3): beat Huguenot 38-0. Next up: vs. No. 7 Dale, 7:30 p.m.
4. Dinwiddie
(2-1, 5): beat Greensville County 50-24. Next up: idle.
5. Hermitage (1-1, 4): lost to No. 2 Meadowbrook 27-14. Next up: vs. No. 1 Varina.
6. Highland Springs
(1-1, 6): beat Freeman 42-12. Next up: at Mills Godwin.
7. Thomas Dale (1-1, 7): lost to No. 1 Varina 20-14 (OT). Next up: at No. 3 Bird, 7:30 p.m.
8. Cosby (2-0, 8): beat Clover Hill 17-0. Next up: at James River, 7:30 p.m.
9. Atlee (3-0, 10): beat Patrick Henry 46-7. Next up: at Douglas Freeman.
10. Manchester (1-1, NR): beat Matoaca 35-21. Next up: vs. Monacan, 7:30 p.m.
Others receiving votes: Deep Run (1-1, NR)
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Posted on 21 September 2009 by .
by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@sbgnet.com
(804) 240-2191
There’s a new dynasty in the Central Region. Well, an old dynasty that has yet to be recognized as such.
Until Monday night when Thomas Dale’s boys volleyball team defeated Clover Hill 3-1 in a much-anticipated contest.
The Knights, participants in the three of the past four state finals, were thought to have dropped off in volleyball circles, thus their No. 6 ranking in the RVC Top 10.
Dale is ranked first in the DigitalSports Top 10, and proved it in front of a rowdy black-out Dale crowd.
Main cogs like DS player of the year Bradley Johnston and Alex Hoffman have departed, but players of that caliber have graduated before and the Knights have continued success.
That’s what coach Mike Walker Jr. wants, as he is building his program just as Steve Eliasek did with Clover Hill before retiring.
“That’s who I watched,” said Walker of the Cavaliers, as Dale is now 2-19 against Clover Hill in boys volleyball, with two straight wins. “I wanted to build my program just like theirs. They did it the right way. Won with class. As many times as we lost to them in the regionals, we should have learned something.”
Dale moved to 4-0 with undaunted power, as the Knights boast four terrific jump servers in All-DS returner Zach Seymour, libero Jake McCall, new standout Mason Vivas and holdover Donnie Hevener, who just started jump serving last week.
You couldn’t tell, as Walker lets his kids blast from the line. The Cavaliers handled it well, but the Knights took a tight game one, 25-23.
The Knights serving played a huge part in game two, as TD pleased the home crowd leading by as many as six points, and had game point at 24-22.
But the Cavaliers ran off four straight points to knot the match as middle Mark Smith started to have his way off sets from Andy Hite (32 assists).
“The second game, we gave it away,” Walker said. “It’s a young team so we are going to go through that. I think the younger kids got a real good taste of what varsity volleyball is about.”
Games three and four weren’t close. A **** by Seymour (12 kills, 16 assists and six blocks) gave Dale a 23-15 lead before winning 25-22 in the third.
The fourth was Dale’s best effort, a 25-17 triumph as unforced errors unraveled the talented Cavaliers while players like Matt Knickerbocker (11 kills, seven blocks) and setter Matt Dolan (17 assists) stepped to the forefront.
“Coming into the season, we had this game marked on our calendars,” Seymour said. “We played like a team and came out and won the game in four sets.
“The sky’s the limit for this team.”
Clover Hill 23 26 22 17
Thomas Dale 25 24 25 25
Records: Clover Hill (8-2); Thomas Dale (4-0)
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Posted on 21 September 2009 by .
Records as of Sunday, Sept. 20
Team (Record, Previous)
1. James River (5-0, 2)
2. Cosby (6-1, 1)
3. Thomas Dale (3-0, 3)
4. Atlee (4-0, 5)
5. Maggie Walker (3-2, 10)
6. Deep Run (5-2, 4)
7. Douglas Freeman
(4-2, 6)
8. Mills Godwin (4-1, 9)
9. Manchester (5-2, NR)
10. Prince George (3-3, 8)
Other receiving votes: Midlothian (3-3, 7)
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Posted on 18 September 2009 by .
by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@sbgnet.com
(804) 240-2191
Some college quarterbacks can’t run the two-minute drill better than Varina quarterback Hermon Norrell did Friday night.
His calmness and clock management was key to Varina’s 20-14 overtime victory over Thomas Dale, ranked seventh in the latest DigitalSports Top 10.
The No. 1 Blue Devils received the ball with 56.7 seconds left at their own 25-yard line with no timeouts left, down 14-7.
Norrell found De’Chavon Hayes on a screen pass for 15 yards on second down.
Three incompletions later, Varina received a personal foul penalty on Thomas Dale for a late hit. New life for Norrell, 34 seconds at Dale’s 45.
Last week’s hero, Dondrey Pegeas, caught a 5-yard pass, then Norrell stopped the clock with an incompletion and misfired on another before Andre Wood (five catches, 89 yards, TD) pulled down a crucial fourth-down pass for 20 yards.
Norrell clocked the ball again and 4.5 seconds showed on the clock. One last play.
The senior QB stepped back and hit Pegeas in stride as he carried a few Knights into the end zone with no time remaining.
Sophomore kicker Cody McDaniel calmly stroked the extra point to force OT.
“Dondrey just ran a good slant. He cut it hard,” said Norrell, who threw for 249 yards and two TDs on 20-of-34 passing, with some incompletions just to stop the clock on the final drive. “I threw it to him, he caught it. He just went hard and scored.”
Dale wanted to do the same but Dashawn Bostic, a junior linebacker who joined the team two weeks ago, picked off a Demitrius Campbell pass on second down.
Hayes scored from a yard out on third down to complete the comeback for the Blue Devils (2-0).
“It’s Varina football,” coach Stu Brown said. “We’ve been there. We’ve been there before just like Thomas Dale. Our kids do not want to lose. We had our backs against the wall with some very good players out tonight [Trey $Johnson (hand), Jerel Harrison (ankle), QuVaughn Jones (wrist)].
“We had some young players step up and make plays, and I’m proud of them.”
So has to be Dale coach Vic Williams of his whole unit.
The Knights (1-1), playing their second OT game in as many weeks, had the perfect plan to derail the Blue Devils.
They ran five running backs, including the punishing Mike Edmunds (17 carries, 65 yards) and Demetrick Jackson (12 for 56), behind a strong offensive line of Sam Hartman, Ronnie Dunford, Adam White, Greg Gallop and Spencer Randolph with help from tight end Mike Dudley.
It ate up time and yards and Campbell surprised the Blue Devils with two aerial strikes for scores, one a 52-yarder to Dudley, and another on the very next possession to Brandon Burton on a slant route that led to Dale’s 14-0 lead.
“We want to win them all and beat the good teams,” said Williams, who had a few official calls stick in his craw after the contest. “That was a good team.”
Thomas Dale 0 14 0 0 0 – 14
Varina 0 0 0 14 6 – 20
TD – Dudley 52 pass from Campbell (Prevost kick)
TD – Burton 45 pass from Campbell (Prevost kick)
V – Wood 5 pass from Norrell (McDaniel kick)
V – Pegeas 20 pass from Norrell (McDaniel kick)
V – Hayes 1 run
RUSHING
Thomas Dale – Mike Edmunds 17 carries, 65 yards; Demetrick Jackson 12-56; Airek Green 2-17; Vaughan Robinson 1-10; Lorenzo Fields 2-(-1); Anthony Prevost 1-(-4); Demitrius Campbell 3-(-17). Varina – De’Chavon Hayes 13-39; Dondrey Pegeas 2-9; Anthony Finney 2-5; Hermon Norrell 3-1; Team 2-(-16).
PASSING
Thomas Dale – Campbell 4 completions, 8 attempts, 116 yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 interception. Varina – Norrell 20-24-249-2-0.
RECEIVING
Thomas Dale – Mike Dudley 2 receptions, 66 yards; Brandon Burton 1-45, Airek Green 1-6. Varina – Andre Wood 5-89; Tony Tate 6-83; Pegeas 7-46; Hayes 2-31.
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Posted on 15 September 2009 by .
Records as of Sunday, Sept. 13
Team (Record)
1. Cosby (4-0)
2. James River (3-0)
3. Thomas Dale (2-0)
4. Deep Run (4-1)
5. Atlee (3-0)
6. Douglas Freeman
(3-1)
7. Midlothian (3-1)
8. Prince George (3-3)
9. Mills Godwin (2-1)
10. Maggie Walker (1-2)
Others receiving votes: Lee-Davis (2-2); Manchester (2-2); Clover Hill (2-3)
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Posted on 15 September 2009 by .
Records as of Sunday, Sept. 13
Team (Record)
1. Thomas Dale (2-0)
2. Clover Hill (6-0)
3. Atlee (4-0)
4. Deep Run (6-1)
5. Cosby (4-2)
6. James River (5-2)
7. Matoaca (6-1)
8. Highland Springs (4-2)
9. Maggie Walker GS (6-1)
10. J.R. Tucker (3-2)
Others receiving votes: Mills Godwin (3-3); Lee-Davis (3-3)
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