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Are You Ready for Some Football?

Posted on 28 August 2008 by ttatham.

By Paul Frommelt
Content Editor, DigitalSports.com – Prince William County

With the football season kicking off tonight — stick with DigitalSports.com to get inside the game. Here is a week-by-week look at this year’s football schedule.

Week 1 (Aug. 29):
Battlefield at Potomac, 7:30 p.m. (Aug. 28)
Riverbend at Woodbridge, 7:30 p.m.
Gar-Field at Colonial Forge, 7:30 p.m.

Week 2 (Sept. 5):
Loudoun Valley at Forest Park, 7:30 p.m.
Mountain View at Freedom, 7 p.m.
North Stafford at Gar-Field, 7:30 p.m.
Stonewall Jackson at C.D. Hylton, 7:30 p.m.
Potomac at Stafford, 7:30 p.m.
Woodbridge at Highland Springs, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn at Brooke Point, 7:30 p.m.
Colonial Forge at Osbourn Park, 7:30 p.m.

Week 3 (Sept. 12):
Forest Park at Stonewall Jackson, 7:30 p.m.
Brooke Point at Freedom, 7 p.m.
Battlefield at Gar-Field, 7:30 p.m.
C.D. Hylton at Lake Taylor, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn Park at Potomac, 7:30 p.m.
Loudoun Valley at Woodbridge, 7:30 p.m.
Culpeper County at Osbourn, 7:30 p.m.

Week 4 (Sept. 19):
Forest Park at Brooke Point, 7:30 p.m.
Freedom at Stonewall Jackson, 7 p.m.
Gar-Field at Osbourn Park, 7:30 p.m.
C.D. Hylton at Battlefield, 7:30 p.m.
Potomac at North Stafford, 7 p.m.
Woodbridge at Osbourn, 7:30 p.m.

Week 5 (Sept. 26):
C.D. Hylton at Forest Park, 7:30 p.m.
Amherst County at Freedom, 7 p.m.
Woodbridge at Franklin County, 7:30 p.m.
Stonewall Jackson at Battlefield, 7:30 p.m.
Liberty at Osbourn, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn Park at Loudoun Valley, 7:30 p.m.

Week 6 (Oct. 3):
Forest Park at E.C. Glass, 7 p.m.
Freedom at Gar-Field, 7:30 p.m.
Culpeper County at C.D. Hylton, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn at Potomac, 7:30 p.m.
Battlefield at Osbourn Park, 7 p.m.
Stonewall Jackson at Liberty, 7:30 p.m.

Week 7 (Oct. 10):
Freedom at Forest Park, 7:30 p.m.
C.D. Hylton at Gar-Field, 7:30 p.m.
Potomac at Woodbridge, 7:30 p.m.
Liberty at Battlefield, 7:30 p.m.
Loudoun Valley at Stonewall Jackson, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn at Fauquier, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn Park at Culpeper County, 7:30 p.m.

Week 8 (Oct. 17):
Woodbridge at Forest Park, 7:30 p.m.
Freedom at C.D. Hylton, 7:30 p.m.
Gar-Field at Potomac, 7:30 p.m.
Battlefield at Osbourn, 7:30 p.m.
Stonewall Jackson at Fauquier, 7:30 p.m.
Liberty at Osbourn Park, 7:30 p.m.

Week 9 (Oct. 24):
Forest Park at Potomac, 7:30 p.m.
Gar-Field at Freedom, 7:30 p.m.
C.D. Hylton at Woodbridge, 7:30 p.m.
Fauquier at Battlefield, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn Park at Stonewall Jackson, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn at Loudoun Valley, 1:30 p.m. (Oct. 25)

Week 10 (Oct. 31):
Gar-Field at Forest Park, 7:30 p.m.
Freedom at Woodbridge, 7:30 p.m.
Potomac at C.D. Hylton, 7:30 p.m.
Battlefield at Culpeper County, 7:30 p.m.
Stonewall Jackson at Osbourn, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn Park at Fauquier, 7:30 p.m.

Week 11 (Nov. 7):
Forest Park at C.D. Hylton, 7:30 p.m.
Potomac at Freedom, 7 p.m.
Woodbridge at Gar-Field, 7:30 p.m.
Loudoun Valley at Battlefield, 7:30 p.m.
Culpeper County at Stonewall Jackson, 7:30 p.m.
Osbourn at Osbourn Park, 7:30 p.m.

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2008 Potomac Panthers Football Preview

Posted on 27 August 2008 by ttatham.

This preview is brought to you by Palmercare Chiropractic, specializing in sports-related injuries!

Potomac Senior High School Panthers — Northwest Region, Division 5, Class AAA Cardinal District

Head Coach: Tony Lilly, 4th year (29-8)
2007 Record: 13-1 overall, 5-0 district (AAA Northwest Region Div. 5 Champion, AAA Div. 5 State Finalist)
Returning Starters: 6 offense/3 defense
Key Losses: RB/LB Mulku Kalokoh; LB/OT George Bansah; FS/WR Abdul Kanneh; LB/RB Darius Brent; K Eric Dobratz.
Top Returners: DT Dionte Johnson, Sr.; QB DeAirius Thomas, Jr.; RB David Riley Jr.; RB Andre Cook; C/DL Thomas Ostrosky, Sr.; OL John Labas, Jr.; OG Anthony Denham, Sr.
Game to Watch: Week 8, Oct. 10 at Woodbridge
While Potomac and Woodbridge both play in the AAA Cardinal District, each had separate runs to the AAA Virginia State title game. The Panthers, by virtue of playing in Div. 5, met up in the championship game with the Northern Region’s Stone Bridge, while the Div. 6 Vikings played Westfield immediately after at Scott Stadium on the campus of the University of Virginia. Both team’s played on the same field on the same day — they just didn’t play each other. The Panthers and Vikings will get their chance to square off on Oct. 10 at Woodbridge High School. The Panthers, 2007 Cardinal District champs, have won the last two meetings.
Stadium: Chuck Coles Stadium

Panther Pride
By Paul Frommelt
Content Editor, DigitalSports.com — Prince William County

2nd in a series of 10.

The Potomac Panthers have a lot to talk about when it comes to last season. They can talk about their 13-1 overall record, en route to a AAA Cardinal District and AAA Northwest Region title. They can talk about their perfect 5-0 record in the district last year, or their 408 points scored, second best by a Potomac squad this decade. Maybe they can talk about their 49-19 victory over Hanover in the AAA Div. 5 Virginia State Semifinals.

One thing they don’t talk about, however, is their final game of the season.

“It’s hard to talk about a game when you didn’t perform,” said Potomac head coach Tony Lilly. “We have left that state championship game aside.”

The Panthers, undefeated at 13-0 heading into the state finals, were stunned by Stone Bridge, 38-0. A result that many Panthers don’t feel like talking about, but they still remember.

“We didn’t show up in the final game. We played a really good ball club. I don’t take anything away from Stone Bridge, they are a darn good football team, but I don’t think that we played the caliber of game that we were capable of playing in that game. Whether it was the environment, being in a big stadium like that, I think that that had a little bit to do with it. Really, we haven’t talked about that game since,” said Lilly.

So at a Tuesday afternoon practice, three days before the Panthers’ first game of the 2008 season against Battlefield, the conversation is all about the next game – and only the next game.

“Right now, with this group, we are talking just one game,” said Lilly. “One game at a time.”

Many things are still up in the air for the Panthers, who lost much of their offensive production from last year. Graduated running backs Mulku Kalokoh and Darius Brent were each 1,000-yard rushers for the Panthers last year, while wide receiver Abdul Kanneh was the team’s leading receiver with eight touchdowns. On defense, Kanneh and Kalokoh were leaders in the secondary, while Brent was the team’s leading tackler.

“We’ve lost some play-makers. We lost three great ones,” said Lilly.

That isn’t to say that the cupboard is bare for the Panthers.

“We have plugged in some players that we think are pretty good. I knew coming into the season that we weren’t going to have those type of playmakers that we had, but I feel like we can put 11 good ones on the field,” said Lilly. “If those 11 good ones can play together, we should be alright.”

Lilly also returns the bulk of his offensive line from last year, lead by senior center Thomas Ostrosky.

“It has been a blessing to have them back. I felt going into the season that they were going to be our strong point and hopefully they can kind of lead us,” said Lilly of his linemen.

Junior quarterback DeAirius Thomas returns for the Panthers’ this year, while junior running backs David Riley and Andre Cook will look to solidify themselves in Potomac’s backfield.

Thursday Night Lights

The Panthers open up the 2008 Northwest Region football schedule with a Thursday night game against Battlefield, last year’s Cedar Run District champs. Potomac beat the Bobcats 30-21 in the season opener last year. Hosting the only game of the night in the region, Lilly expects to attract quite a crowd.

“I’m sure a lot of people will be here to see what Potomac Football is all about. [Battlefield is] going to bring a pretty good ball club over here,” said Lilly. “We are going to have to play a **** of a game to get them. I think that our kids understand that and hopefully we can play with some emotion and things will go our way.”

Quotable

“We have our whole offensive line back, so for me to change anything offensively would be a little bit ridiculous.”
— Potomac Coach Tony Lilly

Email: pfrommelt@digitalsports.com



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2008 Battlefield Bobcats Football Preview

Posted on 27 August 2008 by ttatham.

This preview is brought to you by Palmercare Chiropractic, specializing in sports-related injuries!

Battlefield High School Bobcats – Northwest Region, Division 6, Class AAA Cedar Run District

Head Coach: Mark Cox, 5th year.
2007 Record: 9-2 overall, 7-0 district (Northwest Region Division 6 Semifinalists).
Returning Starters: 9 offense/7 defense
Key Losses: WR/DB Erik Patterson; QB/DB Corey Thacker; DE/TE Austin Tuell; OL/DL Joe Breithaupt; WR/DB Clarence Finny; RBL/LB Billy Knarr.
Top Returners: RB/LB Adrian Ingram, Sr., 5-10, 185; RB/LB Vince Drzal, Sr., 5-10, 185; OG/DT Peter Psihas, Sr., 5-10, 210; OT/DT Jimmy Long, Sr., 6-0, 220; QB Bo Revell, 6-6, 210; WR/DB Blaine Mason, 5-11, 185.
Game to Watch: Week 1, Aug. 28 versus Potomac
In Week One last year, the Bobcats found themselves 21 points down to Potomac, but ended up making it a game and only fell by nine points, 30-21. It was the Bobcats first loss of the season and their last regular season loss of the year. The Bobcats and Panthers meet up again to kick off the 2008 Northwest Region season. All eyes will be on this game, as it is the only one played on Thursday night.
Stadium: Battlefield High School Stadium

Bobcats Are Sleepers No More

By Paul Frommelt
Content Editor, DigitalSports.com – Prince William

First in a series of 10.

It’s 7 a.m. on brisk Saturday morning – a perfect time for high school students to stockpile some sleep in preparation of the upcoming school year. But here they are – the Battlefield High School football team – getting in an early-morning practice, just six days away from their first game of the season.

“[Last year] everybody took us lightly,” said Battlefield head coach Mark Cox. “We were still a new school. This year, though, they will all be out to get us. I think that we have a target on our back this year.”

And so the Bobcats prepare for the upcoming season, no matter what the day, no matter what the time.

After posting a 5-15 record in 2005 and 2006, the Bobcats are the reigning Cedar Run champs, earning the young program’s first title with a impressive 9-2 overall record last year. Even more impressive was the Bobcats perfect 7-0 record in the district.

“Last year, we had some seniors who played with us for four years and they didn’t want to go out without making it to the playoffs,” said Cox. “We had a little bit of an extra incentive last year with those seniors.”

That isn’t to say that this year’s 32 seniors don’t have the same goals.

“People think that it was fluke that we got to the playoffs. They think that we shouldn’t have been there anyway. We have to come back and do that same thing so people don’t think that it was a fluke,” said senior running back Adrian Ingram, one of nine returning starters on the offensive side of the ball. 

Ingram and the Bobcats will have a tough road ahead. After starting out with defending Cardinal District champion Potomac, Battlefield will take on out-of-district rivals Gar-Field and C.D. Hylton before jumping into their district slate.

“We have probability one of the toughest schedules around,” said Cox. “You have to play those schools in order to get better. You don’t getting any better playing teams that aren’t going to test you. If we are fortunate to get into the playoffs, we will be playing teams like Gar-Field, Potomac and Woodbridge and Hylton. I think that it is a plus to play those kinds of schools.”

Never-Say-Die Mentality

Facing a 21-7 deficit to Stonewall Jackson in Week Four last year, the Bobcats rallied to win by a field goal. On Oct. 27, the Bobcats came back from a 20-point deficit to beat Fauquier in overtime. The Bobcats will hope to bring that same never-give-up mentality to this season.

“When your team starts clicking, things start to fall your way,” said Cox, who also admitted that his squad also got a bit of luck. Stonewall was hit with game-changing penalties on their final drive and the Bobcats blocked a key punt against Fauquier. The team was also blessed with a big boot from kicker Ben Burden, who will miss the first half of this year after undergoing off-season knee surgery.

Added Ingram: “We just had the refuse-to-lose mentality and everyone was behind it.”

Quotable:

“We have a lot of kids that were there last year and have the bitter taste in their mouth from losing in the playoffs.”

— Battlefield Coach Mark Cox

Email: pfrommelt@digitalsports.com



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High School News: Fall Sports Frenzy Begins

Posted on 27 August 2008 by ttatham.

This fall DigitalSports.com will help Prince William County get inside the game like never before!

DigitalSports.com will be your source for all Prince William County high school sports coverage. Starting August 28, we will roll out team-by-team previews of every AAA Cedar Run and Cardinal District football team in Prince William – two per day, leading up to the first ever Prince William Power Rankings, revealed Monday, September 1.

But that’s not all football fans! DigitalSports.com will be your source for Cedar Run and Cardinal District football game coverage. We will be out as defending Cedar Run District champion Battlefield Bobcats travel to AAA Div. 5 state finalist Potomac Panthers in the opening game of the year on Thursday, August 28. The next night, Friday, August 29, DigitalSports.com will be out to watch AAA Div. 6 state finalist Woodbridge host Northwest Region rival Riverbend.

Still not enough? Good, because we aren’t done. Starting next week, we will roll out previews of the 2008 Prince William field hockey, volleyball, cross country and golf seasons.

Upcoming Schedule for Fall Sports Previews:

  • Potomac and Battlefield Football on Aug. 28
  • Woodbridge Football on Aug. 29
  • Gar-Field, Stonewall Jackson and C.D. Hylton on Aug. 31
  • Forest Park and Freedom on Sept. 1
  • Osbourn and Osbourn Park on Sept. 2
  • Prince William Power Rankings revealed on Sept. 2
  • Boys’ and Girls’ Varsity Cross Country on Sept. 4
  • Girls’ Varisty Volleyball on Sept. 5
  • Co-Ed Varsity Golf on Sept. 8
  • Girls’ Varsity Field Hockey on Sep. 9


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