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Park View: Coach Charlie Pierce told

VirginiaPreps "We will continue to be a hard working blue

collar team. A balance of offense and defense will be

important. Special teams should excel." On offense

Coach Pierce indicated that changes will take place this season,

with more balanced attack in the offing. They say defense

wins championships and Park View has the numbers to back it up.

Over the past 3 years the Patriots have yielded just 341 points

in 36 games (9.4 avg.), leading to 3 district titles.

Coach Pierce said "Defense has always been Park View's

forte' and it will continue to be an important aspect of Park

View football. A hallmark of that defense is Senior Joey

Babick who will handle the middle linebacker duties. At 5-5 190

lbs., Babick is, pound for pound, the strongest player on the

team and the hardest worker in the weight room. He's a smart

player who covers his lanes very well and, when he gets his body

on a runner, and will make the tackle. Key players to watch this fall for Park

View, Seniors: Jared Develli (all state kicker), John Laird

(RB/DB), Earle Barnes (all district RB/ DB), Ryan Beringer

(DL/OL), Roscoe Johnson (WR/DB - also a basketball and track

star), John Valcour (All-District in 2002) is back for his third

year as the starting center, Juniors: Donny Smith (OL/DL), Sean Daza (DB/WR), Patrick

Nolen (OL/DL), Eric Stanley 6-5 and 330 pounds and a 'hard

worker' as described by Coach Pierce, and finally Steve

Blankenship, the strong armed QB. Park View did suffer

some off season losses with the transfers of T J Disney and

Prince Lee.

Stone Bridge: Despite losing in the state

semifinals to Lafayette High School last December, the 2002

season was a remarkable success for the Bulldogs. Coach

Mickey Thompson hopes to continue to improve this fall - with a

possible return to the states a distinct possibility. Coach

Thompson told us "Our success will depend on the progress

our defense makes as the year goes along. On offense

the team returns Michael O'Brien, the do it all quarterback

(rushed and passed for over 1,000 yards last season, and was

named regional player of the year). Other names to watch

offense are receivers Andrew Winslow and Brian Calloway.

All state (defense) selection Landon Gouveia returns (he rushed

for over 1,000 yards last season). Assisting Gouveia on

defense should be Danny Jones, Chris Coker and Peter

Christensen.

Potomac Falls: Coach Casey Child's

Panthers experienced a break out season last fall and will have

a significant number of players returning. Key among those

is QB Joe Reilly who proved that he was more than a

capable signal caller last season. Despite losing Danny

Kramer the defensive unit should continue to be 'stingy'. Other

returnees include: 2nd team all district DE Adrian Tracy (JR),

Kavash Dastan (DL), Chris Jaeger LB (JR), John Veselick DB/WR,

Nasser Hamidi (OL),

Run: The Spartans return Michael Coleman, and look to become

competitive in the tough Dulles District. Despite not winning a

game in `02, they did have several impressive outings and Ken

Belchik and staff look to build upon those games in `03.

Other key returnees include: Alex Field TE (JR), and Walter

Gouveia LB.

County: "We graduated 23 seniors from our 2002 team so

we will be extremely young" Coach Pat McManus told

VirginiaPreps recently. The Raiders do return, however, 4

All District players, who will be expected to carry the load

this season. On offense the Raiders feature the Wing T,

and return Gil Veney, Armin Heremic (all district) and Antonio

Johnson, but must rebuild the offensive line. On defense

all district performers Mark Libby and Edwin Zukanovic return,

the linebackers will all be new with the exception of Tommy

Schwietz.

Loudoun Valley:

In a district with a number of top quarterbacks coming back, the

Vikings are no exception with John Sheehan returning after

impressive season in `02. One of John's favorite targets

is his brother Stephen who will be returning to play WR and will

be a junior this fall. Other returnees include:

Lawrence Wilson LB, and Gabe Lukas OL.

Heritage:

Wes Driskill, the head football coach, is optimistic about

this new high schools football team. "The team has

done a good job in increasing its strength and has good talent

and speed", Coach Driskill told us. They will need

all of that and more to compete in this district. After

going 3-7 last season playing a non-district schedule, they move

full time into the district this fall. Coach Driskill is upbeat

saying "The defense and the kicking game will show much

improvement". On offense running backs Kenny Smith

and Antonio Stringer are back, with Justin Johnson (OL), Robert

Rector (WR), and Tyler Duis (K). On defense the key

players should be Kevin Khair and Jajuan Johnson (DL) and LB's

will be Jonte Johnson and Chris Voorhis, with Kris Hunter at

DB.

Dominion:

When asked to name his teams strengths and weaknesses Head Coach

Mike Dougherty's response might be difficult to decipher which

is which. He told us "Our strengths have to be youth,

starting a new tradition and a new program (no bad habits to

break!), while our weaknesses will be youth, depth and starting

a new program from scratch. On offense the team will

deploy a double wing, shot gun with 4 and sometimes 5

wideouts. On defense they will show a varied look going

from a 5-3 to 6-2 or 4-4. Coach Dougherty remains

optimistic saying "This is a great opportunity for the

coaches and kids to start something from scratch. The

entire community is buzzing and weight lifting has begun.: