Published Sep 11, 2019
Top Ten Rankings - Entering Week 3 Games
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It's our first update of the Top Ten Rankings since the preseason as we skipped a week ago due to all the zaniness surrounding Hurricane Dorian, plus it allowed every team in the state to get at least one game in before our re-shuffling.

There's no change at the top of any of the six classifications with Westfield, Highland Springs, Lake Taylor, Lord Botetourt, Graham and Riverheads all remaining atop their respective perches if you will. However, Graham suffered a defeat among that group, falling to West Virginia powerhouse Bluefield, 41-27. However, that was a closer final margin than their 38-14 loss in the opener a year ago before the G-Men rattled off 14 straight wins by double-figures on their way to the Class 2 crown.

Meanwhile, Lord Botetourt and Lake Taylor had to survive early-season scares with the Cavaliers coming from behind to defeat Brookville, while the Titans edged Class 3 contender Phoebus on a field goal at the end. Both have stiff tests this week with Lake Taylor visiting Norfolk rival Maury, currently ranked No. 3 in Class 5, and Botetourt taking on that same Bluefield team that beat Graham, minus some key members of their starting defense out due to injury.

A total of six teams have dropped out of the rankings from the preseason, which includes a pair of Class 2 schools that opened 0-2. Check it all out below...

*** Do note that for this week only under the result tab we will note the team's most recent game and not 'idle' if they had a bye in the past seven days. ***


Class 6 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Woodbridge (0-1) fell to South County 28-6; #9 Patriot (1-1) fell to Mountain View 37-6
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Westfield

2-0

W 37-14 over John Champe

2

2

Colonial Forge

1-0

W 27-7 over Grassfield

3

3

Freedom-PW

2-0

W 47-0 over Riverbend

4

5

Thomas Dale

2-0

W 28-0 over L.C. Bird

5

4

Oscar Smith

0-1

L 6-13 to Highland Springs

6

6

Ocean Lakes

2-0

W 34-7 over Kellam

7

7

Lake Braddock

1-0

W 34-21 over West Potomac

8

10

South County

2-0

W 48-20 over Hayfield

9

NR

Massaponax

2-0

W 47-30 over Dinwiddie

10

NR

Stonewall Jackson

1-0

W 41-7 over Gar-Field

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Class 5 Top Ten:
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Highland Springs

2-0

W 13-6 over Oscar Smith

2

2

Stone Bridge

2-0

W 33-19 over Madison

3

3

Maury

1-0

W 56-7 over Bethel

4

4

Manchester

1-0

W 45-38 over Varina in 2OT

5

5

North Stafford

2-0

W 55-20 over Orange

6

7

Woodgrove

2-0

W 46-6 over Rock Ridge

7

8

Salem-VB

2-0

W 46-12 over Princess Anne

8

9

Woodside

2-0

W 32-14 over Norview

9

6

Indian River

0-1

L 20-24 to Northeastern (NC)

10

10

Varina

1-1

W 63-0 over Meadowbrook

Class 4 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #10 GW-Danville (1-1) beat Amherest 55-29 and lost to Dinwiddie 45-42
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Lake Taylor

2-0

W 45-12 over Warwick

2

2

E.C. Glass

1-0

W 58-0 over Charlottesville

3

4

Louisa

2-0

W 38-13 over Chancellor

4

6

Broad Run

2-0

W 51-13 over Brooke Point

5

3

Tuscarora

1-1

W 40-12 over Potomac Falls

6

5

Salem

2-0

W 27-21 over Franklin County

7

7

Eastern View

2-0

W 63-7 over Albemarle

8

8

Sherando

2-0

W 41-7 over Jefferson, WV

9

NR

Jefferson Forest

1-0

W 42-14 over Staunton River

10

9

Dinwiddie

1-1

L 30-47 to Massaponax

Class 3 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Goochland (0-1) fell to Lafayette 33-0
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Lord Botetourt

2-0

W 23-7 over Blacksburg

2

2

Lafayette

1-0

W 33-0 over Goochland

3

4

Hopewell

1-0

W 40-7 over Tabb

4

3

Heritage-Lynchburg

1-1

W 57-20 over John Marshall

5

5

Phoebus

0-1

L 22-23 to Lake Taylor

6

6

Magna Vista

2-0

W 20-6 over Dan River

7

7

Spotswood

2-0

W 75-13 over William Monroe

8

9

Norcom

1-0

W 42-22 over Petersburg

9

NR

Abingdon

2-0

W 35-28 over Gate City

10

10

Petersburg

1-1

L 22-42 to Norcom

Class 2 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #5 Richlands (0-2) fell to Union 26-3; #6 Glenvar (0-2) fell to #1 Riverheads 38-21
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Graham

1-1

W 45-0 over Tazewell

2

2

Radford

1-0

W 45-23 over George Wythe-W

3

4

Poquoson

1-0

W 42-6 over Southampton

4

7

Clarke County

1-0

W 42-0 over Buffalo Gap

5

8

Ridgeview

2-0

W 63-32 over Shelby Valley, KY

6

9

TJ-Richmond

2-0

W 56-6 over Armstrong

7

10

Gretna

2-0

W 62-20 over Tunstall

8

3

Appomattox

1-1

W 17-0 over Rustburg

9

NR

Union

2-0

W 26-3 over Richlands

10

NR

King William

2-0

W 65-6 over Bruton

Class 1 Top Ten:
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Riverheads

2-0

W 38-21 over Glenvar

2

2

Galax

2-0

W 51-25 over Martinsville

3

3

Rappahannock

2-0

W 38-20 over Southampton

4

4

PH-Glade Spring

2-0

W 60-22 over Eastside

5

5

Essex

2-0

W 58-0 over Surry

6

6

Narrows

2-0

W 37-0 over Northwood

7

7

Chilhowie

2-0

W 45-24 over J.I. Burton

8

9

William Campbell

2-0

W 34-20 over Central-Lunenburg

9

8

Washington & Lee

1-1

W 28-0 over West Point

10

10

George Wythe

1-1

W 27-14 over Fort Chiswell


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