Published Apr 1, 2021
VHSL Football Top Tens - April 1, 2021 Edition
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Alas, the regular season finales are here for this unusual abbreviated 2021 High School Football 'spring' campaign across Virginia. The playoffs get underway next week with the VHSL releasing the pairings this coming Sunday across all six classifications.

In all the years we've done the rankings, I cannot recall that the top spot in all six classes has been occupied by the same time as Oscar Smith, Highland Springs, Lake Taylor, Lord Botetourt, Appomattox and Riverheads have remained unblemished.

While reigning State Champs like South County, Lake Taylor, Appomattox and Riverheads are in good shape for the playoffs, a couple of the defending State Champs are still battling for their playoff lives. Maury takes on unbeaten Churchland at Powhatan Field in Norfolk in a game they need to win in order to secure a spot in Region 5A, while Hopewell can leap from out to in for Region 3A by beating Class 5 member Matoaca.

Below are the latest rankings for all six classes...


Note - Rankings are through games played on Wednesday, March 31, 2021


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Class 6 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #4 Freedom-PW (2-3) fell to #10 Gar-Field 14-9
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Oscar Smith

4-0

W 48-0 over Grassfield

2

2

South County

5-0

W 56-7 over Fairfax

3

3

Massaponax

6-0

W 49-0 over North Stafford

4

5

Lake Braddock

4-1

W 30-28 over West Springfield

5

6

Madison

5-0

W 10-3 over Chantilly

6

8

Robinson

4-1

W 41-14 over W.T. Woodson

7

10

Gar-Field

5-0

W 14-9 over Freedom-PW

8

9

Thomas Dale

4-0

W 20-17 over Matoaca

9

HM

Patriot

4-0

W 35-0 over Unity Reed

10

7

Chantilly

4-1

L 3-10 to James Madison

Honorable Mention:
Riverbend (4-1)
South Lakes (3-1)
Westfield (3-2)


Class 5 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Princess Anne (3-2) fell to Bayside 37-30
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Highland Springs

5-0

W 40-0 over J.R. Tucker

2

2

Stone Bridge

5-0

W 61-7 over Riverside

3

3

Maury

3-1

Idle

4

5

Hermitage

5-0

W 58-20 over Deep Run

5

4

Salem-VB

3-0

Idle

6

6

Varina

4-1

W 49-7 over Douglas Freeman

7

7

Cox

4-0

W 28-0 over Kellam

8

9

Briar Woods

4-1

W 9-7 over Potomac Falls

9

HM

Patrick Henry-R

5-1

W 24-23 over Pulaski

10

NR

Bayside

4-1

W 37-30 over Princess Anne

Honorable Mention:
Deep Creek (4-1)


Class 4 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #7 Pulaski County (4-1) fell to Patrick Henry-Roanoke 24-23
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Lake Taylor

4-0

Idle

2

2

Tuscarora

5-0

W 43-0 over Heritage-Leesburg

3

3

Salem

5-0

W 42-0 over Hidden Valley

4

4

Louisa

5-0

W 33-22 over Western Albemarle

5

5

Patrick Henry-A

5-0

W 16-0 over Hanover

6

6

Broad Run

4-1

W 1-0 Forfeit over Broad Run

7

8

Monacan

5-0

W 26-14 over Powhatan

8

9

Churchland

3-0

Idle

9

10

Kettle Run

4-0

Idle

10

HM

King George

5-0

W 59-7 over Caroline

Honorable Mention:
Dinwiddie (4-1)


Class 3 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #9 Brentsville District (4-1) fell to Skyline 44-21
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Lord Botetourt

5-0

W 57-7 over Franklin County

2

2

Lafayette

4-0

W 35-13 over New Kent

3

3

Phoebus

3-0

Idle

4

4

Goochland

5-0

W 28-12 over Central-Lunenburg

5

5

Brookville

5-0

W 49-8 over Rustburg

6

6

Abingdon

4-0

Idle

7

7

Hopewell

2-1

W 56-0 over Meadowbrook

8

8

Heritage-Lynchburg

4-1

W 56-7 over Jefferson Forest

9

10

Turner Ashby

5-0

W 33-22 over Waynesboro

10

HM

Rockbridge County

5-0

W 35-19 over Harrisonburg

Honorable Mention:
Independence (3-1)
Skyline (4-1)


Class 2 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #4 Clarke County (2-1) fell to Luray 36-14
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Appomattox

5-0

W 53-0 over Will Campbell

2

2

Graham

5-0

W 20-19 over Tazewell in OT

3

3

Stuarts Draft

5-0

W 49-0 over Staunton

4

5

Central-Wise

4-1

W 27-7 over Union

5

7

King William

4-0

W 34-13 over Southampton

6

6

Ridgeview

2-1

Idle

7

8

Glenvar

3-2

W 49-14 over Giles

8

9

Radford

3-1

Idle

9

10

Tazewell

3-2

L 19-20 to Graham in OT

10

HM

Strasburg

4-1

W 14-7 over Page County

Honorable Mention:
Dan River (3-0)
Fort Chiswell (4-1)


Class 1 Top Ten:
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Riverheads

5-0

W 63-18 over Buffalo Gap

2

2

Galax

5-0

W 56-10 over Auburn

3

3

Narrows

5-0

W 54-0 over James River-B

4

4

J.I. Burton

4-1

W 25-0 over Twin Springs

5

6

King & Queen

5-0

W 60-0 over Lancaster

6

7

Holston

4-1

W 30-27 over Rural Retreat

7

8

Castlewood

4-1

W 42-0 over Rye Cove

8

9

Patrick Henry-GS

4-1

W 38-10 over Chilhowie

9

5

George Wythe

2-2

L 22-27 to Fort Chiswell

10

10

Rural Retreat

3-2

L 27-30 to Holston

Honorable Mention:
Eastside (4-1)

Opted Out:
5. Essex



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