Published Aug 31, 2023
VHSL Football Top Tens - Closing Out August 2023
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The 2023 High School Football season got underway and we are now getting ready for some huge matchups across the Commonwealth with such as barn-burners as Phoebus visiting Oscar Smith, Manchester taking on Highland Springs, plus some out-of-state teams facing some of the best from Virginia.


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Let's take a look at the latest rankings as we get ready to turn the calendar from August to September with plenty of intriguing matchups to get us juiced up for what's happening on the gridiron...


Note - This list was published prior to games on Thursday, August 31, 2023

Special Thanks to Dan Trevino for front page photo


Class 6 Top Ten:
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Freedom-PW

1-0

W 48-0 over Coolidge, D.C.

2 (2)

Highland Springs

1-0

W 20-14 over Miramar, FL

3 (3)

South County

1-0

W 39-0 over Robinson

4 (5)

Madison

1-0

W 28-24 over Stone Bridge

5 (4)

Manchester

0-0

Idle

6 (6)

Thomas Dale

1-0

W 35-0 over Cosby

7 (7)

Oscar Smith

1-0

W 39-25 over Hermitage

8 (8)

Western Branch

1-0

W 21-12 over Menchville

9 (9)

Battlefield

1-0

W 62-6 over Hylton

10 (10)

Fairfax

1-0

W 52-20 over Wakefield

Honorable Mention:

Colonial Forge (1-0)

Westfield (1-0)

Lake Braddock (1-0)

West Springfield (1-0)

Gainesville (1-0)


Class 5 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Independence fell to Massaponax 35-14 and #9 Salem-VB fell to Bayside 27-21
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Maury

0-0

Idle

2 (3)

Green Run

1-0

W 34-14 W over Kempsville

3 (2)

Stone Bridge

0-1

L 24-28 to Madison

4 (4)

Warwick

1-0

W 53-7 over Grassfield

5 (5)

King's Fork

1-0

W 26-13 over Churchland

6 (6)

Briar Woods

1-0

W 27-13 over John Champe

7 (7)

Matoaca

0-0

Idle

8 (10)

Patrick Henry-Roanoke

1-0

W 58-25 over Brookville

9 (HM)

L.C. Bird

1-0

W 45-12 over James River

10 (NR)

Massaponax

1-0

W 35-14 over Independence

Honorable Mention:

Nansemond River (1-0)

Douglas Freeman (1-0)


Class 4 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 GW-Danville to #2 Dinwiddie 52-7
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Phoebus

0-0

Idle

2 (2)

Dinwiddie

1-1

W 52-7 over GW-Danville

3 (4)

Varina

1-0

W 13-0 over Indian River

4 (5)

E.C. Glass

1-0

W 14-7 over Lord Botetourt

5 (3)

Salem

0-1

L 14-21 to Liberty Christian

6 (6)

King George

1-0

W 48-14 over Brooke Point

7 (9)

Warhill

1-0

W 49-8 over Manor

8 (10)

Tuscarora

1-0

W 9-0 over Heritage-Leesburg

9 (HM)

Eastern View

1-0

W 49-7 over Culpeper

10 (7)

John Champe

0-1

L 13-27 to Briar Woods

Honorable Mention:

Loudoun County (1-0)

Millbrook (1-0)


Class 3 Top Ten:
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Magna Vista

1-0

W 41-6 over Staunton River

2 (2)

Lake Taylor

1-0

W 37-18 over Camden, NJ

3 (4)

Liberty Christian

1-0

W 21-14 over Salem

4 (6)

Heritage-Lynchburg

1-0

W 24-7 over Albemarle

5 (3)

Lord Botetourt

0-1

L 7-14 to E.C. Glass

6 (7)

Brentsville District

1-0

W 28-21 over Sherando

7 (8)

Lafayette

1-0

W 43-6 over Spotsylvania

8 (5)

Brookville

0-1

L 25-58 to PH-Roanoke

9 (9)

Kettle Run

1-0

W 41-20 over Liberty-Bealeton

10 (10)

Christiansburg

1-0

W 42-0 over Floyd County

Honorable Mention:

Hopewell

Norcom (1-0)

Turner Ashby (1-0)

Rustburg (1-0)


Class 2 Top Ten:
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Graham

1-0

W 14-9 over Bluefield, WV

2 (3)

Radford

1-0

W 42-7 over George Wythe

3 (4)

Central-Woodstock

1-0

W 8-7 over Riverheads

4 (2)

Riverheads

0-1

L 7-8 to Central-Woodstock

5 (5)

Appomattox

1-0

W 23-6 over Buckingham

6 (6)

Poquoson

1-0

W 56-7 over Southampton

7 (7)

Union

1-0

W 34-0 over Lee High

8 (8)

Glenvar

1-0

W 39-21 over Galax

9 (9)

Clarke County

1-0

W 42-7 over Rock Ridge

10 (10)

King William

1-0

W 7-6 over Stuarts Draft

Honorable Mention:

Ridgeview (1-0)

Strasburg (1-0)

Central-Lunenburg (1-0)


Class 1 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 George Wythe (0-1) fell to Class 2 #3 Radford 42-7
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Honaker

1-0

W 52-7 over Lebanon

2 (2)

Grayson County

1-0

W 14-12 over Alleghany

3 (4)

Essex

1-0

W 24-6 over Sussex

4 (5)

Patrick Henry-Glade Spring

1-0

W 25-15 over VA High

5 (7)

Narrows

1-0

W 46-12 oveR Auburn

6 (3)

Sussex Central

0-1

L 6-24 to Essex

7 (6)

Galax

0-1

L 21-39 to Glenvar

8 (9)

Rye Cove

1-0

W 48-0 over Hancock, TN

9 (10)

Northumberland

1-0

W 49-0 over Surry

10 (HM)

Westmoreland

1-0

W 38-16 over West Point

Honorable Mention:

Holston (1-0)

Brunswick (1-0)



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