Published Sep 16, 2021
VHSL Football Top Tens - Entering Sept. 16, 2021
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There are a host of mega games on the docket this week, headlined by California powerhouse St. John Bosco Prep - ranked No. 3 in the country by USA Today - coming to Chesapeake to take on reigning Class 6 State Champion Oscar Smith.

Highland Springs takes on West Virginia powerhouse Martinsburg, which beat defending Class 4 State Champ Salem earlier this year. Northern Virginia is full of intriguing matchups with Chantilly at Robinson, Westfield at South County, and Colonial Forge traveling to reigning Class 5 State Champ Stone Bridge.

Riverheads is riding the state's longest winning streak at 39 victories in a row, and after their impressive and dominant performance against traditional Class 3 contender Lord Botetourt on the road, the Gladiators take on a Stuarts Draft team that made it to the Class 2 State Finals each of the past two seasons.

Lord Botetourt fell out of the rankings, but they look to avoid dropping to 1-3 when they take on defending Class 2 State Champ Appomattox.

It all gets underway on Thursday night with Union visiting Graham in a re-match of their thrilling Region 2D playoff game from April.

Great games galore, and in addition to a new No. 1 team at the Class 2 level, there are four new teams in the rankings with King George, Magna Vista, Virginia High and Grundy.


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Note - This list was compiled entering Thursday, September 16, 2021


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Class 6 Top Ten:
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Oscar Smith

2-0

W 57-0 over Grassfield

2

2

South County

1-0

Idle

3

3

Thomas Dale

2-0

Idle

4

4

Freedom-PW

2-1

L 35-38 to Stone Bridge

5

5

Manchester

1-1

W 63-8 over George Wythe

6

6

Unity Reed

3-0

W 28-7 over Woodbridge

7

7

Madison

2-1

W 41-0 over Yorktown

8

8

Ocean Lakes

2-0

Idle

9

9

Colonial Forge

0-1

W 34-17 over West Potomac

10

10

Centreville

2-1

W 42-0 over Mount Vernon

Honorable Mention:
Osbourn (3-0)
Robinson (3-0)


Class 5 Top Ten:
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Stone Bridge

3-0

W 38-35 over Freedom-PW

2

2

Highland Springs

2-1

W 45-19 over Prince George

3

3

Maury

0-1

L 27-29 to New Bern, NC

4

4

Green Run

2-0

W 21-13 over Kempsville

5

5

Independence

2-0

W 42-6 over Bishop Ireton

6

6

North Stafford

2-0

Idle

7

7

Mountain View

3-0

W 36-13 over Liberty-Bealeton

8

8

Indian River

1-0

Idle

9

9

Salem-VB

2-0

W 8-6 over Tallwood

10

10

Riverbend

2-1

W 52-19 over Courtland

Honorable Mention:
Hermitage (1-0)


Class 4 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #4 Louisa (2-1) fell to King George 33-15
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Tuscarora

3-0

W 42-35 over John Champe

2

2

Salem

1-1

W 46-20 over Fleming

3

3

Broad Run

3-0

W 35-0 over Loudoun Valley

4

8

E.C. Glass

3-0

W 42-32 over GW-Danville

5

6

Dinwiddie

1-0

Idle

6

7

King's Fork

1-0

Idle

7

7

Varina

1-0

Idle

8

NR

King George

1-0

W 33-15 over Louisa

9

5

Patrick Henry-Ashland

1-1

L 26-27 to Hermitage (OT)

10

10

Eastern View

2-0

Idle

Class 3 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #7 Lord Botetourt (1-2) fell to #1 Riverheads 62-32
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Liberty Christian

3-0

W 56-26 over Franklin Co.

2

2

Phoebus

3-0

W 41-6 over Warwick

3

3

Brookville

2-0

Idle

4

4

Lafayette

1-0

W 48-0 over Grafton

5

5

Hopewell

1-0

W 35-13 over Norcom

6

8

Lake Taylor

1-1

W 53-35 over Currituck, NC

7

10

Heritage-Lynchburg

2-1

W 56-13 over Appomattox

8

9

York

2-0

W 31-13 over Poquoson

9

NR

Magna Vista

2-1

W 43-6 over Gretna

10

6

Brentsville District

2-1

L 14-35 to Kettle Run

Honorable Mention:
Turner Ashby (2-1)
Booker T. Washington (2-0)
Christiansburg (2-0)
Goochland (1-1)


Class 2 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #10 Poquoson (0-1) fell to #9 York 31-13
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

2

Graham

2-0

W 35-0 over Richlands

2

3

Union

2-0

W 50-20 over J.I. Burton

3

1

Appomattox

1-1

L 13-56 to Heritage-Lynchburg

4

4

Stuarts Draft

1-0

Idle

5

6

Clarke County

2-0

Idle

6

8

Glenvar

3-0

W 28-14 over Cave Spring

7

7

King William

1-1

Idle

8

9

Ridgeview

2-0

W 12-0 over Central-Wise

9

NR

Virginia High

3-0

W 66-40 over Patrick Henry-GS

10

5

Central-Wise

2-1

L 0-12 to Ridgeview

Honorable Mention:
Central-Woodstock (3-0)
Radford (3-0)
Strasburg (3-0)
Luray (2-0)


Class 1 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #9 Patrick Henry-GS (1-1) fell to Virginia High 66-40
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Riverheads

3-0

W 62-38 over Lord Botetourt

2

2

Northumberland

2-0

Idle

3

3

Galax

2-1

W 7-6 over Carroll County

4

4

Rural Retreat

2-0

Idle

5

5

King & Queen

3-0

W 44-0 over Cumberland

6

6

Essex

2-0

Idle

7

7

Holston

3-0

W 41-6 over Twin Springs

8

10

Chilhowie

3-0

W 32-18 over Narrows

9

NR

Grundy

1-0

W 20-19 over Blacksburg

10

8

Narrows

2-1

L 18-32 to Chilhowie

Honorable Mention:
West Point (1-0)



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