Published Mar 11, 2021
VHSL Football Top Tens - March 11, 2021 Edition
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Matthew Hatfield  •  VirginiaPreps
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Quite a few key games dot the schedule heading into the second weekend of March 2021. Ordinarily, teams playing their second, third or fourth games would not be looking at 'must-win' scenarios following a loss. However, in some cases, one loss on the abbreviated season will make it tough to qualify for the postseason, and two can certainly put several squads in jeopardy.

That's because the playoff field is cut in half for each of the state's 24 regions across six classifications because of the shortened season due to COVID-19. On the plus side, that should keep teams from losing records out of the playoffs in almost every class. Then again, there will be some teams worthy of getting in, but because of a challenging schedule and being tripped up once or twice, might not get that chance.

Only of the reigning State Champs - Maury in Class 5 - has taken a loss as the Commodores were beaten 27-14 by Lake Taylor. Riverheads looks strong in Class 1 to be in position to win their fifth state title in a row. Appomattox continues to hum in Class 2, but may get tests from Graham and Radford when the playoffs arrive.

Class 6 and Class 4 figure to be deep divisions full of contenders, while a re-match of Lord Botetourt and Hopewell in the Class 3 Final is a distinct possibility.

Check out the latest rankings for all six classifications below...


Note - Rankings are through games played on Thursday, March 11, 2021


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Class 6 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Riverbend (2-1) fell to #4 Massaponax 38-0 and #9 Centreville (2-1) fell to Chantilly 14-7
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Oscar Smith

2-0

W 55-0 over Western Branch

2

2

South County

2-0

W 58-0 over W.T. Woodson

3

4

Massaponax

3-0

W 38-0 over Riverbend

4

5

Freedom-PW

2-0

W 48-0 over C.D. Hylton

5

3

Lake Braddock

1-1

L 42-43 to Robinson

6

6

Westfield

1-1

W 35-0 over West Potomac

7

7

Ocean Lakes

2-0

W 28-6 over Landstown

8

NR

Robinson

2-0

W 43-42 over Lake Braddock

9

NR

Madison

2-0

W 27-14 over Oakton

10

10

Thomas Dale

1-0

Idle

Honorable Mention:
Colonial Forge (2-1)
Patriot (2-0)
Chantilly (2-0)
West Springfield (2-0)


Class 5 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Patrick Henry-Roanoke (2-1) fell to Salem 35-17 and #9 Mountain View (1-2) fell to Colonial Forge 20-7
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Highland Springs

2-0

W 53-0 over Henrico

2

2

Stone Bridge

2-0

W 56-29 over Briar Woods

3

4

Deep Run

2-0

W 40-13 over Douglas Freeman

4

3

Maury

1-1

L 14-27 to Lake Taylor

5

5

Salem-VB

2-0

W 28-20 over Tallwood

6

6

Hermitage

2-0

W 10-7 over Glen Allen

7

7

Deep Creek

2-0

Idle

8

NR

Cox

2-0

W 34-16 over Bayside

9

10

Varina

2-1

W 41-0 over J.R. Tucker

10

NR

Prince George

2-0

W 28-24 over Matoaca

Class 4 Top Ten:
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Lake Taylor

2-0

W 27-14 over Maury

2

2

Tuscarora

2-0

W 70-27 over Independence

3

3

Salem

3-0

W 35-17 over PH-Roanoke

4

4

Broad Run

2-0

W 42-14 over Heritage-Leesburg

5

5

Louisa

3-0

W 35-7 over Monticello

6

6

Patrick Henry-Ashland

2-0

W 22-14 over Hanover

7

7

Pulaski County

3-0

W 28-7 over Christiansburg

8

8

Monacan

2-0

W 34-20 over L.C. Bird

9

9

Churchland

2-0

W 8-0 over Norcom (OT)

10

10

Eastern View

3-0

W 21-14 over Courtland

Honorable Mention:
Kettle Run (2-0)

Class 3 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 York (1-1) fell to Smithfield 29-28
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Lord Botetourt

2-0

W 49-6 over Fleming

2

2

Hopewell

1-0

Idle

3

3

Lafayette

2-0

W 44-6 over Jamestown

4

4

Phoebus

1-0

W 35-0 over Denbigh

5

5

Heritage-Lynchburg

2-0

W 27-0 over Amherst

6

6

Goochland

2-0

W 27-0 over Albemarle

7

7

Brookville

2-0

W 32-6 over Liberty-Bedford

8

9

Abingdon

2-0

W 13-7 over Central-Wise

9

10

Brentsville District

3-0

W 35-0 over Central-Woodstock

10

NR

Turner Ashby

3-0

W 27-0 over East Rockingham

Honorable Mention:
Carroll County (3-0)


Class 2 Top Ten:
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Appomattox

2-0

W 49-0 over William Campbell

2

2

Graham

2-0

W 49-6 over Lebanon

3

3

Radford

1-0

W 46-8 over James River-B

4

5

Stuarts Draft

2-0

W 30-0 over Buffalo Gap

5

6

Clarke County

2-0

W 66-6 over SJ-Quicksburg

6

4

Central-Wise

1-1

L 7-13 to Abingdon

7

7

Ridgeview

1-1

Idle

8

8

Strasburg

2-0

W 7-6 over Luray

9

10

King William

2-0

W 43-0 over Franklin

10

9

Poquoson

0-0

Idle

Class 1 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #10 Northumberland (0-1) fell to West Point 10-6
RankLWTeamRecordResult

1

1

Riverheads

2-0

W 47-7 over Wilson Memorial

2

2

Galax

2-0

W 56-28 over Grayson

3

3

Narrows

2-0

W 32-0 over Parry McCluer

4

4

George Wythe

1-0

W 56-8 over Bland

5

6

Chilhowie

2-1

W 21-0 over Northwood

6

7

J.I. Burton

1-1

W 32-17 over Castlewood

7

9

Rappahannock

1-0

W 41-6 over Lancaster

8

NR

King & Queen

2-0

W 44-18 over Northampton

9

8

Grayson County

1-1

L 28-56 to Galax

10

5

William Campbell

1-1

L 0-49 to Appomattox

Honorable Mention:
Holston (2-1)
Eastside (2-0)

Opted Out:
5. Essex



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