Virginia High School Football Scores - Week 2

Virginia High School Football Scores
Thursday, September 1, 2011

C.D. Hylton 35, Battlefield 14
Chantilly 44, W.T. Woodson 0
Dinwiddie 35, Monacan 14
Grassfield 23, Maury 12
Green Run 16, Frank Cox 10
Hampton 43, Heritage-Newport News 0
J.E.B. Stuart 37, George Mason 7
Kecoughtan 25, Churchland 7
Lake Taylor 41, Indian River 10
Landstown 27, Kellam 7
Langley 14, Herndon 7
McLean 7, Washington-Lee 6
Meadowbrook 49, Manchester 7
Menchville 48, Woodside 0
Ocean Lakes 40, Princess Anne 7
Salem-Va. Beach 25, Bayside 6
Stone Bridge 3, James Robinson 0
T.C. Williams 51, Wakefield 7
Tallwood 35, Kempsville 34, 3OT
TJ-Alexandria 37, Falls Church 0
Washington & Lee 41, Spotsylvania 27
York 49, Greensville County 6

Bishop O'Connell Football Coach Steve Trimble Dies at 53

by Jeff Fisher
Virginia High School Football Huddle

Our condolences go out to the family of Steve Trimble, head football coach at Bishop O'Connell in Arlington, who died Monday while at the school.

Trimble, who played in the NFL with the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears as a cornerback, has been head coach at O'Connell since 2002.  In 2008 he was named the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.

Trimble was a star high school football player at running back and tailback at Fort Hill High School in Maryland in the mid 70's.

Oscar Smith to Play Maryland-Power in I-95 Kickoff Classic

Oscar Smith will carry the banner for Virginia when it takes on Gilman in the 2011 I-95 Kickoff Classic, which features high school football teams from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Eight games will be played over a three-day period starting on September 1st at Bowie State and Morgan State Universities in Maryland.

The Oscar Smith/Gilman game will be played September 2nd.  Gilman has won three Maryland state championships in the last five years.  

Another highlight will be a rematch of the 2010 I-95 Kickoff Classic game between DeMatha and Loyola on Saturday.  DeMatha will be playing its first season in 29 years without head coach Bill McGregor, who resigned earlier this year.  DeMatha won last year's game 45-31.

Then there's the public vs. private school match-up between Baltimore City champ Patterson and Archbishop Curley also on Saturday.

Here's the schedule...

Thursday, September 1st

at Bowie State

5PM - Mt. St. Joseph vs. Friendship Collegiate Academy (DC)

7:30 PM - St. John's (DC) vs. Calvert Hall

Friday, September 2nd

at Morgan St.

5 PM - Dr. Henry H. Wise vs. Franklin (Baltimore)

7:30 PM - Gilman vs. Oscar Smith (VA)

Saturday, September 3rd

at Morgan St.

10:45 AM - Archbishop Curley vs. Patterson (Baltimore)

1:45 PM - DeMatha vs. Loyola

4:45 PM - Westlake vs. Urbana

7:45 PM - Dunbar (Baltimore) vs. Dunbar (DC)

Former Glenville State College Head Football Coach Returns to High School

by Jeff Fisher
Virginia High School Football Huddle

Alan Fiddler is the new head football coach at Patrick Henry High School.

Fiddler, who spent seven seasons at the head coach at Glenville State College in West Virginia, takes over for Brad Bradley, who was the head coach the last two seasons.  He was 45-34 at Glenville State.

Prior to moving to the college ranks, Fiddler was the head coach at Moorefield High School in West Virginia where he led the school to six state titles.

Louisa HS Football Coach Steps Down

by Jeff Fisher
Virginia High School Football Huddle

Louisa High School's football program has some quick work to do.

Mark Fischer has resigned as the school's head football coach after a successful six-year run.  Last year the Lions finished 11-1, losing to Broad Run in the Division 4 Region II semifinals.

Fischer's overall record was 50-18, including a state runner-up finish in 2006.

Steve Wright Takes Over as John Battle High School's New Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Virginia High School Football Huddle

For the 8th time in the last 13 years, John Battle High School has a new football coach.

Steve Wright has been named the new head coach of the Trojans.  Wright takes over for Ryan Witten, who was removed from the position of head coach earlier this year.  Witten was 7-11 in his two years at John Battle.

Lafayette Names Former Assistant New Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Virginia High School Football Huddle

Andy Linn has been promoted from assistant to head football coach at Lafayette High School.

Linn takes over for Paul Wheeler, who resigned at the end of a 5-5 season.  Lafayette actually finished 7-3 on the field, but had to forfeit two games at the end of the season after reporting itself for using two players that didn't have a physical examine.  Those forfeits knocked Lafayette out of the postseason.

Wheeler spent 10 years at Lafayette, leading the Rams to a 82-31 record and a 2001 Division 4 state title.

Wheeler had tried to take back his resignation that he submitted after the season, but school officials wouldn't reinstate him.

Is Spring Football Practice a Reality in Virginia?

by Jeff Fisher
Virginia High School Football Huddle

The Virginia High School League has approved a big change to practice rules that could open the door to spring football practice...although it's unlikely that that will happen.

The VHSL Executive Committee voted to allow year-round practice for all sports with the exception of three "dead periods".  The new rule, that goes into effect August 1st, allows teams to practice except for the first ten allowable practice days of another sports season as well as a one-week period during the summer.

The old rule allowed teams to practice only during their season and within a specific preseason window.

So the question is...is spring football practice around the corner?  The answer is probably not.

Why?  The VHSL catastrophic insurance will not apply to out-of-season activities.

Virginia - 2011 National Signing Day

Dewayne Alford (Nansemond River, DE) - Virginia Tech
Michael Cole (Cave Spring, DB) - Virginia Tech
Deshon Foxx (Brookfield, RB) - Connecticut
Jaston George (Oscar Smith, DB) - Syracuse
Jake Goins (Manchester, OL) - Virginia Tech
Chris Hall (Dinwiddle, TE) - Virginia Tech
Michael Holmes (Harrisonburg, RB) - Virginia Tech
Demtri Knowles (Liberty Christian, WR) - Virginia Tech
Corey Marshall (Dinwiddle, DE) - Virginia Tech
Michael Nebrich (Lake Braddock, QB) - Connecticut
Spenser Rositano (Stone Bridge, DB) - Boston College
Ronny Vandyke (South County, DB) - Virginia Tech
Matt Zanellato (Lake Braddock, WR) - Penn St.

Lafayette HS Football Coach Resigns

by Jeff Fisher
Virginia High School Football Huddle

After 10 seasons at Lafayette High, Paul Wheeler has resigned as head football coach.

According to The Virginia Gazette, Wheeler had actually changed mind about resigning at the end of the season, but school officials made the resignation public last week.

Wheeler led the Rams to the 2001 AA state championship. He had an overall record of 82-31.