Week 5 is upon us, and so far this season we have seen many teams stepping up to the occasion and making it hard for us to have a clear picture for who will be fighting spots in November, but it sure makes things fun to follow, now let's get into this weeks match-ups!
INTRIGUING MATCH-UPS
#6 Riverbend (2-1) at Highland Springs (3-1)
Riverbend enters tonights' game in the middle of an extremely difficult stretch of their schedule. 2 weeks ago the Bears took on Class 4 Contender King George, and this week they take on the 2022 Class 5 Champions, Highland Springs. For the Bears it will take a mistake-free performance from their offense to keep up with the Springers. Have I mentioned that the Springers have only lost 2 home games since 2016? The Springers are led by 2024 Maryland Commit (QB) Khristian Martin, offensively and (LB) Brennan Johnson defensively. The Springers have been a dominant power in the state for a few years now and are no strangers to Riverbend or the 540 area, the Springers are 10-1 against Fredericksburg area teams since 2000 and have dominated some of this areas best teams. The Bears Oline will have to work extra hard tonight to give Tanner Triplett time and open holes for JoJo Thomas on the ground.
Score Prediction
Riverbend 10 Highland Springs 38
#9 Massaponax (2-2) at #4 Mountain View (3-0)
As district play begins to start in 540 and across the state, I'm willing to argue we have one of the more interesting match-ups right here in the 540. Through 3 games Mountain View has been just about as dominant on the scoreboard as any team in the area outscoring their opponents with a 43 to 8 average, this week we expect things to be a little tougher for the Wildcats when district foe Massaponax comes to town. The Panthers have had a roller coaster start to their season and now sit at 2-2 with a pretty important match-up here in Game 5. William Wiggins and Donovan Phillips will continue to do the heavy lifting for the Panthers on the ground, but look for the Panthers to continue to find a way to get Gabe Newby-Morris involved in the offensive gameplan as well. Defensively the Panthers took a shock to the system giving up 40 points last week which was more than what they had given up total in their first 3 games. Speaking of 40, as we stated before that's around what the Wildcats are putting up per game. Many questions surrounded the Wildcats after losing so much offensive talent and so far through only 3 games new QB Aaron Barber has 8 TDs and no Interceptions, i'd say that's pretty good. Oh and their new RB Torie Martin who is top 5 in the area for rushing yards is pretty good too. Look for an inspired effort from the Panthers who will look to get back to being above .500 it will be interesting to see how the new look Wildcats respond to moments with adversity.
Score Prediction
Massaponax 17 Mountain View 28
OTHER GAMES
* Projected Winners in bold
James Monroe (2-1) at #1 King George (3-0)
(Foxes are back in action after a week 4 bye, look for a lot of points from the Foxes)
Stafford (2-2) at #2 Colonial Forge (4-0)
(Huge opportunity for Stafford to put the area on notice against this areas most physically imposing team.)
Skyline (0-3) at #3 Kettle Run (3-0)
(Cougars will look to continue lighting up the scoreboard against winless Skyline)
Caroline (2-1) at #5 Eastern View (3-0)
(Cavaliers come into this one hoping to catch the Cyclones slipping after the Cylcones hard fought win last week)
Western Albemarle (0-3) at #7 Louisa (2-1)
(Lions look to continue to grow and get their new weapons used to play in the Jefferson District.)
#8 Brooke Point (2-2) at North Stafford (0-3)
(Black Hawks have had the Wolverines number the last 3 seasons, look for North to take it personal and come out swinging)
Culpeper (0-3) at #9 Courtland (2-1)
(Cougars are back in action against a Culpeper team hoping to stop the bleeding in the loss column)
Liberty (3-1) at Sherando (2-2)
(The Eagles have looked like a team working to get back to their usual status, good challenge tonight in Stephens City.)
Fauquier (1-2) at Warren County (0-3)
(Game seems like an early must win from a confidence perspective for the Falcons. )
Albemarle (0-3) at Orange County (3-1)
(Hornets are still bouncing back from a tough opening loss, playing against a talented but winless Albemarle squad )
Chancellor (0-3) at Spotsylvania (1-3)
(Both teams in need of a big win in this early season district contest)
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