Senior Logan Terrell led the Mountaineers with 126 yards on nine attempts and four touchdowns in Madison County’s 57-7 win.

The defending Jefferson District champion Warriors, though, held strong as the fourth set went to the limit, finally grabbing the set and the match, 3-1 (25-19, 25-23, 23-25, 28-26).

One year later, Speidel is back on the field with a renewed commitment to the game. He’ll take the football field for the first time since that loss today when the Saints visit Fork Union for their season opener.

Despite losing all but two of its starters from last year’s team that advanced to the state semifinals, Monticello looked like it never missed a beat in its 38-7 season-opening win over rival Albemarle.

In the third overtime against Fluvanna, Logan Terrell took a handoff from Dustin Kirby and ran three yards for the 26-20 win Friday night.

After opening the season with a 35-point first quarter explosion last week against Waynesboro, Western Albemarle took a little longer getting started Friday night against visiting Turner Ashby.

The cast of characters is completely different, but the results were just the same.

Devante White quickly answered those questions by guiding the Leemen to a 36-14 victory over Charlottesville on Friday night.

For the past two seasons, Glover has played behind standouts Sam Roller and Chris Coiner, who led the Monticello defense to back-to-back Jefferson District and Division 3, Region II championships, including a Group AA title run in 2007.

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The Flying Flucos found themselves in the middle of a weather system during their 26-8 victory over Prince Edward County in their season opener. Fortunately, they had just the weapon they needed in Fork Union transfer T.J. Dudley, who drove the running game in the sloppy conditions.

Western Albemarle started its season off with a bang on Friday night, scoring 35 first-quarter points en route to a 49-0 defeat of Waynesboro.

Western Albemarle’s senior leadership paved the way for a decisive 49-0 season-opening shutout over visiting Waynesboro on Friday, and head coach Ed Pierce hopes the trend continues.

With the aid of three non-offensive touchdowns and a strong rushing effort from tailback Chris Shifflett, Covenant defeated Norfolk Christian 40-28 Friday afternoon on a rain-soaked field.

Now, with his grades in order, White has earned a spot in the starting lineup and has been named one of the Warriors’ captains.

On Wednesday night, however, it was a veteran Western Albemarle team that looked like the champs, defeating the Patriots 25-19, 25-20, 25-22 in front of an energetic home crowd.

Wendell Green enters his first season as head coach at Albemarle, as former head man Rick Vrhovac stepped down after his 2008 squad finished 4-6 overall and 2-5 in the Commonwealth District. Gone from last year’s roster are starting quarterback Jeremy Robinson, receivers Zach Vrhovac and Tyler Molinaro and key linemen Jon Pfeifer and Will Gimble.

The 6-foot-6, 195-pound Parker chose the Terrapins over offers from Virginia, Miami, East Carolina, Clemson and Florida.

With new coaches (William Monroe and Fluvanna) as well as a new team (Goochland) there are a lot of unknowns in the Jefferson District this season.

For the first time in three years, the St. Anne’s-Belfield football team enters the season without a state championship to defend.

As a defensive lineman for the Bears between 1961 and 1965, when Jimmy Hollins saw the awards on display, he was inspired to give them a proper home.

Reigning champions South Richmond Post 137 maintained that status for another year with a 17-9 victory over Albemarle Post 74 Friday.

Richmond showed why it is the defending champion shortly thereafter, scoring nine runs in the bottom of the third. The burst gave starting pitcher and VCU commitment Blake Hauser more than enough run support in a 15-9 victory to earn a spot in the championship game.

After an early rain delay, 31 hits and 32 runs, when Albemarle Post 74 walked off the field with a 21-11, eight-inning win over Arlington Post 139 via slaughter rule, there was a collective sigh of relieve from both sides of the stands.

Rich Little has been appointed as interim head coach at Covenant, replacing newly-hired Dan Baranik, who resigned earlier this summer, citing personal reasons.

Tuesday evening, Albemarle’s lineup lived up to its reputation as a Murderer’s Row by beating up on New River Valley Post 68, 15-6, in the first round of the double-elimination tournament.

Before Albemarle Post 74 took the field in the first inning of the District 12 championship game, the Albemarle Post 74 coaches told their players, “We’ll see you guys on Tuesday.”

The Albemarle bats went to work and never quit in a 17-10 victory over Fluvanna in the District 12 championship, and the top of Maynard’s order not only reached on a regular basis, but also touched home plate plenty of times.

In a game that featured 36 hits and 26 runs, Fluvanna Post 2003 survived the battle of the bats in a 15-11 victory over Staunton Post 13, advancing to play Albemarle Post 74 in the American Legion District 12 final at Porterfield Park on Tuesday.

After defeating Orange on Saturday to force a do-or-die matchup Sunday, it only took one productive inning to give Albemarle a secure lead that it ultimately would not relinquish, and Post 74 hoisted the trophy after a 5-2 win.