Football Top 10 — Week 9

Centreville’s Win Over Chantilly Monday Night Secures Westfield the 2007 Concorde District Title; Bulldogs Must Now Battle Wildcats Themselves With Hopes of Completing an Undefeated Regular-Season

1. Westfield (9-0)
    Previous ranking: 1
    Last week: defeated Oakton, 35-0
    Up next: at No. 9 Centreville, 7 p.m. Saturday
2. Stone Bridge (8-1)
    Previous ranking: 3
    Last week: defeated Thomas Jefferson, 49-0
    Up next: at W.T. Woodson, 7:30 p.m. Friday
3. Edison (8-1)
    Previous ranking: 4
    Last week: defeated Washington-Lee, 39-0
    Up next: versus No. 4 Chantilly, 7:30 p.m. Friday
4. Chantilly (7-2)
    Previous ranking: 2
    Last week: lost to Centreville, 19-6
    Up next: at No. 3 Edison, 7:30 p.m. Friday
5. West Springfield (7-2)
    Previous ranking: 7
    Last week: defeated Lake Braddock, 33-20
    Up next: at Lee, 7:30 p.m. Friday
6. Madison (8-1)
    Previous ranking: 6
    Last week: defeated McLean, 24-0
    Up next: versus Marshall, 7:30 p.m. Friday
7. West Potomac (7-2)
    Previous ranking: 9
    Last week: defeated Annandale, 20-6
    Up next: at T.C. Williams, 2:30 p.m. Saturday
8. Lake Braddock (7-2)
    Previous ranking: 5
    Last week: lost to West Springfield, 33-20
    Up next: versus Hayfield, 7:30 p.m. Friday
9. Centreville (6-3)
    Previous ranking: 10
    Last week: defeated Chantilly, 19-6
    Up next: versus No. 1 Westfield, 7 p.m. Saturday
10. Langley (5-4)
    Previous ranking: NR
    Last week: defeated W.T. Woodson, 21-6
    Up next: at Marshall, 7:30 p.m. Friday

* DigitalSports’ Top 10 is chosen by staff members Angela Watts, Jimmy
Thomas and Phil Murphy.

 Boys-Liberty District
1-Evan Heflin  15:32  Thomas Jefferson
2-Brian Landry  15:32 Thomas Jefferson
3-Aaron Bernstein  15:50  Thomas Jefferson
4-Alex Witko  15:52  Thomas Jefferson
5-Brian Davenport  15:55 Thomas Jefferson

1-Thomas Jefferson 15pts
2-W.T. Woodson 55pts
3-Mclean  109pts
4-Langley 112pts
5-Marshall 123pts

Girls-Liberty District
1-Lauren Shaw  18:22 Langley
2-Stephanie Paradis  18:24  Stone Bridge
3-Brigid Byrne  18:27  James Madison
4-Connor Fleming  18:27  Thomas Jefferson
5-Lisa Junta  18:28 Thomas Jefferson

1-Thomas Jefferson 40pts
2- W.T. Woodson 67pts
3-Langley 70pts
4-Stone Bridge 101pts
5-Mclean 113pts

Boys-Concorde District
1-Joe LoRusso  15:24 Oakton
2-Neal Hendricks  15:26  Oakton
3-Brian Hendricks  15:32  Oakton
4-Chris Weil  15:45  Oakton
5-Christopher Foley 15:51  Chantilly

1-Oakton 23pts
2-Robinson 58pts
3-Chantilly 99pts
4-Westfield 101pts
5-Herndon 138pts

Girls-Concorde District
1-Lia DiValentine  17:38   Chantilly
2-Frances Dowd  18:02  Fairfax
3-Hiruni Wijayaratne  18:11  Herndon
4-Becca Kassabian  18:12  Oakton
5-Hallie Eilerts  18:15  Oakton

1-Oakton 48pts
2-Herndon 72pts
3-Robinson 86pts
4-Westfield 90pts
5-Centreville 107pts

Boys-National District
1-Leoule Degfae  15:55 Edison
2-Tihut Degfae  15:59  Edison
3-Abiy Mohammed 16:01 Stuart
4-Spencer Rodriguez 16:26 Edison
5-Jonathan Iredell  16:35 Edison

1-Edison 19pts
2-Yorktown 75pts
3-Washington-Lee 80pts
4-Mount Vernson 94pts
5-Falls Church 123pts

Girls-National District
1-Lindsey Hunt  19:30  Yorktown
2-Myah Hicks  19:34  Edison
3-Cynthia Carson  19:40 Washington-Lee
4-Lakayla Hughes  19:57 Mount Vernon
5-Andrea Ferri  19:59  Stuart

1-Yorktown  45pts
2-Stuart  68pts
3-Edison  71pts
4-Mount Vernon  96pts
5-Washington-Lee  100pts

Boys-Patriot District
1-Brad Kenimer  15:28  T.C. Williams
2-Devin Edgell  15:56  Lake Braddock
3-Paul Devar  15:58  West Potomac
4-Alex Clark  16:00  Lake Braddock
5-Kelly Carmichael  16:03 West Potomac

1-West Potomac  49pts
2-Lake Braddock  53pts
3-South County 80pts
4-Annandale  92pts
5-T.C. Williams  120pts

Girls-Patriot District
1-Liana Epstein  18:01  Lake Braddock
2-Elizabeth Heath  18:09 West Potomac
3-Alex Watt  18:17  West Springfield
4-Madeleine Willner  18:18  South County
5-Kelsey Rosenberg  18:25 West Potomac

1-Lake Braddock 47pts
2-West Springfield  58pts
3-West Potomac  62pts
4-South County 130pts
5-T.C. Williams  132pts

Youth is Well Served

Fairfax’s Young Volleyball Team Spoils Senior Night at Centreville With a Come-From-Behind, 11-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-13, 18-16 Victory

The celebration was as wild and heartfelt in the visitors’ stands at
Centreville High Monday night as it was on the floor, where Fairfax
shocked its host Centreville with a dramatic, come-from-behind victory. It
wasn’t just the Rebels’ players who shed tears of joy following the
11-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-13, 18-16 victory, but their coaches and
parents and friends, too.

“This is so monumental for us,” said Fairfax junior setter Nikki Wellington. “We have so upped our record from the previous years and, I mean, this is the team. They are the team around here and for us to beat them is the best thing we could do this season. It’s just amazing. And for those of us who have been on varsity for a number of years and even those who are freshman and new to varsity, it’s the most exciting moment you can imagine. This is it!”

Centreville, which had already wrapped up its third consecutive Concorde District Championship before the match because it owns a head-to-head tiebreaker with Westfield, didn’t just beat Fairfax in the first two games of Monday’s Senior Night match, it dominated them. The Wildcats, led by seniors Kelly Brugger (8 kills), Sammy Hunt (28 assists) , Jackie Moot (29 digs) and Allie Vandivier (8 kills) and junior Allie Darling (11 kills), jumped to a 24-8 lead in Game 1 and a 12-2 lead in Game 2 and closed out both games in convincing fashion. But it was then, in the huddle after Game 2, that things began to change for the Rebels (10-4 overall, 3-2 Concorde District). “I told them that their play was shameful, actually,” Fairfax Coach Christine Zanellato said. “Because they just weren’t showing up. They were letting the fact that we were at Centreville and playing Centreville effect the way they played. And they deserved to play better. They deserved to play the way they do. We battle hard. “I’ve told them all season that if they play their game they can beat anybody. And tonight just proved that. If we play our game we can take any team in this region.”

Fairfax’s players and coaches leap for joy after a 3-2 come-from-behind win at Centreville on Monday night.

So Fairfax’s big hitters — junior Theresa Harvey and freshman Marilyn Peizer — also started digging up seemingly every ball that was hit their way. And setters Wellington (20 assists) and Jean DeOrnellas (24 assists), both juniors, took advantage of the good passes and kept feeding their two powerhouses.

In Game 3, their success came against Centreville’s reserves. Even still, the 25-20 victory gave them new life.

“We put our bench in for Game 3, but our bench has played well all year so even with going to them you would expect the same thing,” Moser said. “But that just wasn’t the case. The bench, and really the whole team for whatever reason, just didn’t play well in Games 3, 4 and 5. I have no idea why. We just stopped being disciplined, stopped being where we need to be defensively.

	“But take nothing away from Fairfax. They dug everything up we hit to them, which I give them credit for. They played great defensively, and we just didn’t get it done. We were the ones making all the mistakes in those last three games, and when you don that you don’t win.” Even with Centreville’s starters returning for Games 4 and 5, it was the underclassmen Harvey and Peizer who shone brightest. The Rebels jumped to a 13-6 lead on a blistering outside hit by Harvey that hit Moot square in the face, and rode that to a 25-13 victory. The deciding fifth game was a much closer battle than any of the previous four games had been, with the Rebels and Wildcats taking turns knotting the score. Fairfax held the all-important, 14-13 lead, but this Game 5 was not meant to be decided by only 15 points.
Rebels’ freshman Marilyn Peizer his over three Wildcat blockers.

Centreville (10-2, 5-1)
knotted the score at 14 on a Fairfax error, and then took a 15-14 lead
on another Rebel miscue. (All game must be won by at least two points.)
But Fairfax tied the score at 15 on an outside **** by Harvey (22 kills, 21 digs) and took
the lead at 16-15 on a block by Harvey as well.

Darling kept the game going with an outside **** of her own to knot the score again at 16, but the Rebels finally put it away when a service error by the Wildcats was followed by an outside **** by Peizer (23 kills, 29 digs) that sent her teammates and coaches — and their fans — leaping for joy.

“This means more than just that they play the game well,” Zanellato said. “It means that they believe in themselves enough to keep battling. We’re down 2-0 to Centreville, one of the top two teams in the Northern Region, and we did not give up. We did not go away. We played our game and stayed patient and battled for every point.

“I’ve been trying to convince the girls they were capable of playing with any team that walks on the court. As long as they stay together as a team and stay focused, they can beat anybody. But they have to believe that. And this should help.”

The Concorde District tournament, hosted by Westfield, will run Oct. 29, 30 and Nov. 1. The Northern Region tournament, hosted by Centreville, will be held Nov. 5, 6, 8 and 10.

** To see complete highlights from Monday’s match, as well as a video
interview with Fairfax Junior Theresa Harvey, click on the
“Volleyball” sports central link at the top of the home page.

Football Top 10 — Week 8

Westfield is the Area’s Only Remaining Unbeaten After Stone Bridge Downs Madison; West Potomac and Centreville Ride Weekend Victories Back Into the Rankings

1. Westfield (8-0)
    Previous ranking: 1
    Last week: defeated Herndon, 34-0
    Up next: at No. 8 Oakton, 7:30 p.m. Friday
2. Chantilly (7-1)
    Previous ranking: 2
    Last week: defeated Fairfax, 42-7
    Up next: versus No. 10 Centreville, 7 p.m. Friday
3. Stone Bridge (7-1)
    Previous ranking: 3
    Last week: defeated Madison, 27-7
    Up next: versus Thomas Jefferson, 7:30 p.m. Friday
4. Edison (7-1)
    Previous ranking: 5
    Last week: defeated Falls Church, 55-7
    Up next: at Washington-Lee, 7:30 p.m. Friday
5. Lake Braddock (7-1)
    Previous ranking: 6
    Last week: defeated Annandale, 37-13
    Up next: at No. 7 West Springfield, 7:30 p.m. Friday
6. Madison (7-1)
    Previous ranking: 4
    Last week: lost to Stone Bridge, 27-7
    Up next: at McLean, 7:30 p.m. Friday
7. West Springfield (6-2)
    Previous ranking: 7
    Last week: defeated T.C. Williams, 45-13
    Up next: versus No. 5 Lake Braddock, 7:30 p.m. Friday
8. Oakton (5-3)
    Previous ranking: 9
    Last week: defeated Robinson, 40-14
    Up next: versus No. 1 Westfield, 7:30 p.m. Friday
9. West Potomac (6-2)
    Previous ranking: NR
    Last week: defeated South County, 14-7
    Up next: versus Annandale, 7:30 p.m. Friday
10. Centreville (5-3)
    Previous ranking: NR
    Last week: defeated Mount Vernon, 24-0
    Up next: at No. 2 Chantilly, 7 p.m. Friday

* DigitalSports’ Top 10 is chosen by staff members Angela Watts, Jimmy
Thomas and Phil Murphy.

Centreville 24, Mount Vernon 0

Wildcats’ Defense Fought the Weather and the Majors — And Won on Both Accounts — Forcing Five Turnovers in the Rain and Mud While Pitching Its Fourth Shutout of the Season

The press box announcers tried their best to entertain the rain-soaked and shivering crowd throughout the fourth quarter Friday night at Centreville, serenading the dozens who withstood a 30-minute rain-and-lightning delay with everything from “Rain Drop Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “I Love a Rainy Night” to “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again” and “It’s Raining Men.”

Brandon Carpenter did his part to warm the home fans, too.

Carpenter intercepted Mount Vernon junior quarterback Brian Green on the first play back after the delay and returned it 33 yards for what proved the game’s final score in a 24-0 Wildcat victory.

	“All I saw in front of me was the end zone,” said Carpenter, who also scored late in the third quarter on a 22-yard pitch around right end. “I think it’s more exciting on score on offense, but I’ll take it either way.” Carpenters’ two touchdowns were sandwiched around the weather delay, when in a matter of minutes the wind picked up and turned cold and buckets of rain swept across the field and its surrounding track in waves. The players and fans were rushed into the school — divided between the locker rooms and cafeteria — to wait out the downpour and a mandatory, 30-minute lightning delay. But the turnover problems that had plagued Mount Vernon in the third quarter only continued after the teams returned to the field just before 10 p.m. The only Wildcat score that was not a direct result of a Mount Vernon miscue was a 42-yard field goal by Kevin Maslyn on Centreville’s opening possession.
Centreville fullback Andrew Morgan (45) led all rushers with 68 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries, an average of 4.9 yards per touch.

The Wildcat’s first touchdown came after Carpenter recovered a fumble at the Majors’ 30-yard line with 9 minutes, 19 second left in the third quarter. Six plays later fullback Andrew Morgan went up the middle for a 2-yard score. Calder Street then grabbed an interception two plays later to give Centreville the ball back at the Mount Vernon 15-yard line, and Carpenter converted the first of his two touchdowns with 4:29 remaining in the third quarter.

“The rain had nothing to do with it,” Mount Vernon Coach Tom Glynn said. “We messed up way before that. You can’t turn the ball over against a good team and have a good outcome.”

Centreville’s offense made the most of the short field position throughout the game, scoring its first offensive touchdowns in three games without the  help of starting quarterback P.J. Dunegan, who left in the first half with an apparent separated left shoulder. Dunegan, who watched the second half from the sideline with his arm in a sling, had rushed for 26 yards and had completed 7-of-15 passes for 59 yards with one interception before the injury. David Toth replaced Dunegan at quarterback, and although he misfired on his only pass attempt, he controlled the game well. But he also wasn’t asked to do too much. Centreville Coach Gerry Pannoni instead put the brunt of the offensive load on Carpenter (nine carries, 46 yards) and Morgan (game-high 14 carries, 68 yards). “P.J. is a good player,” Morgan said. “But I don’t mind the workload — that’s what I was meant for, a big fullback running the ball down the middle.”

The Wildcat defense held the Majors to just 122 yards of total offense.

But again it was the Wildcats’ defense that shined, limiting the Majors (4-4 overall, 3-1 National District) to just 122 yards of offense, including 104 yards rushing on 38 carries, an average of only 2.7 yards per touch. Centreville (5-3 overall, 2-2 Concorde District) also recorded its fourth shutout of the season.

“They’re all good athletes, they all run around and are quick to the ball and they play hard,” Pannoni said of his defense, which is yielding a mere 5.4 points per game. “We might not be the biggest defense in the region, but we definitely run around pretty good. And we’re going to need to continue to do that as we try to find our identity on offense.”

To see a complete photo gallery from Friday’s game taken by professional
photographer Jesse Neider, go to
http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/1179855540834/JesseNeider/CentervilleFootball

Football Top 10 — Week 6

No Newcomers — But Plenty of Movement — In This Week’s Top 10;
No. 1 Westfield is Only Team to Have Held Its Position All Season

1. Westfield (6-0)
    Previous ranking: 1
    Last week: defeated W. T. Woodson, 31-0
    Up next: versus Fairfax, 7:30 p.m. Friday
2. Chantilly (5-1)
    Previous ranking: 3
    Last week: defeated Oakton, 35-23
    Up next: versus No. 8 Robinson, 7:30 p.m. Friday
3. Stone Bridge (5-1)
    Previous ranking: 4
    Last week: defeated South Lakes, 54-12
    Up next: at Langley, 7:30 p.m. Friday
4. West Springfield (5-1)
    Previous ranking: 6
    Last week: defeated West Potomac, 38-14
    Up next: at South County, 7:30 p.m. Friday
5. Madison (6-0)
    Previous ranking: 5
    Last week: defeated Langley, 17-14
    Up next: versus W.T. Woodson, 7:30 p.m. Friday
6. West Potomac (5-1)
    Previous ranking: 2
    Last week: lost to West Springfield, 38-14
    Up next: at No. 9 Lake Braddock, 7:30 p.m. Friday
7. Edison (5-1)
    Previous ranking: 7
    Last week: defeated Yorktown, 36-0
    Up next: at Stuart, 7:30 p.m. Friday
8. Robinson (4-2)
    Previous ranking: 9
    Last week: defeated Centreville, 14-7
    Up next: at No. 2 Chantilly, 7:30 p.m. Friday
9. Lake Braddock (5-1)
    Previous ranking: 10
    Last week: defeated Lee, 24-6
    Up next: versus No. 6 West Potomac, 7:30 p.m. Friday
10. Centreville (4-2)
    Previous ranking: 8
    Last week: lost to Robinson, 14-7
    Up next: at Oakton, 7:30 p.m. Friday

* DigitalSports’ Top 10 is chosen by staff members Angela Watts, Jimmy
Thomas and Phil Murphy.

Wildcats Delight Boisterous Home Crowd With a Win Over Rival Bulldogs

Centreville’s Volleyball Team Rallies From an Opening-Game Loss to Sweep the Next Three and Defeat Westfield, 3-1

Centreville senior outside hitter Kelly Brugger admitted that when the Wildcats first heard about Westfield’s 3-1 victory over Langley on Monday, they took more than a little notice. Langley, after all, is the only team that has defeated Centreville this season.

“When we heard that Westfield beat Langley we got a little nervous,” Brugger said. “And I think that’s a big part of the reason why we came out here all shaky in the first game tonight. That, and I think some of us were nervous, too, because there were so many fans here — the most we’ve ever had. We knew this was a huge game.”

The Wildcats’ jitters showed in front of their large home crowd, which packed the bleachers from top to bottom, and they quickly fell behind, 8-3, in the opening game Thursday night. But despite eventually dropping that first game to the Bulldogs, 25-21, it was the Wildcats who scored four of the game’s final five points. Centreville fed off that new-found momentum, and rode the play and the leadership of seniors Brugger (12 kills), Sammy Hunt (34 assists), Jackie Moot (29 digs) and Allie Vandivier (six kills) to a 21-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-19 victory. “After that first game our nerves went away,” Brugger said. “Once we saw what they had we knew that we could beat them, and we just took it to them.” The Wildcats dominated the second game, jumping to a 21-8 lead behind the solid serving of Moot (seven service points in Game 2), junior Kari Owens (four) and junior Allie Darling (three). Darling, who was in on seemingly every block, tip and hard-hit **** in that second game went on to lead Centreville with a match-high 14 kills. Game 3 was the most closely contested on the night, as the two teams found themselves locked in a tie 13 times throughout the game, including at 20, 21, 22 and 23. But Brugger got Centerville to game-point with a hard-hit and well-place shot from the left side that she fired on a near horizontal line close to the net, and a Westfield error on the ensuing play closed out the victory. Centreville fed off that new-found momentum, and rode the play and the leadership of seniors Brugger (12 kills), Sammy Hunt (34 assists), Jackie Moot (29 digs) and Allie Vandivier (six kills) to a 21-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-19 victory.

Centerville senior setter Sammy Hunt (14) takes this one herself in the Wildcats’ win over visiting Westfield.

“After that first game our nerves went away,” Brugger said. “Once we
saw what they had we knew that we could beat them, and we just took it
to them.”

The Wildcats dominated the second game, jumping to a 21-8 lead behind the solid serving of Moot (seven service points in Game 2), junior Kari Owens (four) and junior Allie Darling (three). Darling, who was in on seemingly every block, tip and hard-hit **** in that second game went on to lead Centreville with a match-high 14 kills.

Game 3 was the most closely contested on the night, as the two teams
found themselves locked in a tie 13 times throughout the game,
including at 20, 21, 22 and 23. But Brugger got Centerville to
game-point with a hard-hit and well-place shot from the left side that
she fired on a near horizontal line close to the net, and a Westfield
error on the ensuing play closed out the victory.

	“We’re a team that once we get going and find some consistency we can really mix it up,” Moot said. “We play great defense and offensively we can bang balls, we can tip it to spots on the floor where the opponent isn’t … all of those things. And you saw that in the second, third and fourth games. That’s why we won.” Centreville jumped to another big lead in the fourth and final game, and brought its large and loud home crowd to its feet for match-point at 24-15. The Wildcat faithful were on their feet for a while — the Bulldogs took the next four points — before a middle hit by Vandivier ended the match. “Anytime you come on the road to Centreville High School you face a great crowd and a team with a great volleyball tradition that you know is going to battle,” Westfield Coach Jim Bour said. “In that second game we started really struggling with our passing, and that’s our youth. But it was a good test for our younger players, and we’ll go back and talk about how to keep getting better.” Bour worked all 15 of his players into the game, testing different combinations and trying to give his young team — which lost five starters to graduation — added experience that he hopes will pay off down the road. The Concorde District tournament begins Oct. 29, followed by the Northern Region tournament on Nov.6. Centreville has captured the previous two district titles; Westfield has won the previous two regional championships. “You don’t see crowds like this every night, so we wanted to get everyone in there and see how they played,” said Bour, whose team was led by junior outside hitter Sammy Spees (15 kills, 23 digs), junior setter Kat Lanigan (35 assists, two aces) and senior middle blocker Kelsey Maloney (12 kills, three blocks). “We have 15 girls and like I told them, we need everybody. We wanted to give them all a shot to see how they’d perform, and learn from it for the next time.”
Westfield junior outside hitter Sammy Spees (12) sets the ball here. Spees led all players with a match-high 15 kills and added 23 digs.

Centreville Coach Ken Moser went deep down his bench as well, but not so much to test his players as to simply utilize his team’s depth.

“This is the deepest team I’ve ever had from top to bottom,” Moser said. “And it’s nice to have options like that. We’ve gotten off to a slow start all year in Game 1, and it happened again tonight. But at the end of that first game, even with the loss, we started turning the momentum our way and we just built on it from there.

“Defensively we were getting every ball right to where the setter was able to get her hands on it and convert it so that our hitters could take swings at the ball. I liked how aggressive we were both offensively and defensively. I think that got them — and kept them — on their heels.”

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** To see complete highlights from Thursday’s match, as well as a video
interview with Centreville senior middle blocker Allie Vandivier, click on the “Volleyball” sports
central link at the top of the home page.

Football Top 10 — Week 5

Top Six Teams Hold Their Positions With Victories; Lake Braddock Joins the Rankings for the First Time This Season

1. Westfield (5-0)
    Previous ranking: 1
    Last week: defeated Robinson, 38-7
    Up next: at W.T. Woodson, 7:30 p.m. Friday
2. West Potomac (5-0)
    Previous ranking: 2
    Last week: defeated Hayfield 40-7
    Up next: versus No. 6 West Springfield, 7:30 p.m. Friday
3. Chantilly (4-1)
    Previous ranking: 3
    Last week: defeated Herndon, 35-7
    Up next: versus Oakton, 7:30 p.m. Friday
4. Stone Bridge (4-1)
    Previous ranking: 4
    Last week: defeated McLean, 38-0
    Up next: versus South Lakes, 7:30 p.m. Friday
5. Madison (5-0)
    Previous ranking: 5
    Last week: defeated Thomas Jefferson, 48-14
    Up next: versus Langley, 7:30 p.m. Friday
6. West Springfield (4-1)
    Previous ranking: 6
    Last week: defeated Annandale, 54-41
    Up next: at No. 2 West Potomac, 7:30 p.m. Friday
7. Edison (4-1)
    Previous ranking: 8
    Last week: defeated Wakefield, 51-20
    Up next: versus Yorktown, 7:30 p.m. Friday
8. Centreville (4-1)
    Previous ranking: 10
    Last week: defeated Fairfax, 35-0
    Up next: versus No. 9 Robinson, 7:30 p.m. Friday
9. Robinson (3-2)
    Previous ranking: 7
    Last week: lost to Westfield, 38-7
    Up next: at No. 8 Centreville, 7:30 p.m. Friday
10. Lake Braddock (4-1)
    Previous ranking: NR
    Last week: defeated T.C. Williams, 9-3
    Up next: versus Lee, 7:30 p.m. Friday

* DigitalSports’ Top 10 is chosen by staff members Angela Watts, Jimmy
Thomas and Phil Murphy.