James Wood football coach Mike Bolin had a message -- more like a theme, really -- for his team this week as the Colonels prepared to face county rival Sherando for the second time this season in tonight's Group AA, Division 4 semifinals at Arrowhead Stadium.
STEPHENS CITY -- All Sherando High School kicker Justin Haines wanted was one more chance. His teammates got it for him, and the junior made the most of it in Friday night's regular-season football finale.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Skyline gymnasium was blanketed in a strange, eerie silence. Not a lyric leaked from the school's sound system; not a sound swirled above the empty echoes of two dozen bouncing volleyballs.
The Northern Virginia Daily Sports staff collaborated to create a football top 10 list. Each staffer voted, with 10 points being awarded to the top ranked team, nine to the No. 2 team and so on. Numbers in parenthesis indicate where each team was last week.