Fork Union Quarterback Christian Hackenberg and St. Anne's Belfield Tailback Branford Rogers were among those named First-Team All-VISAA selections. Twenty-five other local standouts joined them as First-Team, Second-Team or Honorable Mention picks.
A pair of local high school standouts inked letters of intent to play collegiately on Wednesday. Branford Rogers of STAB will be attending Rutgers University while Fluvanna County's YaYa Anderson is signed on to attend Radford University.
St. Anne's Belfied Senior Shane Palmateer was named the Falcon Club Player of the Week. Palmateer scored four touchdowns in the Saints win over Covenant.
This weekend sees the first high school playoff action kick off at area high schools, with several teams entering as top seeds in their respective brackets.
We'll lead up to the first week of the high school football season by previewing our area teams. Find out when you'll be able to see your team's season preview.
The crowd at Saturday's contest between the St. Christopher's Saints and the visiting St. Anne's-Belfield Saints observed St. Christopher's defeat St. Anne's-Belfield by a count of 31-7.
STAB had their first home game of the year Friday night when they played host to Trinity Episcopal. John Blake's boys are perennially one of the best private school teams in the state, but had yet to taste victory in 2009.
