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VA.AAANORTHWEST REGIONDIV. 6FINAL
Battlefield hangs on to beat C. Forge
After letting 3-touchdown lead dwindle to one,
Jackson scores to seal title BY JAMESWAGNER
With a three-touchdown lead
down to one with fiveminutes left in the third quarter and the once-de- jected Colonial Forge sideline sud- denly alive, someone in a Battlefield uniformneeded to respond. Battlefield running back Nagee
Jackson took it upon himself to do just that, taking an inside handoff — much like he had done all game — tearing up the middle, stiff-arming an Eagle defender 15 yards downfield and scoring a touchdown that re- stored Battlefield’s momentum en route to a 42-14 win in the Virginia AAA Northwest Region Division 6 final before 3,000 in Stafford.
BATTLEFIELD C. FORGE 42 14 “Once they got me to the second
level, then I just took it to another level and just exploit the defense,” said Jackson, who finished with 264 yards and four touchdowns on 26 carries. “When they scored those two touchdowns off our turnoverswe just knew that in the back of our minds that we had to keep fighting.” No. 12 Battlefield (11-2), a starless
teamwhose only losses were to No. 3 Osbourn and Hylton by a combined eight points, controlled the first half, allowing fourth-ranked Colonial Forge’s powerful offense into the red zone only once and stopping the Eagles on two fourth-and-one plays on long drives. Offensively, the Bob- cats jumped out to a 21-0 with a mix of tough runs up the middle and screens behind its two-quarterback rotation of senior Devon Greene (57 total yards and one passing touch- down) and sophomore Ryan Swingle (97 total yards and one rushing touchdown). But the Eagles cut the deficit on
twoBattlefieldfumbles, the secondof which led to a 69-yard Colonial Forge drive capped by Marshall-bound quarterback Blake Frohnapfel’s 10- yard pass to brother, West Virginia- bound tight end Eric Frohnapfel. To answer, the Bobcats drove 80
yards in more than three minutes to set the stage for Jackson’s touchdown run. “That was huge,” Battlefield Coach
Mark Cox said. “. . . Itwas just a good collective effort.” Defensively, Battlefield pressured
Blake Frohnapfel constantly, sacking him three times. In all, the Bobcat defense held a Colonial Forge offense thatwas averaging nearly 45 points a game to 194 offensive yards. The win sends Battlefield to a rematch with Virginia AAA Northern Region Divi- sion 6 champion Lake Braddock in the state semifinals. The Bruins won last year’s game, 27-24. “We didn’t repeat districts but we
repeated regions and that’s a big thing,” Jackson said. “But we want to take it further andwewant to get our revenge on Lake Braddock.”
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MARYLAND4ASEMIFINAL
Jones’s TD jaunt leads Pumas to final 14
Senior stiff-arms his way to a 23-yard score in third quarter
BY JOSH BARR Jamaal Jones ran to his left, the ball
safely tucked under his left armas ninth- ranked Wise tried to rally from a one-
pointhalftimedeficit.The senior running back got a few yards downfield when he encounteredadefensive back. Instead of trying to speed past the
defender or otherwise elude him, the 5- foot-7, 150-poundJones stuckouthis right hand and delivered a picture-perfect stiff arm. The defender went to the ground— and Jones raced to the end zone for the decisive 23-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter as the host Pumas beat 15th-ranked Broadneck, 14-7, in a Mary- land 4A semifinal Saturday before 2,500 inUpperMarlboro. “You don’t draw it up like that, not a
little 150-pounder,” Wise Coach DaLawn Parrish said. “He’s supposed to juke him,
not givehim” a stiff-arm. In a game where both defenses con-
trolled the action, Jones’s seventh touch- down of the season was the difference as the Pumas won their 12th consecutive game and returned to the state final after losing toOldMill last year.Wise (12-1)will play seventh-rankedUrbana (12-0) in the Maryland 4A final Friday at M&T Bank StadiuminBaltimore. After going on the road to avenge both
of its regular seasonlosses andadvance to the state semifinals for the fourth time in eight years,Broadneck finished10-3. At halftime, it appeared the Bruins
might be doing the celebrating at game’s end. Wise had taken a 6-0 lead when defensive lineman Victor Tabbs tipped a ball tohimself for aninterceptionandran it infor aone-yardtouchdownreturn.But Broadneck struck back just before inter- mission as quarterback James Mullis scoredona10-yardkeeper tothe left,with the extrapointputting theBruinsup, 7-6. By that point, Wise had just two first
downs. Then the Pumas went three-and- out on their first series of the second half. But taking over on its own 21 midway throughthethirdquarter,Wiseput togeth-
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er its best drive of the game. Standout runningbackUriahBethea(22carries, 140 yardswhile heldwithout a touchdown for thefirst timethisseason)hadrunsof11and 19 yards and his eight-yard run gave the Pumasafirstdownat theBroadneck23. Jones,whowas academically ineligible
and did not play last season, had been standing near Parrish on the sideline, continually asking for a chance to carry the ball.He had anine-yard runtwo plays earlier, thengotanotherchanceanddeliv- eredthe go-aheadtouchdown. The defender “didn’t have an angle and
hewaited forme to get tohim,” said Jones, whohadbeenareserveontheC.H.Flowers varsityasasophomore. “Wait for me to get to you and you’re
nevergoingtotackleme.”
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Wise defenders gang tackle Broadneck running back GrantHarris in the fourth quarter. The ninth-ranked Pumas will play unbeatenUrbana in Friday’s state final.
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Lake Braddock quarterbackMichaelNebrich, who rushed for 99 yards and passed for 235 more, breaks through a hole in the line en route to the state semifinals. LAKE BRADDOCK
Nebrich runs for four scores, passes for two more as Bruins dominate Chantilly
BY PAUL TENORIO Prior to the start of the postseason,
Lake Braddock quarterback Michael Ne- brich talked about understanding the need for him to step into an even more prominent role in order to lead his team back to the stateplayoffs. On Saturday afternoon, by the time
Nebrich placed a Northern Region Divi- sion 6 championship hat atop the head of Bruins Coach JimPoythress,Nebrich had once again proved why he might be the most valuableplayer inthe area. The UConn-bound quarterback deliv-
ered a near-perfect performance for the sixth-ranked Bruins, rushing 19 times for 99 yards and four touchdowns and com-
pleting 15 of 16 passes for 235 yards and two scores to lead Lake Braddock to a dominant 56-18win overNo. 11Chantilly. TheBruins earned ahome state semifi-
nal date with No. 12 Battlefield (11-2), the Northwest Region champions, who beat No. 4ColonialForge, 42-14. Nebrich’s four touchdown runs tied a
careerhigh.His completionpercentage— he hit all 15 attempts after throwing an incompletion on his first pass — was the best ofhis career. “Hemight be the best to ever come out
of thearea. . . .He’saspecialplayer, there’s no questionabout it,”Poythress said. While Nebrich stole the show with his
offensiveability, itwas thedefensethat set the tone fromthe firstplay of the game. LakeBraddock (12-1) forcedaChantilly
fumble on the first play from scrimmage and defensive lineman Eric Street recov- ered to give the Bruins the ball on the seven-yard line. Nebrich scored on the next play, and immediately a run-first Chargers teamfounditself inahole.
VIRGINIAAAANORTHWESTREGIONDIVISION5FINAL
Osbourn socks it to Mountain View with big plays 48
BY PRESTONWILLIAMS Osbourn senior quarterback Domin-
ique Terrell was one of the last players to reach the postgame huddle Saturday af- ternoon, sohemissedtheinitialcongratu- lations that Coach Steve Schultze offered his teamfor its48-7homewinoverMoun- tain View in the Virginia AAA Northwest RegionDivision5 championship. By the time Terrell got within earshot,
Schultze was addressing the team’s sock shortage. “Socks?” Terrell said to nobody in par-
ticular. “We won the game, and he’s talk- ing about socks?” The No. 3 Eagles should be able to get their hands on plenty of second-hand
socks, given how often they have faked defenders out of them. They again used back-breaking plays Saturday, with Ter- rell rippingoff an80-yardtouchdownrun onthe first snapafterMountainViewhad deferred the kickoff, and senior Lucky Whitehead scampering 94 yards for an- other score later inthe first quarter. “We can strike fast,” said Terrell,whose
teamhasoutscoredtheopposition344-68 in the first half this season. “We knew we hadto come out andset the tone.” With the win, Osbourn (12-0) claimed
its third region title in five years and earned a state semifinal home game against No. 1 Stone Bridge (13-0), which beat Hayfield, 35-7, for the Northern Re- giontitleFriday. The state semifinal is tentatively set for
1:30 p.m. Saturday, but a Christmas pa- rade inManassas couldbumpthe starting time to later that afternoon. On a day so blustery that theMountain
View cheerleaders’ pompoms skittered downthe trackwhentheyput themdown for thenationalanthem,Terrell carried25 times for 250 yards and five touchdowns, and his 69-yard burst in the fourth quar- ter set up another score. Terrell, who in a departure fromusual outings also played defense, also completed five of 10 passes for 61 yards. After Terrell’s long touchdown to start
the game,Mountain View junior Daquan Stewart forced a fumble that senior Pat- rick Kelley recovered at the Osbourn 18- yard line. Four plays later, senior Alan Lester popped off an eight-yard touch-
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downthat tiedthe score. Osbourn then mounted a 14-play, 83-
yard touchdown drive, and later in that first quarter, Whitehead rattled off his 94-yardscore to spur the rout. Sixth-year program Mountain View
(8-4) won its first playoff game last week after going 13-37 its first five years. “Hopefully, it’s a good first step for our
program,” first-yearCoach Lou Sorrentino said. “I was excited for our kids to experi- ence thatandmaybe seewhat it takes.”
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Greg Jones also had an 88-yard inter-
ception return for a touchdown in the third quarter when it appeared Chantilly was primed for its first touchdown, and another long interception return set up the game’s final touchdown. “Wecameinthis,ourdefensewas really
underrated,” senior defensive lineman Emmanuel Adetunji said. “We stepped up.Wemade a statement.” As strong as the Bruins’ defense was,
the afternoonstill belongedtoNebrich. On the Bruins’ second possession, the
senior dropped back to pass on second and eight from the 37-yard line and was nailedashe threw,but connectedperfect- lywithwide receiverMatt Zanellato for a 31-yard gain. Nebrich took it in from six yards out onthenextplay tomake it 14-0. Chantilly (10-3) responded with a 16-
playdrivebutcouldn’t finishwithatouch- down and settled for a 21-yard field goal. Barely twominutes later,Nebrich had led his third straight touchdown drive, aided by a 38-yard pass to Tanner Quigley and
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cappedby a six-yardtouchdownrun. Inthesecondquarter,Nebrichfloateda
27-yard touchdown pass perfectly to Zanellato while taking a hit to the chest, and the senior quarterback capped off his nightwithanother27-yardscore toZanel- lato inthe fourth. “I’m just doing my part on this team,”
Nebrichsaid. “Theoffensivelineisdoinga great jobofprotectingmeandopeningup holes, thereceiversaredoingagreat jobof getting open and the defense has done a real good job inthe playoffs. . . .We’re just clicking as a complete team right now, playing our best football at a goodtime.”
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