Week 3 Friday Football Round-Up
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No. 4 West Potomac Rides Big First Half to 42-21 Win At No. 10 Yorktown; No. 2 Chantilly Pitches a 49-0 Shut Out of No. 7 Annandale
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No. 4 West Potomac 42, No. 10 Yorktown 21
By Phil Murphy No. 4 West Potomac (3-0) capitalized on five Yorktown turnovers in the first half and battled the rest of the way to a 42-21 road win over the 10th-ranked Patriots (1-2). By comparison, Coach Eric Henderson’s Wolverines did not turn the ball over once in the first half, only having one drive not ending in a score: A 37-yard Matt Husband field goal attempt that sailed wide. Husband had much greater success on his kickoffs, sending four of his six that were not affected by penalties into the Yorktown end zone for touchbacks.
Reynolds also was interception free and added 53 yards rushing and a touchdown on 10 attempts. Yorktown was down 35-7 at half time, but both created — and capitalized — on turnovers late to close the gap. With the cool and stormy weather Friday night, it seemed only appropriate that second-ranked Chargers came roaring onto their home field to �??Thunder�?� by AC/DC. Junior running back Torrian Pace then wasted little time lowering the boom on the Atoms. On Chantilly’s second play from scrimmage Pace went nine yards for what proved the first of seven Charger touchdowns in a 49-0 shut out of previously-unbeaten Annandale (2-1). No. 2 Chantilly (3-0), the defending Northern Region champions, now gears up for its much-anticipated matchup with No. 1 Westfield (3-0) at 7 p.m. on Thursday. “This [win] is going to give us a lot of momentum going into the Westfield game,” said senior punt returner and wide receiver Chris Gentile. “I think we’ve been underrated in some of the preseason polls, but we’re going to prove people wrong.” A driving rain limited the passing of Chantilly senior quarterback Austin Decker Friday night, but with help from the offensive line the Chargers’ trio of running backs once again set the tone.
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