Re: High School Football 2020
Posted by:
Broad Run
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Date: March 14, 2021 10:50PM
egvbm Wrote:
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> Biggest Game This Week Wrote:
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> > I know this is Fairfax board but biggest
> regular
> > season game of the year will be at Broad Run on
> > Friday vs Tuscarora. Doubt if any other matchup
> > around here has as many Division I prospects
> and
> > commits. You always talk about Stone Bridge
> games
> > on here, just wondering why. Lucky for Stone
> > Bridge that Broad Run and Tuscarora were moved
> > down to 4A. The mighty Bulldogs went 3-4
> against
> > those two teams in the last three seasons prior
> to
> > re-alignment. Both of those teams also pretty
> much
> > handled the bigger schools in Fairfax when they
> > were matched up four or five years ago.
>
> No recap of this game? I saw Tusky won 20-19.
> What happened?
VaPreps.com follows these schools SOME.... Below is the article from the Washington Post
Tuscarora shows off depth in back-and-forth win over rival Broad Run
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Tuscarora Coach Brandon Wheelbarger addresses his players. (Michael Errigo/The Washington Post)
By
Michael Errigo
March 12, 2021 at 10:29 p.m. EST
After he secured the game-winning fumble recovery with 10 seconds left in Friday night’s game, Tuscarora’s Matei Fitz sprinted to his sideline and got lost in a mess of joyous teammates. At some point, one of his shoes came off. But that didn’t seem to bother the senior defensive lineman.
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Fitz’s team had just beaten Broad Run, a rival and one of Loudoun County’s best teams, 20-19, so there was no reason to stop the celebration. He paced the sideline, shoe in hand, cheering as his offense got into a victory formation.
“I’ve never really felt anything like this season before,” said Fitz, a James Madison commit. “I’m happy every moment I get to be with this family.”
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This winter football season, as short and strange as it may be, has felt celebratory from the start for the Huskies. Their first game marked a return to the gridiron after 14 long months of waiting and uncertainty. That alone was reason to celebrate.
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The program’s second game, a 70-27 trouncing of Independence, featured milestones aplenty. It marked the 100th win in program history for a school that opened in just 2010. It also saw junior running back Bryce Duke set the program record for touchdowns in a game with seven and senior wide receiver Ryan Upp set the school record for receiving yards in a game with 191.
“If we’ve learned anything over the last year, it’s making sure we’re enjoying this thing day-by-day,” Coach Brandon Wheelbarger said.
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The good times continued to roll Friday as the Huskies (3-0) took down their toughest opponent yet, going on the road and holding off the Spartans (2-1) in a back-and-forth battle.
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While a staunch Broad Run defense successfully bottled up Duke and Upp, the Huskies flexed their depth and found momentum elsewhere. Junior quarterback Sonny Mannino, in his third varsity start, found junior wide receiver Christian Camacho for two touchdowns in the second half. Fitz and the defense forced five turnovers.
“It’s on me to find the open people,” Mannino said. “We want to prove we have a lot of weapons and use all 11 guys out there effectively.”
With three games remaining in the condensed regular season, the Huskies have set themselves up well for a shot at the reduced postseason field. The program has made it to three state title games but has yet to win one. With the talent the Huskies have put on display this year, you couldn’t blame them for setting their sights on another shot. Yet Wheelbarger maintains all focus is on the present.
“We can’t focus down the road, because we don’t know if down the road we’ll be playing football,” he said. “Mind-set-wise, you truly won’t find anyone talking about bigger picture than the game in front of us this season