By Marty Gordon
The Virginia High School League has released its first football points list and Christiansburg controls the top spot in Class 3, Region D.
Christiansburg has 25 points to second place Hidden Valley’s 24.714. Those numbers should change as those schools face each other this Friday night. Bassett is third in 3D with 21.933 points.
The rest of 3D in points:
4) Abingdon 21.5 5) Staunton River 18.25 6) Northside 18.0 7) Magna Vista 16.833 8) Lord Botetourt 16.8 9) Cave Spring 15.333 10) Tunstall 12.75.
In Class 1C, Giles (17.2) holds down the second spot behind Galax at 18.33. Eastern Montgomery is third at 14.6. The top 10 in 1C: 4) Grayson 14.5 5) Parry McCluer 14.0 6) George Wythe and Covington 13.75 8) Narrows 11.5 9) Craig County 10.6 10) Bland County 10.3.
Glenvar leads the Class 2, Region C in points at 22.33. Appomattox is second at 20.83 followed by 3) James River 18.5 4) Floyd 18.33 5) Radford 17.8571 6) Martinsville 17.3 7) Chatham 16.2 8) Gretna 16.0 9) Patrick County 15.5 and 10) Alleghany 11.2.
In 4D, Western Albermarle is heads above George Washington 29.0 to 25.8. Salem is third at 25.8 with E.C. Glass fourth at 25.2. The rest of 4D: 5) Halifax 23.285 6) Louisa 20.833 7) Orange 20.6 8) Amherst 19.6667 9) Pulaski 13.8 and 10) Blacksburg 13.2.
In most cases, as many as 10 teams from each region will make the playoffs.
Games this week:
Auburn (0-4) at Bland (2-4)
Last week: Auburn was shut out in a 33-0 loss to Grayson which held the Eagles to minus one yard in total offense. Jackson Brockman did rush nine times for 29 yards.
Bland fell to 2-4 at the hands of Rural Retreat in a 34-8 road game.
Prediction: Auburn 16, Bland 14
Pulaski (3-3) at Blacksburg (0-5)
Last week: Pulaski was thumped 55-6 by Salem, while Blacksburg was shut out by Christiansburg in the Battle of the Burgs.
The Bruins were held to 77 yards of total offense, only three through the air.
Prediction: Pulaski 34, Blacksburg 16
Christiansburg (5-1) at Hidden Valley (5-1)
Last week: Hidden Valley took its first loss of the season to Patrick Henry. Quarterback Sam Dragovich has completed 115 passes in 201 attempts with 16 touchdowns and 1,734 yards this season.
Tanner Evans returned five punts for a combined 185 yards for Christiansburg in a 43-0 blowout of Blacksburg. Casey Graham connected on 10 of 13 passes for 202 yards and three touchdowns while Stephan Myrthil rushed eight times for 80 yards. Graham has now completed 52 of 85 passes with five touchdowns and 993 yards on the season.
Prediction: Christiansburg 34, Hidden Valley 32
Bath (0-4) at Eastern Montgomery (3-2)
Last week: Eastern Montgomery’s Seth Burleson rushed for 239 yards and two touchdowns as the team won its third game in a row in a 23-0 defeat of Craig County. Eli Brown added 61 yards and a touchdown.
Prediction: Eastern Montgomery 21, Bath 14
