ENTERING THE SECOND HALF
OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL SEASON, TEAMS
BEGIN
ENTERING THE SECOND HALF
OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL SEASON, TEAMS
BEGIN
TO POSISTION THEMSELVES
FOR POSSIBLE PLAYOFF
BERTHS.
BUT DISTRICT
CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE ALSO
IMPORTANT, AND ONE SLIP
UP COULD
MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WINNING THE TILE
AND FINISHING SECOND.
THERE ARE ALSO WIN
STREAKS ON THE LINE, BIG
ONE'S.
WOULD THEY CONTINUE?
LET'S FIND OUT--FRIDAY
NIGHT FLIGHTS STARTS
NOW.
I'M BRUCE RADER, WELCOME
TO WEEK SIX OF FRIDAY
NIGHT FLIGHTS, AND
SPEAKING
OF WIN STREAKS, OSCAR
SMITH BEGAN THE DAY WITH
ONE OF THE MOST
IMPRESSIVE IN HAMPTON
ROADS HISTORY.
86-STRAIGHT SOUTHEASTERN
DISTRICT WINS, BUT INDIAN
RIVER WANTED NOTHING MORE
THAN TO BE THE SPOILIERS.
SO LETS BEGIN IN
CHESAPEAKE, THIS GAME AT
HICKORY HIGH SCHOOL.
MIDDLE OF THE FIRST
QUARTER AND OSCAR SMITH
QUARTERBACK SHON MITCHELL
FINDS
KENNY ETHERIDGE STREAKING
DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR A
BIG GAIN.
MITCHELL DOES NOT HAVE TO
DO IT HIMSELF, KEYON
WATSON FINDS THE ENZONE,
AND
OSCAR SMITH ON THE WAY TO
KEEP ITS WIN STREAL
ALIVE.
AND HOW ABOUT THE JUNIOR
DEANGELO WHITE, WHO
SCORED THE WINNING
TOUCHDOWN AGAINST INDIAN
RIVER IN THE PLAYOFFS
LAST YEAR WITH A BIG RUN.
KEYON WATSON FOLLOWS UP
WITH ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN,
THE TIGERS UP 14-
NOTHING. BUT INDIAN
RIVER WOULD ANSWER ON ITS
NEXT DRIVE -- WITH SENIOR
QUARTERBACK KESHAWN BROWN
DOING IT HIMSELF ON A
SHORT T-D RUN, KEEPING
THINGS CLOSE. BUT JUST
BEFORE THE HALF ENDS,
OSCAR
SMITH ANSWERS -- MITCHELL
SHOWS SOME ARM POWER --
HE FINDS KENNY ETHERIDGE
AGAIN -- AND THIS TIME --
IT'S IN THE ENDZONE! AND
THAT WOULD BE ALL THE
TIGERS NEEDED --
AS THEY WIN THIS ONE 21
TO 7 -- EXTENDING THAT
SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT
WIN STREAK TO
87 GAMES.
. IN CHESAPEAKE
...NANSEMOND RIVER,
WHICH DEFEATED INDIAN
RIVER LAST WEEK, WAS ON
THE ROAD AGAINST WESTERN
BRANCH.
AND THE WESTERN BRANCH
DEFENSE WOULD STEAL THE
SPOTLIGHT, DUANE
WILLIAMS ALL OVER
NANSMOND QUARTERBACK
DY-QUAN MCGHEE, NINE
SACKS FOR THE BRUINS
DEFENSE. ON OFFENSE A
BIG NIGHT FOR WESTERN
BRANCH RUNNING BACK
CASS-MEIR HUTCHINSON WHO
SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND
RAN
FOR 157 YARDS DOMINIQUE
BROOKS, WITH THIS SEVEN
YARD
TOUCHDOWN PASS TO DESHAAN
DIXON IN THE 4TH QUARTER,
A BIG NIGHT FOR THE
WESTERN BRANCH DEFENSE IN
THE BRUINS 21-0 SHUTOUT.
MEANWHILE ON THE
PENINSULA, THE HAMPTON
CRABBERS TAKING ON
KECOUGHTAN, HAMPTON THE
3RD RANKED DIVSION 5 TEAM
IN THNE STATE.
AND THE HAMPTON DEFENSE
SHOWS US WHY, KECOUGHTAN
IN WHITE FUMBLES,
HAMPTON'S KHA-RIQ GROGINS
SCOOPS IT UP AND TAKING
IT TO THE HOUSE, AND
HAMPTON IS
ON ITS WAY. WHAT WOULD
FRIDAY NIGHT FLIGHTS BE
WITHOUT A HIGHLIGHT FROM
HAMPTON'S DAZZLING DAZZ
NEWSOME, HE'S BEING
RECRUITED HARD BY MIKE
LONDON AT MARYLAND, AND
THIS WHY AS HE FINDS THE
ENDZONE. NEWSOME CAN
HURT YOU SO MANY WAYS,
HERE ON SPECIAL TEAMS, HE
CATCHES THE KECOUGHTAN
PUNT ON HIS OWN 3-YARD
LINE,
MAKES A FEW WARRIORS MISS
AND SHOWS HIS SPEED DOWN
THE SIDELINE.
HE DIDN'T SCORE ON THAT
PLAY, BUT HE DID ON THE
NEXT PLAY.
HAMPTON WINS 48-NOTHING.
THE CRABBERS REMAIN THE
TOP 5-A TEAM IN
HAMPTON ROADS WITH FOUR
GAMES TO PLAY.
AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST
HOST THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY
NIGHT FLIGHTS, THE CO-
ANCHOR OF WAVY NEWS TEN
AT 7 ON FOX 43, LAURA
CASO.
YOU FLEW IN CHOPPER TEN
TO THAT BIG GAME BETWEEN
OSCAR SMITH AND INDIAN
RIVER.
A DEFINITE RIVALRY GAME,
AND A GREAT ATMOSPHERE IN
SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE. YOU COULD
FEEL THE COMPETITIVE
SPIRIT BUT
ALSO THE SUPPORT FOR THE
PLAYERS.
#55 HAS A LOT OF SUPPORT
BEHIND. HIS EXTENDED
FAMILY CAME OUT WITH
SIGNS
AND SHIRTS AND HATS - ALL
TO SUPPORT OSCAR SMITH
JUNIOR - KYLE THOMAS.
HE'S A JUNIOR WHO PLAYED
AT ANOTHER LOCAL SCHOOL
LAST YEAR BUT DIDN'T GET
PLAYING TIME. HE
TRANSFERRED TO OSCAR
SMITH - HE PLAYS
- AND HIS FAMILY IS
CELEBRATING.
C00025 1:33:38-1:33:45 WE
ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR
CHILDREN, WE COME FROM AN
ATHLETIC BACKGROUND
SO IT'S AWESOME TO SEE MY
SON ON THE FIELD.> BUTT
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HE'S THE BEST PLAYER
EVER.
THAT'S HIS COUSIN BY THE
WAY. SHE TELLS ME -
SHE'S HIS NUMBER ONE FAN.
WE HAD SEVERAL THURSDAY
NIGHT GAMES AROUND
HAMPTON ROADS
THE KEY SHOWDOWN BETWEEN
UNBEATEN COX AND 4 AND 1
SALEM.
SALEM IN RED HAS AN
OUTSTANDING RUNNING BACK,
AND HIS NAME IS DAVONTE
WILLIAMS.
SCORELESS IN THE FIRST.
BUT HERE COMES WILLIAMS.
44 YARDS TO THE ENDZONE.
7 TO NOTHING SALEM.
BACK COMES COX. AND THE
HAND OFF GOES TO LENO
LESTER.
YOU WILL BE HEARING HIS
NAME THE NEXT FEW YEARS,
THE KID IS JUST A
SOPHMORE.
BIG RUN, IT SET UP A COX
FIELD GOAL. THE FALCONS
COULD NOT STOP DAVONTE
WILLIAMS THOUGH. 212
YARDS TWO TOUCHDOWNS
SALEM
WINS IT 21 TO 9, HANDING
COX ITS FIRST LOSS.
THERE IS NOW A FOUR WAY
TIE FOR FIRST
PLACE IN THE BEACH
DISTRICT, BETWEN OCEAN
LAKES, SALEM, COX, AND
LANDSTOWN.
PRIVATE SCHOOL SHOWDOWN
AT THE VIRGINIA BEACH
SPORTSPLEX,
NORFOLK ACADEMY AGAINST
ATLANTIC SHORES, YOU KNEW
THIS WOULD BE A
SHOOTOUT. NORFOLK
ACADEMY AT THE 50 YARD
LINE...QB
CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH TO
CAMPBELL POZIN. POZIN
SNEAKS THROUGH THE MIDDLE
PAST THE SEAHAWKS...RUNS
IT IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD BE
A CLOSE ONE, ATLANTIC
SHORES QUARTERBACK RYAN
CHAMBERLAIN STEPS
BACK...SEES AN OPEN MAN
DOWN IN THE END ZONE.
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS WITH
THE CATCH. BUT THIS
PRIVATE SCHOOL THRILLER
WOULD GO TO ACADEMY,
RANDOLPH TO TIGHT END
LUKE FRAIZER WHO GETS
AROUND HIS
DEFENDER, AN EASY
TOUCHDOWN FOR NORFOLK
ACADEMY, WHO GOES ON TO
SNAP
ATLANTIC SHORE'S 15 GAME
WINNING STREAK WITH A
42-40 WIN--GREAT GAME.
LAKE TAYLOR, A STATE
TITLE CONTENDER AGAIN
THIS YEAR, TAKING ON THE
CHURCHLAND
TRUCKERS. THE LAKE
TAYLOR DEFENSE DOMINATING
TONIGHT, DONNAVAN BISHOP
SCOOPS UP THE FUMBLE
ENDING A CHRUCHLAND
DRIVE.
THE LAKE TAYLOR "D" ON
THE BALL ALL NIGHT, A BAD
SNAP IN THE ENDZONE THAT
NEVER
REACHED THE QUARTER BACK
LEADS TO A SAFETY.
CHRUCHLAND GETS A FREE
KICK, AND DAIQUAN
RICHARDSON GETS A FREE
PASS TO THE
ENDZONE, A 45 YARD
KICKOFF RETURN FOR A
TOUCHDOWN.
BUT LAKE TAYLOR
QUARTERBACK TYREK HUGHEY
WOULD PUT UP THE BIG
NUMBERS, TWO
TOUCHDOWNS AND A 50 YARD
TOUCHDOWN PASS TO
DIAMONTE TUCKER-DORSEY,
LAKE TAYLOR
28-12 OVER CHRUCHLAND
TONIGHT.
AND STILL TO COME. THE
RIVERSIDE ORTHOPEDIC AND
SPORTS MEDICINE FRIDAY
NIGHT FLIGHTS PLAY OF THE
WEEK!
AND CHOPPER TEN MAKES
ANOTHER STOP IN
CHESAPEAKE FOR THE BIG
GAME BETWEEN
GRASSFIELD AND GREAT
BRIDGE.
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THE DENBIGH HIGH SCHOOL
MARCHING BAND, UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF CHRIS
WARD THE FRIDAY NIGHT
FLIGHTS BAND OF THE WEEK.
CATCH THEIR ENTIRE
PERFORMANCE ON WAVY.COM.
BACK TO THE PENINSULA,
WHERE WOODSIDE HAS
ESTABLISHED ITSELVES
AS ONE OF THE TEAMS TO
BEAT.
WOODSIDE TAKING ON THE
BETHEL BRUINS.
EVEN THOUGH WOODSIDE HAS
LOOKED IMPRESSIVE SO FAR
THIS SEASON, THEY WERE
EXPECTED TO HAVE THEIR
HANDS FULL AGAINST
BETHEL.
BUT WOODSIDE JUMPED OUT
TO A THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAD
IN THE FIRST HALF, AND
STARTED OFF THE 3RD
QUARTER WITH DEMETRI
BANKS BUSTING IT LOOSE ON
A 55 YARD
TOUCHDOWN RUN WHICH WAS
HIS THIRD BIG SCORING RUN
OF THE GAME, GIVING THE
WOLVERINES A 39 TO 8
LEAD. THE WOODSIDE
DEFENSE WAS ALSO ON
FIRE FORCING FIVE
TURNOVERS. THEY SHUTOUT
KECOUGHTAN 57 TO
NOTHING LAST WEEK, BEATS
BETHEL 53 TO 8, THAT'S
110 POINTS IN TWO GAMES,
WOODSIDE
6 AND 1 IN THE DISTRICT.
ALWAYS A GOOD STUDENT
SECTION AT POQUOSON---BIG
GAME FOR THE HOME
ISLANDERS AGAINST WARHILL
OUT OF WILLIAMSBURG---
WARHILL IN WHITE IS UP
3-NOTHING IN THE FIRST
QUARTER---
RODNEY HUDSON--NICE STIFF
ARM---GETS TO THE OUTSIDE
AND SPEEDS ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO THE POQUOSON 6---
BIG GAIN LEADS TO THIS--
THE GIVE TO BRYCE
KOOB----TOUCHDOWN
LIONS--AND THEY'RE UP
10-NOTHING---
BUT POQUOSON'S WING T
OFFENSE TOOK OVER AFTER
THAT, AS THE ISLANDERS
COME ALIVE.
THIRD AND ONE FROM THE
WARHILL ONE---MAX BARRETT
BANGS IT IN FOR THE
TOUCHDOWN---
POQUOSON SCORES ON 7 OF
THEIR FINAL 8 POSSESSIONS
FOR A BIG 45 TO 10, BAY
RIVERS
DISTRICT WIN OVER
WARHILL.
BACK TO CHESAPEAKE, GREAT
BRIDGE HOSTING
GRASSFIELD. THE GRIZZLIES
UP 7 TO
NOTHING WHEN RUNNING BACK
DARIUS HAGANS GETS THE
HAND OFF AND 83 YARDS FOR
THE TOUCHDOWN. GRASSFIELD
WINS IT BIG 35 TO 3.
ALWAYS A GREAT ATMOSPHERE
AT GREAT BRIDGE, AND
LAURA, THAT WAS ONE OF
YOUR
STOPS OF THE NIGHT.
BRUCE, THE FANS IN GREAT
BRIDGE LOVE THEIR
WILDCATS.
THEY WERE DECKED OUT IN
GREEN AND GOLD - FROM
HEAD TO TOE.
AND, THE STUDENTS EVEN
HAVE A GROUP NAME.
THE COLIN CRAZIES. QUICK
BACK-STORY.
THOSE WHO WERE SENIORS
DURING THE 9- 11
TERRORIST ATTACKS CAME UP
WITH THE
NAME - THEY WANTED TO DO
THIS TO BRING SOME JOY
DURING SUCH TRAGEDY.
HEATHER WARDS/PRESIDENT
OF COLIN CRAZIES <C0003
BEING IN TOTAL DISPAIR,
WE WANTED TO BE
HERE AND BE HAPPY FOR OUR
TEAM.
THEY TELL ME THIS IS
TRADITION. ONE THAT HAS
CERTAINLY LIVED ON.
TONIGHT, THERE WERE ABOUT
200 STUDENTS IN THE
STANDS WITH THE COLIN
CRAZIES.
AN AFTERNOON GAME AT
POWHATAN FIELD IN
NORFOLK---MAYBE A COUPLE
OF FUTURE
GRANBY CHEERLEADERS RIGHT
THERE---GRANBY AGAINST
I.C. NORCOM FROM
PORTSMOUTH.
FIRST QUARTER--- NORCOM
IN GREY----
FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK
JACOBY SMITH LET'S IT
FLY.
CASAAN DIXON WITH THE
GREAT DIVING CATCH.
THAT SET UP A SHORT
NORCOM SCORE. NEXT
POSSESSION FOR GRANBY.
LOOK AT THE RUN BY TROY
RICKS, LIKE A COMET
SHOOTING ACROSS THE SKY.
55 YARDS. ALL TIED AT 7.
THEN THE NORCOM DEFENSE
TOOK OVER--- GRANBY FROM
COMES AWAY WITH A 25 TO 7
WIN OVER
GRANBY.
MORE FINALS FROM TONIGHT.
DENBIGH OVER WARWICK 28
TO 24.
LAFAYETTE DEFEATS GRAFTON
50 TO 18 IN A BATTLE OF
UNBEATENS.
YORK GETS A 40 TO 21 WIN
OVER BRUTON. JAMESTOWN
29 TO 8 WINNERS OVER NEW
KENT.
MAURY 19 TO 15 OVER
WILSON. NORVIEW WITH THE
SHUTOUT WIN OVER
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
HICKORY WITH A BIG WIN
OVER DEEP CREEK. BISHOP
SULLIVAN DEFEATED
PROVIDENCE
DAY OUT OF CHARLOTTE, 51
TO 9. THE PLAY OF THE
TIME FOR THE RIVERSIDE
ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS
MEDICINE PLAY OF THE
WEEK, AND
IT GOES TO DAZZLING DAZZ
NEWSOME OF THE HAMPTON
CRABBERS.
OFF THE PUNT RETURN, DAZZ
TAKES IT AT THE THREE AND
LOOK AT THE MOVES BY
DAZZ.
HE JUST RECEIVED A
SCHOLARSHIP OFFER FROM
THE MARYLAND TERRPAPINS,
AND WITH
MOVES LIKE THAT IT'S EASY
TO SEE WHY. DAZZ NEWSOME
WITH THE PLAY OF THE
NIGHT.
FRIDAY NIGHT COLLEGE
FOOTBALL. OLD DOMINION
HOSTING THE MINUTEMEN OF
UMASS. FIRST
QUARTER.
MONARCHS STRIKE FIRST.
DAVID WASHINGTON, FLOATS
IT TO TRAVIS
FULGHAM, THE FOOT IS
INBOUNDS, TOUCDOWN ODU.
AND THEN IN THE SECOND
QUARTER. ODU GOES TO THE
GROUND.
JEREMY COX WITH ANOTHER
ODU TOUCHDOWN.
AND IT JUST ENDED, OLD
DOMINION WINS IT 36 TO
16.
THREE WINS IN A ROW FOR
THE MONARCHS. THEY HAVE
A BYE WEEK AND WILL PLAY
AT
WESTERN KENTUCKY IN A
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
A BIG FRIDAY NIGHT, LAURA
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
A BIG FRIDAY NIGHT, LAURA
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
THANKS BRUCE, I HAD A
GREAT TIME THANKS TO ALL
THE FANS I MET TONIGHT.
NATHAN EPSTEIN WILL BE
HERE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
WITH THE WEEKEND
SPORTSWRAP. I'LL SEE YOU
BACK HERE ON MONDAY.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND