NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- With only three weeks remaining in the high school football regular season, district champions are starting to take shape, including a changing of the guard on the Peninsula.
Hampton overcame a 14-0 deficit to top Warwick, 21-14, at Darling Stadium Thursday night. The Crabbers stormed back in the second quarter to tie the game and took the lead in the fourth quarter. They're now the lone unbeaten group in Peninsula District play and are all but assured a district championship. Barring a series of upsets in the final two weeks of the campaign, Woodrow Wilson will claim his first district crown as a head coach. Phoebus's run of eight consecutive championships comes to an end.
Oscar Smith has won six straight games since its season-opening loss at Gonzaga in Washington. The Tigers travel to Nansemond River on Friday, with a victory likely locking up a Southeastern District crown. The Warriors are trying to clog up the top of the district standings, as they are one of three teams with just one loss to Southeastern foes (Indian River, King's Fork).
Maury and Lake Taylor are the lone remaining unbeaten squads in Eastern District play and will square off on the Titans' home field Friday night. The Commodores are outscoring district foes, 292-7, in four games so far this season.
Thursday:
Hampton 21, Warwick 14
Phoebus 56, Heritage 6
Lafayette 52, York 0 (game called at halftime)
Friday:
Nandua 26, Arcadia 20
Northampton 49, Snow Hill (MD) 34
Norfolk Academy 28, Collegiate 14
Oscar Smith 35, Nansemond River 21
Maury 42, Lake Taylor 14
Landstown 28, Ocean Lakes 10
Western Branch 52, Grassfield 6
Floyd Kellam 24, Bayside 21
Green Run 61, First Colonial 10
Frank Cox 10, Salem 0
Kempsville 43, Tallwood 3
Deep Creek 34, Great Bridge 33
King's Fork 39, Hickory 17
Indian River 57, Lakeland 0
I.C. Norcom 12, Norview 8
Denbigh 42, Woodside 13
Tabb 49, Gloucester 6
Bruton 26, Grafton 13
Smithfield 42, Jamestown 30
Warhill 13, New Kent 12
Manor @ Booker T. Washington- 7:00
Southampton 40, Surry 8
Greensville County 33, Windsor 13
Sussex Central 56, Franklin 6
Catholic 40, Thomas Jefferson Science and Technology 0
St. Anne's-Belfield 36, Atlantic Shores 15
Saturday:
Coventry Christian @ Chincoteague- 11:00
Kecoughtan @ Menchville- 12:00
Nansemond-Suffolk @ Fredericksburg Christian- 1:00
Hampton Roads Academy @ Christchurch- 1:00
