Meadowbrook High School | Archive | November, 2009

Boys basketball, 11/30/09: Preseason All-DS

Posted on 30 November 2009 by .

Preseason All-DigitalSports
Boys Basketball Team
13 of the best ballers in the Central Region.

Player of the year
** Travis McKie, John Marshall, 6-7, Sr.: I’ve written enough about him to fill a book. You know it all. He’s signed with Wake Forest, see his highlight video here.

Guards
Chris Cook, Lee-Davis, 5-10, Sr.: The best player you probably haven’t heard about. Put in 17 points per game last season.
Greg Lewis, Hanover, 6-0, Jr.: Smooth player who will be the focal point for defenses this season. Three-year varsity starter.
Tahir Little, John Marshall, 5-10, Jr.: The speedy point guard has a full year to run the show for the Justices.
Ken Pankey, L.C. Bird, 6-0, Sr.: One of the top shooters in the area, bar none.
Andrew Simmons, Meadowbrook, 6-0, Sr.: Four-year varsity starter looking for big year.
Kris Walden, Henrico, 6-0, Jr.: With Trey Davis and Justin Coleman departed, look for Walden to step up his offensive production.

Forwards
Sean Armstrong, Monacan, 6-5, Sr.: Athletic player is one of the best the Dominion District is returning.
Pedro Berrios, Hopewell, 6-4, Jr.: Steady, heady player with a lot of skills. Good shooter and passer.
Du’Vaughn Maxwell, Petersburg, 6-5, Sr.: With three terrific seniors gone, Maxwell is one of the main cogs back. Averaged 11 points and six boards as a junior.
* David Robinson, Cosby, 6-4, Sr.: Defending Dominion District player of the year lights up scoring columns; 22 points per game last season. Headed to Longwood.
Andrew White, Thomas Dale, 6-5, Jr.: White’s versatility and open floor ability is a problem for opponents. Look for a much more explosive finisher at the rim.


Center
Matt Gorski, Cosby, 6-11, Jr.: Put in 12 a game as a soph. Light years better than his freshman season. Brother Nick is a freshman, and already 6-6.

* – Was an all-DigitalSports pick in ’08-’09.
** – Two-time all-DigitalSports selection.
Note: Private school players are not eligible. Benedictine’s Michael Gbinije and Trey Davis, and Collegiate’s Jake McGee, all Division I recruits, would all be on this team.

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Fox/DS Football Top 10, 11/9

Posted on 10 November 2009 by .

Fox/DigitalSports Top 10
Team (Record, Previous Rank)

1. L.C. Bird (9-0, 2): beat Manchester 31-12. Next up: vs. Midlothian, 7:30 p.m.

2. Hermitage (8-1, 3): beat Thomas Jefferson 60-6. Next up: at Patrick Henry, 7

3. Varina (8-1, 4): beat Armstrong 62-20. Next up: at No. 5 H. Springs, 7 (Thursday)

4. Thomas Dale (7-2, 6): beat No. 1 Meadowbrook 35-34. Next up: at Matoaca, 7

5. Highland Springs
(8-1, 5): beat Atlee 21-7. Next up: vs. No. 3 Varina, 7 (Thursday)

6. Meadowbrook (8-1, 1): lost to No. 6 Thomas Dale 35-34. Next up: vs. Petersburg, 7

7. Clover Hill (7-2, 7): beat Huguenot 31-0. Next up: vs. Henrico, 7:30

8. J.R. Tucker (7-2, 8): beat Patrick Henry 35-28 (OT). Next up: at Deep Run, 7

9. Hanover (6-3, 9): beat Henrico 34-14. Next up: vs. Armstrong, 7

10. Cosby (6-3, 10): beat Monacan 30-14. Next up: vs. Huguenot, 7:30

Coaches and the Fox and DigitalSports.com staff vote on the football poll.

Current Standings
Click here to see the records of all 32 Central Region teams.

Football Camp Tour
Stephen
Lewis visited 36 football camps in the preseason to get the skinny,
including video, photos, schedules and more. Check them out!

Preseason All-DigitalSports Team
24 of the best in the Central Region. Click to see who!

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Football, 11/6/09: Dale 35, Meadowbrook 34

Posted on 07 November 2009 by .

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com
(804) 240-2191

Post Flag 8 Dig.

It’s the play that completed Thomas Dale’s improbable comeback victory over previously unbeaten and top-ranked Meadowbrook, a 35-34 tear-jurking triumph Friday night to get a leg up in a taut Central District race.

“We knew if we got the ball back at the end of the game that we were going to win,” Dale quarterback Demitrius Campbell said.

With 10:14 left in the contest, the Knights trailed 34-21 after Andre Coble‘s 17-yard scamper, a 13-point margin because of a missed extra-point.

Campbell led an eight-play, 74-yard drive, capped by a 30-yard strike to Ariek Green (three catches, 102 yards, 2 TDs) on a fourth-and-5 play. 34-28 Meadowbrook with 5:51 to go.

As explosive as the Monarchs had been all game, it seemed they would have no problem running out the clock or perhaps scoring again as Coble and Domico Phillips (20 carries, 186 yards two TDs) were ripping up the turf.

But Dale’s defense rose to the occasion, handing the ball back to Campbell, who was on his way to a school legend-making 14-of-20 for 215 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions and a two-minute drive to live for.

At 3:17, he got a 8-yard bolt from Demetrick Jackson (64 rushing yards, TD). From there, Campbell handled the ball each play.

He hit Brandon Burton (eight catches, 101 yards) for nine yards. Campbell, also a basketball player, took off among Meadowbrook pressure on third down for a crucial new set of downs.

With his favorite receiver seeing plenty of coverage, TE Mike Dudley, he went back to Burton twice, for six yards and then a 15-yarder that got Dale down to the 15-yard line.

Time out, Vic Williams, Thomas Dale coach.

Post Flag 8 Dig. It was time for Dudley to get open.

The tight end came underneath the coverage smack dab in the middle of the field. Campbell stuck the pigskin on him like a bug to a windshield for the 15-yard TD.

Anthony Prevost completed a 5-for-5 effort on extra points as Dale, ranked sixth in the DigitalSports Top 10, moved to 6-0 in the Central District with a visit to Matoaca on tap for the season finale.

A win would clinch a Division 6 playoff berth. A loss would make things murky.

“We haven’t got it yet. We have to beat Matoaca,” said an emotional Williams. “There’s no words to describe [this feeling].”

Meadowbrook faces Petersburg (5-4), a team looking to sneak in the Division 5 playoffs and is coming off a 49-0 romp over Colonial Heights behind playmaker Kevin Green.

Let the playoff controversy begin again in D-6, as a one-loss Meadowbrook team could be left out behind a two-loss Dale squad that learned from its previous losses to L.C. Bird and Varina, who could both be Division 6 playoff bound.

“My team worked hard since week three when we lost to Bird,” Campbell said. “I couldn’t have done it by myself. If I’m going to be the leader of the team I can’t doubt my teammates.”

Or his coaches. Or his plays.

Like Post Flag 8 Dig.

Meadowbrook 7 21 0  6 – 34
Thomas Dale   7  7 0 21 – 35
TD – Jackson 1 run (Prevost kick)
M – Phillips 53 run (Jones kick)
M – Phillips 50 run (kick failed)
TD – Green 49 pass from Campbell (Prevost kick)
M – Lloyd 4 pass from Coble (Dorsey pass from Coble)
M – Thomas 31 pass from Coble (Jones kick)
TD – Edmunds 6 run (Prevost kick)
M – Coble 17 run (kick failed)
TD – Green 30 pass from Campbell (Prevost kick)
TD – Dudley 15 pass from Campbell (Prevost kick)

RUSHING
Meadowbrook – Phillips 20 carries, 186 yards, Coble 12-65, Dorsey 2-(minus 5); Thomas Dale – Jackson 14-64, Mike Edmunds 5-17, Campbell 10-9, Green 2-8, Fields 4-6

PASSING

Meadowbrook – Coble 11 completions, 20 attempts, 154 yards, 2 touchdowns, 0 interceptions; Thomas Dale – Campbell 14-20-215-3-0

RECEIVING

Meadowbrook – Dorsey 5 receptions, 52 yards, Jacaurey Thomas 2-48, KeVon Wright 1-34, LeTrey Wingate 1-12, John Lewis 1-4, Devon Lloyd 1-4; Thomas Dale – Green 3-102, Burton 8-101, Dudley 2-17, Fields 1-(minus 5)

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Fox/DS Football Top 10 – Nov. 2

Posted on 02 November 2009 by .

Fox/DigitalSports Top 10
Team (Record, Previous Rank)

1. Meadowbrook (8-0, 1): beat Matoaca 29-0. Next up: at No. 6 Thomas Dale, 7

2. L.C. Bird (8-0, 2): beat George Wythe 35-0. Next up: at Manchester, 7:30

3. Hermitage (7-1, 3): beat John Marshall 16-0. Next up: at Thomas Jefferson, 3

4. Varina (7-1, 4): beat No. 7 Cosby 50-14. Next up: vs. Armstrong, 7

5. Highland Springs
(7-1, 5): beat Armstrong 46-8. Next up: vs. Atlee, 7

6. Thomas Dale (6-2, 7): beat Colonial Heights 51-0. Next up: vs. No. 1 Meadowbrook, 7

7. Clover Hill (6-2, 8): beat Monacan 22-7. Next up: vs. Huguenot, 7:30

8. J.R. Tucker (6-2, 10): beat Mills Godwin 21-9. Next up: vs. Patrick Henry, 7

9. Hanover (5-3, NR): beat No. 9 Atlee 28-7. Next up: at Henrico, 7

10. Cosby (5-3, 7): lost to No. 4 Varina 50-14. Next up: vs. Monacan, 7:30

Others receiving votes: Manchester (5-3, NR); James River (5-3, NR)

Coaches and the Fox and DigitalSports.com staff vote on the football poll.

Current Standings
Click here to see the records of all 32 Central Region teams.

Football Camp Tour
Stephen
Lewis visited 36 football camps in the preseason to get the skinny,
including video, photos, schedules and more. Check them out!

Preseason All-DigitalSports Team
24 of the best in the Central Region. Click to see who!

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