	November 21, 2008 At 2:55 P.M., it started to snow. I was on my way from Charlottesville, Virginia up to Alexandria, Virginia, a distance of 110 miles. I was on my way to see two northern Virginia Group AAA teams play today: Stone Bridge High School of the Liberty District versus Edison High School of the National District. At the top right is a photo of the Thomas Edison eagle 'mascot' that sits in front of the entrance to their high school. It was very, very cold at this game. The temperature started off around 36, and wound up around 25. I wore 3 pairs of pants, 4 pairs of socks, and 3 shirts. Hahaha! Including myself, many of the fans wore "mask-like" stretch-caps with only their eyes exposed. Whew! The main player I was there to see was Thomas Edison High School's 6-3 290 junior defensive tackle Edwin Rogers. He looks already like a college sophomore, not a high school sophomore. He is shown here Edwin Rogers (he's wearing jersey number 58 below) looks like an ACC prospect. He is athletic-looking, strong, and just seems to have potential. However, his team slowly but surely got blown out. Usually I stop at gas stations several times each way to a game and buy large cups of diet Pepsi. Also, I eat nutra bars and peanut butter crackers. Why am I telling you this? To be different! Why make my game reports like all other game reports you read?! Stone Bridge High School had an enormous edge in height and pure football talent in this game. (I took this photo, at the right, from the stands on the Stone Bridge High School side during the game). Although each team came in to the contest with a 12-0 record, this game was a rout: Stone Bridge scored touchdowns at the 11:50 mark of the first period, the 6:18 point of the same period, the 2:48 time of the 2nd quarter, the 5:45 time of the 4th quarter, and the 4:32 point of the last quarter. Finally, Thomas Edison High got a touchdown at the 2:01 point of the final period on a 53-yard run to make the final score 35-6. Here's an outstanding write-up of the game from the 'Washington Post/Loudoun Extra.' Also, 'USA Today' rates Stone Bridge High School as the number 16 team in the nation! On the "washingtonpost.com' online pre-season roster, it listed them as having a whopping 87 players, only one of whom was a ninth-grader! However, Stone Bridge High School only brought about half that many players to this game for whatever reason. Edwin Rogers (see him in the very blurry photo far right that I took. I could not get any closer to the field than this!) sat out some of the game, which was a little surprising. Christian Washington, a 5-11 160 junior wide receiver/defensive back for Thomas Edison, may be a Division 1-AA prospect at least, by next season. He made first-team All-National District this season as a wide receiver. At left above, state championships won by Thomas Edison High School sports teams are listed on the side of one of the school buildings. Levi Barber, a 5-11 200 quarterback for Thomas Edison, is this season's National District 'Offensive Player-Of-The Year.' In this game, he struggled against one of the nation's top high school teams. But then, what high school player wouldn't have?Levi Barber's brother plays for Virginia Tech. His fellow junior Angus Harper, a 5-11 190 second-team All-District pick at running back, was not a factor this game. But then, when your offensive line gets overpowered on every play, what can you do? The long game ended around 9:45 P.M. I drove home (taking Route 95 north: see road sign in the photo above. Then I took Route 64 West to Charlottesville) to Charlottesville, Virginia, where the University of Virginia was hosting Clemson later that day.

    November 21, 2008
    At 2:55 P.M., it started to snow. I was on my way from Charlottesville, Virginia up to Alexandria, Virginia, a distance of 110 miles. I was on my way to see two northern Virginia Group AAA teams play today: Stone Bridge High School of the Liberty District versus Edison High School of the National District.

At the top right is a photo of the Thomas Edison eagle 'mascot' that sits in front of the entrance to their high school. It was very, very cold at this game. The temperature started off around 36, and wound up around 25. I wore 3 pairs of pants, 4 pairs of socks, and 3 shirts. Hahaha! Including myself, many of the fans wore "mask-like" stretch-caps with only their eyes exposed. Whew! The main player I was there to see was Thomas Edison High School's 6-3 290 junior defensive tackle Edwin Rogers. He looks already like a college sophomore, not a high school sophomore. He is shown here Edwin Rogers (he's wearing jersey number 58 below) looks like an ACC prospect. He is athletic-looking, strong, and just seems to have potential. However, his team slowly but surely got blown out.

    Usually I stop at gas stations several times each way to a game and buy large cups of diet Pepsi. Also, I eat nutra bars and peanut butter crackers. Why am I telling you this? To be different! Why make my game reports like all other game reports you read?! Stone Bridge High School had an enormous edge in height and pure football talent in this game. (I took this photo, at the right, from the stands on the Stone Bridge High School side during the game).

    Although each team came in to the contest with a 12-0 record, this game was a rout: Stone Bridge scored touchdowns at the 11:50 mark of the first period, the 6:18 point of the same period, the 2:48 time of the 2nd quarter, the 5:45 time of the 4th quarter, and the 4:32 point of the last quarter. Finally, Thomas Edison High got a touchdown at the 2:01 point of the final period on a 53-yard run to make the final score 35-6. Here's an outstanding write-up of the game from the 'Washington Post/Loudoun Extra.' Also, 'USA Today' rates Stone Bridge High School as the number 16 team in the nation! On the "washingtonpost.com' online pre-season roster, it listed them as having a whopping 87 players, only one of whom was a ninth-grader! However, Stone Bridge High School only brought about half that many players to this game for whatever reason.

   Edwin Rogers (see him in the very blurry photo far right that I took. I could not get any closer to the field than this!) sat out some of the game, which was a little surprising. Christian Washington, a 5-11 160 junior wide receiver/defensive back for Thomas Edison, may be a Division 1-AA prospect at least, by next season. He made first-team All-National District this season as a wide receiver. At left above, state championships won by Thomas Edison High School sports teams are listed on the side of one of the school buildings. Levi Barber, a 5-11 200 quarterback for Thomas Edison, is this season's National District 'Offensive Player-Of-The Year.' In this game, he struggled against one of the nation's top high school teams. But then, what high school player wouldn't have?Levi Barber's brother plays for Virginia Tech. His fellow junior Angus Harper, a 5-11 190 second-team All-District pick at running back, was not a factor this game. But then, when your offensive line gets overpowered on every play, what can you do? The long game ended around 9:45 P.M. I drove home (taking Route 95 north: see road sign in the photo above. Then I took Route 64 West to Charlottesville) to Charlottesville, Virginia, where the University of Virginia was hosting Clemson later that day.

	November 14, 2008 I drove from Charlottesville, Virginia, 178 miles eastward to Virginia Beach, Virginia. I was going to the "Sportsplex," (see photo at the bottom of this article, as fans sit under the awning and under umbrellas) a city-owned stadium that is mostly used as the home of a minor league soccer team. It's a modern outdoor facility that is also used for high school football games. It has spectator stands on one side of the field. Tonight at 7:30, Ocean Lakes High School was playing Kellam High School. Both high schools were located in Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach is the nation's 40th-largest city by population, a fact that few people realize! The temperature in Virginia Beach is never very cold, but that doesn't mean that the weather is always nice in the winter: it was overcast before the game, and drizzled throughout it. On the trip back home, it rained half of the way home. 6-4 190 junior wide receiver Justin Hunter (wearing jersey #1 in photo at left) of Ocean Lakes High was by far the biggest name, out of the underclassmen, playing in this game, but I had already scouted him this year, so I wasn't there to see him again. Justin Hunter was recently picked by Scout.com as one of the nation's top 250 high school juniors! I was there to see some other high school sophomores and juniors. The players I was there to see were players whose names I had gotten off of the recent All-Beach District team that had come out in the past week. One player was junior Wes Moulton (numer 61 in the yellow jersey in the photo below)of the Dolphins of Ocean Lakes, who had earned first-team All-Beach District at offensive tackle and as a defensive lineman. He's listed as 6-2 270. For the Knights of Kellam High School, sophomore Ross Ward had made second-team All-District as a tight end. He's listed as being 6-4 250. Little-publized but locally-successful Kellam defensive end Shawn Butts (wearing number 85 in the long-distance photo below) was another player I was there to see. The game program listed him as being 6-4 200. Also, Kellam High's Matt Schmit (he's wearing white jersey number 6 in the photo below in this article), a junior, had made first-team All-District in the "Athlete/utility" position by playing quarterback for his team. The program has him as being 6-1 180. A player who was impossible NOT to see was 6-7 295 pound senior Hunter Steward of Kellam: he's been well-publicized after having moved to Virginia Beach from Canada. Marshall University, which is a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) school, the level of college football that formerly was known as Division 1-A or "big-time" football, has offered him a scholarship. Neither UVa nor Virginia Tech have. As for the game, it was a rout. Ocean Lakes High came in to the game with an 11-0 record, and Kellam High entered the contest with a 6-4 mark. Ocean Lakes won this affair easily by the score of 36-7. Each forced the other to punt following the opening kickoff. Then, on Ocean Lakes' next drive, they worked their way down the field. A penalty moved the ball back to the 11 yard-line, and on first-and-eleven, Justin Hunter ran the ball for no gain. But on second down, the Ocean Lakes quarterback dropped back, and lofted a long, high "alley-oop" pass that seemed to hang in the air for 30 seconds toward Justin Hunter. Needless to say, Justin Hunter out-jumped his defender. The result was an 11-yard touchdown catch that put his team ahead 7-0 at the 4:43 mark of the first quarter! Ocean Lakes scored again on a 20-yard TD pass to 5-11 200 David Murphy (who's main position is linebacker) early in the second quarter, making the score 14-0. With 9:43 left in the 2nd period. Justin Hunter caught a 48-yard bomb and took it down to the Kellam 9 yard-line. Ocean Lakes soon scored again on 4th-and-1 by 5-9 180 senior Walter Davis, making it 21-0. The rout was on. A 73-yard burst by senior Walter Davis at the 3:24 point of the 2nd quarter up the middle by an Ocean Lakes back made it 28-0 at the half. Ocean Lakes then scored again at the 7:57 mark of the 4th quarter on a 5-yard run by 5-11 200 senior Shamarko Thomas, and followed that with a 2-point conversion. Kellum scored on a 66-yard run by 5-11 200 linebacker Eric Beard, and the final score came to 36-7. Justin Hunter was unstoppable as usual. But what about Matt Schmitt of Kellam High School? At this point, it's too early to tell. I see him as possibly a Division 1-AA player, also known as the Football Championship Subdivision level, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. It's the level that James Madison University and William & Mary play on. Wes Moulton of Ocean Lakes looks like a Division 1-AA player at this point. Ross Ward was a player I could not get to see enough of to evaluate yet. I saw him on the field, but it was tough to get a final evaluation on him. This playing field was set far from the stands, not as close as most playing fields are, due to the fact that the stadium is actually a soccer stadium. (So why do they use it for high school football?!) Junior defensive end Shawn Butts appeared to be at least a Division 1-AA prospect and seemed to be in on almost every defensive play. I need to get another chance to see this player play. From the distance I (everyone?) was sitting at, it was hard to evaluate players, and as the publisher of a website, I've been told that coaches do not want website-publishers on the sidelines for games(!) Wes Moulton is considered more of a defensive lineman than an offensive prospect by the Virginian-Pilot, which listed him on their pre-season all-area team I see him as possibly a player on the Division 1-A player/1-AA player, which means that he's certainly a player to watch. I was impressed.

    November 14, 2008
    I drove from Charlottesville, Virginia, 178 miles eastward to Virginia Beach, Virginia. I was going to the "Sportsplex," (see photo at the bottom of this article, as fans sit under the awning and under umbrellas) a city-owned stadium that is mostly used as the home of a minor league soccer team. It's a modern outdoor facility that is also used for high school football games. It has spectator stands on one side of the field. Tonight at 7:30, Ocean Lakes High School was playing Kellam High School. Both high schools were located in Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach is the nation's 40th-largest city by population, a fact that few people realize!

   The temperature in Virginia Beach is never very cold, but that doesn't mean that the weather is always nice in the winter: it was overcast before the game, and drizzled throughout it. On the trip back home, it rained half of the way home. 6-4 190 junior wide receiver Justin Hunter (wearing jersey #1 in photo at left) of Ocean Lakes High was by far the biggest name, out of the underclassmen, playing in this game, but I had already scouted him this year, so I wasn't there to see him again. Justin Hunter was recently picked by Scout.com as one of the nation's top 250 high school juniors! I was there to see some other high school sophomores and juniors. The players I was there to see were players whose names I had gotten off of the recent All-Beach District team that had come out in the past week.

    One player was junior Wes Moulton (numer 61 in the yellow jersey in the photo below)of the Dolphins of Ocean Lakes, who had earned first-team All-Beach District at offensive tackle and as a defensive lineman. He's listed as 6-2 270. For the Knights of Kellam High School, sophomore Ross Ward had made second-team All-District as a tight end. He's listed as being 6-4 250. Little-publized but locally-successful Kellam defensive end Shawn Butts (wearing number 85 in the long-distance photo below) was another player I was there to see. The game program listed him as being 6-4 200. Also, Kellam High's Matt Schmit (he's wearing white jersey number 6 in the photo below in this article), a junior, had made first-team All-District in the "Athlete/utility" position by playing quarterback for his team. The program has him as being 6-1 180. A player who was impossible NOT to see was 6-7 295 pound senior Hunter Steward of Kellam: he's been well-publicized after having moved to Virginia Beach from Canada. Marshall University, which is a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) school, the level of college football that formerly was known as Division 1-A or "big-time" football, has offered him a scholarship. Neither UVa nor Virginia Tech have.

    As for the game, it was a rout. Ocean Lakes High came in to the game with an 11-0 record, and Kellam High entered the contest with a 6-4 mark. Ocean Lakes won this affair easily by the score of 36-7. Each forced the other to punt following the opening kickoff. Then, on Ocean Lakes' next drive, they worked their way down the field. A penalty moved the ball back to the 11 yard-line, and on first-and-eleven, Justin Hunter ran the ball for no gain. But on second down, the Ocean Lakes quarterback dropped back, and lofted a long, high "alley-oop" pass that seemed to hang in the air for 30 seconds toward Justin Hunter. Needless to say, Justin Hunter out-jumped his defender. The result was an 11-yard touchdown catch that put his team ahead 7-0 at the 4:43 mark of the first quarter! Ocean Lakes scored again on a 20-yard TD pass to 5-11 200 David Murphy (who's main position is linebacker) early in the second quarter, making the score 14-0. With 9:43 left in the 2nd period. Justin Hunter caught a 48-yard bomb and took it down to the Kellam 9 yard-line. Ocean Lakes soon scored again on 4th-and-1 by 5-9 180 senior Walter Davis, making it 21-0. The rout was on.

    A 73-yard burst by senior Walter Davis at the 3:24 point of the 2nd quarter up the middle by an Ocean Lakes back made it 28-0 at the half. Ocean Lakes then scored again at the 7:57 mark of the 4th quarter on a 5-yard run by 5-11 200 senior Shamarko Thomas, and followed that with a 2-point conversion. Kellum scored on a 66-yard run by 5-11 200 linebacker Eric Beard, and the final score came to 36-7. Justin Hunter was unstoppable as usual. But what about Matt Schmitt of Kellam High School? At this point, it's too early to tell. I see him as possibly a Division 1-AA player, also known as the Football Championship Subdivision level, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. It's the level that James Madison University and William & Mary play on. Wes Moulton of Ocean Lakes looks like a Division 1-AA player at this point. Ross Ward was a player I could not get to see enough of to evaluate yet. I saw him on the field, but it was tough to get a final evaluation on him. This playing field was set far from the stands, not as close as most playing fields are, due to the fact that the stadium is actually a soccer stadium. (So why do they use it for high school football?!) Junior defensive end Shawn Butts appeared to be at least a Division 1-AA prospect and seemed to be in on almost every defensive play. I need to get another chance to see this player play. From the distance I (everyone?) was sitting at, it was hard to evaluate players, and as the publisher of a website, I've been told that coaches do not want website-publishers on the sidelines for games(!)    Wes Moulton is considered more of a defensive lineman than an offensive prospect by the Virginian-Pilot, which listed him on their pre-season all-area team I see him as possibly a player on the Division 1-A player/1-AA player, which means that he's certainly a player to watch. I was impressed.

	November 7, 2008 This was a BAD day of high school football scouting. LOL. (LOL is computer shorthand for "laughing out loud.") A lot of things went wrong. I went to see Osbourn High School and sophomore lineman Marcus Matthews (he's wearing jersey number 76 below) play on the road against Osbourn Park High School and their sophomore quarterback Dominique Terrell (he's wearing jersey number 2 in the photo at right). Both schools are Division 6, Group AAA high schools, located in northern Virginia. There are 6 divisions of high schools in the state of Virginia, and Division 6 high schools are the largest of the 6 divisions. The game was held on the Osbourn Park Yellow Jacket's home field in Manassas, Virginia. I get my driving directions from Mapquest.com I've noticed over the last 2 years that Mapquest.com has gotten less and less reliable. Maybe this is due to the recession. This was one of Mapquest's worst days. The so-called "89-mile" trip each-way it sent me on, turned in to a 5-hour drive to get to Osbourn Park High School! Ha! So I arrived at the start of the second quarter, and that was only after stopping/phoning 5 different people for driving directions on my trip up there. I keep reminding myself to ask someone at the schools I visit each weekend for driving directions in addition to getting driving directions from the internet...... So I didn't get there in time to scout the players I wanted to see while they warmed up. When I arrived, Osbourn Park was winning, 7-3. Their were quite a few players I wanted to see play, but I only had a chance to see the best ones: sophomore Marcus Matthews of Osbourn High and sophomore Dominique Terrell of Osbourn Park High. Each is listed among the top players nationally in the Class of 2011 by Rivals.com in their "free for public viewing" information. Marcus Matthews looks already like a college sophomore, not a high school sophomore. He is listed here as one of the top prospects in the national Class of 2011 on the website by Rivals.com. This service by Rivals.com is well-worth subscribing to! Dominique Terrell is also listed here as one of the top prospects in the national Class of 2011 on the website by Rivals.com. I'd recommend subscribing to Rivals.com for a year to anyone to is really in to recruiting. Eventually, Osbourn High won this game, 28-21. They are now 6-4 and 6-1 in the Cedar Run District. Osbourn Park's Yellow Jackets fell to 4-6 and 2-5 in the district. More details to this game will come later as I read more of my game notes. Dominique Terrell was very impressive. He can move, and there's not much of him there to tackle, which I mean as a compliment. Another highly-publicized member of the Class of 2011, Osbourn High's 5-9 defensive back-wide receiver Rodney Whitehead stood out in this game. He wears jersey number three for the Eagles. However at a listed weight of just 138 pounds, he'll need to gain weight, which I'm sure he will. His long hair and lack of body fat make him noticeable, but not as much as his great speed and quickness. The atmosphere at this game was laid-back. For a rivalry, it wasn't very intense. The only sign of any bad blood was that an Osbourn Park administrator was guarding the cement "Eagle" logo that has been put in to the enbankment behind the end zone. I guess the thinking was that Osbourn High students might try to destroy it. In my opinion, no one there seemed very interested in doing anything like that. Neither team seemed anything more than mediocre. However, Dominique Terrell is a prospect that college recruiters everywhere will be watching as a future college skill position player! He never really came out of the game tonight. He started on offense as a quarterback, on defense as a deep defensive back, and returned punts and kickoffs. The only time I saw him go to the sideline was when he would often run over to the coaching staff between plays to get the play call.

	October 31, 2008 On Halloween, Friday, I drove 70 miles south to Lynchburg, Virginia, on to the campus of Liberty University. Local high schools Liberty Christian Academy and Virginia Episcopal School were playing at Liberty University's Williams Stadium. Liberty Christian Academy is "connected" with Liberty University in that both are associated with the late Jerry Fallwell'sThomas Road Baptist Church. The stadium is the home of Liberty University's Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team, a level of college football that used to be known as Division 1-AA. The stadium seats about 10,000 people and has an artificial turf field. I was here to see two players play: both were high school juniors (members of the high school Class of 2010). One was 6-3 190 quarterback Mike Rocco (he wears jersey number 2 and can be seen in the photo below right) and the other was 6-4 275 Grant Jones (he wears jersey number 78 and can be seen in the photo below left). Both are on recruiting lists and are ACC-caliber prospects. Mike Rocco has the style of a polished player. With his knee-high white socks and casual manner, he reminds me of a 1970's NFL quarterback like a Joe Namath (if anyone reading this has heard of him!) He can roll out and throw, but his arm strength appeared to need more work. However, it could have been that he just didn't want to overthrow his receivers, who were not big-time prospects. As for Grant Jones, he appeared to be a player who could get even taller and much stronger. He didn't seem to be as powerful as a fellow junior lineman number 68 Demetrius Chapman (another prospect to watch!), but has loads of potential. Mike Rocco's uncle Danny Roccois the head coach of Liberty University. Liberty is 7-1 this year, and ranked Danny Roccois a former Penn State linebacker who coached under UVa head coach Al Groh for the New York Jets and the University of Virginia Danny Rocco's brother, Frank Rocco, Jr., is the head coach of Liberty Christian Academy, the father of Mike Rocco, and a former Penn State player (quarterback), also. When it comes time to select a college, will Mike Rocco go the "family" school: Division 1-AA Liberty University instead of a big-time school like the University of Virginia or Penn State? It's going to depend on how good he turns out to be. Mike Rocco came in to the game having completed 80 out of 115 passes for 1,445 yards and 16 touchdowns, with just 2 interceptions in 8 games. On the second play of the 7:30 game, Lynchburg Christian Academy tried a flea-flicker, and Mike Rocco heaved a pass downfield, but it was intercepted. That seemed to be the lone highlight of the day for Virginia Episcopal School! Mike Rocco went on to throw 4 touchdown passes, and run for another. The score could have been worse had his team played better. Later on in the first quarter, his receiver dropped a tipped pass that would have gone for a touchdown. At the 3:39 mark of the first quarter, Mike Rocco hit Sam Burggraf for a 45-yard touchdown pass to make it 7-0. Then Mike Rocco ran for a 1-yard score at the 2:10 mark to make it 14-0. Mike Rocco passed for still another TD at the 9:48 point of the second quarter, connecting on a 10-yard toss. This gave Lynchburg Christian Academy a 21-0 lead. A 47-yard touchdown pass at the 7:23 mark by Mike Rocco gave his team a 28-0 advantage. Finally, just before the half, Mike Rocco threw his 4th touchdown pass of the first half: it was a 25-yard scoring toss at the 0:55 point. That made the halftime score 34-0. That proved to also be the final score. After the halftime, Lynchburg Christian Academy stopped trying to pour it on. They had a huge edge in size, muscle, and speed over their opponent in this game. But preserving their shutout was serious to them. In the third quarter, they made a goal line stand to stop Virginia Episcopal School from the 3-yard line on fourth down. In the final stanza, Mike Rocco was stopped from scoring again when he was brought down on the one-yard line on fourth down. The win was Liberty Christian Academy's 22nd straight! It finished a perfect 9-0 regular season mark for the Bulldogs. It dropped the record of the visiting Bishops to 5-5. It sewed up the regular-season championship of the Virginia Independent Conference for Liberty Christian Academy.

    October 31, 2008
    On Halloween, Friday, I drove 70 miles south to Lynchburg, Virginia, on to the campus of Liberty University. Local high schools Liberty Christian Academy and Virginia Episcopal School were playing at Liberty University's Williams Stadium. Liberty Christian Academy is "connected" with Liberty University in that both are associated with the late Jerry Fallwell'sThomas Road Baptist Church. The stadium is the home of Liberty University's Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team, a level of college football that used to be known as Division 1-AA. The stadium seats about 10,000 people and has an artificial turf field.

   I was here to see two players play: both were high school juniors (members of the high school Class of 2010). One was 6-3 190 quarterback Mike Rocco (he wears jersey number 2 and can be seen in the photo below right) and the other was 6-4 275 Grant Jones (he wears jersey number 78 and can be seen in the photo below left). Both are on recruiting lists and are ACC-caliber prospects. Mike Rocco has the style of a polished player. With his knee-high white socks and casual manner, he reminds me of a 1970's NFL quarterback like a Joe Namath (if anyone reading this has heard of him!) He can roll out and throw, but his arm strength appeared to need more work. However, it could have been that he just didn't want to overthrow his receivers, who were not big-time prospects. As for Grant Jones, he appeared to be a player who could get even taller and much stronger. He didn't seem to be as powerful as a fellow junior lineman number 68 Demetrius Chapman (another prospect to watch!), but has loads of potential.

   Mike Rocco's uncle Danny Roccois the head coach of Liberty University. Liberty is 7-1 this year, and ranked Danny Roccois a former Penn State linebacker who coached under UVa head coach Al Groh for the New York Jets and the University of Virginia Danny Rocco's brother, Frank Rocco, Jr., is the head coach of Liberty Christian Academy, the father of Mike Rocco, and a former Penn State player (quarterback), also.

   When it comes time to select a college, will Mike Rocco go the "family" school: Division 1-AA Liberty University instead of a big-time school like the University of Virginia or Penn State? It's going to depend on how good he turns out to be. Mike Rocco came in to the game having completed 80 out of 115 passes for 1,445 yards and 16 touchdowns, with just 2 interceptions in 8 games. On the second play of the 7:30 game, Lynchburg Christian Academy tried a flea-flicker, and Mike Rocco heaved a pass downfield, but it was intercepted. That seemed to be the lone highlight of the day for Virginia Episcopal School!

   Mike Rocco went on to throw 4 touchdown passes, and run for another. The score could have been worse had his team played better. Later on in the first quarter, his receiver dropped a tipped pass that would have gone for a touchdown. At the 3:39 mark of the first quarter, Mike Rocco hit Sam Burggraf for a 45-yard touchdown pass to make it 7-0. Then Mike Rocco ran for a 1-yard score at the 2:10 mark to make it 14-0.

   Mike Rocco passed for still another TD at the 9:48 point of the second quarter, connecting on a 10-yard toss. This gave Lynchburg Christian Academy a 21-0 lead. A 47-yard touchdown pass at the 7:23 mark by Mike Rocco gave his team a 28-0 advantage. Finally, just before the half, Mike Rocco threw his 4th touchdown pass of the first half: it was a 25-yard scoring toss at the 0:55 point. That made the halftime score 34-0. That proved to also be the final score.

   After the halftime, Lynchburg Christian Academy stopped trying to pour it on. They had a huge edge in size, muscle, and speed over their opponent in this game. But preserving their shutout was serious to them. In the third quarter, they made a goal line stand to stop Virginia Episcopal School from the 3-yard line on fourth down. In the final stanza, Mike Rocco was stopped from scoring again when he was brought down on the one-yard line on fourth down.

   The win was Liberty Christian Academy's 22nd straight! It finished a perfect 9-0 regular season mark for the Bulldogs. It dropped the record of the visiting Bishops to 5-5. It sewed up the regular-season championship of the Virginia Independent Conference for Liberty Christian Academy.

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