Week 6 Friday Football Round-Up

Big Second-Half Propels No. 10 Lake Braddock to a 24-6 Victory over Lee; Six Different Eagles Tally Points in No. 7 Edison’s 36-0 Shutout of Yorktown

	The Lancers were able to move the ball in the first half, using two drives of 12 plays. But they were unable to convert in the red zone, missing two fields from 36 and 31 yards.  The second half started with fireworks. After holding Lee to a three-and-out, Bruins’ senior Keon Robinson dropped back to receive the punt at his own 30 yard line. Robinson made the catch and was quickly surrounded, and seemed to be on his way down. But he kept his legs moving and wiggled free from the apparent tackle — losing a shoe in the process — and raced 70 yards down the home sideline for the score and a 10-0 lead. Toward the end of the third quarter Robinson found the end zone again, this time capping a 10-play drive with a 16-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Shane Halley that broke the game open. Halley had also hit Robinson earlier in the drive for a 40-yard gain.
Lake Braddock Coach Jim Poythress address his team, which moved into a first-place tie in the Patriot District with West Springfield, after Friday’s 24-6 victory over visiting Lee.

Lee answered immediately with an 11-play drive of its own, and narrowed Lake Braddock’s lead when running back Pierre Williams pounded it in from the 1 yard line. But with 2 minutes, 22 seconds remaining in the game the Bruins struck again.

Next week Lake Braddock will host West Potomac on Homecoming night; Lee will host Annandale.


No. 7 Edison 36, Yorktown 0

By Phil Murphy
DigitalSports.com

It wasn�??t pretty, but it was convincing.

Seventh-ranked Edison (5-1, 3-0 National District) shut out perennial district runner-up Yorktown (3-3, 2-1) on Friday, 36-0.

The Eagles’ defense, anchored by standout junior linebacker Stephon Robertson, held the Patriots to just four first downs and 114 yards of total offense. Yorktown senior quarterback Tim Reynolds was held to 1-of-6 passing for 22 yards and an interception. The culprit on the pick: the aforementioned Robertson.

Both of the Patriots’ red zone visits ended in turnovers on downs.

Comparatively, the Eagles’ offense racked up 397 rushing yards and 18 first downs in the win, led by senior quarterback/wide receiver Ben Barber who carried the ball 11 times for 82 yards and a score and also completed 5-of-8 pass attempts for 93 yards.

Edison did have a few problems — the host Eagles had three touchdowns called back for penalties away from the play and mishandled four snaps, including one on a field goal and another on an extra point attempt. Another stray snap bounced into the hands of senior kicker Paul Bergstrom.

Bergstrom, who had a solid outing, was able to boom the eventually fair-caught punt 47 yards. That was in addition to the special teamers’ 30-yard field goal that put the Eagles ahead, 17-0, as time expired in the first half.

Yorktown attempts to move back above .500 next week as the Homecoming opponent of Concorde district foe Herndon (2-4). Edison, meanwhile, aims for a slightly more flawless performance at Stuart (0-6), who the Eagles outscored 42-0 in the first quarter last season.