Let the games begin

Hard to believe that the Concorde once used to have Robinson and Woodson, too...

This is certainly the Concorde District’s year especially after several years of Liberty district dominance at the state level. Looking forward to the upsets. Makes it interesting.

The regular season has wrapped for the Northern Region, and the new season is about to start for many (Except for the Patriot District which already started and had chalk prevail in the District Quarters last week – thus the +). Here is where things stand heading into the postseason. Some good teams may be done this week.

1) Oakton (13-0)– The Cougars earn the top seed in the tough Concorde District and are guaranteed a spot in the Region of Doom as they seek to earn the only top spot that matters – the one at the end of the state tournament.

2) Robinson (12-2) – Winners of 12 straight, the Rams survived their final regular season test at West Springfield and coasted through the 1 v 8 matchup in the District Quarters to earn a Monday night rematch with Sparty.

3) Battlefield (11-1) – The Bobcats are on their annual glide plane to the state finals after a 11-1 regular season. The question is whether Champe or Colgan can give them any kind of contest beforehand and who gets the 2nd state ticket out of Region B.

4) Woodson (12-3)- The Cavs got a big win over WestPo at the Pat last week to earn the 2 seed in the Patriot and, as a reward, they get a rematch with WestPo at the Pat on Monday in the Patriot semi-finals. Let’s hope Chik-fil-a is in the House.

5) Madison (7-4) – Tough weekend for those named James Madison, first Westfield clips the Warhawks on Friday, and then the Gators chomped the Dukes on Saturday. Luckily for both squads, the real season starts now and maybe they got the wakeup call they needed. A bye in the Concorde District allows then to sit and await the winner of South Lakes – Chantilly, and, more importantly, ensures that they will see region play.

6) West Potomac (10-2) – Lost a close one to the Cavs on Tuesday, and took out their frustrations on South County on Thursday to earn a return match at the Pat on Monday night with a trip to the District title game at stake.

7) South Lakes (11-3) – Solid win over Centreville last week earned them the #3 seed in the Concorde and a rematch with Chantilly to make the region. If only they had hung on vs. Madison, they would’ve been the surprise 2 seed.

8) Langley (9-4) -The regular season Liberty District champs who many have written off, went 6-1 down the stretch and are strong favorites to test their mettle against the Concorde in the Regionals, but a likely rematch with Yorktown for the District title awaits first.

9) Centreville (9-5)– Losers of 5 of the last 7, the ‘Cats are moving in the wrong direction, but, luckily for them, the new season starts now and they have the talent to make a run. Unluckily for them, they now face a fired-up Westfield team.

10) West Springfield (9-5) – After some late season hiccups, Sparty was happy to see the post-season arrive and promptly went out and got back to where we expected them to be in the Patriot District mix, disposing of Lake Badluck in the Patriot quarters.

11) Westfield (9-5) – The Bulldogs picked up a huge win over Madison on Friday night, hanging on despite a late Warhawk charge. Their matchup with Centreville in the District quarters means someone’s season is done this week. Expect a good one.

12) Yorktown (6-8) – Just when it looked like the Patriots may be righting the ship, along came Dominion and reminded us all that the Patriots are what they are this year. Still, it makes them a contender in the district this week.

13) Justice (10-3) – Ok, I lied above when I said the Patriot was the only district whose postseason had started. The National did too, but the only team to give any attention to are the sheriffs who should win the district’s coronation march this week.

14) Colgan (11-0) – Continue to roll along, but I hear they are ducking the top seeds in the NVYLL. Sooner or later they will maybe have to play Battlefield or another Region B contender (if you can call anyone that) and we will see how good they really are.

15) John Champe (9-3) – Wins over Patriot and Freedom this past week, and a previous closer-than-expected game with Battlefield make them a sneaky pick to make the state tourney from Region B. I mean, somebody else besides Battlefield gets to go too, why not the Knights?

Also considered: The Huxtables, Chantilly, Colonial Forge

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. Madison will show up and be ready for the post season I can assure you. Westfields game had no bearing on seeds either. Feel good game, yes. Confidence builder, yes. May light a fire under Madison’s team or they could fold. Guess we will see.

Was that the same Westfield team that lost to Oakton by 13? Curious result.

Yeap. 🙂

But battle hardened and (mostly) injury free.

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. Madison will show up and be ready for the post season I can assure you. Westfields game had no bearing on seeds either. Feel good game, yes. Confidence builder, yes. May light a fire under Madison’s team or they could fold. Guess we will see.

Was that the same Westfield team that lost to Oakton by 13? Curious result.

Lose to who? Are we talking Langley or Yorktown? Don’t think so.

Madison will lose the second round of regionals. They were a much stronger team last year

Agreed. Madison will show up and be ready for the post season I can assure you. Westfields game had no bearing on seeds either. Feel good game, yes. Confidence builder, yes. May light a fire under Madison’s team or they could fold. Guess we will see.

Anonymous wrote:Madison now officially the next pretender. See centreville. Could be a good matchup of most overrated going nowhere teams in district semis.

Zero chance for either. South lakes and Westfield’s better than them both. They win draws at much higher rate and make a random save or 2

Your wrong again, but keep trying to pretend you know what you are talking about!

Clean slate. Not totally. Must be nice to have a first round bye in the Districts guaranteeing placement into the Regions. Also if you win you maintain home field throughout so it seems to be a partial clean slate. There is a reward for solid play all year.

Wipe the slate clean, all teams will start fresh and have a chance to make adjustments, revise their game plan and control their own destiny during district, regional and state play. Just because you went undefeated during the season, doesn't mean you will cruise to. state title. Just because you perhaps finished toward the bottom of your district, doesn't mean you can't play spoiler, get hot and ride that wave to a state title. Good luck to all the teams

We went over to support Herndon and the game of the night was the JV game. Centreville has a large team (numbers and height 😳) and they were good for a JV team but we kept up.
They (JV) played a (described to me after the game) a “Concorde style” which is physical but not dirt. I was pissed at their style until it was explained to me (I’m new to this sport) and I watched the varsity game.
Really, did not like the results of either game but we were not ready for them.

Got to give them props, two good teams.