Football: Ashburn Sends Two Schools to State Finals as Briar Woods and Stone Bridge Win!

(Dec. 4, 2010) - For the second straight year, Ashburn will send two teams to the VHSL state football finals as Briar Woods destroyed Courtland, 52-8, Saturday in the Division 4 semifinals and Stone Bridge shutout high-scoring Osbourn, 21-0, in the Division 5 semifinals.

Briar Woods (12-2), on a 10-game winning streak, will face undefeated Harrisonburg next Saturday, Dec. 11, at 4:30 p.m. at Liberty University. This is the school's first ever trip to the state finals as Briar Woods, which opened in 2005, had never won a playoff game coming into this season.

Stone Bridge (14-0) faces state nemesis Phoebus (14-0) for the fourth straight year, with game time set for Saturday, Dec. 11, at 12:07 p.m. at UVa. In 2007 Stone Bride beat Phoebus in the state semifinals and went on to win the state title. The Phantoms have not lost since, winning 44 straight games and two state titles, including wins over Stone Bridge in the 2008 semifinals and in the 2009 finals.

The Ashburn area has now sent six teams to the state finals since 2007: Stone Bridge (2007), Broad Run (2008), Broad Run (2009), Stone Bridge (2009), Briar Woods (2010) and Stone Bridge (2010).


State Semifinal Scoreboard
Division 6
Hermitage 42, Bayside 27
Battlefield 35, Lake Braddock 27

Title Game
Saturday, Dec. 11
Hermitage vs. Battlefield, Scott Stadium, 4:07 p.m.

Division 5
Phoebus 21, Dinwiddie 13
Stone Bridge 21, Osbourn 0

Title Game
Saturday, Dec. 11
Stone Bridge vs. Phoebus, Scott Stadium, 12:07 p.m.

Division 4
Briar Woods 52, Courtland 8
Harrisonburg 28, Christiansburg 21 (2OT)

Title game
Saturday, Dec. 11
Briar Woods vs. Harrisonburg, Liberty University, 4:30 p.m.

Division 3
Poquoson 10, Handley 3
Richlands 44, Brookville 7

Title Game
Saturday, Dec. 11
Poquoson vs. Richlands, Liberty University, Noon

Division 2
Gretna 35, King William 21
Gate City 27, Radford 21

Title Game
Saturday, Dec. 11
Gretna vs. Gate City, Salem City Stadium, 4:30 p.m.

Division 1
Riverheads 35, Franklin 8
Eastern Montgomery 26, Clintwood 21

Title Game
Saturday, Dec. 11
Riverheads vs. Eastern Montgomery, Salem City Stadium, 12 p.m.