Football: Broad Run Shuts Out Park View, 35-0, to Start Season

Broad Run QB Brady Reitzel Postgame

By Dan Sousa
Viva Loudoun Editor
(Aug. 28, 2012) - For a quarter in Friday's opener at Park View High School it looked as if visiting Broad Run was stuck in preseason scrimmage mode but sophomore quarterback Brady Reitzel and a stout Spartan defense soon shifted into midseason mode with three touchdowns in the final 4:39 of the first half on the way to a 35-0 shutout.

The long-time rivals -- Broad Run (1969) and Park View (1976) were the third and fourth high schools opened in Loudoun which now has 13 high schools total -- were in a scoreless deadlock when Reitzel, making his starting QB debut, got in the groove, capping off drives with TD runs of 2 and 8 yards and then finding junior Corey Hilberath all alone down the left sidelines for a 40-yard TD.

Broad Run kept the momentum going in the second half, scoring on their first two drives, to make it five consecutive touchdowns and a 35-0 lead. At that point, Broad Run emptied the bench and the game finished quickly with a running clock due to the VHSL "slaughter rule".

The Spartan defense, led by new defensive coordinator Chris Brown who previously coached at Briar Woods and replaced Jason Dawson who left Broad Run to start the new program at John Champe High School, held the Patriots to just 94 total yards (67 rushing on 30 attempts and 27 yards passing) and Park View did not advance the ball into Broad Run territory until late in the game.


Reitzel (11 for 70 yards) led a Spartan rushing attack that piled up 263 yards on 42 attempts with junior Da'Qwan Earl (12 for 64), sophomore Chuck Davis (6 for 25), and Hilberath (5 for 48) moving the chains along with senior Justin Burrell (6 for 18) and senior Darion Bunting (2 for 38).

The Spartan passing game showcased five receivers with big-playmaker senior Dorian Jenkins catching one ball for 20 yards. Reitzel finished the night 7 for 14 for 99 yards.

Park View's rushing attack behind sophomore Henry Argueta (10 for 36 yards) and senior Ben Stanton (8 for 14 yard) was able to control the clock in the first quarter but the Patriots could not mount any drives and an interception by Earl early gave Broad Run good field position which they maintained all night. Park View's average starting point was their own 20 in the game while Broad Run started its average drive at their own 46.

The Broad Run defense held Park View without a first down for six consecutive drives while the Spartans were scoring on five straight possessions.

Broad Run's first scoring drive started with Reitzel and Jenkins hooking up for 20 yards and then the Spartans reeled off 10 consecutive runs with Reitzel nosing the ball across the goal line on fourth down from the 2 with 4:39 left in the half.

After a 3-and-out, Jenkins punt return gave the Spartans the ball at the Patriots 40 and the Spartans needed just five plays to find the end zone as Reitzel weaved his way in from the 8 with 1:30 to go.

Broad Run coach Matt Griffis made great use of his time outs as he was able to stop the clock after each of Park View's ensuing plays from scrimmage and Broad Run again had the ball at the PV 40. Reitzel spotted Hilberath waltzing down the sideline uncovered and it was 21-0 with 55 seconds left in the half.

Any hopes of a Park View upset were erased to start the third quarter when Broad Run marched 70 yards on 14 plays with Earl scoring from the 4. The Spartans converted on three fourth down calls on the drive: Reitzel drew Park View offsides with a hard count on 4th-and-1 from the BR 39; Reitzel  threw to Earl for 16 yards on 4th-and-5 from the PV 36; and Earl picked up eight yards on 4th-and-2 from the PV 12.

Broad Run's final score came with 2:02 left in the third quarter as Reitzel directed the team on an efficient 65-yard, 8-play jaunt. Hilberath scored his second TD of the contest, this time on a 12-yard run. Spartan kicker junior Billy Deane was perfect on PATs in the game and used his strong leg to pin back Park View on  the kickoffs.

Broad Run will not have a lot of time to celebrate the win as the Spartans host Briar Woods Friday at 7:30 p.m. in a big non-district contest that features two programs that have combined to win the previous four Division 4 state titles (Briar Woods 2010, 2011 and Broad Run 2009, 2008). Park View is on the road Friday at Liberty High School.

Broad Run 35, Park View 0
Game played Aug. 24, 2012 at Park View High School in Sterling, VA

BR 0 21 14 0 - 35
PV 0   0   0 0 -   0

2 BR - Reitzel 2 run (Deane kick) 4:39
2 BR - Reitzel 8 run (Deane kick) 1:30
2 BR - Hilberath 40 pass from Reitzel (Deane kick) 0:55
3 BR - Earl 4 run (Deane kick) 7:15
3 BR - Hilberath 12 run (Deane kick) 2:02

Rushing
BR: Reitzel 1-70, Earl 12-64, Hilberath 5-48, Bunting 2-38, Davis 6-25, Burrell 6-18. Total 42-263.
PV: Argueta 10-36, Stanton 8-14, Duncan 9-14, Bardales 1-2, Tibbs 2-1. Total 30-67.

Passing
BR: Reitzel 7-14-0 99.
PV: Duncan 3-8-1 27.

Receiving
BR: Hilberath 2-47, Earl 2-20, Jenkins 1-20, Dunda 1-7, Davis 1-0.
PV: Argueta 1-13, Staszak 1-9, Stanton 1-5.