Football: Briar Woods Extends Winning Streak to 28 Straight Games with 45-15 State Semi Win Over Courtland

Ashburn (Dec. 3, 2012) - Briar Woods High School senior running back Cory Colder rushed for a season-high 182 yards on 30 carries and scored four touchdowns Saturday to lead the Falcons to a state-best 28th straight victory as Briar Woods rolled over Courtland, 45-15, in the VHSL Division 4 state semifinals.

Briar Woods (14-0) will shoot for a third straight state title when the Falcons face Heritage High School of Lynchburg on Satruday, Dec. 8 at Liberty University in Lynchburg with a 4:30 p.m. kickoff. Heritage (12-1) beat previously unbeaten Salem on Saturday, 24-16.


Unlike the 2010 meeting, in which Briar Woods blitzed Courtland in Brambleton to the tune of 52-8, Saturday's game was much closer as the Falcons led just 10-9 deep into the second quarter and were up by a score, 17-9, at the half

Briar Woods, however, has absolutely owned the second half, especially the third quarter, in the postseason and Saturday was no exception as the Falcons scored three times --  a 43-yard pass from junior Trace McSorley to senior Cam Serigne, an 80-yard run by McSorley and a Colder TD dive, to put the game away.

The Falcons defense has yet to give up a point in the third quarter in the playoffs as Briar Woods has out-scored four opponents a combined, 55-0, in the 12-minute stanza coming out of the locker room. In all, Briar Woods is out-scoring opponents, 83-6, in the second half of playoff contests in 2012.

A final Colder short TD run in the 4th quarter put the exclamation point on the win. McSorley finished with 111 yards rushing on seven carries.

Briar Woods piled up 465 yards of total offense to 208 for Courtland.

Chris Larco and J.T. Logan combined for 15 tackles for the Falcons.

Briar Woods 45, Courtland 15
C       3  6    0  6  - 15
BW  10  7  21  7  - 45

1 BW FG 35 LaFrankie 7:21
1 BW Colder 3 run (LaFrankie kick) 3:15
1 C FG 27 Yurgel 0:00
2 C Carpenter 49 pass from Washington (PAT failed) 9:20
2 BW Colder 1 run (LaFrankie Kick) 5:29
3 BW Serigne 43 pass from McSorley (LaFrankie kick) 9:28
3 BW McSorley 80 run (LaFrankie kick) 6:17
3 BW Colder 1 run (LaFrankie kick) 2:17
4 BW Codler 3 run (LaFrankie kick) 12:00
4 C Grant 33 pass from Washington (PAT failed) 6:24

Rushing
C: Jenkins 12-26, Braswell 1-8, Grant 4-7, Washington 2-5, Mason 5-1. Totals 24-47.
BW: Colder 30-182, McSorley 7-111, Ford 4-22, Larco 2-15, Pok 2-7, Serigne 2-7, Blevins 2-0, Miller 1-(-1), Gadsden 1-(-4).

Passing
C: Washington 11-20-0 161.
BW: McSorley 5-10-1 126.

Receiving
C: Carpenter 5-106, Grant 4-42, Robinson 1-10, Mason 1-3.
BW: Serigne 1-43, Logan 1-38, Polk 1-19, Ramos 1-17, Colder 1-6.