22005005 HIGHHIGH SCHOOLSCHOOL FOOTBALLFOOTBALL SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 Rappahannock Record 2 AREA HIGH SCHOOL 2005 FOOTBALL !,,)3/.3!#% PAGE Area coaches again picked last year’s Region A runner- (!2$7!2% up, the Essex Trojans (above with ball), to steal away the 14 district championship. 'OOD/L&ASHIONED3ERVICEFOROVER9EARS .ORTHUMBERLAND(WY ,OTTSBURG 6! s 'OOD,UCK!REA4EAMS CONTENTS 3 Fully Loaded 11 Still A Threat 'OOD,UCK4O Red Devils are the most Smith is gone, but experienced team in the W&L still able to air /UR!REA4EAMS district this year. it out. Could be a first place contender. &OR4HE 6 Young Up Front The Indians rely on #OMING3EASON talented newcomers. 14 Team 2 Beat Region A finalist, Essex 9 Rebuilding returns a lot, includ- Raiders feel the loss ing a 2000-plus yard of more than a dozen rusher. Picked to finish players. at the top of the pack. COVER SHOT Lancaster’s Games are won and lost in the trenches, where Larry Brown players like Northumberland center Aaron PAGE should be Baughan and defenders come face to face. one of the team’s top 4 receivers CONTRIBUTORS this year. LISA HINTON-VALDRIGHI STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHY BANKOmANCASTERCOM REID PIERCE ARMSTRONG PAGE LAYOUT AND DESIGN 3 LancasterRedDevils Step aside Aretha Franklin. for once, Lancaster is one of The Red Devils are singing the league’s more experienced FULLBACK about respect...and fi nally teams. gettin’ some. Jarvis returns almost his After three terribly down entire offense intact with G.P. years, Lancaster put together decorated quarterback Montel it’s best effort in fi ve seasons, Mitchell and noted running going 7-3 in 2004. back Jamie Veney leading the WARDLAW The Devils have made some charge. He has eight players big strides with coach Billy returning to starting posi- Jarvis at the helm. Going into tions. JERSEY NUMBER: 7 his third season, Jarvis has “I think a lot of people are put together a .500 record at pointing at us,” said Jarvis GRADE: SENIOR 10-10. He picked up seven of the preseason polls which of those wins last season, has Lancaster battling for HEIGHT: 5´ 8˝ with the Devils getting off to the number two spot in the a 5-0 regional start and just Northern Neck District. WEIGHT: 150 LBS missing a Region A Division 2 “Unfortunately, the teams playoff berth. we match up worst against ALSO PLAYS: Jarvis arrived on the scene are our own district teams,” STRONG SAFETY at the right time, with the JV said Jarvis. “We’re always talent in place to produce a going to be smaller than turnaround. Washington & Lee and “We’ve spent the last two He holds some of the North- Essex.” months getting the equip- ern Neck’s most talented Don’t look for any hefty ment ready and we’ve had to rushers in his arsenal and, players in the trenches. order a whole lot of smaller helmets and shoulder pads,” said Jarvis. One plus is Lancaster’s GAMEDAYS numbers, which are up. The Sept. 2 Northumberland Devils have 26 on the varsity Sept. 9 Charles City roster, small by comparison to the 40 or so at W&L and Sept. 16 at Middlesex Essex, but a big jump com- Sept. 23 at King William pared to LHS’s own numbers Oct. 7 Northampton a couple of years ago. Oct. 14 W&L “What we’re going to try Oct. 21 at Rappahannock and do with the offense is Oct. 28 Essex break it up, so we don’t have Nov. 4 at Mathews the burden on just one or two Nov. 11 at Northumberland people.” it too.” teams turnovers. “I think everybody knows The big fear for Jarvis is “And teams like W&L will about Montel and Jamie and turnovers, which Lancaster always take your mistakes what they’ve done for us in has struggled with in the and beat you with them,” he POWERANALYSIS past years and what they’ll past. Two years ago, the said. do,” said Jarvis. “But we have Devils gave up at least a Coach Billy Jarvis is doing an incredible job at LHS. some other people that can do touchdown a game on special (continued on next page) In 2004, the Devils posted their best record in fi ve years. He turned around a team that won just one game three years ago and took the Devils to a 7-3 overall mark. Jersey Name Grade Position Jersey Name Grade Position Despite the improvement, a Region A Division 2 playoff 2 Larry Brown 10 SE/DB 51 Reid Williams 12 OL/DE berth still eluded Lancaster. If there is a playoff berth 3 Montel Mitchell 12 QB/DB 52 Justin Culpeper 11 OL/NG in the cards for the Devils, odds are it’ll be this year. 4 Travis Baker 10 SE/DB 55 Rakeem Laws 12 OL/LB With the entire offensive unit back intact, LHS is one of 5 Jamie Veney 12 TB/OLB 56 Robert Lally 10 OL/LB the most experienced teams in the district. Defenses will 7 G.P. Wardlaw 12 FB/DE 58 Cleon Rice 11 OL/LB likely key on decorated veterans Montel Mitchell (QB) and Jamie Veney (TB) but Jarvis says it won’t be a two- 9 Jonathan George 11 FB/LB 60 Jonathan Frith 12 PK/P man show. 10 Omar Scruggs 11 SE/DB 64 Lee Kuykendall 10 OL/DE Look for a lot of output from a pair of talented JV 22 Chris Wyvill 11 SE/DB 70 Kenny Wilson 11 C/LB grads, receivers Larry Brown and Travis Baker. Lan- 24 Jonathan Somers 10 TE/LB 77 Louis Santangelo 10 OL/LB caster came off its regional schedule undefeated last 30 Brett Jarvis 11 FB/LB 80 Adam Benson 10 SE/OLB year and should again be the favorite in three of its fi ve 38 Darryl Doggett 11 SE/OLB 81 Seth Christman 10 TE/LB non-district games. However, the Devils replace Arcadia 44 Mychal Laws 12 FB/LB 88 Daniel Robertson 11 SE/DB and Mathews with Northampton and King William. 50 Devin Davis 12 OL/LB 99 Marcus Segar 11 TE/DE Most district coaches pick Lancaster to vie for the THE ROSTER number two spot. 4 LHSRED DEVILS TOP RETURNERS: COACH: LAST YEAR: QB/DB Montel Mitchell William Jarvis 7-3 overall TB/OLB Jamie Veney (3rd year, 10-10) 3-2 district FB/LB G.P. Wardlaw ASSISTANT COACHES: BASIC OFFENSE: SE/DB Omar Scruggs FB/LB Brett Jarvis Mike McIntire I-formation FB/LB Jonathan George Irvin Nickens K Jonathan Frith Josh Patterson BASIC DEFENSE: Draper Washington 5-3 TOP NEWCOMERS: Matt Stamm SE/DB Travis Baker SE/DB Larry Brown QUARTERBACK OL/LB Robert Lally CENTER MONTEL (continued from previous page) KENNY “Last year, in all of our COACH BILLY JARVIS losses, we turned the ball WILSON MITCHELL over more than our oppo- “The teams we nents,” Jarvis added. “The JERSEY NUMBER: 70 JERSEY NUMBER: 3 bottom line is we’ve got to match up worst avoid that.” against are our own GRADE: JUNIOR GRADE: SENIOR Also in all three of Lan- caster’s losses, which were district teams.” HEIGHT: 5´ 11˝ to district opponents Essex, HEIGHT: 5´ 9˝ W&L and Rappahannock, WEIGHT: 240 LBS the Devils gave up big pass WEIGHT: 180 LBS plays. ALSO PLAYS: “We gave up two big pass ALSO PLAYS: plays to Essex and two to now Group AA squad. What Mitchell does do is LINEBACKER W&L,” said Jarvis. “We’ve got The Devils open the season give defenders another explo- DEFENSIVE BACK to defend the deep pass and tomorrow night (Friday, sive back to contend with. we’ve been working on that.” Sept. 2) against district rival Although he was selected COACH SAYS: Lancaster hit the schedule Northumberland. Kickoff is as a second-team all-district THE “Montel is learning running last year, coming off 7:30 p.m. QB last season, he posted regional play with a bang. some pretty decent numbers RECORD the position and how But posting an unscathed Quarterback with 57 completions on 97 5-0 non-district record this A year older and a year attempts for eight touch- to protect the ball season may be a littler wiser, Mitchell returns to call downs and 693 yards. SPORTS better.” tougher with the likes of the plays. A mobile QB, he also was Northampton and King Wil- “Montel is learning the the district’s second leading ONLINE liam on the schedule. position and how to protect rusher with 1,166 yards on Lancaster scrimmaged the ball,” said Jarvis. “He’s 160 attempts with 12 touch- www.rrecord.com THE Rwww.rrecord.comECORD former district team James learning to be a thinker and downs. ONLINE Monroe, scoring 5-4 over the not just throw the ball away.” (continued on next page) 5 THE RECORD SPORTS ONLINE www.rrecord.com support all a We rea ootball teams! f Personal & Professional Fitting for the Entire Family : ) h4HE0LACEFOR(APPY&EETv : ) 4(%3(/%34/2% -ON 4HUR s&RI3AT 7#HURCH3T +ILMARNOCK SEVARG POOLS From left are senior linemen Devin Davis and Rakeem Laws. INC. DESIGN~BUILD~RENOVATE ~SERVICE~ LHSRED DEVILS Best wishes for In-ground pools (continued from previous page) Segar should also get some to be on our strong side,” said 370 N. Main St., He scored twice, once on receptions. Jarvis. “If they want to run at a safe and Kilmarnock healthy season! a 20-yard run, against the him, well, they’ll be running healthy season! (804) 435-2770 Yellow Jackets in the pre- Offensive line at one of our better players.” season test.