Battlefield District Preview from 2009

[wgarlick]

Oldie. Back when Districts mattered.

Battlefield District preview
Will Garlick
VirginiaPreps.com Senior Writer


James Monroe is the defending D3 state champions, and they are loaded once again. They have a great coach in Richard Serbay and All-State caliber players in Farkeem French, Will Campbell, and Greg Edwards.

Chancellor returns their starting quarterback, Micah Cunningham, and he is one of the district's most talented players. When you add in five returning All-District players on defense, there should be no reason why that shouldn't compete for the district title.

Courtland has the best defensive player in the district in lineman Chris Ragonesi, who has D1 offers. However, they finish the season with road games at Chancellor and James Monroe, and those two contests will likely determine if their playoff streak continues.

Eastern View jumped out of the starting gate, winning seven games in their inaugural season. The schedule gets a little stronger this year--their first in the Battlefield.

Caroline has a new coach and a new offense that will try to spread the field. Receiver Quinton Broaddus should be the beneficiary of the wide open attack.

The outlook is positive for Culpeper who will face a AA scheduled after going winless against while playing AAA teams. They should improve as they get adjusted to running the complex triple option.

King George also has a new coach, and with so many young players, it may take another year for them to move up in the district standings.

Finally, Ben Lawrynas has his work cut out for him at Spotsylvania, which has suffered through five straight losing seasons.

Battlefield

Predicted order of finish
1. James Monroe
2. Chancellor
3. Courtland
4. Eastern View
5. Caroline
6. Culpeper
7. King George
8. Spotsylvania

All-Battlefield PreSeason

QB Micah Cunningham Chancellor
RB Lewis Jordan Courtland
RB Mike Latney James Monroe
RB Larry Williams Culpeper
WR Quinton Broaddus Caroline
WR Greg Edwards James Monroe
OL David Hunt James Monroe
OL Donny Dotson Spotsylvania
OL Patrick Wilson Eastern View
OL Will Campbell James Monroe
OL Miguel Anderson Caroline
TE Brandon Mazzelle Courtland
DL Thomas Ruane Chancellor
DL Chris Ragonesi Courtland
DL Louis Wilkins Eastern View
DL Charlie McDaniel James Monroe
LB Joel Elliot Chancellor
LB Trevor Rollins Caroline
LB Balial Williams Eastern View
DB Farkeem French James Monroe
DB Quinton Broaddus Caroline
DB Darian Talley Chancellor
DB Diamante Kelly Chancellor
DB Tony Russell Chancellor
P Darian Talley

Defensive POY - Chris Ragonesi Courtland
Offensive POY - Quinton Broaddus Caroline

 

[Virginia HS Football Fan]

James Monroe has been a huge rival of my alma mater for several decades...even going back to before I was born. So naturally, I couldn't stand them growing up or even playing against them. I did pull for them though and will continue to pull for them during any state title game runs because this region could use a little bit of love when it comes to maybe winning a state title again someday.

With that being said though, the Battlefield AND High School Football in Virginia was always better when Rich Serbay was coaching.

The amount of good he did for the City of Fredericksburg and the amount of kids whose lives he saved, and the amount of hope he provided to those kids are immeasurable beyond compare.

If you know, you know.

 

[wgarlick]

James Monroe has been a huge rival of my alma mater for several decades...even going back to before I was born. So naturally, I couldn't stand them growing up or even playing against them. I did pull for them though and will continue to pull for them during any state title game runs because this region could use a little bit of love when it comes to maybe winning a state title again someday.

With that being said though, the Battlefield AND High School Football in Virginia was always better when Rich Serbay was coaching.

The amount of good he did for the City of Fredericksburg and the amount of kids whose lives he saved, and the amount of hope he provided to those kids are immeasurable beyond compare.

If you know, you know.

Yes four state championships? He should be in the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. I was able to see him last year at Stafford. Still doing what he loves.

 

[WP02alum]

Yup. Stafford enjoyed him roaming the sidelines and coaching up the o-line. Not sure if Gerard Johnson still has him there since Jeff Drugatz was his connection to Stafford.