STUARTS DRAFT — If VDOT decides it needs its heavy equipment, a phone call to Turner Ashby would be a bonanza.

STUARTS DRAFT — After battling back from a 22-6 halftime deficit to cut the margin to one at 29-28 on a six-yard TD pass as time expired, the Cougars had one last play. They had the option to either go for the win or settle for overtime in the first Southern Valley district game of the season.

GREENVILLE — The cross-county clash between Stuarts Draft and Riverheads turned out to be a one-sided affair on Friday evening.

Even as “babies” last year, the streaky Stuarts Draft Cougars finished 5-6, pulling themselves together after a four-game losing streak to win their last two regular-season games and earn a Region III bid.

STUARTS DRAFT — Rising Stuarts Draft senior Zach Glass joined a field of 400 of the nation’s best high school football players on Thursday, being nominated as a finalist for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

STUARTS DRAFT — On Thursday Stuarts Draft High School’s Cody Bridge said that his football days were not over.

So this is where it happens. This is where it hits you in the face like a cast-iron frying pan. Under the dim glow of the Mill Mountain Star and the take-off path for Roanoke Airport.

ROANOKE — Stuarts Draft held off an early Northside score but the Vikings were too much to overcome, defeating the Cougars 24-8 Friday night in the Region III, Division 3 quarterfinals.

The table is set.

STUARTS DRAFT — Stuarts Draft kept its season alive in the Southern Valley District by picking up a crucial victory against Fort Defiance last week — and then did it again.

FORT DEFIANCE — If Stuarts Draft wanted to make a run at the playoffs it needed to take Fort Defiance down on Friday night — it did.

STAUNTON - Washes are for cars and dirty socks.

STAUNTON — The opportunities were there all night long, but Stuarts Draft could not capitalize on turnovers, falling to Robert E. Lee, 35-20, Friday night.

It’s a memory that Robert E. Lee would like to erase — losing 25-14 in the Region III, Division 3 quarterfinals on Nov. 16 to Stuarts Draft.

BRIDGEWATER —Stuarts Draft was never able to get anything going offensively on Friday as it lost 28-7 to Turner Ashby.