The Robert E. Lee football program has sent another one of its players to the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Waynesboro and Stuarts Draft seesawed back and forth Wednesday night with Draft coming out on top after the heavyweight matchup 39-33 in Southern Valley District wrestling.

RICHMOND — Michael Holmes of Harrisonburg had a season full of big games, but few have had one like he did on Sept. 18 against Robert E. Lee, rushing for 397 yards and eight touchdowns.

GREENVILLE — In a game full of turnovers, Riverheads came up a little short, coughing up a crucial ball late in the game during a 20-17 loss to Altavista in the Region B, Division 1 championship game.

When the final whistle blew on Friday night, Altavista Quarterback Johnny Wimbish’s 233 total yards and two touchdowns was not the stat that Riverheads players, coaches and fans will remember. It was the six fumbles, three of which they lost, that will stick in their minds this off-season.

Turnovers and a speedy Altavista squad spelled doom for Riverheads on Friday night in the Region B, Division 1 title game. Riverheads lost 20-17.

The Riverheads Gladiators will continue their seemingly annual postseason push Friday night as they play host to the Altavista Colonels in a battle for the Region B, Division 1 championship and a spot in the state semifinals.

BEDFORD — As time wound down in the first half, with Robert E. Lee seeking to break a 14-14 tie at Liberty High in a Region III, Division 3, semifinal rematch with the Minutemen, Anthony Reynolds made a one-handed interception of a 20-yard pass by Lee quarterback Devante White near his own goal line.

GREENVILLE – After a scoreless first half, Riverheads came out in the second half hitting hard and running strong, taking a 20-7 win over Buffalo Gap on Friday in the Region B, Division 1 semifinals.

To those that say a sequel is never as good as the original, Buffalo Gap vs. Riverheads, part two proved them wrong.

Hollywood could not have scripted it any better.

R.E. Lee’s Region III, Division 3 playoff game at Liberty-Bedford on Friday has been postponed.

The Buffalo Gap football team locked up a No. 4 seed on Monday after Central-Luenburg lost to Buckingham. Gap will have to play Riverheads for the second straight week in the Region B, Division 1 semifinals on Friday.

WAYNESBORO —Strong passes from quarterback Chet Berry combined with major defensive stops took Fishburne Military School to a 13-12 win over Hyde Leadership on Saturday for the Capital Area Football Conference Championship.

STAUNTON — Robert E. Lee defeated Stuarts Draft for the second time this season on Saturday afternoon, 49-19, advancing to the semifinals of the Region III, Division 3 playoffs.

Sheer dominance.

GREENVILLE — Riverheads and Buffalo Gap pride themselves on smash mouth football. On a rainy Friday night, both teams could eat up the slop.

FISHERSVILLE — Robert E. Lee cruised past Wilson Memorial in the final game of the regular season, taking a 35-17 win on Friday for Lee’s third straight Southern Valley district championship.

On Friday night the Waynesboro Little Giants traveled to Fort Defiance for their last game of the season and as the purple and gold headed to the locker room at halftime, down 25-0 and facing a 1-9 season, many Waynesboro supporters probably began wondering an all too familiar question: What will it take to return this once proud program to prominence?

FORT DEFIANCE — Fort Defiance used a 19-point second quarter to get by Waynesboro on Friday night, 25-13, ending their season with two wins.

LURAY — The Riverheads Gladiators cleared another hurdle in their quest for the Region B playoffs Friday night, winning a 35-28 shootout over Luray in Shenandoah District football action.

LEXINGTON — D.J. Hines and Darius Woodson each had three touchdowns for Stuarts Draft in a 41-21 drubbing over Rockbridge on Friday night to close out the regular season.

MT. JACKSON — A coach once said that defense wins championships.

GREENVILLE — Riverheads running back Cory Sandridge scored five touchdowns on short and long runs Friday, keying the Gladiators to a 42-14 Shenandoah District victory over Stonewall Jackson.

FISHERSVILLE — Jared Stipic recovered a fumble at Wilson’s four-yard line and Trevor Fisher had a late interception as Fort Defiance outlasted Wilson Memorial, 28-26 in a Southern Valley District football contest Friday night.

The Stuarts Draft Cougars continued their playoff push Friday night by defeating Waynesboro 34-7 to win the Battle for the Ball for the fourth consecutive year, spoiling the Little Giants senior night in the process.

Fishburne’s Chet Berry threw for 309 yards and scored four touchdowns, including one on the ground in the first half, but his impressive stats weren’t enough to help the Caissons survive the second.

SWOOPE — Matt Gregory’s 79-yard interception return for a touchdown as time expired in the first half, capped off a 21-point second quarter for Buffalo Gap. The Bison were able stop the heavy passing attack of Central of Woodstock, keeping the pass happy spread offense to just six points in a 28-6 win.

After a scare from Fort Defiance last week, Robert E. Lee bounced back in a big way on Friday night, defeating Rockbridge County 34-7. Junior quarterback Devante White, who left last week’s game with an injury, played exceptionally for the Leemen, running for 179 yards and two touchdowns, while passing for another.

STUARTS DRAFT — As the saying goes all good things must come to an end, and for three Stuarts Draft seniors the moment was surreal as they were carried off the football field Friday night.