Wood looks to bounce back in Homecoming game

Week 8 marks the last time in the regular season that there will be five local high school football games on the schedule.

Friday night features Fauquier at James Wood in a Homecoming game, Handley at Warren County, Millbrook at Jefferson (West Virginia) and Clarke County at Page County. (See related story for a preview on the Kettle Run at Sherando game.)

Fauquier (1-5) at James Wood (4-3)

When: Friday, 7 p.m.

Where: James Wood’s Kelican Stadium

Series history: Fauquier leads 27-22

Last week: Fauquier lost to Handley 46-3; James Wood lost to Sherando 35-0.

Players to watch: Fauquier: QB/DB Amari Martin; RB/DB Aaron Lewis; TE/DL Bo Green; WR/DB Justin Clarke; OL/DL Aidan Hartman. James Wood: LB/HB Vincent Salvati; QB Owen Neal; OL/DL Jordyn Sweetser; RB/DB Kobe Mason; WR/DB Kaden McCullough.

Coaches: Fauquier — Donnie Downs (first year). James Wood — Todd Wilson (second year).

Last year: James Wood outgained Fauquier 352-65 and picked up 274 yards on the ground in a 20-10 win. The Colonels led 14-10 at the half. Elijah Richards (30 carries, 146 yards), Dominik Ramirez (11 carries, 92 yards, two TDs) and Mason (six carries, 36 yards, one TD) were responsible for the entire rushing output.

Preview: Both squads are looking to bounce back from rough defeats.

James Wood has had a difficult time with injuries this year, and last week’s game against Sherando took a toll. Left tackle Kquinse Robinson didn’t play in the second half last week. In an email on Tuesday, Wilson said Robinson won’t play on Friday. Wilson said decisions on whether defensive lineman/running Dominik Ramirez and wide receivers/defensive backs Xander Manzo and Xavier Price will play won’t be made until Friday.

Mason returned to action last week. He had only seven yards on six attempts against a strong Sherando defense, but he still leads the team with 383 yards and three TDs on 67 carries (5.7 average). Neal has rushed 54 times for 290 yards (5.4 average) and two TDs and completed 70 of 125 passes for 928 yards, two TDs and seven interceptions.

The Colonels will take on a Fauquier team that is surrendering 27.3 points per game. Handley wracked up 479 yards (297 rushing, 182 passing) in defeating the Falcons last week.

Fauquier is averaging only 7.4 points per game in its five-game losing streak and had 198 yards against the Judges last week.

The Falcons will go up against a James Wood defense that is surrendering 328.1 yards per game and 28.7 points per game. The Colonels are led by Salvati (75 tackles) and Sweetser (35 tackles, five sacks).

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