Stone Bridge football scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime on a 16-yard touchdown pass Saturday afternoon to win the program’s first state title since 2007 with a 13-10 win over host Highland Springs in the Class 5 final. 

The Dallas Cowboys selected Stafford High School graduate Josh Ball in the fourth round Saturday of the 2021 NFL Draft. Ball was the 138th pick overall. 

It left an impression, how long the Madison High School football team remained on its home field April 24 after losing to South County, 29-22, in an emotional seesaw state semifinal game of the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 state tourney.

All games are Saturday, May 1 at 2 p.m. unless noted

Bishop O’Connell High School graduate and Great Falls resident Ethan Torres played four years of college football for Bucknell University as a place-kicker, and now will play a fifth season this coming fall for University of North Carolina at Charlotte as a graduate transfer student.

The football season ended in disappointment for the Madison Warhawks, falling 29-22 in a seesaw state-semifinal playoff game on their home field against the South County Stallions.

STATE SEMIFINALS (all games 2 p.m. Saturday unless noted)

This season, there are no disappointing season-ending what-ifs about a close second-place finish in 2018 or a puzzling 2019 semifinal loss in region tournaments.

If the Stone Bridge Bulldogs were concerned because their high-octane offense had been kept fully in check for the first 15 minutes or so on Friday night against Briar Woods, they sure didn’t look the part.

Based on each team’s seven games, statistics suggest that the 6D North Region Tournament football championship contest April 16 could be an old-fashioned, low-scoring defensive struggle.

The regular seasons ended for the McLean Highlanders (4-3), Marshall Statesmen (4-3) and Oakton Cougars (1-6) with April 8 losses in non-district high-school football action, then for the Langley Saxons (2-5) April 10.

Despite piling up some impressive passing and receiving statistics, the Washington-Liberty Generals fell April 10 in overtime to the host Fairfax Lions, 34-31, in non-district action.

For the Yorktown Patriots, the shortened seven-game high-school football season was like two campaigns.

Continuing their season-long trend of playing stingy defense, the host and top seed Madison Warhawks (7-0) defeated the fourth-seeded Wakefield Warriors, 28-7, in a 6D North Region Tournament semifinal high-school football game April 9.

The fourth-seeded Wakefield Warriors had success throwing the ball against the top-seed and host Madison Warhawks in a 6D North Region Tournament semifinal game April 9.

The unusual 2020-21 spring time pandemic-based and shortened varsity high-school football season ended this weekend for Arlington’s four teams.