Prior to accepting the job as the new McLean High School head football coach, Joe Cockerham held a variety of positions on different high school and college staffs.

For someone who has never previously been a high-school football head coach, Darrell Weeks’ vast and diversified experience in the sport certainly makes him qualified. Now his chance has come.

A number of players from Madison High School’s district and region-championship football team during the fall have made their decisions where they will be playing college football.

Three key senior members of the Liberty District-champion Yorktown High School team this past season will play Division III college football this coming fall.

John Scholla, the head football coach at McLean High School the past five seasons, stepped down from that position on March 7.

Two members of the 2021 region champion and state runner-up Madison High School football team will be among those recognized when the Northern Virginia Football Hall of Fame holds its 31st awards banquet Sunday, March 6 at the McLean Hilton Hotel.

By moving around on defense last season, Caleb Woodson became an all-state performer who impressed college recruiters enough to warrant four scholarship offers in January from Power Five programs.

By recording their best football season in program history this past fall, the Madison Warhawks’ efforts have been recognized with multiple individual all-state selections.

Once Pierce Banbury’s high-school football status became fairly quickly established as a starting offensive lineman for the Oakton Cougars, he naturally began looking ahead to the next level.

COLIN O’CONNOR: Great Falls resident Colin O’Connor played in four games during the football season for the U.S. Naval Academy team. The sophomore defensive back accounted for six tackles and two assists. He also was a special-teams player on kickoffs, kickoff return and punt teams.

Langley High School graduate Tre Vasiliadis was a sophomore runningback during the fall for the Carnegie Mellon University football team. Vasiliadis rushed for 1,120 yards and ran for 16 touchdowns during the fall season. As a result, he was named a member of the 2021 D3football.com All-Amer…

A number of Bishop O’Connell High School athletes were chosen Division I all-state in their respective private-school sports as a result of performances during the fall season.

Oakton High School graduate Pierce Banbury was chosen as an All-East Coast Athletic Conference offensive lineman for his play during the 2021 season as a senior center and right guard for the U.S. Naval Academy football team.