The Bishop O'Connell Knights hosted Fork Union in its 2019 home-opening high-school football game recently.

The Wakefield Warriors opened their 2019 high-school football season on the road Sept. 6 with a 28-6 loss to the Fairfax Rebels.

With victories about three hours apart, the Potomac School Panthers and Marshall Statesmen evened their records at 1-1 Sept. 6 in high-school football action.

They allowed a lot of points again in their second-straight lopsided loss, but first-year Bishop O'Connell Knights' head coach Ken Lucas thought his high-school football team showed improvements in some areas in the Sept. 7 home contest in Arlington.

Behind a 300-yard passing game from senior quarterback Grant Wilson the Yorktown Patriots opened their 2019 high-school football season with a 40-0 home victory over visiting Wilson of Washington, D.C. on Sept. 6.

With many new faces, including a head coach, for the Flint Hill Huskies this season the story was an old one regarding the result of the football team’s opening game of the 2019 campaign – another comfortable victory.

With the temperature very hot during a recent practice session, the Wakefield High School football discarded their helmets and pads, and some their shirts, then continued on with various drills.

Big potential exists for the Yorktown Patriots in high-school football this season, and the team’s longtime head coach Bruce Hanson, usually very cautious about such matters, is not in denial.

The Madison Warhawks defeated the Marshall Statesmen, 15-13, in the opening game of the 2019 high-school football season for both teams and Aug. 30.

With many returning starters and players back from a year ago, including No. 1 quarterback Cason Poythress, head coach Wayne Hogwood is highly optimistic the Wakefield Warriors have the potential to be considerably improved this fall.

With a new head coach and many highly-productive starters having graduated, the prospects for another strong football season might seem in question for the two-time defending state champion Flint Hill Huskies.

They’re ready. The players are in place, the plays are set and understood, special teams still need polishing, but the Washington-Liberty Generals are otherwise on track to begin the 2019 high-school football season and eager to improve on last fall’s 1-9 record.

The Oakton Cougars opened their high-school football season with a 30-28 comeback win over the visiting Fairfax Rebels on Aug. 30.

For the third year in a row, the high-school football season began the same way for two neighborhood rivals – the Madison Warhawks defeated the Marshall Statesmen.

No more. By opening their football season with a 12-6 victory over the host Osbourn Park Yellow Jackets, the McLean Highlanders snapped a frustrating 21-game losing streak dating back to the final game of the 2016 campaign.

As expected, the Langley Saxons ran the ball well in their season opener to the tune of 196 yards on the ground.

With key players returning from last season’s 6-3 football team that finished second in its conference and just missed the state playoffs, the Potomac School Panthers hope to continue that success.