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Volleyball postseason glance

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

EASTERN REGION tournament Today’s quarterfinals At Tallwood, Maury (20-0) vs. Gloucester (11-3), 5 p.m.; Great Bridge (22-0) vs. Princess Anne (14-8), 6:15 p.m. Tuesday’s quarterfinals At Tallwood, Menchville (11-1) vs. Norview (16-4), 5 p.m.; First Colonial (18-4) vs. Western Branch (14-8), 6:15 p.m.

Lakeland bumped from playoffs

One of Lakeland High School’s best football seasons in Group AAA ended on a sour note when the Cavaliers were bounced from postseason Saturday with Warwick’s victory over Kecoughtan.   Warwick’s 37-14 win propelled it into the Eastern Region Division 5 playoffs as the seventh seed and knocked Bethel to the No. 8 and final seed.

Football: First-round playoff contests are set

  Division 6 8 Kempsville (6-4) at 1 Oscar Smith (10-0) 7 Landstown (6-4) at 2 Bayside (9-1) 6 Maury (6-4) at 3 Woodside (9-1) 5 Cox (7-3) at 4 Grassfield (8-2)       Division 5 8 Lakeland (6-4) or Bethel (6-4) at 1 Phoebus (10-0) 7 Warwick (5-4) or Bethel (6-4) at 2 Lake Taylor (8-2) 6 Hampton (6-3) at 3 Norcom (8-2) 5 Great Bridge (8-2) at 4 Churchland (7-3)

Friday football: No. 9 Cox 31, First Colonial 17

  By Chic Riebel The Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH You’re up by a touchdown with less than five minutes to play against an opponent that wiped out a 17-point lead earlier in the half and your playoff hopes are in jeopardy. You’ve run the ball for more than 230 yards and your quarterback has completed just 1 of 6 passes. So what do you do?

Friday football: No. 7 Churchland 43, Wilson 0

  By John Streit Correspondent PORTSMOUTH On the coldest night of the season, Jacorey Robins and the Churchland Truckers were red hot. The result: The postseason-bound Truckers (7-3, 6-1) claimed a share of the Eastern District title for the first time since 1997. Lake Taylor, a 29-7 winner over Norview, is the league co-champion.

Friday's other football results and highlights

  No. 2 Bayside 47, Kellam 38 In a game that featured 952 yards of total offense , the Marlins held on to earn the No. 2 seed in next week’s Division 6 playoffs. Beach District champion Bayside (9-1) hosts Landstown in next Friday’s Eastern Region quarterfinals.

Friday's football standings/state scores/boxes

  Standings

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Beach District (Group AAA)

;District;Overall

*Bayside (D6);9-1;9-1

Cox (D6);7-3;7-3

Kempsville (D6);6-4;6-4

Landstown (D6);6-4;6-4

Salem (D6);6-4;6-4

First Colonial (D6);5-5;5-5

Green Run (D5);5-5;5-5

Kellam (D5);4-6;4-6

Ocean Lakes (D6);4-6;4-6

Tallwood (D6);2-8;2-8

Princess Anne (D5);1-9;1-9

*–District champion

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Field hockey: Cox wins Eastern Region

  VIRGINIA BEACH In a couple of brief moments, Cox grabbed momentum and never relented in Friday’s Eastern Region field hockey final at the National Training Center. With the Falcons leading 1-0, Kelsey Rosenmeier and Casey DiNardo scored in the final two minutes before halftime to power the Beach District’s top seed to a 4-1 victory over Southeastern No. 1 seed Lakeland.

Friday's soccer/volleyball results/highlights

  Boys soccer State private schools tournament

Division I First round Norfolk Academy 1, Norfolk Collegiate 0 G—Ott. Nate Ott scored in the 49th minutes for the Bulldogs, who play at top seed Episcopal at 3 p.m. Monday.   Benedictine 2, Bishop Sullivan 0 G—Randolph, Reardon. St. Christopher’s 3, Cape Henry 1 G—SC, Asare, Johnson, Maas; CH, Pearson.

Oscar Smith wraps up yet another district title

CHESAPEAKE Winning never gets old for the Oscar Smith football team. "It's our job to win championships, so it never gets old," said Tigers coach Richard Morgan after the Tigers' 47-17 win over No. 6 Great Bridge on Friday at Colon L. Hall Stadium. "Hopefully we can keep it together five more weeks."