Hornet Buzz with Doug, Episode 9

Week's Events for November 4th to November 8th

Transcript

HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO “HORNET BUZZ WITH DOUG”.  

ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW I’LL BE COVERING FIELD HOCKEY’S MARCH INTO THE REGION 4C POST-SEASON WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING VARSITY FOOTBALL’S LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME AGAINST CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

                     ALSO, THIS PAST WEEK, ORANGE COUNTY COMPETED AT THE VHSL SUBREGIONAL THEATRE COMPETITION, TAKING HOME SECOND PLACE.   CONGRATULATIONS GO OUT TO ORANGE’S AMAZING PRODUCTION OF “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED AT OCHS ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND.

MICHAEL CLAY JR., WAS AWARDED OUTSTANDING ACTOR WITH SEVERAL MORE STUDENTS NOMINATED.  THE HORNETS WILL ADVANCE TO THE REGIONALS AT CHS ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD.

DEFEATING COURTLAND HIGH SCHOOL 1 TO NOTHING THIS PAST TUESDAY EVENING IN THE REGION 4C SEMI-FINALS, THE HORNET FIELD HOCKEY SQUAD TOOK ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN THE POSTSEASON.  [LIE-LAH] KESTNER TALLIED ORANGE’S LONE GOAL ON AN ASSIST FROM CAROLINE QUIMPER TO ADVANCE HER TEAM TO THE REGION 4C CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST THE CHANCELLOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARGERS OUT OF THE BATTLEFIELD DISTRICT.  

ALTHOUGH BEING SHUTOUT 4 TO ZERO BY CHANCELLOR IN THE REGION 4C CHAMPIONSHIP, THE HORNETS WILL CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY INTO THE POST-SEASON WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO PURCELLVILLE, VA TO TAKE ON THE LOUDON VALLEY VIKINGS IN THE VHSL STATE QUARTERFINALS NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH IN A 6:00 P.M. MATCH AT LOUDON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS PAST FRIDAY EVENING, THE HORNET VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM REGISTERED THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY AND SECOND SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON WITH A DEVESTATING 51 TO ZERO BLOWOUT OF CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ON SENIOR NIGHT AT PORTERFIELD PARK.  ORANGE’S WIN IMPROVES ITS RECORD TO 8 AND 2 OVERALL AND 6 AND 1 IN THE JEFFERSON DISTRICT.

THE HORNETS ACCUMULATED NEARLY 400 YARDS IN TOTAL OFFENSE WHILE ALLOWING CHARLOTTESVILLE ONLY 64 TOTAL YARDS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CONTEST.

ORANGE ESTABLISHED ITS DOMINANT GROUND GAME WITH 309 YARDS AS THE BLACK KNIGHTS WERE IN THE RED WITH A NEGATIVE 30 YARDS FOR THE NIGHT.

DEFERRING THE OPENING KICKOFF UNTIL THE SECOND HALF, ORANGE SQUASHED THE BLACK KNIGHTS BEGINNING DRIVE, FORCING THE FIRST OF FIVE PUNTS DURING THE GAME.  UTILIZING A 3-PLAY DRIVE, HORNET TAILBACK [DA-WAND] RUFFIN BURST 6-YARDS INTO THE ENDZONE WITH 6:35 ON THE FIRST QUARTER CLOCK, GIVING ORANGE AN 8 TO NOTHING LEAD AFTER BUBBA WELLS 2 PT CONVERSION RUN.

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A TURN-OVER-ON-DOWNS FOLLOWED ON CHARLOTTESVILLE NEXT POSSESSION, AND THE HORNETS TOOK ONE PLAY TO SCORE AS SENIOR DAVID NORMAN FOUND SOME SPACE AFTER A PITCH FROM CLASSMATE QUARTERBACK JEREMIAH WHARTON AND SPRINTED 38 YARDS DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE FOR A 14 TO ZERO LEAD AT THE 4:08 MARK.

EMPLOYING A FIVE-PLAY DRIVE, ORANGE MOVED FROM ITS OWN 43-YARD LINE, CULMINATING WITH WELLS SPLITTING TACKLERS DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE FOR A 16-YARD DASH FOR A 22 TO ZERO ADVANTAGE FOLLOWING HAYDEN DELLO’S 2 POINT CONVERSION WITH 59 SECONDS LEFT IN THE PERIOD.

MISFORTUNE STRUCK CHARLOTTESVILLE AGAIN ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF AS THE HORNETS RECOVERED AN ERRANT FUMBLE DEEP INTO BLACK KNIGHT TERRITORY.  WITH 43 TICKS ON THE FIRST QUARTER CLOCK, WHARTON SPOTTED [E-LIE-JAH] COLEMAN AFTER THE SENIOR SEPARTED HIMSELF FROM HIS DEFENDER AND FOUND HIMSELF ALONE IN THE CORNER OF THE ENDZONE, WITH A 21-YARD PASS TO PUT THE HOSTS IN FRONT 30 TO NOTHING.

A RUN-DOMINATED 8-PLAY SERIES FROM THE HORNETS RESULTED IN COLEMAN’S SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE EVENING, GIVING HIS SQUAD A COMMANDING 36 TO ZERO ADVANTAGE AT THE 3:17 POINT OF THE SECOND PERIOD.

A NOW RUNNING SCOREBOARD CLOCK HOPEFULLY PROVED MERCIFUL FOR CHARLOTTESVILE AS THE HORNETS MOVED AHEAD BY A 43 TO NOTHING SCORE AFTER WHARTON LOFTED A PERFECTLY THROWN SPIRAL TO CJ LOVELESS IN THE RIGHT FLAT WITH 1:17 LEFT BEFORE HALFTIME.

FOLLOWING THE GAME, A PLEASED HEAD COACH COLSTON BAYLESS ACCOUNTED FOR THE HORNETS SELFLESSNESS UNITY.

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LIMITING THE BLACK KNIGHTS TO JUST THREE FIRST DOWNS FOR THE GAME, WITH THE INITIAL ONE FINALLY COMING WITH UNDER TWO MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF, THE HORNET DEFENSE WAS SUPERB THE ENTIRE EVENING.  HOLDING THE VISITORS TO 14 % ON THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS WITH 1 OUT OF 7 ATTEMPTS AND NO 4TH DOWN EFFICENCY, THE HORNETS SIMULTANEOUSLY PROVED EFFICENT ON EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR GAME PLAN.

OFFENSIVELY, ORANGE MADE THE GREATEST USE OF ITS TIME BY SCORING ON SIX OF SEVEN GAME POSSESSIONS WITH FOUR OF THE SEVEN DRIVES, 57%, USING LESS THAN THREE PLAYS.  ALSO, ORANGE TALLIED SCORES ON THREE OCCASSIONS WITH A SINGLE PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE.

RECEIVING THE SECOND-HALF KICKOFF, ORANGE FORGED ITS LONGEST SERIES OF THE GAME BY USING A 9-PLAY DRIVE TO CLOSE OUT THE NIGHT’S SCORING.  WITH 2 MINUTES REMAINING IN THE THIRD QUARTER, [HAY-DEN] DELLO SCRAMBLED NINE-YARDS TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BLACK KNIGHT DEFENSIVE LINE AND WITH SENIOR [C-MAD-RICK] WASHINGTON’S 2 POINT CONVERSION, THE BROKE THE HALF-CENTURY MARK FOR THE FINAL TALLY.

AS SIGNIFICANT GAMES WERE STILL BEING PLAYED ON SATURDAY, THE VHSL FINAL RANKINGS AND POSTSEASON BRACKETS CAME OUT ON SUNDAY.  IN REGION 4D, ORANGE COUNTY AT 8 AND 2 AND EARNING THE SIXTH SEED WILL TRAVEL TO NUMBER THREE SEED JEFFERSON FOREST, ALSO 8 AND 2 ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH FOR A 7:00 P.M. KICKOFF.

WITH AN EYE TOWARDS THE POST-SEASON, COACH BAYLESS SPOKE ON HIS TEAMS PROGRESSION.

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ON NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE, ORANGE COUNTY FIELD HOCKEY WILL PLAY LOUDON VALLEY IN THE VHSL STATE QUARTERFINALS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 6:00 P.M. AT LOUDON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, THE SCHOLASTIC BOWL VARSITY TEAM WILL COMPETE AGAINST MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AT WESTERN ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM.

ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, THE BOY’S JUNIOR VARSITY AND VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUADS WILL HAVE SCRIMMAGE GAMES AT RIVERBEND HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE JUNIOR VARSITY STARTING AT 5:00 AND VARSITY AT 6:30 P.M.

ALSO ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, THE 3RD SEEDED HORNET VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO NUMBER THREE SEED JEFFERSON FOREST IN BEDFORD, VA IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE REGION 4D PLAYOFFS IN A 7:00 P.M. KICKOFF.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FRO JOINING ME ONCE AGAIN ON “HORNET BUZZ WITH DOUG”.  I’M HERE EVERY MONDAY ON SPOTIFY, HAVE A GREAT WEEK FOLKS!