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GROUP AAA
NORTHWEST REGION
Division 6
Team.....................G........Pts.......Avg
Battlefield...............4........108......27.00
Woodbridge............5........128......25.60
Osbourn Park..........4..........93......23.25
Osbourn.................4..........87......21.75
C.D. Hylton.............4..........85......21.25
Forest Park............4..........78......19.50
Gar-Field................4..........72......18.00
Franklin County.......4..........71......17.75
Mountain View........4..........68.......17.00
Loudoun Valley........4.........63.......15.75
Massaponax...........4..........61.......15.25
Stonewall Jackson....4.........58.......14.50
Riverbend...............4.........55.......13.75
Culpeper County......4........54.......13.50

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Virginia's Clint Sintim and Ras-I Dowling are helped off the field with 11:35 left in the third quarter, presumably from cramps, and Duke marches down the field for the touchdown that puts the Blue Devils in the lead for the first time at 10-3.

Bring back Eddie Pinigis.

Will Barker is getting killed.

Nick Maggio's 20-yard field goal with one second remaining has enabled Duke to force a 3-3 tie at the half.

Virginia has dominated the first half, but the Cavaliers have been victimized their inability to convert short-yardage situations and by the poor decision-making of punt returner Vic Hall.

On the one punt he fielded, Hall was tackled for a 5-yard loss and he has been reluctant to come up on the ball for short punts, the last of which rolled all the way to the UVa 1.

The Cavaliers barely got out of the end zone on three rushing attempts to the side of right offensive tackle Will Barker.

Duke hasn't had an answer for UVa outside linebacker Clint Sintim, who has two sacks and 3-4 quarterback hurries. UVa cornerback Ras-I Dowling has two interceptions.

Halftime stats:

First downs: 8-8
Total offense: 141-98, Virginia
Plays: 35-35
Time of possession: 16:37-13:33, Virginia
Third-down conversions: 0-7 Virginia, 3-8 Duke
Foruth-down convetsions: 0-1 Virginia, 0-1 Duke

Duke gets its first first down on the last play of the first quarter but trails only 3-0 due to UVa's inability to convert on short-yardage situations.

Mikell Simpson was stopped inches short of a first down at the Duke 20 with 1:22 left in the period. Back-to-back drives stalled when UVa was unable to convert a third-and-2 and fourth-and-1.

Tailback Cedric Peerman, listed as questionable, has not played for the Cavaliers.

Virginia goes ahead 3-0 on a 33-yard Yannick Reyering field goal with 4:36 left in the first quarter. UVa has run 19 offensive plays to Duke's 3.

Virginia sophomore cornerback Ras-I Dowling, making his first start of the season, intercepts Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis on the first play of scrimmagte and ends Lewis season-opening streak of attempts without an interception at 206.

So the guy taking orders Friday at the Fuddruckers in Omaha, Neb., did not know there is a big football game in the state today. Neither did the lady at the Kwik-E-Mart, who was very curious why two guys from Virginia were in her store on Friday (hint: jerky was involved). This leads me to believe that, contrary to popular belief, not EVERYONE in the state of Nebraska cares about Husker football. It only seems that way. And another thing: They never, in a million years, should have closed that Fuddruckers in Salem. -- Aaron McFarling

Perhaps you read the story in Wednesday’s paper on Virginia quarterback Marc Verica. And perhaps you are a bit like me, astonished that there are apparently “random pianos” situated on the Charlottesville campus. Random pianos? I knew the Cavaliers held themselves to something of a different standard, but random pianos? I’ve got to say, I feel cheated. I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to tickle the ivories during American history class and could never seem to locate a random piano. Alas, I went to Maryland. A barren, dark university void of random pianos. We did, however, have several random acts of violence. I guess that counts. — Aaron McFarling

After covering JMU’s upset of Appalachian State, I wondered who would replace the Mountaineers atop the I-AA football polls — Richmond or JMU? The answer turned out to be: both. The Spiders rose from No. 2 to No. 1 in the media poll, while the Dukes rose from No. 5 to No. 1 in the coaches poll. I agree with the coaches. Not only did the Dukes knock off the three-time defending I-AA champs, but they have also beaten another quality foe, UMass. But this question will be settled soon enough; UR hosts JMU on Oct. 11. And because I-AA thankfully has a playoff system, it won’t ultimately matter who is No. 1 in the polls. — Mark Berman