Varsity field hockey teams from Class 5 Independence and Class 4 Loudoun Valley high schools both won state semifinal games Friday to advance to the state finals in their respective classification.
Independence will play First Colonial and Loudoun Valley will face Gloucester in state championship games on Saturday at Kellam High School in Virginia Beach.
Loudoun County and Loudoun Valley each earned home wins Friday in the first round of the Region 4C football playoffs. Loudoun County will face Tuscarora and Loudoun Valley will square off with John Champe in the region semifinals on Nov. 17.
The Tuscarora Huskies will host the Loudoun County Captains in the Region 4C football semifinals on Nov. 17. Loudoun County defeated Woodgrove 42-22 in the first round, while Tuscarora had a first-round bye as the region’s No. 1 seed.
Times-Mirror/Trish Baer
Stone Bridge and Briar Woods will host Region 5D semifinal games on Nov. 17 following first-round byes. Stone Bridge will host Massaponax and Briar Woods will host Riverbend.
The VHSL Class 5 (Riverside) and Class 4 (Rock Ridge, Loudoun County) tournaments tip off Saturday with quarterfinal round matches.
VHSL Class 5 field hockey semifinal
Independence 3, Nansemond River 1
VHSL Class 4 field hockey semifinal
Loudoun Valley 2, Powhatan 1
Region 5D football first round
Massaponax 35, Lightridge 14
Riverbend 41, Independence 16
Region 4C football first round
Loudoun County 42, Woodgrove 22
Loudoun Valley 42, Broad Run 7
VHSL Class 5 field hockey final
Independence vs. First Colonial at Kellam H.S., 10 a.m.
VHSL Class 4 field hockey final
Loudoun Valley vs. Gloucester at Kellam H.S., 4 p.m.
