Chris Clark
w SCHOOL: Altavista
w SPORT: Football
w POSITION: Running back
w YEAR: Senior
w THE SCOOP: Clark rushed 13 times for 163 yards and three touchdowns in the Colonels’ 43-13 victory over Nelson County. The win clinched Altavista’s first share of a Dogwood District title since 1971 and its first playoff berth since 1990.
Robert Deis
w SCHOOL: Jefferson Forest
w SPORT: Cross country
w YEAR: Senior
w THE SCOOP: Deis placed eighth overall in 16 minutes, 36 seconds at the Group AA state championship race at Great Meadow, pacing Forest to a seventh-place team showing.
Stuart Robertson
w SCHOOL: Staunton River
w SPORT: Cross country
w YEAR: Sophomore
w THE SCOOP: Robertson, Staunton River’s first boys state qualifier since Brian Harlor (who ran a time of 16:59 in 1996) and only third in school history, placed 18th in 16:53, a PR by 30 seconds and 10 seconds shy of a top-15, all-state finish.
Daniel Blanks
w SCHOOL: Altavista
w SPORT: Cross country
w YEAR: Senior
w THE SCOOP: Blanks finished third in the Group A championship race in 17:08, pacing the Colonels to a fourth-place team finish.
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