From our archives (15 years of covering CCHS Football)

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Game of the Week November 27, 2015   Wilbur M. Feltner Stadium, Berryville, VA
The Clarke County Eagles defeat Robert E. Lee 19-0 in the third round of the VHSL AA Eastern Region Football Playoffs.

Post game interviews with Matt Dang, Jordon Turner, Michael Fields, and head coach Chris Parker.

Eagles fall to Raiders, complete historical season

SALEM, Va.- The Clarke County Eagles fell to the Appomattox Raiders 42-6 in the VHSL 2A State Football Championship at Salem Stadium, in Salem VA.

The Eagles completed their best season in the history of the school finishing 13-2. After losing to Millbrook 20-14 in week two the Eagles ran off a 12 game win streak including 4 playoff wins that included two shutouts.

The community rallied behind the team and gave them a rousing sendoff before they left for Salem.

Video Highlights and interiews with Jordon Turner, Mackie Martin and Coach Chris Parker can be seen below.

Eagles advance to State tournament

BERRYVILLE, Va.- The Clarke County Eagles made history last Friday with a 19-0 win over Robert E. Lee in the VHSL 2A football playoffs.The win propels the Eagles (12-1) into the VHSL 2A state semi finals.


Clarke County High School has won several VHSL State Championships in other sports but the football team has never won a state championship.


"This is the farthest we have ever been in school history," Eagles Coach Chris Parker said. "It's great for the kids. Everybody wants to win, but when you get into the playoffs and win like this it's something the kids will remember the rest of their life."


The Eagles led 6-0 at the half after Jordon Turner scored on a run up the middle. The Leemen (9-4) drove the length of the field on the opening drive of the second half before the Eagles defense forced a turnover and took over at their own 10 yard line.


Running back Matt Dang took a sweep around right end and cut it back up the middle of the field before racing 90 yards to break the game open in the third quarter.


"Overall we pushed the ball good," Dang said. On third downs we always got the first down and that helped get us the win."


The Eagles leading rusher, Hunter Rogers returned to the lineup after sitting out most for several weeks with an injury, Rogers got into the end zone to wrap up the Eagles scoring.


The Eagles defense posted their second consecutive playoff shutout with the Leeman averaging 39 points per game.


"Our defense is playing great," Eagles linebacker Michael Fields said. "We've got a lot of heart, it goes back to day one, all the circuits and training we've done, it's a great feeling."


The Eagles will host the Union Bears (13-0) from Big Stone Gap in Berryville on Saturday at 1:30PM. The winner of the game will advance next week to the VHSL 2A state championship in Salem.


"It feels great to be making history," Eagles quarterback Jordon Turner said. "That was our goal at the beginning of the year to come out and the best that has ever come through Clarke and we are accomplishing that goal."

Eagles wrap up home season with win over Warren County

Josh Wallace  Malloy Ford Unsung Hero 

BERRYVILLE, Va.- The Clarke County Eagles wrapped up their 2015 regular home season on Senior night with a convincing 55-0 win over Bull Run District foe the Warren County Wildcats.

Jordon Turner rushed for two scores and passed for one in the victory. Hunter Rogers returned to the lineup and scored twice, once on the ground and was on the end of Turner's TD pass. Rogers also went over the 1,000 yard mark rushing for the season.

Matt Dang hit paydirt twice on the ground to give the Eagles a 41-0 halftime lead.

Jacob Parrot and Cole Lawson each scored a rushing TD for the Eagles in the second half.

The Eagles stingy defense was led by Sam White, Michael Fields, Julius Grant, Brett McDonald, Bryan Wallace and Will Roper.

OL/LB Josh Wallace was awarded the 4th Annual Malloy Ford Unsung Hero after the game.

The Eagles will travel to Madison County next Friday and a win will clinch their third consecutive Bull Run District Championship.

Watch the Clarke County Sports Game of the Week for Highlights, Interviews, and More.

Clarke County defeats Riverside 72-6

BERRYVILLE, Va.- The Clarke County Eagles defeat the Riverside Rams 72-6 on homecoming at "the Felt". Matt Dang and Jordon Turner, along with Coach Chris Parker speak after the game.

Eagles bounce back big with win over Handley

Matt Dang scores on a 36 yd td run       James Murphy / CCS

WINCHESTER, Va.- The Clarke County Eagles (2-1) used a relentless ground attack and compiled 482 yards rushing with three backs breaking the 100 yard mark to defeat the Handley Judges (0-4) 42-7 on Saturday at the Handley Bowl in the Clarke County Sports Game of the Week.

"It's a big win for us, I am very proud of our guys," Eagles Coach Chris Parker said. "It's a great environment for a game, especially high school, were not used to playing on Saturday so we weren't sure how we we do, but I thought our guys did a great job."

The Eagles wasted no time as they took the opening kickoff and mounted a drive that ended with Hunter Rogers 1 yard touchdown run. Rogers gained 158 yards on 16 carries and scored 3 times on runs of 1, 7 and 27 yards.

"I think it was a great effort from all of us," Rogers said. "Coming off the loss to Millbrook we had to step it up a bit and we all did that."

Handley answered on their next drive and tied the game as Sergio Martines went in from one yard out and it appeared a battle was in the making, however the Clarke defense paced by Sam White, Julius Grant and Bryan Wallace stepped up after the opening drive and shut down the Judges for the remainder of the game.

"We might have lost last week but we knew we had to prepare and get better for this week and start the win streak up again," Grant said. "We studied them [Handley] on film and made the necessary adjustments we needed to make."

Jordon Turner 104 yards rushing   James Murphy / CCS

The Eagles continued to move the ball on the ground and had gained over 300 yards by the end of the first half and took a 28-7 lead into the locker room and never looked back.

Quarterback Jordon Turner rushed for 104 yards on 11 carries and had a 1 yard td run and scored the ensuing 2 point conversion. Turner was 1 of 3 passing for 11 yards.

"Our game plan is to always run and that's what we did," Turner said. "I've always wanted to play here, so it feels good to come here and get a win.

Eagle running back Matt Dang rushed for 102 yards on 5 carries and scored on a 36 yard TD.

Greg Shippa rushed 3 times for 21 yards and scored on a 2 yard touchdown run.

The Eagles defense recorded three quarterback sacks for -13 yard.

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