[Hoot Gibson]

I stand corrected. I guess all the years of watching EKY teams beat up on Western Virginia teams has mislead me.
I figured the suburbs outside of the DC metro area would be full of good teams, but i wouldnt imagine theyd be ranked that high.

As Leonidas said, the Tidewater region of Virginia is a hotbed of high school football too. My brother-in-law was an all state offensive lineman for Hampton back in the 1970s. I looked at a list of the top 10 Virginia teams and recognize 4 of them being located within 30 miles of DC, one is in Richmond, and at least two are along the coast, so they are pretty well spread out in the eastern side of the state.

I don't know why Virginia does not receive more recognition for its football. It may be because the top Virginia teams apparently do not travel to play out of state much. I skimmed schedules of a few of the the top 6A teams, and all the games that I saw listed were against in state competition.

I can tell you from experience that it often takes a couple of hours of driving from DC on either I-95 South or I-66 West before rush hour traffic thins to the point where you can travel the speed limit consistently. If I were scheduling games in this area, I would schedule them as close as possible too.