STAFFORD — The next two weeks are mostly about college football. More specifically, the bowl games. Most are meaningless, but some providing intriguing match-ups. Below are several must-see games, as well as contests with local interest.

NBA games aplenty on Christmas
12/25
I personally don’t care for ABC and ESPN’s coverage of the NBA (preference to the old days with NBC). However, the Disney networks are given praise for quantity, rather than quality.

Brian Wright’s take on prep basketball plus Georgetown vs. Old Dominion and the Redskins vs.Giants games.

Weekly Watch

AAA State Football Championships
Saturday 12/12 at Noon and 4:30 p.m.
Scott Stadium, home of the Virginia Cavaliers, wasn’t home to many winners in 2009.

STAFFORD — Two local state football semifinals were both set to take place on Saturday. Weather — namely snow — changed all that. One got moved to Sunday, on a muddy field. The other was pushed back to Monday night. Both were nip-and-tuck and decided by a three-point margin. Two survived to move on to Charlottesville and their respective state championship contests.

Massaponax at Stone Bridge Saturday 12/5 at 1:30:Lake Braddock at Battlefield Saturday 12/5 at 3:00:Boys basketball tips off All weekend

Battlefield 32, Osbourn Park 27:Massaponax 26, Osbourn 10

Osbourn at Massaponax:Osbourn Park at Battlefield:Virginia Tech at Virginia:Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles

As December gets closer, the games grow in significance. After last Friday night’s action, only four teams from the Northwest Region remain — two in Division 5 and 6, respectively.

The Virginia high school football postseason began in earnest last Friday night.

In a 56-15 win at home against GW-Danville, Osbourn continued its recent hot streak.

Due to the rain, Commonwealth Soccer League postponed its fall 2009 division finals on Sunday, Nov. 15 at Loriella Park in Spotsylvania County.

Franklin County at Colonial Forge
Friday, 11/13 at 7:30 p.m.

“We are Family” was the theme to the Pittsburgh Pirates 30 years ago as they won the World Series.

STAFFORD — With Brooke Point High School’s defeat last weekend, the reign of the Black-Hawks at the top of the mountain in the Commonwealth District is just about over.

Colonial Forge at Riverbend
Friday 10/30 at 7:30 p.m.
Sole possession of first place, and potentially the championship in the Commonwealth District is on the line. And for Colonial Forge High School, they couldn’t be going into the critical match-up any hotter.

STAFFORD — Stripped of his play-calling abilities, Redskins Head Coach Zorn suffered another loss with Washington on Monday, losing to the Philadelphia Eagles 27-17.

Brooke Point at Colonial Forge
Friday 10/23 at 7:30 p.m.
The Black-Hawks couldn’t hold off the feisty Riverbend Bears, thus falling farther behind in their quest for a third consecutive Commonwealth District crown. One positive that can be taken is the way the offense played.

The Mountain View High School field hockey team started the 2009 season on the wrong side of the scoreboard — twice.
Losses on the road to Maury and Cox may discourage a team that sees its record at 0-2 and is coming off a Northwest Regional title in 2008.
However, they weren’t the result of poor efforts.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a nearly-empty Nationals Park more than three hours before game time, John Maine stood in the green grass in left field and gently tossed the baseball to his catcher.

Riverbend at Brooke Point
Friday 10/16 at 7:30 p.m.
If the Brooke Point Black Hawks could develop selective amnesia, they would try their best to forget about Friday night’s 54-7 defeat against Massaponax. The

STAFFORD — Since starting cross country at Jacksonville High School in North Carolina, Kaitlyn Davis has grown as a runner.

North Stafford at Colonial Forge
Friday 10/9 at 7:30 p.m.
This will be the second consecutive road game for North Stafford.

STAFFORD — Prior to the start of the 2009 football season, Gary Pisall had exactly one attempted pass as a member of the varsity squad at Brooke Point High School.

North Stafford at Brooke Point
Friday 10/2 at 7:30
As North Stafford’s dream season still has a perfect record, their latest game couldn’t have gone much better.

Blake Frohnapfel’s 2008 meeting with Massaponax didn’t end well. He was helped off the field after breaking his ankle, missing the remainder of the season.

STAFFORD — In the early regular season games, there are several match-ups between teams from different districts. Usually, the performance of these teams dictates the quality of the league they play in.

Massaponax at Colonial Forge
Friday 9/25 at 7:30
Massaponax had a week off to prepare for this critical Commonwealth District match-up.

With his team knelt down in front of the far end zone breathing heavily, Woodbridge senior wide receiver Darius Smith walked back and forth in front of his teammates vehemently saying “that’s heart right there, that’s all heart right there.“

The bad news is that Stafford plays one of the top teams in the state this Friday.