Look back at Strasburg’s Class 2 State Championship win over Glenvar with the Sports Dogs highlights! Coach Tripp Lamb leads the Rams to the first state title in program history, 49-27.
Sports Dogs: Strasburg State Championship game highlights
The Duke’s Championship Preview: Strasburg vs Glenvar
12/13/25, Salem, VA- Strasburg heads back to Salem to take on Glenvar in the VHSL Class 2 State Championship for the final Dave’s Diversified Service Game of the Week on The River 95.3, Fox Sports Radio 1450, TheRiver953.com, and The River 95.3 app with coverage starting at 10:45 am for the Tana Hoffman-Sager Realty pregame show, 11:30 am kick-off.
The Rams earned the school’s sixth shot at their first title after another great season led by a stellar offensive and defensive line.
Strasburg’s running backs Quincy Williams, Linkyn Bosworth, and Brady Knight have seen massive holes all season long behind an offensive line that returns nearly every piece from last year’s State Championship Runner-Up squad.
Hutson Conrad, Jacob Stickley, Gage Gutierrez, and Jacob Britton have been incredible all year, and after Tadeo Bunch was sidelined due to injury, Cooper Miller has filled the role seamlessly.
Like nearly every game this season, the Rams will have a distinct size advantage in the trenches.
Poquoson attempted to match Strasburg’s strength with 4-Star 6’6″ 280 lb tackle Carter Jones and a few other larger lineman, but the Rams still dominated and seemed to use their opponent’s accolades as fuel to the fire.
Jones made little impact in the stat sheet and Strasburg often used his own aggression against him to force him out of position.
Strasburg’s starting unit averages 6’2″ 257 lbs while Glenvar’s defensive line usually features just three down lineman with the most utilized players averaging 6’0″ 236 lbs.
For comparison, Division-III Shenandoah University’s OL last year averaged 6’0″ 254 lbs.
The Highlanders also only have one player listed over 235 lb (Ryan Harris 6’3″ 300 lb sophomore) while the Rams bring nine players over the same threshold.
Size isn’t everything though and what the Highlanders lack in brute force, they make up for with one of the best passing attacks in Virginia led by the VHSL record holder for passing touchdowns in a career.
Brody Dawyot will be the most talented passer Strasburg has seen this season or the last few combined.
The 6’5″ 225 lb 3-star athlete tallied 2,557 yards and 37 passing touchdowns this season to go with 754 rushing yards and 19 rushing touchdowns.
Believe it or not, those numbers are actually a step-back from his junior season which totaled 2,964 passing yards, 49 passing touchdowns, 701 rushing yards, and 12 rushing touchdowns.
Dawyot’s play on the other hand did not take a step-back as the decrease in stats is due to hardly having to play in the second half this season thanks to some huge leads for the Highlanders.
In a stark contrast from the Strasburg T-formation, Glenvar spreads out the opposition and boasts a talented receiving corps including Brody’s brother Tre, the school’s receptions record holder Cooper Mullins, and multisport stand out Cale Vaughan (Roanoke College baseball commit).
According to WR Jace Forster’s X account, the Highlanders will be without one of their top weapons as he self-reported his injury sustained in the win over Union.
Defensively, Brody Dawyot is a menace setting the edge where he racked up over 30 sacks and 30 TFL the last two seasons.
Joining him along the DL is Nick Wilson, the reigning Regional Defensive Player of the Year and a 1st Team All State selection in 2024.
The Highlanders linebacking corps boasts 1st Team All State LB Vaughan and highlight reel Rawlin Hanks.
Strasburg will need to account for Hanks every play after he racked up 91 tackles, 5 INTs (2 pick sixes), and 8 TFL in the regular season.
While a passing offense is considered a must at the collegiate and professional levels, running the ball and winning at the line of scrimmage is still the recipe in high school football.
Strasburg should be able to do both of those things against Glenvar and the Rams defensive line has the ability to get pressure on Dawyot.
The UNC-Charlotte commit hasn’t lost since the 2024 State Semifinals after Graham’s heavy pressure led to 3 interceptions before their matchup with Strasburg.
I look for the Rams to replicate that gameplan defensively to force some turnovers, win time of possession with the running game, and celebrate the first State Championship in Strasburg history, Rams 28 – Glenvar 20.
Check out the latest Sports Dogs Podcast for more on the State Championship game, JMU’s CFP birth, and Regional Players of the Year selection.
The Duke’s Preview: Warren County vs Strasburg
Strasburg High School (1-1) hosts Warren County High School (0-1) in the Dave’s Diversified Services Game of the Week on The River 95.3, Fox Sports Radio 1450, theriver953.com and The River 95.3 app with the Tana Hoffman Pregame Show starting at 6:30 pm for the 7 pm kick-off.
Both team’s are itching to get back out on the field after an early bye week for the Wildcats and a tight loss to Broadway for the Rams.
Warren County’s Week 1 matchup against Rock Ridge came down to the final play with the opposing kicker draining a 40 yard field goal for the win.
The Wildcat’s offense looked improved in the loss compared to last season and included a 22 point 2nd quarter.
Warren County would not score after that quarter as the offense tapered off so sustaining that success will be key.
WR Nick Harlow stood out in the second quarter with two receiving touchdowns.
Harlow’s second score could have made an appearance on “You Got Mossed” after the Senior rose up over his defender for the contested catch.
Warren County’s offense appears to be a bit more advanced this season with more pre-snap movement and Wildcat formation opportunities for RB Blaise Skube.
Strasburg’s defense led by Sr linebacker Nathaniel Turner and an experienced defensive line will be up to the test and ready to get the taste of last week’s loss out of their mouth in front of the hometown fans.
The 28 point output by Broadway last weekend was not up to typical Strasburg standards as the Rams only opponent to eclipse that mark last season were the State Champions from Graham.
Strasburg seemed to make some good adjustments and allowed just one second half score while limiting star WR Uriah Rutan to just one catch.
The defensive front led by 2nd Team All State Sr. Jacob Stickley and one-man wrecking crew Sr. Hutson Conrad (6’4″ 250 lb.) appear to have the biggest advantage on the field when they go up against Warren County’s inexperienced offensive line.
The Wildcats have great potential, especially Soph OT Aiden Dunseath, but without a single senior, they will have to learn to play at the Varsity level on the fly.
The advantage on the trenches carries over to Strasburg’s offense as well thanks to experience including two All State selections (Britton and Gage Gutierrez).
Coach Josh Breeden’s defense will have to figure out the Strasburg T-formation but did have two weeks to prepare thanks to the bye week.
Leading the rushing attack is Quincy Williams who has over 300 rushing yards in just two games and was the Sports Dogs Podcast Week 1 Player of the Week.
Brady Knight continues to improve at the position after playing TE last season and wracked up 85 yards vs the Gobblers.
Chasing around those backs for Warren County is the Texan Tackling Machine Frank Nelson and Edge Nehemiah Carter.
Nelson looked very aggressive and physical against Rock Ridge while Carter’s versatility and athleticism shine to help him maintain the outside.
I look for both teams to come out fired up after losses and for Warren County to try some trickeration early in the game to try to get Strasburg on their heals.
The Rams have started a bit shaky in two straight weeks before settling down for strong second halves so the Wildcats will look to exploit that.
Strasburg should be able to use their experience and the homefield advantage to weather an early storm and get some momentum.
Coach Lamb and Co. will want to see 4 quarters of football from his squad for the first time this year and I think he will for a big Rams win, 36-14.
For a preview of all the area Week 3 games, a recap of Week 2, and more, check out the latest Sports Dogs Podcast here.
The Duke’s Preview: Strasburg vs Clarke County ft. Coach Tripp Lamb
The High School Football Game of the Week features two unbeatens as Strasburg (7-0) travels to Clarke County (7-0) with coverage starting at 6:30 pm for the 7 pm kick off on The River 95.3, Fox Sports Radio 1450, theriver953.com, and The River 95.3 app.
While both team’s are fueled by a strong rushing attack and tough defense, they do so in different ways.
Schematically, Clarke County’s single wing creates an unbalanced look out by beefing up the strong side of the offensive line with an additional blocker and then letting the senior-filled backfield of QB Tanner Sipe, RB Wyatt Palmer, and WB Wilson Taylor make plays utilizing misdirection and speed off-tackle.
Palmer leads the area in rushing yards with 959 on a staggering 9.2 yards per carry to go with 13 touchdowns.
Sipe and Taylor have also combined for another 911 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Strasburg’s T-formation provides a more traditional look with the quarterback under center and a balanced line, but the confusion starts after the snap with misdirection and perfectly executed ball-fakes by Braden Hough before he hands it off to any of the three talented backs behind him.
Senior Takhi Coates leads the team with 643 rushing yards and 10.9 yards per carry in his return to Strasburg after spending last year at a different school.
The backfield’s newest edition is sophomore Quincy Williams, and he brings explosive play potential averaging 14.1 yards per carry while leading the Rams with nine rushing touchdowns.
In last year’s matchup vs Clarke County, RB Lucas Martinez dominated with three rushing touchdowns while Hough added two more on the ground.
Clarke County’s senior linebacker and the area’s leading tackler (87) Carson Chinn had a front-row seat to that onslaught and will be flying from sideline-to-sideline Friday night looking to avoid a repeat performance.
Strasburg’s defense has retooled from last year with Nate Turner (62 tackles) and Jacob Britton (37 tackles, 3 sacks) now leading the charge.
While recent history has favored the Rams who have won the last two meetings, the all-time series remains about as tight as it can be with Clarke County leading 31-30-2.
While brainstorming my prediction for this game, IÂ initially leaned towards Clarke County due to some of the individual talent on the roster and the experience of Casey Childs against first year coach Tripp Lamb.
But as I looked more into these specific team’s and how they matchup, the Rams may have an edge when their offense is on the field.
Strasburg ran away with last year’s matchup after Clarke County struggled to figure out the T-formation and the Rams scored on each drive of the game until zeros hit the scoreboard.
While a few team’s in the region run variations of Clarke’s single-wing, Strasburg’s T-formation can be very difficult to gameplan against because it is difficult for the scout team to learn in just a week’s preparation.
Clarke County is also coming off two games in one week including a physical battle with Central.
Due to that, Strasburg may be able to wear down Clarke County if they can string together some long drives.
I predict Strasburg comes away with a tight win by going for 2 late in the 4th quarter in an instant classic, Rams 29- Eagles 28.
To hear my interview with Strasburg Head Coach Tripp Lamb, click here.
For a breakdown of all of the week’s high school football games, a look back at last week, and much more, listen to the latest Sports Dogs Podcast here.