The three-time defending champion Madison Warhawks opened this season's 6D North Region football tournament with a first-round blowout home victory.
Top seed Madison (10-1) routed the No. 8 seed Langley Saxons, 42-6, the night of Nov. 10 in the high-school game. Langley finished the season 5-6.
For Madison, the victory was its ninth straight in region-playoff games over four seasons. All nine wins have been at home.
The Warhawks will play at home again when they host the Herndon Hornets (8-3) in a semifinal contest, Friday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.
In another first-round region playoff game Nov. 10, the McLean Highlanders, 8-3, lost to visiting Herndon, 28-21. The winning season and playoff berths were McLean's first in years.
The Highlanders won only one game last season.
* In the four-team Division I private-school state football playoffs in Virginia, the No. 3 seed Flint Hill Huskies (7-3) lost to host and second seed Trinity Episcopal, 30-28, on a walk-off 38-yard field goal on Nov. 11 in Richmond.
The loss ended Flint Hill's six-game winning streak.
Check the Website later for more details on each of those playoff games.
