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Enjoy the complete history of Handley football from 1919 to the present
Recap of 2024:
We had another great year in 2024. But by the end of 2024 we wonder what could have been. We beat Musselman in our first game 43-14 by out rushing them 361 to 168.In our second game we kept the Sullivan-Potts trophy by beating Harrisonburg 49-6. In our third game at Kettle Run we fell behind at half 28-7 before nearly coming all the way back in the second half. We lost our first game 34-28.We beat Brentsville in our 4rth game 41-0 by out rushing them 240-18. In our 5th game against James Wood we won 57-16. We had a 99 yard interception for a touchdown in this game. Handley also scored the most points in the rivalry with James Wood in the 62 years of playing each other. We beat Fauquier in our 6th game 46-3 by out rushing them 297-89.In our 7th game at Warren County we tied a school record for points scored in a 63-21 rout. We led 42-7 at half. In our 8th game against Liberty, we led 49-0 at half and routed them 56-21. Liberty had 1 yard rushing for the game. In our 9th game against Millbrook we won 48-27. We led 35-0 at half. In our last regular season game with Sherando, tragedy struck. Our first team quarterback broke his leg on our first play of the game. The backup played well but two costly turnovers that Sherando converted to touchdowns cost us the game 28-14. We finished the regular season 8-2. We still qualified for the playoffs and had to travel to Salem for the second straight year. We played very well at Salem, where last year we lost 42-0. We led at half 21-10, but Salem came out in the second half and scored two straight touchdowns to lead 23-21. We scored a touchdown in the last quarter to lead 28-23. Salem took the ball next all the way to our two yard line and with a little over a minute left scored from the two yard line on 4rth down. We took the kickoff past the 50 yard line but was called for a penalty. An interception ended the game. Our starting half back, who had 241 yards rushing in the first half, could not play in the second half because of an injury. We finished at 8-3 a great year, but aside from some key injuries, I keep wondering..what it could have been?
2024 SCHEDULE
Aug 31 Handley 43 Musselman Home 14 1:00 PM
Sept. 6 Handley 49 Harrisonburg 6 Away 7:00pm
Sept. 13 Kettle Run 34 Handley 28 Away 7:00 PM
Sept.20 Handley 41 Brentsville 0 Away 7:00 PM
Sept. 28 Handley 57James Wood 16 Home 1:00 PM HOF
Oct 4 Off Week
Oct. 11 Handley 46 Fauquier 3 Away 7:00 PM
Oct. 18 Handlry 63 Warren County 21 Away 7:00pm
Oct. 26 Handley 56 Liberty 21 Home Home Coming 1:00 PM
Nov. 1 Handley 48 Millbrook 27 Away 7:00 PM
Nov. 9 Sherando 28 Handley 14 Home 1:00 PM
Nov. 15 Salem 31 Handley 28 Region D Quarterfinal @ Salem
Five CVAL (Cumberland Valley Athletic League) Titles
Six District 5 Titles
One District 10 Title
19 Northwestern District Tournament Titles
1 C0-Championship, Commonwealth District Title (1970) AAA
1 Co-Quarter State Championship (1949)
8 Regional Titles
8 Times In State Playoffs
2 State Titles
Teams Handley Has Played Since 1919. Handley was Winchester High from 1919-1923.
Team Won Lost Tie First, Last Year Played
Albemarle 2 2 0 1970,1981
Allegany, Md 5 11 0 1929,1957
Alumni 2 2 0 1931(2x),1932,1950
Augusta Military 0 1 0 1924
Anacostia DC 1 2 0 1940,1942
Beall MD 5 0 0 1955,1967
B. Springs WVA 11 0 0 1929,1945
Berryville High School 1 0 0 1919
Blacksburg 1 0 0 1984, State Final Won 28-16
Brentsville 9 1 0 2003,2024
Briar Woods 1 1 0 2009,2010
Brookville 0 1 0 1999, State Semi-Final, Lost 14-6
Broad Run 20 6 0 1974,2002
Broadway 8 2 0 1955,2004 (2004, Region Semi, Won 10-0
Bruton 0 1 0 2009, Lost State Semi, 10-7
Calvin Coolidge 1 0 0 1941
Caroline 1 0 0 1993, Region Final Won 10-7
Central DC 0 1 0 1924
Central, Woodstock 4 0 0 2005,2008
Chambersburg, Pa 5 1 0 1919,1925
Chantilly 1 0 0 1974
Charles Town, WVA 7 3 2 1925,1941
Charlotte Hall, MD 1 0 1 1922,1923
Clarke County 22 8 1 1955,2018. Not included is the 1919 game which Handley won 75-0. Clarke was then Berryville High
Clifton Forge 5 1 0 1946,1951
Courtland 1 1 0 1981, Region Semi Lost 17-10 in overtime, 1984 Region Final Won 14-9
Covington 2 4 0 1946, 1951
Culpepper 3 2 1 1982,2021
Davis WVA 0 1 0 1932
Dominion 2 0 0 2011,2012
Eastern View 0 2 0 2014
Falls Church 2 0 1 1947, 1949
Fairfax 2 2 0 1944,1959
Fauquier 22 11 0 1963, 2024
Fishburne Military 0 0 1 1924
Fluvanna 1 0 0 1999, Region Semi, Won 31-22
Fort Defiance 1 0 0 1998, Region Semi, Won 28-17
Fort Hill MD 4 12 1 1937,1960
Frederick MD 3 3 0 1921,1958
Front Royal HS 2 0 0 1919 (2x)
Garfield 3 1 0 1970,1973
Gainesville 1 0 0 2022
Gate City 1 0 0 1994, State Final Won 12-7
George Mason 9 5 0 1960, 1979
Goochland 1 0 0 2009, Region Semi, Won 30-20
Hagerstown MD 11 12 1 1921,1956
Hagerstown North 1 0 0 1957
Hagerstown South 3 0 0 1957,1959
Harpers Ferry WVA 3 0 0 1925,1929
Harrisonburg 52 32 3 1922,2024, Region Semi, 1987, lost 34-22, Region Semi 1996, lost 28-21, Region Final 1978 Lost 10-3, Region Final 1999 Won 31-7
Heritage, Leesburg 2 0 0 2005, 2006
Herndon 3 4 1 1960,1967
James Monroe 6 9 2 1938,1984, Region Final 1984 Won 7-6
James Wood 43 19 1 1962, 2024
Jefferson County 0 2 0 2016
John Mosby 1 0 0 1961
Keyser WVA 0 1 0 1925
Kettle Run 3 12 0 2009,2024
King George 0 1 0 1988, Region Semi Lost 17-14
Lane (Charlottesville) 1 3 0 1970,1973
Lee (Springfield) 1 1 0 1958, 1959
Leesburg HS 2 0 0 1928,1929
Lexington 6 1 2 1946,1954
Liberty 10 15 0 1994, 2024 (2011 Region Quarter, Lost 28-14) (2013 Conference 4A First round, lost 49-47)
Loudoun County 27 17 0 1955,2021 (Region Quarterfinal Lost 21-6 2021, Region quarterfinal lost 42-13 2022)
Loudoun Valley 26 16 0 1964,2019 (region quarter L 13-9, 2019)
Luray 3 1 1 1922,1935
Martinsburg WVA 30 23 6 1919, 2012 Includes 2 games each in 1919 and 1920 before Handley entered the CVAL.
Matoaca 0 1 0 1993, State Semi, Lost 28-10
McKinley Tech DC 0 3 1 1930,1933
Millbrook 15 8 0 2003, 2024, Region Semi Won 2009 24-13, Region Quarterfinal 2023 Won 21-7
Mills Godwin 1 0 0 1984, State Semi Won 14-9
MMA 1 3 0 1915,1926
Montevideo 1 0 0 1955
Monticello 1 3 0 2005, 2010, Region Semi 2005 Lost 31-30, Region Semi 2007 Lost 21-17, Region Final 2008, Lost 27-14, Region Semi 2010 Won 19-0
Musselman WVA 3 4 0 1992, 2024
Natural Bridge 3 1 0 1951,1954
Nottoway 1 1 0 1994, 1998, State Semi 1994 Won 33-8, State Semi 1998 Lost 18-13
Orange County 3 0 0 Region Semi 1979 Won 35-11, Region Final 1994 Won 38-9
Osbourn 14 8 0 1970,1995
Osbourn Park 5 1 0 1978,1983
Park View 12 13 0 1976, 2009, Region Final 2009 Won 33-7
Poquoson 0 2 0 2004, State Semi Lost 36-34, State Semi 2010, Lost 10-3
Potomac Falls 1 1 0 1999, 2000
RMA 12 2 1 1920,1938
Robert Lee (Staunton) 16 3 2 1922, 1994, Region Semi 1994 Won 30-0,Region Semi 2000, Won 19-16
Rockbridge 2 1 0 2004 Region Semi Won 31-28, Region Semi Won 2005, 35-13, Region Semi 2006 Lost 20-6
Rock Ridge 1 0 0
Romney Deaf 1 0 0 1939
Romney HS 2 1 0 1943,1945
Salem 0 2 0 1924, Region Semifinal Lost 42-0, 2023, Region Quarterfinal 2024 Lost 31-28
Sherando 13 17 0 1994,2024
Skyline 11 4 0 2007,2022
Southampton 1 0 0 1999, State Semi Won 59-13
Spotsylvania 0 1 0 1977, Region Semi Lost 21-6
Spotswood 2 0 0 2022
St. Johns (Petersburg WVA) 1 0 0 1928
St. Stephens (Alexandria) 1 0 0 1975
Stafford 4 2 0 1968,1973
Stonewall Jackson, Manassas 2 2 0 1970,1973
Strasburg 5 1 0 2001,2006
SVA 0 6 4 1914,1932
Turner Ashby 4 2 0 1974,2005, Region Final 2000, Lost 9-7, Region Final 2005, Lost 22-21
Tuscarora 0 1 0 2020 region semi final lost 56-0
VSDB (Staunton) 1 1 0 1920,1923
Warren County 61 12 1 1944, 2024, Region Final 2010 Won 49-20
Washington WVA 4 0 0 2011,2014
Washington and Lee 1 2 1 1933,1936
Wash. and Lee Frosh 0 1 0 1924
Waynesboro PA 6 9 1 1921,1937
Waynesboro VA 11 2 0 1994, 1998, Region Semi 1993 Won 23-14, Region Final 1998, Won 20-13
Westminster MD 2 5 0 1956,1962
Western Albemarle 2 1 0 Region Final 1979 Lost 40-6, Region Semi 1981 Won 34-17, Region Quarter 2010 Won 30-7
William Byrd 0 1 0 1948, Handley's first playoff game, Lost 26-13
William Fleming 0 0 1 1949, Handley's second playoff game, tie
Wilson Memorial 6 0 1 1948,1954
Woodbridge 3 1 0 1970,1973
Woodward Prep DC 1 0 0 1946
Woodstock HS 1 0 0 1915
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