Phoebus plays its season opener this week after watching nearly every other Hampton Roads team hit the field.
The third-ranked Phantoms play Denbigh at 7 p.m. Friday at Todd Stadium in Newport News and play their first game after the graduation of 31 seniors from last year’s Class 4 state championship team.
Top-ranked Maury continues its challenging early schedule with the Commodores’ first home game of the season — vs. Bishop McNamara, while No. 2 Oscar Smith takes a week off.
Staffers Sonny Dearth, Jami Frankenberry, Marty O’Brien, Larry Rubama and Sam Saunders and correspondent Jim McGrath voted in the poll. Team, record, first-place votes, total votes and last week’s ranking are included.
1. Maury (1-1, 4 first-place votes, 88 votes, No. 1 last week)
This week: vs. Bishop McNamara at Powhatan Field, 7 p.m. Friday
2. Oscar Smith (1-1, 2 first-place votes, 86 votes, No. 2)
This week: Idle
3. Phoebus (0-0, 74 votes, No. 3)
This week: vs. Denbigh at Todd Stadium, 7 p.m.
4. Green Run (2-0, 72 votes, No. 4)
This week: at Princess Anne, 7 p.m. Friday
5. King’s Fork (1-0, 70 votes, No. 5)
This week: at. Deep Creek (Deep Creek Middle), 7 p.m. Friday
6. Nansemond River (1-0, 57 votes, No. 8)
This week: at Grassfield, 7 p.m. Friday
7. Indian River (1-0, 54 votes, No. 7)
This week: at Great Bridge (Great Bridge Middle), 7 p.m. Friday
8. Lafayette (2-0, 48 votes, No. 10)
This week: at New Kent, 7 p.m. Friday
9. Warwick (0-2, 43 votes, No. 6)
This week: vs. Bethel at Darling Stadium, noon Saturday
10. Salem (1-0, 36 votes, No. 9)
This week: Idle
11. Hampton (1-0, 32 votes, No. 11)
This week: vs. Menchville, 7 p.m. Friday at Darling Stadium
12. Kempsville (1-1, 23 votes, No. 12)
This week: vs. Bayside, 7 p.m. Friday
13. Poquoson (2-0, 15 votes, No. 13)
This week: vs. Tabb, 7 p.m. Friday at Bailey Field
14. Western Branch (2- 0, 12 votes, No. 15)
This week: at Hickory, 7 p.m. Friday
15. Bayside (2-0, 8 votes, unranked)
This week: at Kempsville, 7 p.m. Friday
Dropped out: Cox (1-1).
Also receiving votes: Churchland 4.
