With just three weeks left in the high school football regular season, the separation of contenders from pretenders amps up as there’s not much margin for error for teams with aspirations of a conference championship.
The most compelling case in week 9 in the Times readership area is a battle in Warrenton that should decide the 1-A Tar-Roanoke Athletic Conference. Defending champion Wilson Prep and host Warren County — both 5-0 in conference play and 6-1 overall — go head-to-head in what is shaping up to be the conference championship game with a No. 1 seed for the upcoming NCHSAA playoffs at stake.
Wilson Prep, which started playing football in 2022, has won 15 straight Tar-Roanoke games dating back to that first season…