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Falls Church High School Playoff Game Friday: What Was the Score?

The Jaguars goal last year was to work hard enough in the off-season to make the playoffs this year.

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The Falls Church High School Jaguars played their second game in the playoffs Friday night, falling to the Massaponax High Panthers, 21 to 55, according to The Washington Post.

The game was played on the home field of the Panthers, in Fredericksburg. The Massaponax Panthers (12-0) will face the North Stafford Wolverines (10-2) Friday. The North Stafford team beat the Tuscarora Huskies (9-3) of Leesburg Friday night 39 to 20.

This was the first time the Jaguars had made the playoffs in more than 30 years. 

Coach Said Aziz said previously that the team made a decision last year to shoot for the playoffs and had begun training back in December.

The Jaguars efforts this season paid off in eight wins out of a dozen games:

  1. Sept. 6: WIN over Annandale, 43-27 (at Annandale)
  2. Sept. 12: WIN over Jefferson, 43, 14
  3. Sept. 20: WIN over McLean, 28-21
  4. Sept. 27: Lost to Yorktown, 14-17 (at Yorktown)
  5. Oct. 4: Lost to W&L, 14-21 (at W&L)
  6. Oct. 11: WIN over Wakefield, 37-16
  7. Oct. 18: WIN over Mount Vernon, 42-17
  8. Oct. 25: WIN over Edison, 49-26 (at Edison)
  9. Nov. 1: Lost to Hayfield, 26-28 (at Hayfield)
  10. Nov. 8: WIN over Stuart, 35-13

PLAYOFFS
11. Nov. 15: WIN over Albermarle, 24-23
12. Nov. 22: Lost to Massaponax, 21-55 (at Massaponax)

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