Lee's RBs Sharing Gridiron Spotlight

Lee running back Jazmier Williams rushed for more than 1,000 yards last season as a junior, and colleges started to take notice. Then came the news that Paul VI standout running back Idreis Augustus (1,189 yards in '08, 18 touchdowns) was transferring to Lee this year, meaning Williams might not be the featured back for the Lancers.

"When I first heard he was coming, I was nervous and worried," said Williams, a 5-foot-9 180-pounder who scored two touchdowns, including one in overtime, in Lee's 22-21 victory over Westfield on Friday. "But then when I heard that coach was going to [rotate us], I was like, all right, I'm still going to be in the mix. I also knew it would help me out and give me a lot of breaks, and he's helping us out a lot. And I'm just happy we got him."

While Augustus is tearing up the Northern Region on a 14-yards-per-carry average, including a 19-carry, 174-yard game against Westfield (1-3) on Friday, Williams is emerging as a major weapon in a wildcat formation that sees him take direct snaps, often making it difficult for defenses and onlookers to track the football. He has speed, creativity, poise and grit.

Williams has 318 yards on 46 carries this season, but he's got a knack for finding the end zone. He leads Lee with seven rushing touchdowns. Augustus also has seven. With the two of them working together and quarterback Greg Lopez using a run-first, pass-second mentality, the Lancers are averaging 368 rushing yards a game.

"At the beginning of the season, it was watch out for Jazmier, and they were leaving [Augustus] open, and now they have to cover him, and they're leaving me open," Williams said. "Now, I'm doing all the running around the field and scoring touchdowns, and [defenses] have to figure out who has the ball, so I would say we have the same role, because the defense doesn't know which of the three of us is going to get the ball for sure."

Williams and Augustus do more than just share carries; they share an ability to throw nasty blocks for each other -- something that's become a bit of a competition.

"They love it," Lee Coach Rob Everett said. "They'll meet in the end zone afterward and say, 'I got you this time; you got me next time.' "

Williams said that he has yet to receive an official offer and that he's getting interest from Towson, Richmond, Old Dominion, Louisville, Delaware and Boston College.

"I just look forward to going to college and playing ball," he said.

One for the MAC

The Potomac School, playing in the Mid-Atlantic Conference, has played only a handful of Interstate Athletic Conference football opponents through the years. The IAC is considered a stronger league than the MAC.

But Saturday, Potomac School (3-0) marked a historic victory, beating Bullis 9-0 for its first win over an IAC school.

"It was an exciting game to be a part of," said Rob Lee, the team's coach and athletic director. "We haven't had a lot of success over the years in football, and this was definitely one of the high-water marks."

In more ways than one. The game was played in a downpour, although on a turf field. Junior Conor McNerney capped an 80-yard opening drive with a six-yard touchdown run. McNerney carried 39 times for 209 yards, pushing his season rushing total to 552 yards in three games.

Junior linebacker John Marinelli and junior defensive end Nick Shashy helped limit Bullis (2-1) to 107 offensive yards. Potomac School plays its MAC opener at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. James in Hagerstown, Md. The Panthers went 1-3 in the five-team MAC league last season and haven't won the league title this decade. Flint Hill won the MAC title in 2008.

Nonstop Clock

The Virginia High School League Executive Committee voted last week to adopt a score-differential rule for basketball games in which the clock would run continuously in the fourth quarter when one team is up by 30 or more points.

The proposal was passed by an initial vote of 21 to 5, but it will not be enacted unless the executive committee approves it in December. The rule would take effect in the 2010 school year.