Revell to spend summer visiting colleges

With school out for the summer, Bo Revell will have some down time, a day here, and a few days there to spend at home or work out with his Battlefield High School teammates.

But for the most part, the rising senior will spend the next two months as a road warrior. His plan is to visit at least 11 colleges between now and when high school football practice begins in early August to enhance his chances of landing a scholarship by giving coaches a firsthand look at his abilities as a quarterback

The jam-packed travel schedule began today with a stop at North Carolina State for a one-day camp. He'll come home Sunday and then go to another one-day camp at Maryland on Monday. His next stop will be at the University of Virginia, followed by a two-day camp at Purdue.

Revell's list of schools also includes Harvard, Holy Cross, Liberty, Coastal Carolina, Princeton, Richmond and William & Mary. Last week, he was at Penn.

Although he's going to be busy, Revell understands the importance of making these trips,

"A lot of schools like me, but they want to see me pass and how I move," Revell said. "Every coach has seen my film, but now they want to see me in person. It's the next step."

Revell's strong arm and 6-foot-6 build has attracted plenty of interest. So too has the fact that he's an excellent student with a 3.9 grade point average.

But in deciding what schools to visit, Revell made sure the programs fit his drop-back style of play.

"I'm not a spread offense quarterback who runs the ball," said Revell, who is rated the state's No. 50 prospect for the class of 2010 by VirginiaPreps.com.

Although he has no offers yet, Revell put together some impressive performances at two camps last month, the Elite 11 Regional Camp in Berkeley, Calif. and the Nike Football Training Camp at the University of Virginia.

Last season as a first-year starter, Revell threw for 1,316 yards and 11 touchdowns in helping lead the

Bobcats to a 10-1 record and its second straight Cedar Run District title.

Battlefield head coach Mark Cox said that Blaine Mason will also be attending camps at Virginia Tech and Purdue. Mason was an all-Northwest Region and all-district safety last season.

Adrian Ingram, the area's second-leading rusher with 1,260 yards last season and the district's offensive player of the year, will play for Bridgewater this fall Cox said, while lineman Peter Psihas, an all-district and second-team all-region guard for Battlefield, is headed to Ferrum.

Opening night

Stonewall Jackson High School will begin its 2009 regular season Aug. 28 by travelling out of state. The Raiders will head to one of West Virginia's top AAA teams, Martinsburg High School, a team that's made the playoffs the last five seasons.

In need of one more game to fill out its 10-game regular-season schedule, Raider head coach Mike Dough-erty posted a notice, looking for an opponent. There were some possibilities in Norfolk, but Dougherty thought Martinsburg was a better fit.

"We want to have as good of a competitive non-district schedule as we can," Dougherty said. "This game is before school starts so travel won't be a problem."

Even though the game is against a non-Virginia school, the result will still count in the Virginia High School League point ratings because it is against a public school.

This is the first year of the two-year scheduling cycle, meaning that Martinsburg will travel to Stonewall Jackson in 2010.

The away game was necessary this time because Stonewall is redoing its field, which won't be ready until the Raiders' home opener against Hylton on Sept. 11.

Sports editor David Fawcett can be reached at 703-878-8052.