By Phil Murphy
DigitalSports.com
While counting down the top games of 2008, we stumbled across several great games that barely missed the cut. Here are the lot of games — listed chronologically — that kept me agonizing over cups of coffee and 5-hour energy shots, night-after-night, as I prepared this countdown.
No, really.
Mount Vernon 23, T.C. Williams 20 (OT) — Aug. 29 — Majors ruin ribbon-cutting in Alexandria
Jefferson 28, Falls Church 27 (OT) — Aug. 29 — NRR — Dittmer deflects game-winning two-point attempt, Colonials take opener
Stuart 30, McLean 14 — Sept. 5 — Raiders snap 25-game losing streak
Lake Braddock 23, W.T. Woodson 22 — NRR — Sept. 5 — Bruins beat soon-to-be district for fifth-straight time
Madison 18, Langley 14 — Oct. 3 — NRR — Warhawks score final 15 points in district rivalry
Oakton 17, Chantilly 15 — Oct. 3 — NRR — Cougars eek out region final preview
Mount Vernon 69, Falls Church 40 — Oct. 10 — NRR — Majors, Jaguars combine for 109 points in National shoot-out
Mount Vernon 36, Centreville 26 — Oct. 17 — NRR — Five first-quarter touchdowns of 40 yards or more; Majors win fourth-straight
Westfield 58, Centreville 40 — Oct. 31 — NRR — Concorde rivals combine for 15 touchdowns in surprise Halloween outburst
*NRR — Northern Region Recap available
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