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1. DeMatha (1-0) Next: at Friendship Collegiate (2-0), Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
2. Stone Bridge (1-0) Next: vs. Heritage (0-1), 7:30 p.m.
3. Good Counsel (1-1) Next: vs. State College (Pa.) (0-0), Sept. 17, 7 p.m.
4. Damascus (1-0) Next: at Quince Orchard (1-0), 6:30 p.m.
5. Lake Braddock (1-0) Next: atW.T.Woodson (1-0), 7:30 p.m.
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6. Quince Orchard (1-0) Next: vs. Damascus (1-0), 6:30 p.m.
7. Robinson (1-0) Next: at Fairfax (0-1), 7:30 p.m.
8. Osbourn (2-0) Next: vs. Mountain View (2-0), 7:30
9. River Hill (1-0) Next: vs. Centennial (0-1), 7 p.m.
10. Douglass (1-0) Next: vs. Crossland (1-0), Saturday, 2 p.m.
11. Broad Run (2-0) Next: vs. Jefferson (W.Va.) (0-2), 7 p.m.
12.Westfield (0-1) Next: atWest Potomac (1-0), 7:30 p.m.
13.Dunbar (2-0) Next: vs. Calvert Hall (2-0), 7 p.m.
14.Colonial Forge (1-0) Next: vs.Woodbridge (0-1), 7:30 p.m.
15. Eleanor Roosevelt (1-0) Next: at Laurel (0-1), Saturday, 2 p.m.
16. Arundel (1-0) Next: vs. Severna Park (0-1), 6:30 p.m.
17. Sherwood (1-0) Next: vs. Richard Montgomery (0-1), 6:30 p.m.
18. Broadneck (1-0) Next: vs. Meade (0-1), 6:30 p.m.
19. Battlefield (2-0) Next: at Osbourn Park (1-0), 7:30 p.m.
20. Oakton (1-0) Next: atWest Springfield (1-0), 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
PRESTON KERES/THE WASHINGTON POST Cougar Coach DaveMencarini says there’s ‘little margin for error.’ Maryland No. 4 Damascus (1-0)
at No. 6 Quince Orchard (1-0), Friday, 6:30 p.m. Either one of these teams could be holding theMaryland 3A championship trophy atM&T Bank Stadium in December, yet this is the fourth straight year they’ve met in the first three weeks of the season. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, according to Quince Orchard
Coach DaveMencarini. “It’s sometimes better to get a big game out of the way early,” he
said. “It gives you a good idea of where you are.” And unquestionably, Quince Orchard has been a notch above
Damascus the past three years. Prior to their 2006 regular season meeting, which Damascus led 28-7 late in the third quarter, the Hornets had never lost to Quince Orchard.Not only did the Cougars come back and win that game, 35-28, as well as a first- round playoff matchup, 54-21, six weeks later, they have not lost to the Damascus since. In fact, since falling behind 28-7 in that 2006 game, Quince Orchard has outscored theHornets by a combined 189-37 in a little more than 17 quarters. And since the past three regular season meetings have all
occurred before the first day of fall, the Cougars’ dominance has set the tone for both teams’ seasons – Quince Orchard, confident and comfortable en route to five consecutive 10-victory campaigns, while Damascus is forced to play with a little more sense of urgency the rest of the season. TheHornets have made the playoffs aMaryland-record 12
consecutive seasons, but have gone into the final week each of the past two years needing a victory to solidify a spot in the super- competitive 3AWest Region, which includes powers Linganore and Seneca Valley, as well as Quince Orchard and rising programs like Clarksburg and Tuscarora. “It’s not the end of the world if you lose,”Mencarini said, “but
there’s very little margin for error in the 3AWest.” The teams have turned their competition toward a good cause
this week.Mencarini’s oldest daughter, eight-year-old Courtney, had juvenile diabetes diagnosed in April, and both schools have been involved in a week-long fund-raising competition. Each school is selling t-shirts emblazoned with images of both teams’ helmets and the phrase “The Battle For A Cure.” All proceeds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Around the area Coming off its thrilling 47-41 come-from-behind victory over
Rockville – its fourth straight dating from last season –Walter Johnson will try to go to 2-0 at Bethesda rival Whitman. Before this current streak started with the Wildcats’ eighth game last season, it took them 63 games to earn four victories. Whitman, meantime, looked very strong in its 35-7 victory overNorthwest last week. . . . Parkdale opened the season with a bang, beatingHigh Point, 47-6, as senior quarterback BejoeMundit passed for 275 yards and five touchdowns. But that was againstHigh Point, which has the Washington area’s longest losing streak at 22 games. Saturday, the Panthers face theMaryland 4A South Region two-time defending champions. And after a 21-14 loss to Suitland in the season opener, Wise can hardly afford a misstep against a team it beat 48-0 last season.
—Josh Barr, Alan Goldenbach, Jason Mackey and Greg Schimmel
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Crowell reinstated The Charles County Board of
Education reinstatedNorth Point linebacker Conner Crowell on Thursday, allowing the senior All-Met to play Friday night against Lackey. The school board informed
North Point of the decision Thursday, andNorth Point Athletic Director A.K. Johnson confirmed that Crowell will play in the game. “I guess they looked at the
tape and sawsome of the things we pointed out,” Johnson said. “You had to look at it closely and take an unbiased look. If it was so severe, both kids had to be thrown out, and that didn’t happen.”
According to Lackey Coach
Doug Lamb,North Point officials informed Lackey officials that Crowell will play. “We are very excited to play them,” Lamb said. “We’re very,
very happy he’s playing.” The reversal came two days
after theWashington District Football Officials Association denied Crowell’s initial appeal. Crowell was ejected from last
Friday’s 38-7 win overNorthern. The ejection occurred after an on-field altercation with an opposing player at the end of a play during the first quarter and carries an automatic one-game suspension under Charles County rules. The school argued officials on
the field failed to see the opposing player’s actions—the Northern player allegedly pushed Crowell to the ground and yanked his helmet off—and only caught Crowell’s retaliatory punch to his opponents’ leg. Crowell, one of the area’s top
recruits, was the only player ejected from the game. “Conner said he was just
trying to get up but the officials sawit another way,” A.K.
Johnson said. —Greg Schimmel
Brown arrives One performance last week
that may have been overshadowed by Arundel quarterback Nick Rosati’s sparkling debut during the 16th- ranked Wildcats’ 30-7 win over OldMill this past Friday was the rushing performance of Patriots running back Demond Brown, a transfer this offseason from AnnapolisHigh School. Brown was nothing short of
spectacular, gaining 200 yards on 31 carries while scoring the Patriots’ lone touchdown on a one-yard run on the team’s first drive of the third quarter This week the Patriots travel
to Annapolis, Brown’s old team, on Friday night. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m.
—Jason Mackey
TRACY A. WOODWARD/THE WASHINGTON POST Hayfield’sMarshall Evans, right, helps tackleKevinMulumba. Virginia
Lee (1-0) at Hayfield (1-0), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Lee Coach Rob Everett spends most Saturday mornings during
football season burning about 40 DVDs of the Lancers’ upcoming opponent.He then hands them out to his players as homework.He will quiz them and encourage them to spot things he has not. This week, running back Donovan Taylor noticed a couple of
defensive patterns of their Friday night opponent. But overall, the senior’s conclusions ofHayfield weren’t newto his coach. “Speed-wise, they have a fast team,” Taylor said. Hayfield and Lee are well acquainted. Lee won both matchups
last season by a total of nine points, including a thrilling 28-24 victory in the AAANorthern Region Division 5 semifinal. “If you want to be the best, you got to beat the best,”Hayfield
Coach RoyHill said. “They represent a team that was in the regional final and beat us to get there. So to say the game doesn’t have significance wouldn’t be genuine.” The key playmakers from thatNovember meeting are gone, but
theHawks will have strong-armed quarterback Jason Stewart to lead the team’s triple option. They also bring speed in linebacker Anthony Wilson, linebacker and fullback JustinMarshall and wide receiver and defensive backHashim Sesay. It will be up to them to stop the trio of small—but fast—Lee
players who love to run. Running back PhilMariotti, quarterback Quinntez Diggins and Taylor—all under 5 feet 9 and 190 pounds— have big-play ability. “It’s going to be a personal game because they have been talking
since the season ended last year,” said Taylor, who knows many of theHayfield players. “We’re definitely getting prepared and there is going be some knocking of heads.”
Around the area Battlefield (2-0) travels to Osbourn Park (1-0) Friday night in a
rematch of the Virginia AAANorthwest Region Divison 6 final, and each entered the season with question marks at quarterback. The Yellow Jackets will go with sophomore Denathan Dukes, who threw for 102 yards and a score and ran for two touchdowns last week in the season-opening 27-13 win at Stafford. Battlefield, needing a new quarterback after the graduation of region offensive player of the year Bo Revell, in the first two games split time between senior Devon Greene and sophomore Ryan Swingle. In narrow wins over Lake Taylor and Potomac, each quarterback made key completions late in at least one of the games, but when the offense sputtered last week against Potomac, Battlefield CoachMark Cox re-inserted Green, who drove the team for the decisive touchdown in a 28-25 win. So it will be Green who gets the nod Friday. . . .No. 2 Stone Bridge will look for more offensive production inWeek 2 after putting up just seven points onNo. 12Westfield. The Bulldogs face Loudoun rivalHeritage, a team that led the Bulldogs, 8-0, at halftime last season before losing. ... The Pride lost their season opener, 41-19, to a Broad Run team that was without starting quarterback Connor Jessop. ...No. 11 Broad Run ground out 430 rushing yards in a 41-19 win overHeritage after losing quarterback Connor Jessop (broken collarbone) and will go for its 33rd straight win against a Jefferson (W.Va.) team that should expect a heavy dose of the single wing. —Matt Brooks, Paul Tenorio, James Wagner and Preston Williams
JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST Malcolm Crockett rushed for two touchdowns in the opener. D.C. and privates No. DeMatha (1-0) at Friendship Collegiate (2-0),
Saturday, 4:30 p.m. DeMathawas not overly impressive in a season-opening 45-31
victory over Loyola Blakefield andWeek 2 promises a stiffer challenge. Friendship Collegiate impressed in a preseason scrimmagewith the Stags’main rival,Good Counsel, andwith a 26-6 victory overDCIAAtwo-time defending championH.D.Woodson. DeMatha almost certainlywill look to improve its passing game;
quarterbackNikolayUherekwas 0 of 5with an interception against Loyola. The Stags , however,were plenty effective on the ground, using the trio ofDelonteMorton,DarienHarris and Josh McPhearson to rack up yardage behind a sizable offensive line. Morton, a 6-foot-1, 249-pound seniorwho has committed to
Maryland,was especially impressive, using his size to rush for 157 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries.Harris carried three times for 86 yards andMcPhearson needed just seven carries to tally 108 yards and a touchdown; he also had a 61-yard kickoff return. Friendshipwas very impressive lastweek in dismantling the
Warriors.As expected, theKnights’ running game, behind senior MalcolmCrockett (two touchdowns)was the backbone of their offense, but he didn’t do it all by himself; juniors IsiahHayes and AlbertReid proved capable of spelling Crockett. Defensively, though,waswhere theKnightswere at their best.
Theywere exceptionally quick off the snap and gaveWoodson no time to let plays develop in the backfield. Junior defensive tackle EddieGoldman,whose 6-foot-4, 300-pound frame hasmade hima standout at combines, had a game to befit his rawtalent, amassing 31/2
sacks and four tackles for loss.
Around the area IfNatalieRandolph is going towin her first game as Coolidge
(0-2) coach thisweekend, it’s going to come a day later than originally scheduled. The Colts’ game at Parkersburg (W.Va). South wasmoved fromFriday at 7 p.m. to Saturday at 1 p.m. Thatwasn’t the onlyWestVirginia high school football game pushed back. According to Parkersburg SouthAthleticDirectorRick Leach,most ofWestVirginia high schools are playing Thursday or Saturday because the state’s two biggest college programs—WestVirginia andMarshall—are playing Friday night on ESPN. Leach said there is such passion for both college teams that attendance at high school gameswould drop dramatically if theywere to play at the same time. . . . Aweek after having to forfeit its season opener to Theodore Roosevelt because it did not have enough playerswho completed the minimumpreseason practice time,Anacostia is set to open Friday at home against Cardozo.AnacostiaAthleticDirector Frank Briscoe said he anticipates the Indians to have between 20 and 25 players in uniform, and twice thatmany still completing the required practices, hoping to get on the field in the next twoweeks. Cardozo Coach andAthleticDirector BobbyRichards,meantime, said he expects 25 players to be in uniformfor the Clerks,who are also making their season debut. . . .No. 13Dunbar has a tall order for its home opener; the Crimson Tide host Baltimore power CalvertHall, which opened by beating St. John’s, 24-7, and then eked past Spalding, 26-20, in triple overtime lastweek. Junior running back CurleeWalker has 317 yards fromscrimmage and four touchdowns in two games.
—Josh Barr and Alan Goldenbach
HIGHSCHOOLFOOTBALLSCHEDULE FOOTBALL
TOP 20 Heritage at No. 2 Stone Bridge, 7:30 No. 4 Damascus at No. 6 Quince Orchard, 6:30 No. 5 Lake Braddock at W.T. Woodson, 7:30 No. 7 Robinson at Fairfax, 7:30 Mountain View at No. 8 Osbourn, 7:30 Centennial at No. 9 River Hill, 7 Jefferson (W.Va.) at No. 11 Broad Run, 7 No. 12 Westfield at West Potomac, 7:30 Calvert Hall at No. 13 Dunbar, 7 Woodbridge at No. 14 Colonial Forge, 7:30 Severna Park at No. 16 Arundel, 6:30 Richard Montgomery at No. 17 Sherwood, 6:30 Meade at No. 18 Broadneck, 6:30 No. 19 Battlefield at Osbourn Park, 7:30 No. 20 Oakton at West Springfield, 7:30
DISTRICT Cardozo at Anacostia, 7
MARYLAND
Blair at Magruder, 6:30 Blake at Watkins Mill, 6:30 C.H. Flowers at High Point, 7 Frederick at North Hagerstown, 7 Glenelg at Reservoir, 7 Great Mills at Calvert, 7 Hammond at Atholton, 7 Kennedy at Einstein, 6:30 La Plata at Thomas Stone, 7 Largo at Friendly, 7 Linganore at Middletown, 7 Long Reach at Wilde Lake, 7 Marriotts Ridge at Oakland Mills, 7 Mount Hebron at Howard, 7 North Point at Lackey, 7 Northeast at Chesapeake, 6:30 Northern at Huntingtown, 7 Northwest at Springbrook, 6:30 Northwood at Clarksburg, 6:30 Old Mill at Annapolis, 6:30 Patuxent at Leonardtown, 7 Rockville at Poolesville, 6:30 Seneca Valley at Churchill, 6:30 South Hagerstown at Urbana, 7 South River at North County, 6:30 Southern at Glen Burnie, 6:30 Tuscarora (Md.) at Century, 7 Walter Johnson at Whitman, 6:30 Westlake at McDonough, 7
VIRGINIA
Albemarle at Western Albemarle, 7:30 Brooke Point at Freedom-Woodbridge, 7:30 Caroline at Henrico, 7 Clarke County at Stonewall-Mt. Jackson, 7:30 Culpeper at Orange County, 7:30 Edison at Centreville, 7:30 Falls Church at Annandale, 7:30 Franklin County at Salem, 7:30 Freedom-South Riding at Brentsville, 7 George Mason at Luray, 7:30 GW-Danville at E.C. Glass, 7 Handley at Briar Woods, 7 Herndon at McLean, 7:30 James Monroe at Charlottesville, 7:30 Jefferson at South Lakes, 7:30 King George at Colonial Beach, 7:30 Langley at Chantilly, 7:30 Lee at Hayfield, 7:30 Liberty at Park View, 7 Loudoun Valley at Forest Park, 7:30 Louisa County at Spotsylvania, 7:30 Madison at Yorktown, 7:30 Manassas Park at Washington & Lee-Montross, 7 Massaponax at Chancellor, 7:30 Millbrook at Spotswood, 7 North Stafford at Gar-Field, 7:30 Potomac Falls at Kettle Run, 7:30 Riverbend at Courtland, 7:30 Skyline at Fauquier, 7:30 Stafford at Potomac (Va.), 7:30 Stonewall Jackson at Hylton, 7:30 Strasburg at Central-Woodstock, 7:30 Stuart at Marshall, 7:30 Tuscarora (Va.) at Loudoun County, 7 Wakefield at Dominion, 7:30 Warren County at Woodgrove, 7 Washington-Lee at South County, 7:30 William Fleming at Magna Vista, 7
PRIVATE
Fishburne Military at Avalon, 4:30 Georgetown Prep at Paul VI Catholic, 7 John Carroll at Spalding, 7 Massanutten at Model, 7 Quantico at John Paul the Great, 4 Randolph-Macon at Potomac School, 5 St. Mary's Ryken at Carroll, 7 St. Mary's-Annapolis at St. Paul's, 4:30
Wootton at Gaithersburg, 6:30 Bethesda-Chevy Chase vs. Paint Branch at Blair, 6:30
OTHERS
Central at Theodore Roosevelt, 7 Conrad Science (Del.) at Maryland School for the Deaf, 7:30
Hedgesville (W.Va.) at Mountain Ridge, 7 Martinsburg (W.Va.) at Thomas Johnson, 7 McKinley at Wheeling Central Catholic, 7 Musselman (W.Va.) at James Wood, 7 Pulaski Co. at Patrick Henry-Roanoke, 7 Severn at Patterson Mill, 7 Sherando at Washington, 7 Spingarn at Mercersburg Academy, 7 Wilson at Wheaton, 6:30 Southside Academy vs. Annapolis Area Christian at Meade HS, 7
SATURDAY
TOP 20 No. 1 DeMatha vs. Friendship Collegiate at McNamara, 4:30
Crossland at No. 10 Douglass, 2 No. 15 Eleanor Roosevelt at Laurel, 2
MARYLAND
Bowie at DuVal, 2 Chopticon at Gwynn Park, 2 Oxon Hill at Northwestern, 2 Parkdale at Wise, 2 Potomac (Md.) at Forestville, 2 Suitland at Bladensburg, 2
VIRGINIA Mount Vernon at T.C. Williams, 2:30
PRIVATE
Benedictine at Ireton, 2 Covenant School at Flint Hill, 2 Hyde at Sidwell Friends, 1:30 Maret at Friends (Baltimore), 1 McNamara at Landon, 2:30 Pallotti at Bullis, 7 St. Albans at O'Connell, 1 St. Stephen's/St. Agnes at St. Christopher's, 1
OTHERS
Coolidge at Parkersburg South, 1 H.D. Woodson at Fairmont Heights, 2 Poly Prep (NY) at Surrattsville, 12
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