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Stone Bridge
Next: vs. Fairfax (3-2), today, 7:30 p.m. 2
Good Counsel
Next: vs. DeMatha (3-2), today, 7 p.m. 3
Damascus
Next: vs.Watkins Mill (3-2), today, 6:30 p.m. 4
Osbourn
Next: at Loudoun Valley (4-1), Saturday, 1:30 p.m. 5
Douglass Next: at Potomac (Md.) (4-1), Saturday, 2 p.m. THISWEEK’SGAMES TOWATCH (5-0) (4-1) (5-0) (6-0) (5-0) 6 Colonial Forge
Next: at North Stafford (4-1), today, 7:30 p.m. 7
Quince Orchard
Next: vs. Clarksburg (3-2), today, 6:30 p.m. 8
Arundel
Next: at Glen Burnie (0-5), today, 6:30 p.m. 9
Sherwood
Next: vs. Blair (1-4), today, 6:30 p.m. 10
Oakton Next: atWestfield (3-2), today, 7:30 p.m. (5-0) (4-1) (5-0) (5-0) (5-0) 11 Gonzaga
Next: at O'Connell (2-3), Saturday, 2 p.m. 12 Robinson
Next: vs. Chantilly (5-0), today, 7:30 p.m. 13 Centreville
Next: at Herndon (1-4), today, 7:30 p.m. 14 DeMatha
Next: at Good Counsel (4-1), today, 7 p.m. 15 Ballou
Next: at Anacostia (0-5), today, 7 p.m. (4-1) (4-1) (5-0) (3-2) (4-0) 16 Lake Braddock
Next: at Lee (1-4), today, 7:30 p.m. 17
Seneca Valley
Next: vs. Northwest (0-5), today, 6:30 p.m. 18
Suitland
Next: vs. C.H. Flowers (5-0), Saturday, 2 p.m. 19 Urbana
Next: at Thomas Johnson (3-2), today, 7 p.m. 20
North Point Next: at Calvert (1-4), today, 7 p.m.
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JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST Terrill Stewart is the engine that powers Suitland’s run offense. Maryland
C.H. Flowers (5-0) at No. 18 Suitland (5-0), Saturday, 2 p.m.
Opponents know what to expect fromSuitland: A power
running game with offensive lineman Terrill Stewart often leading the way for running backs Anthony Norman and Anthony Squire. Rams quarterback NyemaWashington is capable ofmaking big
plays when needed. He has completed 37 of 61 passes for 687 yards and seven touchdowns. Wide receiver Levern Jacobs, who had surgery to repair torn
meniscus in his knee and hasmissed the past three games, returned to practice earlier this week. It will be a game-time decision whether theMarshall recruit plays, according to Suitland Coach Ed Shields. “He could play,” said Shields, acknowledging Saturday’s game
against C.H. Flowers will be his team’s first test since a 21-14 victory overWise in the season opener. Last season, Suitland won the teams’ regular seasonmeeting,
21-20, but Flowers prevailed in theMaryland 4A South Region semifinals, 34-27 – the third time in four years the teams havemet in the postseason. Saturday’s winner gets the inside track to the region’s top seed in this year’s playoffs. “I think it will be a real battle,” Shields said. “You have two
obviously good teams playing each other and we have a history. I don’t think last year’s resultsmatter somuch. It’s a rivalry on both sides.” Flowers has had the upper hand in the series recently, winning
three of fourmeetings over the past two seasons.While quarterback Thomas Lawrence can throw the ball better than some of his predecessors, the Jaguars still rely on their wing-T offense withmisdirection and deception leading to big plays in the running game. Montel Ijeomah is Flowers’s top threat, but CoachMikeMayo
likes to spread the ball around. “They have an array of backs they give it to,” Shields said. “You
never know who they’re giving it to on any given play. That is their forte. That’s been their forte for years.”
Around the area First place is at stake in the Prince George’s 3A/2A/1A league
when No. 5 Douglass travels to Potomac (Md.) on Saturday. The Eagles (5-0, 4-0) have waltzed through the season’s first half, outscoring their opponents 192-12 with three shutouts. But starting with Potomac (4-1, 3-0), the next four opponents for Douglass all have winning records and three of the games are on the road. . . . The area’s top two rushers square off on Friday night: Rockville senior Crusoe Gongbay (1,100 yards, 17 TDs) and Wheaton senior Rayshawn Taylor (1,047 yards, 12 TDs). . . . Annapolis (2-3) will have its hands full against Broadneck (4-1) Friday. Since falling to Arundel, 10-6, on Sept. 16, the Bruins have won their last two games by a combined score of 84-6. Running back Ron VanMeter has beenmaking themost out of limited work. In Broadneck’s 51-6 win over Glen Burnie (0-5) last week, he had only two carries — the first was a 73-yard touchdown, the second was a 21-yard touchdown. — Josh Barr, Alan Goldenbach, Greg Schimmel and Alan Siegel
AllMetSports.com Excerpts from The Post’s high school sports web site Kouandjiois ready
togoforDeMatha DeMatha offensive tackle
CyrusKouandjio, one of the nation’smostheavily recruited players,practicedMonday and will be inthe lineupFridaywhen the 14th-rankedStagsplay at second-rankedGoodCounsel. Kouandjio sprainedknee
ligamentsduring the first series of thispast Saturday’s 32-25 loss to 11th-rankedGonzaga anddid not return. However,DeMathaCoachBill
McGregor onTuesday saidthat Kouandjiowill be ready as the Stags try to avoidgoing 3-3. —JoshBarr
Suspensions comedown Three footballplayers from
H.D.Woodsonandtwo from Wilsonhave beensuspended, bothfromgame actionand school, as a result of lastweek’s brawl betweenthe two teams that
forcedthe game to be calledwith 5minutes 47 seconds left and Woodsonleading, 12-6. According toD.C.Public
SchoolsAthleticDirectorMarcus Ellis, all fiveplayerswillhave to sit out thisweek’s game,will be suspended10days fromschool, andtheymustwork together to complete a community service project. “It’snot about the fight onthe
field,”Ellis said. “It’s about the lingering effects, and[the community service] is going to improve that.” OnFriday,Woodson(3-3)
hosts SpingarnwhileWilson (2-4) travels toTheodore Roosevelt.
—AlanGoldenbach
McNerneybringsmuscle Despite accounting fornearly
2,000total yards and15 touchdowns last seasonas a junior,Potomac School running backConorMcNerneydecided
thathis 175-poundbodywasn’t fast or strong enoughto build uponthat stellarperformance. So starting inMay,he begana
strenuous regimenprogramthat oftenhadhimliftingweights at 6 a.m. andeatingprotein-rich foods six times aday totaling 5,000calories. Fivemonths later, the senior
hadadded25pounds—“pure muscle,”his coachPatDuffy said —tohis 5-foot-11 frame. Throughfour games this
season,McNerneyhas 610 rushing yards andnine touchdowns. Inlastweek’s 44-7 winoverMid-AtlanticAthletic Conference opponent Saint James,he ranfor 204 yards on19 carries, including a 58-yard touchdownscamper that displayedhis improvedspeed. “He’s gottenmuchfaster
becausehe’s gottenmuch stronger,” saidDuffy,whose team is 4-0and1-0intheMAC. “He’s more of a complete back.Last yearhe’dbang becausehewas as
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST Oakton senior Jimmy Boone is one of the area’s top quarterbacks. Virginia
No. 10 Oakton (5-0) at Westfield (3-2), Today, 7:30 p.m.
When coaches trade filmthe week before a game, they are
given only the previous two weeks of action in order to prepare for their upcoming opponent. So forgive Oakton Coach Joe Thompson if he doesn’t have
much to say about some of the early offensive vulnerabilities Westfield showed in the first three weeks of the season. The Bulldogs (3-2) lost twice in that span, to top-ranked Stone
Bridge and No. 16 Lake Braddock, and scored just 10 total points in the defeats. In the last two weeks, however,Westfield has scored 70 points and appears to be putting things together just in time for its brutal AAA Concorde District schedule — the Bulldogs’ next four opponents have a combined record of 19-1. “It’s the same ol’Westfield,” Thompson said. “Not knowing
what week one and week [three] look like, I don’t see any real flaws in their game at all.” Though No. 10 Oakton, which won a state title in 2005, enters
the game undefeated and is thus the favorite, Thompson said there is still an aura of respect around a Bulldogs programthat won state titles in 2003 and 2007. The Bulldogs operate an effective run-first offense that can
rotate running backs to great success. Junior running back Kendell Anderson was the returning leading rusher entering the season, but he injured an ankle in week two. Last week in a 33-7 win overW.T.Woodson it was senior C.J. Craft who rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown while senior BrianMonticue added 82 yards and another score. “I think everything is starting to really come into place and all
that time and repetition is starting to pay off,”Westfield quarterbackMatthew Pisarcik said. “I think the whole teamis having a better feel for things. I can
see things a lot better, I can understand things better and I think everyone else is, too.” The Cougars rely on one of the region’s top quarterbacks, senior
Jimmy Boone, a dual-threat who has passed for 435 yards and six touchdowns while rushing for another 366 yards and six scores.
Around the area No. 12 Robinson (4-1) faces undefeated Chantilly on Friday. The
Chargers have defeated only one teamwith a winning record, but feature two rushers withmore than 500 yards this season: Jimmy Hicks andWilliamHill-Pensamiento. Rams running back Jared Velasquez has been on a torrid pace, racking up 400 yards and nine touchdowns in the past three games. . . . No. 6 Colonial Forge (5-0), which travels to North Stafford
(4-1) on Friday, is the highest-scoring teamin theWashington area at 50.6 points per game. The Eagles feature three Division I commits on offense: quarterback Blake Frohnapfel (Marshall), tight end Eric Frohnapfel (West Virginia) and receiver TimScott (North Carolina). . . . Broad Run (5-1), which had its area-best 33- game winning streak snapped last week, will try to slow down Dominion running back Deandre Reaves, who has totalled 597 yards and 17 TDs in his last three games. —Matt Brooks, Paul Tenorio, JamesWagner and PrestonWilliams
MARK GAIL/THE WASHINGTON POST DeMatha is 3-2 despite the best efforts of Jacob Siwicki, left. D.C./privates
No. 14 DeMatha (3-2, 1-1WCAC) at No. 2 Good Counsel (4-1, 2-0), today, 7 p.m.
It’s the annual battle for supremacy in the region’s top private
school league. Of course, for the past six years, the regular season meeting between DeMatha and Good Counsel has simply been an appetizer for their rematch in theWashington Catholic Athletic Conference championship game. Last year, DeMatha won the regular seasonmatchup in
dramatic fashion, 24-21, but Good Counsel ended the Stags’ six- year run atop theWCAC with a 14-7 victory in the championship game. Both teams have since restocked and reloaded, but DeMatha is
struggling defensively. The Stags have given upmore than 30 points and trailed in the
fourth quarter in all but one of their five games. Last weekend, DeMatha rallied froma 25-14 halftime deficit
against Gonzaga and tied the game early in the fourth quarter on Jacob Siwicki’s 22-yard touchdown run. But just when the Stags needed a defensive stop, Gonzaga drove
for the winning touchdown in a 32-25 victory. After DeMatha was stopped on downs, Gonzaga proceeded to get three first downs and run out the game’s final fourminutes without giving the Stags another possession. For the game, DeMatha’s defense got a stop just three times in 10 third-down chances. “We didn’t tackle very well,” DeMatha Coach BillMcGregor said.
“We have not been a physical football teamall year. Against a physical football team, you have to be physical and we haven’t done that yet.” DeMatha is trying to avoid losing consecutive games in the same
season for the first time since 1994. The last time the Stags were 3-2 was in 2008, following a 42-21 loss at Good Counsel that was televised on ESPNU. They responded by winning their final seven games by at least 20 points each. Good Counsel has rebounded since a 28-7 loss to Gilman on
Sept. 4. It again will be without running backWes Brown, who injured his leg in the season-opening 21-6 victory at St. Xavier of Cincinnati. Brown returned briefly in last week’s 48-0 win over McNamara, but Falcons Coach BobMilloy said Brown remains cautious with his knee and is unlikely to play.
Around the area Episcopal (1-1) has set up temporary lights in its stadiumso that
it can host Landon (3-1) on Friday at 8:15 p.m. “It’s a pretty neat way of putting together a Friday Night Lights-type of thing,” Maroon CoachMark Gowin said. . . . Division play gets underway in the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic
Association, and games take on added importance because league records alone determine which four teams (top two each fromthe East andWest divisions) qualify for the postseason. In previous years, it was usually clear which two teams from
each division wouldmake the playoffs; thatmay not be the case this season. Aside fromNo. 15 Ballou, which defeated Dunbar, 18-7, and remains the league’s only unbeaten, no other teamhas separated itself fromthe pack.
—Josh Barr and Alan Goldenbach HIGHSCHOOLFOOTBALLSCHEDULE
TOP20 Fairfax atNo.1StoneBridge,7:30
No.14DeMatha at No.2GoodCounsel,7 WatkinsMillatNo.3Damascus,6:30
No.6ColonialForge at NorthStafford,7:30
Clarksburgat No.7QuinceOrchard,6:30 No.8Arundel atGlenBurnie,6:30 Blair atNo.9Sherwood,6:30 No.10OaktonatWestfield,7:30 Chantilly atNo.12Robinson,7:30 No.13Centreville atHerndon,7:30 No.15BallouatAnacostia,7 No.16LakeBraddock at Lee,7:30
Northwest at No.17SenecaValley,6:30 No.19Urbana atThomas Johnson,7 No.20NorthPoint atCalvert,7
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
Offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandjio will be in the lineup Friday whenNo. 14DeMatha visitsNo. 2Good Counsel.
aphysical back.Butnowwhenhe gets outside andinthe open,he’s got another gear.”
—JamesWagner
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DISTRICT
Coolidge atCardozo,7 EasternatMcKinley,7 SpingarnatH.D.Woodson,7 WilsonatTheodoreRoosevelt,7
MARYLAND
Bethesda-Chevy Chase at Walter Johnson,6:30 Broadneck atAnnapolis,6:30 Centennial atMountHebron,7 EinsteinatNorthwood,6:30 FairmontHeights atFriendly,6 Fran.ScottKey atTuscarora (Md.),7 Frederick atSouthCarroll,7 Glenelgat LongReach,7 GwynnPark at Largo,6:30 Kennedy atBlake,6:30 Lackey atMcDonough,7 Leonardtownat LaPlata,7 Magruder atChurchill,6:30 MarriottsRidge atWilde Lake,7 Meade atNorthCounty,6:30 Northeast atSouthern,6:30 NorthernatChopticon,7 NorthwesternatHighPoint,7 OaklandMills atHammond,7 OldMill atSouthRiver,6:30 PaintBranchatGaithersburg,6:30 Patuxent atGreatMills,7 Reservoir atAtholton,7
RiverHill atHoward,7 Rockville atWheaton,6:30 SevernaPark atChesapeake,6:30 Springbrook at Richard Montgom- ery,6:30 ThomasStone atWestlake,7 WhitmanatWootton,6:30
VIRGINIA
Brentsville atFauquier,7:30 BriarWoods at LoudounCounty,7 Chancellor atCaroline,7:30 Culpeper at JamesMonroe,7:30 DominionatBroadRun,7 EdisonatYorktown,7:30 FallsChurchatWakefield,7:30 Freedom-South Riding at Tuscarora (Va.),7 Gar-FieldatPotomac (Va.),7:30 GeorgeMasonatWoodgrove,7 Handley atKettleRun,7:30 HayfieldatMountVernon,7:30 Heritage atStonewall Jackson,7:30 JamesWoodatSherando,7 JeffersonatMcLean,7:30 KingGeorge atEasternView,7:30 Luray atManassasPark,7:30 MadisonatSouthLakes,7:30 Madison County at Stonewall-Mt. Jackson,7:30 Marshall at Langley,7:30 Massaponax atBrookePoint,7:30 Millbrook atSkyline,7 Osbourn Park at Freedom-Wood- bridge,7:30 Patrick Henry-Roanoke at GW-Dan- ville,7 PotomacFalls atParkView,7 RiverbendatAlbemarle,7:30 South County at West Springfield, 7:30 Spotsylvania atCourtland,7:30 StaffordatMountainView,7:30 W.T. Woodson at West Potomac, 7:30 WarrenCounty at Liberty,7 Washington-Lee atStuart,7:30 WilliamFleming at Franklin County, 7
Woodbridge atHylton,7:30
PRIVATE Hyde atFishburneMilitary,4 JohnPaul theGreatatFriends(Balti- more),7
KenstonForest atQuantico,6 LandonatEpiscopal,8 Model atFredericksburgChristian,4 Pallotti atSt.Mary'sRyken,7 Potomac School at Trinity Episcopal, 4 SevernatSt. John'sCatholicPrep,4 SpaldingatCurley,4 St.Mary's-AnnapolisatGeorgetown Prep,4 Baltimore Lutheran vs. Annapolis AreaChristianatArundelHS,7
OTHERS
FortHill at Jefferson(W.Va.),7 Hedgesville (W.Va.) at Musselman (W.Va.),7 Martinsburg (W.Va.) at Washing- ton,7 MilfordatHuntingtown,7 Poolesville at Maryland School for theDeaf,7 SilverOakAcademy at Linganore,7 Baltimore Freedom vs. Friendship Collegiate atSpingarn,7
SATURDAY
TOP20 No. 4 Osbourn at Loudoun Valley, 1:30 No.5Douglass atPotomac (Md.),2 No.11Gonzaga atO'Connell,2 C.H.Flowers atNo.18Suitland,2
MARYLAND
Bowie atBladensburg,2 CrosslandatSurrattsville,3 DuVal atWise,3 Forestville atCentral,2 Laurel atParkdale,2 OxonHill atEleanorRoosevelt,2
VIRGINIA Annandale atT.C.Williams,2:30
PRIVATE
AvalonatMassanutten,1 Maret atSaint James,3 Mtn.RidgeatRiverdaleBaptist,1:30 PaulVICatholic atCarroll,2 SidwellFriends atFlintHill,7 St.Albans at Ireton,2 St. John's atMcNamara,2:30 St.Stephen's/St.Agnes atBlue Ridge,2
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