Montgomery Community Media

College Park, MD, Saturday, October 27 It was Maryland’s day with the first touch of the ball when Javon Leake took a kickoff 97 yards to the house to recapture the lead in the opening minutes against Illinois.  Leake, a highly sought after sophomore from Greensboro, NC would score a total of four touchdowns as […]

Under the raining skies of a Nor’easter Paint Branch inducted and honored 17 former athletes into their inaugural Hall of Fame event. Meanwhile on the field Paint Branch handed a season-crushing loss to Blake High School with a 28-6 win that eliminated the Bengals from postseason play. The scene inside the auditorium at Paint Branch High School […]

Good Counsel football dropped it’s second Washington Athletic Conference (WAC) game in a row by losing to DeMatha at home by a score of 32-2.  Good Counsel never got momentum to challenge the clearly superior DeMatha team Friday.  Too many turnovers and a lack of offensive consistency impacted the Falcons as they looked to rebound […]

Junior Achievement of Greater Washington (JAGW) and partner Capital One Bank joined with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to open the new JA Finance Park® at the Thomas Edison High School of Technology Tuesday.  On hand among the dignitaries was Ed Grenier, President and CEO of Junior Achievement of Greater Washington, MCPS Superintendent Dr. Jack […]

The Damascus Hornets were stymied in the first half on their way to a 49th win as the Watkins Mill Wolverines held them scoreless.  The last time Damascus found themselves held to goose egg score in the first half was against Williamsport at home during the MPSSAA 2A semifinal in November 2017.  The Wolverines had […]

Forgive me Bruce Hornsby and Don Henley for I have taken a play on words for your written classic “The End of Innocence”.  I found it inspirational as background music for choosing images of Sherwood High School’s “Dance the Night Away” music-themed Homecoming Dance.  Forgive me too, administrators, teachers, parents and all those chaperones for […]

Quince Orchard tamed an upbeat Paint Branch Panther team by controlling the ball on the ground for a 24-8 win Friday night in Burtonsville.  While avoiding game-changing turnovers the Cougars ran the ball 44 times for over 270 yards.  Quince Orchard controlled their line of scrimmage and made life tough for the Panthers who only […]

Homecoming for Richard Montgomery and the Rockets had their jets on as they flew past Walter Johnson 41-0. The Rockets T’Kai Ayoola’s four touchdowns and 196 first-half yards guided the Rockets to a 28-0 lead over the Wildcats.  Walter Johnson, with their new coach, Larry Hurd Jr (formerly of Clarksburg) presented his signature air attack […]

The surprise football team in Montgomery County this season just might be the Churchill Bulldogs.  As a result of their 42-7 defeat of down-county rival Walt Whitman on Friday evening Churchill now stands at 4-0.  Churchill’s road to a Maryland Regional Division championship now goes through an October 5th meeting with Northwest.  The remainder of […]

Northwest (NW) High School’s special team defense led the Jaguars to a 35-0 win over Seneca Valley in their annual contest for the Kings’ Trophy.  Three blocked punts by NW deep in Seneca Valley territory resulted in three touchdowns.  The first blocked punt on the opening series was run in for a score by NW’s […]