Sports

April 5, 2021 | Gracie Tanner

Wrestlers Helen Maroulis, Kyle Snyder Qualify for 2021 Olympic Games

Good Counsel High School alumnus Kyle Snyder and Magruder High School alumna Helen Maroulis qualified for the 2021 Summer Olympic Games at the U.S. wrestling team trials on Saturday. Both wrestlers won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Maroulis, a 57-kilogram freestyle wrestler, defeated Jenna Burkert, 2-1, at the […]

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April 5, 2021 | Andrea Sarralde

Montgomery Parks Actualiza las Restricciones para Instalaciones Deportivas

  Montgomery Parks anunció el 3 de abril que modificarán ciertas restricciones de COVID-19 dentro de sus instalaciones deportivas de acuerdo con las regulaciones de salud recientemente dadas en el condado de Montgomery y la guía de deportes COVID actualizada. Montgomery Parks implementará los siguientes cambios y pautas: Se reinstalarán las redes en todas las […]

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April 5, 2021 | Abby Espiritu

Montgomery Parks Updates Restrictions for Athletic Facilities

Montgomery Parks announced on April 3 that they will be modifying certain COVID-19 restrictions within their athletic facilities in accordance with Montgomery County’s recently amended health regulations and updated COVID sports guide. Montgomery Parks will be implementing the following changes and guidelines: Nets at all basketball courts in parks will be reinstalled. For sports played […]

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April 1, 2021 | Staff Writer

MoCo’s Most Famous: PGA Tour Golfer Denny McCarthy

Pro golfer Denny McCarthy is moving up the charts. The 28 year-old Montgomery County native is coming off the best stretch of his young PGA Tour career. In his last three tournaments, he tied for 26th place at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, was 55th at The Players Championship but was one-shot off the lead at […]

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March 31, 2021 | Gracie Tanner

Olympic Diver Steele Johnson Visits County Aquatic Center

Olympic diver Steele Johnson visited the Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center in North Bethesda to shoot a promotional video on March 26. A clip of the promotional video can be found on Instagram and Twitter. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFYXRXr3S1/ Johnson is a silver medal-winning Olympic diver that made his debut at the 2016 Rio Games. The 24-year-old diver won […]

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March 29, 2021 | Abby Espiritu

Ex-Bullis Football Player Who Saved Woman from Sexual Assault Tells Story to CNN

New England Patriots’ offensive lineman and Bullis School alumnus Justin Herron is being recognized for his heroic actions last week when he helped save a 71-year-old retired schoolteacher from being sexually assaulted. Herron was walking through a park in Tempe, Arizona when he heard a woman’s voice screaming for help. Along with the help of […]

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March 29, 2021 | Joe Yasharoff

Quince Orchard Football Players Relish Opportunity to Play Again

Quince Orchard hosted Sherwood Friday night for a football scrimmage. Usually, football is played from September to December. The season opener should have taken place last fall but of course the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. Last week, the Montgomery County Council voted that football could be played again but in a condensed three-game season with […]

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March 26, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Council Approves Limited Number of Spectators at Sporting Events

The Montgomery County Council unanimously agreed on Friday to allow two spectators for each athlete, up to a maximum of 50 people, at sporting events as long as those spectators are in an area with a barrier between them and the athletes and coaches. The new recommendations take effect on April 2 at 5 p.m. […]

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March 25, 2021 | Bryan Gallion

Hailed as a Hero, NFL Player and Bullis Alum Saves Woman from Assault

Justin Herron, a New England Patriots offensive lineman and a 2014 graduate of Potomac’s Bullis School, is being called a hero by police for saving a 71-year-old retired teacher from an attempted assault sexual last Saturday in a Tempe, Arizona, park. “It was something that I never dreamed that I thought I would see,” Herron […]

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March 25, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Net Benefit: Relaxation of COVID-19 Guidelines Brings Basketball Back to County Parks

Following Montgomery County council’s updated COVID-19 guidelines, basketball is no longer considered a high-risk sport. As a result, staff from Montgomery County Parks will be spending the next three weeks returning the basketball nets they removed from playgrounds. Montgomery County Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson took advantage of the spring weather Thursday morning to reinstall […]

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