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After a career full of injuries, Maryland running back Jake Funk is ending his college football career on a high note. And getting recognition from outside the program. Funk overcame torn ACLs (one in each knee) the last two years to have his career year in 2020. The senior running back and former Damascus High […]

The Maryland Terrapins are making some noise in college football. For the second straight week, the Terps pulled off an upset – this time, a dominant 35-19 win over Penn State. “I’m really happy that our young team got to enjoy success [at Penn State],” head coach Mike Locksley said, “which is a tough place […]

Under the Friday night lights, two former Montgomery County running backs battled it out at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium. Jake Funk, a graduate of Damascus, helped lead Maryland (1-1) to an unexpected 45-44 victory over Good Counsel alum Mohamed Ibrahim and the Minnesota Golden Gophers (0-2). The game was played before a friends […]

“There are very, very, very few people that really understand what the last two to two and a half years have been like for me. From a physical standpoint to a mental standpoint.” Jake Funk missed nearly all of the past two seasons with two torn ACL injuries. But now, as the Maryland Terrapins get […]

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Maryland Terrapins are set to kick off their football season on Saturday against the Northwestern Wildcats. The offseason has been like no other for the Terps, with a rollercoaster of uncertainty surrounding 2020. After the Big Ten Conference cancelled all fall sports in mid-August, the football season was reinstated […]

Five years ago, Jake Funk helped lead Damascus High School to an undefeated 14-0 record and the Maryland 3A state football title scoring seven touchdowns in the championship game against Dundalk. Now he’s a senior running back at the University of Maryland. Injuries have ended his last two seasons and it looked like he would […]

Ohio State rallied in the second half to hand the Maryland Lady Terps their first loss ever in the Big Ten conference.  Down by 3 at the half, OSU outscored a tired Terrapins team by 12 to take a 80-71 win in College Park. After the game, Maryland’s head coach Brenda Frese said about how […]

Sunday. I traveled over to College Park to catch a good women’s basketball game between #5 Maryland vs #19 Nebraska.  The Terps topped the Huskers by a score of 59-47 and improve to 21-2 overall and 12-0 in the Big Ten in this their inaugural season in the league. Here are a few views from […]