Damascus High School

November 27, 2015 | Staff Writer

Damascus Hornets Return to State Finals With 48-7 Win Over Reservoir (PHOTOS)

The Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets are moving onto the class 3A state finals after a win against the Reservoir Gators Friday night. The final score 48-7. This is the second year in a row the Hornets made it to the final game of the playoffs at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Damascus took an early 7-0 […]

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October 30, 2015 | Maureen Chowdhury

Damascus Hornets Dominate Seneca Valley Screamin’ Eagles (PHOTOS)

The Damascus Hornets remain undefeated after dominating the Seneca Valley Screamin’ Eagles on Friday night, 21-3. Both teams went into the game undefeated. The Hornets started off the game strong, scoring a touchdown in the first quarter, while the Screamin’ Eagles scored a field goal. The Hornets kept the momentum up and by the end […]

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September 4, 2015 | Staff Writer

Damascus Over Quince Orchard, 39-17 (PHOTOS)

High school football is back. Our coverage of Friday night under the lights begins in Damascus where the Hornets took on the Cougars. It was the Hornets who took an early 14-0 lead but the Cougars were on the board soon after that. At halftime, the score was 27-14, Damascus. Damascus Senior Jake Funk had […]

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May 13, 2015 | Staff Writer

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Six MCPS Seniors To Receive Gates Millennium Scholarships

Six Montgomery County Public Schools high school seniors will receive good-through-graduation scholarships to attend any accredited college or university in the U.S. and were named Gates Millennium Scholars recipients.

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March 3, 2015 | Staff Writer

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Three Teachers Named Finalists for MCPS Teacher of the Year

Three MCPS teachers have been named finalists for the 2015–2016 Teacher of the Year award. The three educators are recipients of the Veteran Teacher Award by the Marian Greenblatt Education Fund. The finalists are: Josephine Luster, a Grade 5 teacher in the Highly Gifted Center at Chevy Chase Elementary School in Chevy Chase. She is […]

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October 16, 2014 | Krista Brick

Damascus Stings Rockville Early and Often (PHOTOS)

It was a tough one for Rockville football fans as the Damascus Hornets romped Rockville 42-12 Thursday night. A muddy field didn’t stop Damascus from completing passes and running the ball against the Rockville team. A running clock moved the game until late in the fourth when Rockville put up its second touchdown of the […]

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March 28, 2014 | Staff Writer

Cities Readiness Initiative in Damascus Today

Local and state agencies will be conducting a full-scale exercise using the Cities Readiness Initiative plan to assess the ability of Montgomery County personnel from different departments and agencies to work together to conduct mass-dispensing of medications operations, implement a traffic control and security plan and assess the ability of mass dispensing staff to receive […]

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