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Coming off a bye week, top-seeded Paint Branch showed no rust in a convincing 56-20 2nd round 4A playoff win over Einstein. The Panthers set the tone early with a bruising style of play and commitment to establishing the run early. “We’re a physical team”, said Paint Branch head coach Michael Nesmith. The first quarter featured […]

Cougar Dome, Gaithersburg, MD: Friday, November 14, 2019 Football at Walter Johnson has never been here before.  Here, is the second round of the MPSSAA football playoff.  The Wildcats historic season finished 8-3 which included a playoff win against Urbana along with wins against, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Whitman and Churchill.  A win against the latter two […]

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 […]

The Quince Orchard Cougars dominated the Paint Branch Panthers Friday night in the last game of the regular season. The final score was 38-14. In a ceremony prior to the game, Paint Branch retired #54 Darnell Dockett’s jersey. Darnell Dockett was a 1999 graduate of Paint Branch High School with a remarkable football career including […]

Seven on Seven football has become a spring rite of passage for rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors interested in playing varsity in the fall. The 2014-2015 sports calendar for high school students ends with the last pitch of the varsity baseball state championship, which coincides with Memorial Day weekend.  The following week prospective […]

Half of the high school football season has gone by and it has been my pleasure to travel around the county to photograph many games for Montgomery Community Media. In this first edition of Friday Night Star Lights, I will provide a brief introduction to those outstanding individual performances played under those Friday night lights. […]