Montgomery Community Media

On a sunny spring afternoon in Gaithersburg, the softball and baseball fields at Quince Orchard were alive with ballplayers. The visiting Clarksburg Coyotes were on the losing side in both the softball and baseball events, Monday, April 18. Clarksburg rallied in the final innings of both games but fell short as Quince Orchard boys and girls hung […]

Tuesday, April 5th was a sunny and windswept day in Gaithersburg. The Screaming Eagles of Seneca Valley survived a set of jitters and early blunders to defeat the Lady Trojans 14-8. After falling behind 5-3 early in the second inning, Seneca streaked to a 6-5 lead and exchanged numerous ties with Gaithersburg during the middle […]

Ok, so it is my first visit to Florida during Spring Training. I admit it, I have become a snowbird and like most wintering birds here on the West Coast of Florida, vacation plans during March revolve around baseball. Spring Training is in full bloom and I am a casual visitor rather than the working […]

Walter Johnson and Churchill; North Bethesda and Potomac; steak and potatoes; liver and onions; they all go together. Rivals or not these two schools are peas in the same pod. Style and substance on the court was in fashion as the score ping ponged back and forth all night. Neither team garnered much of a […]

Sunsets are fleeting and winters ones are even more so. On summer evenings you tend to be outdoors enjoying a late evening cutting the grass or relaxing with neighbors on the stoop or deck. The sunset creeps up slowly and eventually burns away. On the other hand you have to anticipate winter sunsets. There is […]

The Poolesville Falcons varsity boys’ basketball team came to North Potomac to face the Quince Orchard Cougars with high expectations of a good showing. The Cougars however had other plans for this match. In the end, the Cougars enjoyed a rare evening when all the subs had substantial playing time as they closed out a […]

Season ending high school sports awards abound at this time of year. For those student athletes who excelled, it is rewarding to be recognized now as best amongst your peers both here in the County and across the DMV. Accolades for MoCo student-athletes did suffer an indirect loss this year. The Gaithersburg Gazette weekly newspaper […]

It was Halloween morning and I planned on joining my running buddies for a walk/run along the C&O Canal at Old Anglers Inn. The night before the weather conditions changed and it became apparent that this Saturday morning run would start out cool and probably foggy. I grabbed my camera and tripod instead of my […]

High School memories linger. Ask Bruce Springsteen or any other popular artists who write and sing about these special glory days. So it was for many seniors in Olney last Friday night at Our Lady of the Good Counsel High School. Families, friends, teachers and coaches linger for those moments before that senior walks across […]

There’s been six weeks of football and there’s been some great performances on the field across the county. Here’s a look at some of the players I think are among the county’s top: Best Offensive Performer: Quarterback, Junior – Desmond Colby, Blair Through six games Desmond Colby has accumulated over 1,700 yards of offensive might […]