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The Maryland Women’s basketball team fell to the South Carolina’s Gamecocks, Monday, Nov. 15th in College Park. A late fourth quarter Terps rally by Maryland Women’s basketball team could not close the gap on South Carolina’s Gamecocks, the defending national champions, as the Gamecocks held on for a 94-86 early season win. Gamecock’s A’ja Wilson […]

What is it about Kentland’s and Halloween?  What makes this particular secular fall celebration such a destination in upper Montgomery County?  For me it draws comparison to springtime in Kenwood with their cherry blossom lined streets.  The answer to my questions lies somewhere between Kentlands (and it’s neighbor the Lakelands) being a walkable community and […]

What do bees, New York, London, Rio de Janeiro, Abu Dhabi, seniors, a rally, a tug of war, princes and princesses, flatbeds, pickup trucks, a marching band, parents, candy, pink tops, Einstein and football have in common? Well they are all key ingredients that made up homecoming weekend at Quince Orchard High School. During homecoming […]

In what is the final in-county 2017 season football contest between private and public schools, Good Counsel Falcons (4-1) preserves it’s #10 ranking in the DMV by powering over Northwest Jaguars (4-1) at 58-21. Good Counsel took advantage of great field position in the first quarter to set the stage for this win.  Good Counsel’s […]

On my, oh momma what a game. The teams went toe to toe into the fourth quarter and beyond in overtime too. Bullis Prep Bulldogs prevailed 42-41 as Quince Orchard went for the win at home and fell short on their two-point conversion attempt in overtime. Three teams showed up at the Cougar Dome in Gaithersburg […]

Two Bethesda high school varsity football teams began their season with a nonconference match this afternoon. It was the Walt Whitman Vikings against the Landon Bears, the game was played at Landon’s Triplett Field at Bordley Stadium. The final score was 34-0, Landon. The Bears returned the kickoff with a touchdown run in the first […]

The wait is over and all that remains is a few days in the wet here in College Park than the team hops on a charter to Austin, Texas.  Maryland opens it’s 125th football season against the #23 ranked Texas Longhorns, who also celebrate 125 years of football.  The last time the Terps met the […]

It is that time of year when local attention in Montgomery County turns to the start of the new school year. High school student athletes are now getting ready for the array of sports activities in the fall semester. Add to this a new dimension of the rising profile of Maryland high school sports, which […]

Strategic partners, the University of Maryland College Park (UMD) and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) today marked the first phase completion of the new Cole Field House. In what can clearly be recognized as a rebirth of Cole, a second ground breaking took place after the football field dedication, known as the Terrapin Performance Center, […]

It was an old fashioned Irish wake in a contemporary British styled pub. Beer flowed, food overwhelmed the tables, and the bourbon salute to a life well lived fulfilled “Griff’s” wish for a celebration rather than a church service for his friends and family. Over 250 gathered this past Saturday, at Union Jacks Gaithersburg Rio […]