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The Damascus football program is making headlines — for all the wrong reasons. Again. Several members of the Damascus football team and coaches conducted an unauthorized practice last month resulting in both the varsity and junior varsity teams forfeiting their first game of the 2019 season. Montgomery County Public Schools wrote Damascus families, “an out-of-season […]

Keeping Up with Katie: The latest news and information about the Olympic champion swimmer and Montgomery County’s own Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky will be representing her hometown for the DC Trident in the new International Swimming League. The ISL officially announced rosters for some of its teams and Ledecky was clearly the headliner for the DC […]

The U.S. National women’s soccer team made history in their 2019 World Cup debut routing Thailand 13-0 on Tuesday in Reims, France. Alex Morgan led the way with a record-tying five goals. Two current Washington Spirit players, Rose Lavelle with two goals and Mallory Pugh with one, contributed to the rousing victory. RECAP | Lavelle […]

The Washington Post came out with its annual spring All-Met selections including dozens of athletes from Montgomery County schools. Four of the Post’s 12 athletes of the year are from Montgomery County: Eldad Mulugeta, Northwood boys’ track Leah Phillips, Bullis girls’ track Evin McDonald, Whitman boys’ tennis Ayana Akli, Wheaton girls’ tennis If you want […]

Shawn Springs is one of the best football players to ever come out of Montgomery County. After a decorated career at Springbrook as an All-Met football player and track star, Springs was an All-America at Ohio State and the third overall pick in the 1997 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. A 13-year NFL career […]

It was a long time coming. One year ago today, the Washington Capitals clinched their first ever Stanley Cup championship. It was Washington DC’s first title in the big four professional sports in 26 years. Many Caps fans took the opportunity to look back and reminisce about that historic day in Capitals’ history. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1136981131897651200 What […]

Update: Denny McCarthy fell short in his attempt to qualify for the U.S. Open. McCarthy was even par on the day (73, 71), 2 shots short of the cut which was 2 under. Naval Academy graduate Billy Hurley was one of those who did qualify.   Woodmont Country Club’s North Course in Rockville was the […]

Bullis graduating senior Bryson Shaw is on a roll. Last week, he played a key role in the Bulldogs winning the GEICO National Championship lacrosse tournament. A few days later at Senior Night for the Class of 2019, he won the Coach Walt King award for outstanding achievement in athletics. “Bryson is one of the […]

It was a fitting end to a great season. The Bullis Bulldogs achieved their pre-season goal of winning the IAC title then went above and beyond by winning the GEICO national championship tournament Tuesday night at Catholic University. MCM talked to several of the players and the head coach this afternoon about their magical season. […]

Damascus High School has a new athletic director, the school’s principal announced Wednesday. Clifford Elgin, formerly the assistant athletic director at Clarksburg High School, was chosen to lead the beleaguered program at Damascus. “Mr. Elgin is extremely excited to bring his experiences to Damascus and work collaboratively with our student-athletes, coaches, parents and guardians, staff […]