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J6 Wednesday, August 27, 2008 RDCMD The Washington Post High School Football | Schools

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CENTRAL CROSSLAND DOUGLASS FAIRMONT HEIGHTS B BB BBBB B Coach: Stan Hall Coach: Eric Knight* Coach: J.C. Pinkney Coach: Derek Deane* 2007: 4-6, 3-5 2007: 4-6, 4-4 2007: 8-3, 8-0 2007: 2-8, 1-7 Starters: 6/7 Starters: 3/4 Starters: 9/8 Starters: 0/4 In third year, Hall has New coach has high hopes LB Davon Bridges, RB-DB Senior Demonte Queen things moving in the right for RB Dwayne Howard, Christian Clark and QB leads a talented group of direction; RB-CB Tyrone who played on the line last Richard Barber are leaders linebackers, but the Hornets Johnson is a key returner. season, as Cavaliers seek for the Eagles, who have scored just 33 points in first playoff bid since 1995. lofty expectations. their last nine games. S 5 at Forest Park (Md.) 3:45 S 5 at T. Roosevelt 7 S 5 at Hereford 7 S 6 Riverdale Baptist 2 S 13 at Gwynn Park 2 S 12 at North Harford 7 S 13 Largo 2 S 13 Potomac (Md.) 2 S 20 at Douglass 3 S 19 at Friendly 4 S 20 Central 3 S 20 Gwynn Park 3 S 27 Cardozo 2; S 27 Douglass 2 S 27 at Crossland 2 S 26 at Largo 6:30 O 4 Crossland 3 O 4 at Central 3 O 3 Friendly 3 O 4 Surrattsville 3 O 11 at Largo 2 O 11 Gwynn Park 2 O 11 at Surrattsville 2 O 11 at Friendship Colleg. 2 O 18 Surrattsville 2 O 17 at Largo 6:30 O 17 at Fort Hill 7 O 18 Friendly 2 O 25 Forestville 2 O 25 Potomac (Md.) 2 O 25 Fairmont Heights 2 O 25 at Douglass 2 N 1 Fairmont Heights 2:30 N 1 Forestville 2:30 N 1 at Potomac (Md.) 2:30 N 1 at Central 2:30 N 7 at Friendly 6:30 N 8 at Surrattsville 2 N 8 at Gwynn Park 2 N 8 at Forestville 2

FORESTVILLE FRIENDLY GWYNN PARK LARGO BB BB BBBB B Coach: Charles Harley Coach: John Morgan* Coach: Danny Hayes Coach: Del Hughes 2007: 6-4, 6-2 2007: 4-6, 4-4 2007: 0-10, 0-8 2007: 3-7, 2-6 Starters: 4/6 Starters: 0/1 Starters: 7/7 Starters: 4/2 TONI L. SANDYS — THE WASHINGTON POST A familiar plight for The Patriots lost just once The Yellow Jackets hope to The Lions will lack Mike Thomas, right, a fourth-year starter, will try to lift Eleanor Roosevelt under new coach Tom Green. Knights: talented but low on the field (the rest were rebound from forfeit-filled experience, but senior T on numbers. DE DeOnte’ forfeits). LB Vincent season, led by talented Mike Oyebanjo (6-1, 315) Arnett (Maryland) is the Holder and WR-SS Jordan OL-DL Raynard Randolph. protects QB Daquan BLADENSBURG BOWIE C.H. FLOWERS DUVAL star. Haden will be key. Markham. B B BBBB BB S 5 at Bel Air 7 S 5 Edmondson-Westside 6:30 S 6 Dunbar (Balt.) 2 S 5 Southern 6:30 Coach: Derek Tyler* Coach: Pete Barham* Coach: Mike Mayo Coach: Dameon Powell* S 13 Friendly 2 S 13 at Forestville 2 S 13 Central 2 S 13 at Douglass 2 2007: 4-6, 4-6 2007: 5-5, 5-5 2007: 4-6, 4-6 2007: 6-5, 6-4 S 20 Largo 3 S 19 Crossland 4 S 20 at Fairmont Heights 3 S 20 at Forestville 3 S 27 Surrattsville 2 S 26 at McDonough 6:30 S 27 at Potomac (Md.) 2 S 26 Fairmont Heights 6:30 Starters: 6/5 Starters: 3/2 Starters: 7/6 Starters: 8/9 O 4 at Gwynn Park 3 O 3 at Douglass 3 O 4 Forestville 3 O 3 Overlea 6:30 LB Cornell Wade (6-1, RB Travis Thomas and WR LBs Lorne Goree Senior QB-DB Jesse O 11 Polytechnic 2 O 10 Potomac (Md.) 6:30 O 11 at Crossland 2 O 11 Central 2 205) and OT-DT Anthony Devin Goode hope to lead (Maryland) and Brandon Henderson, has started O 18 at Potomac (Md.) 2 O 18 at Fairmont Heights 2 O 17 at Urbana 7 O 17 Crossland 6:30 Lindsay (6-4, 265) lead a the Bulldogs back to the Killebrew lead a defense since his freshman year. O 25 at Central 2 O 24 Largo 6 O 25 at Surrattsville 2 O 24 at Friendly 6 team hoping for its first playoffs after starting last that posted five shutouts The offensive line averages N 1 at Crossland 2:30 N 1 at Gwynn Park 3 N 1 Friendly 3 O 31 Surrattsville 6:30 N 8 Fairmont Heights 2 N 7 Central 6:30 N 8 Douglass 2 N 8 at Potomac (Md.) 2 playoff bid since 1991. season 5-0. last season; senior Dwayne 6-4 and 300 pounds. Powell will play QB. S 5 at Laurel at High 7:30 S 6 at C.H. Flowers 2 Point S 6 Bladensburg 2 S 6 Eleanor Roosevelt 2 S 13 Bowie 2 S 13 at Bladensburg 2 S 13 at Parkdale 2 S 13 Laurel 2 POTOMAC (MD.) S 20 at Laurel 2 S 20 High Point 2 S 20 DuVal 2 S 20 at C.H. Flowers 2 BB S 27 at Parkdale 2 S 27 at DuVal 2 S 27 at Wise 2 S 27 Bowie 2 Coach: Chris Davidson* O 4 DuVal 3 O 4 Northwestern 2:30 O 4 Oxon Hill 3 O 4 at Bladensburg 3 2007: 6-4, 5-3 O 11 at Wise 2 O 11 at Parkdale 2 O 11 at Northwestern 2 O 11 at Oxon Hill 2 Starters: 4/5 O 18 Oxon Hill 2 O 18 Suitland 2 O 18 High Point 2 O 18 Parkdale 2 O 25 at Northwestern 2 O 25 at Oxon Hill 2 O 25 at E. Roosevelt 2 O 24 at High Point 7:15 QB James Seay and RBs N 1 High Point 2:30 N 1 Eleanor Roosevelt 2 N 1 Suitland 2 N 1 Wise 2:30 Stephen Darden and N 8 Suitland 2 N 8 C.H. Flowers 2 N 8 at Bowie 2 N 8 at Northwestern 2 Jeramie Best key playoff hopes; since winning state titles in 2004 and 2005, team is 11-9. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH POINT LAUREL NORTHWESTERN BBBB B B B Coach: Tom Green* Coach: Gary Dandridge* Coach: Brian Moore* Coach: Bryan Pierre S 5 at McKinley 7 2007: 5-5, 5-5 2007: 2-8, 2-8 2007: 2-8, 2-8 2007: 1-9, 1-9 S 13 at Fairmont Heights 2 S 20 at Surrattsville 3 Starters: 7/7 Starters: n/a Starters: 4/6 Starters: 4/4 S 27 Gwynn Park 2 QB Mike Thomas is a The Eagles have won one FB-LB Robert Balarabe Junior LB Marcus Adams O 4 Chopticon 2 fourth-year starter, and game on the field in each and RB DeAntae Love will and two-way starters O 10 at Friendly 6:30 three other players have of past two seasons under be key to the Spartans’ Anthony Young (WR-CB) O 18 Forestville 2 made oral commitments first-year coaches. hopes. and Tim Durant (TE-DE) O 25 at Crossland 2 N 1 Douglass 2:30 to major college have the Wildcats feeling N 8 Largo 2 programs. positive. S. 5 Bowie at High 7:30 S 6 at DuVal 2 S 6 at Wise 2 Point S 6 Oxon Hill 2 S 13 at Oxon Hill 2 S 12 Northwestern 7:15 S 13 at DuVal 2 S 12 at High Point 7:15 SURRATTSVILLE S 20 Parkdale 2 S 20 at Bowie 2 S 20 Bladensburg 2 S 20 Wise 2 B S 26 at High Point 7:15 S 26 Eleanor Roosevelt 7:15 S 27 at Oxon Hill 2 S. 27 at Suitland 2 O 4 Wise 3 O 4 at Suitland 3 O 4 Parkdale 3 O 4 at Bowie 2:30 Coach: Robert Harris* O 11 at Suitland 2 O 10 Laurel 7:15 O 10 at High Point 7:15 O 11 C.H. Flowers 2 2007: 10-2, 7-1 O 18 Northwestern 2 O 18 at C.H. Flowers 2 O 18 Wise 2 O 18 at E. Roosevelt 2 Starters: 1/1 O 25 C.H. Flowers 2 O 24 DuVal 7:15 O 25 at Suitland 2 O 25 Bladensburg 2 With a new coach and N 1 at Bowie 2 N 1 at Bladensburg 2:30 N 1 Northwestern 2:30 N 1 at Laurel 2:30 almost an entirely new N 8 Laurel 2 N 7 Parkdale 7:15 N 8 at E. Roosevelt 2 N 8 DuVal 2 lineup, the Hornets will be challenged to make their OXON HILL PARKDALE SUITLAND WISE second-ever postseason BBB B BBBB BB appearance. Coach: Kevin Wolfolk Coach: Rich Holzer* Coach: Nick Lynch Coach: DaLawn Parrish S 6 at Samuel Banks 1 2007: 7-4, 7-3 2007: 10-2, 9-1 2007: 12-1, 10-0 2007: 5-5, 5-5 13 St. John’s (D.C.) 2 20 Potomac (Md.) 3 Starters: 8/7 Starters: 2/2 Starters: 0/9 Starters: 6/6 27 at Forestville 2 Brandon Felder and Malik The Panthers must LB John Darr and ILB Eric Seniors TE-OLB Corey O 4 at Fairmont Heights 3 Cross are talented replace most key players Walters lead a stingy Darby, RB-DB Anthony O 11 Douglass 2 O 18 at Central 2 playmakers for a team aside from WR-DB defense as the Rams look Wright and OL-DL Joe Creek BY JONATHAN NEWTON — THE WASHINGTON POST that improved Ademola Olatunji and OL to repeat as Maryland 4A lead a team that could earn O 25 Gwynn Park 2 O 31 at Largo 6:30 Wide receiver Carlos Davis hauled in a third-down pass against Douglass last dramatically in Wolfolk’s Jermaine Dory. South Region champions. its first playoff bid. N 8 Crossland 2 year, during a trying season in which Friendly forfeited six games. first season. S 6 at Northwestern 2 S 6 Suitland 2 S 6 at Parkdale 2 S 6 High Point 2 S 13 E. Roosevelt 2 S 13 C.H. Flowers 2 S 13 at Wise 2 S 13 Suitland 2 Father figure of the league: The Prince George’s all-star game is named after former Fairmont Heights coach Ralph Paden. S 20 at Suitland 2 S 20 at E. Roosevelt 2 S 20 Oxon Hill 2 S 20 at Northwestern 2 One county coach jokes that Paden “coached everybody’s father.” S 27 Laurel 2 S 27 Bladensburg 2 S 27 Northwestern 2 S 27 C.H. Flowers 2 O 4 at C.H. Flowers 3 O 4 at Laurel 3 O 4 High Point 3 O 4 at E. Roosevelt 3 O 11 DuVal 2 O 11 Bowie 2 O 11 E. Roosevelt 2 O 11 Bladensburg 2 O 18 at Bladensburg 2 O 18 at DuVal 2 O 18 at Bowie 2 O 18 at Laurel 2 O 25 Bowie 2 O 25 at Wise 2 O 25 Laurel 2 O 25 Parkdale 2 N 1 at Parkdale 2 N 1 Oxon Hill 2 N 1 at C.H. Flowers 2 N 1 at DuVal 2:30 MIAA N 8 Wise 2 N 7 at High Point 7:15 N 8 at Bladensburg 2 N 8 at Oxon Hill 2

Father figure of the league: Suitland’s Nick Lynch took over a struggling team that had never been to the postseason and ANNAPOLIS AREA GEORGETOWN PREP PALLOTTI SEVERN in 12 seasons has established it as a perennial state title contender. CHRISTIAN BB B B B Coach: Dan Paro Coach: Pat Courtemanche Coach: Tony Werner Coach: Ken Lucas 2007: 3-7, 1-4 2007: 1-9, 0-8 2007: 3-7, 1-7 2007: 1-7, 1-5 Starters: 7/7 Starters: 9/10 Starters: 8/8 Starters: 5/6 The Little Hoyas hope the The Panthers hope RB-LB Noah Pyles is back Lucas continues to build tandem of RB-LBs Pat four-year starting after missing his junior the Eagles program in its Cotter and Billy Gribbin two-way lineman Aaron season because of second year of existence. can help forge the team’s Belush can provide shoulder surgery. He brings back 30 players best season in the MIAA. stability as they rebuild. from last year. A 29 St. John’s (Md.) 7 A 29 at Curley 4 A 29 St. Mary’s Ryken 3 S 5 at Paul VI Catholic 7 S 6 at Bullis 7 S 6 at Catoctin 1 S 5 Potomac School 7:30 S 13 Gonzaga 2:30 S 12 St. Mary’s-Annapolis 7 S 12 Spalding 4 S 13 at Md. Christian 3 S 19 at Gilman 5 S 19 Boys’ Latin 7 S 20 Great Mills 3 S 19 West Nottingham 7 S 27 at Mount St. Joseph 1 S 26 St. Paul’s (Md.) 7 S 26 John Carroll 7 S 27 at Bishop Walsh 3 O 3 St. Mary’s-Annapolis 4:30 O 3 at Cardinal Gibbons 7 O 3 St. Paul’s (Md.) 4 O 3 at Balt. Lutheran 3 O 11 Calvert Hall 1:30 O 10 at Curley 4 O 11 at Boys’ Latin 2 O 10 Friends 3 O 18 McDonogh 2 O 17 John Carroll 7 O 18 Cardinal Gibbons 3 O 17 at St. John’s (Md.) 3 O 25 at St. Albans 2 O 24 at Severn 4 O 24 Pallotti 4 O 24 Lutheran 3 O 31 Pallotti 3:30 O 31 at Georgetown Prep 3:30 N 7 at St. 7 O 31 at Friends 3 N 8 Blakefield 1 N 7 Spalding 7 Mary’s-Annapolis N 7 St. John’s (Md.) 3

SPALDING ST. JOHN’S (MD.) ST. MARY’S-ANNAPOLIS Father figure of the BBB BB BB league: One of the most Coach: Mike Whittles Coach: Jim Ward Coach: Brad Best storied coaches in 2007: 7-4, 7-1 2007: 7-4, 4-1 2007: 8-3, 6-1 Maryland history, Mitch Starters: 7/3 Starters: 8/9 Starters: 4/4 Tullai retired as coach The MIAA B runner-up Led by junior TE-DE J.R. The MIAA B champions from St. Paul’s School in should be a title threat Ferguson, the Vikings return junior WR Mark Brooklandville after 41 again. Leading rusher Nick have their top nine McNeill (37 catches, 10 years (209-126) and 10 Whittles returns after tacklers from last year’s TDs), but are without a championships. He running for 750 yards and MIAA C title defense. clear starter at QB. continues to teach history at St. Paul’s, where the three TDs. A 29 at Pallotti 7 S 5 Bohemia Manor 7 A 29 Gilman 7 football field is named A 30 at Loyola Blakefield 12 S 12 Potomac School 7 S 5 John Carroll 7 after him. S 5 Mount St. Joseph 7 S 19 SS/SA 7 S 12 at Pallotti 7 S 12 at Severn 4 S 27 at Christchurch 12 S 19 Calvert Hall 7 S 19 at Curley 4 O 3 Friends 7 S 26 at Boys’ Latin 7 S 26 Cardinal Gibbons 7 O 10 at Balt. Lutheran 4 O3 at Georgetown Prep 4:30 O 3 John Carroll 7 O 17 Annap. Area Christ. 3 O 10 at Cardinal Gibbons 7 O 17 at St. Paul’s (Md.) 7 O 24 at Friends 7 O 17 Curley 7 O 24 St. Mary’s-Annapolis 7 O 31 Balt. Lutheran 7 O 24 at Spalding 7

O 31 Boys’ Latin 7 N 7 at Annap. Area 3 O 31 at St. Paul’s (Md.) 3

N 7 at Pallotti 7 Christ. N 7 Severn 7

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