Damon Anderson is an army veteran and 1992 graduate of Quince Orchard High School who has covered MoCo public high school football for 15 years. Damon and Kevin Grant also started the first ever podcast covering local high school football.
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Week 6 brings a few intriguing matchups, but Friday night at the Cougardome is the main event. Churchill gets its shot at the heavyweight champ, while several teams are trying to either keep pace at the top or stop a slide before it becomes a problem.
For a half, Damascus looked like it might finally have an answer for Oakdale. Then the Bears did what they’ve been doing all season…took over.
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For three quarters, Stone Bridge had Quince Orchard right where it wanted it. The Cougars were sloppy. Carter Dailey threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. The offense couldn’t find much rhythm. And the Bulldogs had the homecoming crowd believing this might finally be the night they solved QO. Then the fourth quarter arrived.
Week 4 brings a few games that could start separating the contenders from the pack. Quince Orchard gets another chance to flex its muscle against a Seneca Valley team that may be better than any Eagles squad the Cougars have seen in years. Churchill and Whitman meet with the Congressional Cup potentially hanging in the balance, while Sherwood heads into a rivalry game with Blake before its showdown with QO. And then there are the games where somebody is finally getting over the hump.
Damascus (3-0) has spent the last two seasons trying to close the gap on Oakdale 3-0).That gap is still pretty wide. The Hornets were beaten by a combined 92-0 in two meetings with the Bears last season, so there is no shortage of motivation heading into Friday night’s showdown between two unbeaten teams. The question is whether Damascus has closed enough ground to make this one a game.
Can the Bulldogs finally clear the Cougar fence? For three years, Quince Orchard Cougars and Stone Bridge Bulldogs have played essentially the same game. Stone Bridge brings a defense capable of making Quince Orchard uncomfortable. QO eventually finds a way. The Bulldogs’ offense never quite finds one.
Below are the Top Ten rankings for MCPS football prior to the week 3 games. The week 4 preview and predictions can be seen here.
Two weeks in, we’re starting to separate the teams that have something cooking from the teams that are just taking up space on the schedule.
Archbishop Spalding earned its first win of the season Monday night, defeating Good Counsel 45-21 after the Falcons erased a 21-point deficit in the second half.