Below you’ll see the most recent updates or final scores that we have of the 2026 week 1 MCPS football games. The scores will be updated as we receive them. If a score isn’t listed, it’s because we haven’t yet received a report from the game that we can confirm. An ‘F’ signifies the score is confirmed as being final:
There isn’t much mystery at the top. Quince Orchard has spent the better part of the last several years making preseason arguments feel unnecessary. The real question in Montgomery County is who can make the Cougars uncomfortable and, eventually, who can actually beat them.
Oakland Terrace Elementary School in Silver Spring (Plyers Mill Rd. near Kensington) is adding a new attraction to its annual yard sale this year… a card show exclusively for kids.
Montgomery County Public Schools is asking students, staff members, families and other community members to help shape the school calendars for the 2027-2028 and 2028-2029 academic years.
Magruder High School Principal Christopher Ascienzo provided families with additional details about Thursday morning’s lockdown, which followed two separate incidents involving students found with a knife and a BB replica handgun.
A 15-year-old student has been charged with assault following one of two separate incidents involving weapons at Magruder High School in Derwood on Thursday morning, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police.
Two students were taken into custody following separate incidents involving weapons at Col. Zadok Magruder High School in Derwood, according to Montgomery County Public Schools and Montgomery County Police.
Crazy now to think that, this time last year, there was a legitimate argument to be made that Paint Branch might finally catch Quince Orchard at the right moment. The Panthers had reason to believe the Cougars’ standard had slipped just enough. Then reality hit as Quince Orchard defeated Paint Branch 42-7.
Week 1 is supposed to be about optimism. Everyone is undefeated, every roster has a reason to believe it is better than the one that finished last season, and every coach has spent an offseason explaining why the work his players put in will matter when the lights come on. Then the games begin.
Six Montgomery County Public Schools are among 37 Maryland schools named to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s 2026 list of America’s Healthiest Schools.
MCPS recently shared that more than 150,000 students returned to Montgomery County Public Schools on August 25 for the 2026-2027 school year. This school year, MCPS introduced 26 principals who are newly hired or new to their schools: