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Ravens and Commanders Legends and Cheerleaders Will Be On Hand as Girls’ Flag Football Begins This Week

By MCS Staff

On Wednesday, Sept. 4, the second season of girls’ flag football in Maryland will commence with the Kick-Off Classic – a 26-game slate across eight different statewide locations. A ceremony will be held at each of the eight locations, while Ravens Cheerleaders, Poe and Legends, including Femi Ayanbadejo, Bryan Hall, Trevor Pryce, Ray Rice and Torrey Smith, will be on hand at several of the game sites to take in the action. The Washington Commanders will also support the initiative with appearances from their spirit squad, legends and mascot at each of the four Montgomery County locations (specific names and locations not available yet for Commanders).

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Local Acro Athletes To Represent Team USA

By MCS Staff

2024 is not only an Olympic year, but also a World Championship year for the sport of Acrobatic Gymnastics. This summer at the 2024 USA Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships and World Team Trials in Minneapolis (the same week and location of the Artistic Gymnastics Olympic Trials), USA Gymnastics selected two groups from Rockville’s Xtreme Acro to represent Team USA.

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MCPS Girls’ Flag Football Kicks Off on September 4th

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MCPS has announced that September 4, 2024 is opening day for the inaugural girls’ flag football season. All 25 MCPS high schools will field teams and participate in opening day festivities that will be conducted at four locations across Montgomery County. Ceremonies will be conducted with support from the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Commanders. The schedule and locations are below:

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Maryland Native Shane Lee Has Emotional Reunion With Parents at Chargers Practice

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Shane Lee, who is a Montgomery County native from Burtonsville, signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent this past spring after three years at Alabama and his senior year at USC. As Lee took a knee after practice on Thursday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh brought Lee’s parents out for an emotional reunion before his father Mark Lee spoke to the team (clip below).

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Quincy Wilson Wins Gold Medal, Has To Be In School in 2.5 Weeks

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Quincy Wilson, a rising junior at the Bullis School in Potomac, became the youngest male U.S. track Olympian when he ran the opening leg of Round 1 of the U.S. 4×400-meter relay Friday. Now, he’s the youngest male Olympic track and field gold medalist ever…and school starts in two and a half weeks.

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Girls’ Flag Football Divisions and Schedule Released

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MCPS will join Baltimore City Public Schools and Washington County Public Schools as school districts that will pilot girls’ flag football during the Fall 2024 season, joining Frederick County Public Schools, which successfully piloted girls’ flag last year. The schedule and information about how the season will work, can be seen below:

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