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Gaithersburg’s Stefon and Trevon Diggs Both Named to the NFL Pro Bowl

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MoCo natives Stefon and Trevon Diggs have dominated the NFL this year. The brothers, who grew up in Gaithersburg, were both recently selected as Pro Bowlers for this NFL season.

Stefon grew up in Gaithersburg and attended Good Counsel High School in Olney, where he played football and ran track. He recorded 810 yards receiving with 23 touchdowns as a junior in 2010, and was runner-up for the Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year. As a senior, he recorded 770 yards receiving and 8 touchdowns, and racked up 277 rushing yards and three more touchdowns on the ground. He was named to the All-Metro team by The Washington Post both seasons.

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MoCo Native Tim Kurkjian Wins 2022 BBWAA Career Excellence Award

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Bristol, CT - April 2, 2014 - Photo Studio: Portrait of Tim Kurkjian (Photo by Rich Arden / ESPN Images)

Tim Kurkjian attended Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, where he played on the school’s basketball and baseball teams. At the suggestion of his basketball coach, Kurkjian began writing for the student newspaper, The Pitch, and the school’s yearbook, “The Wind-up.

He eventually became the sports editor of The Pitch and realized that journalism would be the surest means of fulfilling his childhood dream of making a living in professional sports. He graduated from the school in 1974 and after some time away, still lives in MoCo today.

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Springbrook Football Coach Dustin Jeter Named Washington Football Team’ High School Coach of the Week

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Springbrook Head Football Coach Dustin Jeter has been named the Washington Football Team’s High School Coach of the Week

The High School Coach of the Week program is a league-wide initiative designed to recognize area high school football coaches who continuously demonstrate hard work and dedication to their football programs, the health and safety of their players, and who make a difference in their communities. Each coach chosen throughout the high school football season will receive a $2,000 donation from the Washington Football Charitable Foundation to their football program.

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Montgomery County Girls Volleyball Awards

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The Montgomery County Varsity Volleyball Coaches have decided on their 2021 All-County teams.  Each varsity coach gets one vote in determining the County Player of the Year, 1st Team-All County, 2nd Team All-County and Honorable Mention.  Congratulations to all the girls selected this year!

Below are the selections:

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