The Washington Football Team may not be tearing it up this year, but they find themselves within striking distance for a division crown amidst a group of teams that have underwhelmed.
One of the big reasons for the WFT’s success this season has been their defensive play; one of their biggest stars this season has been Kendall Fuller, a 2013 graduate of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD.
Jake Funk broke the Maryland state record for career touchdowns when he was a student at Damascus– he had 57 during his senior year alone.
His college career hasn’t worked out the same way. He spent his first two years seeing limited action and his last two seasons ended early due to injury, after he tore the same ACL in back to back seasons.
Ryan Linthicum of Damascus to Enroll Early at Clemson
With this year’s high school football season postponed in the state of Maryland, Damascus student athlete Ryan Linthicum announced last night that he will be skipping the spring season and will be enrolling early to Clemson.
Freddy Adu Has Signed With Osterlen FF (Sweden)
Freddy Adu has signed with Osterlen FF, a team recently promoted to Sweden’s Division 1 (the third tier in Sweden), per Ives Galarcep.
MoCo High School Football Coaches Write an Open Letter to County Executive and Board of Education
MoCo football coaches released an open letter to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and the MoCo Board of Education this morning asking MCPS Athletics to allow in-person conditioning and workouts for student-athletes.
Pete Sampras has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles during his career, which was an Open Era record at the time of his retirement. He spent 263 total weeks ranked as the best tennis player in the world (3rd most all-time).
He spent the first seven years of his life in Potomac before his family moved west to California.
“Jersey raised me, Maryland made me.”
Dwayne Haskins was born and raised in New Jersey, but he moved to Gaithersburg while attending The Bullis School in Potomac.
The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame (MCSHF) today named six local sports figures to be inducted as the 2020 class. The six inductees will be honored in a virtual ceremony on Sunday October 18th at 7pm.
Terrapin broadcaster Johnny Holliday (Kensington resident) will be joined by MLB player Curtis Pride (Kennedy HS), field hockey coach Amy Wood (B-CC), three-time NFL champion and ex-Washington Senator Tom Brown (Blair HS) local tennis great Jeri Ingram (Springbrook HS) and the late high school football coach Roy Lester (Richard Montgomery, Paint Branch, and Magruder).
David Brewster is better known by his stage name, Dave East. He’s a rapper, songwriter, and actor.
From his inclusion in XXL’s 2016 Freshman Class to his mixtapes making it as high as #9 on Billboard, East has made a name for himself in the rap game.
“Tip Your Cap” Negro League Exhibit Comes to Sandy Spring Slave Museum
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Negro League Baseball, the Sandy Spring Slave Museum will host a new exhibit about the Negro Leagues as part of the “Tip Your Cap” initiative.
Rockville’s very own, “Mad Dog” Mike Curtis, has passed away.
Mike was born in Rockville, Maryland and started playing football as a fullback at Richard Montgomery High School. He went on to excel at playing college football for Duke University as a fullback where he was a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection and All Time Letterman in his sophomore, junior & senior years.