When the defending state high school champions, in any sport, go undefeated through almost two-thirds of the following season, folks are not surprised. Good teams play well. But, when you take a look at the roster of that team, and you see that the Lady Jags lost nine players from that championship team to graduation. Leaving just four returning players for the Lady Jags. Two seniors — one of which has been out with a knee injury since August, and the other is a transfer to t

The Northwest girls’ soccer team won the 4A/3A West Division with a 2-1 victory at Wootton on Thursday night. “Winning the division means a lot to us,” said Head Coach Josh Kinnetz. “This is the second division title in our program history and it has happened within the last three seasons. It's vindication of the hard work the girls have been putting in and the progression of the program. The program is owning a champion's mentality. It's a stepping stone and dress rehearsal

Seneca Valley once again cruised to an easy victory as they dispatched their neighbor to the northeast, the 3-2 Watkins Mill Wolverines 42-21, on the strength of senior running back phenom Adrian Platt. Fresh off his record-setting nine touchdown performance last week, Platt ran for four touchdowns in the first half. However, even if Seneca Head Coach Fred Kim wanted to rest Platt, fate conspired to keep the Platt in the game. Seneca marched the ball down the field on their o

The Richard Montgomery Rockets has been flying high prior to Friday’s home game against the Northwest Jaguars. The high-flying Rockets were unbeaten this season, scoring forty points in all but one game. The Jags had had only one of the last three games and were still nursing their wounds after last week’s loss to Sherwood. However, the combination of four passing touchdowns from Northwest’s Chris Craddock and outstanding special teams play brought the Rockets back down to ea

The Sherwood Warriors came to Germantown and defeated the Northwest Jaguars for the second year in a row. The Jags lost to Sherwood 28-13 on a misty Friday night. While Northwest got on the scoreboard first with a 20-yard touchdown run from Juwon Farri, Sherwood would answer quickly with a touchdown of their own. Sherwood’s senior running back Travis Levy ran for two touchdowns in the first half, to give the Warriors a 14-7 lead. The Farri and the Jags would answer back with

The Washington Spirit defeated the Chicago Red Stars 2-1 in overtime on Friday night at the Maryland SoccerPlex to advance to the Nationa Women’s Soccer League Championship game for the first time in the team’s four-year history. The Spirit will await the outcome of Sunday’s NWSL semi-final match between the Portland Thorns and Western New York Flash to find out who they will play in the NWSL Championship game. The NWSL Final will be played on Sunday, Oct. 9 at BBVA Compass S

Seneca Valley’s senior running back Adrian Platt broke the Maryland State record for the most rushing touchdowns in a game, scoring nine touchdowns in Friday night’s 69-14 victory over Magruder. Platt also broke the Maryland State record for most points by a single player with 54. The Screaming Eagles scored 21 points on just seven plays from scrimmage in the first quarter. After receiving the opening kick-off, it took Platt and the Seneca offense just three plays and 34 seco

Following two straight years of playing NWSL semifinal playoff games on the road, the Washington Spirit will host its first ever NWSL playoff game in Boyds, when the team welcomes Chicago Red Stars to the Maryland SoccerPlex on Friday, September 30 at 8:00 pm. The Spirit clinched the first home playoff match in franchise history by finishing second in the regular season standings, while the Red Stars finished just behind the Spirit in third place. The match will be televised

The second half of Friday night’s Seneca Valley’s game against Rockville was very different from the first half. In the second half, Seneca Valley scored 28 points to beat the Rams 42-13, but it was the first half that concerned Seneca’s Head Coach Fred Kim. “I told the team it was the hardest 42-13 win that I can ever recall,” said Kim after the game. “We started out very slow in the first half, with multiple penalties and a turnover. For whatever reason, we just weren’t in

The 2-1 Northwest Jaguars traveled to Bethesda on Friday night to face the 2-1 Whitman Vikings and came away with a 42-13 victory after a sluggish first half. However, Jags defense forced five turnovers — one fumble and four interceptions as Northwest improved to 3-1. The Vikes to control the ball for much of the quarter putting together a long drive eating aided on a fake punt on fourth and five. Whitman’s senior quarterback Matt Clayton orchestrated a drive which saw the Vi

Seneca Valley’s Adrian Feliz-Platt turned in what could arguably be the best game in the storied history of Seneca Valley High School football on Friday night against Churchill. Platt ran for 363 yards on just 15 carries to break the school’s single-game rushing record. On his way to 363 yards, he scored six touchdowns to break Seneca Valley’s single game touchdown record. He also had a drive ending sack while playing linebacker, as the Screaming Eagles pounded Churchill 56 t

After last week’s emotional victory over cross-town rival Seneca Valley to win the King’s Trophy, Northwest faced a challenge on Friday against an unbeaten Montgomery Blair team. The Blazers came to Germantown and pressured the Jags through the air resulting in a 40-36 come-from-behind fourth-quarter victory over Northwest. The Jaguars started strong, with senior running back Kahlil Owens, dominating the first four plays of the game. He covered 65 yards for a touchdown during