Southern Maryland high school football roundup Week 2
La Plata 22, Great Mills 12
The visiting Warriors picked up their first win of the 2019 season by upending the Hornets in a Southern Maryland Athletic Conference crossover contest on Friday night.
La Plata (1-1 overall) led 7-6 at halftime and 15-12 after three quarters. The Warriors added a fourth-quarter touchdown to extend their lead en route to the victory.
Warriors senior quarterback Donnie Bowman completed 18 of 30 passes for 257 yards and one touchdown. Senior Stephen Cobb led the way in receiving yards for La Plata with 72 yards on five catches. Junior TJ Smith recorded 5 catches for 48 yards, senior Nico Stout had four catches for 55 yards and senior Deshawn Thomas had a 30-yard touchdown reception.
La Plata senior Richard Tippett and Bowman each had rushing touchdowns.
Great Mills fell to 1-1.
Quinnel Booth threw for three touchdowns on five completions for 167 yards for the Cougars.
Kire Hines finished with two receiving touchdowns on three catches for 52 yards and John Whalen had one catch for a 77-yard touchdown.
Daevaun Shepherd led the way for Stone on the ground with 144 yards on 16 carries and three touchdowns.
Leonardtown, under first-year head coach Justin Cunningham, fell to 0-2.
Raiders junior quarterback Matthew Stiffler led the team with 12 completions on 24 attempts to go along with two touchdowns.
Jordon Riggs finished with four catches for 67 yards and a touchdown and Martin Wilson finished with five catches for 65 yards and a touchdown.
Juvawn Broome led the Raiders on the ground with 85 rushing yards. back Jamaree Bowman fumbled just before reaching the end zone and McNamara recovered for a touchback, the Knights responded on their next drive when Londyn Thomas scored from one yard out and Joe Newton added the extra point.
McNamara trimmed the deficit to 7-6 when quarterback Kenneth Prince Jr., found the end zone from one yard out, but the Mustangs were unable to draw even when Jacob Pavkov pushed his extra point attempt wide left.
Midway through the third quarter, McNamara was on the verge of taking its first lead of the day when Pavkov lined up for a 28-yard field goal attempt. But St. Mary’s Ryken senior Kirk Mitchell blocked the attempt, scooped up the loose ball and raced 75 yards for a touchdown that extended the visitors’ lead to 14-6 with 6 minutes 35 seconds left in the third quarter.
St. Mary’s Ryken gained some breathing room early in the fourth quarter when junior quarterback Trevor Nored connected with Will Johnson on a 36yard scoring strike for a 21-6 lead with 8:21 remaining.
McNamara countered with a 64-yard drive capped by an 18-yard touchdown toss from Prince to Kenneth Womack that narrowed the gap to 21-12 with 6:53 remaining, but the Knights devoured most of the clock courtesy of short runs from Bowman.
Things started about as badly as possible for the Patriots in Friday night’s SMAC crossover contest versus the visiting Cavaliers as they turned the ball over on two of their first three plays.
After trailing 3-0, Northern eventually settled in to knock off Calvert in dominant fashion. Northern (2-0) took a 7-3 lead to the half, then took command in the second quarter behind a pair of JP Gross touchdown runs to lead 22-3. Calvert (11) pulled to within 22-10 on a long touchdown pass, but Keith Parks scored on a 57-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter to put the game away.
Gross and Parks exceeded 100 yards to lead a Patriots ground attack that accumulated close to 300 yards, while quarterback Zach Crounse completed 14 of 23 passes for 154 yards.
The Hurricanes put 40 or more points for the second straight week in shutting out the visiting Panthers in a SMAC crossover contest on Friday night.
Huntingtown (2-0) led 14-0 after a quarter and 20-0 at halftime. The Hurricanes extended the lead to 33-0 in the third quarter and added one more score in the fourth to wrap up the scoring.
Patuxent fell to 0-2.