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ENTERTAINMENT
BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE
STAFF WRITER
Supplying newborn babies with the thingsthey need to be safe and comfortable hasbecome a passion for Jesica Roman of
Clarksburg, who founded the nonprofit Ba-by’s Bounty Montgomery County in March2013.
Roman hopes to raise $12,000 this year byhosting the second annual Baby Steps 5K runand walk on Sunday morning around the lake
at the RIO Washingtonian Center in Gaithers-burg.
Scheduled is a timed 5K race and an un-timed walk/run, along with children’s activi-ties. The registration fee is $40, and childrenyounger than 13 are free.
Since founding Baby’s Bounty MC, whichis affiliated with the nonpofit Baby’s Bountyin Las Vegas, Roman said the demand for itsbundles has grown among local service agen-cies.
“In our first year of operation, we provided
essentials to 100 babies in need,” she said inan email. “In the first quarter of our secondyear, the number of referrals had doubled.”
The nonprofit serves infants up to sixmonths old born to low income and homelessfamilies, to sexual assault and domestic abusevictims and to underage mothers, Roman saidin the email.
A Baby’s Bounty bundle, valued between$250 and $300, typically includes a new car
Babies’ bundles in demand
BABY STEPS5Kn When: 7:30-
11:30 a.m.,Sunday, Sept. 7
n Where: Aroundlake at RioWashingtonianCenter, 9811WashingtonianBoulevard,Gaithersburg(Meet nearJoe’s CrabShack andUncle Julio’s RioGrande Cafe)
n Cost: $40
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n Roots help to improve streamwater quality in Gaithersburg
BY JENN DAVISSTAFF WRITER
Two locations in Gaithersburg are set to receive newtrees as part of the city’s continued effort to improvestream water quality within the Muddy Branch Watershed.
Quince Orchard Park and Little Quarry Park will soonbe the new home of 40 and 25 trees, respectively, andplanting events for both sites are scheduled for this fall.
A community meeting was held Wednesday evening atthe Robertson Park Youth Center to collect public input onthe plan.
The plantings are part of a larger project stemmingfrom a $71,628 grant from the Maryland Department ofNatural Resources’ Governor’s Stream Restoration Chal-lenge that was awarded to the city of Gaithersburg and theAudubon Naturalist Society, according to Michele Potter,the director of the city’s Department of Parks, Recreationand Culture.
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Jesica Roman of Clarksburg and her mother, Carolyn Findlay, prepare baby supplies for a client on Thursday afternoon in Derwood.
Tree plantingsplanned for twomore city parks
5K run/walk in Gaithersburg to raise funds for infants
See RUN, Page A-10
See TREES, Page A-10
n SUV struck tree; another passenger injured
BY DANIEL LEADERMANSTAFF WRITER
Two men are dead after their car struck a tree besideWoodfield Road in Gaithersburg early Sunday morning, ac-cording to Montgomery County police.
Thomas Christopher Collier, 32, of Delta Court, Gaith-ersburg, was driving a 2003 Ford Explorer south on Wood-field Road when the SUV crossed into the northboundlanes, then went off the road and struck a tree, accordingto a statement from county police.
The reason the vehicle went off the road is still un-der investigation, said Cpl. Rebecca Innocenti, a police
Two Gaithersburgmen dead aftercrash on Sunday
See CRASH, Page A-10
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Autumn Ramey, 2, of Gaithersburg watches the Gaithersburg Labor Day Parade on Monday afternoon.
Last salute of summer
n Acquires mine-resistant truck; otheragencies get rifles, sights
BY DANIEL LEADERMANSTAFF WRITER
Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Mangersaid he was “horrified” when he saw images of Ferguson,Mo., police on top of an armored vehicle, pointing weap-ons at protesters.
Montgomery Countypolice using militarysurplus equipment
See MILITARY, Page A-8
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3Orientation to Center and Small Busi-
ness Resources, 5-6 p.m., MarylandWomen’s Business Center, 51 Monroe St.,Suite PE-20, Rockville. Learn about thecenter and other resources in the com-munity for starting a business. Free. 301-315-8091.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 4Authors Sarah Maas, Leah Cypress
and Jodi Meadows to Discuss Their Books,7-8:30 p.m., Bethesda Library, 7400 Arling-ton Road, Bethesda. Copies of their bookswill be available for purchase throughan arrangement with Politics and ProseBookstore. Free. 240-777-0637.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 5Damascus Community Fair, 9 a.m., Da-
mascus Volunteer Fire Department Activ-ity Center, 10211 Lewis Drive, Damascus.Lasts through Sept. 7. Free admission.www.damascusfair.org.
Upper Montgomery County VolunteerFire Department Auxiliary Bingo, 5 p.m.,19801 Beallsville Road, Beallsville. Twentygames, specials, door prizes and raffles.$20. 301-916-3375.
Book Launch Event, 6-9 p.m., Kens-ington Row Bookshop, 3786 Howard Ave.,Kensington. A night of books, food andfun for Katherine Pickett’s “Perfect Bound:How to Navigate the Book PublishingProcess Like a Pro.” Free. [email protected].
SATURDAY, SEPT. 6Montgomery Village Foundation: Fall
Flea Market, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., North CreekCommunity Center, 20125 ArrowheadRoad, Montgomery Village. Sellers mustregister in advance and provide all theirown display equipment. Free admissionfor shoppers; $23 per resident and $28per non-resident for vendors. [email protected].
Germantown Community Flea Mar-ket, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Germantown MARCParking Lot, Route 118 and BowmanMill Drive, Germantown. More than 100
vendors with everything from householdgoods to jewelry and electronics. Spon-sored by the Germantown HistoricalSociety, The Menare Foundation and BoyScout Troop 1325. Free admission, $20 forvendor spaces. 301-972-2707.
Kensington Summer Concert, 10-11a.m., Howard Avenue Park, Kensington.Featuring eclectic pop folk group GP Jams.Presented by the Kensington HistoricalSociety. Free. www.kensingtonhistory.org.
Resident Artists Open House, 11 a.m.-3p.m., Sandy Spring Museum, 17901 Bent-ley Road, Sandy Spring. View the workof current resident artists. Live music,refreshments and items for sale. Free. 301-774-0022.
Green Cup Polo, noon-6 p.m., CapitolPolo Club, 14660 Hughes Road, Pooles-ville. Watch Team USA vs. Team Pakistan.VIP brunch and reserved tailgate spaceavailable to purchase. Free general admis-sion. www.greencuppolo.com.
Maryland Bluebird Society 10th An-niversary Picnic, 2-6 p.m., Black Hill Re-gional Park, Shelter C, 20930 Lake RidgeDrive, Boyds. Featuring displays of nestboxes, feeders, take-home literature aboutbluebirds and other cavity-nesting birds.Free. 301-972-3241.
Movie Night in the Park, 5-10:30 p.m.,St. Paul Park, Kensington. A fire safetyhouse with the Kensington VolunteerFire Department followed by “The LegoMovie” at 8:30 p.m. [email protected].
Enrich Your Marriage, 7-10 p.m.,Parent Encouragement Program, 10100Connecticut Ave., Kensington. A marriageworkshop for couples in a committed re-lationship. Co-sponsored by PEP and theWashington Area Chapter of Better Mar-riages. Free. 301-929-8824.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 7Montgomery Parks 2nd Annual Paw-
paw Festival, noon-4 p.m., MeadowsideNature Center, 5100 Meadowside Lane,Rockville. The festival will have a pawpawtasting station and feature a variety ofactivities, games and music. $5. Registerat www.parkpass.org or pay at the gate onthe day of the festival.
DivorceCare for Adults and Chilren,5-7 p.m., Grace United Methodist Church,
119 North Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg. Asupport group for separated and divorcedmen and women as well as another sup-port group for children ages 6-12; the twogroups run simultaneously. $15 for work-book. 301-926-8688.
MONDAY, SEPT. 8Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support
Group, 6-7 p.m., Brightview FallsgroveAssisted Living, 9200 Darnestown Road,Rockville. Discuss problems and solu-tions related to caregiving for lovedones and meet others who are walking asimilar path. Free, RSVP requested. 240-314-7194.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 9Volunteer Open House, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,
JCA Heyman Interages Center, 12320Parklawn Drive, Rockville. Adults ages 50and up are invited to visit and learn howthey can contribute their skills and wis-dom to make a difference in a child’s life.Free. 301-949-3551.
Montgomery Hospice Drop-in Dis-cussion about Grief and Healing, 6:30-8p.m., 1355 Piccard Drive, Rockville. Foranyone mourning the death of a lovedone. Free, registration required. 301-921-4400.
Unity Toastmasters Speaking Spiritu-ally, 7-8:30 p.m., Unity of Gaithersburg,111 Central Ave., Gaithersburg. Increaseself-confidence, become a better speakerand communicate more effectively. Freefor first-time guests. [email protected].
Concert Under the Stars, 7-8:30 p.m.,Rockville Senior Center, 1150 CarnationDrive, Rockville. A performance by theRockville Swing Band. Sponsored by theSenior Citizens Commission. Free. [email protected].
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In the serviceAir Force Airmen 1st Class Cesar G. Moreno
and Patrick H. Hoerle graduated from basic mili-tary training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
Both men completed an intensive, eight-weekprogram that included training in military disci-pline and studies, Air Force core values, physicalfitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
By completing basic training, they earned fourcredits toward an associate degree in applied sci-ence through the Community College of the AirForce.
Moreno is the son of Cesar A. Moreno andAngela D. Sampen of Germantown. He is a 2005graduate of Gaithersburg High School.
Hoerle, who earned distinction as an honorgraduate, is the son of Arthur Hoerle of Rocky Hill,Conn., and Amy Ponte of Gaithersburg. He is a2011 graduate of Quince Orchard High School inGaithersburg.
Laytonsville landscape firm names newinformation chief
Ruppert Landscape of Laytonsville has namedSheila Schanck as the company’s chief informa-tion officer.
In her new role, Schanck will be responsible forplanning and enacting the company’s technologystrategy, including leveraging data and technol-
ogy to excel with customers and automating dailytasks to enable the company’s growth, accordingto a news release.
Most recently, Schanck led the commerciallaunch of electronic radio ratings measurementswith Arbitron’s Portable People Meter.
Schanck lives in Howard County with her fam-ily. She is a graduate of the University of Connecti-cut and holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematicsand statistics.
Gaithersburg man electedangus convention delegate
Douglas Velisek of Gaithersburg has beenelected as a delegate to the 131st annual AmericanAngus Association Convention of Delegates.
Velisek, a member of the association, is one of317 Angus breeders who have been elected by fel-low members for the annual meeting. Represent-ing 42 states, Washington, D.C., and Canada, thedelegates will participate in the business meetingand elect new officers and five directors to theAmerican Angus Association board.
The annual meeting will take place in conjunc-tion with the first-ever 2014 Angus Means BusinessNational Convention and Trade Show on Nov. 4-6in Kansas City, Mo.
For more information, visit angusconvention.com.
Bonifacio de Perio Valencia, 88, and his wife,Esperanza Cornejo Valencia, formerly Alzona, 87,both of Sunrise, Fla., and formerly of Montgom-ery County, died July 27 and July 28, 2014, respec-
tively. Memorial contributions may be made to theSt. Rose of Lima Memorial Fund, St. Rose of LimaCatholic Church, 11701 Clopper Road, Gaithers-burg.
Esperanza Cornejo Valencia and Bonifacio de Perio Valencia
The following is a summary of inci-dents in the Gaithersburg area towhich Montgomery County policeand/or Gaithersburg City Policeresponded recently. The words “ar-rested” and “charged” do not implyguilt. This information was providedby the county and/or the city ofGaithersburg.
Armed robbery• On Aug. 14 at 1 a.m. in the
area of Odendhal Avenue andNorth Frederick Road, Gaithers-burg. The subjects threatened thevictims with a weapon and tookproperty.
• On Aug. 14 at 10:05 a.m. atSweeny Building Services, 18931Premiere Court, Gaithersburg. Thesubjects threatened the victimwith a weapon and took property.
Strong-Armed robbery• On Aug. 14 at 5:51 p.m. in
the area of Stedwick Road andCapehart Drive, Montgomery Vil-lage. The subject forcefully tookproperty from the victim.
• On Aug. 14 at 10:56 p.m. inthe 20100 block of Welbeck Ter-race, Montgomery Village. Thesubjects are known to the victim.
• On Aug. 16 at 1 a.m. nearBohrer Park, 506 S. FrederickAve., Gaithersburg. The subjectsassaulted the victim and tookproperty.
Aggravated assault• On Aug. 13 at 3:51 a.m. at
Extended Stay, 205 ProfessionalDrive, Gaithersburg. The subject isknown to the victim.
Commercial burglary• Between 8 p.m. Aug. 12 and
8:28 a.m. Aug. 13 at EnlightenedMedicine, 902 Wind River Lane,Gaithersburg. Forced entry, tooknothing.
• Between 11 p.m. Aug. 12 and8 a.m. Aug. 13 at Physical TherapyProfessional Center, 17 FirstfieldRoad, Gaithersburg. No forced en-try, took property.
• On Aug. 19 at 1:03 a.m. atZiggy Deli, 16764 Oakmont Ave.,
Gaithersburg. Attempted forcedentry, took nothing.
Indecent exposure• On Aug. 14 at 7 a.m. at 29
Grand Corner Drive, Gaithersburg.
Vehicle larceny• 8000 block of Brethren Drive,
Montgomery Village, at 4:25 a.m.Aug. 11. Unsuccessful attempt.
• Three incidents in Gaithers-burg between Aug. 11 and 19. Tookwallets, cash and credit cards.Affected streets include TygartCourt, the 500 block of East Dia-mond Avenue and the 600 block ofSouth Frederick Avenue.
• Two incidents in the 6500block of Farmingdale Court, Rock-ville, between 3 and 5 a.m. Aug.12. Took cash, wallets and a purse.
• Two incidents in Montgom-ery Village between 11 p.m. Aug.13 and 7 a.m. Aug. 14. Took cloth-ing, an iPod and a GPS unit. Af-fected streets included Otter CoveCourt and Davencroft Court.
n Gaithersburg topremiere its new artsprogram on Friday
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER
STAFF WRITER
The Kentlands Mansionand the Arts Barn in the cityof Gaithersburg are comingtogether to form Arts on theGreen, a more cohesive title forthe centers where residents cango to enjoy the visual and per-forming arts.
Shellie Williams, the artsadministrator of the city, ex-plained that the partnership ofthese two important culturalcenters will bring about moreprogramming, centralized tick-eting and a greater web pres-ence.
In order to kick off the newunion, on Friday they will pre-miere their newest program,Open Mic at the Mansion. Theopen mic also is scheduled forOct. 3 and Nov. 7 from 8 to 11p.m.
“I’m a vocalist myself, Iwill sing everywhere I can atthe drop of a hat,” Williamssaid. “I don’t have time to be incommunity theater right nowbecause of work and havinga family, so I wanted a place I
can go and have fun with myfriends and sing my songs andhave my experience as an art-ist.”
Open Mic at the Mansionwill allow performers to sing,play music, recite poetry ortell some jokes for audiencesages 17 and older. Cover for theevent is $10 and there is a cashbar available for those 21 andolder.
Williams, who started inthis position a year ago, saidthat her goal for arts in the city,especially on the Green, hasbeen to “take it up a notch.”She said that there are tiers ofwhat Arts on the Green offersproviding an option for every-one.
“People who just want toobserve, we have somethingfor them. People who wantto learn, we have Arts Barnclasses. For people who loveperformance, we have commu-nity theater and now we havesomething for those who aresingers and want to perform,”Williams said.
Each open mic will featurethree acts made up of aboutfour 10-minute performanceseach. In order to sign up for thefirst 40 minute act, performersmust arrive to the Mansion by7:45 p.m. For those providingmusic, Harold Walbert will be
available on piano for accom-paniment.
Though Williams hasn’theard from comedians or poetswho plan on taking advantageof the open mic just yet, shehopes there will be diversity onthe stage.
“Broadway singers, like me,have been lining up,” Williamssaid with a laugh.
In addition to the newOpen Mic at the Mansion, Artson the Green has expandedtheir music track to includejazz, classical, Americana andworld music. There also will bea schedule of programs dedi-cated to attract children andtheir families.
Gaithersburg residents willbe able to get an Arts on theGreen Gold Card for specialbenefits like early notificationof events and a concessionspunch card.
Williams, both as the artsdirector and a performer, is ex-cited about the programs andalthough they are doing some-thing new with the open mic,she believes it will go well.
“It’s a leap of faith into thiswonderful opportunity. It willgrow, it will be great,” Williamssaid.
New Arts on the Green kicks off
PHOTO BY: PHIL FABRIZIO
The Kentlands Mansion (pictured) and the Arts Barn, now collectively known as Arts on the Green, will host itsfirst Open Mic at the Mansion on Friday.
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Seniors invited toupdate computer skills
The Jewish Council for the Aging’s SeniorTech! classes are accepting registration for se-niors interested in learning, refreshing or ad-vancing their computer skills. Classes in iPad,
Excel, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Linkedin, Face-book and Microsoft Word are available at loca-tions in Rockville and Gaithersburg.
Fees range from $15 to $80 and classes runone to six weeks.
More information is at accessjca.org, or [email protected] or call 240-395-0916.
n Kentlands location willoffer variety of services
BY JENN DAVIS
STAFF WRITER
Going to the spa for a mas-sage or facial might be a rare in-dulgence for some, but for KayHechler, it is an essential partof her longterm recovery frombreast cancer.
An 11-year survivor,Hechler said she relied on regu-lar massages to aid her physi-cal and mental recovery in thewake of many cancer treat-ments and surgeries. Receivingmassages has allowed her tocontinue living an active life-style.
“I’m an active person. I’ma swimmer, a golfer, I work inthe garden,” she said. “I wantto keep moving. I want to live.I could not be doing what I’mdoing today without massage.”
It’s one of the reasons whythe Silver Spring woman andher husband, John M. Phillips,are planning to open a new lo-cation of Hand & Stone Massageand Facial Spa in the Kentlandsin a few weeks. The spa offers avariety of facials and massages,including a signature hot stonemassage, as well as hair removaland other skin care services.
“We really like the companybecause of its commitment towellness,” Hechler said. “It’swellness on an affordable ba-sis and something that peopleshould build into their routine.”
Hand & Stone is a 160-plusunit massage and facial spachain that was launched in2004. It now has locations in 21states and Canada.
Memberships can be pur-chased for $59.95 per monthand have no yearly contract,Hechler said. The monthly rateallows the customer to receiveeither a massage or a facial, andgives them the ability to pur-chase additional services andproducts at a discounted price.
Customers can also receiveservices without a membership,but they will be charged fullvalue, Hechler said. Appoint-ments are recommended butnot required.
After working for almost30 years in publishing — mostrecently at the United StatesInstitute of Peace — Hechlerdecided she wanted a changeof pace.
“I turned 50 last year andI just decided that if I want tomake any kind of career change,that would be a good time in mylife to do that,” she said. “I havebeen [working in publishing]for a long time and I love it, but
I wanted to work in an environ-ment where you could go homeeveryday and hope that youmade people immediately feelbetter.”
The couple chose the Kent-lands location — 217 KentlandsBlvd. to be exact — because ofthe dynamic neighborhood and
friendly business atmosphere.“Kentlands is a phenome-
nal opportunity because I thinkit’s a lovely neighborhood com-munity,” Hechler said. “Thebusiness community has beenreally warm and embracing.”
Hechler hopes customerswill come to view the spa as an“oasis away from the stresses of
their lives.”“I hope they leave feeling
that they have really been takencare of,” she said. “I hope they’llthink it felt pampering andhealing for whatever reasonsthey came in.”
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Kay Hechler, of Silver Spring, at her new store, Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa in the Kentlands.
n Allen found notcriminally responsible
BY DANIEL LEADERMAN
STAFF WRITER
A Gaithersburg man accusedof killing his friend with a hatchetpleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder.
Claude Alexander Allen III, 21,also pleaded that he was not crimi-nally responsible for the crime. Hisattorney presented a report from astate hospital declaring that Allenshowed signs of a schizoid disor-der characterized by delusionalthoughts and erratic behavior— including that he thought hishouse was under surveillance.
Montgomery County CircuitJudge Terrence J. McGann ac-cepted both pleas and committedAllen to a state facility run by theDepartmentofHealthandMentalHygiene.
Attorneys on each side of thecase agreed that Allen must spenda year in the facility before beingre-evaluated to determine if heremains a danger to himself orothers.
Allen was charged with mur-dering 25-year-old Michael P.Harvey with a hatchet on May24, 2013, after a gathering withfriends at the Gaithersburg homeowned by Allen’s family. Alleninitially told police he had killed aburglar, then that Harvey had at-tacked him, then that the two hadargued over drug sales, accordingto charging documents.
Friends and family of Harvey,who had five children, listenedtearfully as the prosecution de-scribed the crime at Tuesday’shearing. Harvey’s biological andadopted mothers addressed thecourt, describing how kind Harveyhad been and how he had trustedAllen.
Allen answered the judge’squestions, but did not make astatement.
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n Voters to decide fate ofmeasure on Nov. 4 ballot
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER
In his 12 years as a Mont-gomery County Councilman,George Leventhal said thecouncil has had to fill severalvacancies, most recently whenCouncilwoman Valerie Ervin re-signed in January.
While the county has a clearprocess for replacing those whoresign or die while in office, Lev-enthal (D-At large) of TakomaPark said he noticed that theprocess for replacing a councilmember differs from replacing acounty executive.
What began as idle specula-tion on Leventhal’s part aboutmaking the processes uniformbecame the catalyst for one oftwo ballot questions Marylandvoters will answer when theyvisit the polls on Nov. 4.
According to the State Boardof Elections, voters will be askedif they are in favor of authorizingcharter counties to provide forspecial elections to fill a vacancyin the office of chief executiveofficer or county executive andexempting a special electionto fill a vacancy in the office ofchief executive officer or countyexecutive of a charter countyfrom the constitutional require-ment that elections for stateand county officers be held on aspecified four-year cycle.
Under current law, chartercounties may only hold a specialelection for a council vacancy.
Specifically, should a coun-cil member die or resign in thefirst three years of their term, thecounty may hold a special elec-tion to replace that individual.If the individual vacates theiroffice in the last year of theirterm, the council may appoint areplacement.
The last special electionheld to replace a MontgomeryCounty Council member was2009 when Don Praisner (D)died and Councilwoman NancyNavarro (D-Dist. 4) of SilverSpring was elected to replacehim. Praisner was elected theyear before in a special elec-tion to succeed his wife, MarilynPraisner (D), who also died inoffice.
But should a county execu-tive resign or die at any pointin his or her elected term, thevacancy is filled by council ap-pointment, council attorneyBob Drummer said.
Appointment, Drummersaid, is the only means to re-place a county executive.
Leventhal said he felt theprocess for filling a vacantelected county office should beuniform.
“Appointments tend to becriticized by voters,” he said.“Voters tend to believe the seatbelongs to them not to otherelecteds.”
Drummer said the stateconstitution dictates elections,therefore any changes requirethe General Assembly to pro-pose an amendment.
Del. Anne R. Kaiser, whochairs the county delegation,proposed an amendment tochange the process for filling anexecutive vacancy during the2014 legislative session.
Kaiser (D-Dist. 14) of Calver-ton said the proposed amend-
ment initially met with someopposition, but that, as written,it applies to all charter countiesin the state and has met withlittle resistance since.
She noted, however, that itdoes not mandate that a countymust hold special elections fora county executive vacancy,rather, it merely opens the doorfor the counties that want to doso to change their laws to apply.
Leventhal said that if theamendment passes on Nov. 4,he will propose MontgomeryCounty amend its charter to es-tablish a special election processfor filling an executive vacancy.
Drummer said county voterswould have to approve a charteramendment on the next ballot.The earliest a local change couldgo before voters is 2016.
State constitutionalamendment hasMontgomery roots
n Two men chargedwith assault, robbery inMontgomery Village
BY DANIEL LEADERMANSTAFF WRITER
Cellphone pictures helpedpolice in Montgomery Countylocate two men who have beenchargedwithrobberyandassaultafter an incident in MontgomeryVillage Tuesday evening.
Officers responded to the18300 block of Lost Knife Circleat about 6:16 p.m. and founda 51-year-old victim sufferingfrom a laceration on his fore-head.
The victim told police he’dbeen talking with friend in theparking lot of an apartment
building. Four people ap-proached and asked him for adollar and a cigarette, accord-ing to a statement from theMontgomery County PoliceDepartment.
When the victim said hehad neither, the four punchedhim and knocked him to theground before one of the at-tackers stole the victim’s cell-phone. The victim was taken toa local hospital and treated forbruises and the wound on hisforehead, according to police.
A witness took pictures ofthe attackers fleeing the scene,as well as their getaway vehicleand its tag number, and de-scribed them to officers, policesaid.
Police located the still-occupied vehicle in the park-ing lot of Lakeforest Mall and
stopped the vehicle in Rock-ville. Officers identified andarrested two men — TaizyeChirwa, 31, of Montgomery Vil-lage and Pedram Mariani, 26, ofRockville.
Both men were chargedwith conspiracy, robbery, first-and second-degree assault andconspiracy to commit first- andsecond-degree assault. Marianialso was charged with posses-
sion of marijuana and resist-ing arrest, according to onlinecourt records.
Attorney information wasnot listed for either man in on-line court records.
Police also have obtained anarrestwarrantforAlhassaneCou-libaly,23,ofGaithersburg, incon-nection with the incident.
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n Pritzker says ‘things canbe changed’
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER
WhenJeffreyN.Pritzkerraninthe2002primaryforattorneygen-eral, his love of — and frustrationwith — Maryland got him into therace.
Now, 12 years later, a similarlove and frustration has the Re-publican running again — thistime, “to see if I can make a differ-ence,” he said.
“I see what has happened toour great state, which is really awonderful, beautiful state,” hesaid. “It’s a little bit of anythinganybodycouldaskfor,andpeopledon’t want to stay here. Thingscan be changed and that is reallywhy I decided to run.”
Pritzker, 65, an attorney ingeneral practice for 40 years, facesDemocratic state Sen. Brian E.FroshofSomersetandLibertarian
Leo WayneDymowskiof Dundalkin the Nov. 4general elec-tion.
T h efailings ofMaryland’s
health caree x c h a n g e
was a key motivating factor forPritzker to run, he said.
Attorney General Douglas F.Gansler (D) should have inves-tigated the botched rollout andsued whoever was responsiblefor the failure to recover some orall of the more than $230 millionthe state spent on the exchange,Pritzker said.
“In Maryland, because of thesupermajority of Democrats, wejust have no checks and balanceson what goes on,” he said.
If elected, Pritzker said, he’dbe independent of the Demo-cratic power structure in An-napolis and would work for what
benefits the people of the state,such as challenging the rain tax,as critics describe the stormwatermanagement fee.
Pritzker pointed to a federalcourt case in Virginia, where ajudge ruled that stormwater isnot a pollutant, therefore the U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgencyhas no authority to regulate it.
“I question whether the fed-eral EPA should have the right tomandate a tax on Maryland citi-zens,” he said. If elected, he said,“we will do everything we can toinvestigate.”
A Republican would have atough time in a one-party state,since the attorney general repre-sents the governor and the legisla-ture, Pritzker said.
“However, I intend to use theoffice as a bully pulpit, which itshould be, and to at least expressopinions as to what is going on,”he said. “And, hopefully, the legis-lature will follow along with someof my proposals and some of myplans to investigate certain things.We need some balance and rightnow we have none.”
As Pritzker travels the state, hesaid,voterstellhimtheyarefedupwith the number of taxes and feesin Maryland.
Opposed to what he calls
“stealth taxes” — which go upgradually over many years or in-crease with inflation — Pritzkerpledged to advocate for a regula-tion requiring that taxes go upin the year in which they are ap-proved.
Transparency, he said, wouldhelp the people of Maryland.
“I’m going to be the attorneygeneral for the people of the stateof Maryland, not for the Annapo-lis politicians,”he said. “That is ahuge change.”
He said he would also workto expand the mediation sectionof the office, so those with smallclaims can avoid court.
Pritzker said too many Mary-landers are leaving or consideringleaving the state and many havegiven up hope that the state canchange.
“I don’t want people to leave,”he said. “I don’t want to leave.Things can change.”
Pritzker has a law degree fromthe University of Maryland LawSchool and a bachelor’s degreefrom Franklin and Marshall Col-lege.
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By now, the pictures havecome to define the conflict inFerguson: police dressed forbattle in camouflage riot gearand pointing rifles at crowds,some perched on top of tank-like armored vehicles, the linebetween smalltown Americaand war zone suddenly hazy.
Protests sprung up after thefatal shooting of an unarmed blackteen by a white police officer.
Use of this military equip-ment — often surplus gearacquired from the Pentagon —has drawn criticism from policeleaders, civil-rights activists andlate-night talk show hosts, butpolice in Montgomery Countysay there’s a time and a place forit, as well as a right and a wrongway to employ it.
Montgomery County policehave three armored vehicles in-cluding a large, mine-resistanttruck, or MRAP — valued at$733,000 — that the department
obtained from the federal govern-ment in July.
“We use them when they’resupposed to be used, and wedon’t use them when theyshouldn’t be used,” Mangersaid. “You’d never see them in acrowd-control situation. You’dnever see them at a protest.”
This surplus military equip-ment — from armored vehiclesand guns to sleeping bags, filingcabinets and label makers — ispassed from the Department ofDefense to local law-enforce-ment agencies through the 1033program, initially established inthe early 1990s to support anti-drug activities.
The items are provided topolice at no cost, saving taxpay-ers money, Manger said.
Weapons and tactical equip-ment remain federal property.Local agencies only pay for stor-age, transportation and main-tenance of the items, accordingto Mimi Schirmacher, spokes-woman for the Defense LogisticsAgency, which administers theprogram. General items, such
as office supplies and furniture,become the property of local po-lice, Schirmacher said.
To receive a mine-resistantvehicle, local agencies must jus-tify their need, as well as theirability to maintain and safelystore it, the agency said.
Montgomery County have yetto deploy their mine-resistant ve-hicle.Officershavebeentrainedtouse the vehicle, which is armoredbut not armed, according to astatement from county police.
The county has had its twosmaller armored vehicles for
more than 20 years. All three ve-hicles are for use only in hostagerescue or barricade situations,incidents with an active shooter,and situations involving bombsor explosives. The departmenthas faced all three situations inrecent years, county police say.
In 2010, a man armed with agun and explosives took hostagesat the Discovery Communicationbuilding in Silver Spring, leadingto a four-hour standoff that endedwhen the man was shot and killedby a police sniper.
“We had to get officers into a
location where they could havebeen blown up [and] could havebeen shot at,” Manger said.
The smaller vehicles also wereused during the March 2012 huntfor Philip Gilberti, whom policebelieved shot and killed his wife.OfficerstrackedGilberti toahousein Rockville. After unsuccessful at-tempts to contact him by phoneand bullhorn, they moved an ar-mored vehicle close to the home,so an officer could safely throw asmall sentry robot through a win-dow to search the home, Mangersaid. The robot found Gilbertidead of a self-inflicted gunshotwound, he said.
Montgomery County’s cur-rent inventory of items acquiredthrough the 1033 program issmall compared to what someother jurisdictions in the statehave, according to data fromby the Maryland State Police,which coordinates the programin Maryland. State police track all“sensitive” equipment — such asfirearms and armored vehicles— that was obtained through theprogram and is currently in local
agencies’ possession.Even before the events in Fer-
guson, the 1033 program drewsharp criticism from the Ameri-can Civil Liberties Union, whichreleased a report on the militari-zationofpoliceinJune.Thereportwarned that if local law-enforce-ment agencies get military-gradeweapons,they’llwanttousethem,even if they aren’t needed.
The fact that MontgomeryCounty police have this equip-ment wasn’t an immediateconcern for Anita Neal Powell,president of the county’s NAACPchapter, because police and res-idents openly talk about issuesin the community.
“I see it as a safety network,”Powell said. “We have a chiefwho believes in the communitythat he serves.”
The Montgomery CountySheriff’s Office obtained oneM16 rifle and six M14 riflesearlier this year and the Ta-koma Park Police Departmentobtained two M14 rifles and asight, according to the data.
Gaithersburg police used theprogram to get a utility truck.
Police in Chevy Chase Villageobtained several reflex sights forpatrol rifles. The department,which has 10 sworn officers, al-ready owned seven rifles andusedthesurplusprogramtoequipthem with the new sights, makingit easier for officers to aim accu-rately in low-light situations, saidJohn M. Fitzgerald, the village’spolice chief.
Many police departmentshave begun equipping officerswith rifles rather than shotgunsbecause they’re more accurateand let officers aim from fartheraway, Fitzgerald said.
Other agencies in Maryland,including the state police, theBaltimore County Police Depart-ment, and the sheriff’s offices inCarroll and Charles Counties,have acquired dozens of M16rifles, according to the data.
Maryland State Police beganits patrol rifle program in 2004and has obtained 162 M16 riflesthroughthe1033program,spokes-manGregShipleysaid.Ofthose,20are kept in reserve and 142 are as-signed in the field, enough for onerifle for each shift in each area ofthe state, Shipley said. State policehave about 1,500 troopers.
Rifles are intended to be usedwhen confronting suspects whomay be wearing body armor ormay have barricaded themselvesinalocationandpoliceneedmoreprecision than a shotgun can pro-vide, Shipley said.
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n He takes pride in hisiconoclast views
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER
The first time Peter V.R.Franchot ran to be comptrol-ler of Maryland, even his ownmother didn’t think he couldwin.
Franchot — a Democratand, at the time, a delegate inDistrict 20 — challenged in-cumbent comptroller and for-mer governor William DonaldSchaefer and then-Anne Arun-del County Executive JanetOwens in the 2006 Democraticprimary.
“She knew Schaefer be-cause I had introduced her tohim,” he said of his mother,Jenny Howell. “And she waslike ‘you’re going to be abso-lutely clobbered.”
Franchot’s wife, Anne Ma-her, believed Schaefer wouldannihilate him and he wouldreturn to the private sector, hesaid.
“It was a pretty uphill bat-tle from the start,” he contin-
ued.Franchot was far
from annihilated orclobbered, defeatingboth Schaefer andOwens and advanc-ing to the generalelection where vot-ers selected him asthe next comptroller.
“I think the pub-lic saw me as an appealingalternative to something theydidn’t like,” he said, attribut-ing his success, in part, to per-sonal back and forth betweenSchaefer and Owens duringthe campaign.
Franchot, 66, is seekingre-election for a third termin November, and said votersshould be able to still see himas independent of Annapolispolitics and a fiscal watchdogon even his own party.
“I’m not a robot and votersdid not send me down thereto be a rubber stamp for theadministration or for the lead-ership in the legislature,” hesaid. “I’m a Democrat but I’mnot afraid to challenge my ownparty when I think spending isunjustified.”
Franchot facesRepublican WilliamH. “Bill” Campbelland write-in can-didate Anjali ReedPhukan in the Nov. 4election.
As comptroller,it is Franchot’s jobto collect taxes, help
oversee the state re-tirement and pension system,estimate revenue and serve onthe Board of Public Works.
Franchot said he is run-ning for re-election because,under his leadership, the aver-age number of business daysbetween when a Marylanderfiles a tax returns and the re-fund is in his or her account is2.2 days and because the officehas collected $3.6 billion morein taxes from those who haveavoided paying in the past.
“Fundamentally, I’m ask-ing people to re-elect me be-cause I am doing the job,” hesaid.
In the election, pensionsare a key issue for Franchot,who said he has worked to sta-bilize the state’s program.
In 2009, the recession sent
the pension fund plummetingfrom about $40 billion to $26billion in a few months.
That, he said, was a wakeup call that change was neces-sary.
Franchot said he helpedthe state recover the fund byreallocating assets, decreas-ing the assumed rate of returnon investment, increasing thenumber of women and mi-nority money managers andeliminating “corridor funding”— a decade-old accountingmethod to smooth out lossesand gains that proved detri-mental to the fund’s stabilityby allowing lawmakers to un-derfund it — instead requiringthe state to pay contributionsrecommended by an actuary.
While pensions remainunderfunded, Franchot saidhe vigorously opposes furtherraids, like the $200 million thelegislature cut from the fis-cal 2015 contribution. He saidhe also opposed every tax in-crease in the last eight years
except the tobacco tax.Voters, he said, are con-
cerned about the economyand share his moderate fiscaland social positions.
“They do not buy the com-peting views the Democratsand Republicans are present-ing to them,” he said. “Onthe one hand the Democratssay the economy is doing OK,there are signs of progressand look at all the jobs we’vecreated. They don’t buy that,they think that is a lot of politi-cal spin. The Republicans saythe sky is falling and we needto lower taxes by hundreds ofmillions or even billions of dol-lars. And they don’t buy thateither.”
As comptroller, Franchotsaid he has a bully pulpit at hisdisposal where he can raisetough questions about spend-ing and the assertions by bothparties.
“We need to stop the spinon the economy,” he said. “Wehave a problem and need to
work collaboratively togetherto fix the problem.”
“We are a great state,” hecontinued. “But we have aloose fiscal policy. ... Becausewe are so well intentionedabout spending money on is-sues that are important to us,we don’t examine spendingenough, we have too easilygone to tax increases, fee in-creases to pay for programsthat are not efficiently over-seen. As a result we have takenan extraordinary amount ofrevenue out of consumers’pockets.”
As comptroller, he said hehas advocated for a time-outfrom tax and fee increases,examining all spending, andchanging the mindset thatputs the public sector ahead ofthe private one.
Franchot holds a juris doc-tor from Northeastern Univer-sity in Boston and a bachelor’sdegree from Amherst College.
Democrat Franchot wants another term because ‘he’s doing the job’
Franchot
n Gluck thinks it’s timefor third-party candidates
BY PEGGY MCEWAN
STAFF WRITER
George Gluck is runningfor the future but he wishes theUnited States could go backto the days of Franklin DelanoRoosevelt.
That is because, he said,FDR passed banking regula-tions that would have pre-vented the financial bubblethat led to the current financialcrises.
“He passed banking regu-lations, undone by [PresidentBill] Clinton, that caused thefinancial bubble,” he said.
Gluck, 67, said he was aDemocrat until Clinton signed
N A F T A ,the NorthA m e r i c a nFree TradeAgreement,e l i m i n a t -ing dutiesand quan-titative re-s t r i c t i o n son trade
between the U.S., Mexico andCanada.
“I left [the party],” he said.“Clinton screwed labor here inthis country.”
Now a member of theGreen Party, Gluck, who livesin Rockville, is running for Con-gress to represent Maryland’s6th District.
It’s a large district, run-ning 182 miles from the fartip of Western Maryland to
the Beltway and River Road inBethesda. It covers Allegany,Garrett and Washington coun-ties, plus parts of Frederick andMontgomery counties.
He thinks it time for third-party candidates to break thetwo-party hold in Congress.
“The Democrats own thepresidency and the Republi-cans own the House. It’s im-possible to pass anything,” hesaid. “The fact that I am electedis enough to [make a differ-ence]. It will be the beginningof what has to happen to bringus back to normalcy.”
The Green Party, Glucksaid, is not just about the envi-ronment.
“It’s absolutely more thanecology,” he said. “We’ll try toget laws passed that reflect the10 principles of the party.”
Those principles includegrassroots democracy, encour-aging everyone to participate ingovernment, social justice andequal opportunity for all, eco-logical wisdom, non-violence,decentralized government,community based econom-ics including the adoption ofa living wage, a respect for di-versity, personal and globalresponsibility and a future fo-cus and stainability, accordingto the party’s website: www.gp.org.
Gluck is running againstthe incumbent, Democrat JohnDelaney and the Republicancandidate Daniel Bongino. Thegeneral election will be Nov. 4,with early voting Oct. 23-30.
Green Party candidate hopes to representMaryland’s Sixth Congressional District
Gluck
Gaithersburg AquaticCenter to host grandreopening
The newly renovatedGaithersburg Aquatic Centeris planning to host a grandreopening celebration onThursday.
The festivities will beginwith a ceremonial ribbon cut-ting at 4:45 p.m., followed byfun and games in the pooluntil 8:30 p.m. A disc jockeywill play music and food willbe served. Admission is free.
The Aquatic Center is at2 Teachers Way in Gaithers-burg.
Enhancements to the fa-cility include new lockers,new pool plaster and tiles,a new filtration system, in-stallation of an ultravioletdisinfection system and theaddition of two pool lifts com-
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Gaithersburg bridgereopens
The East Deer Park Bridge,also known as the HumpbackBridge, in Gaithersburg re-opened Sunday after beingshut down earlier this sum-mer to undergo structuralmodifications.
Changes were made tothe bridge, which spans theCSX railroad tracks betweenGaithersburg and Washing-ton Grove, to allow it to meetcurrent standards. CSX con-tractor Clark Civil handledthe work.
Detour signs have beenremoved and train service hasnot been disrupted.
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A nonprofit group calledBundle Up Baby and somewomen in Potomac knit or cro-chet a new blanket for eachbaby, and sometimes also avail-
able are front baby carriers formothers, although they are ex-pensive to supply, Roman said.
Baby’s Bounty currently re-ceives 15 to 30 requests a month,which come through referralsfrom 31 local service agenciesand groups, including the coun-ty’s Department of Health andHuman Services, high schools,hospitals, rehab centers andshelters.
“We do follow the WICguidelines,” Roman said aboutthe federal nutritional program
for women, infants and children.“The mothers have to be
on or below the poverty line,which is $21,000 a year [in in-come],” she said. “That’s superlow, and it’s heartbreaking tosee women well below that, at$16,000.”
Sponsors of the Baby Stepsevent this year include Mid At-lantic Federal Credit Union inGermantown, The Gazette inGaithersburg, John Seek SepticTank Pumping in Gaithersburg,Intelice Solutions in Bethesda
and Luxuira Salon and Spa inAshton.
Baby’s Bounty acceptsmonetary contributions whichRoman and her mother, CarolFindlay, of Laytonsville, useto buy supplies at local stores.Findlay also heads the non-profit’s board.
“We’re still all volunteer,including myself,” Roman said.
Baby’s Bounty MC ac-cepts donations of gently usedclothes, hats and jackets at itsoffice on Crabbs Branch Way
in Derwood, where Roman andFindlay assemble the bundleswith the help of other volun-teers.
The space in the ShoemakerConstruction Group building ismade available by the owner,a former president of the Da-mascus-based Free Riders In-dependent Motorcycle Club,where Roman’s husband is amember.
Roman said she startedBaby’s Bounty MC after havingtwo children of her own and
more clearly understanding amother’s need for a supportnetwork.
She reckons she spends be-tween 15 and 30 hours a weekrunning the nonprofit, but saysthe time is well spent.
“Our goal is to help the ba-bies,” Roman said. “They’re soprecious. You really do need avillage [to raise a child]. I waslooking for a way to be part ofa village.”
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Because the grant applica-tion was so well-written andviewed as a model, the Depart-ment of Natural Resourcesopted to give the city moremoney for tree plantings, Pot-ter said, bringing the total grantaward money to about $114,000.
Quince Orchard Park wasa designated site under theoriginal grant money, and LittleQuarry Park has been added as a“bonus site,” according to AdamNewhart, the city’s public worksoperations administrator.
A planting is scheduled forSept. 24 at Quince Orchard Parkand tentatively for Nov. 5 and 6at Little Quarry Park, Newhartsaid.
Native tree species will beplanted at both locations, Ne-whart said. Little Quarry Park willreceive several pin oak, swampwhite oak, red maple ‘OctoberGlory,’ redbud and Kousa dog-wood trees. Quince Orchard Parkwill also receive those species, aswell as Kwanzan cherry and wil-low oak.
One important componentto the entire reforestation projectis education. Public Works staffoften works with student groups,
along with other community or-ganizations, at plantings to teachthem about the environment.
Potter talked about how re-warding it is to see the studentshave pride in regards to their con-tribution to the community.
“It’s incredible to hear thosechildren say ‘I’m going to bringmy kids out here later in life andshow them how big these treesgot that I planted when I was inhigh school,’” she said.
In the days before the actualplanting, Public Works staff pre-dig holes for the trees to acceler-ate the process, Newhart said.
Gaithersburg High School’sEnglish for Speakers of Other
Languages (ESOL) studentswill be assisting at the QuinceOrchard Park planting and theMontgomery County Conserva-tion Corps will lend a helpinghand at Little Quarry Park.
Using the grant money,nearly 500 new trees have al-ready been planted at about 10sites throughout the city, Ne-whart said. Another 150 trees arescheduled for planting this fall at5 more locations, including thetwo mentioned above.
Gaithersburg resident JoAnnSchimke praised the plan and thepublic process that the city is fol-lowing for the project.
“Getting these people in-
volved and having them learnabout the environment, andpulling a community in and get-ting their full support before thetrees go in...it’s really wonderful,”she said.
Paul Hlavinka, a residentsand member of the MuddyBranch Alliance Board of Direc-tors, also attended the meetingand said he supports the city’s ef-forts to plant trees. However, hetold The Gazette Thursday thatwhile planting these trees in pub-lic areas will help to improve wa-ter quality, it will take many moresimilar efforts across the city tosee significant improvement.
“There is only so much pub-
lic land to work with,” he said.“If we could identify privatelyheld land that could be forested,or purchase parcels along thestream to set aside as parkland,and as a result increase the buf-fer along the Muddy Branch, thenwe could truly see the differencein the stream.”
Another community meetingis scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 10 atthe Bohrer Park Activity Center tocollect public input on the plant-ing of 10 trees at Bohrer Park,105 trees at Morris Park and 15trees at the Morris Park exten-sion.
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lier and Daniel Lee Byron, 26,who lived at the same addressand was riding in the passengerseat, were both dead, accordingto police.
A third man, Kobi Assaraf,26, of the 600 block of Rollins
Avenue in Rockville, was rid-ing in the back seat of the Ex-plorer and was able to call 911after the crash. He was taken toa local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, accordingto police.
The crash remains underinvestigation and police wouldlike anyone with information tocall 240-773-6620. Callers canremain anonymous.
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GaithersburgBook Festival launchesshort story contest
The Gaithersburg BookFestival recently launched itsfifth annual short story contestfor local high school students.
This year’s participants willbe taking inspiration from theirpeers by drawing their story-lines from photographs takenby three Montgomery CountyPublic School students. Thephotos were previously sub-
mitted for the 2014 Johns Hop-kins University MontgomeryCounty Campus annual artshow.
Participants must be en-rolled in grades 9-12 at a publicor private school, or in a homeschool program, for the 2014-15 school year. They must re-side in Maryland, Virginia orWashington, D.C.
Stories should be no longerthan 1,000 words and must beinspired by one of the threephotographs posted on theGaithersburg Book Festivalwebsite. They should be sub-mitted as a Microsoft Worddocument to [email protected] midnight on Feb. 20, 2015.
To view the photographsand read the complete rulesand regulations, visit gaithers-burgbookfestival.org/gbf-pro-grams/short-story-contest.
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Jan Piwowarczyk, June 24, 1954 – August 8, 2014Jan Piwowarczyk, fondly known as “JP”, 60 of Damascusentered into eternal rest on Friday, August 8th at his home inDamascus, Maryland. Jan was born June 24, 1954 inHammond, Indiana, son of the late John “Ernie” ErnestPiwowarczyk and the late Dorothy Mackowiak Piwowarczyk.He is survived by his beloved wife of 27 years, Leslie (neePoole) Piwowarczyk, step-son Charlie Appleby, Jr (Kim),sisters and brother-in-laws Jill Nelms (David), JanellWilliams (David), and Jolene Park (William), sister-in-lawsDawn Poole, Rebecca Heflin, Sharon Turner (Carl) andCurtis Poole (Beverly). He is also survived by grandchildrenBrea and Ryan Appleby, and nieces and nephews, along withextended family members and great neighbors.Jan grew up in the Derwood area and graduated fromGaithersburg High School and continued his education atMontgomery College where he received his AA degree. Heloved all aspects of music; listening, going to concert venues,playing his bass guitars, and listening to friends playing. Janwas a member of several small bands in his playing days.He was retired at the time of his death, and was a senior faxand copier technician. Jan loved to travel, which includedcruising, eating out, and going to the beach.A visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from6:00 – 8:00 pm. A Celebration of Life memorial service willbe held on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 11:00 am. Bothevents will be held at the Molesworth-Williams FuneralHome. 26401 Ridge Road. Damascus, Maryland. Since thewearing of jeans, black t-shirt or polo, jean shirt or anythingblue was Jan’s signature wardrobe; please feel free to wearthese in honor of him.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jan’s memory toThe ALS Association - DC/MD/VA Chapter, 7507 StandishPlace Rockville, MD 20855.
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ObituaryNancy Bille Bleggi, ofGaithersburg, passed onAugust 23, 2014, in homehospice surrounded by herfamily and beloved dogs.
Nancy was born in St.Marys, PA and marriedScott Bleggi, whosurvives. She waspredeceased by an infant
son in 1982 and a daughter, Gina Marie, in 2010.In addition to her husband, she is survived by herdaughter, Jillian, of Washington, DC, and a sister,Mary Jo Turner, of Clearfield, PA.
She was a tireless advocate for improved educationand therapy services for the disabled in the metroarea and overseas. Her family and friendsremember her strong spirit and bravery in the faceof adversity. She approached life’s challenges withdetermination and a sense of humor, and helpedinspire those who knew her, especially manyfellow parents of children with special needs.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made toMontgomery Hospice Care, 1335 Piccard Drive,Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850, or online atmontgomeryhospice.org
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More reasons to talk to your kids about drugs
Martin O’Malley is runningfor president. He’s handsome(never takes a bad photo), singsand plays the guitar, oozesIrish charm and sports a solidliberal record appealing tomost Democrats: gun control,death penalty repeal, gay mar-riage, minimum wage increase,aid to illegals, decriminalizedpot, environmental regula-tions, fracking moratorium.He even gerrymandered a Re-publican out of Congress andchaired the Democratic Gover-nors Conference.
He’s already campaignedin two dozen states includingmultiple visits to 2016 earlyprimary states Iowa, NewHampshire and South Caro-lina. He’s headlined fundrais-ers for Dem candidates acrossthe nation and contributed$230,000 out of his own warchest. He’s dispatched his owncampaign staff to three earlyprimary states to help in thisyear’s local elections and to laythe groundwork there for his2016 bid.
Oh, and he’s reportedlywriting a book, a prerequisitefor any White House hopeful.But it’s all for naught. Here’swhy O’Malley can’t win in2016:
MoneyLast year O’Malley’s elec-
tion PAC raised $1.7 million,mostly from Marylanders.This year he’s raised another$900,000 with about $895,000on hand, not enough to get
through the firstprimary.
By comparison,Barack Obamaraised $740 mil-lion for his 2008campaign includ-ing $24.8 millionin the first quarterof 2007. In fourmonths O’Malleywill leave office andlose his fundraisingleverage while mostnational donors arewaiting for Hillary Clinton.
BaggageOpposition researchers will
have a field day producing neg-ative attack ads on O’Malley.The taxpayer-financed HiltonHotel he pushed through asmayor has lost $50 millionsince it opened in 2008, hisEast Baltimore DevelopmentInc. urban renewal projectis a flub and his zero toler-ance mass arrests of black cityresidents resulted in the citypaying $870,000 to settle anNAACP/ACLU lawsuit (howwill O’Malley explain that onthe campaign trail?).
Then there’s the Baltimorejail’s Black Guerilla fam-ily scandal, the $260 millionObamacare website fiascoand the 40 new taxes and feescosting Marylanders an extra$3.1 billion a year. O’Malleyleaves behind an underfundedstate employee pension fund,a structural deficit, the nation’ssecond highest foreclosure
rate, second worstjobs rate and a statehooked on casinogambling.
TractionBut you’ll never
see those attack adsbecause O’Malleywon’t get traction.Despite all thoseearly primary statesvisits, he’s polling 1percent to 2 percent
among Dems. He’s even run-ning third in Maryland wheremost Dem officials are backingHillary. And after next Janu-ary’s inauguration, O’Malley isout of office: no mansion, nooffice, no car, no troopers, novisibility.
Media scrutinyO’Malley, spoiled by Mary-
land’s lapdog media, will runinto a cut throat national presscorps that will expose his wildclaims: his $9.5 billion budgetcuts that were actually a $10billion increase, his $22 mil-lion tuition freeze which wasfunded by a $3.1 billion taxhike and the city he claimsto have rescued which ranksfourth in homicides and sixthin violent crime.
Last week the NationalGeographic Channel featureda documentary crowning Bal-timore as the “heroin capital ofAmerica” with this narrative,“Baltimore, a tough town fac-ing hard times. The steel mills
are gone. Entire neighbor-hoods stand deserted. On thestreets people hustle to get byand for many the biggest hustleis the heroin hustle.”
All O’Malley’s months ofcampaigning and fundraisingwiped out by one nationwideTV show.
Well, wink the pundits andwise guys, O’Malley is just fol-lowing the Joe Biden playbook:run for president but settle forbeing Hillary’s running mate.
The problem is, Hillarydoesn’t need him. O’Malley istoo liberal, comes from a tinyblue state she’s going to easilywin and doesn’t bring anythingto the ticket (he bombed inboth of his Democratic Con-vention speeches). Hillaryneeds a moderate male from abattleground state — someonelike Florida senator Bill Nelson.Come November 2016, MartinO’Malley will be looking for ajob.
But don’t despair Mary-landers. The 2016 president’srace may feature a BaltimoreMarylander on the ticket — theRepublican ticket. Dr. Ben Car-son, someone who brings a lotto the table.
Blair Lee is chairman ofthe board of Lee DevelopmentGroup in Silver Spring and aregular commentator for WBALradio. His past columns areavailable at www.gazette.net/blairlee. His email address [email protected].
Why O’Malley can’t win
Ferguson, Mo., is 800 miles from Montgomery County,but the hardline tactics of law enforcement there shouldconcern every community in the country.
The Aug. 9 fatal shooting by police of an unarmedblack teenager sparked days and nights of protest by out-raged residents. Police responded with paramilitary force,shooting tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters and teargas at a TV news crew.
Here, we’ll comment only on authorities’ attempts toclamp down and even incarcerate journalists who were inFerguson to bear witness to the conflict and document itfor news reports.
On Aug. 13 — the fifth day of protests — police arrestedreporters Wesley Lowery of The Washington Post (a sistercompany to ours) and Ryan J. Reilly of the Huffington Postwhile they were lawfully in a McDonald’s, working on theircoverage.
Thepolice department’s cover story was “trespass-ing,” but there seemed to be the flimsiest of reasons for ha-rassing these reporters and throwing them in jail. Loweryvideotaped much of his interaction as police bullied him.
Not long after they were incarcerated, the reporterswere freed — reportedly with no explanation and no pa-perwork. Officers refused to identify themselves or providebadge numbers, according to the reporters’ accounts.
We don’t normally weigh in on matters in other areas,but this apparent abuse of power is an attack on open gov-ernment and the public’s right to know everywhere.
We stand with our colleagues, whose work in the mid-dle of a supercharged atmosphere in Ferguson was danger-ous enough.
We condemn totalitarian crackdowns on information,which are an assault on the First Amendment and therights of the citizenry relying on the press to be informed.
At times like these, it helps for both sides — the gov-ernment and the watchdog — to understand each other’srole and rights.
We greatly respect the work of law enforcement in try-ing to maintain order and protect the public.
Journalists expect and deserve civil treatment in returnas they do their work. Random arrests and harassment areunacceptable in a society with free people and a free press.
As President Barack Obama said: “And here in theUnited States of America, police should not be bullyingor arresting journalists who are just trying to do their jobsand report to the American people on what they see on theground.”
Montgomery County Councilwoman Cherri Bransonreminded us of an idea – a good one, we believe – whenwe reported her desire that a police investigation of a Ger-mantown teen’s arrest be made public. “It is imperativethat residents of Montgomery County believe that the useof force is justified, examinations of the use of force areconducted with transparency and officers who use exces-sive force are held accountable,” she wrote.
She said the video of the young man’s arrest – in whicha white officer allegedly manhandled a black teenager – re-minded her that the county’s Charter Review Commissionsuggested the establishment of a Civilian Review Board toanalyze complaints against Montgomery County police.
We think such a board could play a valuable role inMontgomery, for a number of reasons. But before we getto our reasons, we should note that at least one wise voicedisagrees. County Councilman Phil Andrews, who chairsthe County Council’s Public Safety Committee, doesn’tthink much of the idea. There isn’t a record of sufficientproblems to require it, he told us. Without those com-plaints, where’s the need?
We’ll grant him that. We don’t think a Citizens ReviewBoard will be overly tasked with agendas loaded withcommunity complaints. We do think it’s the kind a goodgovernment idea that should make Montgomery proud.In a county where its citizens oversee school and planningdecisions, where even the designation of rustic roads goesthrough a citizen-led panel, some oversight of the policeforce would seem to be part of Montgomery’s DNA.
The Germantown teen’s arrest came shortly afterMichael Brown, a black teenager, was shot and killed bya white police officer in Ferguson, Mo. The incident hassparked weeks of protests. In the wake of the Fergusonincident, every community should ponder how its policeforce uses deadly force. But as the NAACP vigil in Rockvilleon Aug. 24 pointed out, Montgomery is not Ferguson,Mo. Anita Neal Powell, president of Montgomery CountyNAACP, stated Montgomery needs an ongoing conversa-tion to avoid tragedies, like the shooting of Michael Brown.A Citizens Review Board could be the vehicle to start andcontinue that conversation, preventing minor dustupsfrom becoming festering wounds that in turn lead to pub-lic protests.
Gordie Brenne’s letterabout weak cost controls atWSSC fits what I’ve watched[“WSSC water rate torture,” let-ters, Aug. 27.]. When I moved
in to my home four years ago,WSSC was already tearing upthe streets to work on utilities.For four years this continued,with the same streets being
ripped up, repaired, and rippedup again. Finally they werepaved clean. Then several por-tions ripped up again.
There is no way that proj-
ect was done cost-effectively.I shudder to think what WSSCspent on a per-home in ourneighborhood.
John D. Wilson, Silver Spring
WSSC tortured neighborhood’s streets
When reviewing the datafrom the Maryland Youth RiskBehavior Survey [“Montgom-ery County student surveyhighlights drugs, food, bully-ing,” news, Aug. 6, and “Ourchildren, by the numbers,”editorial, Aug. 13], it is essen-tial for parents to keep threethings in mind: the conceptof high stakes; that adoles-cents from the most loving,caring families take foolhardyrisks because it is part of nor-mal adolescent developmentto take risks (even though thepart of the brain that helps usthink through whether acting a
risk or impulse is dangerous ornot is not fully developed untilaround age 25); and that thenumber of middle school stu-dents engaging in drugs andother risky behaviors is grow-ing at an alarming rate.
In sixth grade, for example,3.4 percent (one out of 30) stu-dents “ever used marijuana”;13.1 percent (one out of eight)“rode in a car driven by some-one who had been drinkingalcohol”); and 14.7 percent(one out of seven) “seriouslythought about killing them-selves.” The percentages in-crease in nearly all categories
of risky behaviors in the en-tire survey each year throughtwelfth grade.
In conversation, these cansound like insignificant odds,and therein lies the danger.However, if your child is theone out of 30 (for example), it’shim or her 100 percent, plusyour family, plus — possibly— other peers or bystandersand their families. And it doeshappen in the most caring andloving families.
I encourage all parents tohave respectful, ongoing con-versations with their tweens,teens and college students so
they are clear about your ex-pectations to earn your trustand why it is critical for themto get adult help when theyknow a peer is in harm’s way,be it from unsafe practices,bullying, drugs, or hearingthem talk openly about self-harm, and to stay connectedwith their friends and theirfriends’ parents.
Patty Winters, DerwoodThe writer is the coordi-
nator of the Brave and BoldCoalition, which tries to helpparents help their childrenavoid alcohol and other drugs.
MY MARYLANDBLAIR LEE
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n ABAs have become quitepopular recently
Within the past few years,a relatively new beer style hasbecome quite popular and isseeing a widespread increasein breweries making the style.It is sometimes called Black IPA(Black India Pale Ale), some-times called Cascadian Dark Ale,and lately versions are using thename American Black Ale (ABA).The latter is the name used in theBrewers Association guidelines.
The earliest American ver-sion of this black, hoppy styleappears to have been brewed bythe Vermont Pub and Breweryin 1994 under the name Black-watch IPA. The popularity of thestyle spread, often called a BlackIPA. This name is an obvious oxy-moron. A beer cannot be both ablack ale and a pale ale. Further,the style has absolutely nothingto do with India, relying mostlyon American bittering hops.
Brewers in the Pacific North-west produced a similar style inthe first decade of this centuryusing Northwest hops in key fla-vor roles, with roasted malts pro-viding color and flavor. The stylecelebrates the hops of Cascadia,a tongue-in-cheek name for amythical republic in the PacificNorthwest, hence the name Cas-cadian Dark Ale.
What differentiates the stylefrom a Schwartzbier or a hoppyPorter or Stout? Obviously theSchwartzbier is a lager, not anale, and does not have the hopprofile that ABAs are noted for.There are really three main dif-ferences between the style andPorters or Stouts. The first differ-
ence is the volume of hop bitter-ness and the type of hops used.Porters and Stouts use traditionalbittering and aroma hops whilethe ABA uses Pacific Northwesthops noted for their citrus, spice,floral and high bitterness charac-teristics. The second difference isthe use of dehusked dark malts toavoid the conflict between hopbitterness and the acrid flavor ofconventional roasted malts. Thisavoids the harsher, burnt fla-vors in some robust porters andstouts. Finally, there is a muchdrier finish based on the maltsand yeasts used.
While the Beer Judge Certi-fication Program has yet to addthe style to its guidelines, whichwere last updated in 2008, theBrewers Association guidelinesfor the Great American Beer Fes-tival describe the style as beingvery dark to black with mediumcaramel malt and dark roastedmalt aromas. The aroma accen-tuates hops with some fruity andfloral notes. Moderate caramelmalt and dark roasted malts areevident with medium to highhop bitterness (50-70 Interna-tional Bittering Units) and 6.3-7.6percent alcohol by volume (ABV).
Black Ale Reserve Special(7.5 percent ABV), brewed byDark Horse Brewing in Marshall,Mich., has an alluring complexnose of roast, chocolate, andcaramel with a hint of wine. Thisrobust, smooth brew has a lightcaramel malt, roast and choco-
All hail the greatAmerican Black Ale
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n Shepard’s play focuses ondestructive relationship
BY KIRSTY GROFF
STAFF WRITER
Examine the human experience throughthe lens of an explosive relationship dur-ing Round House Theatre’s run of “Fool forLove.”
The 1983 Sam Shepard play centers onthe relationship between May and Eddie,two former lovers with a destructive historytogether. May has taken steps toward build-ing a new life for herself when her ex comesknocking at her motel room door outside theMojave Desert in an attempt to get her back.
Due to the nature of their relationship,May and Eddie make for intense characterswho give the play depth and body, despitemaking up half of the total cast. The roles callfor actors of a certain caliber, and prior to hisappointment two years ago as producingartistic director for Round House Theatre,“Fool for Love” director Ryan Rilette hadlittle luck finding suitable performers — un-til seeing Thomas Keegan and Katie deBuysperform in separate productions.
“It is a very fraught relationship, andthey are roles that both require an emotionaldexterity and a physicality not many actorshave,” he said. “In other markets I never re-ally had the right cast for it. I had a strongfeeling the two of them were the people I hadbeen waiting on.”
Rilette declined to hold auditions; with acast of four, he had a feeling for who shouldmake up the rest of the play. He recruitedlong-time Round House Theatre actor MartyLodge as the Old Man, who interacts withand comments on the two lovers throughoutthe piece, and Tim Getman as Martin, May’sdate that night.
May and Eddie capture the multi-di-mensional emotions people typically facewhen confronting trying events. Rather thanjust feeling angry or sad, the two of themexperience seemingly conflicting feelingsthroughout their discussion.
“It’s so raw emotionally,” said deBuys.“These two people are so connected to oneanother, and at the same time their behaviorseparates them in this way that’s painful butso beautiful to watch.”
“They experience love and despair, pas-sion and agony in the same moment — andthat’s how we live,” added Keegan. “Thoughit’s surreal in its plot, it’s deeply human andrelatable emotionally.”
The couple has more than 15 years ofhistory together, a length of time difficult
to capture by actors slipping into the skinsof such passionate people. To remedy this,Keegan and deBuys — with the help of Ri-lette — dug deeper into what their characterswere probably like, doing a lot of acting workthat will go unseen by the audience.
“We did a lot of improvisational exercisesjust to explore what May and Eddie were like10 years ago, when they lived together, thelast time Eddie had to leave,” said deBuys.“It built so many layers of understanding —
Drowning in the desert
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From left to right, Tim Getman as Martin, fight choreographer Casey Kaleba and Thomas Keegan asEddie rehearse Round House Theatre’s production of “Fool for Love.”
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IN THE ARTSFor a free listing, please submitcomplete information to [email protected] at least 10 days inadvance of desired publication date.High-resolution color images (500KBminimum) in jpg format should besubmitted when available.
DANCESSocial Ballroom Dance, 8:30 to 11:30
p.m. ($16), Sept. 3; Tea Dance, 12:30 to3:30 p.m. ($6), Sept. 4; West Coast SwingDancing with Dance Jam Productions, 9p.m., drop-in lessons 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.($15), Sept. 5; Social Ballroom Dance at 8p.m., free Viennese Waltz lesson at 7 p.m.($16), Sept. 7; Social Ballroom Dance, 8:30p.m. to 11 p.m. ($16); Sept. 10; Tea Dance,12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ($6), Sept. 11, 2126Industrial Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, hollywoodballroomdc.com.
Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10 p.m.Mondays, steps and formations taught. Noexperience, partner necessary, T-39 Build-ing on NIH campus, Wisconsin Avenueand South Drive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.
Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthurBlvd.
Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays, 8:15p.m. beginner lesson, 9 to 11:30 p.m.dancing to DJs, Glen Echo Park’s SpanishBallroom Annex, $8, capitalblues.org.
Contra, Sept. 5, Hilton Baxter calls toMontage with Jane Knoeck on piano andaccordion, Rachel Bell on accordion andflute, Tom Santarsiero on guitar, mando-lin, banjo, jaw harp and foot percussion- This dance will take place in the BumperCar Pavilion, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ball-room, 7:30 p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org.
English Country, Sept. 3, Susan Taylorcaller, 8 p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (up-stairs), fsgw.org.
Swing and Lindy, Sept. 13, Craig Gild-ner and the Blue Sky 5, $18, $12 for those17 and under, Glen Echo Park SpanishBallroom, flyingfeet.org.
Waltz, Sept. 7, Elke, Paul, Ralph &Larry, with Larry Unger (banjo, guiar), ElkeBaker (fiddle), Paul oorts (mandolin, but-ton accordion, banjo, guitar), and RalphGordon (bass), waltztimedances.org.
Irish Dancing, “Ring of Kerry IrishDance class winter session will beginon Sept. 9. Dancers meet on Tuesday’sfrom September until mid-Decemberat Ridgeview Middle School. Beginningclass starts at 7 p.m., followed by the moreexperienced class at 8:05 p.m. Cost is $40.We do ceili and set dances and no partneris required to enjoy the lessons. For moreinformation, email Jean at jtmwoods@
gmail.com or visit ringofkerrydancers.org. Dancers must be at least 8 years old tosenior. Anyone under 16 must be accom-panied by an adult.
Contra, Carpe Diem Contra dance,Silver Spring Civic Bldg., Sept. 11, 7 to 10p.m. Lively music with Janine Smith call-ing. Free to first time dancers, $5 students,$8 FSGW/Revels Members, $10 General.7 to 7:30 p.m., Workshop; 7:30 to 10 p.m.,Dancing for “Kids” of All Ages. VeteransPlaza at Fenton & Ellsworth, Park Freely at801 Ellsworth Garage.
MUSIC & DANCEBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club,
Coco Montoya plus Bad Influence, Sept.3; Back to School Funk Dance Party, Sept.4; The Nighthawks plus Kelly Bell Band,Sept. 5; Nation Beat and Alma Tropicalia,Sept. 6; Jazz & Soul: Phaze II and Friendsfeaturing Avon Dews and Songstress LadyK, Sept. 7; Ana Popovic, Sept. 12; Joe ClairComedy Night featuring Tony Robertsand Eddie Bryant, Sept. 13; Patricia Bar-ber Quartet, Sept. 10, call for prices, 7719Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500,bethesdabluesjazz.com.
BlackRock Center for the Arts, DeannaBogart, 8 p.m. Sept. 20, 12901 Town Com-mons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260,blackrockcenter.org.
Fillmore Silver Spring, WMZQ pres-ents Jana Kramer, Love & Theft & NatalieStovall, Sept. 5; DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist,Sept. 8, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring.fillmoresilverspring.com.
Strathmore, Afternoon Tea, Sept. 9;Afternoon Tea, Sept. 10; Artist Seminars:Networking - The Who, What, When,Where & Why, Sept. 10; call for venue.Locations: Mansion, 10701 RockvillePike, North Bethesda; Music Center atStrathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, NorthBethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGEAdventure Theatre-MTC, “Stuart
Little,” Sept. 19 through Oct. 26, call forprices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC,7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
Imagination Stage, “The Night Fairy,”Sept. 24 through Oct. 26, call for prices,times, Imagination Stage, 4908 AuburnAve., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org.
Olney Theatre Center, “Colossal,” Sept.3 through Sept. 28, call for prices, times,2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney,301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org.
The Puppet Co., “Rapunzel,” Sept. 19through Oct. 12; Tiny Tots @ 10, selectWednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, callfor shows and show times, Puppet Co.Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North ArcadeBuilding, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-
634-5380, thepuppetco.org.Round House Theatre, Bethesda,
“Fool for Love,” Sept. 3 through 27, callfor show times, 4545 East-West Highway,Bethesda. $15 for general admission, $10for subscribers, patrons 30 and youngerand seniors. 240-644-1100, roundhous-etheatre.org.
Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, [email protected].
Silver Spring Stage, “God of Carnage,”Sept. 19 through Oct. 11, WoodmoorShopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road,Silver Spring, see website for show times,ssstage.org.
The Writer’s Center, Building YourFire: How to Structure Your Story, 7:30to 9:30 p.m., Sept. 5; Whodunit? How toWrite a Mystery, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,Sept. 6; Dream, Draft, Develop: FollowYour Creative Compass, 10 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Sept. 6; Seeing Food, Work, Warand Love: A Multicultural View of Poetry,1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sept. 6; Elements ofFiction: Dialogue, 2 to 4:30 p.m., Sept. 6;Christine Kitano and Timothy Denevi, 2to 4 p.m., Sept. 7; Collaborating with theDead, 7 to 9 p.m., Sept. 8; Writing ShortStories, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Sept. 8, 4508 WalshStreet, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.
VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “So I Will Let It
(The Ugly Wallpaper) Alone and TalkAbout The House,” through Sept. 28, 3766Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162,adahrosegallery.com
Glenview Mansion, The Sumi-e Society,Sept. 7 through Sept. 26, Rockville CivicCenter Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rock-ville. rockvillemd.gov.
Marin-Price Galleries, John Aquilino,through Sept. 18, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com.
Montgomery Art Association, FeaturedArtist: Robin Frosh, through Sept. 28,Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., WestfieldWheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Hill Road,Wheaton, montgomeryart.org.
VisArts, Intimate Waterscapes - TheWork of Julius Kassovic, Sept. 3 to Oct. 5;Fire from the Forge - A Tribute to KomeliaHongja Okim, Sept. 3 to Oct. 5, GibbsStreet Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville,301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org.
Washington Printmakers Gallery, ThePainterly Print Exhibition, Linda RoseLarochelle, artist, Sept. 3 through Sept. 28,Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, second floor,8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, washing-tonprintmakers.com.
late front which segues into a middle withadded bitter hops and a small increase inchocolate. In the finish the hops growslightly while the chocolate increases tomedium. In the aftertaste the hops cometo the front as the mild roast lingers andthe chocolate fades. Ratings:8.5/8.5.
Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale (8.7percent ABV) is made in Escondido, Ca-lif., by Stone Brewing. The mostly bitterhop with a mild roast bouquet presagesthe same flavored front. The hops in-crease modestly in the middle and againin the finish where the malt is evident inthe background, trying to provide bal-ance. There is no change in the aftertaste.The high alcohol level is well blended andnot noticeable in this pleasant but onenote beer. Ratings: 7/7.
Wookey Jack (8.3 percent ABV) is
brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing inPaso Robles, Calif. Wookey Jack beginswith an aroma of hops, roast, chocolate,and apricot. The flavorful front showsmedium roast with moderate prune andbitter hop. The smooth mouthfeel in themiddle presents some rye character witha minimal increase in bitter hops. Apricotjoins in the finish along with a touch ofcocoa while the hops grow to mediumbut are balanced by the malt backbone.In the aftertaste the hops dominate as theother flavors taper. Ratings: 8/8.
Grainstorm (7.4 percent ABV),brewed by Boulevard Brewing in KansasCity, Mo., is made with malted rye in themash. The bitter hop, rye, and roast noseleads to a medium bitter and rye front.The middle adds a soft caramel malt anda muted roast. The roast increases a tracein the finish with the rye and bitter hopsdominating in the restrained malty after-taste. Ratings: 7.5/7.
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tle things we would say to each other thatwere related to items in the script. Nowwhen we encounter those lines, there’s somuch more meaning to them.”
Shepard’s work as a playwright wasmostly masculine and male-dominated;the role of May is said to have been hisfirst real attempt at writing a full, com-plex female character. While the back-drop of the ‘80s has its influence in sucha portrayal, it represents a departure fromother work as well as a counterpoint toEddie, Martin and the Old Man — allpresented as powerful, strong, big menin personality and appearance.
His acting background also contrib-uted to an enriching experience for thecast members of productions of his plays,written with the knowledge of the theaterworld from a performance perspective.
“Shepard writes a real understandingfor actors and what they can do on stage,”said Rilette. “These characters allow ac-tors to push the boundaries of extremesin terms of violence, sex and emotion.Some playwrights answer every questionfor the audience; Sam tends to ask morequestions than he provides answers to.”
With a cast of four, the stage couldseem a little bare; however, with the workthe set and costume designer MeghanRaham and the assistance of other mem-bers of the crew to put the scenery andentire look together, the theater allowsfor a well-rounded approach to the pieceand creating a convincing backdrop forthe unfolding drama.
“It’s very easy to focus on the actors,the director, the playwright, but I feel for-tunate that Ryan has assembled a crackteam of artists, from costume and set tosound,” said Keegan. “Everyone is work-ing toward a beautiful common goal, butit’s easy for those building the set to loserecognition. We never would be able todo it without these people who built theworld for us.”
The overall experience makes for aperformance guaranteed to make theaudience reflect on their own emotionsand feelings, bringing even a fiery rela-tionship such as that of May and Eddieclose to home.
“There are some plays that have astrong moral message or takeaway; thisone reminds you what it means to be ahuman being” Rilette said. “It is an emo-tional workout, and that’s our goal withthis production, is to make it an incred-ibly exciting and emotional journey forthe audience as much as for the actors. Insome ways I hope the audience is speech-less.”
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Does this sound familiar —D’oh! Do we have to go see a show?The football game is on! The dayyou’ve been waiting for is finally athand!
The Olney Theatre Center isset to open Andrew Hinderaker’s“Colossal,” starting Wednesdayand running through Sept. 28. TheOlney Theatre Center will be thefirst location for the Rolling WorldPremiere of the show.
The play focuses on Mike, whobecomes paralyzed after taking ahit in a college football game andhas to overcome his personal de-mons. Of course, since the showdeals with football, it’s going to
have football elements. The playitself is structured like a footballgame, with four quarters, a pre-show training session and a half-time show. Oh, and Mike relivesthe memory of the accident withthe help of a live football squad on-stage, in pads and helmets.
Hinderaker wrote the play foractor Michael Patrick Thornton,who suffered a spinal stroke in2003. Thornton will be playingMike in the show. He previouslystarred in the “Grey’s Anatomy”spin-off, “Private Practice.”For more information, visit olney-theatre.org or call 301-924-3400.
We will be giantsMike(MichaelPatrickThorntonof ABC’s“PrivatePractice”)poses withthe Playersof OlneyTheatre
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There’s a good linage ofdramatic fools in the world ofentertainment. If you go back farenough, Shakespeare’s Falstaffcould be considered quite thedramatic fool. And if you’ve everseen Jerry Lewis perform as theNutty Professor, well, you get theidea.
Drew is a dramatic fool — atleast, that’s his name. The Mont-gomery College Department ofVisual and Performing Arts inTakoma/Silver Spring presentDrew the Dramatic Fool on Sat-urday at the Cultural Arts Center.Mr. Dramatic Fool studied at ahost of institutions, including theUniversity of Michigan, Colum-bia College, and The Art Instituteof Chicago. He studied theatricalclowning at Ohio University andin Paris.
The show is a hoot and a halffor the whole family.
For more information, visitmontgomerycollege.edu or call240-567-5775.
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Drew the Dramatic Fool will openMontgomery College’s 2014-2015Performing Arts Series on Saturday.
The Mansion at Strathmoreis set to unveil its latest exhibit,“Grace Hartigan: A Survey1966-2007,” on Saturday.
Largely a self-taughtpainter, Hartigan’s career be-gan at the New York School,where she became friendswith legendary artists such asJackson Pollock. The exhibit,however, will focus on her in-dependent aesthetic develop-ment.
Hartigan married Dr. Win-ston Price and moved fromNew York to Baltimore in 1960.From 1965 until her death in2008, she served as a teacherat and director of MICA’s (theMaryland Institute Collegeof Art) LeRoy E. HoffbergerSchool of Painting.
For more informationabout the exhibit, visit strat-more.org or call 301-581-5100.
Hartigan’s finest on view
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Iconic painter, Baltimore resident Grace Hartigan is the focus on thelatest fine art exhibit at Strathmore, which opens Saturday.
Coco Montoya has had a solid career as a blues musician — eventhough he took time off from playing in the early 1980s to be a bar-tender. Hey, sometimes playing the blues give you, well, the blues.
Luckily, Montoya couldn’tstay away from playing musicfor too long. He’s been outperforming ever since andis celebrating the release ofhis latest live album “SongFrom the Road,” with a per-formance at the BethesdaBlues and Jazz Supper Club inBethesda on Wednesday.
The album was recordedlive in 2013 at the famousTriple Door in Seattle.
In the early 1980s, Mon-toya lost his zeal for music andspent a tough period workingas a bartender to make endsmeet. That is, until John May-all, the Brit-blues godfather,heard Montoya playing in abar and recruited him to join his band.
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n Jaguars try to becomethe first 4A school since 1998to win consecutive titles
BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFF WRITER
Northwest High Schoolenters this season as thedefending Class 4A statechampions in football.The one thing that comeswith the championship
trophy, is a target that every other 4Aschool in the state is pointing at.
Some of the Jaguars weren’t evenborn yet the last time a 4A championwon back-to-back state titles. SenecaValley did it in 1997 and 1998 as a 4Aschool. Then, for good measure, theScreaming Eagles won it again in 1999 asa 3A program.
Northwest coach Mike Neubeisersaid he knows his Germantown teamwill get the best effort from everyone thisseason.
“I used to talk to [former QuinceOrchard coach Dave] Mencarini aboutthis all the time, when he was at QO, andthey were going to state championshipsyear-after-year there,” Neubeiser said.“...[Mencarini] said each week, it didn’tmatter how much film they watched.No matter what they watched, the teamthey would play would come out andrun something totally different, becausethey had to do something special for
Quince Orchard.Well, I expect that tohappen to us a littlebit. I think teamswill come out andthey’ll put in specialwrinkles just to playus, probably.”
Mencarini led Quince Orchardto three title games and helped turnaround the Gaithersburg school’sprogram, making him one of the bestcoaches in the county. Even he couldn’trepeat after his Cougars went unde-feated and won the 2007 crown.
Terry Changuris was the coach atSeneca Valley when they won those titlesin the 1990s. He said winning his firstwas harder than the second, mainly be-cause he was a year less experienced thefirst time around.
Changuris said that during his sec-ond championship run, he followed theformula of success that he molded overthe prior years.
Changuris said there is a learningcurve to becoming a good head coach,
but he believes that Neubeiserhas a good chance of repeat-ing this season because he hasdiscovered his own formula forsuccess.
“[Neubeiser] was a highly suc-cessful defensive coach [at Gaithers-burg High School]. And I know frommy days at Seneca Valley, that goingagainst a Mike Neubeiser-coached de-fense was always a very difficult task,”Changuris said. “And I think now thathis kids have grown, and he’s been ableto commit more time to being a headcoach, he’s gone through the learningprocess. And now that he’s won one,I think there’s a strong possibility hecould win another.”
Changuris said outside pressure fol-lowing the first championship neverequated to the pressure he put onhimself. Neubeiser agreed saying,“We kind of expect a lot from these
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n Successful junior varsityteam to help fill graduation
losses
BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFF WRITER
Gaithersburg High School foot-ball’s Kamonte Carter gave opposingquarterbacks fits last season, poweringand finessing his way past offensivelinemen to help the Trojans finish 8-3.
But with much of the senior-laden2013 team gone, players are step-ping into new, and in some cases, ex-panded roles.
For Carter, a 6-foot-4, 248-poundsenior whose primary position is de-fensive end, that means taking snapsat quarterback and leading an offen-sive unit that returns just three start-ers.
Though Carter’s primary positionis defensive end, he has quarterbackexperience. He backed up Nick De-Carlo last fall and he started for part ofthe 2012 season.
Now, he’s faster and stronger thanbefore, he said. He’s also been workingclosely with his teammates this offsea-
son to develop a rhythm in the passinggame.
“Switching from aggressive modeto maybe a more focused mode, that’llprobably be the hardest part about it,”said Carter, a Penn State recruit.
The Trojans’ ground game is alsogetting a makeover. With SolomonVault (Northwestern University)gone, senior Zavae Johnson, a 5-11,175-pound running back, should fillthe void.
Johnson said playing behindVault, who missed part of last seasondue to injury, helped him gain a betterunderstanding of the position.
“I used to watch him and how hisvision — [he’d] look for the hole, in-stead of just running to a certain spot,”said Johnson, also a cornerback. “... Hetaught me how to be patient and lookfor the holes.”
Gaithersburg coach Kreg Kephartsaid several players from last year’s8-1 junior varsity team are moving upto varsity, including receiver CortezErvin and quarterback Petey Gaskins,who narrowly missed out on the start-ing job and may end up getting snaps
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n Success may be determined bysophomore running backs
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN
STAFF WRITER
As eighth graders, current Seneca Val-ley High School sophomore running backsAdrian Feliz-Platt and Darius Golston wereteammates on the Montgomery VillageSports Association 14-under state cham-pion football squad. But even the pinnacleof youth football is no comparison to whatlies ahead at the high school varsity level, thepair said.
There can be a drastic difference be-tween a 14- or 15-year-old boy entering highschool and a 17- or 18-year-old on the vergeof college and adulthood. For that reason,most high school football players aren’ttypically called up to the varsity squad untilthey are juniors and even then, Seneca Valleycoach Fred Kim said, it is mostly about pre-paring to be starters as seniors.
But Feliz-Platt and Golston, uniquely,Kim said, were ready to stand up to thatlevel when they arrived at the Germantownschool a year ago. They were two parts of amulti-faceted offense that was led by experi-enced quarterback and 2014 graduate CalvinReighard and averaged 33.8 points per game.This year, the two will be the focal point ofthe 12-time state champion ScreamingEagles’ offensive scheme as they look to getback to the postseason — the 16-time regionchampions missed the playoffs in 2013 forthe first time in four years.
“These guys are only sophomores andthey’re playing at a senior level,” Kim said.“[When you decide to keep a freshman onvarsity] what you look for first is: Can thesekids handle it physically? [Feliz-Platt] and[Golston] are exceptional athletes. They weremuch more than typical freshmen. Theyplayed multiple years in the youth leagues,so when they came in they had a combina-
tion of good football acumen and good phys-ical ability. These guys are only sophomoresand they’re playing at a senior level.”
Feliz-Platt and Golston — both admit-ted they were nervous to start 2013 — pro-vide an excellent dynamic in the backfield.The former is the shifty running back withgreat speed, incredible instincts and fieldvision. The 5-foot-9, 295-pound Golston isthe “bruiser,” Kim said. He’s a combinationof brute strength and athleticism and mighteven lend his overall football moxy to thetight end and wide out positions, Kim added.
The contrasting styles should help Sen-eca Valley be tough to predict and defendand scoring will be even more important thisfall as the Screaming Eagles graduated mostof a defense that gave up only 9.6 points pergame last fall.
“The old adage goes that defense winschampionships and we don’t know yet howours will hold up,” Kim said. “Offensivelywe’ll be able to score. We don’t know if we’llbe able to stop others from scoring so thatwill be key.”
Much of Feliz-Platt and Golston’s suc-cess, they said, will hinge on what Kim de-scribed as “the biggest offensive line we’ve
had in years.” The Screaming Eagles’ frontline, led by 270-pound Mike Elbert, 6-foot-3,270-pound James Puhnaty and 240-poundMichael Hite, doesn’t just have size, it hasexperience and overall athleticism.
While the running game led by Fe-liz-Platt and Golston look to be Seneca’sstrength, the Screaming Eagles are not onedimensional by any means. They will be ledby a young quarterback, Zack Robinson, andhe is surrounded by several returning receiv-ers, including Andrew Magnuson and Dono-van Beckett-Simms.
While every high school football playerwants to be in on every snap, Kim com-mended the camaraderie between Feliz-Platt and Golston. They’ve worked togetherto win a state title before and the two saidthey have every intention of leading SenecaValley down that same path.
“They’re good friends and they under-stand each other’s roles,” Kim said. “It’s notone guy saying, ‘Give me the rock, give methe ball.’ They just do what the offense is setto do, they don’t worry about that. ... I can’twant to see what these guys can do.”
Seneca Valley’s young, and restless this year
n Blazers could see thepostseason for first timein 78-year history
BY KENT ZAKOURSTAFF WRITER
Most football coaches,when asked for the most im-portant position on their teamusually answer the offensiveline.
“It all starts up front,” sec-ond-year Montgomery BlairHigh School coach AndrewFields said. “If we don’t block,we won’t be able to do any-thing.”
And that notion is exactlywhy the Blazers are optimis-mic this fall. With seniors Gar-rett Kapstein (6-foot-3, 270pounds), Nick Dayhoff (6-2,225) and Marcus Forrester (5-11, 270) returning as startersat right tackle, right guard andleft tackle, respectively, thisfall, Blair has its sights, perhapsrealistically, set on makingthe playoffs for the first timein school history. The SilverSpring school that opened in1935 and is the county’s fifth-oldest school went 5-5 last year.
“We just trust each othercompletely,” Forrester said.“We hang out outside of foot-ball and that just helps us evenmore on the field because wetrust each other that everyoneis going to make the right callsand get their blocks.”
Add in senior Sam Nor-wood, who converted fromtight end to left guard duringthe offseason, and junior cen-ter Tyler Kang, who said the
veterans have been helpfultransitioning to varsity from ju-nior varsity, and Fields believesthe unit, known as the TrenchSquad, is the strongest on histeam.
“It’s all about being theunsung hero,” Dayhoff said.“We don’t get our names in thepaper, we don’t get the atten-tion, but at the end of the day,if we score and win and see ourteammates in the end zone, weget as much glory out of that.”
The veteran line will betasked with protecting first-year sophomore quarterbackDesmond Colby and openingholes for a stable of runningbacks, including seniors Ma-lik Brooks (5-9, 175) and YonisBlanco.
“As a new quarterback, it’sgreat to know I won’t have toworry about being protected,”Colby said. “It makes our job alot easier.”
And if they perform well,by all accounts, the line willbe lobbying for some free foodfrom their teammates andcoaches. In fact, co-offensiveline coaches Nathan Cooperand Everett Cammack, haveagreed to take the unit out forchicken wings and pizza fol-lowing successful results thisfall.
“If we have a good game,we are going to go eat,” saidCooper, who added that thegroup is the best he’s coachedduring his eight-year career. “Ifwe have a bad one, we are going
to fix it.”Added Cammack: “The O-
line, I feel, is the heart of theteam. ... The game will go asgood as we play.”
On the field, the line saidit hopes the rest of the offensewill put up strong statisticalnumbers, but there is just onemain goal.
“Playoffs, that’s all we’refocused on,” Norwood said. “Itwould mean so much for every-body.”
Kapstein, agreed, andsummed their thoughts up,perhaps, the best.
“We are just looking tomake a better name for Blair,”he said.
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COUNTY’S EXCLUSIVE BACK-TO-BACK CLUBOnly four schools in Montgomery County have been able to winback-to-back state championships since the current format wasadopted in 1974. Seneca Valley has done it four times, andSpringbrook did it twice.
n Seneca Valley, 1976-77; 1979-80, 1992-93-94, 1997-98-99
n Springbrook, 1979-80-81; 1988-89
n Winston Churchill, 1976-77
n Sherwood, 1995-96
“I know we had a lot of talenton the junior varsity team and Ibelieve that we’ll pretty muchpick up where we left off lastyear,” Carter said.
The Trojans return only twodefensive starters. That includesCarter, an All-Gazette honorablemention, who could be leanedon more this fall.
“Defensively he looks reallygood,” Kephart said. “He shoulddominate most teams he plays ifhe’s got his mind right.”
The Trojans’ season openeragainst Sherwood is scheduledfor 6:30 p.m. Friday in SandySpring. It’s their first officialgame since November, whenthey lost in the 4A West Regionsemifinals to eventual 4A statechampion Northwest of Ger-mantown.
“I believe we can match thelevel of play we had last year,and maybe even surpass it,”Johnson said. “... I feel like onceeveryone gets up to speed, we’lldefinitely be a threat.”
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[players]. And when they don’tperform, you kind of look in themirror, and you try to figure outwhat you can do better. Andyou’re constantly trying to workthings. You try not to take it outon your wife and kids.”
The Jaguars dominatedpassing leagues this summerwith a 30-0 record. But oncethey put the pads on earlier thismonth the real practice began,little have they resembled theteam that caught everyone offguard last season to capture thechampionship.
Whether it’s laziness, com-placency, or ego, these aresome of the things that Neu-beiser will be tasked with fixingbefore the first game of theseason on Friday against Col.Zadok Magruder.
“I’m just hoping our guysstep up a little bit. We haven’tbeen looking so good in prac-tice,” Neubeiser said. “We gotto find out if we can play withpads on now.”
But one thing Neubeiserhas going for him is juniorquarterback Mark Pierce, a vo-cal leader who isn’t afraid to callout his teammates when theyslip up. Pierce acknowledgedthat practices haven’t beengood, but said that the teamisn’t approaching the season asif they’ve already won a cham-pionship.
“We’re having a rough timewith our practices and stuff,and we haven’t been practicingvery well. So, our main focusright now is to get better ev-ery day, and focus on one dayright now,” Pierce said. “We’redefinitely not at the level weshould be right now, and we donot look like a state champion-ship team. So, we have a lotof improving to do. [Winninganother championship is] defi-nitely the ultimate goal, but wehave a lot of work to do.”
“Any time you have a reallygood quarterback, you have agood chance,” said Neubeiser,who also gave credit to his start-ing offensive line and runningback E.J. Lee, who he said looks‘phenomenal.’
“The key last year — therewere a few things. The firstthing, our kids were reallytough. We didn’t have a lot ofinjuries. We really had very fewinjuries, which you kind of haveto get lucky a little bit with that.And our kids just improvedevery week. They kept gettingbetter and better and better.So they were real coachable.And they were hungry. Theywere real hungry last year. So itall just kind of gelled togetheras one of those things, we justcame together late. Kind of aperfect storm for us. And I thinkthis year, I think we’re capableof being a really good footballteam.”
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Seneca Valley’s Adrian Feliz-Perez carries the ball in Friday’s scrimmage against Paint Branch.
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this year
BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFF WRITER
It can be hard to imagine that anoffense with a record-setting quar-terback from a season ago can actu-ally be better. But that’s exactly whatRockville High School has the poten-tial to do this fall with key positionplayers returning for their senior year.
It all starts with quarterbackChuck Reese, who threw for 2,932yards last season, the third most inthe area, and 37 touchdowns.
Reese said he is excited about thegrowth that has taken place with theteam over the offseason.
“Practice has definitely pickedup since last year, significantly,” Re-ese said. “Because last year we juststarted to install a new offense in theoffseason. We [had] just started withthe whole wristband thing and callingplays. ... This year, it’s just like rapidfire.”
Rockville would eventually get theoffense down by the time the seasonstarted last year.
On Oct. 25, Reese set a state recordfor touchdown passes in one game (8)against Col. Zadok Magruder.
In order to put up the numbersthat he did, Reese needed good wide
receivers to throw the ball to. Reesehad that in Louison Biama, SpencerBrigman, Anthony Albert and JoeyCornwell, all of whom are returningseniors.
Cornwell said chemistry doesn’tproperly describe the bond that thisgroup has.
“I wouldn’t call it plain old chem-istry,” Cornwell said. “It’s a family,a brotherhood. As receivers, we arecrisp with how we run our routes sothat Chuck makes smart decisions.And as long as we keep consistencyand good pace, records will [con-tinue] to be broken.”
Defensively, the Rams are return-ing six starters from last season, sothey figure to show improvement on
that side of the ball. But coach SethKenton said they team will still “air itout.”
So expect Rockville to win mostgames by simply scoring a lot ofpoints, not because they shut oppo-nents out.
Rockville, however, does figure tobe a little more balanced offensively.Reese said that 200-pound runningback Kahan Louissaint provides theteam with a component that theylacked last year and that opposingdefenses took advantage of.
“Last year, what we weren’t ableto do — like when Damascus andSeneca [Valley] played us — theywould man up across with two safe-ties over the top. And they would
make us throw into a cloud zone. Butwe didn’t have a big enough runningback to be able to pound the ball inthe middle with only one linebacker,”Reese said. “But now, with Kahan atrunning back, we seriously think thatif teams spread out and cover our re-ceivers, this kid’s going to run for 100yards a game.”
Reese said he wants to lead thisteam to the playoffs in his final yearunder center and the biggest key tothat happening may be the offensiveline.
“I think we’ll be over .500,” Ken-ton said. “We’ll see what happens.”
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The Landon School football team scored touch-downs on each of five first-half possessions enroute to a 43-7 rout Friday of visiting Annapolis AreaChristian. The Bears (1-0) racked up 311 offensiveyards, all coming on the ground, as the Eagles (0-1)could not solve the wing-T option.
“It starts with our offensive line, those guysare all returners for the most part,” Landon coachPaul Padalino said. “We are a run team first, that’swhat we are going to be, and the guys up front getit started. Those front seven guys got after it today.”
Junior running back Josh Hunter — who fin-ished with 113 yards and a pair of touchdowns —also pointed to the line as the key factor in the Bearsvictory, particularly tackles Joey Tabb and StevenGee.
Next up for the Bears is Boys Latin, which beatLandon 10-3 last season.
— KYLE RUSSELL
Good Counsel routs Wilson in openerMidway through the fourth quarter Friday a
breeze blew the football off the tee as Jamie Evanswas attempting to kick off for Good Counsel.
It was one of the few things that didn’t go asplanned for the Falcons.
Junior quarterback Andres Castillo threw threetouchdown passes in the first half and the Falconsrouted host Woodrow Wilson (Washington, D.C.)High School, 49-13. Senior Keon Paye had touch-down catches of 44 and 76 yards and junior runningback Jonathan Lee scored twice as Good Counselscored on every possession before running out theclock on the Wilson 9-yard line to end the game.
“The kids played great. I did not expect this kindof game,” Falcons coach Bob Milloy said. “I’ve seenWilson scrimmage four times and they’re good. Wejust kind of caught them off guard right away.”
Lee rushed for 111 yards on 15 carries.— HARVEY VALENTINE
Turnover sparks Avalon to victoryJust minutes into his tenure with The Avalon
School, Trevon Diggs demonstrated why he’s oneof Maryland’s top recruits, and why the BlackKnights — with a new coach, and a dozen-plustransfers — are going to be a contender in theCapital Area Football Conference.
In the first quarter against Potomac School,the junior transfer jumped a pass and returned aninterception 40 yards for a touchdown, one of histhree on the evening. Diggs, a cornerback and re-ceiver, added another interception and two receiv-ing touchdowns to lead the Black Knights to a 33-0victory Friday in McLean, Va.
“I just read it. Just read it. I knew if I playeddeep he was going to throw short,” Diggs said.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
Landon rushes past Annapolis Area
n Hoyas honor formerteammate who died; rallyfrom 17 points down
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN
STAFF WRITER
It was the end of an emo-tional week for the GeorgetownPrep football team. On Aug. 25the Little Hoyas learned thata former teammate and 2014graduate of the North Bethesdaschool, Abraham Pishevar, whowas starting his freshman yearat Case Western Reserve Univer-sity, was one of four men killedin a plane crash in Ohio.
What should’ve been anexciting time for the team as itgeared up for Friday’s start tothe fall season — Prep openedat home against Virginia’s ForkUnion Military Academy —turned into a time of mourning.
But, trailing 20-3 early in thethird quarter — coach Dan Parocredited early season nerves inaddition to the effects of recentevents — the Little Hoyas founda way to turn their emotions intoa positive and passionate perfor-mance on the football field andit resulted in a remarkable 27-26,come-from-behind victory.
“It’s been a long week, it’sbeen hard to practice all weekwhen dealing with this,” Parosaid. “This is a young man that
we all loved dearly and unfor-tunately, we have to bury him[Saturday], so everyone’s realemotional. I’m just really proudfor the guys because they hadthat spirit and they knew Abewas with them.”
Paro noted an inspired per-formance from senior fullbackRyan Rudasill, who was close
friends with Pishevar. Rudasill— chants of “Rudy” reverber-ated in the Little Hoyas’ stadium— rushed for 133 yards and atouchdown on 15 carries andtook on a heavier load, espe-cially, in the first half while ForkUnion focused on standout run-ning back Dage Davis.
It was then Davis’ 45-yard
touchdown run on his first playback from leg cramps late inthe third quarter that gave Prepsome light. Davis finished with186 yards rushing, 151 of themin the second half.
After holding Fork Union tofour plays on its game-openingseries, Georgetown Prep fum-bled a lateral that Blue Devils’defensive back Micah Keelspicked up and returned 48 yardsto give his team a 7-0 lead. Prephad ample opportunity to eventhe score late in the secondquarter but was unable to scoreon two attempts from the 1-yardline. A 25-yard field goal fromjunior kicker Brian Dolan got theLittle Hoyas on the board, 7-3.
Added Paro: “We knew thatit’s a four quarter game. There’sbeen a tradition here to play hardfor four quarters. We had to keepbelieving that something was go-ing to happen. They didn’t turnthe ball over the entire first half.Then we got that one turnoverand we’re thinking if we can getone turnover, anything couldhappen.”
Emotions carry Georgetown Prep to victory
AdamGutekunst
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SherwoodWhitmanNorthwestChurchillRockvilleWoottonDamascusSenecaWatkins MillPoolesvilleBlairClarksburgPaint BranchGood CounselBoys LatinGeo. PrepBullisPallotti
KenSain
3-19-3
SherwoodWhitmanNorthwestB-CCRockvilleWoottonDamascusSenecaWatkins MillPoolesvilleBlairClarksburgSpringbrookGood CounselBoys LatinMcNamaraBullisAvalon
EricGoldwein
3-19-3
GaithersburgWhitmanNorthwestB-CCRockvilleWoottonDamascusSenecaWatkins MillPooesvilleBlairClarksburgSpringbrookGood CounselLandonMcNamaraBullisAvalon
JenniferBeekman
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GaithersburgWhitmanNorthwestB-CCRockvilleWoottonDamascusSenecaWatkins MillPoolesvilleBlairClarksburgSpringbrookGood CounselLandonMcNamaraBullisAvalon
PrinceGrimes
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GaithersburgWhitmanNorthwestB-CCRockvilleWoottonDamascusSenecaWatkins MillPoolesvilleBlairClarksburgSpringbrookGood CounselLandonMcNamaraBullisAvalon
KentZakour
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GaithersburgWhitmanNorthwestChurchillR. Mont.W. JohnsonDamascusSenecaFrederickPoolesvilleBlairQ. OrchardPaint BranchGood CounselBoys LatinGeo. PrepBullisPallotti
FEARLESS FORECASTSThe Gazette sports staff picks the
winners of this week’s football gamesinvolving Montgomery County teams.All games record includes picks madein Prince George’s County. Here arethis week’s selections:
Montgomery County recordAll games
Gaithersburg at SherwoodJames H. Blake at Walt WhitmanCol. Zadok Magruder at NorthwestBethesda-Chevy Chase at Winston ChurchillRichard Montgomery at RockvilleThomas S. Wootton at Walter JohnsonAlbert Einstein at DamascusSeneca Valley vs. WheatonFrederick at Watkins MillPoolesville at NorthwoodMontgomery Blair at John F. KennedyQuince Orchard at ClarksburgSpringbrook at Paint BranchSt. Frances at Good CounselLandon at Boys LatinGeorgetown Prep at Bishop McNamaraMount St. Joseph’s at BullisAvalon at Pallotti
PRESEASON HOW THEY RANK
Also receiving votes: Gaithersburg 2; Landon 2; Springbrook 1.
The rankings are compiled from votes by the six members ofThe Gazette sports staff.
Rank School Record Points
1. Good Counsel 1-0 60
2. Northwest 0-0 54
3. Damascus 0-0 48
4. Bullis 0-0 42
5. Clarksburg 0-0 35
6. Quince Orchard 0-0 30
7. Seneca Valley 0-0 25
8. Paint Branch 0-0 14
9. Sherwood 0-0 12
10. Montgomery Blair 0-0 5
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TOP RETURNING PLAYERSRUSHING
Player, school Carries Yards Avg. TDsDevonte Williams, Bullis 198 1,535 7.8 20Dage Davis, Georgetown Prep 193 1,432 7.4 19
PASSINGPlayer, school Comp Att. Yards Int. TDsChuck Reese, Rockville 256 415 2,932 15 37Sam Ellis, Wootton 194 375 2,886 15 24Renzo Farfan, Richard Montgomery 118 217 1,324 6 14Dwayne Haskins Jr., Bullis 72 128 1,130 5 14
RECEIVINGPlayer, school Carries Yards Avg. TDsTrevon Diggs, Avalon 78 1,103 14.1 13Joey Cornewell, Rockville 59 736 12.5 7Louison Biama, Rockville 45 758 16.8 6Ryan Stango, Paint Branch 40 640 16.0 8Anthony Albert, Rockville 57 604 10.6 11
STATE TITLES BY COUNTYThe current state championship format for high school football
in Maryland started in 1974. Since then, Montgomery County haswon the most championships. A look at how many statechampionships the top seven counties have won since 1974:
Montgomery 45
Prince George’s 20
Frederick 16
Allegany 13
Howard 12
Source: Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association
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Balt. City 10
Balt. Co. 8
Other counties: Harford, Washington, and Charles 6; Arundel 5;Dorchester and Wicomico 3; Worcester, Kent and Cecil 2; Calvert 1.
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Georgetown Prep’s Dage Davis runs against Fork Union Friday.
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The Landon School’s Johari Johnson (back) forces Annap-olis Area Christian’s Chayce Branson to fumble duringFriday’s game at Landon in Bethesda.
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Coach:Will Gant (4th year)Last season: 7-4Returning starters:7 offense; 6 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2013
Coach Will Gant has guided the Falconsto the 2A West Region playoffs two consecu-tive seasons and the run doesn’t appear tobe ending. Poolesville, with a roster of just 29midway through camp, has found a way to becompetitive and stay injury-free.
“It’s not an excuse anymore,” senior re-ceiver and defensive back Joel Hessels said.“It is just what we do up here.”
The Falcons return 14 total starters,including senior quarterback Steven Morn-ingstar. With his experience and Hessels andclassmate Sean Parker also returning, look forPoolesville to pass the ball a little more thisfall. Senior Jon Bateky, a Rutgers Universityrecruit, should also be a receiving threat ashe moves to tight end from the offensive line.Juniors Jonathan Hetrick and Trey Willis, andsenior Nic Fisher will split carries behind asolid offensive line.
Bateky headlines the defense and willmove around along the line. Alex Dahlen,Fisher and Willis should start at linebackerwith Parker and Kevin Rakow being key com-ponents in the secondary.
Senior Brandon Bush (LT) and juniorsDylan Landis (LG), Jackson Purdy (C),Kyle Wilkins (RG) and Trevor Magaha (RT)comprise the offensive line and will rotatethrough on defense.
— KENT ZAKOUR
Schedule9/5 at Northwood9/12 vs. Kennedy9/19 at S. Hagerstown9/26 vs. W. Johnson10/2 vs. Catoctin10/10 at R. Mont.10/17 at Brunswick10/24 vs. Wheaton10/31 at Boonsboro11/7 vs. Rockville
Jalen Christian
Schedule9/5 vs. Einstein9/12 vs. Northwood9/19 at Q. Orchard9/26 at Watkins Mill10/2 vs. Clarksburg10/10 at Whitman10/16 at Rockville10/24 vs. Seneca Valley10/31 at Wheaton*11/7 vs. Churchill
David Sangwa
Schedule9/5 at Damascus9/12 at N. Harford9/19 vs. Rockville9/26 vs. Northwood10/2 at Paint Branch10/10 vs. Kennedy10/17 vs. Wheaton10/24 at Blair10/31 vs. Seneca Valley11/7 at Watkins Mill
K’yon Giles
Schedule9/5 vs. Poolesville9/12 at Damascus9/20 vs. Blair9/26 at Einstein10/2 at Rockville10/10 vs. Seneca Valley10/17 at W. Johnson10/24 vs. Kennedy10/31 vs. Watkins Mill11/7 at Wheaton*
Chuck Reese
Schedule9/5 vs. R. Mont.9/12 at Seneca Valley9/19 at Einstein9/26 vs. Wheaton10/2 vs. Northwood10/10 at Watkins Mill10/16 vs. Damascus10/24 vs. Magruder10/31 at Wootton11/7 at Poolesville
Adrian Feliz-Platt
Schedule9/5 at Wheaton*9/12 vs. Rockville9/19 vs. Northwest9/26 at B-CC10/2 vs. Sherwood10/10 vs. Watkins Mill10/16 at Northwood10/24 at Damascus10/31 at Einstein11/7 vs. Blake
Isaiah Offutt
Schedule9/5 vs. Frederick9/12 at Gaithersburg9/20 at Wheaton*9/26 vs. Damascus10/2 at Springbrook10/10 vs. Rockville10/16 at Seneca Valley10/24 vs. S. Hagerstown10/31 at Northwood11/7 vs. Einstein
Dominyck Sims
Schedule9/5 vs. Seneca Valley*9/12 at Magruder9/20 vs. Watkins Mill*9/26 at Rockville10/2 at Kennedy10/11 vs. Blair*10/17 at Einstein10/24 at Poolesville10/31 vs. Damascus*11/7 vs. Northwood*
* at Blair
Coach: Eric Wallich(7th season)Last season: 9-2Returning starters:7 offense; 8 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2013
Coach: Neal Owens(1st year)Last season: 4-5Returning starters:6 offense; 6 defenseLast playoffappearance: 1998
Coach: DennisHarris (9th year)Last season: 2-8Returning starters:4 offense; 3 defenseLast playoffappearance: 1982
Coach: Seth Kenton(3rd year)Last season: 5-5Returning starters:5 offense; 6 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2010
Coach: KevinWatson (4th year)Last season: 4-6Returning starters:4 offense; 6 defenseLast playoffappearance: 1999
Coach: ErnieWilliams (3rd year)Last season: 1-9Returning starters:4 offense; 3 defenseLast playoffappearance: 1996
Despite returning most of a team thatlost two games by a total of two points lastyear, Damascus coach Eric Wallich is cau-tious as the season approaches. “You’re justnever sure about the chemistry of a team,”he said. “We do have to replace the quarter-back (three-year starter Chase Williams). Heonly threw one interception last year.”
The job belongs to 6-foot, 185-poundsenior Derrick Gibson.
“He started at safety last year, Wallichsaid. “He’s a real tough kid. Just a goodfootball player in general. Can kind of doanything.”
Gibson will have plenty of help, includ-ing junior running back Jake Funk (5-11,190) and a standout wide receiver/defensiveback, senior Jalen Christian (5-10, 165).
“We have a lot of talent at the skill posi-tions. I think we have about as good a run-ning back as anybody in the state,” Wallichsaid. “I think we have as good a receiver asanybody in the state.”
The Hornets return eight defensivestarters, including senior linebacker AriCacopardo (5-11, 190) and junior linebackerDa’Quan Grimes (5-11, 195).
“Offensive and defensive line, they haveto step up this year,” Wallich said, “Andwe’ll go as far as they can take us.”
— HARVEY VALENTINE
Einstein is a program that has been miredin mediocrity for most of its existence, but forfirst-year coach Neal Owens, he has first-handexperience winning at the Kensington school.As an assistant on the late-Ed Ashwell’s staff in1998, the Titans went 9-1 in the regular seasonand made the playoffs for their first and onlytime.
Owens said he believes the program, freshwith powder blue helmets and home jerseys,can get back into playoff contention.
“Our first 11, I think, can compete withanyone in the county, but after that we needto develop depth,” Owens said. “We can winhere.”
Junior Stefano Rodriguez (5-10, 160), whois very mobile and accurate, according to Ow-ens, should start at quarterback and direct theoption offense. His primary receiver shouldbe classmate Jamal Lodge (6-0, 175) and willbe protected by an offensive line anchoredby bookend senior tackles Gil Reynolds (6-6,340) and Spencer Fye (6-2, 260). Junior DavidSangwa (5-9, 180), who transferred from Ken-nedy, is expected to start at running back.
Senior Damien Monroe (5-10, 220) andSangwa will be at the heart of the 3-4 defenseat inside linebacker. Lodge is expected to leadthe secondary at safety.
— KENT ZAKOUR
For the first time in four years 2014 grad-uate Charles Hennessey will not be callingthe plays for the Gladiators. But transfersThomas Joffray and Jason Clingman bringattributes to the program and should fitright in to Northwood’s traditional uptempo offense, coach Dennis Harris said.
The Gladiators will continue to rely onan athletic corps of receivers that includesreturners Fofie Bazzie, K’yon Giles andChristian Greaves. Running will be done bycommittee, Harris said. Andrew Perry, TaeLeeks and Devon Carr give the Gladiatorsdepth in the backfield, the coach added.
For that to be effective, the mostly newoffensive line is going to need to gel quickly.
Specialty teams could be Northwood’sbiggest strength; kicker Christian Reyesaveraged 40.6 yards per punt a year ago,was 13 for 13 on extra point attempts andconverted all field goal attempts.
On the defensive line, Reyes tallied 39tackles and will again anchor a defenselooking to be a little more aggressive thisfall.
“This year we’re going to be a lot moreattacking on defense,” Harris said. “Hope-fully we’re not going to give up the thingswe’re not trying to give up.”
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
The name of the game here is offense.Rockville should score a lot of points withquarterback Chuck Reese returning forhis senior year.
But not only is Reese returning, so areall of his receivers: Louison Biama, Spen-cer Brigman, Anthony Albert and JoeyCornwell are all seniors.
His classmates helped Reese break asingle-game touchdown record last sea-son with eight touchdown passes thrownagainst Col. Zadok Magruder. All told, hepassed for 2,932 yards in 2013.
Cornwell said: “It’s a family — abrotherhood.
“As receivers we are crisp with howwe run our routes so that Chuck makessmart decisions. And as long as we keepconsistency and good pace, records will[continue] to be broken.”
The one area of uncertainty on the of-fensive unit is its new starting offensiveline.
But so far during practices, theyhaven’t shown any signs of failing theteam’s goal of making the playoffs.
Defensively, Rockville should be im-proved with six starters returning, includ-ing defensive end Kahan Louissaint, whoshould also handle running back duties.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
This season, the Watkins Mill offenseshould feature a freshman starting at quar-terback.
Markel Grant, a 6-foot-3, 170-pounderwith a strong arm, is scheduled to lead theWolverine attack.
Coach Kevin Watson says Grant remindshim of former Northwest star/Virginia Techletterman Ike Whitaker. In front of Grant,three starting linemen return — seniors LukeMoon (6-0, 190), Cain Mullens (6-0, 220) andjunior Neil Alban (6-1, 260).
Senior Isaiah Offutt will be a key runningback and play linebacker on the defensiveunit, while track athlete Gradi Tshilombowill give Grant a speedy target.
Defensively, Moon and Mullens play line-backer and Alban returns at defensive tackle.
Junior Clarence McNeary (5-11, 185)should man another linebacker spot, Tshi-lombo will get the nod at free safety andsophomore Good Counsel transfer BrianMcNeary will assist in the defensive back-field at cornerback and should also play widereceiver on offense.
Senior Adrian Torres (5-7, 150) shouldstart as well.
“We’re looking pretty good so far. Wedon’t have that flashy superstar player, butthey do what is asked of them,” Watson said.
— JOHN HARRIS III
Wheaton’s intentions this fall are quitesimple, coach Ernie Williams said: Breakthe losing streak. While the Knights wonfour games in 2012 before last year’s one-win campaign, the program has not pro-duced a winning record since 2006.
But this is almost an entirely new teamand while that means less varsity experi-ence, it also allows for a fresh start.
Wheaton will be experimenting with ano-huddle offense and Williams said thecoaching staff will get creative this fall onboth offense and defense in order to caterto the strengths of a team that doesn’t havea ton of size, overall, but good athletes towork with.
Junior running back Dominyck Sims,one of few returning players, will be the fo-cal point of Wheaton’s run-first offense. Herushed for about 700 yards a year ago as asophomore. Quarterback Xavier Howardis also quick on his feet and will have someplays designed for him as well, Williamssaid. Linebacker Dontrey Tyler is a sidelineto sideline playmaker and will anchor theKnights’ 4-2-5 defense that will look to puta lot of pressure on the ball. Williams saidhe also expects a breakout year for CareyBrown, the team’s Mr. Everything.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
FILE PHOTO
Watkins Mill High School’s Cain Mullens (No. 58) returns this season tohelp anchor the defense of the Montgomery Village school.
Wootton’s Sam Ellis
2,886yards
24 TDs
52.0%
Rockville’s Chuck Reese
2,932yards
37 TDs
61.7%
Coach: Fred Kim(11th year)Last season: 7-3Returning starters:8 offense; 3 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2012
With eight starters returning on offenseand only three on defense, time of posses-sion will be crucial for Seneca Valley this fall.“Our offense has to control the football,”coach Fred Kim said. “Keep our inexperienceddefense off the field. And obviously scoresome points. “Even if we don’t score on everydrive, if we can get good field position andpunt deep in our opponent’s territory, thenwe should be in pretty good shape.” One ofthe few offensive openings is at quarterback,where 5-foot-11, 185-pound junior JamesChase and sophomore Zack Robinson (5-11,175) are competing for playing time. Thewinner will work with experienced backs andreceivers, including Adrian Feliz-Platt, andbehind a veteran offensive line that returnsthree starters. “We’ve actually got some sizethis year,” Kim said. “First time in a long, longtime. Traditionally we have very small line-men. [This year] we can actually competeinterior line-wise with other teams.”
The secondary, where senior M.J. Rob-inson (5-7, 160) and Jamal Ofori (6-0, 160)return, will be a strength on a defense that willinclude players up from junior varsity.
“Underclassman always surprise you, soyou never know,” Kim said. “You’ll have someguys who come out of nowhere to do realwell.”
— HARVEY VALENTINE
Two Montgomery County quarterbacks camevery close to throwing for 3,000 yardslast season. Both return this year.
BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE4A MONTGOMERY BLAIR4A JAMES H. BLAKE4A
WINSTON CHURCHILL4A CLARKSBURG4A
GAITHERSBURG4A
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COL. ZADOK MAGRUDER4A RICHARD MONTGOMERY4A NORTHWEST4A
JOHN F. KENNEDY4A WALTER JOHNSON4A
Samuel Loebig
Schedule9/5 at Churchill9/12 at Wootton9/19 vs. Whitman9/26 vs. Seneca Valley10/2 at Blair10/10 at Q. Orchard10/17 vs. Clarksburg10/24 at Paint Branch10/31 vs. R. Mont.11/7 vs. W. Johnson
Yonis Blanco
Schedule9/5 at Kennedy9/12 vs. Sherwood9/20 at Northwood9/26 vs. Springbrook10/2 vs. B-CC10/11 at Wheaton*10/17 vs. Paint Branch10/24 vs. Einstein11/1 at Blake11/7 at Whitman
Ty Mason
Schedule9/5 at Whitman9/12 vs. Paint Branch9/19 vs. Magruder9/26 at Clarksburg10/2 vs. Northwest10/10 at Springbrook10/18 at Kennedy10/24 vs. Sherwood11/1 vs. Blair11/7 at Seneca Valley
Blake Dove
Schedule9/5 vs. B-CC9/12 at W. Johnson9/19 at Wootton9/26 vs. Paint Branch10/2 vs. Q. Orchard10/10 at Gaithersburg10/17 vs. R. Mont.10/24 at Springbrook10/31 vs. Whitman11/7 at Damascus
Tavis Holland
Schedule9/5 vs. Q. Orchard9/12 at Springbrook9/19 at Gaithersburg9/26 vs. Blake10/2 at Damascus10/10 vs. Wootton10/17 at B-CC10/24 vs. Northwest10/31 at Magruder11/7 vs. R. Mont.
Kamonte Carter
Schedule9/5 at Sherwood9/12 vs. Watkins Mill9/19 vs. Clarksburg9/26 at Northwest10/2 at Wootton10/10 vs. Churchill10/17 vs. Magruder10/24 at Q. Orchard11/1 vs. W. Johnson11/7 at Paint Branch
Devin Andrews
Schedule9/5 vs. Blair9/12 at Poolesville9/19 at Paint Branch9/26 vs. Nat. Christ.10/2 vs. Wheaton10/10 at Einstein10/18 vs. Blake10/24 at Northwood10/31 vs. Springbrook11/7 at Sherwood
Delano Munoz-Whatts
Schedule9/5 vs. Wootton9/12 vs. Churchill9/19 at R. Mont.9/26 at Poolesville10/2 vs. Magruder10/11 at Fort Hill10/17 vs. Northwood10/24 vs. Whitman11/1 at Gaithersburg11/7 at B-CC
Bryan Juarez
Schedule9/5 at Northwest9/12 vs. Wheaton9/19 at Blake9/26 vs. Q. Orchard10/2 at W. Johnson10/10 vs. Sherwood10/17 at Gaithersburg10/24 at Rockville10/31 vs. Clarksburg11/7 vs. Randallstown
Renzo Farfan
Schedule9/5 at Rockville9/12 vs. Northwest9/19 vs. W. Johnson9/26 at Sherwood10/2 vs. Whitman10/10 vs. Poolesville10/17 at Churchill10/24 vs. Wootton10/31 at B-CC11/7 at Clarksburg
E.J. Lee
Schedule9/5 vs. Magruder9/12 at R. Mont.9/19 at Seneca Valley9/26 vs. Gaithersburg10/2 at Blake10/10 vs. Paint Branch10/16 at Wootton10/24 at Clarksburg11/1 vs. Q. Orchard11/7 vs. Springbrook
FILE PHOTO
Gaithersburg High School defensive end Kamonte Carter (right) returnsthis fall to anchor the Trojans’ defense.
Coach: Josh Singer(2nd year)Last season: 4-6Returning starters:4 offense; 8 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2012
Coach: TonyNazzaro (13th year)Last season: 1-9Returning starters:4 offense; 4 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2012
Coach: AndrewFields (2nd year)Last season: 5-5Returning starters:6 offense; 6 defenseLast playoffappearance: Never
Coach: Joe Allen(6th year)Last season: 1-9Returning starters:7 offense; 7 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2012
Coach: Larry Hurd(9th season)Last season: 7-4Returning starters:6 offense; 7 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2013
Coach: KregKephart (15th year)Last season: 8-3Returning starters:3 offense; 2 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2013
Coach: CarlosSmith (4th year)Last season: 3-7Returning starters:1 offense; 2 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2007
Coach: Ray Fowle(1st year)Last season: 1-9Returning starters:5 offense; 6 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2007
Coach: MikeNeubeiser (4th year)Last season: 12-2Returning starters:7 offense; 7 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2013
Coach: Greg Kellner(1st year)Last season: 1-9Returning starters:5 offense; 5 defenseLast playoff appear-ance: Never
Coach: Josh Klotz(2nd year)Last season: 2-8Returning starters:8 offense; 8 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2005
It was a mid-season change to a Navy-styletriple-option offense during B-CC’s 2011 runto the Class 4A West Region semifinals thatbrought the Barons back into the MontgomeryCounty football conversation for the first timesince the mid-1990s.
But after missing playoffs last fall for thefirst time in three years, second-year coachJosh Singer is shaking things up.
“I think after our scrimmage last night thesecret’s out, we changed our system,” Singersaid. “We’re working to distribute the footballa little more equitably, making people defendall five skill players out there who are eligible totouch the football.”
Junior Ryan Dimmick, who was brought upto varsity late last fall, will take over as quar-terback.
It’s Dimmick’s versatility that allowedSinger to even consider the change, he said. Sodid multifaceted skill players such as 6-foot,180-pound slot receiver Ford Price and widereceiver Jordan Miller (6-1, 180).
“Teams are going to have to see multiplelooks, they can’t just prepare for us to havenine guys at the line of scrimmage,” Singersaid.
Sam Loebig (6-3, 280) and Jackson Price (6-2, 230) anchor a sizeable defensive line.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Blair is one of the oldest high schools inMontgomery County and the football pro-gram has never made the playoffs. By all ac-counts, however, 2014 may be the year thatchanges as optimism is at an all-time highwithin the program under second-year coachAndrew Fields.
“We beat the teams, at least to us, wethought we could beat last year,” Fields said.“Now we have to take that next step to getwhere we want to go. And to a man, I thinkeveryone would be disappointed if we [failedto make the playoffs].”
Blair will field a veteran team this fall,highlighted by experienced players along theoffensive line in returning senior starters NickDayhoff (6-2, 225, RG), Marcus Forrester (5-11,270, LT) and Garrett Kapstein (6-3, 270, RT).They will be charged with protecting first-yearsophomore quarterback Desmond Colby andopening holes for a stable of running backs,including seniors Malik Brooks (5-9, 175) andYonis Blanco (5-8, 170).
Blanco, classmate Aaron Clingman andsophomore Eric Zokouri will key the line-backer positions in the 3-4. Senior D.J. Ander-son (CB) and junior Chris Green (FS), who ledthe team with seven interceptions last year,will lead the secondary.
— KENT ZAKOUR
While the rest of Montgomery County haswitnessed Blake’s struggles for most of the2000s, last year’s 1-9 record was an anomalyfor most of the guys on this year’s team. Blakeposted winning seasons in 2011 and 2012 forthe first time since 2004 and even made thepostseason in the latter.
Winning is not foreign to the players on thisyear’s squad, coach Tony Nazzaro said, butbuilding confidence with early season successwill be vital.
Though the Bengals only return four start-ers on each side of the ball, everything has runa bit smoother for Blake with much better co-hesion, Nazzaro said.
Senior Cameron Payton, last year’s backupquarterback, could start under center this fallbut Jake Silverman and Julian Carter are alsooptions to call plays in Blake’s more balancedoffensive scheme.
Ty Mason is a game-changing type playerwho will anchor the backfield and serve as akick and punt returner, Nazzaro said. He’llwork behind an offensive line with some de-cent size, led by Wyatt McInturff and MarkelHawkins — the two are also important cogs upfront in the Bengals’ 4-3 defense.
Deondray Sumpter and Bryan Pharaonprovide two playmaking targets at wide re-ceiver.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
While it’s cliché, the Churchill football pro-gram has nowhere to go but up after a frustrat-ing 2013 campaign.
Then-junior running back Blake Dove wentdown with an early season injury, and the Bull-dogs’ season went downhill fast after winningthe 2012 4A South Division.
“Last year we took our lumps, but therewere a few plays in a few games last seasonthat could have changed the season for us,”Allen said. “We’ve got a very fast team, and ourbacks are as fast as any in the county.”
Allen mentioned Dove (5-10, 190), AndrewZuckerman (5-9, 180), Marquette Lewis (5-8,170) and Juwan Hamelin (5-11, 160) as themain offensive threats possessing their ownunique talents. Junior starting quarterbackColin Smyth (6-2, 175) started the final gameof the season last year and drew solid reviewsfrom Allen.
Junior Adam Johnson (5-10, 230), andseniors James Kalvritinos (6-1, 210) and AlecMcGee (5-10, 280) are expected to start on theoffensive line. Senior wide receiver Jesse Locke(6-3, 200), senior running/back defensive endGulian Groce (6-0, 200), junior cornerback/wide receiver Elliot Sloate (5-11, 175) and se-nior Alex Roberts (5-11, 190) are all expectedto start.
— JOHN HARRIS III
Offensive balance will be Clarksburg’s goalas the Coyotes try to put together consecutiveplayoff appearances.
Senior running backs Tavis Holland (5-foot-8, 165 pounds) and Tyler Fenslau (6-0,205) combined to rush for more than 1,500yards last season, but it’s the continued devel-opment of senior quarterback Joe Nacci (6’1”,170) that coach Larry Hurd sees as a key thisseason.
“Our quarterback has really taken stepsevery year that he’s been the starter and thisyear he looks outstanding in the preseason,”Hurd said. “We want to be a team that canthrow the ball just as much as we run theball.”
Clarksburg returns its starting linebackers:seniors Peter Limber (5-11, 210), Andre Brock(5-11, 210) and Terrell Drakeford (6-0, 190).
“That’s going be the cornerstone of ourdefense,” Hurd said. “We’ve got a lot of kidswho’ve played a lot of varsity games, and it’stheir senior year now.”
Hurd said the Coyotes didn’t lose manyplayers, but those they lost were key kids.
“We’re really looking at kids like [guard/nose tackle] Brett Martin [to step in],’ he said.“He’s 6-2, 300 pounds. He’s gotten muchstronger in the weight room and he’s reallycoming on.”
— HARVEY VALENTINE
Gaithersburg coach Kreg Kephart said heshouldn’t have to convince his Trojans thatthey can contend this year despite losing mostof their starting offensive and defensive playersfrom last year’s playoff team to graduation.
“They should believe in themselves andhave the confidence to step on the field andstep into their [roles],” Kephart said.
There’s not much remaining from last year’s8-3 squad, which defeated Northwest in theregular season and lost to the eventual 4A statechampions in the playoffs; quarterback NickDeCarlo, tailback Solomon Vault, along withAll-Gazette linemen Anthony Combs and AveryTaylor highlight the talent that graduated in2014.
But the Trojans return several key playersand will get a number of contributors from thejunior varsity team that went 8-1, including ju-nior quarterback Petey Gaskins.
“He’s smart, he’s a leader, he understandsthe offense real well,” Kephart said. “... He’sa solid kid and hopefully he can execute thethings we need him to do.”
Gaskins is competing with Kamonte Carter,a Penn State recruit and star defensive lineman,for the starting quarterback spot.
“Defensively [Carter] looks really good,”Kephart said. “He should dominate most teamshe plays if he’s got his mind right.”
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
This will be another rebuilding year fora team that didn’t have much success lastseason.
Kennedy will be young and inexperiencedand focus on protecting the ball and tryingnot to beat themselves.
Starting quarterback Duy Ha is a senior,but the first snap he takes of the season willbe his first at the varsity level. He is also thekicker.
If Ha can take care of the ball, senior widereceiver Devin Andrews can make plays oncethe ball is in his hands.
Running back Tavon Sanders will be theworkhorse for an expected balanced offen-sive attack.
“The main focus is to try to be consistent,and not make mistakes and beat ourselves.We are young,” coach Carlos Smith said. “Wedo multiple sets [on offense].
“So you can’t say we do one thing. Butjust being consistent in what we do. Keep thefundamentals, keeping it basic.”
Defensively, Kennedy lacks size. Playersshould have to trust the play-calling and bewhere they’re supposed to be in the 4-3 and3-4 sets.
Senior linebacker Harold Kwigova willlead the charge.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
Expect an improvement from WalterJohnson this year because new coach GregKellner has a stable of offensive players hebelieves can make big plays.
Kellner said he wants to get the ball inthe hands of wide receivers Delano Munoz-Whatts, Christian Campbell and Peter Cag-giano.
The question the Wildcats tried to answerduring training camp is who will be doingthe passing.
Quarterbacks Kedar Rollins and Ben Lakehave been competing for a chance to be thestarter this year.
Whoever wins the job won’t likely haveto go out and win games, they will probablyjust need to do enough not to lose games.
Last year, in his fifth year as an assistantcoach for the Wildcats, Kellner witnessed ateam go winless on the field.
The one victory was a forfeit by ThomasS. Wootton for using an ineligible player.This year, he expects WJ to actually winsome games.
Running backs Trenton Moore and JamesRorie should help with that cause.
Both are expected to contribute on of-fense and lead the defense at linebacker.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
Col. Zadok Magruder is on its third coachin as many years but Ray Fowle is a formerColonel — he graduated from the Rockvilleschool in 2004 — eager to reinvent a programthat hasn’t produced a winning season sincereaching the Class 4A West Region semifinalsin 2007.
“We know it’s not going to happen over-night,” Fowle said. “But these guys have reallybought in. I tell them every day they’re thefoundation of what we’re trying to build here.”
With several two- and three-year starterson tap — and about double the players out fortryouts — preseason has looked promising.Third-year starting running back, junior BryanJuarez will be the team’s workhorse, Fowlesaid.
At 5-foot-10, Juarez efficiently uses everyone of his 175 pounds to power up the field.The Colonels will present a predominantlyground-based offense in which second-yearquarterback Jesse Wood will also play a majorrole. But Wood is capable of throwing thefootball and one of his main targets will besenior wide receiver Brent Martin, who as alinebacker will likely set a new program recordfor career tackles.
Wood and Juarez will be working behind afairly big offensive line led by third-year starterCarlos Flores (6-3, 275).
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
As far as two-win seasons go, last year’swas a good one.
With a new coach, Josh Klotz, and a smallsenior class, a young Richard Montgomeryteam stayed competitive but fell on thewrong end of several close games; four oftheir losses came by a combined 13 points.
The Rockets return most of their startinglineup, but will be young again with just 12seniors.
One of them is Renzo Farfan, a “classicdrop back quarterback” with great vision,Klotz said.
Farfan could take another step forwardafter helping the Rockets put up 22 pointsper game in the 2013 season.
“He’s a student of the game and he pays alot of attention to detail,” Klotz said. “... Thebiggest improvement is probably his foot-work and his ability to read progressions.”
The Rockets return four starting offensivelinemen and all starting linebackers. Lookfor the speedy Alex Fehlinger, who ran forthe Rockville school’s track and field team, tomake an impact at running back.
“It’s been rewarding because we’ve seenthe growth from last year in our first year tothis year in our second year,” Klotz said. “...We’re getting there.”
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
The way Northwest quarterback Mark Piercedominated last November, leading the Jaguars totheir second state football title, fans might thinkthere wasn’t much room to improve.
“He’s been working hard at getting bet-ter,” coach Mike Neubeiser said. “It’s the littlethings, his mechanics, run support. He wantedto give his coaches more options if we needhim to run. His velocity throwing the ball is alot better.”
Pierce, now a junior, threw for 261 yardsand two touchdowns in the state championshipvictory against Suitland. Another star from thatgame, senior running back E.J. Lee, also returnsand should keep the defenses from focusing onlyon the passing game. Lee had 52 combined yardsrushing and receiving and two touchdowns inthe title game. Troy Lefeged and Jamar Wilsontake over as starting receivers. Neubeiser saidthey’ll have a good offensive line to work with,anchored by senior T.J. Patterson (6-foot, 240pounds).
Senior inside linebacker Brendan Thompsonand junior cornerback Martin Foray lead the de-fense. Other key players who will contribute aresenior receiver/linebacker Brandon Williams,lineback Chuk Anya, kicker Diego Melendez, de-fensive end Aleck Rosemond, returner KwabenaAsamoah, and receiver Aaron-David Beidleman.
— KEN SAIN
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Ryan Stango
Schedule9/5 vs. Springbrook9/12 at Blake9/19 vs. Kennedy9/26 at Churchill10/2 vs. Einstein10/10 at Northwest10/17 at Blair10/24 vs. B-CC10/31 at Sherwood11/7 vs. Gaithersburg
Kyle Green
Schedule9/5 at Clarksburg9/12 vs. Whitman9/19 vs. Damascus9/26 at Magruder10/2 at Churchill10/10 vs. B-CC10/16 at Sherwood10/24 vs. Gaithersburg11/1 at Northwest11/7 vs. Wootton
Neven Sussman
Schedule9/5 vs. Gaithersburg9/12 at Blair9/19 at Springbrook9/26 vs. R. Mont.10/2 at Seneca Valley10/10 at Magruder10/16 vs. Q. Orchard10/24 at Blake10/31 vs. Paint Branch11/7 vs. Kennedy
Neiman Blain
Schedule9/5 at Paint Branch9/12 vs. Clarksburg9/19 vs. Sherwood9/26 at Blair10/2 vs. Watkins Mill10/10 vs. Blake10/16 at Whitman10/24 vs. Churchill10/31 at Kennedy11/7 at Northwest
Sam Ellis
Schedule9/5 at W. Johnson9/12 vs. B-CC9/19 vs. Churchill9/26 at Whitman10/2 vs. Gaithersburg10/10 at Clarksburg10/16 vs. Northwest10/24 at R. Mont.10/31 vs. Rockville11/7 at Q. Orchard
Trevon Diggs
Schedule8/29 def. Potomac (Va.)9/8 at Pallotti9/12 at Cesar Chavez9/19 vs. Annap. Area9/26 at SJCP10/2 at Bullis10/10 vs. Nat. Christ.10/17 vs. R. Baptist10/24 vs. Md. Christ.10/31 at Perry Street
Evan Smith
Schedule9/5 vs. Blake9/12 at Q. Orchard9/19 at B-CC9/26 vs. Wootton10/2 at R. Mont.10/10 vs. Damascus10/16 vs. Springbrook10/24 at W. Johnson10/31 at Churchill11/7 vs. Blair
Dwayne Haskins Jr.
Schedule9/6 vs. Mt. St. Joseph9/12 at Spalding9/19 vs, St. Mary’s9/26 vs. Friend. Coll.10/2 vs. Avalon10/10 at SS/SA10/18 at St. Albans10/24 at Landon10/31 at Episcopal11/7 vs. Geo. Prep
Dage Davis
Schedule8/29 def. Fork Union9/6 at McNamara9/13 vs. Gonzaga9/20 at SS/SA10/3 at St. Albans10/10 vs. RF Lewis10/17 vs. Episcopal10/24 at R. Baptist11/1 vs. Landon11/7 at Bullis
Keon Paye
Schedule8/29 def. Wilson9/5 vs. St. Frances9/12 vs. Calvert Hall9/19 at Gilman9/27 at Gonzaga10/3 vs. DeMatha10/10 vs. McNamara10/18 at St. John’s10/25 at Arch. Carroll10/31 at O’Connell
Rob Adkins
Schedule8/29 def. Annap. Area9/6 at Boys Latin9/12 at Pallotti9/19 vs. Paul VI9/26 vs. St. Paul’s10/2 at Episcopal10/18 vs. SS/SA10/24 at Bullis11/1 at Geo. Prep11/8 vs. St. Albans
Coach: TyreeSpinner (1st year)Last season: 5-5Returning starters:2 offense; 3 defenseLast CAFCchampionship: 2012
Coach: Pat Cilento(5th year)Last season: 9-1Returning starters:5 offense, 5 defenseLast IAC title: 2013
Coach: Dan Paro(18th year)Last season: 4-6Returning starters:7 offense, 9 defenseLast IAC title: 2003
Coach: Bob Milloy(14th year)Last season: 6-5Returning starters:4 offense; 6 defenseLast WCAC title:2012
Coach: PaulPadalino (5th year)Last season: 4-5Returning starters:9 offense, 7 defenseLast IAC title: 2012
Coach: Adam Bahr(3rd year)Last season: 5-5Returning starters:6 offense; 5 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2010
Coach: MikeNesmith (8th year)Last season: 11-2Returning starters:3 offense; 3 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2013
Coach: EddieTolliver (3rd year)Last season: 5-5Returning starters:4 offense, 4 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2008
Coach: Jim Kuhn(8th year)Last season: 7-3Returning starters:7 offense; 2 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2009
Coach: Chris Grier(2nd year)Last season: 7-4Returning starters:9 offense; 3 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2013
Coach: John Kelley(1st year)Last season: 10-2Returning starters:2 offense; 2 defenseLast playoffappearance: 2013
Paint Branch didn’t just lose its star quar-terback, Gaston Cooper. The Panthers, whoreached the 4A state semifinals last season,also graduated All-Gazette receiver JavonnCurry, multi-purpose threat Johnny Littlejohn,receiver Javan Grafton (468 receiving), mostof its offensive line and the majority of its de-fense. That could make the upcoming seasona challenge, particularly early on, coach MikeNesmith said.
“Both sides [offense and defense] areequally inexperienced,” said the eighth-yearcoach. “We have new players all over theplace.”
The Panthers do return several talentedplayers. Look for wideout Ryan Stango to takeon a greater role in the offense after recording667 receiving yards last season. Running backDarryl Hill Jr., who rushed for 403 yards andhad nine total touchdowns, is expected to leadthe ground game. Armani Ceballos and DanonDavis-Cray are competing for the quarterbackstarting spot and the rights to replace Cooper,the All-Gazette Player of the Year.
Junior linebacker Jordan Hill could play abig role on a defense that brings in eight newstarters, Nesmith said.
“If we mature then we’ll be a good footballteam this year. If not we could definitely strug-gle, because we’re so young,” Nesmith said.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
Dave Mencarini left behind most of his as-sistant coaches when the former coach left theGaithersburg school for Urbana after last sea-son. One of those assistants, defensive coordi-nator John Kelley, takes over the program.
“I have a lot more emails in my inbox than Idid before,” Kelley said.
Only three of the coaches from last seasonare no longer at QO, including Mencarini andhis father.
“I hope no one will notice a difference,”Kelley said about this team. “We’re still goingto play physical football. Face it, this programdidn’t need an overhaul.”
The coaches may be the same, but that’snot the case for the players with only four re-turning starters.
The Cougars will focus on running thefootball with senior tailback Kyle Green, whohad more than 600 yards last year backingup Kevin Joppy. Junior quarterback CarsonKnight takes over the offense and senior re-ceivers Nate Hill and Troy Porter will be his toptargets.
Leading the defense is one of Maryland’stop recruits, senior defensive lineman AdamMcLean (6-2, 300). With most opponentsavoiding McLean’s half of the field, senior line-backers Xavier Twine and Jason Heyn figure tolead the Cougars in tackles.
— KEN SAIN
Experience, depth and a full offseason pro-gram are reasons for optimism at Sherwood.Coach Chris Grier didn’t get the job until Aprilof 2013, yet still led the Warriors to a playoffberth last season. “We were behind the eight-ball when we got started,” he said. “This yearwe’ve had a fantastic offseason. One of thebest people have ever seen at Sherwood I’vebeen told. We’re light years beyond where wewere last year at this time.
“We’re stronger than we were last year, andhopefully faster.”
On offense, senior quarterback NevenSussman (6-foot-3, 205 pounds) returns. Atransfer from North Carolina last summer, healso benefitted from a full offseason program.
“He’s really come along physically,” Griersaid.
The Warriors lost top running back ElijahSpotswood to graduation, but Grier feelssophomore Travis Levy (5-11, 182), who aver-aged six yards a carry last season, is “the guy tocarry the torch.”
Sherwood also returns a veteran group upfront. Three-year starter Tim Kress (6-4, 260)leads the offensive line, and DT Zach Stubble-field (6-0, 250), also three-year starter, anchorsthe defensive front.
Senior LB Troy Berkheimer (5-9, 175) re-turns, and led the team in tackles a year ago.
— HARVEY VALENTINE
Springbrook coach Adam Bahr wants tocontrol time of possession.
So, even though the Blue Devils have athird-year starter at quarterback in NeimanBlain, don’t expect the team to stray too farfrom a run-first mentality.
Make no mistake about it, the team trustsBlain to make every throw on the field. And hehas a receiver in Jabree Ray who can make allthe catches.
When it comes to running the football, Ty-ler Stewart will take the bulk of the carries, butJordan Gillespie and fullback Sean Cazeau willalso see some time in the backfield.
Ray also plays safety on a defense that Bahrsaid will be pretty strong up the middle.
Senior Clinton Ngang should be the start-ing middle linebacker, and he joins Gillespieand defensive end Jayvon Jackson on a frontseven that can be really good.
Bahr said Ngang could surprise people thisyear. “He’s a three year varsity guy. He doeswhatever we ask. He weighs 150 pounds. Lastyear he was our starting center because wehad a hole at center.
And he played linebacker last year. Clintonhas a great nose for the football. And he’s ourlong-snapper.
He’s in the rotation at tight end. So I thinkhe can open some eyes defensively.”
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
The Vikings narrowly missed the postsea-son in 2013, as Clarksburg edged them forthe final 4A West Region playoff spot. Kuhnthinks his team can finish what it startedduring that late run.
“It’s definitely our goal to build on thatlate season success, Kuhn said.
Whitman has a veteran quarterback, arugged ball carrier and a matchup problemfor defenses at tight end.
Senior Evan Smith (5-foot-10, 165)started all of last season at quarterback gain-ing valuable playing time.
Tight end Anton Casey (6-5, 225) hascommitted to play at Brown University and“is too strong for safeties and too fast for op-posing linebackers to cover,” according toKuhn.
Senior Jacob Pittsenberger (5-11, 190),who starts at linebacker, will also be countedupon to carry the load at running back. Se-nior offensive tackles Alec Gould (6-2, 205)and Alex Spear (6-3, 215), guard Jonah Brain(5-11, 205) and center Riley Lewis (5-10, 300)anchor the offensive line.
“Having most of our line back and ourquarterback back is big,” Kuhn said. “Lastyear [Smith] played the role of not losingthe game. Now we will be looking for him tomake the big plays [consistently].”
— JOHN HARRIS III
Sure, it’s easy to focus on the players thatwon’t be playing for Wootton this fall. Argu-ably the county’s best receiver, junior TrevonDiggs, and five other former Patriots followedformer coach Tyree Spinner to his new postat Avalon in Gaithersburg. But there would beno point in that because Wootton is ready tomove on.
The Patriots return third-year quarterbackSam Ellis, who set a Maryland state recordwith 557 passing yards in a single game lastfall, and will go back to a spread offense thathas produced some of Wootton’s more suc-cessful seasons. Six-foot-4, athletic receiverKingsley Ofori is poised for a breakout yearand Jack Pykosh will be another good option attight end/receiver.
“We’re going to run people up and downthe field, try to tire them out,” said Eddie Toll-iver, who also coached Wootton in 2010-11.
But Wootton will still be about 40 percentground game, Tolliver said. And the Patriotswill use a plethora of running back options— Dean Spitz, Cameron Outten, MichaelAmobi and Michael Lui — each with his ownstrengths. They’ll run behind an offensive lineled by experienced and hard-hitting 6-foot,220-pound Patrick Bernardo. Bernardo willalso anchor a versatile defense that will giveopponents different looks.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
The amount of returning starters is actu-ally greater than listed for the Black Knights, as11 additional players started last fall for otherhigh schools prior to transferring to Avalonthis summer. Five players on offense and sixon defense joined the Black Knights to playfor Tyree Spinner, who previously coachedThomas S. Wootton to a 9-11 record in twoseasons from 2011-13. Spinner expects a solideffort from both the offense and defense thisyear, with depth being the only real hindranceto this team.
One of the most notable transfers is widereceiver Trevon Diggs, who came from Woot-ton along with Spinner. Diggs is a big-playthreat, and along with running back DaqwanHill, he will help senior quarterback BryanStrittmatter, who transferred from WinstonChurchill, on offense. Defensively, Avalon’sbest athletes are in the secondary. So theywant to stop the run, Spinner said, in order toforce opponents to pass the ball.
“As far as expectations, we intend to winthe championship for our division, the CAFC.As well as go undefeated,” Spinner said.“We’re still gelling right now, trying to get thechemistry together. So we’re still behind theeight ball. We always have room to improve,but overall I’m happy with the guys’ effort andattitude on a daily basis.”
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
The Bullis football team returns some keyskill position players, but scratch a little deeperand a second-straight Interstate Athletic Con-ference title is no guarantee. “We lost a lot [tograduation],” coach Pat Cilento said. “Peopledon’t see that because of the big-name re-cruits.” Those big-name recruits are juniorquarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr., runningback Devonte Williams and defensive end/tight end Jonathan Holland. Haskins spentthe summer going to camps and impressingcoaches to the point that he has 23 scholarshipoffers from A (Arizona State) to W (Wisconsin),according to Rivals.com, a college recruitingwebsite. Williams rushed for 1,535 yards and23 touchdowns last year with a 7.8 yards percarry average. Holland, who is 6-foot-3, 235pounds, committed to playing at Penn State.Senior defensive end Julian James (Davidson)also returns to anchor the defense.
And there are more top recruits coming,including sophomore linebacker Damani Neal(earned All-IAC as a freshman) and the playerCilento calls the next big Bullis recruit, juniorreceiver/linebacker Cameron Brown.
Cilento said, however, that his team couldbe just one injury away from trouble, espe-cially with a schedule that faces strong non-league opponents (including Mount St. Josephand Archbishop Spalding).
— KEN SAIN
Numerous injuries to key players led toa slow start for Landon a year ago — onewin in its first five games — but as the Bears’health improved so did its performance onthe field, including back-to-back season-ending wins against rival Georgetown Prepand St. Albans. With 20 seniors returning thisfall, including several on what should be apowerfully-built offensive line, the Bears willlikely challenge for their second InterstateAthletic Conference title in three years.
“They are great kids and great players,”coach Paul Padalino said.
Leading the team’s wing-T, run-heavyoffense will be returning linemen PeterMillspaugh (6-2, 235), Thomas Evans (6-5,230), Paul Padalino (6-0, 225), Steven Gee(6-1, 225) and Ian Dabney (5-11, 201). Theyare joined by tight end Keith Simms (6-3,222) and they will clear the way for talentedrunning backs Johari Johnson (5-10, 170)and Colton Rupp (5-9, 192) and quarter-back Robinson Adkins (5-11, 145). Simsand Padalino return to anchor the team’s50-base defense at end and linebacker,respectively, with Johnson and Adkins secur-ing the backfield. Linebacker/safety ThomasCrittenberger (6-0, 200), Kolby Williams (6-2,240) and Luke Kurtz (5-9, 150) return to thestarting lineup on defense as well.
— JAMES PETERS
Good Counsel was taken out of the play-offs by one point last year by rival and even-tual champion DeMatha Catholic.
The Falcons opened the 2014 season onFriday with a dominating victory at WilsonHigh School (Washington, D.C.).
The team returning is relatively youngand could be about a year removed fromreclaiming the WCAC crown it held for fourseasons before last year.
According to offensive coordinator TomCrowell, they’re good, but they’ll be reallygood next year.
Returning at quarterback is junior AndresCastillo.
He’ll be joined by junior running backJonathan Lee.
Both started games last year and showedthe abiltiy to make plays.
Lee has a quick burst through the hole,and at roughly 5-foot-11 and 187 pounds, heis tough to bring down on the other side.
Castillo has the ability to make plays withhis legs, in addition to airing the ball out.
He’ll have senior wide receiver KeonPaye, who is being recruited by D-I colleges,to throw the ball to.
Payne, who also plays safety, and 6-foot-3, 200-pound junior linebacker KeandreJones will be leaders on the defense.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
For the first time in 10 years, the George-town Prep football team is ending practicesessions with the once-familiar chant of “IAC,IAC.”
A long-time powerhouse in the InterstateAthletic Conference, the Little Hoyas wereforced out of the league because of competi-tive balance and then spent a brief time in theBaltimore-based MIAA A Conference beforeplaying an independent schedule the past twoseasons. “It’s great to be back where we shouldbe,” Paro said.
Leading Georgetown’s return to the IACwill be a host of returning starters, includingtwo-way competitors Dage Davis (5-foot-10,178 pounds), David Forney (6-3, 289) and PaulTriandifilou (5-11, 225). Davis rushed for 1,434yards (7.5 yards per carry) and accounted for19 total touchdowns. A fine defensive back aswell, Paro hopes some other running backsemerge to help offset Davis’ load.
Forney and Triandifilou will anchor aninexperienced offensive line. Forney’s block-ing helped Georgetown rush for 2,282 yardsa year ago. Traiandifilou looks to solidify thedefensive line at nose guard and he will bejoined by several veteran defenders, includinglinebackers Jack Stanton (5-10, 190) and AustinMcDonald (5-11, 185) and backs Kahlil Osman(5-9, 185) and Tyson Porter (6-0, 186).
— JAMES PETERS
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The Avalon School’s Joseph Maddox struggles for yardage during Friday’sfootball game against the Potomac School in Virginia. The private Gaith-ersburg school won, 33-0.
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2008 Chevrolet Cobalt.....#V441506A, Black, 78,101 Miles......$8,9952007 Toyota Corolla.....#V004904A, Red, 88,460 Miles............$9,9952010 Mazda Mazda3.....#V001251B, Teal, 37,270 Miles........$12,9952013 Jetta S.....#V293016A, Gray, 14,960 Miles......................$15,9952013 Toyota Corolla.....#V330995A, 14,797 Miles..................$17,9952011 Honda Accord.....#VP0076, Silver, 38,847 Miles.............$17,9992011 GTI.....#VP0065, Gray, 41,445 Miles.................................$18,9932011 GTI SR.....#V288623A, Black, 67,072 Miles.....................$18,9952012 Honda Civic.....#V537179C, Blue, 21,194 Miles.............$19,9952014 Jetta SE.....#VPR0074, Black, 5,213 Miles.......................$20,995
2014 Jetta Sedan.....#VPR0071, Silver, 1,060 Miles................$20,9952013 Golf.....#VPR0075, Black, 6,137 Miles..............................$21,9952014 Passat.....#VPR0070, Blue, 6,441 Miles...........................$22,6952012 Routan SE.....#VPR097794A, Gray, 33,019 Miles............$22,9952013 Ford Mustang.....#V310901A, Blue, 11,854 Miles..........$22,9952013 GTI...#V102017A, Black, 19,566 Miles.............................$23,9952013 KIA Optima.....#V007888A, Red, 21,885 Miles................$24,9952014 Passat TDI.....#VPR0069, Silver, 4,604 Miles...................$25,9952014 Passat TDI....#V336652A, Silver, 9,171 Miles..................$29,995
2014 GTI WOLFSBURG EDITION
#4002727, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$22,927
OR 0% for 60 MONTHS
MSRP $27,285
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2014 BEETLE CONVERTIBLE
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BUY FOR$21,999
MSRP $26,150
MSRP $26,685
$1,000 BONUSON ALL 2014 TURBO MODELS
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