Friday
Boonsboro at Musselman, 7
Last week: Boonsboro (4-1) defeated Williamsport, 41-27; Musselman (1-4) lost to Martinsburg, 48-20.
Notes: Boonsboro is ranked No. 1 in the Class 1A North playoff rankings, just ahead of Pikesville. The Warriors have won four straight games since their season-opening loss to Middletown. … The Warriors used their running attack to keep the ball away from Williamsport’s passing game for the win. Boonsboro led 14-0 early in the second quarter before the two teams began to trade scores the rest of the way. … Jadon King led the way for the Warriors with 242 yards and three rushing touchdowns and threw an option pass to quarterback Blake Main on a gadget play late in the first half to give Boonsboro a 28-14 halftime lead. King has rushed for 459 yards and nine touchdowns. He also has 155 yards receiving and three scores … Main only threw four passes – with three receptions and a touchdown – but rushed for 63 critical yards against the middle of Williamsport’s defense. Main has thrown for 459 yard and eight TDs this season. … Parker DeBaugh rushed for 46 yards and a touchdown and added three reception fo4 50 yard and a score. He has 356 yards rushing with five TDs and leads Boonsboro with 136 yards receiving. … Brody Honeycutt led Boonsboro with 10 tackles, including one for a loss, while Sam Elliott added 8.5 tackles. … Logan Akinson leads Boonsboro with 40.5 tackles this season. … The Warriors have held three of their first five opponents to 10 points or less. … Musselman has battled through a tough schedule. The game vs. Boonsboro will be the Applemen’s last regular-season home game. They play their final four games on the road. … Musselman has lost two straight, both losses against Berkeley County, W.Va. powers Spring Mills and Martinsburg. The Applemen were outscored 68-20 in those games, including a 20-0 loss to Spring Mills. … Musselman was tied 14-14 with Martinsburg after one quarter, but trailed 28-14 at the half. … Hayden Johnson scored two TDs for Musselman against Martinsburg, one on a 45-yard pass, the other on a 1-yard run. … Nick Lasure added a 45-yard touchdown run.
Next week: Boonsboro at SEED
Clear Spring at Smithsburg, 6
Last Meeting: 2024: Clear Spring 42, Smithsburg 6
Series record: Smithsburg leads, 16-2
Last week: Clear Spring (1-2) lost to Albert Gallatin, 62-27; Smithsburg (3-2) defeated Poolesville, 48-0
Notes: Smithsburg is currently ranked No. 1 in Class 1A West Playoff standings. The Leopards are the only team in the division with a winning record. … Clear Spring is currently ranked No. 6 in the Class 1A West playoff standings, just a head of Allegany. … The Blazers are in the midst of a four-game losing streak since a 24-6 win over Green Street Academy in the season opener on Sept. 5. … In the last four weeks, Clear Spring has been outscored 179-62 and has allowed at least 34 points in the four losses. … Camden Whittington and Noah Doyle each ran for two touchdowns for Clear Spring. … Albert Gallatin is now 7-0 and is averaging 48.7 points a game. … Smithsburg has alternated wins and losses thus far to get to the 3-2 record. The Leopards are averaging 32-3 points per game in wins and only 10.5 points in losses. … This is the first time Smithsburg has been over .500 halfway through the season since 2015 … Quarterback Luke Scott connected on 6 of 8 passes for 125 yards and three TDs to lead the Leopards. Scott has thrown for 494 yards and seven TDs this season … Dakota Sowers caught two passes – both for TDs – and ran a kickoff for an 85-yard score. He leads the Leopards with nine receptions, going for 99 yards and four TDs. … Nick Roncone rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on six carries against Poolesville. He leads the Leopards with 262 yards rushing with four of their eight TDs on the ground. He has Smithsburg’s only 100-yard game of the season … Zach Linn also caught a TD pass and Riley Carr ran for two TDs against Poolesville. … Michael Jackosn and Blake Souders intercepted passes in the win.
Next week: Tussey Mountain at Clear Spring; Catoctin at Smithsburg
Williamsport at North Hagerstown, 6
Last Meeting: 2024 – North Hagerstown 28, Williamsport 11
Series record: North Hagerstown leads, 11-6
Last week: Williamsport (4-1) lost to Boonsboro, 41-27; North Hagerstown (4-1) lost to Century
Notes: Williamsport has lost the last three meetings with North Hagerstown … Williamsport is currently ranked second in the Class 2A/1A West playoff rankings, behind Middletown. … North is ranked third in the Class 3A West playoff standing, behind undefeated Linganore and Damascus. … Both teams started the season at 4-0 before losing last week … Williamsport fell behind by two scores and was forced to play catchup the rest of the night in the loss to Boonsboro. … Running back Taemyji Boyce-Brown led the Wildcats with 99 yard rushing a two TDs and also caught three passes for 44 yards. He leads Williamsport with 325 yards rushing and four TDs. … Quarterback Gabriel Parker was held in check by Boonsboro, only managing 10 of 21 passing for 127 yards and no touchdowns. He was also picked off twice. Parker has thrown for 1,168 yards and 10 TDs this season. … Williamsport’s defense was active last Friday as Tyson Cleary had 16 tackles, while Logan Burcker and Xavier Bowie added 15 each. Colten Hahn had nine hits. … Bowie scored one of Williamsport’s touchdowns on a 15-yard return of an interception. … Cleary leads Williamsport with 52 tackles, while Burcker has 45 and Bowie has 44, including a team-high four sacks. … Century scored the final 19 points of the game to knock off North Hagerstown. The Hubs led 14-0 with 3:10 remaining in the first half. … North quarterback Colt Butts scored on a 5-yard run in the first quarter and Ty’Qwell Fauntleroy had a 23-yard run in the second quarter for the Hubs’ second score. Fauntleroy finished with 125 yards rushing in the game and leads North with 585 yards and seven TDs on the season. … The North running attack has accounted for 83.7% of its offense. The Hubs have 1,331 yards rushing in five games. Michael Stewart has 476 yards on the ground, giving the tandem of Fauntleroy and Stewart 1,061 of the team’s 1,331 running yards … Damean Thomas led North’s defense with 15 tackles and a fumble recovery against Century. Bryant Noubissie added 12 tackles while Blake Custer and Ronnie Savage had 11 hits each. Savage also recovered two fumbles. … Custer and Thomas lead North with 55 tackles each. … James Jackson had an interception against Century. … The last time North was 4-1 to start a season was 2012, when the Hubs went 9-2, including an eight-game winning streak to end the regular season.
Next week: South Hagerstown at Williamsport; North Hagerstown at Fort Hill
Stonewall Jackson at Hancock, 7
Last Meeting: 2024: Hancock 34, Stonewall Jackson 28
Last week: Stonewall Jackson (0-6) lost to Craig County, 54-0; Hancock (0-5) lost to North Star, 42-6
Notes: Hancock is currently ranked No. 8 in the Maryland Class 1A West playoff standings … Hancock has lost eight of its last nine games since defeating Stonewall Jackson on last Oct. 10. The Panthers only other win came with a 2-0 forfeit from Brownsville on Oct. 25. … Hancock turned over the ball three times and allowed 230 offensive yards against North Star. … The Panthers scored for the first time in 16 quarters in the loss. They got a third-quarter touchdown, their first since scoring in the second quarter of the season-opener against Berkeley Springs. … Hancock has just 14 points this season. …. Stonewall Jackson comes to Hancock from Quicksburg, Va. … The Generals have been outscored 224-56 this season. They were defeated 33-20 by Nelson County on Sept. 5 and 20-14 by Thomas Jefferson Science and Technology on Sept. 12 in two of their closest games.
Next week: Madonna at Hancock, Thursday
Saint Frances Academy vs. South Hagerstown, 6
Series Record: First meeting
Last week: South Hagerstown (2-3) defeated Catoctin, 14-0; Saint Frances Academy (2-1) defeated Riverdale Baptist 42-6 on Sept. 12.
Notes: South Hagerstown is ranked No. 5 in the Class 4A/3A playoff standings. … With two straight victories, the Rebels are enjoying their first winning streak since Oct. 13-27 2023, when they won three straight. … JoJo Davis rushed for 182 yards and both South touchdowns in the win over Catoctin. He has scored all seven touchdowns in South’s two wins, while rushing for 403 yards. … Davis scored both touchdowns in the second quarter to give the Rebels a 14-0 halftime lead … St. Frances was added to fill an opening on South’s schedule.
Next week: South Hagerstown at Williamsport
Saturday
Maret at Saint James, 1
Last Meeting: 2024: Maret 58, Saint James 42
Series record: Maret leads, 11-10
Last week: Maret (3-1) defeated Allegany, 49-26 ; Saint James (4-2) defeated Brunswick, 51-13
Notes: Maret has won the last two meetings between the schools. … Saint James enters the game on a four-game winning streak … Saint James jumped out to a 34-0 halftime lead against Brunswick. Quarterback Jayden Yates ran for a 73-yard score between two TD runs by Marcello Anderson. Yates finished the half by connecting on two of his four passing TDs. … Yates passed for 164 yards on 13 of 15 tries and had 85 yards rushing. … Anderson also had 85 yards on the ground. … Arvid Ryberg caught two TD passes, while Anderson and Xavier Colbert grabbed one each … Aiden Carter led the Saints defense with eight tackles, including three for losses and two quarterback sacks. … Calvin Moss had an interception, while Sawyer West and Alex Miltimore each recovered a fumble. … Yates has passed for 888 yards and seven TDs, along with 537 yards and nine touchdowns rushing. … Colbert leads the team with 251 yards receiving. … Saint James defense has collected seven turnovers and 16 sacks this season … Maret used a last-second score to take a halftime lead over Allegany, before outscoring the Campers 29-13 in the second half to win going away. … The loss dropped Allegany to 2-3 on the season. … With :38 remaining in the first half, Trysten Johnson engineered a 70-yard drive in 26 seconds to turn a 13-12 deficit into a 20-13 halftime lead. … Johnson hit DJ Hill for 50 yards and followed with a 10- and 11-yard scoring pass to TJ Marcus. … The Frogs scored on the second-half kickoff on a 65-yard return by Hill to move to a 14-point lead. … Maret had a run of 23 unanswered points to put the game out of reach. … Johnson finished 16 of 22 for 343 yards and four touchdowns, along with 102 yards and two TDs rushing. …
Next week: Saint James hosts Connexions Leadership Academy
