Friday, November 30, 2012
Gaithersburg's Quince Orchard High School meets Upper Marlboro's Henry A. Wise for the Maryland 4A state football title Friday night in Baltimore.
WHO: Quince Orchard High School (Gaithersburg, MD) and Henry A. Wise High School (Upper Marlboro, MD) WHAT: Maryland 4A Division State Football Championship WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium (home of the Baltimore Ravens) How to buy tickets: Tickets for the state football finals may be purchased on site at M&T Bank Stadium the day of the games or online in advance. How to watch on television: Each state championship game will be broadcast live on television via The CW-54 (Baltimore) and The CW-50 (D.C.). Games will also be live streamed online on the new MPSSAANETWORK.com as well as live internet radio broadcasts on SFMSports.net. What they're saying about the game:
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Quince Orchard head football coach Dave Mencarini previews Friday’s Maryland 4A state title game against Henry A. Wise.
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part Q&A about the Quince Orchard-Henry A. Wise state championship game. Part I ran Wednesday on Gaithersburg Patch. Gaithersburg’s Quince Orchard High School will meet Upper Marlboro’s Henry A. Wise High School in Friday night’s Maryland 4A Division state football championship game. Quince Orchard hopes to avenge last season’s loss in the state title game, 36-35 to Old Mill, while Wise returns to the title game for the third time in four seasons. QO head coach Dave Mencarini took some time to share his thoughts with Gaithersburg Patch on Friday’s game. Gaithersburg Patch: Wise has handled its opponents with relative ease this season. Do you see any weakness in Wise that you're looking to exploit …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Quince Orchard head football coach Dave Mencarini previews Friday’s Maryland 4A state title game against Henry A. Wise.
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part Q&A about the Quince Orchard-Henry A. Wise state championship game. Check back with Gaithersburg Patch Thursday for Part II. Gaithersburg’s Quince Orchard High School will meet Upper Marlboro’s Henry A. Wise High School in Friday night’s Maryland 4A Division state football championship game. Quince Orchard hopes to avenge last season’s loss in the state title game, 36-35 to Old Mill, while Wise returns to the title game for the third time in four seasons. QO head coach Dave Mencarini took some time to share his thoughts with Gaithersburg Patch on Friday’s game. Gaithersburg Patch: Playing in your second consecutive title game, many of your players have experience from last year's long playoff …
Monday, November 26, 2012
The Cougars advance to second straight title game with a 21-19 win over Westminster.
Quince Orchard High School's varsity football team had the Maryland 4A state championship ripped from its hands last year because of a successful two-point conversion in overtime by Old Mill. On Friday, the Cougars have a chance to take it back. The Gaithersburg school advanced to its second consecutive title game, narrowly escaping Westminster, 21-19, on a missed field goal as time expired, The Gazette reported. Quince Orchard had seen its 14-0 lead turn into a 19-14 deficit before taking the lead for good on an 83-yard touchdown pass to Elliott Davis from backup quarterback Matt Choi midway through the third quarter, according to the report. Westminster drove 77 yards in the game's final 1:19 to set up a potential game-winning 37-yard …
H.A. Wise
3:04 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012
QO head coach says he respects Coach Parrish, well I think it was disrespectful of him to stand in the middle of the field at the end of the Championship game with his hands on his hips as if he was appalled at the sight of young men celebrating a hard fought game. If his team had won, they would have been celebrating the same way. Sore loser if ever I saw one!!!! Your business is still … more ›