Cody Martin had some problems under center for Clarksburg.
Maryland recruit Avery Graham caught the ball twice for 12 yards.
By Ryan Mink
rmink@digitalsports.comClarksburg was a 2A state finalist last year with serious title game aspirations this season.
Walter Johnson is a team that hasn’t won a game in the past three years just looking to end the streak.
Yet the Coyotes had to dig deep to beat the Wildcats Friday, beating Walter Johnson 12-7 after a slow start by its offense.
Clarksburg hadn’t had a scrimmage in the past two weeks, thus meaning little time in game situations to implement its new spread offense. That left the team a bit rusty in the first half of Friday’s game.
“We hadn’t practiced a lot of the new offense we put in and it really showed tonight in the first half,” Clarksburg Coach Larry Hurd said.
The Coyotes took an early 7-0 lead when junior Andrew Veith returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown. Clarksburg’s offense stalled and didn’t score until the third quarter on a 12-yard run by senior Mark Small. Clarksburg particularly mentioned the play of Walter Johnson linebacker Paul Okeyo as being troublesome for the Coyotes.
Clarksburg’s offense settled caught traction in the second half, raking up about 180 yards rushing in the half. Walter Johnson scored its touchdown with about one minute, 30 seconds left on a run by Michael Pittsenberger.
“I do have to credit Tom Mulholland and that coaching staff because they really did a good job,” Hurd said. “Okeyo is a really good football and they have a good quarterback who made some nice reads. … I expect us to play much much better. The mistakes that occurred tonight will be rectified.”
Line Score:Clarksburg (1-0, 1-0 MC) - 6 0 6 0 – 12
Walter Johnson (0-1, 0-1) – 0 0 0 7 – 7
Scoring Summary:1Q- CL: Andrew Veith, 50-yard interception return (6-0)
3Q – CL: Mark Small, 12-yard run (12-0)
4Q – WJ: Michael Pittsenberger, 2-yard run – kick good (12-7)
Clarksburg Leaders:Passing: Cody Martin, 3-7, 62 yards
Rushing: Mark Small, 19 rushes, 138 yards, TD; Patrick Issaic, 4 rushes, 23 yards; Andrew Veight, 2 rushes, 21 yards
Receiving: Avery Graham, 2 rec., 12 yards; Miles Daughtry, 1 rec., 40 yards
Blair 47, Blake 14
After not winning a game all last season, Blair opened up with a convincing win on the road in Week 1, beating Blake 47-14.
“It’s a great win for all the kids and the coaching staff. It’s very
important,” Coach Jeff Seals said. “The kids are at the sky right now.”
The Blazers were led by running back Dayne Bolt, who rushed for 127 yards and four touchdowns.
Scoring Summary:
1Q – MB - Dayne Bolt, 5 yd run – kick good by Andrew Gondor (7-0)
1Q – MB - Gondor punt return 53 yds – kick good by Gondor (14-0)
2Q – BL – Kwabena Asante run (14-7)
2Q – BL – Asante run again (14-14)
2Q - MB – Bolt, 3 yd run, kick good (21-14)
2Q – MB – Leopold Kenigni, 5 yd pass from Victor Wang – kick good by Gondor (28-14)
3Q – MB – Bolt, 59 yd run, kick good Gondor (35-14)
3Q – MB – Bolt, 1 yd run
4Q –MB Moreno, 1 yd TD run
Blair Leaders:
Passing: Alex Ebber – 0-1, Victor Wang – 2-4, 19 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Dayne Bolt – 9, 127, 4TD; Keith Ayensu – 5, 53 yds; Andrew
Gondor – 4, 44 yds.; Jonathan Haughton, 5-42 yds; Pablo Moreno – 5, 10
yds, 1 TD
Receiving: Leopold Kenigni – 1 rec, 5 yds TD; Gondor – 1 rec, 14 yds
Other scores:Damascus 26, Kennedy 6Scoring Summary:1Q – DA- Connor Frazier, 29 yard pass to Brandon Phelps – kick blocked
2Q – DA – Josh Lee, 1yard run – 2 pt. run by Lee
3Q – DA – Connor Frazier, 1 yard run – kick blocked
3Q – DA - Kane Brenneman, safety, recovered punt in endzone – run fail
4Q – KN - Sharadi Mudimbi, 14 yard run –run fail
Damascus Leaders:Passing: Connor Frazier, 12-16, 134 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
Rushing: Mark O’Hara, 6 rushes, 27 yards; Brian Lucas, 7 rushes, 27 yards
Receiving: Brandon Phelps, 5 rec., 55 yards, TD
Kennedy Leaders:Passing: Marco Bray – 5-10, 35 yards
Rushing: Kenny Godfrey, 16 carries, 49 yards; Sharadi Mudimbi, 4 carries, 33 yards, TD
Receiving: Chibueze Okoji, 1 reception, 9 yards
Seneca Valley 36, Watkins Mill 0Scoring Summary:2Q – SV – Joe Rankin, 7-yard run, kick missed (6-0)
2Q - SV – Ryan Phillips, safety (8-0)
2Q – SV – George Lerch, 1-yard run, kick good by Kendall Johnson
3Q – SV – Peter Hinton, 1-yard run, kick by Johnson good
4Q – SV – Dimitri Barker, 38-yard fumble recovery returned, kick by Johnson good
4Q – SV – B.J. Jones, 6-yard touchdown, kick by Johnson good
Seneca Valley Leaders:Passing: George Lerch – 7-13, 130 yards, 1 INT
Rushing: Peter Hinton, 6 carries, 29 yards, TD
Receiving: Kenton Powell, 3 rec., 37 yards; Joe Rankin, 1 catch, 39 yards
Watkins Mills Leaders:Passing: Preston Carmen - 3-8, 17 yards, INT
Rushing: Preston Carmen - 7-17 yards; Josue Oballes, 6 rushes for 24 yards
Receiving: Olessian Morgan – 2 rec., 11 yards
Northwest 23, Whitman 14Scoring Summary:2Q – NW - Hassan Dixon, 10 yd. run – kick blocked
3Q – NW - Ian Cottrell, 21 yard field goal
3Q – W – Sean Hyatt, 2-yard run – kick good by Cottrell
3Q – N – Ashton Foster, 76-yd kick return – kick good Cottrell
4Q – WJ – Kevin Cecala, 24-yard run – kick good Cottrell
4Q – Dixon 1-yd run, kick good
Northwest Leaders:Passing: Jarrhett Butler – 8-16, 112 yds., INT
Rushing: Hassan Dixon – 29-138, 2 TDs
Receiving: Marcus Whitfield – 4-67 yds
Whitman Leaders:Passing: Anthony Young-Wiseman, 5-8, 73 yds
Rushing: Anthony Young-Wiseman, 14 rushes, 38 yds.
Receiving: Craig Fraser, 2 rec., 26 yds.
Rockville 40, Northwood 18Northwood Leaders:Passing: Jimmy Hessler, 14-23, 241 yards, 3 TDs, 3 INTs
Rushing: Lydell Baker, 16 carries, 100 yards
Receiving: Keith Hudson, 4 rec., 129 yards, 2 TDs
Einstein 10, Wheaton 7Scoring Summary:1Q- WH – Robert Wilson, 5 yard run – kick good
1Q – EI – Terrence Love, 5 yard run, 2 pt. conversion good
2Q – EI – Saftey, fumbled snap in endzone
Brunswick 37, Poolesville 0Poolesville Leaders:Passing: Cody Kenly, 2-7, 18 yards
Rushing: R.J. King, 6-44; Keith Bud, 11-35
Receiving: Ben Hesless, 1 reception, 13 yards
Churchill 34, Richard Montgomery 0
Paint Branch 35, Bethesda-Chevy Chase 13