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BY KYLE MELNICK

As North Point wide receiver
Caelen Carson freely ran down
the left s ide of the field in the third
quarter Friday night, a group of
North Point coaches jumped from
their seats in Arundel High’s p ress
box, anticipating another touch-
down.
North Point quarterback Te ddy
Gleaton spotted his open man and
connected with him for an 18-
yard score as North Point extend-
ed its lead to five touchdowns.
Friday was No. 12 North Point’s
season opener, but the Eagles’
offense already was clicking in a
55-32 win over Arundel in

Gambrills. “The potential’s there,” North Point Coach To m Petre said. “The biggest thing is you have to fight that preseason ego.” A year a go, North Point started the 2 018 season with an inexperi- enced squad. The Eagles’ small- est margin of victory came in their season-opening win, 23-15 over Old Mill. North Point im- proved, qualifying for its first state championship game, in which it fell to Quince Orchard. North Point’s offense didn’t need a test run this season with about eight starters back. Last year’s standout starting quarterback, Asa Williams, recently suf- fered a right arm injury and didn’t play Friday. Gleaton, who played wide receiver last season, made his first varsity start at quarterback and

didn’t miss a beat. “I came into North Point as a quarterback,” Gleaton said, “so it was easy for me.” North Point (1-0) displayed its explosive offense from the start. Gleaton led a two-minute touchdown drive that Carson capped with a 38-yard run. Though the teams traded scores at times throughout the first half, North Point took control late in the second quarter. Cornerback Demarco Cuffey intercepted a pass with about 50 seconds remaining, and Glea- ton ran in a 27-yard touchdown moments later to give North Point a 48-20 halftime edge. Gle- aton accounted for North Point’s final three touchdowns. North Point lost All-Met D efen- sive Player of the Year Malik Law- rence to graduation. Carson, a

Wake Forest commit, could help fill his void in the secondary. “We need diversity in produc- tion,” Petre said. North Point has beaten Arun- del in the past two postseasons, including a 43-13 victory last No- vember. North Point hasn’t lost a game in the Southern Maryland Athlet- ic Conference since 2016, and it begins league play next week against Westlake. If the Eagles qualify for the postseason, their path will look different since they dropped from Class 4A to 3A. North Point will compete against new contenders, such as Damascus, Franklin and Linganore. “I think we can go to states,” Gleaton said. “I think this is the year we go all the way.” [email protected]

MARYLAND NONLEAGUE FOOTBALL

Eagles click right from the start in opening rout

NORTH POINT 55, ARUNDEL 32

BY MICHAEL ERRIGO

Late on a Sunday night in
January, a few hours after the
Woodgrove football team
wrapped up its end-of-the-year
banquet, Wolverines defensive
coordinator Derek Barlow re-
ceived a call from Coach Mike
Skinner.
Skinner had been coaching
football in Virginia for nearly
four decades and had just led
Woodgrove to a Class 4 title, the
first in program history. Now, he
told Barlow, he was going to
retire.

That was the first of many changes the Woodgrove program faced this offseason as a year often reserved for championship hangover became one of adjust- ment and growth. Barlow took over the job a few months after that call, and on Friday night he and the Wolver- ines won their home opener, 46 -6, over Rock Ridge. “The mentality is still the same here,” senior running back KJ Lewis said. “You’re going to work your best and control your effort and intelligence. That’s what Skinner always said, and that’s what Barlow has carried on.... We’re going to stick to winning — that’s our game plan.” If a new coach and the graduation of several key seniors weren’t

enough to make this season feel distant from the last, Woodgrove (2-0) also has moved up to Class 5. The new level of competition didn’t pose any issues to the Wolverines against the Phoenix (1-1). The Wolverines led 35-0 at halftime and sat most of their starters after the break. Even with Friday’s dominance, Barlow knows this season will present new challenges. “The biggest difference be- tween classes is not actually tal- ent. It’s just depth,” Barlow said. “When you play a [Class 4] team, you have six or seven guys playing both sides of the ball. At [Class 5] it’s maybe one or two kids.” The atmosphere Friday at Woodgrove felt like a celebration of last year’s success. The crowd

was lively, the band jubilant. The sizable student section batted around beach balls and set off green smoke. The students even chanted Barlow’s name in the second quarter, when it became clear the Wolverines would coast to a victory. On the field, Lewis showed the home crowd that while some things might change this year, others will stay the same. Entering his third season as the team’s lead running back, Lewis received all of his touches in the first half and finished with 97 yards rushing and a touchdown. “We’re going to keep our tradi- tions going here,” Lewis said. “What works is what works.” [email protected]

VIRGINIA POTOMAC DISTRICT FOOTBALL

New coach, same old winning ways for Wolverines

WOODGROVE 46, ROCK RIDGE 6

BY TRAMEL RAGGS

The last time Wise played a
football game that mattered, the
result was a bit jarring. Not only
did the three-time defending state
champions lose to Quince Or-
chard in the Maryland 4A state
semifinals, but they were wal-
loped.
On Friday night, in their first
game of 2019, the Pumas wanted
to deliver a message: They’re still a
team to fear.
Behind sophomore quarter-
back Jayden Sauray, the Pumas
stormed i nto Greenbelt and deliv-

ered a mostly complete perform- ance in a 41-0 win over Eleanor Roosevelt. Sauray, celebrating his 16th birthday, threw two touchdown passes and scrambled 45 yards for one on the ground. Sauray s aid he had a bit of extra motivation Friday — beyond it being h is birthday and beyond the sour taste that might have lin- gered w ith Wise during the offseason. “Today isn’t a bout me. This was all about my mother who is in the hospital right now fighting sickle cell and us as a team j ust going out and making a statement that we are still Wise,” Sauray s aid. Wise looked like itself from the start. After a quick stop by the de- fense and an errant punt by Roosevelt, the Pumas’ offense took over on the Roosevelt 30- yard line.

It took only one play for the Pumas to score their first points of the year. Sauray delivered a per- fect ball into the hands of junior wide receiver Keith Boddie Jr. For the first time in a long time, Wise entered the season as something other than a champion, and that fact will drive the Pumas. “We have a lot to prove this year because we’re not the champs in the state, so it’s viewed as us hav- ing a down year because people are so accustomed to us winning” Coach DaLawn Parrish said. “But that’s fine — right now we get to be like everyone else and gun for [Quince Orchard], but it’s still got to stay o ne game a t a time.” If there w ere any positives to be had by Roosevelt, the halftime adjustments appeared effective as the Raiders held Wise to just seven points in the second half after allowing 34 in first — something that didn’t go unnoticed by Wise’s

coach. “We talk about being efficient and being clean and the next man up, but we only scored one touchdown in the second half,” Parrish said. “I expect us to be dominant and finish games; today I don’t feel like we did that.” Coming into the game, Roosevelt Coach To m Green hoped that an increase in num- bers on the roster would allow for a more competitive showing, spe- cifically at the line of scrimmage. Instead, Friday’s loss looked a lot like the two defeats against Wise a year ago, when the Raiders were outscored 8 2-8. “Wise is extremely talented across the board, and they’re also extremely well coached,” Green said. “There aren’t many teams that can stand toe to toe with them, especially at the skill posi- tions.” [email protected]

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY 4A FOOTBALL

With plenty of inspiration, Pumas roll

WISE 41, E. ROOSEVELT 0

QB’s ill mother and loss in state semis spur Wise

JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST

Wise quarterback Jayden Sauray had a birthday and a big game Friday, but his thoughts were with his mother, who he said is hospitalized.

FOOTBALL DISTRICT Anacostia 14, Parkside 0 Friendship Collegiate 41, Ballou 14 MARYLAND Blair 35, Springbrook 14 Blake 35, Poolesville 19 Bowie 51, High Point 0 C.H. Flowers 27, Oxon Hill 17 Chesapeake 41, Largo 14 Douglass 30, Old Mill 0 Friendly 42, Central 0 Kent Island 41, Surrattsville 13 Magruder 27, Bethesda-Chevy Chase 0 Martinsburg (W.Va.) 76, Eastern 6 Meade 28, Annapolis 20 North Point 55, Arundel 32 Northern 20, Sussex Tech 17 Paint Branch 20, Einstein 0 Potomac (Md.) 30, Broadneck 27 Quince Orchard 56, Wootton 0 Richard Montgomery 38, Gaithersburg 12 Sherwood 35, Wheaton 0 St. Charles 14, Gwynn Park 13 Steubenville (OH) 27, H.D. Woodson 26 Suitland 46, Parkdale 6 Sussex Central (Del.) 34, La Plata 18 Urbana 34, Clarksburg 27 Walter Johnson 30, Churchill 8 Watkins Mill 25, Seneca Valley 6 Westlake 14, Fairmont Heights 7 Wise 41, Eleanor Roosevelt 0 Woodlawn (Md) 14, Long Reach 12 VIRGINIA Briar Woods 29, Dominion 21 Broad Run 51, Brooke Point 13 Centreville 42, Washington-Liberty 0 Chantilly 41, Langley 7 Fairfax 28, Wakefield 7 Falls Church 53, Park View 21 Fauquier 32, Brentsville 0 Forest Park 27, Annandale 21 Freedom-South Riding 54, Independence 20 Freedom-Woodbridge 47, Riverbend 0 Heritage 14, Kettle Run 6 Herndon 23, Osbourn Park 7 Hylton 34, West Potomac 33 Jefferson 7, Lee 6 Loudoun County 27, Millbrook 18 Loudoun Valley 28, Riverside 7 Maret 47, Manassas Park 14 Marshall 23, McLean 7 Mount Vernon 38, Colgan 8 Mountain View 37, Patriot 6 Potomac (Va.) 21, Osbourn 13 South County 48, Hayfield 20 South Lakes 43, Oakton 7 Stone Bridge 33, James Madison 19 Stonewall Jackson 41, Gar-Field 7 T.C. Williams 29, Robinson 26 Tuscarora 40, Potomac Falls 12 Westfield 37, Champe 14 Woodgrove 46, Rock Ridge 6 Yorktown 40, Wilson 0 PRIVATE Archbishop Spalding 56, Bishop Moore (Fla.) 14 Avalon 38, Benedictine 13 Boys' Latin 35, Severn School 3 Delmar 35, St. Mary's-Annapolis 28 Flint Hill 9, Paul VI 6 Gonzaga 35, Don Bosco Prep (N.J.) 21 St. John's 34, St. Joseph's Prep 30 Loyola Blakefield 33, Georgetown Prep 27 Pallotti 31, John Carroll 7 Potomac School 14, John Paul the Great 2 St. John's Catholic Prep 25, Paul Public Charter 6 GIRLS' TENNIS PRIVATE Episcopal 6, Bryn Mawr 1 Sidwell Friends 6, St. Stephen's/St. Agnes 1 VOLLEYBALL MARYLAND St. John's def. Kent Island (25-9, 25-6, 25-9) PRIVATE Georgetown Day def. Holy Child (25-18, 25-11, 21-25, 25-9) FIELD HOCKEY DISTRICT Lee 1, Wilson 1 MARYLAND Blake 1, Clarksburg 0 Churchill 2, Sherwood 0 Paint Branch 8, Seneca Valley 0 VIRGINIA Justice 5, Annandale 2 Justice 5, Lee 0 PRIVATE Spalding 2, Broadneck 0 St. Stephen's/St. Agnes 7, Bishop Ireton 0 BOYS' SOCCER PRIVATE McNamara 4, Pallotti 1

O'Connell 2, John Paul the Great 1 St. Albans 1, Appoquinimink 1 St. Andrew's 6, Avalon 1 Washington International 1, St. John's 1 St. Stephen's/St. Agnes 5, Potomac School 4 GIRLS' SOCCER MARYLAND Mount Hebron 3, Thomas Johnson 2 Richard Montgomery 2, Poolesville 0 PRIVATE Bishop Ireton 4, Madeira 1 Calvert 2, St. Mary's Ryken 0 Mercersburg Academy 3, Stone Ridge 1

FO OTBALL MARYLAND MAGRUDER 27, BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE 0 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (0-1, 0-0) 0 0 0 0 — 0 Magruder (1-0, 0-0) .....................7 0 13 7 — 27 M: Rose 11 pass from Peterwas ( Guzman kick ) M: Baxter 16 run ( Guzman kick ) M: Peterwas 1 run ( pass failed ) M: Barclay 13 run ( Guzman kick ) RUSHING LEADERS: M: Baxter 18-142. RECEIVING LEADERS: M: Baxter 2-26, Rose 2-25, Proctor 1-20, Pebenito 1-10. WALT ER JOHNSON 30, CHURCHILL 8 Churchill (0-1, 0-1) ............. 0 0 0 8 — 8 Walter Johnson (0-1, 0-0) .7 10 6 7 — 30 C: Pilarski 38 pass from Haglund ( Talla pass from Haglund ) RUSHING LEADERS: C: Wilson 7-38, Tranquill 5-16, Haglund 3-12. PASSING LEADERS: C: Haglund 7-14-0-93, Horsey 7-15- 1-66. RECEIVING LEADERS: C: Levitt 7-68, Pilarski 1-38, Parsons 3-21, Tranquill 1-19, Scott II 1-10, Casten 1-3. WATKINS MILL 25, SENECA VALLEY 6 Seneca Valley (0-1, 0-0) .... 0 0 0 6 — 6 Watkins Mill (1-0, 0-0) ......13 6 6 0 — 25 WM: Rush 89 kickoff return ( kick failed ) WM: Wingate 2 run ( Wingate kick ) WM: Rush 6 pass from Wingate ( pass failed ) WM: Sayeh 12 run ( kick failed ) RUSHING LEADERS: WM: Sayeh 10-65, Wingate 4-32, Rush 5-27, Hamilton 1-2. PASSING LEADERS: WM: Wingate 9-22-1-85, Cross 1-3-0-17. RECEIVING LEADERS: WM: Brown 3-38, Lewis 3-35, Rush 3-18, Kikwata 1-11. VIRGINIA FOREST PARK 27, ANNANDALE 21 Forest Park (1-0, 0-0) ........14 6 0 7 — 27 Annandale (0-2, 0-0) .........14 7 0 0 — 21 A: Saulsberry 1 run ( Scott kick ) A: Saulsberry 5 run ( Scott kick ) A: Kim 14 pass from Saulsberry ( Scott kick ) RUSHING LEADERS: A: Agyeman 23-101, Saulsberry 13-39, Laatour 4-31, Kargbo 5-12. RECEIVING LEADERS: A: Berry 3-49, Kim 3-30, Weaver 2-27. WESTFIELD 37, CHAMPE 14 Champe (1-1, 0-0) .............. 0 7 0 7 — 14 Westfield (2-0, 0-0) ...........10 13 7 7 — 37 W: Williams 31 field goal W: Daniel 49 run ( Williams kick ) W: Richards 33 pass from Kim ( kick failed ) W: Howard 26 pass from Kim ( Williams kick ) W: Howard 28 pass from Kim ( Williams kick ) W: Legall 8 run ( Williams kick ) RUSHING LEADERS: W: Daniel 14-110, Legall 12-62, Kim 2-17, Richie 1-8. RECEIVING LEADERS: W: Richards 2-66, Howard 3-64. YORKTOWN 40, WILSON 0 Wilson (0-2, 0-0) ............... 0 0 0 0 — 0 Yorktown (1-0, 0-0) ...........10 7 14 9 — 40 Y: Garufi 29 field goal Y: Altubire 1 run ( Garufi kick ) Y: Perry-Elem 1 run ( Garufi kick ) Y: Altubire 2 run ( Hawkins kick ) Y: Patterson 72 pass from Wilson ( Garufi kick ) Y: safety, ball carrier tackled in end zone Y: Mulumba 23 run ( Garufi kick ) RUSHING LEADERS: Y: Copeland 3-44, Miller 7-44, Altubire 9-29, Rowe 3-27, Mulumba 1-23, Perry-Elem 6-12. PASSING LEADERS: Y: Wilson 18-23-303. RECEIVING LEADERS: Y: Patterson 5-118, Rotker 8-114, Perry-Elem 1-26, Roberts 1-19, Rindfusz 2-10, Miller 1-7.

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