Blake’s Sadao Oka competes in the 55-meter dash at Monday’s MCPS Indoor Track Championships in Landover.
To get herself ready for Monday’s Montgomery County Indoor Track and Field Championships, Churchill’s Audrey Gariepy-Bogui followed some simple advice her coach, Scott Silverstein, gave her. She made a plan of action for the four events she was competing in, taking time to list her goals. Not only did she meet those goals, Gariepy-Bogui exceeded them, establishing new personal bests and Montgomery County records in the 55-meter hurdles, the high jump and the triple jump to score 38 points on her own, helping Churchill win in second consecutive girls championship.
If you’re into Signing Day drama, the place to be in two weeks is Seneca Valley High School.
It’s not the setting for a big-time basketball program.
Jason Edwards’s bid for a second tournament title of the season came up two matches short at the recent Hub Cup Invitational Wrestling Tournament. The Northwest wrestler fell to eventual champion Delon Agee of host North Hagerstown in the semifinals and had to settle for third place.
Although obviously disappointed his young wrestler came up just short of capturing the school’s first tournament title for the second time this season, Clarksburg coach Josh Munsey feels a loss now and the knowledge that comes with it is a lot better than losing down the line, when freshman Tanner Wrublik vies for county, region and state titles.
Despite verbally committing to play for Temple University last summer, Blake senior running back Corwin Acker has been racking up scholarship offers from other NCAA Division I-A programs this year, including Maryland and Syracuse.
To call Chimso Okoji’s journey from a little-known football player to one of the most coveted college recruits in Montgomery County a whirlwind would almost be an understatement. Less than six months ago, Okoji, a senior linebacker and tight end on Kennedy High’s football team, was barely on the radar of recruiters. Yet, after a season in which Okoji averaged 16 tackles a game and helped Kennedy to 10 wins, including its first playoff victory in 22 years, colleges have been calling. Maybe, even, a little too often.
Sometimes, all it takes is a little push.
A Rockville surge, coupled with a dip in the Wildcats’ play, enabled the Rams to pull off a 63-58, come-from-behind win.
