Anybody else heard this rumor?

Is pitching for Auburn now vs Ole Miss on ESPNU.

This was just shared with me. Rock Creek Christian has folded. A good chunk of their top players (D1 offers) have transferred to Riverdale Baptist. That's the roll of the dice picking up private schools. Once again FH will play one of the toughest schedules in a 100 mile radius.

Just search Riverdale Baptist on Twitter X.

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Next year 6 schools in Washington County will have female flag football. Apparently there are over 50 schools in Maryland with it and the Ravens and Underarmour are helping with the funding

Fri Sept 6: at Hollidaysburg 7:00
Fri Sept 13: Oakdale 7:00
Fri Sept 20: Mt Ridge 7:00
Fri Sept 27: at Albert Gallatin 7:00
Thur Oct 3: at St James 4:00
Fri Oct 11: at Southern 7:00
Fri Oct 18: at Keyser 7:00
Fri Oct 25: Northern 7:00
Sat Nov 2: at Fort Hill 2:00

Other than week 1, fans of the Cumberland schools can stay in county for a quality HS football game every Friday night leading into Homecoming:

Week 1: Have to travel to FH at Northern or Alco at Hollidaysburg (I recommend Hollidaysburg for a great HS football atmosphere)
Week 2: Oakdale at Alco
Week 3: MR at Alco
Week 4: Hollidaysburg at FH
Week 5: Briar Woods at FH
Week 6: FH at MR
Week 7: Riverdale Baptist at FH
Week 8: Northern at Alco
Week 9: Alco at FH

Nice to see a lot of quality Friday Night Lights at Greenway this year.

Anybody check out the baseball scrimmages yesterday. Holy hell daddyball is back and stronger then ever. Maybe jumping to conclusions. i dont know.

According to the ACPS official Facebook page, mountain ridge is looking to hire a new head football coach. What happened??

For area schools of interest - Grades 9-12

LOCAL AREA
Hampshire - 818
Mountain Ridge - 751
Allegany - 737
Keyser - 672
Fort Hill - 662
Berkeley Springs - 621
Southern Garrett - 573
Moorefield - 499
Frankfort - 488
Northern Garrett - 448
Petersburg - 397
Paw Paw - 46

MARYLAND - (Washington County)
South Hagerstown - 1,417
North Hagerstown - 1,378
Williamsport - 966
Boonsboro - 834
Smithsburg - 735
Clear Spring - 455
Hancock - 136

MARYLAND - (Frederick County)
Urbana - 1,929
Thomas Johnson - 1,841
Tuscarora - 1,682
Frederick - 1,659
Linganore - 1,519
Oakdale - 1,465
Walkersville - 1,249
Middletown - 1,096
Brunswick - 848
Catoctin - 745

PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona - 2,228
Hollidaysburg - 1,075
Bedford - 538
Chestnut Ridge - 410
Meyersdale - 271
Berlin Brothersvalley - 209

WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown - 1,859
Musselman - 1,756
Spring Mills - 1,483
Martinsburg - 1,471
Jefferson - 1,444
Hedgesville - 1,393
Washington - 1,329
Bridgeport - 851
Fairmont Senior - 809

Since we have a million dollar city football field for both schools and sports to use, isn’t it time we make a push for a full turf softball and turf baseball field with lights. Spring is tough to get games played in our area and it would make a lot of sense to have fields that would be playable during wet weather conditions for both schools to share. It seems there is open space in the old Memorial Hospital field and already has parking space.

IS A HOF HEAD FTBALL COACH NOW AT MT RIDGE? 5/6 BOYS TRANSFER TO FORT HILL! NEXT ISNT RUMOR!IF THE GIRLS BBALL COACH IS AT FH THIS SEASON THE SENTINEL SISTERS WILL GO OUT FOR THE TEAM!I HEARD ARUMOR!FILM AT 11!

No complaints here that Carter Hess will be voted POY. Hess should have been POY last season as well. It was you HYPOCRITES that voted a deserving Pua’auli POY after an historic offensive season. What changed this season. Daniels compiled historic numbers, against arguably the toughest schedule in the history of Allegany County Football. HYPOCRITES. No disrespect to Will Patterson, but you same HYPOCRITES that stole the POY from Hess last year, now have the audacity to have Daniels share the Offensive POY award. The 5 voters that didn't vote Daniels should never be allowed to vote ever again. In my humble opinion if anything were to be shared it should have been the POY. Not by my standards, but by the standards you HYPOCRITES set as early as last year's voting results. Pua’auli historic season earned him POY. Daniels historic season earns him basically a tie for 2nd. Maybe we can blame Alkire for not running the up scores and stats. For any naysayers. Patterson may very well be MVP, but that has nothing to with this award. HYPOCRITES.

LINK: 2024 FORT HILL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

Fort Hill will open their 2024 varsity football season with the first two games on the road, the first in Accident versus Northern Garrett.

Changes to the varsity schedule from last season include a two year deal for Week Two versus the Dunbar Poets out of Baltimore. The first year (2024) will be at Dunbar, the second year (2025) will be at Greenway Avenue Stadium. The game at Dunbar is set to be played at Morgan State University either on Friday or Saturday, that has yet to be determined based on field availability. Both teams are in the midst of a very rare consecutive three time state championship run and have posted a combined 77-1 record during that time.

Briar Woods out of Ashburn, VA will visit Fort Hill in Week Five. This will be the second year of the contract after Fort Hill traveled there last season on the same week and defeated a then undefeated Briar Woods 28-0.

Joining the Fort Hill schedule for the first time in school history will be Riverdale Baptist. The private school out of Upper Marlboro, MD in Prince George's County finished last season with a 6-4 record after having lost to some quality football teams in Bishop McNamara, Paul VI, Georgetown Prep and Friendship Collegiate by a mere 18 points combined. The Crusaders were ranked as high as No. 20 in the Maryland State Media Poll.

Smithsburg comes back to the schedule after a one year hiatus. This will be a three year deal between the two schools with 2024 and 2026 games to be played at Smithsburg. The 2025 game will be at Greenway Avenue Stadium.

The rest of the schedule falls in line with last season. Fort Hill will travel to Mountain Ridge on Week Six where the Miners currently have a 26 game winning streak. The Miners last lost at home in 2019 and are the only team to have beaten Fort Hill since the 2020 COVID season ended, a 30-8 victory in 2022 on the same field in Frostburg.

Southern Garrett cancelled their varsity season last year but will rebound to have a varsity squad for 2024. That Week Three game will be played at Greenway Avenue Stadium on a Thursday night at 7:00 pm.

The annual Homecoming game against cross-town rival Allegany is set for Saturday, November 2.

For the first time since 2019, Fort Hill will field a full time 9th grade freshman squad. Two games were set up last year in an attempt to get players extra time on the field. This season will include a full eight game schedule. The Freshman and JV schedules are set with only one open date left to be filled for both.

Please keep in mind that all schedules are subject to change, especially the Freshman and JV schedules. Many fall sports programs, both girls and boys, have to share Greenway Avenue Stadium, which forces inevitable changes to be made.

GO BIG RED!

With the local high school football award season upon us just wanted to comment. I will preface by saying that I am not a Fort Hill Grad. Considering the season they had, against the level of competition they played against, I can not understand how FH players could not just sweep every award. Just one man's opinion.

Morgantown beat Spring Mills 35-32 in to win the WV AAAA state championship. Seems low scoring, sounds like a great game

Looks like #4 Fort Hill plays #1 seeded Cambridge-SD on Tuesday, March 12th at 5 PM....location is Montgomery Blair HS in Silver Spring. Just off 495 at the Rt 29 North/Colesville Rd exit. Good luck to the Sentinels!

A two year varsity football deal in 2024 and 2025 for Week 2. Yes! That is the Dunbar Poets of Baltimore.

The first year is at Dunbar for September 13, 2024 weekend. The game will be played and showcased at Morgan State University.

The second year will be the same weekend at Greenway Avenue Stadium.

This match up only makes sense. We are talking about both teams being Consecutive Three Time Defending State Champions. It's so very, very rare that any Maryland team has won three straight state titles. The fact we are able to put both on the same field at the peak of this feat is really a wonderful/exciting opportunity for players, coaches and fans.

Dunbar has not lost a game in three years.
Fort Hill has lost one game in three years.

Hopefully, the FH administration does not get upset with me spilling these beans publicly. It is always my intention to make sure the contract has been wrapped up. But in today's connected world, Dunbar apparently has broken the news and it is circulating already on several social media platforms. So I always feel it's best that people get the correct story from the source, which is why I have always posted under my real name. More important, the players should get to know first, and they have been told. Whooop, there it is!

The Dunbar coaches and AD seem to be as giddy as myself about this game. The Poets have made it clear they wish to showcase this game for their kids, the programs, the city of Baltimore/Cumberland and to get college coaches aware. Their coach sent me these images in a text side-by-side. Felt it to be a good share. Very cool. Let's Roll!

The ACC and Big 12 sealed their football irrelevancy fate today. The race to get out and into the P2 is about to go ballistic.

The ACC will not be in existence much longer - that much is known. And if the ACC does remain a conference, it will be at the G5 level.

Those invited to the P2 big boy table will be based on the ability to pay court settlements and athletes - past and present.

ACC & Big 12 presidents voted Wednesday to authorize their commissioners to adopt the new CFP framework (idiots).

SEC & Big Ten will combine to share around 58% of College Football Playoff distribution while 32% goes to ACC/Big 12. The rest get to split 10% of the pie.

FYI, the pie is equal to: $1.3 billion per year

For those of us that saw Maddox play football we know he is a big time athlete. Not often in this area do 8th graders get attention. He also plays basketball. There is a video circulating around of him making a block from behind. In the video it looks like his entire hand to his wrist is higher than the rim. The kid was going a for lay-up and Maddox ran him down from behind and made a great block.

FH wins again….. I give up

Carter has had 4 matches so far and won them all by pin. He will be in the Finals tomorrow. Finals are scheduled from 4 to 6pm as on the schedule. You can watch the Finals on NFHS network

In another thread someone asked who would be a Allegany coaching candidate. I think Geno would and he would definitely help keep the kids on the blue side.

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The sophomore guard Alco brought up is the real deal, he can handle the ball, see the court and shoot as good as anyone in the area. When.they brought him off the bench against FH it gave Alco a nice spark.

ESPN and FOX PARTNER TO CREATE STREAMING SERVICE FOR ALL EVENTS

Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/02/06/espn-fox-warner-new-sports-streaming-service/

In a very short time the Super Bowl, and all the world's biggest events, will only be available on a streaming subscription platform. If the Dolphins vs. Chiefs NFL playoff game this year on Peacock TV STREAMING ONLY did not alert longtime cable/satellite users as to what's coming down the pike quickly, don't fret. You will be forced to find what most of us already know, like it or not. If you are one of those threatening to never watch the NFL again because it's streaming only, plan on never watching any sport again.

The MLB, NBA, NHL and College Football Playoffs are all committed to putting their post-season on these streaming services after ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. have just announced they will launch a sports streaming service. Yea, when adversaries like ESPN and FOX partner for a new adventure it's big. The way you watched TV your entire life will be over soon.

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ACC Network, ESPNews, ABC, Fox, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, Big Ten Network, TNT, TBS and truTV will all be bundled. But many of the biggest events will be streaming service only like Peacock did with the NFL. Or like ESPN Plus is currently doing and pushing forward aggressively.

Personally, it's better to pay $100 picking the channels I want to watch as opposed to paying more than twice that for 300 channels I never watch. Customers can now get access to events that were never available before On Demand -- which means what I want to watch when I want to watch it. The adverse part is witnessing the older generation try to figure out the technical aspects. It's not rocket science but can be challenging at first for a novice. It's the resistance to learn/change that usually throws new users off.

There are many streaming IPTV providers out there already that cost under $20 a month to get every channel, streaming network, movie and series under the sun. It's still a mystery why some people are fearful of making the switch from having a coaxial cable go from their wall to the TV set to having wireless internet TV. All while continuing to pay $250 a month for that channel limited old cable/satellite service. Again, it won't be long until everyone is forced to switch. High speed internet will be a necessity just like paying for a telephone 40 years ago. The internet speed is where the money will also flow. But most folks already have and pay for internet speed.

A ton of people still exist that swore they would never own a cell phone. Here comes internet television (IPTV) in the same fashion.