Hats off to this team. This team was faced with a much more daunting task than the past 4 state champion Sentinels. They had to go up against a really good Allegany team, a very good Lackey team and a very talented Dunbar team. There were no playoff games against Northern or Smithsburg or Kent County. Once MPSSAA changed the classifications and regrouped 1A based on football schools and not total schools, that brought teams like Lackey, Douglass PG and Dunbar back down to 1A. So the road to a state championship got much tougher. Had the 2017 Sentinels faced the same 3 teams as the 2016 Sentinels in the playoffs, they would be state champs.
Two amazing and thrilling wins over Alco and Lackey but they fell a little short today. This was an incredible year for high school football, starting with the Alco/Dunbar game and ending with the FH/Dunbar game. Lots of exciting games in the stadium this year, most I have seen there in a long time. Both Allegany and FH were very good this year but the competition in 1A has gotten better and will be that way for a while.
Two amazing and thrilling wins over Alco and Lackey but they fell a little short today. This was an incredible year for high school football, starting with the Alco/Dunbar game and ending with the FH/Dunbar game. Lots of exciting games in the stadium this year, most I have seen there in a long time. Both Allegany and FH were very good this year but the competition in 1A has gotten better and will be that way for a while.