This is a totally subjective list. Feel free to add, subtract, or rearrange. My thoughts only:
10) 1991 21-17 Homecoming Loss to Allegany.
**Who could forget this memorable game. Fort Hill falls 4 points short of going 5-5 on the year, but most importantly, of beating would want end up being an 11-1 Allegany team that would go on to win the Class 2A State Championship over Middletown. This upset would have made the season for FH.
9) 2015 48-41 Loss to Keyser at Greenway.
**Honestly, many, myself included, might say that this loss was just what the Doctor ordered for the Sentinels to figure some things out and get their heads right, making it possible for them to go on and win 3 in a row. But, it's still a loss, and the only pock mark on what would be 55 straight victories. Plus, it's Keyser, who wants to lose to the neighbors?
8) 1994 30-15 Loss to Dunbar in the State Championship Game at Hagerstown
**Ali Culpepper (Syracuse) and Tommy Polley (Florida State and the NFL).......and turnovers, yep, that's all you need to remember. Dunbar just had that elite level talent, and the shame of it all is that the 1994 Fort Hill Sentinels were an unbelievably talented group themselves. This is the year of the biggest Homecoming crowd ever and the follow up playoff game that saw Fort Hill beat an INCREDIBLE Allegany team twice. This State Championship, had it been won, might have capped off would COULD HAVE BEEN considered the biggest season ever for the Sentinels, considering that Allegany was just so damn good as well.
7) 2010 20-14 Loss to Dunbar at Poly
**Who can forget that tiny quarterback from Dunbar literally getting thrown over the pile or pushed into the endzone in the waning seconds of this thriller in BMore. Personally I think the touchdown shouldn't have counted but the refs disagreed and Dunbar went on the next week to win another 1A title.
6) 1992 20-19 Loss to Walkersville in State Semi-Finals at Greenway
**In the mud, as I recall, Fort Hill's extra point attempt in overtime sails wide and Walkersville upends a very talented Fort Hill team. The Sentinels would finish 10-2 on the year with their other loss being by 1 point to Martinsburg at Martinsburg. Some great Senior leaders but also very talented Juniors and Sophomore Shannon Trimble led the Sentinels to a great season with a disappointing ending. Damascus would go on to defeat Walkersville for the 2A title. Damascus, as you will see, would knock Fort Hill out of the playoffs the next year by 1 point.
5) 1993 13-12 Loss to Damascus at Damascus in State Quarterfinals
**A very talented Sentinel squad would finish 9-2 on the year after losing to defending 2A State Champion Damascus at Damascus by 1 point. Damascus would go on to win back to back 2A State Championships that year. Fort Hill's only other loss on the year was another 1 point loss in double overtime to a stout Hedgesville squad. Oh, and Damascus' starting quarterback would go on to start at Penn State.
4) 1990 10-9 Loss to Damascus at Greenway in State Quarterfinals
**What a great, great Fort Hill team. 10-0 regular season, and obliterated most of their opponents, but Allegany, beating the Campers 7-0 the week before. Damascus kicker kicks a 40 plus yard field goal handing the Sentinels a 1 point playoff loss, and ending a season of high hopes prematurely. Big names on that Fort Hill roster, this game will still rip your guts out if you think about it.
3) 2011 Loss to Perryville at Greenway in State Semi-Finals
**This was the year, I mean this absolutely was the year that Fort Hill was going to finally get the monkey off their back and win a State Title after a 14 year drought. All the talent in the world, things looked so promising, and then Perryville rolled into town with that big ole quarterback. Lots of second guessing to this day about that game, but the bottom line, NOBODY expected this loss, NOBODY. Ugh.
2) 2009 35-14 Loss to Allegany in the West Region Finals at Greenway
**Everyone dreaded the year a super talented team that won Homecoming would get upset by the other City School in the playoff rematch, and then it happened. I literally left the game at Halftime to go to another game, I thought the Sentinels had it in the bag. And then, the injury, and then, the collapse. Can you call it anything other than a collapse...I don't know, Fort Hill people call it a collapse, but you have to give credit to Allegany..a bad situation was made doubly worse by the fact that is was Allegany.
1) 2008 20-19 Loss to Dunbar in the State Championship Game in Baltimore
**Tavon stretches across the line for the 2 point conversion victory. Dunbar rolls the dice but knowing they had the momentum at that point and the Greatest High School Running Back in Maryland History, opt to go for the win and not the tie. Of course, we all know Dunbar doesn't kick. This is the granddaddy of them all, Fort Hill had TAVON and the Poets beat, had it in the bag. But, as we already knew, you couldn't give Dunbar the ball with ANY TIME on the clock, even if they had to drive the length of the field. This one will forever sting, I can't talk about it anymore, lol.
10) 1991 21-17 Homecoming Loss to Allegany.
**Who could forget this memorable game. Fort Hill falls 4 points short of going 5-5 on the year, but most importantly, of beating would want end up being an 11-1 Allegany team that would go on to win the Class 2A State Championship over Middletown. This upset would have made the season for FH.
9) 2015 48-41 Loss to Keyser at Greenway.
**Honestly, many, myself included, might say that this loss was just what the Doctor ordered for the Sentinels to figure some things out and get their heads right, making it possible for them to go on and win 3 in a row. But, it's still a loss, and the only pock mark on what would be 55 straight victories. Plus, it's Keyser, who wants to lose to the neighbors?
8) 1994 30-15 Loss to Dunbar in the State Championship Game at Hagerstown
**Ali Culpepper (Syracuse) and Tommy Polley (Florida State and the NFL).......and turnovers, yep, that's all you need to remember. Dunbar just had that elite level talent, and the shame of it all is that the 1994 Fort Hill Sentinels were an unbelievably talented group themselves. This is the year of the biggest Homecoming crowd ever and the follow up playoff game that saw Fort Hill beat an INCREDIBLE Allegany team twice. This State Championship, had it been won, might have capped off would COULD HAVE BEEN considered the biggest season ever for the Sentinels, considering that Allegany was just so damn good as well.
7) 2010 20-14 Loss to Dunbar at Poly
**Who can forget that tiny quarterback from Dunbar literally getting thrown over the pile or pushed into the endzone in the waning seconds of this thriller in BMore. Personally I think the touchdown shouldn't have counted but the refs disagreed and Dunbar went on the next week to win another 1A title.
6) 1992 20-19 Loss to Walkersville in State Semi-Finals at Greenway
**In the mud, as I recall, Fort Hill's extra point attempt in overtime sails wide and Walkersville upends a very talented Fort Hill team. The Sentinels would finish 10-2 on the year with their other loss being by 1 point to Martinsburg at Martinsburg. Some great Senior leaders but also very talented Juniors and Sophomore Shannon Trimble led the Sentinels to a great season with a disappointing ending. Damascus would go on to defeat Walkersville for the 2A title. Damascus, as you will see, would knock Fort Hill out of the playoffs the next year by 1 point.
5) 1993 13-12 Loss to Damascus at Damascus in State Quarterfinals
**A very talented Sentinel squad would finish 9-2 on the year after losing to defending 2A State Champion Damascus at Damascus by 1 point. Damascus would go on to win back to back 2A State Championships that year. Fort Hill's only other loss on the year was another 1 point loss in double overtime to a stout Hedgesville squad. Oh, and Damascus' starting quarterback would go on to start at Penn State.
4) 1990 10-9 Loss to Damascus at Greenway in State Quarterfinals
**What a great, great Fort Hill team. 10-0 regular season, and obliterated most of their opponents, but Allegany, beating the Campers 7-0 the week before. Damascus kicker kicks a 40 plus yard field goal handing the Sentinels a 1 point playoff loss, and ending a season of high hopes prematurely. Big names on that Fort Hill roster, this game will still rip your guts out if you think about it.
3) 2011 Loss to Perryville at Greenway in State Semi-Finals
**This was the year, I mean this absolutely was the year that Fort Hill was going to finally get the monkey off their back and win a State Title after a 14 year drought. All the talent in the world, things looked so promising, and then Perryville rolled into town with that big ole quarterback. Lots of second guessing to this day about that game, but the bottom line, NOBODY expected this loss, NOBODY. Ugh.
2) 2009 35-14 Loss to Allegany in the West Region Finals at Greenway
**Everyone dreaded the year a super talented team that won Homecoming would get upset by the other City School in the playoff rematch, and then it happened. I literally left the game at Halftime to go to another game, I thought the Sentinels had it in the bag. And then, the injury, and then, the collapse. Can you call it anything other than a collapse...I don't know, Fort Hill people call it a collapse, but you have to give credit to Allegany..a bad situation was made doubly worse by the fact that is was Allegany.
1) 2008 20-19 Loss to Dunbar in the State Championship Game in Baltimore
**Tavon stretches across the line for the 2 point conversion victory. Dunbar rolls the dice but knowing they had the momentum at that point and the Greatest High School Running Back in Maryland History, opt to go for the win and not the tie. Of course, we all know Dunbar doesn't kick. This is the granddaddy of them all, Fort Hill had TAVON and the Poets beat, had it in the bag. But, as we already knew, you couldn't give Dunbar the ball with ANY TIME on the clock, even if they had to drive the length of the field. This one will forever sting, I can't talk about it anymore, lol.