Week two of the SMAC Football season brought much excitement and is beginning to show the balance of power among the league.

Calvert (1-1) got a hard-fought victory 14-7 over a Great Mills Hornets (1-1) team that scored 47 points against Thomas Stone just a week earlier. After a scoreless first quarter, the Cavaliers scored on a three yard TD run by CJ Cannon. Just before the half, Jordan Hurt hooked up with Smith on a 75 yard TD strike tying the score at seven. Ray Hayes capped off the scoring with the game winning 2 yard TD run in the fourth quarter. Hayes finished the day with 75 yards on 22 carries for Calvert.

Huntingtown (2-0) rolled again in week two over Northern (0-2) 35-6. The Hurricanes have outscored their opponents 76-12 in the first two games, and were led again by their senior QB Justin Bittner, who finished the game 8 of 14 for 153 yards passing and 3 passing TD’s. Two of those were to Gabe Stewart including a 56 yarder and the other was an 18 yard strike to David Riddle. Davonte Fletcher led all rushers with 105 yards rushing on 13 carries and two TD’s. Andrew Bose got the other score on a 4 yard run and added 12 tackles on defense.

Despite only completing one of 12 passes all game McDonough (2-0) knocked off Westlake (1-1) 24-14 as their QB Aquil Michaux made up for the lack of a passing attack with two rushing TD’s. Justin Brooks led all rushers for McDonough with 82 yards on 18 carries.

In a very physical and penalty filled game, Patuxent (2-0) beat Leonardtown (1-1) 41-0. QB Ed ‘Goose’ Massengill led the Panthers with 3 passing TD’s completing 12 of 15 for 180 yards. Papa John’s Player Colin Gantt caught two TD’s and Tyler Austin caught the other. Patuxent also scored on the ground twice with Jordan Haines and Rafiq Douglas hitting pay dirt. The Patuxent defense has not allowed a point in their first two games.

The final game of the weekend took place in Brandywine on Saturday as the Chopticon Braves (1-1) traveled to Gwynn Park (1-1). The Yellow Jackets had a 16 game regular season winning streak stopped by a powerful Braves defense. 16 seconds into the game DB Sterling Miles jumped the route and streaked 37 yards down the sideline for a pick six. After tying the score on a 3 yard passing TD from QB Zach Jefferson to Brandon Banks, the Braves won the field position battle before finally putting up an offensive TD on a one yard QB keeper by Cody Douglas. Terhan Watson led the defense in the second half with a 45 yard interception return for a TD. Gwynn Park’s player of the game Brandon Banks picked off Douglas and scored from 75 yards out to make the final score close at 21-14. Chopticon’s Papa John’s Co-Players of the game were Nick Landavazo and Sterling Miles.

The Baynet would like to thank Tina Clary and Sandy Verasko for help with the photos in this article.
 
OTHER GAMES
Archbishop Carroll   50    St Mary’s Ryken   6
North Point             34    Lackey               13
LaPlata                  13    Thomas Stone       6
 
 
THIS WEEK’S GAMES (all Thurs Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. unless noted)
 
Landstown at Great Mills
La Plata at Westlake
Mc Donough at North Point
Patuxent at Calvert
Lackey at Thomas Stone
Leonardtown at Northern