Montgomery Community Media

1. Elrich Becomes County Executive Voters roared in 2016, passing term limits on County Council members and the county executive. In 2018, the voters continued to roar. First, in the Democratic primary, voters winnowed a list of 38 candidates down to four in the council’s at-large race. Next, voters chose Marc Elrich as their party’s choice […]

Damascus’ varsity football team maintained its winning streak last night, beating Century High School 42-3. The varsity team’s victory came as the school and the community dealt with the fallout from rape allegations involving the junior varsity team. During the day on Friday, the school received a “concerning call,” threatening administrators if the varsity game […]

Update, 6 p.m.: Montgomery County police said Monday evening that detectives are investigating the death of Tyler Steven Terry, 17, of Gaithersburg. About 7:48 a.m. Monday, Jan. 29, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue personnel responded to a community basketball court located in the area of Hillstone Road and Timber Rock Road in Gaithersburg for the […]

For the third year in a row, the Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets have won the Maryland state championship in football. They defeated the Gwynn Park Yellow Jackets, 31-7, Saturday night at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Damascus stretches their win record to 42 straight games. The Swarmin’ Hornets received the kickoff and scored with a […]

The Wise Pumas took home the state 4A championship trophy with a 38-20 win over the Quince Orchard Cougars on Friday night. The football game was played on the first night of December at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. From the start, it was a hard fought game. With just seconds left in the […]

The undefeated Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets will play for the 2A state championship game. This will be their fourth year in a row they are in the state championship. On Friday night, Damascus beat Glenelg in the semi-final game, 42-7. Damascus will play Gwynn Park for the state title on Dec. 2nd at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial […]

High School Football in Montgomery County is nearing its conclusion as both Damascus and Quince Orchard advance to their respective class semi-final rounds.  Damascus plays at home against Glenelg of Howard County and Quince Orchard takes to the road to visit North Point in Waldorf, Maryland.  Thursday’s Turkey bowl games aside it’s showdown time on […]

The Quince Orchard high School varsity football team hosts the Northwest Jaguars in the Cougar Dome in Gaithersburg for the 4A West regional championship game Friday night, Nov. 17. Northwest scores first with minutes left in the first quarter, making the score 0-7, Northwest. Northwest stops QO’s ground game and at the end of the […]

Saturday November 4th Burtonsville, Maryland Gonzaga vs St. Johns at Paint Branch High School The game between the Eagles of Gonzaga and the Cadets of St. Johns began with a blocked punt resulting in a safety for St. Johns. After the free kick the Cadets marched down the field and scored to make it 9-0 […]

The Wootton Patriots travelled to Damascus to meet the undefeated Damascus Swarmin Hornets for Friday night football under the lights. Wootton scored first with a touchdown pass from quarterback Grant Saylor to Elijah Trent with 7:40 left in the first quarter, making the score 7-0, Wootton. By the end of the first quarter, Damascus scored […]