Marty O'Brien

Like a shiny red car, four-star football recruit Messiah Delhomme chose the University of Maryland as his collegiate destination on Saturday based on comfort, size and reliability.

York’s Amy Hunter and Poquoson’s Page Yarbrough have risen from legendary athletes at their alma maters, to highly respected coaches in their best sports, to stewards of athletic tradit…

Lafayette returns so many who either started or saw significant playing time they are the odds-on favorite to reclaim the district title they've been denied only twice since 2012.

Aside from a Nov. 2 clash with Warwick likely to decide the PD title, Phoebus is poised for an all-but-inevitable march to the state semifinals.

Green Run is riding a 33-game Beach District regular-season winning streak and has won three consecutive district titles heading into its opener against Tallwood at home.

More than half of the 757Teamz top 15 high school football teams, eight in all, debut on Friday.

"The goal is always to expose our kids to the best competition," Phantoms coach Jeremy Blunt said recently, noting win streaks mean less than preparing them for postseason play.

The Phantoms won in dominant fashion, outgaining the Springers 306 yards to 68. Phoebus outgained the Springers 194 yards to 4 on the ground.

"I would expect when something like that is going on in the city, they want to make sure everyone is safe at any venue," Menchville coach Rodney Taylor said.

“It makes it tough to operate, for sure, when you’re on your third-string quarterback,” CNU coach Paul Crowley said. “That’s a challenging (Johns Hopkins) defense to g…