Maryland
Patuxent Denies Dunbar Its 17th Maryland Football State Championship
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND – Compared to his previous games, Evan Blouir wasn’t overwhelming Friday. But, only one thing that mattered for the Patuxent (Md.) High standout: winning a championship.
Blouir capped his brilliant career in style as Patuxent defeated Paul Lawrence Dunbar, 8-6, in the Maryland Class 2A/1A state title game at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Blouir’s 71-yard touchdown pass to Keiden Gutierrez in the first quarter and a couple of key defensive stops was all the Panthers – ranked No. 11 in this week’s SI on High Schools Maryland Top 25, needed to win their first state championship and complete a perfect season (14-0).
Blouir, who will play for the Naval Academy next fall, finished with 220 total yards, about 200 yards below his average. The 6-foot-2 dual threat quarterback converted a pair of third downs, helping the Panthers run out the final 5 minutes and 32 seconds of regulation.
Nate Sands had a fumble recovery and Evan Jones added an interception for Patuxent, which denied No. 9 Dunbar five times inside its 30-yard line.
Coedae James rushed for 162 yards and a touchdown for the Poets (13-1), who had their 51-game winning streak snapped. The Baltimore City school, seeking its fourth straight 2A/1A title, failed to score three times inside the 10.
Dunbar 0 0 6 0 – 6
Patuxent 8 0 0 0 – 8
First quarter
Patuxent – Gutierrez 71-yard pass from Blouir (Blouir run)
Third quarter
Dunbar – James 18 run (pass failed)
Team Statstics
First downs – Dunbar 12, Patuxent 15
Rushing yards – Dunbar 177, Patuxent 129
Passing yards – Dunbar 138; Patuxent 106
Total yards – Dunbar 315, Patuxent 235
Offensive plays – Dunbar 49, Patuxent 46
Rushing – Dunbar (Coedae Jones 23-162, Savion Witherspoon 10-16, Team 1-minus 1; Patuxent (Evan Blouir 29-114, Evan Jones 3-15, Gutierrez 1-9, Team 1-minus 1
Passing – Dunbar (Witherspoon 9-15-1-138); Patuxent (Blouir 6-12-0, 106)
Receiving – Dunbar (Brian Collins 5-84, James 2-14, Jalen Gause 1-20, Samuel Eades 1-20); Patuxent (Jones 3-22, Guitierrez 2-76, Tayton Garvin 1-8)
Tackles – Dunbar (Darian Edmonds 7, Samuel Eades 5, Jabari Torbit 5, Eli Turpin 3; Patuxent (Duane Jack 11, Marques Reid 7, Garvin 6, Jordan Dargun 3)
Police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
The driver of a car involved in a crash with a Prince George’s County school bus in Accokeek, Maryland, on Friday has been identified.
Prince George’s County police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Bryans Road in Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive around 7:20 a.m. when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
Investigators said the crash happened in the intersection, causing the school bus to flip onto its side. Gravely died at the scene.
The school bus driver was transported to a hospital and treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Police said no students were on the bus at the time of the crash.
Investigators said they believe debris from the collision damaged a third vehicle. The driver of that vehicle “declined medical attention,” police said.
The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 301-731-4422.
WTOP’s Acacia James contributed to this report.
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A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Talk about a birthday surprise! A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Maurice Williams, a school bus driver in D.C., claimed the first top prize on a $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off. He had used his $50 winnings from a previous LUXE scratch-off ticket to buy a new one the next day.
In a release from the Maryland Lottery, Williams said he didn’t know he had won until he scanned the ticket: “It’s crazy because the matching number was 59 and I just turned 59 the other day.”
Williams said he sat in shock for a while before calling his mother.
He said he plans to buy his mother a house with the winnings and then save up.
Two more top prizes from the scratch-off have yet to be claimed, the Maryland Lottery said, as well as nine $200,000 prizes, 10 $50,000 prizes and thousands of prizes ranging from $50 to $10,000.
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