DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) vs. Phoebus (Hampton, Va.)
DeMatha and Phoebus will take the field in a stellar public vs. private matchup. DeMatha enters nationally ranked.
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DeMatha has 16 returning starters and appears poised for a return to the top of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference – a league the Stags dominated with 14 championships between 1991 and 2008. A duo of future Big Ten runners headline DeMatha's offense. Wisconsin recruit
Taiwan Deal, a 6-2, 225-pound thumper, and jet-quick 5-7, 185-pounder
Mark Allen (Penn State) form a thunder-and-lightning backfield that will be hard for any defense to stop.
At the same time that DeMatha was racking up WCAC titles, Phoebus was busy accumulating Virginia state championships. The Phantoms won seven titles between 2001 and 2011, and currently are tied for the seventh-most wins (70) among all teams nationwide since 2008. First-year full-time head coach Jeremy Blunt's squad got a big boost in the offseason with the arrival of talented senior running back
Marshawn Williams, a transfer from archrival Hampton.
Mitch Stephens: Phoebus 35, DeMatha 28
Kevin Askeland: Phoebus 42, DeMatha 35
Jamie DeMoney: DeMatha 31, Phoebus 27
Stephen Spiewak: DeMatha 24, Phoebus 21
Leland Gordon: DeMatha 27, Phoebus 17
Colin Ward-Henninger: DeMatha 21, Phoebus 20
