Player of the Week: South River’s Jaden McDuffie
South River High School standout wide receiver Jaden McDuffie faced a solid double band throughout this past Friday night s championship against Hereford It wasn t like they were bracketing him Seahawks head coach Steve Erxleben revealed They lined up one guy right him and another five yards behind him It was like rec ball Literally they presumably should have used three Because while defenders were focused on McDuffie the Northwestern University recruit still managed to impact the event in every phase McDuffie caught three passes for yards and two touchdowns returned a short kickoff for a -yard touchdown returned a punt yards for a touchdown and on defense made four tackles and broke up three passes as South River improved to - with a - win For his efforts McDuffie was named the Military Bowl Touchdown Club High School Football Participant of the Week He s the best all-around athlete I ve ever had in years of coaching Erxleben noted He affects the championship so much as a defensive back as a receiver returning kicks You invariably have to worry about where Number is South River High School standout wide receiver Jaden McDuffie was named the Military Bowl Touchdown Club High School Football Performer of the Week Courtesy Crystal Shipley McDuffie enjoyed a breakout junior season in which in turn garnered plenty of attention from college coaches Erxleben mentioned that coaches from schools visited the Anne Arundel County school in May to recruit McDuffie and made scholarship offers McDuffie was held to two catches for yards in a season-opening - win over Randallstown and required to make more plays moving forward Consider that job done He felt like the first encounter wasn t up to his standard Erxleben announced Last year he was catching six or seven balls a challenge This year we have three really good receivers and there s one football Spreading the ball around is a challenge But what I reported my offensive coordinator is When it gets crunch time we re thinking players not plays and we re thinking No first This week s DC Touchdown Club Honor Roll D C Ballou DL Ryheem Benton made eight tackles with five sacks and three tackles for loss and broke up three passes as the Knights beat Phelps - FREDERICK Walkersville RB Colton Amoriell rushed times for yards and four touchdowns as the Lions beat South Carroll - HOWARD Howard RB OLB Darius Moore rushed times for yards and one touchdown scored a -point conversion made three tackles for loss and returned an interception yards for a touchdown as the Lions beat Reservoir - LOUDOUN Loudoun County RB Montez Dyson rushed times for yards and two touchdowns as the Captains beat Millbrook - MONTGOMERY Richard Montgomery QB Dylan Webster completed of passes for yards and five touchdowns as the Rockets beat Kennedy - NORTHERN REGION Thomas Jefferson DB Liam Brougham made four tackles broke up three passes and returned an interception yards as time expired to lift the Colonials to a - win over Stonewall Jackson The interception came after Jefferson blocked a anticipated game-winning field goal and a Stonewall Jackson player picked up the ball and tried to pass it PRINCE GEORGE S Suitland LB Sai Quan Olfus made tackles with three tackles for loss and returned two fumbles for touchdowns as the Rams beat Northwestern - PRINCE WILLIAM Battlefield WR DB Keaton Ramey caught two passes for yards made six tackles on defense and returned a kickoff yards for a touchdown with less than seconds remaining as the Bobcats pulled out a stunning - win over South Lakes their th consecutive regular season success PRIVATE Severn QB Ty Bussard completed of passes for yards and six touchdowns as the Admirals beat St John s Catholic Prep - SOUTHERN MARYLAND Westlake LB Amari Compton-Jones made tackles with sacks and intercepted a pass as the Wolverines beat Leonardtown - WCAC Carroll RB TK Davis rushed eight times for yards and three touchdowns as the Lions beat Bell - Source
