2008 Season Archives
1/26/2009
- Football
Ten
Fort Hill players named to All-Area First Team
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The 32-member first team chosen from nominations from area coaches has players
representing six schools. Maryland Class 1A runner-up Fort Hill has the most
first-teamers with 10.
1/23/2009
- Football
Fort
Hill tackle Caleb Morris named co-Defensive Player of the Year
CUMBERLAND, MD -
A pair of all-state defenders, Keyser linebacker Taige Redman and Fort Hill
tackle Caleb Morris, the co-recipients of the Pepsi-Cola Area High School Football
Defensive Player of the Year
1/17/2009
- Football
FH’s
Todd Appel named Area Coach of the Year
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Fort Hill’s Todd Appel the recipient of the Coca-Cola Golden Helmet High
School Football Coach of the Year Award.
1/16/2009
- Football
Marcus
Lashley named Area Offensive Player of the Year
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Fort Hill senior led area in rushing, scoring, Sentinels to region crown.
12/10/2008
- Football
Teams
like this one are one of a kind
Saturday’s
state championship game in Baltimore played out to be a once-in-a-lifetime game.
12/6/2008
- Football
Sentinels
lose a hearbreaker to Dunbar in the final seconds
BALTIMORE, MD -
Dunbar touchdown, two-point conversion with two seconds left beats Fort Hill,
20-19 in State Championship Game.
11/28/2008
- Football
Sentinels
dominate Joppatowne, 28-0, to advance to state title game
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Marcus Lashley pounded for 200 yards and a touchdown and the swarming Fort Hill
defense came up with four turnovers as the Sentinels shut out Joppatowne, 28-0,
Friday night to advance to the Maryland Class 1A championship game.
11/21/2008
- Football
Fort
Hill does it again, beats Alco 21-14
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The Fort Hill Sentinels proved they could run the ball against Allegany with
three long scoring drives and came up with big defensive stops in a 21-14 victory
over the Campers for the Maryland Class 1A West Region championship on a cold
and breezy Friday night.
11/14/2008 - Football
Fort
Hill roars past Boonsboro
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Marcus Lashley ran for two touchdowns and Eric Howser threw for two more as
top-seeded Fort Hill rolled to a 35-0 win over fourth-seeded Boonsboro in the
opening round of the Maryland State regional playoffs.
11/8/2008
- Football
HOMECOMING:
Fort Hill 26, Allegany 22
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Howser's one-yard sneak with 18 seconds to play wins instant classic for Sentinels.
11/8/2008
- Football
HOMECOMING:
Friendship wins the day for Fort Hill
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Hard work, faith and friendship. They all combined to produce a 26-22 Fort Hill
victory over Allegany Saturday afternoon at Greenway Avenue Stadium in one of
the most exciting games in the 80-game history of Fort Hill-Allegany football.
11/1/2008
- Football
Fort
Hill wins nailbiter over Mountain Ridge
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Mike Durr came up with the big play at the end of the first half, and Marcus
Lashley and Garrett Dolly did the same in the second as third-ranked Fort Hill
edged fourth-ranked Mountain Ridge, 24-21.
10/24/2008
- Football
Howser
passes FH over Northern, 42-7
ACCIDENT, MD - Fort
Hill showed the shotgun formation two weeks ago against Jefferson, but used
it as their base offense Friday night to pile up the yards and points in a 42-7
win over Northern.
10/17/2008
- Football
Fort
Hill over Douglass
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The Fort Hill Sentinels capitalized on Frederick Douglass mistakes and turned
in perhaps their best defensive performance of the season in a 14-12 victory
on Friday night at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
10/10/2008
- Football
FH
defense jams up Jefferson, 38-6
SHENANDOAH
JUNCTION, WV - Third-ranked Fort Hill used an oppressive pass rush and a diverse
offense to slug the Jefferson Cougars with a 38-6 pounding Friday night in Cougar
Stadium at Jefferson High School.
09/26/2008
- Football
FH
outlasts Cambridge, 36-28
CUMBERLAND,
MD - In a thrilling game that had a little bit of everything, it came down to
Fort Hill’s Sam Walker batting down a fourth-down pass in the closing
seconds to nail down the Sentinels’ 36-28 victory over Cambridge-South
Dorchester on a rainy Friday afternoon at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
09/19/2008
- Football
FH
wins by forfeit, Dunbar coach takes team off the field with the lead in protest
CUMBERLAND,
MD - An unusual ending led to familiar outcome Friday at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
Two exciting pass plays, one to start the game, and two textbook drives were
completely erased from existence when Fort Hill won the strangest game at Greenway
in over a decade, 2-0, by forfeit.
09/12/2008
- Football
TDs
in fourth lift Tornado over Sentinels 13-7
KEYSER,
WV - Jeremy Green had deeper pockets than Fort Hill’s defense when it
came down to big plays as the senior running back led Keyser to a 13-7 win over
the Sentinels Friday at Stayman Field.
09/5/2008
- Football
FH
comeback stops City, Sentinels’ rally to win Appel’s debut, 14-6
CUMBERLAND,
MD - In a game where Fort Hill had two touchdowns nullified by penalties, Sam
Walker got the one that counted when he scored on a 26-yard run with 3:36 left
as the Sentinels defeated Baltimore City College in Todd Appel’s debut
as head coach on a warm Friday night at Greenway Avenue.