1/24/12
- Football
Dylan
Clay and Austin Lee win All-Area top honors
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Fort Hill back Dylan Clay takes Times-News Area Offensive Player of The Year
Award, Mountain Ridge safety Jarrod Harper shares Defensive Player of The Year
Award with Sentinel linebacker Austin Lee.
1/21/12
- Football
Garrett
Clay runs away with Area Player of The Year Award
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Fort Hill senior finished with 1,931 rushings yards, 30 TDs, all area bests,
as he led Sentinels to 12-1 record.
11/26/2011
- Football
Perryville
wins battle of unbeatens, 20-14
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Unbeaten Perryville overcame five turnovers, stopped the vaunted Fort Hill ground
attack to knock off the Sentinels, 20-14 in overtime, in a Class 1A state semifinal
game.
11/18/2011
- Football
Best
in the West: Sentinels beat pesky Boonsboro 26-7
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Garrett Clay was unstoppable, the offense scored four unanswered touchdowns,
and the defense refused to take a back seat to anyone in a 26-7 victory over
Boonsboro for the Class 1A West Region championship.
11/11/2011
- Football
FH
passes Brunswick test
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Dylan Clay did just about everything, the defense passed another test and the
Fort Hill Sentinels moved a step closer to their ultimate goal with a 49-27
victory over Brunswick in their Class 1A West Region semifinal.
11/5/2011
- Football (Homecoming)
Clays
run by Campers
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Garrett Clay and Dylan Clay were at it again, terrorizing an Allegany defense
for the second year in a row, running every which way to the end zone playing
a combined five positions.
11/5/2011
- Football (Homecoming)
FH
overpowers Allegany 50-7 to set Homecoming record
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The Fort Hill Sentinels beat Allegany in a Homecoming landslide, 50-7.
10/28/2011
- Football
Fort
Hill runs over Mountain Ridge
FROSTBURG, MD -
Garrett Clay rushed for 289 yards and four touchdowns on 15 carries and the
undefeated and top-ranked Fort Hill Sentinels unloaded on the previously undefeated
and second-ranked Mountain Ridge Miners in most every facet to come out of snowy
Frostburg with a 41-0 victory.
10/21/2011
- Football
FH
cruises over Carrick, 51-8
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Unbeaten and top-ranked Fort Hill made short work of Pittsburgh’s Carrick
Raiders, scoring 30 first-quarter points on its way to a 51-8 victory.
10/14/2011
- Football
Sentinels
sizzle in 62-6 win over Southern
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Top-ranked and undefeated Fort Hill gained first downs on half of their offensive
plays, 15 to 30, piling up 424 yards in overwhelming Southern, 62-6, Friday
night at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
10/8/2011
- Football
FH
routs MATHS
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The undefeated Fort Hill Sentinels won their sixth game in a row with a 54-0
victory over the Maryland Academy of Technology and Health Sciences (MATHS)
of Baltimore Saturday night at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
9/30/2011
- Football
Fort
Hill blanks Ligonier Valley
LIGONIER, PA - Playing
on grass for the first time this season, the Sentinels (5-0) struggled at times
to hold onto the football but eventually found a way to run away from the host
Rams.
9/24/2011
- Football
Sentinels
stifle Taylor Allderdice
PITTSBURGH, PA -
Fort Hill jumped quickly to a two-touchdown lead, then fought off the Taylor
Allderdice Dragons through a physical first half, before turing the tables defensively
in the second half to leave George Cupples Stadium with a 27-9 win.
9/17/2011
- Football
Fort
Hill runs wild in 50-13 win over Perry Traditional
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The Sentinels ran right. They ran left. They ran up the middle. They did as
they pleased behind outstanding line play from start to finish in a 50-13 drubbing
of the defending and 16-time Pittsburgh City champion Commodores.
9/9/2011
- Football
Sentinels
shut out Keyser
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The Fort Hill backs used their tremendous speed to turn what coach Todd Appel
described as “simple plays” into big ones and the defense spun another
shutout as the Sentinels ran over Keyser, 42-0.
9/2/2011
- Football
Fort
Hill cuts down Silver Oak
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The Fort Hill offense got to show off its vast array of weapons and the offense
was able to slow down the Silver Oak Academy speed in opening the season with
a 43-0 rout as the Sentinels ran over the Rams on a humid Friday night at Greenway
Avenue Stadium.
1/17/2011
- Football
Garrett
Clay named Area Offensive Player of The Year
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Garrett Clay is the recipient of the 2010 Morton W. Peskin Sr. Memorial Award
as the Area Offensive Player of the Year. The Fort Hill running back rushed
for an area-best 1,434 yards and 20 TDs.
1/17/2011
- Football
Fort
Hill's Todd Appel named Coach of the Year
CUMBERLAND, MD -
For the second time in his three seasons on the job, Fort Hill head coach Todd
Appel is the Coca-Cola Golden Helmet High School Football Coach of the Year.
1/16/2011
- Football
Fort
Hill’s Garrett Dolly named Area Player of The Year
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Garrett Dolly is the recipient of the Cumberland Times-News Area High School
Football Player of the Year. The senior end, linebacker led the Sentinels to
nine wins and a region championship.
12/23/2010
- Football
Dolly
named First Team All-State, others receive Honorable Mention
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Sentinel LB Garrett Dolly has been named First Team All-State on Maryland's
Small School squad. Dolly led the Sentinels in tackles all three years he played
at Fort Hill.
11/27/2010
- Football
Dunbar
denies Fort Hill in final seconds
BALTIMORE, MD -
Quarterback Kevin Estep sneaks into the end zone with three seconds left on
the clock to give Dunbar a 20-14 victory over Fort Hill Saturday afternoon in
the Maryland Class 1A semifinals at Baltimore Poly’s Lumsden-Scott Stadium.
11/19/2010
- Football
Sentinels
shut down Miners, 25-0, win West Region
FROSTBURG, MD -
The dominating Fort Hill defense allowed only a total of 76 yards with its sixth
shutout of the season as the second seeded Sentinels defeated top-seed Mountain
Ridge, 25-0, for the Maryland Class 1A West Region championship Friday night
at Mountain Ridge Stadium.
11/12/2010
- Football
FH
rolls over Smithsburg
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The speedy Clay brothers did it again, as Garrett Clay scored four touchdowns
in leading second-seeded Fort Hill to a 42-6 win over third-seeded Smithsburg
in the first round of the Class 1A playoffs Friday night.
11/6/2010
- Football
Sentinels
streak past Campers, win Homecoming 47-21
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The special teams were special, the defense came up with some key turnovers
and the Fort Hill Sentinels were able to get the ball in the hands of their
speed players as they exploded in the second half to rout Allegany 47-21 in
the annual Homecoming Game.
11/6/2010
- Football
Fort
Hill doubles its pleasure with Clay brothers
CUMBERLAND, MD -
In Fort Hill’s explosive Homecoming victory Dylan Clay diced the Campers
for 126 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries, while his twin Garrett Clay ran
over, through and around the Allegany defense for 97 yards and three touchdowns
on 13 carries in being named co-Offensive Player of the Game along with his
brother.
10/29/2010
- Football
Fort
Hill storms back to defeat Mountain Ridge
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Garrett Clay scored a pair of touchdowns and Joe Howser delivered in the clutch
and scored the go-ahead touchdown as second-ranked Fort Hill rode a big second
half to beat top-ranked Mountain Ridge, 20-16.
10/23/2010
- Football
TJ
wins a thriller
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Fort Hill was 45 seconds, and one yard away from a chance to knock off a Class
4A Thomas Johnson team, but the Patriots’ defense came up with the biggest
stop of the night on fourth-and-one with their backs against the wall to beat
the Sentinels 21-17.
10/15/2010
- Football
Clay,
FH pound Southern, 25-0
OAKLAND, MD - Second-ranked
Fort Hill gave fifth-ranked Southern a giant dose of Garrett Clay on offense
and a smothering defense posted its fifth shutout of the year in a 25-0 win
on a damp, chilly night at Southern.
10/8/2010
- Football
Fort
Hill spreads wealth, slaughters Jefferson 59-0
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION,
WV - Fort Hill scored at will and prevented winless Jefferson from doing much
of anything at will as the Sentinels easily won their second game in a row,
59-0, Friday during the Jefferson Homecoming game.
10/1/2010
- Football
Fort
Hill routs MATHS
CUMBERLAND, MD -
A 28-point second quarter leads Fort Hill to a 42-0 victory over the Maryland
Academy of Technology and Health Sciences (MATHS) Friday night at Greenway Avenue
Stadium.
9/24/2010
- Football
Martinsburg
pulls away from Fort Hill, 42-10
MARTINSBURG, WV
- Running back David Gladden scored three touchdowns and the Martinsburg Bulldogs
took advantage of Fort Hill mistakes to defeat the Sentinels, 42-10, Friday
night at Coburn Field.
9/17/2010
- Football
Mount
St. Joseph late TD pass stuns FH, 14-10
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Quarterback Craig Constabile fired a perfect strike to Angelo Deshields in the
corner of the end zone with just 1:22 to play to send the Gaels of Baltimore
to a 14-10 win over Fort Hill Friday night at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
9/11/2010
- Football
Defense
dominates as FH shuts out Keyser, 24-0
KEYSER, WV - Fort
Hill rushed for 248 yards and used a stingy performance by the defense in helping
the Sentinels shut out Keyser, 24-0, Saturday at Alumni Field at Tornado Alley.
9/3/2010
- Football
21-point
third quarter leads to 35-0 win over Surrattsville
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The Sentinels, up 14-0 after a bit of a lethargic first half, scored three touchdowns
in the third quarter and dominated the second half in a 35-0 victory over Surrattsville
on a warm, breezy opening night Friday at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
8/18/2010
- Football
Queen
City Quad Saturday at Greenway
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The Fort Hill Sentinels will host the second Queen City Quad Football Classic
Saturday at Greenway Avenue Stadium, beginning at 3 p.m., with proceeds benefitting
The League for Crippled Children.
1/3/2010
- Football
Vincent
honored as area's best defensive player
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Fort Hill senior lineman also named second-team all-state, defensive POY of
Homecoming.
11/20/2009
- Football
Alco
rally shocks FH, 35-14
CUMBERLAND, MD -
In probably the biggest turnaround in the long series, the second-seeded Allegany
Campers came back from a 14-0 deficit to roll over the top-seeded an previously
unbeaten Fort Hill Sentinels, 35-14, for the Maryland Class 1A West Region championship
Friday night at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
11/13/2009
- Football
FH
rolls easily over Smithsburg, 45-0
CUMBERLAND, MD -
In a game that Fort Hill head coach Todd Appel described as a chance for just
about everybody on the team “to get a piece of the pie,” the top-seeded
and unbeaten Sentinels rolled over No. 4 Smithsburg, 45-0, Friday night at Greenway
Avenue Stadium.
11/7/2009
- Football
HOMECOMING:
Fort Hill's big plays, defense beat Alco
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The talent-laden Fort Hill defense shut down almost everything the potent Allegany
offense tried and the top-ranked unbeaten Sentinels beat the Campers on a perfect
Saturday afternoon for football at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
11/7/2009
- Football
HOMECOMING:
Defenses rule at Greenway
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Two big runs. Two tough defenses. One big win and a perfect regular season for
the Fort Hill Sentinels.
10/30/2009
- Football
Loaded
Fort Hill rolls over Mountain Ridge
FROSTBURG, MD -
The top-ranked and unbeaten Fort Hill Sentinels showed they have a lot of weapons
in their bag of tricks with a resounding 51-7 victory over No. 5 Mountain Ridge
Friday night at Miners’ Stadium.
10/23/2009
- Football
Sentinels
shut out Thomas Johnson 12-0
FREDERICK, MD -
On a rainy Friday night in Frederick, the Sentinels used a dominating defense
to beat Class 4A Thomas Johnson 12-0 in the muddy trenches.
10/17/2009
- Football
Fort
Hill rolls past Southern
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Top-ranked Fort Hill did all it needed to do in the first half to build a 35-0
lead, then waited out the second on a running clock and remained unbeaten with
a 35-0 victory over the Rams Saturday evening at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
10/9/2009
- Football
Fort
Hill rips Jefferson
CUMBERLAND, MD -
On a breast cancer awareness night with his players wearing pink wrist bands,
Fort Hill head coach Todd Appel had to be tickled pink with the all-around play
of the unbeaten top-ranked Sentinels in a 55-7 rout over Jefferson on a rainy
and windy Friday night at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
10/3/2009
- Football
FH
slams Silver Oak
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Kwam Kassim scored a pair of first-quarter touchdowns and top-ranked Fort Hill
substituted freely from the get-go in a 49-6 victory over Silver Oak Academy
in high school football Saturday night at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
9/26/2009
- Football
Fort
Hill mauls Bulldogs
CUMBERLAND, MD -
Sentinels roll, 41-14, in battle of unbeatens.
9/19/2009
- Football
Lee
leads Fort Hill to 22-12 win over Mount St. Joseph
CUMBERLAND, MD -
In a battle between two top 25 teams in the state, the Sentinels prevailed 22-12
over Mount St. Joseph of Baltimore with Devin Lee running for a touchdown, throwing
for a touchdown and picking off a pair of passes.
9/12/2009
- Football
FH's
fast start KO's Keyser
CUMBERLAND, MD -
The quick-strike Sentinels, with seven plays covering more than 20 yards in
the first half, built a commanding 26-0 lead and beat Keyser 29-8, in front
of a near full house at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
9/6/2009
- Football
Fort
Hill shuts down Surrattsville
CLINTON, MD - Dakota
Welsh ran for 164 yards and Colton Sibley scored a pair of touchdowns as Fort
Hill kicked off its season with a dominating 37-15 victory over over Surrattsville
on a sunny, hot Saturday afternoon.
8/20/2009
- Football
An
early look into Queen City Quad Classic
Thank God it's Football,
and to get the season rolling, the Fort Hill Sentinels will host a four-team
football scrimmage this Saturday, Aug. 22 at Greenway Avenue Stadium with the
Queen City Quad Preseason Classic to benefit The League for Crippled Children.
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.