Week 7 football scores: Rebels pull away from Wildcats

Week 7 of the Washington County football season is complete. Here’s what happened:

Saturday’s game

Maret 51, Saint James 21

Roman Jensen passed for four touchdowns and ran for two scores, leading the Frogs (7-0) past the host Saints (3-3) in the Mid-Atlantic Conference opener for both teams.

For Saint James, the two-time reigning MAC champion, Jayden Yates had three TD passes, all to freshman Marcello Anderson.

Maret went up 8-0 with 8:47 left in the first quarter as Jensen connected with Sam Greenspan for a 7-yard score and then passed to Grayson Reid for the two-point conversion.

The Saints answered five minutes later. Yates threw a 16-yard TD pass to Anderson and Kevin Brown kicked his first of three extra points, making it an 8-7 game.

The Frogs extended their lead to 15-7 with 10:22 left in the second quarter on a 38-yard TD pass from Jensen to Joey Johnston.

Less than two minutes later, on the first play after an interception, Jensen passed to DJ Hill for a 49-yard score, upping the advantage to 22-7.

The Saints cut it to 22-14 with 5:34 left in second quarter on Yates’ 37-yard TD pass to Anderson.

With 17 seconds left in the opening half, Jensen scored on a 2-yard run, giving Maret a 29-14 lead at the break.

The Frogs put the game away in the third quarter with three straight touchdowns. Dom Santoiemma scored on a 4-yard run and Jensen scored on a 2-yard run, before passing to Johnston for a 61-yard TD to make it 51-14.

With 5:26 left in the game, Yates threw a 14-yard TD to Anderson to complete the scoring.

Friday's games

South Hagerstown 43, Williamsport 14

Lance Ford threw for a touchdown and ran for another, Andre Cooper ran for two scores and the Rebels (3-4) pulled away from the Wildcats (2-5).

South's secondary picked off five Williamsport passes, including a pair by Damon Breland. The Rebels outscored Williamsport 22-0 in the second half after a back-and-forth first half.

"We were a little sloppy tonight early, but we went into halftime and made some adjustments, made some adjustments in between series, and the guys responded," said Rebels coach Juwuane Sandridge.

Ford opened the scoring with a 27-yard TD run for a 7-0 South lead early in the first quarter.

Corry Nelson broke a 48-yard run on the Wildcats' possession, but the drive stalled in the red zone and Williamsport missed a 30-yard field goal.

The Wildcats got the ball back on a Ceonta Wilmore interception, one of two for Williamsport, and a 37-yard pass from Nolan Raley to Talan Lawhorne led to Corry Nelson's 6-yard TD run early in the second quarter. The extra point was blocked as South stayed in front, 7-6.

The Wildcats' low, driven kickoff went off a Rebels player and Williamsport recovered. But Michael Young intercepted a Williamsport pass, the Rebels marched with their ground game and Cahauri Alford scored from the 2 midway through the second quarter. The conversion attempt failed and South settled for a 13-6 lead.

Williamsport answered with the longest play of the night, a 90-yard TD pass from Raley to Wilmore with 5:02 left in the half. Nelson ran in the conversion to give the Wildcats a 14-13 lead.

Jordan Wigfall picked off a South pass, but the Rebels' defense came up with a sack and forced a short punt. Cooper capped South's drive with a 2-yard score, Ford ran in the conversion and the Rebels had a 21-14 lead 27 seconds before halftime.

Cooper added an 8-yard TD run early in the third quarter, giving South a 28-14 lead.

Breland's first interception, in the front of the end zone, ended a Williamsport scoring chance at the end of the third period. The Wildcats drove into Rebels territory again midway through the final quarter, but I'Rayvion Hart came up with a pick.

On fourth-and-4, JoJo Davis broke through the middle for a back-breaking 49-yard score that gave South a 35-14 lead with 5:45 left.

"We had a game plan that we weren't executing in the beginning," Sandridge said. "We focused and were able to pull it out. It was a tough-fought win. Those guys fight hard every single week."

After Breland's second interception, the Rebels drew the ire of Williamsport on their final drive in the closing minutes of the game. With the outcome decided, South kept its starters in and kept throwing. Ford hit Breland with a 45-yard TD pass with 1:10 left, and South lined up for the extra point. However, Ford took a high snap and rolled right, throwing to Breland for the conversion to close the scoring.

Brunswick 48, North Hagerstown 14

After racking up 114 points during a two-game win streak, the Hubs’ high-scoring run came to a halt at Brunswick.

Ethan Houck had three touchdown passes and ran for another score as the Railroaders improved to 6-1.

North (3-4) trailed 19-0 at the end of the first quarter, but got back into the game in the second.

Hubs quarterback Luke Kercheval connected with his favorite target, fellow senior Ryder Johnston, in the left corner of the end zone for a 9-yard score, cutting the deficit to 19-7 with 10:59 left in the second period.

North quickly got the ball back on an interception by JJ Butts, and with 5:32 remaining in the half, made it a 19-14 game on a 13-yard TD pass from Kercheval to Xavier Colbert.

Brunswick extended its lead to 25-14 on a 19-yard TD run by Houck with 1:58 left in the half.

After the Hubs fumbled away the ensuing kickoff, Houck passed to Jake Genos for a 32-yard score, putting the Railroaders up 32-14 at halftime.

DJ Williams scored on a pair of short runs as Brunswick continued to pull away in the third quarter, upping the lead to 45-14.

A 38-yard field goal by Sam Verosto completed the scoring with 4:16 left in the game.

The Railroaders had three touchdowns in the first quarter, scoring on a 26-yard run by Ben Wells, a 5-yard pass from Houck to Payton Dean and a 20-yard pass from Houck to Genos.

Wells finished with 191 yards rushing on 18 carries, while Houck went 8-of-12 passing for 111 yards.

Kercheval completed 20 of 34 passes for 231 yards, Johnston had eight catches for 98 yards, and Luke Bragunier led the Hubs on the ground, rushing for 56 yards on 20 carries. Bragunier also recovered a fumble on defense.

Catoctin 24, Smithsburg 18

The Cougars (3-4) scored on a diving catch of a long pass to the front of the end zone with two minutes left and edged the Leopards (3-4).

Smithsburg had taken an 18-17 lead two minutes earlier on Carter Nesbitt's quarterback keeper.

Catoctin led 14-12 at halftime and extended its lead with a field goal.

Nesbitt opened the scoring with a 5-yard TD pass to Ayden Weakfall early in the first quarter, giving Smithsburg a 6-0 lead after the conversion failed.

The Cougars answered with a long scoring pass and an extra point for a 7-6 lead later in the opening period. Catoctin made it 14-6 with another score on the first play of the second quarter.

Smithsburg answered right back when Ashton Redman took a handoff around the left end for a long scoring run. The conversion failed again and the Leopards trailed 14-12.

Hancock 28, Hundred 22 (2OT)

The Panthers (1-5) snapped a 15-game losing streak, topping the visiting Hornets (2-5) in double overtime on homecoming.

It was Hancock’s first win since beating Hundred (W.Va.) 46-8 on Oct. 26, 2021.

Boonsboro 28, Southern-Anne Arundel 7

The Warriors improved their county-best record to 5-2 with a road win over the Bulldogs (2-4).

Riverdale Baptist 57, Clear Spring 0

The state-ranked Crusaders (4-3) were too much for the host Blazers (2-5) in the teams’ first matchup.

This article originally appeared on The Herald-Mail: Washington County Week 7 football live updates and recaps