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Volume 2 Issue 44 - Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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Golden Elks stun Tigers in 2nd-round clash as injuries, weather clouds contest Photo by Duane Goldsmith
By Victor Hensley
RISING SUN, MD - When the MPSSAA 2A-1A football playoff bracket came out a couple of weeks ago, the potential of an Elkton-Rising Sun second-round matchup had everyone circling Nov. 11 on their calendars, including each team’s coaching staff.
Because no matter the weather, venue, record or situation, one thing’s for certain when the Golden Elks and Tigers clash: regardless of the outcome, it’s going to be a knock-down, drag-out fight. As expected, this time was no different. Last Friday, the No. 4 Elkton Golden Elks (6-5)
made the 16-mile trek to Rising Sun, where it upset the top-seeded Tigers (6-4) in a 27-19 stunner, earning their fourth win over their cross-county rival in two seasons and knocking them out of the postseason for the second-straight year. “Those guys are tough, man,” said Matt Feeney, the Golden Elks’ head
coach, when asked about his opponent. “It’s cliché and all, but I just tip the cap to those guys. That’s just a really, really hard-nosed football team. And we were glad to get out of there with a win because it could’ve gone either way.” The weather was just the icing on the cake for a game that was already go-
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ing to be a gritty one. But playing on a slippery, muddy field with rain and wind to boot meant that the winning team was likely going to need to find success on the ground to pull it out. Early on, it seemed that was exactly what Rising Sun wanted. The Tigers con-
trolled the game for most of the first half, hopping out to a 10-0 lead to start things off. They were a couple of plays away from a potential touchdown at the end of the second quarter, but a couple of ill-advised mistakes forced them to kick a field goal for the 10-point halftime lead. continued on A-4
Panthers upset Green Street 17-16 in 2nd-round
By Victor Hensley
BALTIMORE, MD - There haven't been too many games this season where Perryville has had to fight tooth and nail to eke out a win. They haven’t been met with too many teams that run hard, play defense even harder and elect to punt only in the most dire of situations. But, regardless of the unfamiliar territory, the Panthers (7-4) didn’t miss a
beat in their trip to Baltimore, upsetting the Green Street Academy Chargers (4-4) in a one-point road win, 17-16, last Saturday in the second round of the MPSSAA 1A state playoffs. With the win, Perryville punched its ticket to the state quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. “This was good because we really hadn’t had an opportunity to face adcontinued on A-6