Maryland Crab Bowl Begins Selecting Players for All-Star Game

by Jeff Fisher
Maryland High School Football Huddle

Maryland Crab Bowl officials sent-out official invites to players for its third annual post-season all-star football game scheduled for December 18th at Bowie State University.

With the help of the Maryland Football Coaches Association, the Maryland Crab Bowl issued 44 invites yesterday with 45 more expected to be sent-out by October 1st.  The final rosters for the game between high school football stars from Baltimore and Washington should be set by November 1st.

JC Pickney of Douglass will coach the Washington team this year, while Brian Van Deusen of River Hill will coach the Baltimore squad.

Below are the first batch of invitees...

Baltimore-area players

Gabriel Ali-El, Poly
Adrian Amos, Calvert Hall
Marquise Bannister, Eastern Tech
Brandon Bayer, North Harford
Ben Curtis, Calvert Hall
Vince DePaola, Hereford
Leo Eades, Dunbar
Travon Garrett, Dunbar
Hunter Goodwin, Gilman
Luke Ilardo, Loyola
Darius Jennings, Gilman
Devonte Jones, Mount St. Joseph
Marco Jones, Boys’ Latin
Brent Kluge, River Hill
Tyler Krug, Westminster
Dan McManus, Eastern Tech
Colin Osborne, Glenelg
Donovan Smith, Owings Mills
KK Smith, Archbishop Spalding
Paul Taylor, Poly
Tyler Weedon, Catonsville

Players from outside the Baltimore area

DeAndre Smith Wise
Tyjae Blackwell, Wicomico
Quentin Ezell, Walkersville
Jose Depadua, Walkersville
Matt Semelsberger, Urbana
Jamal Merritt, Sherwood
Crusoe Gongbay, Rockville
Zach Eure, Parkside
Conner Crowell, North Point
Anthony Winter, North Hagerstown
Kyle Warholic, Linganore
Dwayne Randall, Linganore
Najee Green, Gwynn Park
Zachary Dancel, Good Counsel
Blake Countess, Good Counsel
Garrett Dolly, Fort Hill
Ascene Jacques, Flowers
Michael Branthover, DeMatha
Darian Cooper, DeMatha
Cyrus Kouandjio, DeMatha
Brandon Phelps, Damascus
Sean Reaver, Catoctin
Joshua Wade, Bladensburg

Maryland High School Football Pre-Season Practice Begins August 14th

by Jeff Fisher

Maryland High School Football Huddle

Welcome to our new look for the 2010 Maryland high school football season!

With the first day of practice beginning August 14th, I wanted to take the time to thank all of my readers, who have made this blog successful over the past three years.  I have bigger-and-better things planned this year with more original content.

Also, don't forget to check-out High School Football America for great high school football stories from around the country.  If you have story ideas that I should know about, please feel free to email me.

Here's a look at important dates for the 2010 season...

First Practice - August 14th

Regular Season Begins - September 3rd

Championships - December 2nd, 3rd and 4th

Jeff Fisher is Founder/Editor-in-Chief of High School Football America