Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-01
Game Second
Of Up-County
Title Series
By George Bragaw
Sports Editor

Sports Editor
Gaithersburg High School
opens its defense of the
mythical up-county cham
pionship against Sherwood
in Sandy Spring at 2 pm.
Saturday.
The Trojans have beaten both
Sherwood and Rockville fdr the
past two years, and would like
nothing better than to start the
season right with a win over
the Warriors.
The game is the second to-
ward the Sentinel Trophy,
which is being initiated this
season by the Sentiners pub
Usher, Cy Campbell, for the win
ner of the up-county series.
Should the three-game series end
in a tie the team scoring the
highest number of points will
wi nthe trophy.
Sherwood Plans Surprises
The Sherwood coaching staff
says it has a few surprises in
store for their cross-county
friends.
This week we're going to
spend on defense" Coach John
Harvill, of Gaithersburg, said
at the start of the week.
"We're going to be prepared
to play against the ct" the
double wing, the single wing,
the winged T, the spread, the
"a" formation and anything
else l can think of that Sher-
wood might use"
Coach Tony Caruso, who uses
what is generally known as the
multiple offense, thinks nothing
Of installing a new system the
week before a game, or develop
ing new plays the day before.
Last week he installed the
"a" formation for Richard
Montgomery's benefit and came
close to beating the Rockets. A
56-yard drive In the final quar-.
ter changed Sherwood's 12.7
margin to a 14.12 deficit.
Sherwood Holds Edge
Sherwood had a good-sized
statistical edge over Rockville
The Warrior offense with Full.
back Bob Williams doing most
of the leather Juggling, picked
up IA first downs and over zoe
yards. Rockville picked up 151
yards and nine first downs.
Quarterback Bill Garvey pass
ed 80 yards to Bob Pack for the
Warriors first score and Hert
Allen banged across for the sec
ond score after a 38-yard drive.
Gaithersburg, on the other
hand, whitewashed Georgetown
Prep, $40, for its first win in
two games this season.
The Trojans picked up II first
downs and 286 yards on their
way to five touchdowns and ar
extra point.
Halfback. Mike Norris was
the big man for the Trojans. He
scored two touchdowns, picked
up 70 yards rushing, passed fol-
IL yards and sprinted IS yards
as a pass receiver.
Freak Play
The game was even for the
first quarter. A freak play
started the second quarter and
seemed to get the Trojans into
fighting peak.
Quarterback Kenny Torrey
son faxed a handoff to Fullback
Garland Kirk who slammed into
the line, then spun to the other
side of the line and was off to
the races. However, even the
officials went for Torreyson's
fake and whistled the ball dead
while Kenny speed toward the
goal.
From that point, Gaithersbure
took charge with Kirk carrying
most of the time and drove 81
yards for the first score. Gar
land belted across from the four.
Nathan Miller returned an in
tercepted pass 16 yards to the
Prep 46 and four plays later
Norris circled right end 38 yards
for a score. Bill Sangrey re-
covered his second tumble of the
evening on the Prep IL to SET
up the third score. Tackle Oar
by Burdette switched to full.
back In this drive and hammer
ed across from the two.
The last score came In the
final period. Ken Torreyson
fired to Norris on a 65-yard
touchdown pass play and Gar
land Kirk recovered a tumble
and raced butting, stumbling
and fighting his way to a 10
yard touchdown.