Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-07

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summer vacation.
Northwood-who is touted to
produce its best football team
this season. opens the fire
works Friday night at 8 at
Northwestern. Always rated as
a preseason power in Pc, is
again supposed to be big, tough,
and fast. Northwood will prob
ably be under the eyes of every
Montgomery County coach as
it Is the only team in action.
Saturday sees the first clash
es in the new County League
the former Bi-County League
died last season-and Sherwood
travels to Richard. Montgomery
to test the Rockets 22-game win
streak. Sherwood will be sport,
ing John Henry Jackson, a 100
pound dashman who transfer
red into the Sandy Spring
school from Hagerstown this
year. A number of other trans
fers plus veterans such as Lin
wood Jackson from last season
will make the Warriors a team
to be reckoned with this season.
Rockville's Roy Lester will
display a top end, two good
tackles, and an all green back.
field to defend his unbeaten
record. The game will form the
first leg on the Sentinel Trophy
which is awarded for the up
County championship between
Richard Montgomery, Gathers
burg, and Sherwood each year.
The Rockets have won the tro-
ply for the past two seasons.
Gaithersburg, with a small
but classy team, will run up
against powerful Blair, who
many preseason experts pick to
take the marbles in the County
Leagues first year in operation.
Coach John Harvill has the
County's .all.time scoring leader,
Jackie Holland, running for
him at right halfback and prob
ably the Leagues best passer
in quarterback Jimmy Ward.
Carroll Jordan at fullback and
junior left half Billy Christman
round out one of the best back
fields in the league but from
there the Trojans' run short,
Harvill has a pair of pretty
good tackles in Will Ayton and
Dave Easton. After guard Doug
las Riggs there isn't much in
the way of experience, size, or
speed in the middle or at the
flanks.
On the other hand, Blair has
both size and speed. Setback
Jerry Ricucci will be at one
half with Jimmy Craig at an
other. Sonny jackson, the Big
Reds basketball ace of last
seasons state champions, will
probably be the starting quar-
terback.
Brian Tierney, George Lun-
dy, Tony Yezer, Albert Turner
and Claude Scott and Julian
Rainwater are among the re-
turning lettermen in Joe Goods
multiple offense.
Walter Johnson with its team
built around the running and
passing of 190-pound Steve Mel
son will take on Bladensburg at
WI and Bethesda-C Chevy Chase
with a new coach and a new
system will vie against Cool
idge.
Springbrook and Peary play
at Peary with much of the ac-
cent here on development. Both
schools are not as yet full senior
high schools and don't play the
County League schedule. Peary
played a short w schedule last
season, and will be depending
upon almost all of the same
boys this year.
Backs John Tackett and Fred
Tavern will form most of the
offense again this season.
Springbrook is fielding its
first team this fall and won't
have an experienced football
player on the field. However,
Coach Pete Lerario who posted
a City Championship with his
Gonzaga eleven before coming
to Springbrook, thinks that his
green troops have made fine
progress.
Wheaton with little size or
experience, hopes to shake off
injuries picked up in early