Damascus Swarmin' Hornets

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All football players are invited to meet our new coach, Josh Klotz, on Monday at 2:45.  Coach Klotz will be in room 120 to meet with all football players.  We look forward to seeing all football players there on Monday.

We had FOUR top 5 finishes at the 3A State Championship last night.  Senior Tamrat Snyder led the charge with TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.  Tamrat won both the 500m and 800m races.  Lauryn Clarke picked up a 4th place finish in the 300m run and a 5th in the 55m Dash.  Congrats to Coaches Cason, New

Feb 18 Girls Varsity Basketball at Northwood High School Girls Varsity Basketball 5:30 pm | Northwood High School Feb 18 Boys Varsity Basketball at Northwood High School Boys Varsity Basketball 7:15 pm | Northwood High School Feb 21 Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Winston Churchill High School Girls Varsity Basketball 5:30 pm | Damascus Feb 21

With our Regional Championship last night, we are now headed to North Pointe HS for Saturday’s Championship.  Semis begin at 2:00.  Tickets are $12 for all day and $10 for the Championship match.  All the necessary information can be found in the Fan Focus. https://www.mpssaa.org/assets/1/6/Dual_WRES_Fan_Focus_20.pdf

The results from the second marking period are in and our Winter athletes dominated the classroom.  Out of 225 athletes, 25 earned a perfect 4.0.  155, or 69%, earned the Minds in Motion award of 3.25 or higher.  Our Swim and Dive team took the top spot with an overall team GPA of 3.53.  Great

We are battling for three different championships this Saturday.  Swim and Dive starts the day at 7:30am with the Division II Championship @ Germantown Indoor Swim Center.  Bocce competes at Quince Orchard for the Divisional Championship.  Start time is 10am.  Finally, our Pom Pons have the County Championship at Blair High School.  Our division begins

The calendar may say January 31st, but the MCPS registration portal for Spring sports opens this Friday.  Practices/Tryouts may begin on Feb. 29, so you have a month to get your child registered.  Don’t delay!  Use the following link to help with the registration process. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/athletics/parent/myMCPSParentPortalAthletics_v1.pdf

Last Saturday’s postponed meet against Northwest has been rescheduled for Jan. 24th.  We will hit the pool at 3pm at the Gaithersburg Aquatic Center.  Come out and support our Swim and Dive team!

We’ve added a few pictures of our winter sports to the website.  Check out the small sample size.