OC Today-Dispaatch DECEMBER 6, 2024
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Sports complex funding gets more complex The idea was OC would cover its expenses with an increase in the room tax. But because that would need unanimous support from the county, City Hall looks elsewhere. PAGE 14
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UNSTOPPABLE Senior Nathan Tapley rises over the goaline in last week’s thrilling Decatur win over Westlake. The Seahawks will be looking for their 28th straight win Saturday in the state championship game in Annapolis against Huntingtown, who Decatur beat in last year’s title game.
Decatur going for two Two state titles, that is, as the Seahawks put it all on the line Saturday: a 27-game undefeated streak and the possibility of a second football championship. — PAGE 3
County tells Coastal Bays agree or else Commissioners angry program won’t join them in their wind farm opposition, so refuse to back its pursuit of $15M state grant. — PAGE 67
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Decatur looking for 28th straight win, 2nd state title By Steve Green Executive Editor (Dec. 6, 2024) Battle-tested. It’s what Stephen Decatur Head Football Coach Jake Coleman called his defending state championship team. It’s apt considering the Seahawks erased a 20-0 third quarter deficit in last Friday’s Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) Class 2A semifinal game in route to a 27-2o overtime win over Wildlake of Waldorf. The No. 1 seed Seahawks will now take on for the state championship a familiar foe in No. 3 Huntingtown of Calvert County on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Coleman, in his fifth year as Decatur’s coach, reflected this week on last Friday’s thrilling win and how he thinks it will help his team in the championship game. He said this year’s semifinal challenge as well as the earlier playoff nailbiter over WiHi on Nov. 15 were beneficial for his team. “We wouldn’t have won the state championship last year if we didn’t have the really tough game in the semi-finals against Milford Mill where we had to come from behind
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Quarterback Johnny Hobgood scored the overtime touchdown for the win during the semifinals against Westlake.
there, too,” Coleman said. “This group has that ability to stay in the game, to keep playing and they are not out of anything. Regardless of what happens Saturday, they know they have the ability to win it and come back. Having that makes them a pretty formattable opponent.” Decatur will have a rematch in the state title game against Huntingtown. With its perfect 13-0 record, the SeaSee DECATUR Page 80
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