Arundel defeated Linganore 35-7 in the 3A state title game for Wildcats' first Maryland state championship since 1975
MARYLAND - Arundel High football championship drought ended in rousing fashion Saturday evening
to win the Class 3A title at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Senior running back TJ Mordecai rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns for Arundel (12-1)
14 in this week’s High School on SI Maryland Top 25
scored the first 35 points against the previously undefeated and 12th-ranked Linganore
inducing a running clock in the third quarter en route to their first state title since 1975
It’s the first title for an Anne Arundel County (Md.) school since 2011 (Old Mill
Naseen Tention added a rushing and receiving score for Arundel
and Delaware State-bound defensive end Brandon Gorham had an interception return for a touchdown
Chase Perry’s 31-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter was the only score for Linganore (13-1)
which dropped its fifth straight title game
Arundel - TJ Mordecai 18 run (Brandon Fienblatt kick)
Arundel - Brandon Gorham 9 interception (Fienblatt kick)
Arundel - Naseem Tention 46 pass from Amir Lowery (Fienblatt kick)
Linganore - Chase Perry 31 pass from Shawn Pelovitz (Ayden Marsh kick)
Arundel 1-0); Linganore (Bradly Matthews 14-21
Passing - Arundel (Lowery 6-9-1-81); Linganore (Pelovitz 10-20-2-84)
Jacob Dy 2-24); Linganore (Amir Short 4-25
Russell Bonham 1); Linganore (Brady Keister 9
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