By ETHAN THERRIEN The road to success in the game of football is full of grueling practices, overcoming injury setbacks, big hits and pressure. For senior Alex Amaya, this pressure comes as he works...

BY CHRIS MCMANES Things are usually pretty quiet for DeMatha swimming and diving coach Tom Krawczewicz after he packs up following a meet. But that wasn’t the case in late January when he notched his...

Eight to play baseball, one volleyball By Chris McManes Even by DeMatha’s lofty standards, this was quite a haul. Of the 27 seniors on last year’s football team, 22 will be playing in college. Fifteen...

BY JESSICA ARENDS   "We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny,” wrote Martin Luther King Jr. in his “Letter from a  Birmingham Jail” on April...

By Chris McManes DeMatha coach Bill McGregor joined exclusive company Oct. 14 when his team defeated McNamara. He is just the fourth coach in Maryland high school football history to win 300 games.  McGregor,...

By Chris McManes DeMatha senior running back Brendon Wyatt hasn’t drawn a lot of interest from college football recruiters. He probably will now. Wyatt rushed for a career-high 217 yards and scored...

In October, two Hyattsville high schools, Northwestern High School and DeMatha Catholic High School, went into separate lockdowns just a few days apart. Both lockdowns were lifted soon after they were...

By Chris McManes The DeMatha cross country team won the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship at Kenilworth Park in Northeast Washington on Saturday Oct. 29. The next day, Stags Coach Cory...

McGregor wins 300th game in rout By Chris McManes The DeMatha football defense is putting together a historic season. For the sixth-consecutive game, the Stags have not allowed a touchdown. The latest...

By Chris McManes In less than seven years, Nick Cross transformed himself from football novice to NFL Draft pick  Cross, who left the University of Maryland after three seasons, was a third-round pick...

By Chris McManes No. 7 DeMatha learned a valuable lesson Feb. 1: You have to keep playing hard and smart until the final horn.  The Stags gave up a late 11-point lead to then-No. 2 Paul VI (PVI) and...

BY CHRIS MCMANES Good Counsel, one week after losing to DeMatha 28-0, made sure the sequel was nothing like the original.  The Falcons scored the first time they had the ball and built a 14-0 lead en...