On the second half’s first play from scrimmage Friday night, DeMatha running back Brendon Wyatt received a handoff and exploded through a gap in the middle of the line. Wyatt sprinted down the field and was yards away from scoring, then glanced back at Good Counsel’s defenders, whom Wyatt deserted in his tracks.
Fittingly, No. 2 DeMatha left No. 1 Good Counsel behind in the race for the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference’s regular season title. With their 28-14 win at the Prince George’s County Sports & Learning Complex in Landover, the Stags secured the top seed for the WCAC playoffs.
“This is probably our best performance as a whole group,” DeMatha running back Tovani Mizell said. “We just got to build from it.”