Lexington Park, MD – Week four of the SMAC football season consisted of predictable outcomes, (4-0) North Point walked over (1-3) Chopticon 42-19 and (0-4) Leonardtown was shutout by (4-0) Huntingtown. But it also had some unexpected ones, (2-2) Calvert upset (2-2) Lackey, making the Potomac division that much more confusing, and (0-4) Great Mills almost pulled off the upset against (4-0) Northern, losing 21-22.

Friday night, Calvert upset the defending SMAC champions, going up 12-0 in the first quarter and holding the Chargers to only a single second-quarter score. The Cavaliers went on to score 15 more in the second half, led by junior quarterback Michael Floria and senior running back Dre Mackall. Floria completed six of his 12 passes and threw for one touchdown, while Mackall rushed for 151 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns. Lackey’s senior quarterback Robert Middleton completed four of 12 for 77 yards and rushed for an additional 92 yards on 14 carries and one touchdown. Calvert also sacked the Chargers six times, twice by Dre Mackall, three times by senior Justin Morsell, and once by junior Gus Aufderheide. The Cavaliers travel to Thomas Stone this week, and Lackey goes to La Plata.

Great Mills was close to an upset over Northern, but back up sophomore quarterback Nicholas Olson was able to find senior running back R.J. Dennis for the go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter. The Hornets have yet to post stats from the game. Northern was led by junior quarterback Rex Flemming on the ground, recording 104 yards, and by Olson through the air with 72 passing yards.

This week there are several games to look out for in both the Chesapeake and Potomac division. The four undefeated teams left in SMAC — North Point, Huntingtown, Northern, and St. Charles — play this week. Huntingtown travels to North Point, trying to cement its return to prominence in SMAC and Northern hosts St. Charles, as both teams attempt to prove that they are deserving of their undefeated records. On the Potomac side of the conference, Thomas Stone travels to Calvert for a game that has serious playoff ramifications for these two 2A South teams.

As we leave behind week four and enter the halfway point of the regular season, there are still many uncertainties in SMAC, namely, are Northern and Huntingtown legit playoff contenders, will Lackey be able to recover from two disappointing upset losses, and, has St. Charles turned the corner as a program?

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(4-0) North Point -42 @ (1-3) Chopticon -19  (2-2) Calvert -27 @ (2-2) Lackey -6

(0-4) Leonardtown -0 @ (4-0) Huntingtown -44         (0-4) Patuxent -8 @ (4-0) St. Charles -14

(1-3) Mc Donough -28 @ (3-1) Thomas Stone -38 (0-4) Great Mills -22 @ (0-3) Northern -21

*(1-2) La Plata -0 @ (0-3) Westlake -29  

*SMAC GOTW

Division
Chesapeake       Potomac

North Point (4-0)     PF: 119, PA: 48   Thomas Stone (3-1)  PF: 131, PA: 97
Huntingtown (4-0)   PF: 93, PA: 7       Calvert (2-2)              PF: 61, PA: 28
Northern (4-0)         PF: 64, PA: 46     Lackey (2-2)              PF: 111, PA: 44
St. Charles (4-0)     PF: 89, PA: 46     Westlake (2-2)           PF: 79, PA: 38
Chopticon (1-3)       PF: 95, PA: 106   La Plata (1-3)            PF: 82, PA: 78
Great Mills (0-4)      PF: 47, PA: 126   McDonough (1-3)      PF: 54, PA: 108
Leonardtown (0-4)  PF: 14, PA: 148   Patuxent (0-4)           PF: 36, PA: 106

*PF= Points For, PA= Points Against