Football: By The Numbers

Week Four of the high school football season featured the usual big wins for the highest-ranked public school teams, a streak-busting win and a couple of big upsets. Here are some of the numbers that stood out from this weekend’s games:

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Minute left when Southwestern’s Adam Sareef scored on a 65-yard punt return to tie Digital Harbor in a game the Sabers would go on to win 12-6

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Game played this weekend against a team from outside the U.S. – Calvert Hall’s 34-21 win over Niagara Academy from Ontario, Canada

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Total points scored in Boys’ Latin’s win over Pallotti

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Wins for Mount Hebron – one more than all of last season

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Times Reservoir stopped Glenelg on fourth-down conversion attempts in the Gators’ 24-0 win

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Glen Burnie first downs allowed by Broadneck in the Bruins’ 23-0 win

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Receiving touchdowns between Franklin’s Ellis brothers, Reggie and Marquis, in a 35-30 win over Catonsville

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Undefeated teams left in The Baltimore Sun’s Top 5 – River Hill, Arundel, Old Mill, Westminster and St. Paul’s

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Seconds left when Severna Park’s Austin Stein hit Calvin Green for the game-tying touchdown and the Falcons went on to beat Southern, 17-14, in overtime

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