PrepsPost | D.C. - The Washington Post's blog covering high school and youth sports in Washington, D.C. - December 6, 2009

Following the DeMatha-Montrose idea

Last week, my colleague Josh Barr touched upon the seeming reluctance of DeMatha and Montrose Christian, the area's preeminent boys' basketball programs, to meet on the court. While those two schools can hem and haw about getting together, I came...

By Alan Goldenbach | December 11, 2009; 11:42 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Basketball
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The Decade's Best: high school football

With the release of the final All-Met football team of the decade coming next week, we thought it would be fun to look back on the past 10 seasons and try to assemble a team of the decade, pulling from...

By Alan Goldenbach and Josh Barr | December 9, 2009; 2:11 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Decade's Best , Football
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Top football teams of the decade

Quince Orchard in 2007 ... Hylton in 2002 ... DeMatha in 2003. Which team was the best of the decade? Rank them on the jump -- and if you feel especially passionate about one team, state your case in the...

By Josh Barr and Alan Goldenbach | December 9, 2009; 2:07 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (8)
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Top offensive players of the decade

Here's our list of candidates for the best offensive football player of the 2000s. Remember, we only considered a player's high school career. Rank them on the jump -- and if you feel especially passionate about one player, state your...

By Josh Barr and Alan Goldenbach | December 9, 2009; 2:05 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (10)
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Top defensive players of the decade

Here's our list of candidates for the best defensive football player of the 2000s. Remember, we only considered a player's high school career. Rank them on the jump -- and if you feel especially passionate about one player, state your...

By Josh Barr and Alan Goldenbach | December 9, 2009; 2:03 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Ballou's big debut

Considering how the boys’ teams from the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association have struggled so much in recent years against those from the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, as well as other private school leagues, it was natural to be skeptical about...

By Alan Goldenbach | December 7, 2009; 10:59 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Ballou , Boys' basketball
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