B-CC Football Looking to 'Continue Instilling Habits of a Winning Program'

Rich Noland’s Barons will look to overcome a disappointing end to last season.

After starting last year 6-2, B-CC needed just one more win to make the playoffs, but lost each of its final two games, subsequently missing out on the postseason.

The Barons will have to replace 15 of their 22 starters from that team, including quarterback Kasey Cotting and wide receivers DeAndre Cooper and Terrance James, but Noland is hopeful this year’s team will be able to offset those losses.

Noland expects running back Diondre Anderson to be a focal point for B-CC’s triple-option offense. He also foresees defensive backs Ronald Felix and Nick Halo becoming leaders on a young Barons defense. Noland is also excited about the potential of transfers Cory Applequist and Omar M’Hmadi. Applequist, a junior, will play both fullback and linebacker. M’Hmadi is an offensive lineman.

Senior Zach Grunberg is B-CC’s lone returning starter on the offensive line.

“We’ve progressed each of my three years, so my expectations are still very high,” said Noland, in his third year as the Barons’ head coach. “One of the things that we’ve tried to get started here is that winning programs have expectations of winning regardless of who’s playing, and that’s the mentality we have to have. We’re just trying to continue instilling the habits of a winning program.”

AT A GLANCE

HEAD COACH: Rich Noland, third year

LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 6-4

KEY RETURNING PLAYERS: running back/defensive back Diondre Anderson, quarterback/linebacker Jordahn Brown, running back/defensive back Ronald Felix, wide receiver/defensive back Nick Halo

KEY LOSSES: wide receiver/defensive back DeAndre Cooper, quarterback/defensive back Kasey Cotting, wide receiver/defensive back Terrence James

BIGGEST STRENGTH: Being a year more experienced within Noland’s triple-option offense

BIGGEST WEAKNESS: Lack of experience on the offensive and defensive lines

SCHEDULE

9/9 Linganore

9/16 @Churchill

9/23 @Kennedy

9/30 Whitman

10/6 @Paint Branch

10/14 Wootton

10/21 Rockville

10/28 @Clarksburg

11/4 @Walter Johnson