Surprise! Woodlawn High Football Team Whisked Away By Ravens

WOODLAWN, MD — Preseason workouts have just started up again at Baltimore County Public Schools. With temperatures sweltering outside, the Woodlawn High School football team was reportedly gearing up for what players were told was a conditioning test Tuesday when something strange happened.

A big Baltimore Ravens bus pulled up and out came cheerleaders, according to The Baltimore Sun, which reported the Woodlawn athletes were treated to a trip to M&T Bank Stadium, where they were presented with new Under Armour jerseys and got to observe preseason Ravens-Rams practice. One of the Rams was from reportedly from Woodlawn, which added to the awesomeness.

Surprise visit from the Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders and a behind the scenes tour of M & T Bank Stadium w/ a visit to training camp to watch the Ravens/Rams!! The guys thought they had to do their conditioning test today...Naw that’s tomorrow #WeAreWoodlawn #Ravens pic.twitter.com/GPMTtIJ5qs
— Woodlawn Warriors HS Football (@WoodlawnHSFB) August 7, 2018

For several years, Under Armour and the Ravens have partnered to donate cleats and uniforms to youth athletic programs throughout the state, according to the Ravens Foundation. Both organizations have also invested in Baltimore area schools.

The Woodlawn Warriors reportedly earned their new jerseys as a prize for winning a competition among local high school football teams at a Ravens game last year.

One Woodlawn athlete scored a mention from ESPN after joking with Rams cornerback Aqib Talib about him yanking a certain Ravens player's chain. Talib and Ravens wide receiver Michael Crabtree have been ejected from games twice after Talib pulled the chain around Crabtree's neck, according to ESPN.

As Rams cornerback Aqib Talib walks out to a joint practice with the Ravens, one player from Baltimore's Woodlawn High School asked him: "Where's the chain at?" This is in reference to Talib's run-ins with wide receiver Michael Crabtree. pic.twitter.com/PKfRgFUcWc
— Jamison Hensley (@jamisonhensley) August 7, 2018

Main photo of the Woodlawn High School Warriors at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Tuesday, Aug. 7, used with permission from Coach Townsend/Woodlawn Warriors HS Football.