Player of the Week:

There were a glut of worthy Player of the Week candidates in the regular season finale, but only one of them tied an MPSSAA state record. Century quarterback Ryan Throndset did something last week that not even his predecessor, Boston College's Josh Bordner, ever accomplished. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound senior threw seven touchdown passes, tying a single-game record shared by Arundel's Billy Cosh (2009) and Rockville's Melvin Harris (2006).

"It's pretty amazing to be in that category," Throndset said. "But honestly I didn't know I set a record. In fact, I didn't even know how many touchdowns I threw in the game until someone told me afterwards. I was just out there playing the game and making plays."

Throndset led Century to a 53-20 victory over Francis Scott Key in the final game for both teams. He completed 19 of 26 passes for 291 yards and accounted for 42 of his team's 53 points. He spread the ball around to an array of receivers; in fact, all seven of his touchdown passes went to different receivers.

"Basically things were just clicking," Throndset said. "I was in that zone where I sort of knew what was going to be there. I was able to read the defense quickly and pick up the blitzes. That helped me get the ball to the open receivers."

Throndset's first touchdown toss came on a 5-yarder in the first quarter. He went with a play-action fake, which drew the defense in. After rolling right he found tight end CJ O'Brien open in the back of the end zone.

Francis Scott Key came back to tie the game, but Throndset took over in the second quarter.

First, he hit Kevin Maguire for a 14-yard score. Throndset noticed the FSK defense dropping into a deep cover-4, so he checked the ball off to his underneath man.

"Kevin took it up the sideline and made like the coolest dive I've ever seen," Throndset said. "He dove over all these FSK kids and then got helicopetered into the end zone. It was so cool -- I'm not going to lie."

The next touchdown was equally "cool." Nearing midfield, Throndset threw a screen to running back Joey Trombetta. Trombetta made one defender miss, hit the open field and out-raced the secondary 54 yards to pay dirt.

A few moments later, Throndset dialed up score No. 4. This time he showed off his arm, hitting receiver Jeff Kimble on an 88-yard bomb.

"We lined up in a trips formation and I saw FSK was in man coverage," Throndset explained. "I saw there was a mismatch on my slot receiver, Kimble. Then I hit him deep over the top."

The second quarter still wasn't over. Century got the ball back right before halftime and once again moved inside the FSK 10-yard line. With 16 seconds and no timeouts remaining, the Knights had to pass.

They lined up in a spread formation and the defense immediately doubled No. 1 receiver Brandon Soderstram. That left Carlos Irons wide open in the back of the end zone. Throndset promptly found him for an 8-yard touchdown, giving Century a 34-13 halftime lead. It was Throndset fourth straight touchdown pass of the quarter.

"I didn't even know I had thrown four touchdowns in one quarter," Throndset said. "It was just in the process of the game. I was just happy to be putting together a complete half and I was excited to go into half with all the momentum."

The momentum continued after the break. On Century's first possession he found Soderstrom for a 17-yard touchdown. It was Soderstrom's 59th reception and 12th touchdown catch this year; the former is an MVAL record and the latter is second on the all-time list.

"Brandon is a terrific receiver, my No. 1 guy," Throndset said. "I hit him on an out-route, he caught it on the sideline and there was no one there. So he turned it up and scored."

Throndset's final touchdown pass came later in the third quarter. He looked off the FSK safety and found Matt Sweeny over top the defense for a 15-yarder.

With Century leading 40-13, Throndset exited the game, giving way to his backup.

"He probably could have thrown 10 at the rate he was going," said Century coach Jim Holzman. "But we took him out in the third quarter."

Unfortunately for Throndset, he won't have an encore performance in the playoffs ... or even next year. Friday marked his final high school game.

"We didn't make the playoffs," Throndset said, "but I couldn't think of a better way to go out as a senior."

Top Performers:

Darius Jennings, QB, Gilman: 185 rushing yards, 2 TDs; 72 passing yards, 2 TDs

Bejoe Mundit, QB, Parkdale: 422 yards, 4 TDs

Kenny Miles, WR, Parkdale: 4 receptions, 155 yards

Reggie Uwandi, WR/RB, Parkdale: 5 receptions, 92 yards, TD

Uriah Bethea, RB, Wise: 163 yards, TD; 67 receiving yards

DeAndre Smith, QB, Wise: 100 yards, TD

Montel Ijeomah, RB, Flowers: 134 yards

Anthony Winter, RB, North Hagerstown: 362 yards, 3 TDs

Hunter Phillips, QB, South Hagerstown: 196 yards passing, TD; 90 yards rushing, 3 TDs

Crusoe Gongbay, RB, Rockville: 234 yards, 4 TDs

Demond Brown, RB, Old Mill: 157 yards, 3 TDs

Robert Chesson, RB, Old Mill: 146 yards, TD

Davonte Burke, RB, Southern: 168 yards, 2 TDs

Dylan Rawlings, RB, Southern: 137 yards

Ian Fisher, QB, Brunswick: 277 yards, 4 TDs

Blaine Price, WR, Brunswick: 4 receptions, 122 yards, 2 TDs

Quentiz Ezell, RB, Walkersville: 178 yards, TD

Michael Pritts, QB, Middletown: 195 yards

Ben Lewis, WR, Middletown: 9 receptions, 137 yards

Devon Paye, RB, Hammond: 138 yards, TD

Colin Osborne, RB, Glenelg: 206 yards, 2 TDs

Jordan Griffin, RB, River Hill: over 200 total yards, 5 TDs

David Smith, QB, Paint Branch: 217 yards, 2 TDs

Bene't Willis, RB, Paint Branch: 109 yards, TD

Devon Pestano, RB, Springbrook: 177 yards, 3 TDs

Irvin Smith, QB, Springbrook: 177 passing yards; 74 rushing yards, 4 TDs

Thomas Stuart, QB, Calvert Hall: over 100 yards passing

Jerrod Harper, RB, Mountain Ridge: 180 yards, TD

Dan Streitbeck, QB, Mountain Ridge: 100 yards, 2 TDs

Tyler German, QB, Queen Anne's: 154 yards, TD

Chris Willis, RB, Queen Anne's: 106 yards, TD

Ben Goodrich, QB, Kent Island: 142 yards

KK Smith, RB, Spalding: 254 yards, 5 TDs

DJ Smith, RB, Spalding: 110 yards, 2 TDs

James Anderson, RB, AACS: 107 yards, TD

Jon Hunter, RB, AACS: over 100 total yards, 3 TDs

Deonte Powell, RB, Severna Park: over 100 yards, TD

Dalton Wayne, RB, Severna Park: over 100 total yards, 2 TDs

Antoine Drummond, RB, North County: 244 yards, 4 TDs

Omar Adams, RB, North County: 122 yards

Brandon Bryley, RB, Chesapeake-AA: 118 yards, TD; blocked FG for TD, 3 fumble recoveries

Walt Robinson, QB, Chesapeake-AA: 118 rushing yards, TD

Brandon Walker, RB, Glen Burnie: 159 yards, 2 TDs

Dequarius Blount, RB, Glen Burnie: 159 yards, 2 TDs

Zach Fetters, QB, Gaithersburg: 365 yards, 5 TDs

Billy Brown, RB, Gaithersburg: 5 receptions, 147 yards, 4 TDs

Simba Gwashavamhu, WR, Gaithersburg: 100 total yards, TD

DeAndre Cooper, WR, B-CC: 3 receptions, 155 yards, 2 TDs

Jordan Brown, QB, B-CC: 324 yards, 3 TDs

Casey Cotting, QB/WR, B-CC: over 100 total yards, TD

Val Djidotor, RB, Whitman: 146 yards, TD

Lansana Keita, QB, Churchill: 174 yards, TD; 102 rushing yards, TD

Mark Green, RB, Quince Orchard: 133 yards

AJ Pignone, QB, Sherwood: 139 yards, TD

Rachid Ibrahim, RB, Avalon: 139 yards, TD

Andrew King, RB, Atholton: 226 yards, 2 TDs.

Kwasi Washington, QB, Forestville: 123 yards, 3 TDS; 102 yards rushing, 2 TDs

Rahman Lee, RB, Forestville: 123 yards, TD

Tyler Drew, RB, Pallotti: 102 yards

Ben Daniels, RB, Smithsburg: 242 yards, 4 TDs

Justin Jardeleeza, RB, Boonsboro: 107 yards

Reggie Russ, RB, Williamsport: 145 yards, 2 TDs

Alex Fridley, RB, Williamsport: 117 yards, TD

Adam Mellott, QB, Williamsport: 111 yards, TD

Mike Etzel, RB, Clear Spring: 125 yards, 2 TDs

Anthony Nardo, QB, South Carroll: 172 yards, 2 TDs; 52 rushing yards

Bobby Conlon, RB, Liberty: 103 yards

Kevin Price, QB, Liberty: 186 yards, TD

Tyrice Rock, RB, Century: 145 yards, TD

Ryan Throndset, QB, Century: 291 yards, 7 TDs

Keith Woodrow, RB, Francis Scott Key: 127 yards, TD

Tyler Codd, QB, Westminster: 311 yards, 3 TDs

Garrett Bean, WR, Westminster: 2 receptions, 123 yards, TD

Vince DePaola, RB, Hereford: 202 yards, 4 TDs

Tim Bristol, RB, Hereford: 177 yards, 2 TDs

Cameron Wann, QB, Patterson Mill: 266 yards, TD; 72 rushing yards, TD

Darian Washington, QB, Havre de Grace: 186 yards, 3 TDs; 62 yards rushing, TD

Mike Kelly, RB, Havre de Grace: 164 yards, 2 TDs

Grant Kelly, QB, Fallston: 170 yards, TD

Josh Cannella, RB, Eastern Tech: 217 yards, 3 TDs

Tanner Vallely, QB, Seneca Valley: 101 yards

Eddie Cunningham, RB, Seneca Valley: 248 yards, 3 TDs

Brandon Barnes, QB, Boys' Latin: 138 yards rushing, 2 TDs

Todd Rewolinski, RB, MSD: 202 yards

Jamie Peterson, QB, St. James: 198 yards, 2 TDs; rushing TD

Montez Hopkins, RB, Bennett: 217 yards, 3 TDs

Peter Ngoh, RB, Einstein: 343 yards, 4 TDs

Rayshawn Taylor, RB, Wheaton: 145 yards, TD

RJ King, RB, Poolesville: 101 yards, TD

Jacob Siwicki, RB, DeMatha: 101 yards, 2 TDs

Nikolay Uherek, QB, DeMatha: 141 yards, TD

Naim Reid, RB, Clarksburg: 176 yards, 2 TDs

Mike Sheehan, QB, Clarksburg: 147 yards, 2 TDs

Stephan Houston, WR, Clarksburg: 4 receptions, 101 yards, 2 TDs

Matty Callahan, QB, Northwest: 146 yard

Stephon Thomas, RB, Northwest: 119 yards, 2 TDs

Cole Ahnell, QB, Walter Johnson: 257 passing yards, 2 TDs; 85 rushing yards, TD

Alex Schiponi, WR, Walter Johnson: 4 receptions, 102 yards, TD

Andrew Bose, RB, Huntingtown: 169 yards, 4 TDs

Davonte Fletcher, RB, Huntingtown: 95 yards

Eli Souders, RB, Hancock: 195 yards, 2 TDs; receiving TD

Dylan Clay, RB, Fort Hill: 126 yards, TD

Garrett Clay, RB, Fort Hill: 97 yards, 3 TDs

DeAndre Scott, WR/KR, Thomas Johnson: over 200 total yards, 2 TDs

Michael Spahr, QB, Urbana: 144 yards; rushing TD

Wes Garey, RB, Urbana: 144 yards, 2 TDs

D'Von Dorsey, QB, Friendly: 153 yards, 2 TDs

Delonta Hall, RB, Friendly: 123 yards, 2 TDs

Dequan Boatwright, QB, Bladensburg: 184 yards, 3 TDs

Davon McGill, WR, Bladensburg: 7 receptions, 115 yards, TD

Just'us Mills, RB, Easton: 106 yards

Scott Abt, K/RB, Cambridge: 89 yards rushing; 3 FG

Zach Jefferson, QB, Gwynn Park: 179 yards, 3 TDs

Brandon Banks, WR, Gwynn Park: 8 receptions, 139 yards, 2 TDs

Cornell Duncan, QB, Crossland: 248 yards, 3 TDs

Darrel Milburn, QB, Poly: 101 yards, 2 TDs

Joey Dorsey, QB, Franklin: 114 yards, 3 TDs

Chris Istvan, QB, Westlake: 148 yards, TD

Antonio Hale, RB, Westlake: 169 total yards, 2 TDs

Steven Koudossou, WR, Westlake: 5 receptions, 103 yards, TD

Travez Lee, RB, Patuxent: 96 yards, 3 TDs

Frank Lanham, QB, Calvert: 150 passing yards, TD; 71 rushing yards, TD

Wes Brown, RB, Good Counsel: 101 yards, 3 TDs

Chavis Nelson, RB, Surrattsville: 106 yards, TD

John Lynn, RB, Landon: 143 yards, TD

Wynston Bouknight, RB, Landon: 107 yards, 2 TDs

Bobby Rutland, RB, Georgetown Prep: 97 yards, TD

Kevin Jones, RB, Bullis: 201 yards, TD

Kylor Bellistri, QB, Bullis: 101 yards

Aaron Jones, QB, Catonsville: over 100 yards, 2 TDs

Tyler Weedon, RB, Catonsville: over 100 yards, 2 TDs

Mike Fauful, QB, Loyola: 200 yards, 4 TDs

Ryan Black, RB, Loyola: 110 yards

Tyree Butler, WR/KR, Oxon Hill: about 200 total yards, 2 TDs; 4 int. on defense

Cody Douglass, QB, Chopticon: 144 yards, 2 TDs