Arundel High=E2=80=99s Chuck Markiewicz Named Ravens High School = Coach of the=20 Week
Sep 8, = 2008,=20 3:24PM=20
Chuck Markiewicz, head coach of the Arundel (Gambrills, Md.) varsity = football=20 team, has been named Ravens High School Coach of the Week for the first = week of=20 the 2008 season. Presented by Toyota, this is the 12th year = of the=20 Ravens=E2=80=99 award program.
Arundel traveled to Anne Arundel County foe Broadneck on Friday = (9/5),=20 defeating the Bruins 28-13. The Wildcats (1-0) continued their on-field=20 domination from 2007, when they went undefeated in the regular season, = losing=20 only to Quince Orchard in the Class 4A state final (36-30).
Junior QB Billy Cosh, making his first varsity start, was 14-of-25 = for 169=20 yards and three TDs. Big plays were the name of the game, and Arundel = made the=20 most of the Bruins=E2=80=99 miscues. Wildcats WR Greg Korvin blocked a = punt, and=20 teammate Chris Rice recovered and took the ball in for the score.
=E2=80=9CBroadneck is our rival,=E2=80=9D Markiewicz acknowledged. = =E2=80=9C[Bruins=E2=80=99 head coach] Jeff=20 Herrick and I have been friends since high school. We were best men in = each=20 other=E2=80=99s weddings, so it=E2=80=99s always a good game. Our kids = were ready to play,=20 though. We have a real tough schedule. The opening of our schedule is = pretty=20 tough and we=E2=80=99ll need to go at least 3-2 to make a playoff = run.=E2=80=9D
Broadneck outgained Arundel 385-297 in total yardage, but could not = convert=20 its drives into scores. Bruins QB Kyle Colleran went 6-of-15 for 128 = yards and=20 ran for 68 more, while RB Ron VanMeter had 23 carries for 143 yards. = Arundel=E2=80=99s=20 defense, however, forced three fumbles and had four sacks on the game, = which=20 provided a lift that the Wildcats would ride to victory.
This is the first Ravens High School Coach of the Week honor for = Markiewicz,=20 who is in his eighth year as head coach at Arundel, and in his = 24th=20 year coaching overall. He was incredulous about the honor.
=E2=80=9CI was really surprised,=E2=80=9D Markiewicz said. = =E2=80=9CPleasantly surprised, but I=20 thought it was a joke at first. I=E2=80=99ve been doing this for a long = time, and=20 sometimes the recognition that you get doesn=E2=80=99t match the work. = I=E2=80=99m just really=20 happy about it.=E2=80=9D
The first-time honoree is an Arundel alum and currently teaches = physical=20 education, in addition to his head football coach duties. His wife, = Joanne, is=20 the physical education department chair, and daughter Jessica, graduated = from=20 the school as well.
Each week during the season, the Ravens honor a high school coach who = has=20 made a significant impact on his athletes. Each of the season=E2=80=99s = weekly winners=20 will be present at the Ravens =E2=80=93 Steelers home game on Dec. 14, = for the naming of=20 the Ravens=E2=80=99 High School Coach of the Year.
A panel of area high school experts selects the coach of the week. = The=20 recipients receive:
- A $2,000 donation to the school=E2=80=99s football program=20
- An award certificate signed by Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, = NFL=20 Commissioner Roger Goodell, and Gene Washington, the NFL=E2=80=99s = Director of=20 Football Development=20
- A specially-designed hat
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