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Riverdale Baptist won the National Association of Christian Athletes Division I tournament, winning two games in three days, including a 23-7 victory over Christ Prep Academy of Kansas City, Kan., in the championship game on Friday.
Keith Hawkins rushed 17 times for 125 yards and two touchdowns in the victory, with Brian Burns added 123 yards on 11 carries. Burns also recovered a fumble and intercepted his fourth pass of the tournament. Linebacker Anthony Lucas had 15 tackles in the game and quarterback Gabe Johnson threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Paxton Queen.
Riverdale stopped a two-point conversion try in the fourth quarter of its 21-20 victory over Acadiana Prep of Opelousas, La., in the semifinals. Burns intercepted three passes in the victory, rushed twice for 47 yards and caught four passes for 97 yards. Johnson completed 8 of 15 passes for 159 yards with two interceptions and a five-yard touchdown pass to Alex Fletcher.
The Crusaders finished the season 8-2.
Model earned several postseason honors after winning the Capital Area Football Conference. Running back Sean Harden and linebacker Joshua Sandoval were named the league's offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively, while Mark Burke was named the league's coach of the year after going 7-3. The Eagles had gone 2-7 in 2007.
Seven Model players earned all-CAFC honors: quarterback Anthony Palmer, Harden (at running back and linebacker), center Andrew Daly, wide receivers Jason Marple and Cedrick Payne (who also made it as a linebacker), Sandoval and defensive lineman-linebacker Blake Immellmischo.
Palmer passed for 1,895 yards and 30 touchdowns, while Harden scored 21 touchdowns.
"I knew the team was for real after our first loss to Maret as we did play as a cohesive unit, something that was [not] done the year before," Burke wrote in an email. "Winning all three conference games was a high point as it showed we had domination and that our spread offense was coming together as we were putting up big numbers."
Maryland School for the Deaf also had a strong season, going 10-1 and winning its sixth consecutive deaf national championship as awarded by deafdigest.com. Running back Ryan Bonheyo, who has accepted a scholarship offer to play for Towson, rushed for 1,682 yards and 21 touchdowns for the Orioles, who finished 10-1, though their 34-14 loss to Reading (Pa.) Central Catholic snapped a 34-game winning streak.
