Quince Orchard High School’s football team secured its 27th win in a row Friday, and it was a big one.

The Cougars defeated Prince George’s County football powerhouse Henry A. Wise Jr. 26-21 in Maryland’s 4A State Championship. It’s Quince Orchard’s second consecutive state title. The Montgomery County program has just one loss since 2021.

“All the hard work and stuff like that, obviously, almost pretty much year-round, so it’s good,” coach John Kelley said.

Either Quince Orchard or Wise has won every single 4A state championship since 2015. And while success has practically become a given at Quince Orchard, Kelley said he tells his teams to take it one game at a time when the season starts in August.

“Don’t look ahead, we talk a lot about not being the same team that you are in August

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