A New Year with Michael Betteridge Traditionally, the start of a new year signals a time for reflections, resolutions, and predictions. Let’s take some time to do that together. Looking back at the 2023 high school sports year, we have many reasons to smile.  Our Catoctin Lady Cougars basketball team was amazing in March 2023.…

with Michael Betteridge Prediction: Christmas Will Come Early This Year Here in December, many of us are out shopping for Christmas gifts for our loved ones. Flush with the delicious smells of the Thanksgiving kitchen and basking in the glow of tryptophans, we pull out the wrapping paper, ribbons and bows and we start wrapping…

with Michael Betteridge Life Is A Playoff! Fall is a time of transition from summer to winter. November marks the end of fall. The weather is beginning to change. Our beautiful meadows and woods are beginning to change. We sense a hint of change in the air everywhere. We bring the winter clothing out. We…

with Michael Betteridge A Century Later: An Old Sport with a New Name On October 11, 1923, a new sport was launched in Frederick County: field ball. This was an 11-on-11 game for girls, played on a field where the players ran up and down the field passing the ball to each other and trying…

with Michael Betteridge Comfort Is The Enemy Of Greatness Our hometown Catoctin Cougars’ fall sports season began on August 9 at 7:00 a.m. at Catoctin High School, when our guys and gals came streaming through the doors of the school, carrying their gym bags, equipment, and hopes and dreams for the fall 2023 high school…

The Future of Catoctin Cougars Sports with Michael Betteridge I started coaching football in Fairfield at the youth JV level. The kids I coached were in second and third grades. Today, that same group of kids are juniors and seniors in high school, and many of them are playing high school varsity football! I coached…

with Michael Betteridge A Really Interesting Summer Workout Plan! Most of my mother’s family lived for eight generations in a sleepy little hamlet on the Eastern end of Long Island, called Hampton Bays. My mother’s family was one of a handful of families that sailed over from Connecticut in 1640 to Southampton to establish the…