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FREDERICK, Md. -- The Maryland School for the Deaf has won its third straight national football championship, edging the California School for the Deaf, Riverside, in a decision by two groups representing hearing-impaired prep schools.
The Oriole ended their season at 9-1 despite losing nine of last year's starters, including national deaf Offensive Player of the Year Martise Colston, coach Andy Bonheyo said Thursday.
"The past two years, we relied solely on several superstars to carry the team," Bonheyo told The Frederick News-Post. "This year was different. The players knew they had to play hard as a team in order to win."
Riverside went 10-1 during the regular season.
The Orioles' only loss came Sept. 23 at home against Avalon, which won 30-28 in overtime, snapping MSD's 27-game winning streak. Over the last three seasons, the Orioles are 30-1.
The championship was decided by FRAT, a publication of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, and SigNews, a publication of Communication Service for the Deaf, Bonheyo said.
"The voting was very close," he said. The formula included a hypothetical game between the two teams that MSD won by four points, he said.
Bonheyo has coached teams to 12 national championships. He won three titles at Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington and five at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin before winning the first of four titles at the Maryland School for the Deaf in 2001.
FREDERICK, Md. -- The Maryland School for the Deaf has won its third straight national football championship, edging the California School for the Deaf, Riverside, in a decision by two groups representing hearing-impaired prep schools.
The Oriole ended their season at 9-1 despite losing nine of last year's starters, including national deaf Offensive Player of the Year Martise Colston, coach Andy Bonheyo said Thursday.
"The past two years, we relied solely on several superstars to carry the team," Bonheyo told The Frederick News-Post. "This year was different. The players knew they had to play hard as a team in order to win."
Riverside went 10-1 during the regular season.
The Orioles' only loss came Sept. 23 at home against Avalon, which won 30-28 in overtime, snapping MSD's 27-game winning streak. Over the last three seasons, the Orioles are 30-1.
The championship was decided by FRAT, a publication of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, and SigNews, a publication of Communication Service for the Deaf, Bonheyo said.
"The voting was very close," he said. The formula included a hypothetical game between the two teams that MSD won by four points, he said.
Bonheyo has coached teams to 12 national championships. He won three titles at Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington and five at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin before winning the first of four titles at the Maryland School for the Deaf in 2001.