New Town's Holland named Ravens' Coach of the Week
Joe Holland, who has New Town's football team off to a 5-1 start after last week's 56-8 win over Lansdowne, was named the Ravens' High School Coach of the Week Wednesday.
Against Lansdowne, the Titans gave up their only points on an early kickoff return and the defense took charge the rest of the way. The defense has allowed just 38 points this season while the Titans have scored 243.
“First, we take our hats off to the offensive line,” Holland said in a news release. “We have a motley crew of guys and two of them are under 200 pounds. Our team is watching film, and we’ve changed our blocking scheme. We finished with 359 rushing yards last week, spread amongst five running backs.
“Our defense has been phenomenal, and we have great leadership on both sides of the ball. Quarterback Shawheem Dowdy has committed himself to the game, and we have guys willing to follow. We haven’t had to rely on one person. We have a lot of talent across the board, and every week we have different players stepping up. We’ll continue to focus on getting all three aspects of the game right, so we don’t give up points. I hope our guys continue to stay hungry.”
The Titans suffered their only loss to undefeated Overlea and are tied with Western Tech for second place in Baltimore County's Class 2A-1A division. New Town is third in the Class 1A North regional standings behind Overlea (6-0) and Western Tech (5-1) as the Wolverines have an edge in points. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs.
Holland, in his fourth season with the Titans, is a repeat winner of the Ravens' Coach of the Week award. He also won in 2009 while coaching at Douglass in Baltimore City.
As a weekly winner, Holland receives a $2,000 donation to the Titans' football program as well as a certificate and a Coach of the Week hat.
On Dec. 24, Holland will join previous 2011 winners Catonsville's Rich Hambor and Glenelg's Butch Schaffer and future winners at the Ravens-Browns game at M&T Bank Stadium when the Ravens will announce their High School Coach of the Year. The overall winner will receive an additional donation to his football program.
