Friday night football: The early report, including Glenelg-River Hill, Potomac-Thomas Stone, Briar Woods-Broad Run Region finals in Maryland and region quarterfinals in Virginia filled a Friday football slate filled with tantalizing matchups, rematches of regular season games and the latest chapters in some of the area's best rivalries. Here's a first look at scores and recaps from Friday night's action. Check out allmetsports.com later tonight for full stories, photos and video highlights from Northwest-Quince Orchard, Potomac-Thomas Stone, Glenelg-River Hill, Briar Woods-Broad Run, South County-Battlefield and West Springfield-Lake Braddock. Maryland 3A East final Glenelg 21, River Hill 6 In a road win in Clarksville, Brent Richardson's efforts helped the Gladiators beat the Hawks for the first time in their past 11 tries. The senior dashed 45 yards on his first carry, broke a 54-yard touchdown run and snagged an interception to lead Glenelg (9-3) to a Maryland 3A East region championship. "Finally," Richardson said, drawing out every syllable to signify the 12 years that passed between wins for the Gladiators in the series with their Howard County rivals. Behind a "Jumbo" package featuring two tight ends and offensive linemen Andrew Laport, Dakota Davis, Matt Fratangelo, Ben Wilken and David Robbins, Richardson rushed for a game-high 191 yards. Trey Davis rushed 22 times for 107 yards, and quarterback Jack Hogan scored rushing touchdowns of nine and four yards for the Gladiators. River Hill (8-4) found offensive rhythm in spurts, but Glenelg senior Chris Lipp recovered a fumble and added an interception to stop any momentum. Maryland 3A West final Damascus 14, Linganore 13 The Maryland 3A West region final came down to the last play, and the Swarmin" Hornets held off the Lancers for a win in Damascus. 3 Damascus (12-0) used big plays on defense to enter the fourth quarter up 14-0, before a late charge from Linganore (11-1) brought the Frederick County team within striking distance in a game that included two lengthy power outage delays. "It was kind of a crazy game," seventh-year Swarmin" Hornets Coach Eric Wallich said. The lights went out and we were up 14-nothing before they kind of chipped away. .. We told the kids that it might come down to an extra point or two, and that's what it was. Junior running back Jake Funk ran in a nine-yard touchdown with 2:55 left in the third quarter to provide the decisive touchdown. Damascus will play Glenelg in the Maryland 3A state semifinals. Maryland 3A South final Thomas Stone 40, Potomac 14 The Cougars" triple-option attack proved unstoppable again as host Thomas Stone ran over the Wolverines in Waldorf for the 3A South region title. Though three Cougars rushed for 50 yards or more, that triple-option boiled down to one -- senior Juwuan Briscoe, who rushed for 231 yards and five touchdowns. "He's special," Thomas Stone Coach Paul Friel said. A lot of them are, heck, we had three kids with 100 yards last week. Normally on the smaller side of Southern Maryland Athletic Conference competition, the 13th-ranked Cougars (11-1) found themselves even more outsized against the defensive line for No. 16 Potomac. But the triple-option suffered little for the deficit, as Stone accounted for 440 rushing yards and six touchdowns. With the win over the Wolverines (10-2), Thomas Stone earned its first state tournament berth since 1999. The Cougars have never won a state title. Maryland 4A North final Howard 39, Paint Branch 7 Looking back at a 15-year career at four schools, Lions Coach Bruce Strunk said he has never had a better defense than this Howard group. That unit impressed once again during the Maryland 4A North region championship win in Ellicott City over the visiting Panthers (9-3). 11 Lions (12-0) forced five turnovers and got three passing touchdowns from quarterback Kevin Sheahin in the win. Howard's defense has held teams to an average of five points per game. "I've been fortunate enough to be with some teams that had some good defenses," Strunk said. But I think this is probably the best defense that I've had since I've been coaching. Virginia 6A North quarterfinal Lake Braddock 27, West Springfield 24 On a fourth and goal with two seconds remaining and the host Bruins six inches from a touchdown, Kyle Edwards told Coach Jim Poythress to put the ball in his hands. The quarterback took the snap and bounced off two tacklers before tumbling into the end zone to give No. 15 Lake Braddock (10-2) the victory in Burke over West Springfield (9-3) in the Virginia 6A North quarterfinals We didn't want a tie, we thought if we're going to be on the one-inch line, we're going to take it in," Edwards said. The game-winning touchdown was set up after Dejoun Lee made a shoe-string, touchdown-saving tackle on Adis Ojeda, who broke free for a 59-yard run the previous drive. Two penalties and negative plays later, Jaxon Clark, who kicked the game winner in the Spartans" 16-14 win over the Bruins earlier this season, nailed his 40-yard field goal. That put West Springfield up, 24-21, with 1:08 left in the game, Lake Braddock will next travel to Westfield, which defeated Chantilly. Virginia 5A North quarterfinal Broad Run 17, Briar Woods 15 Spartans senior quarterback Brady Reitzel completed 9 of 18 passes for 210 yards and one touchdown, and defensive back Marcel Mingo batted away a potential game-tying two-point pass with 19 seconds left in regulation, as host Broad Run held on to beat an Ashburn rival and advance to next week's 5A North region semifinals. The Falcons (8-4) scored on their first offensive play and jumped out to a 9-0 lead, but the Spartans fired back with three straight scores to close out the half. Sammy Sergei's 39-yard field goal as the second quarter expired put Broad Run up 17-9 at the break. "The whole message to the team was just to keep pushing through," senior Chuck Davis said. Just worry about us. Everything will work out. The game plan was to trust in everything and don't panic. Jake Maffe tossed two touchdowns for Briar Woods and appeared to complete the game-tying two-point pass, but the initial play was nullified because of an illegal shift penalty. His younger brother, sophomore Ben Maffe, carried 15 times for 63 yards. 11 Howard 39, Paint Branch 7 19 Old Mill 26, No. 18 Arundel 21 6 Northwest 28, No. 9 Quince Orchard 21 13 Thomas Stone 40, No. 16 Potomac (Md.) 3 Damascus 14, Linganore 13 8 Centreville 62, Patriot 28 2 Westfield 27, Chantilly 7 15 Lake Braddock 27, West Springfield 24 14 Battlefield 41, South County 36 12 Tuscarora 42, Wakefield 14 Massaponax 42, Potomac (Va.) Stone Bridge 44, North Stafford 29 Salem 38, Woodgrove 28 James Monroe 23, Champe 7