Boys" soccer: River Hill wins 3A state championship over Huntingtown, 2-0 Gabriel Quintero and Robert Bass score in the Hawks" win. Huntingtown forward Phillip Brown (10) receives a yellow card warning as he holds River Hill midfielder Robert Dass (12) in the Maryland 3A boys' soccer state final on November 13, 2014 in Baltimore, MD. BALTIMORE - Neon cleats leaped up as every River Hill player simultaneously tried to touch the state championship trophy. A huddle of Hawks hoisted it following their 2-0 win over Huntingtown at Loyola University, jumping over each other to get a piece of it. Coach Matt Shagogue just stepped back and observed their jubilation. "I told them, "Take as much time as you want, and make them kick you off the field," " Shagogue said. "I said, "This is what you've waited all year for and some of you all of your lives. Enjoy every minute of it." " A season filled with come-from-behind wins by the Hawks ended without drama or surprise. The Hawks (18-0-1), ranked No. 1 by The Post, raised their hands in the air victoriously as the announcer began a 10-second countdown, and Shagogue had begun hugging everyone on the sideline with a minute remaining. "If you're not on the team, I don't know if you can see it," senior Robert Dass said. It's something we just knew. . . . There was no doubt in our minds that we could get here. Goalkeeper Tomas Potts was never so nervous in his life as when he trotted out to the goal at the start of the game. Huntingtown (18-1) had its chances in the first half as Potts looked jittery. Rain also made the ball slick, and the Hurricanes tallied two shots on goal in the first half. But late in the first half, River Hill junior Michael Heitzmann crossed to Gabe Quintero as he was coming into the box. Quintero thought to himself, "Hit the living crap out of it," he said. The ball found the back of the net to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead in the 34th minute. "Going up a goal really made a big difference," Potts said. It gave our defense some pressure off them, it gave me some pressure off me and it gave the offense some pressure off them. Just going a goal up lifts the mood a little bit and gives everyone confidence. In the 55th minute, Mike Faderin was fouled in the box, and Dass took the penalty kick. The night before, Shagogue had called Dass and said he had a feeling Dass was going to have a penalty kick opportunity, warning him to consider changing up his typical routine because Huntingtown would have done its research. The goalkeeper "started inching to the right, but I usually go to the left," Dass said. I thought he was expecting me to go there, so I just put it left, top corner. Players started to worry Shagogue was sleep-deprived during the week. He dug up every bit of information there was about the Hurricanes, handing the team a thick scouting report packet at the start of the week. The sleep wouldn't come Thursday night as the team celebrated River Hill's first state championship since 2007. Players were already trying to find excuses to miss school Friday. "I think we're all feeling a little sick," Potts joked.