Meade's senior quarterback, a transfer from Mobile, Ala., connected with senior wideout Trevor Turner for a 40-yard touchdown pass on the Mustangs' opening drive last night as Meade downed Franklin, 42-7.

Cotton completed 16 of 22 passes for 245 yards with three touchdowns. He also rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on four carries.

"He's a very talented individual, and he showed it today," first-year Meade coach Lance Clelland said. "He played tremendous tonight. He's very smart, he understands the offense and it makes him a very dangerous player. His stats don't lie."

Cotton also connected with Tuswani Copeland for a 45-yard score in the second quarter to give the Mustangs a 28-0 lead.

Meade's attack was two-pronged, as senior Demetrius Brown (20 carries, 175 yards) and junior Teldrick Morgan (10 rushes, 120 yards) torched the Franklin defense on the ground. Half of Morgan's yards came on a second-quarter, 60-yard touchdown run.

"It's a great feeling," Clelland said. "We worked for three weeks and put a lot of time in. It's always great when you have evidence that what you do works. I was very happy with their performance."

Cotton's final touchdown pass was to senior wide receiver James Sayers, who hauled in an 11-yard toss from the Auburn recruit.

Franklin (0-1) 0 7 0 0 - 7

Meade (1-0) 20 8 7 7 - 42

ME - Turner 40 pass from Cotton (kick failed)

ME - Cotton 2 run (kick failed)

ME - Morgan 60 run (Brown run)

ME - Copeland 45 pass from Cotton (Brown run)

FR - Flemming 49 run (kick good)

ME - Sayers 11 pass from Cotton (Hawk kick)

ME - Washington 2 run (Hawk kick)

RUSHING: FR - 80. ME - D. Brown 20-175, Morgan 10-120, Cotton 4-80, Washington 5-50; PASSING: FR - 1-8-0=20 yards. ME - Cotton 16-22-0=245 yards

SOUTHERN 34, LARGO 6: Junior running back Ryan Sullivan rushed for 108 yards and three scores, including an 11-yard run on the game's opening possession, the Bulldogs breezed to the road victory.

Sullivan rushed 14 times and accounted for most of Southern's 154 rushing yards.

Bulldogs quarterback Kenny O'Neill completed the only pass he threw for 23 yards, but he made his biggest mark on defense. He scooped up a fumble on a busted option play and ran down the sideline for 94 yards to score.

Southern's defense also came up with three interceptions in holding down Largo's offense.

Southern (1-0) 7 14 6 7 - 34

Largo (0-1) 0 6 0 0 - 6

SO - Sullivan 11 run (Strickland kick)

SO - O'Neill 94 fumble return (Strickland kick)

SO - Burke fumble recovery in end zone (Strickland kick)

LA - Markham 1 run (kick failed)

SO - Sullivan 1 run (kick failed)

SO - Sullivan 5 run (Strickland kick)

RUSHING: SO - 29-154. LA - 24-65; PASSING: SO - O'Neill 1-1-0=23 yards. LA - 10-24-3=125 yards.

ANNAPOLIS 20, NORTH HARFORD 0: Sophomore running back Demond Brown rushed for 171 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown scamper on a toss sweep in the first quarter, to lead the Panthers to an opening night victory.

The Panthers put the game out of reach with fourth-quarter touchdown runs by senior quarterback Craig Wilson (33 yards) and senior Dominique Brown (three yards).

"We tried to get outside a lot, and we were successful running the ball," said Annapolis coach Brian Brown.

Annapolis rushed 30 times for 278 yards.

The linebacking core of Michael Wallace, Eddie Moon and Jourdain Eades played a strong game, helping to keep North Harford off the scoreboard.

Annapolis was able to notch the victory despite not having a single pass completion, as Wilson was 0-for-4.

North Harford (0-1) 0 0 0 0 - 0

Annapolis (1-0) 7 0 0 13 - 20

AN - De. Brown 77 run (Vern kick)

AN - Wilson 33 run (Vern kick)

AN - Do. Brown 3 run (kick failed)

RUSHING: NH - Belak 11-59, Barben 6-30, Amoroso 13-19. AN - De. Brown 12-171, Smith 5-50, Wilson 5-33, Do. Brown 6-30; PASSING: NH - Barben 3-12=38 yards. AN - Wilson 0-4=0 yards.

SOUTH RIVER 41, GLEN BURNIE 12: The Seahawks (1-0) totalled 543 yards, rushing for 506 of them against the host Gophers.

Senior Drew Lee led the charge for South River with 15 carries for 232 yards and two touchdowns, with sophomore teammate Blane Kleinrichert adding 14 carries for 179 yards and two more touchdowns.

"We played our game and imposed our will tonight," South River coach Steve Erxleben said.

Gophers junior Joe Thornton completed two touchdown passes to junior Matt Watson for Glen Burnie's only scores.

Glen Burnie (0-1) 14 7 7 13 - 41

South River (1-0) 0 6 0 6 - 12

SR - Rotolone 1 run (Keopping kick)

SR - Kleinrichert 22 run (Keopping kick)

GB - Watson 58 pass from Thornton (kick failed)

SR - Lee 26 run (Keopping kick)

SR - Rotolone 1 run (Keopping kick)

SR - Kleinrichert 14 run (kick failed)

GB - Watson 20 pass from Thornton (conversion failed)

SR - Lee 32 run (Keopping kick)

RUSHING: GB - 25-85. NC - 49-506; PASSING: GB - Thornton 3-12-1=98 yards. NC - Rotolone 3-5-0=37 yards.

THOMAS JOHNSON 36, NORTHEAST 10: Outside linebacker Chris Ager returned a fumble 53 yards to highlight a solid night, but his effort wasn't enough as the Eagles lost their season opener.

"We played well at times," Eagles coach Kevin Kylus said. "We just played a tough team."

Ager's touchdown gave Northeast the lead after Thomas Johnson scored first to go up, 6-0.

Thomas Johnson scored the next 30 points before Eagles quarterback Darren Costa capped the scoring with an 11-yard run.

Northeast (0-1) 7 0 0 7 - 14

Thomas Johnson (1-0) 9 14 13 7 - 36

TJ - 15-yard run (kick failed)

NE - Ager 54-yard fumble return (Ager kick)

TJ - 30-yard field goal

TJ - 40-yard punt return(kick failed)

TJ - 11-yard run (2-pt conversion pass)

TJ - 16-yard run (kick good)

TJ - 40-yard run (kick failed)

NE - Costa 11-yard run (Ager kick)

RUSHING: NE - Costa 4 -43; TJ - 33-285.. PASSING: NE - Costa 4-10 =44 yards;. TJ - 9-13=142 yards.

JOHN CARROLL 14, ST. MARY'S 8: Senior Trey Quinn recovered a blocked punt in the end zone to give St. Mary's an 8-0 lead, but the Saints could not hold on.

Sam VonParis threw two touchdown passes for John Carroll in the victory.

Despite the loss, St. Mary's head coach Brad Best praised the defensive efforts of seniors Jason Gonos, John Anderson and Charlie Beaunaman. Anderson led the way with 12 tackles and two tipped passes, followed by Gonos' 12 tackles and Beaunaman's seven.

St. Mary's totaled 135 rushing yards in the contest, including 71 from Mike Coyle on 18 attempts, but only managed 11 yards in the air.

John Carroll (1-0) 0 7 7 0 - 14

St. Mary's (0-2) 0 8 0 0 - 8

SM - Quinn blocked punt (Quinn run)

JC - Butler 20 pass from VonParis (Hart kick)

JC - Love 15 pass from VonParis (Hart kick)

RUSHING: SM - Coyle 18-71. PASSING: SM - Hart 2-5-0=11 yards.

OLD MILL 27, SEVERNA PARK 7: Junior Jason Clements solidified his status as one of the top backs in the county, scoring two touchdowns in the Patriots' victory over the Falcons.

Clements, an all-county pick last season, dealt the decisive blow in the win with an impressive 33-yard scamper in the fourth quarter.

"We feel we have the best player on the field with Jason," Old Mill coach Damian Ferragamo said of his star, who added a 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. "As some point we feel he is going to make somebody miss and he did."

Ferragamo strayed away from his typical shotgun spread attack in the second half and went with a two-back power formation to help wear down the Falcons, who made the game interesting when Brendan Noone plowed into the end zone to cap off a drive that expended a majority of the third quarter.

Old Mill (1-0) 7 6 0 14 - 27

Sev. Park (0-1) 0 0 7 0 - 7

OM - Sanders 21-yard pass from Enders (Cislo kick)

OM - Clements 1-yard run (PAT missed)

SP - Noone 3-yard run (Norton kick)

OM - Clements 33-yard run (Cislo kick)

OM - Enders 2-yard run (Cislo kick)

MOUNT ST. JOSEPH 14, ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 0: The Cavaliers came up short against the MIAA A Conference powerhouse and dropped to 0-2 on the season.

Tackles Chris Haines and Terrell Johnson spearheaded the Cavaliers' defense, which held St. Joseph to 169 yards of total offense.

Nick Whittles paced Spalding's ground attack collecting 36 yards on seven carries. Quarterbacks Mike Moran and Chris Polcak were a combined 3-for-8 for 68 yards passing.

Mount St. Joseph 7 7 0 0 - 14

Archbishop Spalding (0-2) 0 0 0 0 - 0

SJ - Fuller 75-yard kickoff return (Kendrick kick)

SJ - Waddell 1-yard run (Kendrick kick)

RUSHING: SJ - Bradford 5-34; AS - Whittles 7-36. PASSING: SJ Costabile - 0-2 0 yards; AS - Polcak 2-4 52 yards, Moran 1-4 16 yards.

POTOMAC SCHOOL 15, AACS 6: Freshman quarterback Chris Chick threw a touchdown pass to Matt Soldano in the fourth quarter that pulled the Eagles within 8-6, but Chick threw an incomplete pass on the ensuing two-point conversion, and Potomac School pulled away last night at Arundel High School.

Chick threw for 176 yards, but had three interceptions. Soldano caught six balls for 97 yards.

Potomac School (1-0) 0 8 0 7 - 15

AACS (0-2) 0 0 0 6 - 6

RUSHING: AC - 13. PS - N/A; PASSING: AC - Chick 12-30-3=176 yards. NC - N/A