Two Gaithersburg high school football players made friends with their travel companion on their flight back from Nebraska — not knowing their seatmate was a major Huskers fan. When they started chatting, Terrence Stephens and Jason Ankrah, star football players at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, didn’t have a clue they were holding court with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. “I was amazed this guy knew so much about us as football players and as people,” said Stephens. “That was shocking. I felt honored to be known by someone of his caliber. He was just a regular old...