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Here is the All-Baltimore County girls lacrosse team as selected by the coaches:
Deb Milani, Catonsville
Becca Garman, Catonsville
Kara Burke, Dulaney
Hannah Whiteley, Dulaney
Megan Bell, Hereford
Megan Asper, Hereford
Kayleigh Banker, Loch Raven
Becca Himes, Perry Hall
Zoe Skinner, Towson
Caroline Krohn, Towson
Here are the Monocacy Valley Athletic League Chesapeake Conference coaches girls lacrosse teams. All the Carroll County teams make up the conference.
Chesapeake Conference
First team
Alice Mercer, Century, Attack
Jill Remenapp Century, Attack
Kristen Cannon, Manchester Valley, Midfield
Brittany Coppa, North Carroll, Midfield
Erin Slifer, South Carroll, Midfield
Kelly Murkey, Westminster, Midfield
MacKenzie Cyr, Winters Mill, Attack
Katie Leech, Winters Mill, Midfield
Amalie Trentzsch, Winters Mill, Midfield
Erin McMunn, Winters Mill, Attack
Shelby Nemecek, Liberty, Attack
Amy Roguski, Liberty, Midfield
Maggie McCormick, Liberty, Midfield
Lexi Cross, Liberty, Defense
Second team
Angela Flister, Century, Attack
Ashley Wheeler, Century, Midfield
Kaitlin Pentz, Century, Goalkeeper
Bailey Beardsley, FSK, Attack
Kaitlyn Dudley, FSK, Defense
Alyssa Semones, Westminster, Midfield
Kate Haker, Westminster, Attack
Lindsay Nichols, Westminster, Goalkeeper
Kelly Speiker, Winters Mill, Defense
Katie Horn, Winters Mill, Goalkeeper
Caitlin Prince, Liberty, Midfield
Schyler Healy, Liberty, Goalkeeper
Taylor Gress, North Carroll, Midfield
Gabe Little, North Carroll, Defense
Honorable mention
Raleigh Cavey, Century, Defense
Liz French, Century, Defense
Kailey Wolfe, Century, Attack
Haley Bordner, Century, Midfield
Carli Bafford, FSK, Midfield
Jenn Pivar, FSK, Defense
Hannah Clinton, Manchester Valley, Goalkeeper
Colby Unkle, Manchester Valley, Midfield
Alex Carhart, Manchester Valley, Defense
Abbey Dasch, Manchester Valley, Defense
Kathleen Maleski, South Carroll, Defense
Inna Hedden, South Carroll, Goalkeeper
Danielle Decolli, South Carroll, Defense
Kimmy Delonge, South Carroll, Defense
Bridget Bopst, South Carroll, Midfield
Jen Tompkins,, South Carroll, Midfield
Nikki Heim, South Carroll, Midfield
Sydney Trentzsch, Winters Mill, Midfield
Shelby Trentzsch, Winters Mill, Midfield
Meghan Sturgill, Winters Mill, Defense
Mandy Buell, Winters Mill, Attack
Madison Cyr, Winters Mill, Midfield
Maddie Bodden, Winters Mill, Defense
Caitlyn McMunn, Winters Mill, Defense
Amanda LeGar, Liberty, Midfield
Kelsey Kirby,, Liberty, Defense
Jenna Carey Liberty, Defense
Katie Cheyne, North Carroll, Attack
Kirstie Connor, North Carroll, Attack
If you have never been to a motocross race before, you need to go.
I traveled down to Budds Creek Saturday to see a stop on the Lucas Oil American Motorcycle Association Pro Motocross Championship and left a fan of a sport that I never had much interest in.
Sure, I’ve taken short looks at races on TV before. But there’s a big difference between watching one of these races on TV and witnessing the excitement in person, feeling the motor’s roar and sharing in the thrill that is motocross racing.
For those who are unaware, motocross is nothing like NASCAR, where the riders go in a loop for hours on end. On motocross tracks, you have to turn both left and right, and races last 30 minutes. Jumps are also laced throughout the course, increasing the chances of wrecks and giving a thrill to viewers as they see their favorite riders soar through the air.
In the weeks leading up to the event, I’d been told how the view of the course was second-to-none. My trip to Mechanicsville confirmed that. I walked around the whole track and couldn’t find a bad spot to watch the race. There were a few blind spots, but the racers were only out of sight for a few seconds before they sped around the corner into the next jump.
Track owner and race promoter Jonathan Beasley was ecstatic during the races. At the beginning of the second race of the day, the 250cc, he leaned over to me and said “I’ve been working my whole life for these 30 minutes. I’m going to enjoy it.” And enjoy it he did, along with the thousands of fans that covered the grass surrounding the track.
Racers came from all over the world, some as young as 16, and show they are world-class athletes. The temperature was in the low 90s, and driving on bikes under the hot sun is no joke. Unfortunately, I had to leave before the final race (can’t skip out on the Stevens’ Father’s Day party), but I only had to see a few races to be pulled in.
Oh yeah, and the race-day models were there in full force, making every minute of the one-and-a-half hour drive worth it.
-- Colin Stevens
A.J. Lardo, a rising senior at Loyola, will be the lone Marylander to participate in this week's USA Baseball Tournament of Stars, an annual event showcasing 128 of the nation's top players under the age of 18. The tournament, sponsored by Major League Baseball, is used to select the U-18 national team, representing the U.S. in international competition.
Lardo, a fleet outfielder, batted .438 with seven doubles, five triples, three homers and 32 stolen bases for the Dons this season. He will suit up for the American Legion team, which features players from more than a dozen states.
The tournament runs Wednesday through Sunday in Cary, N.C.
U.S. Lacrosse has named the following high school girls All-Americans:
Baltimore Chapter
First Team
Liza Blue, Garrison Forest
Katie Chase, Glenelg
Rhiannon Coogle, North Harford
Paige Hanson, Bryn Mawr
Meghan Helm, Notre Dame Prep
Covie Stanwick, Notre Dame Prep
Adrienne Tarver, Park
Annie Thomas, John Carroll
Honorable Mention
Erica Bodt, John Carroll
Abbey Clipp, Marriotts Ridge
Liz Johnson, C. Milton Wright
Cailie Murphy, Garrison Forest
Chesapeake Chapter
Brooke Griffin, South River
Hannah Hook, Severn
Sarah Lloyd, Severna Park
Lyndsey Munoz, St. Mary's
Courtney Tomchik, Broadneck
Western Maryland Chapter
Mackenzie Cyr, Winters Mill
Katie Leech, Wintes Mill
Amalie Trentzsch, Winters Mill
Recent Broadneck grad Kourtney Salvarola, who led the No. 1 Bruins to their second straight Class 4A state softball title, has been selected for the 2010-11 USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team.
The team will compete later this year at the III Pan American Softball Championship (18-and-under), Aug. 6-15, in Bogota, Colombia, which serves as a qualifier for the International Softball Federation (ISF) IX Jr. Women's World Championship (19-and-under), Dec. 6-17, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Salvarola, who will play at South Florida, was a four-time first-team All-Metro pitcher, earning Player of the Year honors in her junior season. She batted .514 and went 14-2 on the mound this season to close out her stellar four-year career. Ranked the No. 5 recruit by ESPNU, Salvarola will likely play an infield position at South Florida.
-- Glenn Graham
Here's a look at coaches picks for the All-Monocacy Valley Athletic League, Chesapeake Conference baseball team. The eight-team league consists entirely of teams from Carroll County.
First team
Matt Naugler, Century
Jordan Bode, Liberty
Geoff Suddath, Liberty
Cody Harman, Westminster
Kyle Zeigler, Westminster
Brandon Taylor, Westminster
Nick O'Melia, Francis Scott Key
Marty Windisch, Manchester Valley
Matt Shriver, Winters Mill
Matt Darnley, Century
Joe Cuff, Liberty
Trevor Walzl, North Carroll
Second team
Brian Martin, Winters Mill
Tyler Reid, Century
Andrew Massey, Liberty
Calvin Turner, Westminster
Logan Murray, South Carroll
Chris Misner, South Carroll
Michael Austin, Century
Alec Rogness, Century
Jim Young, Liberty
Alex Childs, Westminster
Nick Crump, North Carroll
Ken Georgius, Westminster
Honorable mention
Kyle Cavey, Manchester Valley
Nick Frock, Manchester Valley
Chad Nazelrod, Manchester Valley
Mitch McVerry, Westminster
Chad Diehl, Westminster
Steve Paquet, Westminster
Bobby Conlon, Liberty
Nolan Little, Winters Mill
Brady Maxcy, Winters Mill
Sean Maguire, Century
Josh Green, Century
Logan Ryder, Century
John Edward Porter, South Carroll
Bryan Berdit, South Carroll
Broc Bowers, South Carroll
Klay Sauers, North Carroll
Luke Chilcoat, North Carroll
Brett McCoy, North Carroll
The All-Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference softball teams as chosen by the league coaches.
Chesapeake Division
First Team
Sam Grove, Rising Sun, pitcher
Alivia Schoff, Rising Sun, catcher
Katie Weimer, C. Milton Wright, first baseman
Emmie Burke, C. Milton Wirhgt, second baseman
Lindsay Resnik, C. Milton Wright, short stop
Liz Deckelman, Fallston, third baseman
Eden McMillan, Rising Sun, oufield
Lindsay Kuczak, C. Milton Wright, outfield
Amanda McCarty, North East, outfield
Jess Lucas, C.Milton Wright, flex
Second Team
Hannah Musick, Perryville, pitcher
Megan Dennis, Elkton, catcher
Adie McClanhan, Elkton, first baseman
Kelsey Lovelace, Perryville, second baseman
Kendie Hudson, Perryville, short stop
Nori Elliott, Perryville, third baseman
Kerri Valladares, Elkton, outfield
Jessica Canami, C. Milton Wright, outfield
Nicole McClaskey, C. Milton Wright, outfield
Steph White, Harford Tech, flex
Susquehann Division
First Team
Brianna James, Patterson Mill, pitcher
Gina Fasand, Bohemia Manor, catcher
Laura Porter, Bel Air, first baseman
Megan Apoold, Havre de Grace, second baseman
Carlie Andrews, Patterson Mill, short stop
Hannah Stringer, Bohemia Manor, third baseman
Samantha Stiles, North Harford, outfield
Brooke Olszewski, Patterson Mill, outfield
Emily Rosenberger, Bel Air, outfield
Emily Briggs, North Harford, flex
Second Team
Melissa Doering, North Harford, pitcher
Hailey Bethke, Havre de Grace, catcher
Lauren West, Patterson Mill, first baseman
Alexis Duchesne, Patterson Mill, second baseman
Kebrina Johnson, Edgewood, short stop
Hanna Ayestas, Patterson Mill, third baseman
Danielle Dahl, Paterson Mill, oufield
Alyssa Hargrave, Joppatowne, outfield
Peyton Malloy, Aberdeen, outfield
Erin Morrisey, Bel Air, flex
Here's a look at who coaches picked for the all-conference baseball teams in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association.
A Conference
Archbishop Curley
Tyler Burton - OF- JR
Archbishop Spalding
Ryan Metzler - 2B - JR
Austin Neary - IF - JR
Calvert Hall
Dominic Sgroi - P - SR
Matt Bosse - LF - JR
Ryan Swearingen - P - SR
Cardinal Gibbons
Dominic Fratanuono - CF - SR
Nick Freeberger - 1B/C - SO
Gilman
Bryan Willis - OF - SR
Max Cooke - 2B - SR
Ryan Ripken - 1B - SO
John Carroll
KJ Hockaday - SS/P - JR
Brendan Butler - 3B/1B/P - JR
Loyola Blakefield
AJ Lardo - LF - JR
Matt Hnatiuk - C - SR
McDonogh
Andrew Hofmeister - P/OF - SO
Zach Fitzpatrick - C/P - SR
Mount St. Joseph
Michael Draper - SS/3B/LF - SR
Pat Rogers - CF - JR
St. Paul's
Lamonte Wade - CF/P - SO
Chris Del Vecchio - OF/P - SR
B Conference
Annapolis Area Christian
Thomas Williams - P/SS - JR
Steven Ridings - P/SS - SO
Lane Farmer - C - JR
Baltimore Lutheran
Mark Rodgers - P/3B - SR
Boys’ Latin
Chuck Cuthrell - 2B/P - SR
Sam Friedman - P/CF/3B - SR
Friends
Arnie Capute - P/3B - SO
Glenelg Country
Doug Miller - C - JR
Mount Carmel
Bobby Sanzone - P/SS - JR
Ian Arclaga - P/1B - JR
Mike Krannebitter - C - JR
Park
Max Sellman - P - SR
Jon Hettleman - C - SR
Ben Brewster - P - SR
St. Frances
Devan Hill - P/C - SR
Devante Brown - SS/C - JR
St. Mary’s
Danny Usewick - SS - JR
St. Vincent Pallotti
Corey Dirks - P/C - SO
Matt Defrank - SS/P - SO
Severn
Sam Wachs - 3B - JR
Joe Kotler - P - SO
C Conference
Beth TFiloh
Bradley Kronthol - IF - JR
Josh Flax - 1B - JR
Myles Horowitz - P - JR
Key
Chris Fusco - P - SR
Harrison Barton - C/P - SR
Maris Beigel - SS - SR
Jack Rixey - CF - SR
Alex Boisvert - OF - JR
St. John's Catholic Prep
Nick Peifer - SS/P - SO
Matt Leiter - C/P/SS - SO
Ryan McDowell - OF/P - SR
Alex Rivera - C/OF - JR
Evan Giangrande - 1B - SR
Here are the rosters for Sunday's annual Brooks Robinson High School All-Star Game at Oriole Park, to be played after the Orioles-Mets game, which starts at 1:35.
The game showcases the state's best high school seniors, selected after a series of regional tryouts, as well as the annual Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches Classic last month in College Park.
North
Pitchers: Dylan Driscoll, Urbana; Brad Markey, C. Milton Wright; Zach Nadolny, Bel Air; Dominic Sgroi, Calvert Hall. Catchers: Zach Fitzpatrick, McDonogh; Matt Hnatiuk, Loyola.
Infielders: Travis Clark, Hammond; Mike Draper, Mount Saint Joseph; Pat Fitzgerald, Calvert Hall; Timothy Gentry, Dulaney; Jay Knight, Linganore.
Outfielders: Bryan Willis, Gilman; Dominic Fratantuono, Cardinal Gibbons; Richard Cruz-Sanchez, Urbana; Brody Tennant, Mount Hebron. Coaches: Phil Rhodes, Frederick; Joe Connolly, Fallston; Ty Whittaker, Eastern Tech.
South
Pitchers: Troy Bennett, Stephen Decatur; Nick Riley, Gaithersburg; Jason Seitler, Chesapeake. Catchers: Matt Selmer, Riverdale Baptist; Alex Ramsay, Severna Park; Austin Richards, Georgetown Prep.
Infielders: Kyle Convissar, Severna Park; Mike Marsh, Chesapeake; Kyle Riffe, DeMatha; Chris Gaines, Huntingtown; Spencer Wolfe, Huntingtown.
Outfielders: Jordan Gowe, St. Michaels; Kevin Kean, Old Mill; Darrin Smith, Old Mill; George Smith, Good Counsel. Coaches: Jim McCandless, Severna Park; Russ Morgan, Bo Manor; Wes McCoy, River Hill.
The All-Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference Baseball teams as chosen by the league coaches.
Chesapeake Division
First Team
Brad Markey, C. Milton Wright, pitcher
Robert Ruse, C. Milton Wright, pitcher
Andrew Clow, C. Milton Wright, catcher
Matt Simini, Bel Air, first baseman
Andrew Gilley, C. Milton Wright, second baseman
Kenny West, Harford Tech, short stop
Zach Nadolny, Bel Air, third baseman
Robert Parsons, North Harford, outfield
Brian Owens, Elkton, outfield
Brian Dippel, C. Milton Wright, outfield
Andrew Bugda, Harford Tech, designated hitter
Second Team
Tyler Campbell, Bel Air, pitcher
Kevin Mooney, North Harford, pitcher
Sean Lapouraille, Bel Air, catcher
John Lacomb, Harford Tech, first baseman
Justin Owens, Elkton, secondn baseman
Josh Barben, North Harford, short stop
Ryan Corn, C. Milton Wright, third baseman
Brandon Del Pilar, Fallston, outfield
Shane Halsey, C. Milton Wright, outfield
Taylor Corn, Rising Sun, outfield
Tyler Galeone, Fallston, designated hitter
Susquehanna Division
First Team
Madison Neddu, Bohemia Manor, pitcher
Keith Burgess, North East, pitcher
Luke Furhman, Patterson Mill, catcher
Hunter Ressler, Perryville, first baseman
Scotty McClellan, Bohemia Manor, second baseman
Bobby Dietz, North East, short stop
D.J. Budnick, Aberdeen, third baseman
Andrew Milliner, North East, outfield
Zack Tabor, Havre de Grace, outfield
Joe Roman, Patterson Mill, outfield
David Jacobs, Havre de Grace, designated hitter
Second Team
Matt Golczewski, Patterson Mill, pitcher
Andrew Barrett, Joppatowne, pitcher
Jesse Ellis, Perryville, catcher
Chad Gravenor, Bohemia Manor, first baseman
Trey Hathaway, Edgewood, second baseman
Jimmy Salamone, Patterson Mill, short stop
Matt Rivard, Edgewood, third baseman
Taylor Bartow, North East, outfield
Demetrius Jelen, Joppatowne, outfield
Patrick Jones, North East, outfield
Joe Ward, Edgewood, designated hitter
Here's a look at who the Baltimore County baseball coaches selected for their All-County teams.
First team
Pitchers: Shane Campbell, Kenwood; Randy Moran, Parkville; Curtis Randall, Overlea.
Catcher: Mark Mattern, Kenwood.
First base: Jason Goodman, Kenwood.
Second base: James Francis, Towson.
Shortstop: Joey Dorsey, Franklin.
Third base: James Wagner, Kenwood.
Outfield: David Wolfe, Catonsville; Kodi Beckwith, Perry Hall; Nick McElfish, Eastern Tech; Justin Shelley, Parkville.
DH: Eric Upton, Dulaney.
Utility: Marcus Green, Overlea.
Second team
Pitchers: Justin Zeglin, Perry Hall; Manny Prassinas, Patapsco.
Catcher: Jon Richardson, Patapsco.
First base: Shawn Conroy, Sparrows Point.
Second base: Wayne Wanless, Kenwood.
Shortstop: Tete Obot, Pikesville.
Third base: Greg Fultz, Hereford.
Outfield: Jesse Francis, Patapsco. Brian Kummerlowe, Lansdowne.
The All-Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference Boys Lacrosse teams as chosen by the league coaches.
Chesapeake Division
First Team
Jay Kuhn, Patterson Mill, goalie
Kyle Funk, North Harford, defense
Trey Cover, Fallston, defense
Zach Esser, Fallston, defense
Mike Antinozzi, Fallston, midfield
Wade Baker, Fallston, midfield
Jake Duarte, North Harford, midfield
Justin Gayo, Bel Air, attack
Brian White, Fallston, attack
Evan Farkas, C. Milton Wright, attack
Second Team
Nate Gilpin, Bel Air, goalie
David Miller, Joppatowne, defense
Garrett Selander, Harford Tech, defense
Austin West, C. Milton Wright, defense
Quinn Egan, Patterson Mill, midfield
Danny Reus, Bel Air, midfield
Ryan Kissner, C. Milton Wright, midfield
Carson Kalama, Bel Air, attack
Alex Oxenberg, Patterson Mill, attack
Scott Showalter, C. Milton Wright, attack
Susquehanna Division
First Team
Ryan Chojnowski, Havre de Grace, goalie
Kevin Kinney, North East, defense
Ryan Weismiller, Havre de Grace, defense
Josh Andrews, Perryville, defense
Glenn Horning, Havre de Grace, midfield
Clay Johnson, North East, midfield
Zach Douglas, Rising Sun, midfield
Gannon Irrgang, North East, attack
Ryan Wall, North East, attack
Justin Gosnell, Havre de Grace, attack
Second Team
Mason Musick, North East, goalie
Curtis Randon, Rising Sun, defense
Corey McDaniel, Bohemia Manor, defense
Pape Lukk, Rising Sun, midfield
Zach Foster, Elkton, midfield
Cole Keene, North East, midfield
Jack Cochran, Bohemia Manor, midfield
Cameron Blackiston, Bohemia Manor, attack
Evan Tucker, Rising Sun, attack
Brad Corron, Bohemia Manor, attack
The All-Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference girls lacrosse teams as chosen by the league coaches.
Chesapeake Division
First Team
Gabby Brooks, Patterson Mill, goalie
Leah Perrotta, Fallston, defense
Alyssa Blevins, C. Milton Wright, defense
Monica Negron, Patterson Mill, defense
Tayler Kuzma, C. Milton Wight, midfield
Kaci Starkloff, Bel Air, midfield
Jenna Mosketti, Fallston, midfield
Elizabeth Johnson, C. Milton Wright, midfield
Rhiannon Coogle, North Harford, midfield
Megan Will, C. Milton Wright, attack
Sydney Taylor, Patterson Mill, attack
Abby Wilson, Fallston, attack
Second Team
Rebecca Muscella, C. Milton Wright, goalie
Lauren McCadden, C. Milton Wright, defense
McKenzie Hannahs, Fallston, defense
Shannon Hurley, Patterson Mill, defense
Megan Fennell, Bel Air, defense
Haley Ford, North Harford, midfield
Taylor Burris, Patterson Mill, midfield
Abby Smucker, C. Milton Wright, midfield
Amy Poteet, North Harford, midfield
Jordan Hammond, Bel Air, attack
Jen Ward, Fallston, attack
Katie Gallagher, C. Milton Wright, attack
Susquehanna Division
First Team
Olivia Reynolds, North East, goalie
Christina Hawkins, Havre de Grace, defense
Bess Carlson, Harford Tech, defense
Lauren Harrison, North East, defense
Kelly Steen, Rising Sun, midfield
Taylor Murphy, North East, midfield
Maddie Hewitt, Havre de Grace, midfield
Morgan Cillo, Harford Tech, midfield
Brittney Gonzalez, Joppatowne, midfield
Sarah Chetelat, Harford Tech, attack
Chelsea Davis, Bohemia Manor, attack
Karley Bush, North East, attack
Second Team
Juliet Llloyd, Harford Tech, goalie
Shannon Nolan, Rising Sun, defense
Nykki Stritzinger, Harford Tech, defense
Chelsea Stair, Bohemia Manor, defense
Meghan Welch, Edgewood, midfield
Brianna Davis, Bohemia Manor, midfield
Emma McDougall, Joppatowne, midfield
Rachel Clewer, North East, midfield
Lauren Spalt, Harford Tech, midfield
Kelsey Sudano, Havre de Grace, attack
Jennifer Miller, Edgewood, attack
Erica Fortune, North East, attack
The All-Howard County girls lacrosse team as selected by Carol Gralia of the Howard County Times:
Player of the Year
Beth Glaros, Wilde Lake, senior, midfield
First team
Alanna Diffendal, Marriotts Ridge, junior, attack
Julianne Giles, Mount. Hebron, senior , attack
Kayleigh Hinkle, Glenelg, junior, attack
Laura Lazas, Atholton, senior, attack
Kristen Bilney, Mount Hebron, senior, midfield
Katie Chase, Glenelg, senior, midfield
Lindsey DiAntonio, Marriotts Ridge, senior, midfield
Anna Kim, River Hill, senior, midfield
Taylor Salandra, Glenelg, junior, midfield
Zoe Stukenberg, Marriotts Ridge, freshman, midfield
Laura Maskell, Marriotts Ridge, junior, defense
Anne Zabel, Marriotts Ridge, sophomore, defense
Abbey Clipp, Marriotts Ridge, senior, goalie
Second team
Rachel Benzing, Centennial, sophomore, attack
Lauren Groft, Howard, junior, attack
Lauren Ignacio, Reservoir, junior, attack
Brittany Jorgenson, Glenelg Country, junior, attack
Megan Wallenhorst, Centennial, sophomore, attack
Morgan Wynne, River Hill, senior, attack
Erin Geoghan, River Hill, junior, midfield
Carly Weilminster, Mount Hebron, senior, midfield
Sam Weinstein, Glenelg Country, junior, midfield
Emily Bode, Atholton, senior, defense
Kristen Carr, Glenelg, junior, defense
Hannah Gaw, Glenelg, senior, defense
Mara Gluck, River Hill, junior, goalie
Emily Yumkas, Reservoir, junior, goalie
Following is the All-MIAA track and field teams as chosen by the coaches.
100 meters
Kyle Baker - Archbishop Spalding
200 meters
Darius Jennings - Gilman
400 meters
George Chambers - Archbishop Curley
800 meters
Matt Jablonski - Loyola
1,600 meters
Matt Jablonski - Loyola
3,200 meters
Matt Jablonski - Loyola
110 high hurdles
Justin Gross - McDonogh
300 hurdles
Justin Gross - McDonogh
Long Jump
Justin Gross - McDonogh
Triple Jump
Justin Gross - McDonogh
High Jump
Albert Clarke - Mount St. Joseph
Pole Vault
Sam Polino - McDonogh
Shot put
Isaac Jorgensen - McDonogh
Discus
Eric Price - Archbishop Curley
4x100 Relay
Mount St. Joseph
Kyle Fuller, Ian Miles, Brenden Jefferson, Randy Harris
4x200 Relay
Gilman
Taz Amin, Arthur Modell, Alex Deweese, Darius Jennings
4x400 Relay
Gilman
Arthur Modell, Chris Watson, Alex Deweese, Kevin Broh-Khan
4x800
Gilman
Peter Merritt, Kevin Broh-Kahn, Nick Wolf, Chris Watson
At-Large Selections
John Rybak - Archbishop Curley
Oumar Ballo – Archbishop Curley
Will Meadows – Gilman
Ben Pickett - John Carroll
Paul Fletcher-Hill - McDonogh
Gilman football coach Biff Poggi said Thursday he was disappointed that the possibility of a football merger between the MIAA and Washington Catholic Athletic Conference is off the table.
Poggi said Gilman supported the merger, which had been in an exploratory phase since December. However, talks with the WCAC will not be continued after the merger failed to receive unanimous support from A Conference programs at this week's annual MIAA athletic directors' workshop, according to Rick Diggs, MIAA executive director.
For Poggi, whose team already has WCAC powers Good Counsel and DeMatha on its non-league schedule for fall, adding more competitive teams to the six-team A Conference was the big draw.
"We're just never going to get to a critical mass in the A Conference with the schools we have now and this was a really good reason to get it done," Poggi said. " I'm disappointed that whatever administrative or structural or political things that needed to be taken care of couldn't be taken care of. I don't know any of the facts. I don't know who said what, but I know at Gilman, we were a big supporter of it. It's too bad because I think it would have been one of the great high school football leagues in the country."
Scheduling is a difficulty the A Conference has struggled with because it is so small. Teams have to go outside the conference to fill half of their 10-game schedules.
"For Gilman, we're already playing the WCAC's top teams and for us it's a good fit," Poggi said. "The football is competitive and our record against DeMatha is 4-5 over the last nine years. And it's so hard to get games. I think it would be neat to have the leagues together and have a North Division and a South Division and have a playoff and a championship game. That's what I was hoping we were going to do."
Instead, the Greyhounds will play non-league games against Good Counsel, DeMatha, Archbishop Spalding, Malvern Prep from Philadelphia and Don Bosco Prep from New Jersey — last season's No. 1 team in USA Today as well as MaxPreps and Rivals Top 100 — in a game to be played at Morgan State.
No other team has so ambitious a schedule and Poggi said he isn't sure everyone wants one.
"Quite frankly, I think a lot of the coaches, they don't want to play DeMatha and Good Counsel and I think that we need to be playing them," Poggi said.
Without the merger, Poggi said teams will have to continue to travel to get such high-caliber competition. In recent years, the Greyhounds have traveled to northern New Jersey, New York City and Philadelphia to play strong opponents.
"Travel is becoming more a part of it now and it makes it a lot harder," Poggi said. "A 40-minute trip down the highway to WCAC land is a lot better than what we've had to do."
Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association officials have opted not to pursue a merger with the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference that would have created an exceptionally strong football conference including the top private and parochial school programs in the Baltimore-Washington area.
Rick Diggs, executive director of the MIAA, said Thursday morning that the decision was made during the annual MIAA athletic directors' three-day workshop.
"We just decided at our meeting yesterday that we're not going to pursue the merger any longer," Diggs said. "No particular reasons other than we didn't have full support from all the A Conference schools. We decided if we had full support from all of our schools that we would pursue it, but there were some questions."
In December, MIAA officials met with WCAC officials to pursue the possibility of a merger for football only. Such a merger would bring Gilman, Loyola, McDonogh, Calvert Hall, Mount St. Joseph and Georgetown Prep into one league with such programs as Good Counsel, DeMatha, Gonzaga, St. John's and Bishop McNamara. Plans called for a league championship game which the MIAA A Conference currently does not have as it crowns its regular-season champion.
Crossover between the two leagues would have been nothing new. Defending MIAA champion Gilman and DeMatha have a long-standing rivalry and the Greyhounds also played WCAC champ Good Counsel last season as did Mount St. Joseph. Calvert Hall played St. John's last fall.
Diggs did not elaborate on the specifics of the sticking points in voting down the possibility of a merger other than scheduling and maintaining the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl between Calvert Hall and Loyola.
"There would have been some difficulties to overcome like scheduling, how we would have split the divisions. There's always other things not worth talking about," Diggs said.
As for the Calvert Hall-Loyola game, plans for a conference championship would have made that game difficult to continue, because it is so late in November. Diggs said in January that some heads of MIAA schools did not want to continue playing football into December, because many athletes play two sports and playing that late would overlap basketball practice by six weeks.
With only six teams in the A Conference, scheduling has been an issue and Diggs said perhaps one or more teams would eventually move up from the B Conference. Last fall, B Conference champion Archbishop Spalding defeated Calvert Hall during the regular season.
No changes can be made for this fall, however, because the MIAA sets its conferences for two years and 2010-11 is the second year of that cycle. Any changes would have to wait until the 2011-12 school year.
"We know we have to strengthen our schedule and that's going to be up to our competition committee to look at it after next year and see how we can strengthen the A Conference," Diggs said. "We have to look at whether one or two schools need to go up and play in the A Conference. Any change would be for the 11-12 season. That would be up to the principals and athletic directors, They have to take a look at it and see what's best."
McDonogh will face Gonzaga in a fifth high school football game added to the inaugural I-95 Kickoff Classic scheduled for Labor Day weekend at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium.
McDonogh and Gonzaga will play Friday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m., kicking off the two-day event which features teams from the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, said Tony Kennedy, president and chief executive officer of Extra Point Productions and the organizer of the Classic. The game will be ticketed separately from the four games to follow Saturday, Kennedy said, with tickets sold through the schools.
The Classic will conclude Saturday night, Sept. 4 with a showdown between defending MIAA A Conference champ Gilman and WCAC champ Good Counsel at 7:30 p.m.
The full Saturday lineup, which was set in April:
Mount St. Joseph vs. Bishop McNamara, 10:30 a.m.
Calvert Hall vs. Archbishop Spalding, 1:30 p.m.
Loyola vs. DeMatha, 4:30 p.m.
Gilman vs. Good Counsel, 7:30 p.m.
Following are the All-Anne Arundel County girls lacrosse teams as chosen by the coaches.
First Team
Attack
Kendyl Gardner, Severna Park
Meghan Eshleman, Broadneck
Ali Brandenburg, Annapolis
Elizabeth Barranco, Severna Park
Shannon Carta, South River
Midfield
Brooke Griffin, South River
Courtney Tomchik, Broadneck
Erin Tenneson, Chesapeake
Mary Milligan, South River
Sarah Lloyd, Severna Park
Taylor George, Broadneck
Hayley Ross, Arundel
Macy Murray, North County
Alex Van Horn, Annapolis
Lauren Patterson, Severna Park
Defense
Natalie Glanell, South River
Heather Frost, Southern
Allison Thornton, Broadneck
Cassie Ballard, Severna Park
Julianne Williams, Arundel
Goalie
Emily Mata, Severna Park
Second Team
Attack
Addison Deaton, Broadneck
Ally Adams, Severna Park
Sarah Maloof, South River
Samantha Scruggs, Chesapeake
Colleen Ward, Arundel
Katie Govatos, Annapolis
Midfield
Rachel Mia, Severna Park
Lorianne Hoover, Annapolis
Allie Dawson, Broadneck
Olivia Pyne, South River
Val Everett, Chesapeake
Charlotte Hine, Southern
Leah Warner, Northeast
Paige Duncan, Broadneck
Erin Fischer, Northeast
Marissa Meiklejohn, Old Mill
Norweice Anderson, Glen Burnie
Defense
Erika Spilker, Severna Park
Gretchen Mayer, Severna Park
Rachel Cox, Chesapeake
Megan Green, Northeast
Hannah Street, South River
Lexi Bristow, Broadneck
Goalie
Julie Burns, Broadneck
Honorable Mention
Anna Hayley, Broadneck
Sarah Harnish, Annapolis
Courtney Woolford, Northeast
Brittany Kincer, Glen Burnie
Kayla Hertz, Old Mill
Jenna Bishop, Southern
Kelsea Donnelly, South River
Catey Christian, Arundel
Holly Lucke, Chesapeake
Carrie Miskill, North County
Sami Kiser, Severna Park
Megan Boyce, Meade
Archbishop Spalding High School is accepting applications for the position of head boy's varsity lacrosse coach.
The new coach will replace Zack Burke, who recently stepped down after three seasons. Burke is moving to California with his family.
All interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume of experience to Archbishop Spalding athletic director Lee Dove at dovel@archbishopspalding.org, or via fax to 410-969-2795 or mailed to Archbishop Spalding High School, 8080 New Cut Road, Severn, Maryland 21144.
A minimum of high school coaching experience is required for consideration.
Burke led the Cavaliers to the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoffs in two of the three years he was coach. He earned All-Metro Coach of the Year honors in 2008 when he giuded the team to their first playoff appearance since the program joined the A Conference in 2003.
McDonogh senior defenseman Joe Meurer was the recipient of the C. Markland Kelly Award, which recognizes the top boys lacrosse player in the state.
Meurer, who is set to play at Ohio State next year, was a dominating presence on defense for the Eagles, who advanced to the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference semifinals. He finished the season with 104 ground balls and also contributed five goals and two assists.
Meurer also has been named to the All-Tewaaraton Team and is an Under Armour and U.S. Lacrosse All-American.
"He's just worked extremely hard in the weight room and with his stick skills to become a dynamic lacrosse player. He always impacts the game and is highly respected not only in our league, but the entire country," McDonogh coach Andy Hilgartner said.
Meurer was named the Kelly Award winner at the annual dinner Sunday night in Annapolis.
Everyone who knew Dave Lang, the Western athletic director who died suddenly over Memorial Day weekend, certainly feels a sense of shock and loss this week.
Many will gather at the Ruck Funeral Home in Towson to visit his wife Sharon and son Jonathan and to remember Dave from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. His funeral will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church in Cockeysville.
I didn’t know Lang that well, just from doing my job. That's how my colleague Mike Frainie knew him, too, and we want to share a few of our own memories about one of the true nice guys in our high school sports universe. Mike's thoughts follow mine.
The media covering high school sports can be a handful sometimes, especially because high school athletics departments are not set up to deal with the media as college programs are. A lot falls on the athletic director and Dave always seemed happy to help out.
And he had to help out reporters around here quite often. Western had a lot of good teams during the 10 years he spent there. The basketball and track teams were regular regional and state-title contenders. Those two and every other team had their share — some would say more than their share — of city championships.
Whenever I called him, he always had an answer for me or he knew where I could get one. Sitting in his office with him while writing a basketball story after a tournamnt — as people came, asked questions, got answers and left, Dave always had a few funny lines. He just always seemed upbeat — harried sometimes but still smiling.
That’s not easy because an athletic director's job is something like juggling 10 balls while riding a unicycle as fast as you can through an obstacle course. You’ve got to balance things at top speed and deal with the hourly crises that pop up in your path. He did those things and more.
Bob Wade, Dave's boss as coordinator of athletics for the Baltimore City Public Schools, told me Wednesday he had been talking with Western principal Eleanor Matthews on Tuesday when she suddenly said she had to get going. She had to cover Dave’s cafeteria duty.
Dave Lang was one of those people you relied on more than you realized. He was someone you looked forward to seeing more than you realized. He was just a nice guy in a world that seems to have fewer and fewer nice guys all the time. I will miss him every minute I spend at Western High School.
From Mike Frainie:
In my job as a freelance reporter, I often get assignments on very short notice. I could be in Harford County covering a wrestling match one day, and in Baltimore City covering a basketball game the next.
As much as I try to find information on the teams I cover, sometimes it’s not easy. Dave was always a great source of information, and a great help. Half the battle when I do a high school preview capsule is getting information. It can be a real challenge. He was always reachable, which is very important when you’re on a deadline. He would either get me the information I was asking for, or give me a source that would help me.
He always seemed very interested in me as a person, and my job as a freelancer. I found this interesting because he was such a trailblazer. It took a special person to be a male athletic director at a public all-girls school. I always thought he handled it with such grace and class.
Teachers and Administrators, in my opinion, are supposed to serve as good examples for young kids. The Dave I knew never fell short in that category. He will be missed.
Havre de Grace seniors David Jacobs and Zack Tabor, team captains on the baseball team and three-sport athletes, will share the honor of class valedictorian after each finished their academic careers with identical 4.31 grade-point averages.
Jacobs entered the final quarter with a 4.25 GPA, while Tabor was just behind with a 4.23. Jacobs is set to attend Arcadia with hopes of playing soccer and baseball, while Tabor moves on to play football at Penn. Graduation at Havre de Grace is set for today.
"It almost seems fitting that they tied. It's really the perfect way to honor and conclude the high school careers of two student-athletes I'm privileged to have simply met, let alone coached," Havre de Grace baseball coach Sean Welsh said.
Gatorade on Wednesday named Hammond senior Travis Clark its 2010 Maryland Baseball Player of the Year.
The third baseman had a monster year for the No. 3 Bears (21-3), batting .456 with eight home runs, 35 RBIs and an .897 slugging percentage. He reached base via a hit or walk in every game this season.
Clark, who will continue his career at the University of South Carolina-Aiken, also was a top pitcher, posting a 5-0 record with one save, and a 1.98 ERA. He struck out 32 in 28.1 innings.
He maintains a weighted 3.07 GPA and volunteers locally as a summer youth baseball coach.
The award recognizes not only athletic achievement, but also academics and character on and off the field. Clark is now a finalist for the Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year award, to be announced later this month.
-- Rich Scherr
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