Early surprises in girls soccer
There's nothing like a couple of good rivalry games to get the 2010 girls soccer season kicking. Last week, two early upsets got things going in unpredictable fashion. Defending Class 1A state champ Loch Raven traveled to No. 8 Hereford and came away with an impressive 3-1 win over the Bulls. Both teams came into the opener with question marks in key areas -- the winning Raiders minus graduated four-year standout goalie Danielle DeLisle -- and the Bulls, who reached the 3A state semifinals last season, minus six starters from that team. Despite all the new faces in the teams' respective lineups, the game was played at a midseason-like level with the Raiders scoring three second half goals to wear down the younger Bulls.
Eslewhere, Winters Mills, ranked No. 7 in The Baltimore Sun's preseason poll, appears to be the team to beat in Carroll County, but rival Liberty clearly wants to have a sat with a 1-0 upset win over the weekend. A couple games are on the slate this afternoon to provide more early indicators when No. 3 Mercy travels to Loch Raven at 3:45 p.m. and No. 6 Reservoir visits No. 12 Perry Hall at 5
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Marriotts Ridge High School seems to be off to a good start too! They won their first scrimmage against Liberty High School 1-0 and took Century High School into double over time ending at a 0-0 tie this past Tuesday, September 12. I hear they are becoming a great threat in Howard County and their games against River Hill, Reservoir, and Glenegl should be really good and a must to go to those games.
Posted by: Mary | September 10, 2010 1:39 PM