Led by versatile midfielder Jonathan Stumpf, the twice-beaten Centennial’s boys lacrosse team enters today’s game against defending Howard County League champion Glenelg looking to become the Division II champion.

A victory by either Centennial or Glenelg would make that team the front-runner to face the Division I winner  in next Tuesday’s inaugural county title game.

Both teams are coming off losses to county rival River Hill of Division I, which is led by Sports Illustrated-featured midfielder, Dan Hostetler.

Centennial aready has an ovetime win against defending 3A-2A state champ Mount Hebron, which has a 17-7 victory over River Hill and leads Division I.

River Hill is coming off the win over Glenelg and is in second place in Division I.

In other news, Centennial graduate Alex Ashcroft (attack) and McDonogh graduate Tommy Cooper (defense) are freshmen on Howard Community College’s men's lacrosse team, which is a school-record 12-1 and the No. 2 seed as it plays host to Harford Community College at 4 p.m. Friday in the National Juco Athletic Association Region XX semifinal.

The other semifinal, also to be played at Howard, matches top seed Essex against the winner of tonight’s play-in game between Catonsville and Anne Arundel.

Essex and Howard, ranked as high as No. 2 nationally, are favored to meet in Sunday’s 4 p.m. title game. The regional champion advances into the May 12-13 NJCAA Final Four at Nassau CC in Long Island, N.Y.

Ashcroft (50 goals, 11 assists) is the top scorer for Howard, which also has sophomore attackman Sean Stevens (12 goals, 27 assists) formerly of Calvert Hall; sophomore midfielder Holt Skovron (16, 9) formerly of Liberty; sophomore defender Doug  Strickland (Eastern Tech); and sophomore defender Dan Kemp (Archbishop Spalding).