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Scores from 9-3

Andy States — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:26:27 +0000

Football
North Point 38, Northern 7
Westlake 12, Chopticon 10
Patuxent 13, Lackey 0
Great Mills 47, Thomas Stone 13
Huntingtown 41, La Plata 12
McDonough 41, Potomac 12

Volleyball
Northern 3, Huntingtown 0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-22)

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Golf scores from 9-1

Andy States — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:22:32 +0000

North Point 159, Lackey 221 (at Potomac Ridge)
North Point: Sawchak 35, Cutter 39, Sharper 41, Hill 44
Lackey: Green 45, Blocker 56, Wright 58, DeLoache 62

Chopticon 179, Calvert 184, Great Mills 196, Westlake (at Chesapeake Hills)
Chopticon: Burroughs 42, T. Jerome 43, N. Jerome 47, Groeger 47
Calvert: Shifflet 44, Shannon 46, Meyers 47, Conley 47
Great Mills: Palmer 44, Seward 48, Webster 51, Teston 53

McDonough 155, Leonardtown 175, Patuxent 182 (at Hawthorne Country Club)
McDonough: Dickerson 35, Taylor 38, Bowie 38, Hungerford 44
Leonardtown: Pearce 42, Sapp 44, Jameson 44, Gast 45
Patuxent: Riseling 42, Davies 45, Inman 47, Hill 48

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Warriors golf swings to sweep

Andy States — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:57:30 +0000

Opening the new season with an uncharacteristically inexperienced lineup, the La Plata Warriors found enough consistencey to earn a season-opening sweep of Huntingtown, Northern and Thomas Stone in Southern Maryland Athletic Conference golf action Wednesday afternoon at Lake Presidential Golf Club in Upper Marlboro.

Reese Walston shot a 5-over 41 to tie for the low round of the day and lead the Warriors. Royce Hunsberger and Joey Dinatale each carded 42, while Jordan Twiford brought in a 48 in his first golf match to round out La Plata’s top four scores.

La Plata’s 173 was 10 strokes clear of Huntingtown. Northern shot 213 to finish third on the day, while Thomas Stone came in with an aggregate 231.

Huntingtown freshman Mark Cox carded a 41 to lead the host Hurricanes and tie for the days low round. Chuck Seward and Brandon Call each shot 47 for Huntingtown. Jacob Bennish led Northern’s effort with a 47, while Stone’s Zachary Tonstad also brought in a 47 to lead the Cougars.

La Plata 173, Huntingtown 183, Northern 213, Stone 231
La Plata: Walston 41, Hunsberger 42, Dinatale 42, Twiford 48
Huntingtown: Cox 41, Seward 47, Call 47, Fink 48
Northern: Bennish 47, Addison 54, Bohannon 55, Dege 57
Stone: Tonstad 47, Keyes 60, Lennon 62, Miller 62

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Mustangs down ‘Canes for title

Andy States — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:48:26 +0000

ABERDEEN — The C.M. Wright Mustangs completed a perfect baseball season with a 4-1 win over the Huntingtown Hurricanes in the 3A championship game Saturday night at Ripken Stadium.

Taking advantage of an early Huntingtown (20-5) error, Wright scored its first run on an infield grounder in the top of the first. In the third, again taking advantage of a couple of Huntingtown miscues, the Mustangs added two more runs to increase the lead to 3-0 and give more than enough cushion to Georgia Tech-bound pitcher Brad Markey.

Through five innings, Markey allowed just two runners on base – one base hit and one walk. In the bottom of the sixth, Huntingtown’s bats finally came alive with two outs as Joe Karbowsky, Brian Warner and Chris Gaines put together consecutive singles. Gaines’ base knock to right drove home Karbowsky with the Hurricanes’ first run, but Warner was cut down attempting to advance to third to kill the rally. Markey then worked through a scoreless seventh to nail down the first state title in Wright program history. The Mustangs finished the year 23-0.

Markey allowed one run on five hits, walked one and struck out seven.

Matt Beyer started for Huntingtown and worked six innings. The Hurricanes ace surrendered four runs — three unearned — on six hits, walked two and struck out seven. Joey Strain came on to work a scoreless seventh.

The runner-up finish was the second for the Hurricanes in the last five years. Huntingtown also reached the 2006 state final.

C.M. Wright 4, Huntingtown 1
C 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 – 4 7 0
H 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 1 5 3
WP: Markey, LP: Beyer
2B — Dippel (C)

Full story will appear in June 9 edition of the Calvert Independent.

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Pats rule state again

Andy States — Sat, 29 May 2010 01:40:13 +0000

COLLEGE PARK — The Northern Patriots entered Friday night’s 3A softball championship game at Robert E. Taylor Stadium as the two-time, defending champions. They didn’t wait long to let everybody know the number of consecutive championships was going to grow to three.

Northern scored 10 first-inning runs to deliver the early knockout blow to the Charles Milton Wright Mustangs in what ended an 11-0 Patriots win. Junior pitcher Kaitlyn Schmeiser allowed two hits, walked none and struck out nine in earning her third state-championship win in as many seasons.

Schmeiser also fueled the offense, going 3 for 3 and coming up just a homer short of a cycle. The Patriots banged out 10 hits, and did not make an out in the first until the ninth batter came to the plate.

The win marks Northern’s seventh state championship, now the most of any SMAC programs.

Northern 11, C.M. Wright 0
C 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 2 5
N 10 0 0 1 x — 11 10 0
WP: K. Schmeiser, LP: Stein
2B – K. Schmeiser (N), L. Schmeiser (N), T. Schaefer (N); 3B – T. Schaefer (N)

Full story will appear in June 9 edition of the Calvert Independent.

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‘Canes win thriller

Andy States — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:18:08 +0000

Huntingtown senior Matt Beyer recorded 14 outs in Tuesday night’s 3A semifinal against the Quince Orchard Cougars at Joe Cannon Stadium. Of the 14, 13 were strikeouts.

Beyer worked 4 2/3 no-hit innings in relief of starter Spencer Wolfe, who surrendered just one run through 5 1/3, and Chris Gaines drove in Joe Karbowsky with the game-winning run in the top of the 10th as the Hurricanes came out on top of a 2-1 thriller to advance to the 3A state championship game Saturday night at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen.

Huntingtown (20-4) will square off against C.M. Wright, which defeated Atholton 2-0 in Tuesday’s other semifinal. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

Huntingtown 2, Quince Orchard 1
H 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 2 8 1
Q 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 6 0
WP: Beyer, LP Rodgers
2B — Cole (Q), Wolfe (H); 3B — Wolfe

Check next Wednesday’s Calvert Independent for full story.

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Scores from 5-25

Andy States — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:08:03 +0000

Baseball
3A semifinals
Huntingtown 2, Quince Orchard 1 (10 innings)
Huntingtown advances to play C.M. Wright in 3A championship game Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen.

Softball
3A semifinals
Northern 3, Blake 0
Northern advances to play C.M. Wright in 3A championship game Friday night at 6 p.m. at the University of Maryland.

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Pats, ‘Canes in state semis

Andy States — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:51:55 +0000

Lindsey Schmeiser’s bloop hit to right field pushed the winning run across in the Northern Patriots’ 2-1 win over the visiting Huntingtown Hurricanes in Friday’s 3A South final. The regional crown was the third in the row for Northern, which now sets its sights on claiming a third straight 3A state championship.

Northern (22-1) scored a run in the top of the first to take the early lead, but Huntingtown (16-4) answered in the third when Jess Warner’s infield single scored Angela Sita from second.

Kaitlyn Schmeiser limited Huntingtown to five hits, and logged eight strikeouts on the day. Northern advances to play 3A West champ Blake (15-3) in the state semifinals Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Bachman Park in Glen Burnie.

In another Huntingtown-Northern matchup on Friday, the Hurricanes made quick work of the Patriots in an 11-1 drubbing in the 3A South baseball final. Huntingtown starting pitcher Matt Beyer twice worked out of bases-loaded situations during his five innings on the bump. The Hurricanes’ offense exploded for nine runs in the third, highlighted by a three-run homer by Chris Gaines.

The win earned Huntingtown its first regional title since 2007, and third in the last five years to go along with three SMAC championships over that span. The Hurricanes are scheduled to play 3A West champion Quince Orchard Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Joe Cannon Stadium.

Check Wednesday’s Calvert Independent for full stories on the games.

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Scores from 5-21

Andy States — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:06:23 +0000

Baseball
4A East final
Chesapeake 5, Leonardtown 2

3A South final
Huntingtown 11, Northern 1 (5 innings)

2A South final
Hammond 13, Patuxent 0

Softball
3A South final
Northern 2, Huntingtown 1

2A South final
Glenelg 3, McDonough 2

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Sknerski hit lifts Panthers to regional final

Andy States — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:21:46 +0000

Mike Sknerski singled to drive home Chapin Cofod in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Patuxent Panthers to a 5-4 win over the visiting Glenelg Gladiators in a 2A South baseball semifinal Thursday afternoon.

Sknerski also picked up the win on the mound, going three scoreless innings after relieving starter Donnie Holtzclaw to begin the 10th inning. Holtzclaw went nine innings and threw 117 pitches with 80 going for strikes.

Glenelg scored a run in the top of the first, but Patuxent provided a quick answer with Jeffrey Morgan’s lead-off home run in the bottom half. Holtzclaw then singled and later scored when Cofod’s single to left was misplayed and rolled out towards the fence. The Panthers tacked on another run in the second when Darius Jones doubled and scored on Morgan’s RBI single.

Glenelg battled back for two in the third, then took the lead in the fourth when Cody Ruben scooted home on a throwing error. Sknerski scored the tying run in the sixth after leading off with a single and then coming all the way around on a subsequent throwing error on a pick-off play.

After taking over on the mound, Sknerski pitched out of a first-and-third jam in the 11th. The Panthers had a runner thrown out at the plate to end the 11th, but scored the go-ahead run in the 12th after Cofod led off with a two-bagger, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Sknerski’s third hit of the game.

Patuxent 5, Glenelg 4
G 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 4 11 5
P 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 5 15 4

Check out the full story in next week’s Calvert Independent.

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