La Plata put seven wrestlers in the finals and produced five champions to win the Lackey tournament for the second consecutive year this past Saturday.
Dylan Dull (103 pounds), Jason Jennings (112), Mike Garrow (125), Nick Romero (135) and Brent Mowry (152) all reached the top of the podium in carrying the Warriors to a total of 274 points, 18 better than runner-up Stephen Decatur. The tournament featured both of last year’s 4A/3A state champions, as La Plata won the tournament title while Decatur won the state duals crown. La Plata qualified wrestlers for the finals in each of the lightest six weight classes from 103 to 135, winning four. North Point finished third in the tournament with 196.5 points, Chopticon fourth at 172. Patuxent rounded out the top five with 151.
The Seahawks earned three individual championships, with Devin Bataille (119), Corey Tobias (130) and Danny Miller (215) each nabbing the top spot in their respective classes. Zane McBride (171) and Isiah Shelton (285) produced a pair of championships for C.H. Flowers.
Rounding out the champions, Chopticon’s Stephen Cannon nipped North Point’s Tyler Schirf 4-2 in overtime in the 140-pound final. North Point got a championship at 145 with Phillip Meadows‘ 8-5 win over Westlake’s Michael Lancaster. Thomas Stone’s Zach Lohr took a 5-3 decision from Decatur’s Danny Kominos at 160. And, at 189, Patuxent’s Andrew Lloyd won by a 14-1 major decision over Decatur’s Mike Meekins.
Team scores: La Plata 274, Stephen Decatur 256, North Point 196.5, Chopticon 172, Patuxent 151, C.H. Flowers 120, McDonough 105, Great Mills 92, Thomas Stone 89.5, Lackey 77, Westlake 68, St. Mary’s Ryken 62, Central 28, Largo 28, DuVal 16, Forestville 15, Friendly 11, Suitland 11, Wise 0
Championship matches
103 Dull (LP) pinned McLoota (SD), 3:05
112 Jennings (LP) 10-0 Icenhower (NP)
119 Bataille (SD) 3-0 Brannon (LP)
125 Garrow (LP) 16-7 Porter (NP)
130 Tobias (SD) 5-1 Thomas (LP)
135 Romero (LP) 8-0 Mulloy (NP)
140 Cannon (Ch) 4-2 OT Schirf (NP)
145 Meadows (NP) 8-5 Lancaster (Wl)
152 Mowry (LP) 5-1 Dempsey (NP)
160 Lohr (TS) 5-3 Kominos (SD)
171 McBride (CHF) pinned Farrell (Px), 2:58
189 Lloyd (Px) 13-1 Meekins (SD)
215 Miller (SD) 14-4 Morris (Ch)
285 Shelton (CHF) 11-5 Fuentes (Lac)
Third-place matches
103 Pilkington (Px) 6-4 Reiter (Ch)
112 Barrett (Px) pinned Fisher (Ch), 2:59
119 Koncen (Ch) 2-1 Fagbemi (CHF)
125 Guzman (Cen) 5-3 McGarry (SD)
130 Anastasi (McD) 7-6 Messick (Ch)
135 Middleton (Lac) pinned Soghomonian (SD), 3:24
140 Ursiti (LP) 7-5 Doherty (SD)
145 Shontere (Ch) 9-8 Higgs (LP)
152 Bargar (SD) 11-6 Monda (GM)
160 Houser (LP) pinned Anderson (GM), 4:10
171 Pence (Ch) pinned McKenzie (McD), 2:28
189 Zoscak (NP) 3-1 OT Keith (LP)
215 Boyd (SMR) injury default Ngakoue (CHF)
285 Rodenhizer (GM) injury default Drew (SD)
Fifth-place matches
103 Mulloy (NP) pinned Cedar (SMR), 4:03
112 Franklin (TS) forfeit Akinasanya (CHF)
119 Graves (Wl) 8-2 Fields (TS)
125 Reilly (GM) 5-2 Griffith (McD)
130 DiFatta (Px) 12-8 Johnson (Fri)
135 Willis (SMR) 4-0 Rackey (Ch)
140 Pontorno (TS) 9-6 Sewell (Lar)
145 Romero (TS) 11-2 Stearns (Px)
152 Sager (McD) pinned Nettles (Wl), :30
160 Jacque (CHF) pinned Clinkscale (Lar), 4:08
171 Smith (SD) 9-6 Lawrence (Wl)
189 Chase (McD) pinned Smith (Wl), 1:28
215 Mills (Px) 12-2 Brinkley
285 Hoskins (NP) pinned Boarman (LP), :26
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Wrestling: Lackey tournament results
Posted on 15 December 2008 by .
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Recognizing Football’s “Most Dedicated”
Posted on 15 December 2008 by .
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 | Bryn Renner, Quarterback, West Springfield H.S. (Fairfax County, VA)
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 | Patrick Thomson, Quarterback, Stone Bridge H.S. (Loudoun County, VA)
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 | Zach Thompson, Tight End, Stone Bridge H.S. (Loudoun County, VA)
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 | De’Antwan Williams, Running Back, Woodbridge H.S. (Prince William County, VA)
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 | Jeremiah Mathis, Tight End/Defensive End, DeMatha H.S. (Washington Catholic Athletic Conference)
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 | Zack Splain, Quarterback, Sherwood H.S. (Montgomery County, MD)
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 | Peter Athens, Quarterback, Huntingtown H.S. (Southern Maryland Athletic Conference)
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 | Anthony Wright , Running Back, Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. H.S. (Prince George’s County, MD)
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Wrestling: La Plata 48, Calvert 27
Posted on 09 December 2008 by .
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By Andy States
Content Manager, SMAC
Days after opening their wrestling season with a ninth-place showing in the always-tough War on the Shore tournament, the La Plata Warriors got back to the business of dominating the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference with a 48-27 win over visiting Calvert in the opener of a tri-match that also included Thomas Stone.
La Plata (2-0, 2-0) won by fall in six of its nine wins, while Brent Mowry won the night’s marquee match by a 6-4 decision over Calvert’s Patrick Berry at 160 pounds.
Calvert (8-1, 1-1) entered the regular-season opener off of an unbeaten run through Chopticon’s dual tournament the weekend prior. The Cavaliers won four matches by fall against the Warriors, while A.J. Moran picked up a 5-2 decision over Nick Romero in the 135-pound match.
La Plata 48, Calvert 27
145 Denton (C) pinned Higgs, 4:43
152 Hornick (C) pinned Jones, 2:47
160 Mowry (L) 6-4 Berry
171 Houser (L) pinned Moomau, 1:32
189 Keith (L) 11-5 Armiger
215 Post (C) pinned Keeve, 4:16
285 Boarman (L) pinned Bisser, :45
103 Tkaczak (C) pinned Baldo, 1:29
112 Jennings (L) pinned Altafer, :10
119 Brannon (L) won by forfeit
125 Garryow (L) pinned Johnson, 2:31
130 Thomas (L) pinned Thomas, 1:47
135 Moran (C) 5-2 Romero
140 Ursiti (L) pinned Hibbard, 1:20
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Football: Prince George’s County versus SMAC
Posted on 08 December 2008 by .
By James A. McCray III
Prince George’s County, Content Manager
For nine years, the Prince George’s County football players had the distinct honor of being named an all-star, had the distinct honor of playing in an all-star game, and had the distinct honor of being highlighted on a stage separate from the regular season.
However, for the 10-year anniversary, the Prince George’s brass wanted to do something different, something special, something not done in the previous nine years.
In an inaugural event, dubbed the Chick-fil-A Challenge, 22 Prince George’s County all-stars will play against a 22-player all-star team from the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference in a football contest aimed at showcasing talents from the respective conferences.
“I think it is a real good thing,” Ed Shields co-organizer of the game said. “Normally in P.G. you play against yourself, and that’s nice, you have some fun there. But here, you get to go against another group of counties [Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary’s]; different schools from different areas.
The game is scheduled for Dec. 13 at Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School at 12:30 p.m. and will allow athletes from both sides an opportunity to play in an all-star game that has been in the works since approximately April.
“We have an opportunity to kind to showcase our kids and their talents,” said Dominic Zaccarelli, also a co-organizer of the event. ” … We can help promote our student-athletes for college, and that works both ways, too. P.G. County now doesn’t have to play each other; they have an opportunity to showcase their talent against other talent in the state as well.”
The Prince George’s County all-stars will be led by Frederick Douglass head coach J.C. Pinkney as the SMAC team will be led by Patuxent head coach Steve Crounse.
“It’s a real honor to be selected to coach this team,” Crounse said. “You get all of the best senior athletes from SMAC, guys that you try to stop all year, and now I get a chance to utilize all of their talent.
“So, I am really excited, and [also] excited to be coaching with Doug Lamb [head coach] of Lackey.”
“It’s great,” Pinkney said of being able to coach the P.G. team. “It is a far cry from what we typically work with. There is a lot of tremendous talent in there.
” … It is an honor to be selected amongst my peers to represent the county, and we expect to do that.”
The game is currently under a two-year contract, and is set to be played at North Point High School (SMAC) next season with hopes that the game will become an annual event.
“Hopefully it will become a big thing,” Shields said, “and it would be great for the kids.”
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SMAC Football: Top 10 video highlights
Posted on 06 December 2008 by .
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Here’s a collection of some of the top highlights of this past SMAC football season. Many of the seniors in the clips still have all-star games left to play in, including the Chick-fil-A Challenge game between SMAC and Prince George’s County all-star teams on Dec. 13 at Wise High.
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Football: Westlake’s Evan Harris proves that pain truly equals pleasure
Posted on 05 December 2008 by .
By James A. McCray III
Prince George’s County, Content Manager
Society tends to believe that when the body is in pain, the logical thought would be to purchase painkillers.
However, in the case of Westlake senior linebacker and running back Evan Harris, a painkiller was far from his mind Thursday night at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, home of the 3A state championship game.
Yes, Harris played with a broken left hand, yes he had broke it 13 days prior to the state title game, yes it was in a cast and heavily taped, but no, the senior was not going to miss a chance to play for a state title.
Harris originally noticed the problem in his left hand during the 3A South regional championship game against Lackey on Nov. 21.
“I knew something was wrong with it,” Harris said. “I thought I dislocated my finger, so I was moving it around just thinking I was putting it back in place. On the next offensive series, I got hit on it and that is when I knew something was wrong.
“I came out and couldn’t move [my hand]. But, I said, ‘We can’t lose this game, so let’s put some tape on it and let’s go.'”
Harris finished the Lackey game with 10 tackles as Westlake went on to win that game in the late stages.
The next day, instead of resting and preparing for a trip to the state semi-final game, Harris was in a doctor’s office waiting to hear a final word on if he would be cleared to play.
Even though the news was grim at first, Harris was in no way ready to end his high-school career in a doctor’s office as opposed to on a football field.
“They said they were not going to let me play at first,” Harris explained. “I had begged them, got on my knees, tears coming down my face. It is my senior year, it meant so much to me and it has for these last three years. I had to step up, and I couldn’t let down my brothers.”
Harris has done no sorts of letting down his Westlake brethren as he was the unequivocal leader of the Westlake defense throughout the 2008 football season. Not just a leader on the defensive side of the ball, but Harris was the overall team captain.
“Evan is a hard-working player,” Westlake running back Devon Smith said. “He is the captain of the entire team. … No one even knew he had a broken hand in the Lackey game because he was doing everything he was supposed to do.
“He would walk around school complaining about his hand, but when it is game time, Evan came through.”
On what it meant to him on a more personal note, Smith added: “It meant a lot to me. Not many kids, not many players can do that, especially with a broken hand. He kept playing the same way and he held our defense down.”
Harris did in fact hold the defense down as he totaled 13 tackles and forced a fumble in the 24-21 overtime victory at Seneca Valley in the 3A state semi-final game that earned Westlake the trip to Baltimore.
Thursday night was the pinnacle for all of the Westlake Wolverines, in particular the seniors, as a 13-0 victory against Wilde Lake of Howard County earned the Wolverines its first-ever football state championship.
Despite playing with his left hand padded just as heavily as his the shoulder pads underneath his No. 17 jersey, Harris earned 11 tackles and forced a fumble in the defensive shutout and indeed playing through the pain to earn all of the pleasure of being named a state champion.
“Well, actually I wasn’t in any pain at all this game, or in the Seneca game,” Harris said.
When asked does his feel any lingering pain in that left hand after earning the state championship, Harris simply added: “It doesn’t even matter.”
And in turn Harris went a long way in proving that the best painkiller may truly be a state championship.
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Girls Basketball Preview
Posted on 03 December 2008 by .
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By Andy States
Content Manager, SMAC
Shamara Adams and Ryshawn Butler are used to having the target on their backs. So are Corleda Naylor, Tyneshia Baker and Shawnese Taylor.
As seniors on the Great Mills Hornets girls basketball team — and players that have all been on varsity since at least their sophomore season — they are used to being part of a team that every other team in the conference is looking to knock off. During their careers, the Hornets have collected a pair of SMAC championships and enter this year as the defending 3A South champions. Great Mills has also collected a league-high 46 wins over that span.
“They have a very good varsity record at this point,” Great Mills coach Brian Weisner said of his group of seniors. “They have that experience. They’ve been here and understand what it takes.”
Those seniors will need to lead the way this year, as the Hornets transition a large number of junior varsity players up to the varsity level. Last year’s conference player of the year, Ashley Lindsey, has graduated, as did second-team all-conference performer Megan Matheny. So while the team has enjoyed tremendous success over the past few seasons, there is still much work to be done as the Hornets ready to kick off the season Friday night against Saint Mary’s Ryken.
“It’s not the same as it was last year,” Adams said. “We know we have to pick it up. Coming into the year, we have a lot of work to do.”
The team’s seniors have played together for many years, dating back well before high school, and have developed a certain synergy that comes along with that familiarity.
“We kind of feel and understand where everybody wants the ball and where we want to be on the floor,” Butler said.
Additiionally, the group plays the same way, in terms of maintaining its intensity from whistle to whistle. The younger members of the team will need to equal that effort for Great Mills to grow into what it has been as this season unfolds.
“The seniors understand that,” Weisner said of the effort necessary to continue what the program has produced over the past seasons. “What we’re working on is to get those juniors up from JV to understand that varsity is a different beast.
“You have to bring a high level into the gym every night.”
Around the conference
Last year’s SMAC co-champ Lackey graduated key performers in all-conference first-teamers Brittani Brown and Simone Williams, as well as second-teamer MarQuesha Moore. But in Shavonne Duckett, the Chargers bring back one of tme most talented players in the conference. Kendra Mosely and Keyene Brooks will aid the effort as the Chargers try to remain in the conference’s upper tier.
North Point, which finished behind Great Mills, Lackey and Westlake, will attempt to make the jump over those three perennially-strong programs this year, the first with seniors for the Eagles’ program. Without a senior class, North Point fought its way to an 11-5 SMAC mark last year. Everybody’s back, with senior Gabby Brice and a strong group of juniors including Tiara Butler, Ciara Stewart, Robyn Parks and Brittany Baker ready to lead the charge. Freshman forward Miesha Adams will also figure into a talented Eagles’ mix that could make strides this season.
Leonardtown finished 10-6 a year ago and could be poised to continue climbing upward. Tied with the Raiders in-conference last year were the McDonough Rams. The Rams lost second-team all-conference player Talia Beaulieu to graduation, and point guard Alicia Teamer to an ACL, which hurts especially on defense and in terms of leadership on the floor. Still, the Rams bring back a core group of experienced seniors that should keep McDonough competititve. Kim Marshal, Shantae Bridges, Brittany McCollum and Tiara Myrick lead what figures to be a well-rounded squad.
Three new coaches take the reigns in Calvert County, while longtime coach Frank Moore is back at Calvert and could have the Cavaliers set to be a surprise after an eighth-place, 7-9 campaign a year ago. Huntingtown was the top team from the county last year, finishing fourth in the conference at 11-5. Northern, with new varsity Coach Denise Meadows, will look to improve from its 4-12 finish a year ago. All from last year’s team return. Seniors Larissa Pitrat, Kelly Fagan and Shellby Matullo and sophomore Jennifer Long will lead the Patriots’ effort towards that end. Northern’s seniors are playing for their fourth different coach in their high school careers.
At Patuxent, new frontman Chris Turlington will attempt to rebuild a Panthers program that, after winning a regional championship in 2003, was winless a year ago. Returners Megan Sears, Jessica McCarter, Kaitlyn Lloyd and Molly Rozran figure to lead the youthful squad, while newcomers to the squad Courtney Hill and Erin Mooney will contribute, as well. A huge addition, according to Turlington, is the return of several old players to the Panthers’ coaching staff. Anna Ulrey (1999), who will also coach the junior varsity squad, and Meghan Robinson (2003) have ties to the program’s successful past, and return to the Patuxent court to assist Turlington this season.
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DigitalSports’ 2008 All-Beltway Golf Team
Posted on 02 December 2008 by .
Golf Team
** Click on each honoree’s name to link to a video interview!
Tony Jones, North Point
Jones coached North Point, in just its fourth year of existence, to its first state championship. The Eagles, who did not have a senior in their regular starting six, also clinched their first Southern Maryland Athletic Conference championship at the SMAC tournament, unseating longtime conference king La Plata.
Boys Golfer of the Year
Jay Dove, Sr., La Plata
Dove capped a stellar high school career with wins in the Charles County and District 4 tournament, followed by a runner-up effort in the Maryland state tournament. Dove was also named the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference’s Most Outstanding Player for the second time in his career, and led the Warriors to a team qualification in the state tournament.
Girls Golfer of the Year
Brigitte Baker, Sr., Langley
Baker won the Virginia AAA girls’ state championship with a 20-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole. She also finished tied for 5th overall — amongst boys and girls — in the Northern Region tournament.
First-Team All-Beltway
Diana Brown, Jr., Churchill
Brown was named the Montgomery County Golfer of the Year after winning her second straight district title as only a junior. Brown finished third at states after shooting a Day 2 77.
Joe Buttgereit, Sr., Forest Park
Finished his career at Forest Park by winning a Cardinal District title, taking fourth in the Northwest Region and placing fourth in the Virginia AAA state tournament.
Mckenzie Cutter, Soph., North Point
Cutter was an integral piece in the Eagles’ 2A/1A state championship. She won the Girls Golf Challenge at Potomac Ridge Golf Course and finished fourth in the state tournament.
Andrew Lister, Soph., Battlefield
Lister led the Battlefield Bobcats to their first-ever Northwest Region team title by shooting a 5-under 67, four strokes better than any golfer in the field.
Ji Soo Park, Soph., Chantilly
Park birdied his first playoff hole to take third place at the Virginia AAA state golf tournament. Also took second, by a single stroke, in both the Concorde District and Northern Region tournaments.
Gary Raizon, Sr., Churchill
Gaizon won his second district championship, combining with Brown to be the first boy-girl pair at a single school to win districts back-to-back together. He finished sixth at states.
Gabriella Sinkovic, Jr., Bowie
Sinkovic finished sixth overall at the Maryland state golf tournament with a two-day total of 170.
Nicole West, Sr., C.H. Flowers
Baker wonWest finished an impressive fifth place overall at the Maryland state golf tournament with a two-day score of 167.
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