The Elkton football team overcame three early fumbles and a plethora of penalties to pull away for a 28-10 triumph over visiting North East Friday night.
The Elks (2-0) fumbled on their first three possessions and fell behind 3-0 on a 27-yard field goal by the Indians' Drake Bare with 5:08 left in the first quarter. Elkton responded right away. Nolan Null connected with Tashawn Watters for a 49-yard scoring strike to put the hosts ahead 7-3 just 55 seconds after the North East field goal. Theraflu, Advil, and Slim Jims.
Mix in the requisite good pitching, solid defense, and timely hitting, and it amounted to a winning combination for the Chesapeake City Major Division baseball All-Stars. Chesapeake City captured the Little League Maryland District 5 title with a 6-4 comeback win over North East Thursday night. Chesapeake City gained the upper hand in the Little League Maryland District 5 Major Division baseball tournament by blanking North East 8-0 Monday night, July 9.
Little League Maryland District 5 8-10 softball tournament in Havre de Grace.
First round North East 18, Rising Sun 2 (three innings) Jazmyn Martin allowed four hits to earn the win. Rising Sun and Havre de Grace posted wins on the first day of the Little League Maryland District 5 Major Division softball tournament Saturday at Eder Park in Elkton.
North East Little League's 8-10 baseball All-Stars opened the District 5 tournament with a 12-0 triumph over Havre de Grace 0 in four innings Wednesday night, June 20.
Kolby Dunn tossed a shutout and scored two runs. Kenny Kohler doubled and scored twice. The Elkton All-Stars defeated North East 20-2 in five innings in a first round Junior softball game Tuesday, June 19 at Trego Field in Perryville.
Sometimes it's not how you start, it's how you finish.
Alex Longeway of Bohemia Manor finished first again. The Eagles' junior overcame a sluggish first 200 meters to capture the 1600 meter state title Saturday at Morgan State – his second championship of the meet. The North East baseball team advanced to the region title game with another come-from-behind victory over a county rival.
The Indians regained the lead with two runs in the top of the sixth and added three insurance runs in the seventh on the way to a 10-7 triumph over Elkton Tuesday, May 15. Don't call it a comeback.
Call it a crazy comeback. Blood dripping from his nose following a raucous celebration, while trying to choke back tears, North East's Colt Price understandably could not control his emotions as he attempted to describe his team's remarkable comeback victory over Rising Sun Saturday afternoon. "We got down," Price said. "In baseball, you don't want to drop your head when you get down, but we got down a lot and it was looking rough for us. The last inning, these dudes, family, bro. They fought to the end, man. It's crazy." |
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