Bohemia Manor's Zach Laird showed off his sprinting skills when it mattered most.
Laird overtook Boonsboro's Henry Schmidt with about 150 yards left in Saturday's MPSSAA cross country meet at Hereford High to capture his second consecutive state title. The Rising Sun football team closed out a turnaround season with a 28-7 triumph over host North East in the rain Friday night.
Rising Sun's longshot playoff hopes had been dashed the night before when Parkside walloped Washington, but the focused Tigers still took care of business. Susquehanna Division champion Rising Sun finishes the season 7-3 after winning just one game last year. "It's been a fantastic season," Rising Sun coach Clem Vaughan said. "I couldn't be more proud of these guys, the way they worked in the offseason and came after it. They were receptive to change and came in after it." PHOTOS: Rising Sun girls soccer ties North East late, wins playoff game in penalty shootout10/31/2018
Score one for the power of positive thinking.
Seventy-eight seconds away from a season-ending defeat to rival North East, the Rising Sun girls soccer team tied it on an Abigail Backert goal before prevailing in a penalty shootout 1-1, (3-1 penalties) Tuesday, October 30, at Calvert Regional Park. Rosa Reid, Raigan McLoughlin, and Katelyn Willis each converted a penalty kick and goalie Kira Watson made two saves in the shootout. The North East field hockey team was ousted from the playoffs with a 7-1 region semifinal loss to North Harford Monday, October 29.
North East's Alex Hoffman continued to have success against Elkton.
Hoffman scored what proved to be the game-winning goal with 20:04 remaining in regulation off a cross from Catie Roberts to lift the Indians girls soccer team to a 2-1 triumph over the visiting Elks in a first round playoff game Friday afternoon. North East's Abby Riley contracted a serious case of the feels.
The Indians' midfielder scored the game-winning goal in a shootout to propel her team to a pulsating, pressure-packed triumph (0-0, 2-1 in the 1 v 1 shootout) over its fiercest rival, Rising Sun, in a field hockey region tournament game Thursday afternoon. "It is the best feeling in the entire world," said Riley. "I've never felt a feeling ever like that before. It was, by far, the best feeling I've ever had." The Rising Sun girls finished fifth and the Bohemia Manor boys were sixth at the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference cross country championship meet in Churchville Tuesday, October 23.
The Perryville volleyball team snapped a two-match losing streak with a 3-1 triumph over host North East Monday night, October 22.
Bohemia Manor boosted its playoff aspirations with a 19-14 victory over host North East Friday night.
Bohemia Manor captured the team title and Dylan Whitney of Perryville earned medalist honors at the Cecil County golf tournament, held Tuesday, October 16, at Furnace Bay.
Whitney carded an 82, one stroke better than the Eagles' state qualifier Will Smethurst. |
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