So Annapolis Area Christian School and St. Paul's went to a penalty kick shootout.

It was time for Eagles' goalkeeper Bryan Butler to shine. And he did.

After yielding goals to the first two Crusaders shooters, Butler stopped the third, then barely deflected the ...

Mike Coyle scored four touchdowns, Mark MacNeill had two interceptions and a punt return for a touchdown and the Saints scored 21 points off turnovers to shutout rival and host Severn, 40-0, yesterday.

The win is St. Mary's third straight in the Severn River Classic, ...

Field Hockey

Class 4A state semifinals at Broadneck

Dulaney vs. Severna Park, 7 p.m.

Volleyball

Class 4A East Region quarterfinals

No. 8 North County at No. 1 Severna Park, 6 p.m.

No. 7 Arundel at No. 2 Broadneck, 5 p.m.

No. 5 Old Mill at No. 4 South River, 5 p.m.

Class 3A East Region quarterfinals

No. 5 Northeast at No. 4 Stephen Decatur, 5...

Elizabeth Tauber, John Carroll

Jo Baird, McDonogh

Lauren Egan, McDonogh

Madeline Dulac, McDonogh

Katelynn Colgain, John Carroll

Taylor Battaglia, John Carroll

Olivia Uddin, Bryn Mawr

Melissa Hexter, Bryn Mawr

Rebecca Driver, John Carroll

Laura Slaughter, Notre Dame Prep

Claire Sinnott, McDonogh

Sara Stifler, John Carroll

Kasey Fogelsanger, Mercy

R...

Jess Bates, Archbishop Spalding

Liza Blue, Garrison Forest

Avery Burns, Severn

Emily Cain, Garrison Forest

Jillian Coughlin, St. Mary's

Meghan Cover, Garrison Forest

Kelsey Gahan, Notre Dame Prep

Sydney Halle, Severn

Paige Hanson, Bryn Mawr

Allie Holle, St. Paul's School for Girls

Bailey Johnson, Bryn Mawr

Caitlin Keefe, Notre Dame Prep

Megan Mu...

Kirsten Frank, Archbishop Spalding

Courtney Hoyes, Archbishop Spalding

Jocelyn McCoy, Archbishop Spalding

Maggie Morrison, Archbishop Spalding

Oliva Tomoff, Archbishop Spalding

Monika Harold, Institute of Notre Dame

Mandy Marston, Institute of Notre Dame

Jenn Etzell, John Carroll

Morgan Fraczkowski, John Carroll

Mel Lookingland, John Carroll

Lauren Federline, Maryv...

No. 1 Singles: Erica Choo, Bryn Mawr

Michelle Bystry, Notre Dame Prep

No. 2 Singles: Freddi Nevins, Garrison Forest; Ellie deMuth, Roland Park

No. 1 Doubles

Gabrielle Johnson & Maggie Andrew, Mount de Sales

Macy Walker & Allie Foard, Severn

B Conference

No. 1 Singles

Sonia Swaray, Glenlg Country

Sasha Bailey, Baltimore Lutheran

Amber Peters, St. Vincent Pal...

The victory sends the Panthers to the playoffs for the first time since a six-year run in the postseason ended in 2002. They won their last five g...

Broadneck won its last four games to inch closer to a playoff berth, but Annapolis rolled to a 44-14 victory over North Count...

"We've had some injuries and illness this season, but now all the girls are at 100 percent, and they truly outplayed Severna Park tonight," Arundel Coach Laura Coe said.

Arundel will play South River in the region final Tuesday....

The Buccaneers became the first team to lead Queen Anne's and scored more points on the Lions than any other opponent this year, but still fell, 35-21, in front of a capacity crowd.

Queen Anne's (10-0) secured its second straight North Bayside Conference title and will be the top ...

Don Abey completed three passes for 40 yards, including a 10-yard strike to...

"I saw Tyler (Fernandez) get up higher than I've ever seen him get for a header." Skord said, "The ball came off a defender and somehow it was in front of me, right in front of the goal."

Skord's second-half goal was the difference as the top-seeded Bruins defeated South River, 2-1, in the Class 4A East Region semifinals. Broadneck, which hadn&#...

"'Nothing by me,'" Dalisera said. "That's all I was trying to keep...

Consistent clearing by Autumn Reid and Ashley's second-half scores, the last with 41 seconds left, were upstaged by Hannah Saunders' poke in Dulaney's 3-1 victory over Chesapeake yesterday in the Class 4A North Region field hockey final.

Saunders made the Lions' defensive lapse a memory when she answered Ashley Reid's tying goal on a right-side shove with...

The girls, paced by Chris Patrick and runner-up Jodie Clouser, took home the region plaque with 27 points, outdistancing Leonardtown (55) and South River (85).

"Having five in the top 12 was very good for us. I was really happy at how strongly they moved up throughout the race," Severna Park...

LaRel Rogers scored twice on assists from Anna D'Ambra and Tara Kavanaugh, and Spencer Larson converted a penalty kick as the No. 3 Seahawks blanked the No. 2 Raiders in the Class 4A East Region semifinal.

South River will host the winner of tonight's region semifinal between No. 1 Severna Park ...

The Cavaliers completed a three-month stretch of defending the targets on their backs by blending consistent work and overpowering skill to translate into a near-perfect seaso...

And after allowing an early goal, the switch - which involved double-teaming players on the wings to limit shots and force passes to g...

The Eagles (14-2) will play St. Paul's, a winner over Glenelg Country School, at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday for the title.

Jared Thompson tallied the first Eagles' goal with 2:32 left in the first half, ...

A Conference

Katy Buck, Mount de Sales

Hannah Schmidt, Mtount de Sales

Chelsey Toback, Archbishop Spalding

Jamie Rombach, Archbishop Spalding

Adama Aja, Seton Keough

Liz Brown, Seton Keough

Taryn Durant , McDonogh

Mariya Balakirskaya, McDonogh

Susannah Matthai, Bryn Mawr

Vanessa Volarich, St. Mary's

Hailey Fitzgerald, St. ...

Rank, School, Record, Points, LW

1. DeMatha (10), 9-0, 298, 1

2. Linganore (2), 9-0, 289, 2

3. Good Counsel, 8-1, 273, 3

This game will decide both posturing and inclusion in the Class 4A East Region postseason. An Old Mill win could vault the Patriots into the second seed, ahead of North Point, meaning a home game.

For the Bruins, who are in fifth, a win could get them back into the playoffs after a brief hiatus in 2008. They'll need North County to beat Annapolis to make tha...

The Falcons have been stripped of all 11 junior-varsity wins, two varsity victories and its county title because of the number of players affiliated with assistant coach Paul Kowalewski's Green Hornets recreation team.

Under Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athleti...

"We didn't let down one time," Griffin said. "We just kept working as a team, and we knew we could do...

Thanks to a goal by Kari Cunard and the gutsy play of goalkeeper Lyndse Hokanson, the Seahawks advanced to the Class 4A Region semifinals with a 1-0 victory.

"I thought Broadneck came out with a little more intensity," South River coach John Sis said. "When the second half began, I thou...

Her preparation paid off yesterday.

The junior was put into the pressure-cooker when second-seeded Chesapeake and the third-seeded Gators battled to a 1-1 tie after two overtime periods. Reid stopped three of the four penalty strokes she faced, while Ashley Reid, Laura Lyons and Lauren Jones made the...

"We had seven players score ... and all 23 girls played tonight," Southern coach Mike Smith said. "It was a good team effort tonight."

Cori Karoly needed just one save to record the shutout for the Bulldogs, who advanced to f...

Severna Park outhit Centennial and held leads late in each game, but were swept by the unbeaten Eagles, 25-21, 31-29, 25-22.

Senior hitter Christi Laite led Severna Park (14-2) with 11 kills, 10 digs and t...

North County (4-12-1) 0 0 - 0

Broadneck (12-2-1) 3 1 - 4

GOALS: BN - Fisher, Fernandez, Schwartz, Skord. ASSISTS: BN - Camm, Webster, Schwartz, Rowe. SAVES: NC - Carey 6; BN - Johnson 4. S...

The fourth-seeded Seahawks twice opened up a one-goal lead only to see feisty seventh-ranked Meade respond, including a score by Jean Toussaint with about 22 minutes left. But Carlos Rios-Reyes's second goal two minutes later lifted South River to a 3-2 victory. ]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_03-10/HIG http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_03-27/HIG Angela Carpita didn't need to know what her girls accomplished. She was happy enough with the win.

Jessie Marshall scored two first-half goals to guide Annapolis to a 4-0 victory over Leonardtown, the No. 1 seed in the Class 4A East field hockey playoffs, Friday to send a ripple through the rest of the bracket.

"We didn't realize that was an upset," Carpita said. "Since we were unaware, it was easier to help...

Will Neal, Sr., Chesapeake, cross country

Neal led South River's cross country course for more than two miles to secure his first county championship Wednesday, topping his peers in 16 minutes, 44 seconds. Neal, Chesapeake's only runner in the top 10, finished 23 seconds ahead of Severna Park's Brendan Cooley.

Neal became Chesapeake's first county cross country champion in 21 years sin...

RUSHING

G TC Yds. Avg. TD

B. Kleinrichert (SR) 9 157 1340 8.5 12

J. Furman (OM) 9 117 1246 10.6 18

K. Smith (AS) 9 125 1181 9.5 13

D. Brown (ANN) 9 146 1072 7.3 12

A. Drummond (NC) 9 150 932 6.2 10

J. Blackwell (AR) 9 146 900 6.2 7

M. Coyle (SM) 9 134 893 6.6 6

J. Clements (OM) 9 152 892 5.9 12

J. Anderson (AC) 9 159 852 5.4 3

D. Burke (SO) 9 92 741 8.1 10

Morrison overcame first-half struggles in front of Mercy's airtight defense and blasted a game-winning goal early in the second to pace Archbishop Spalding to a 2-0 victory and a third Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference crown in four years.

"I just kind of take the ball and go," Morrison said. "If it goes in, gr...