“Everyone had such a great team spirit today,” Dougherty said. “I wanted to keep that going and help the team.”

Dougherty not only swam the event, but...

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Linehan, one of Annapolis Area Christian School's top wrestlers the last two seasons, showed what he could do by taking down McDonogh's Logan Meister - a returning state champion - in a 4-1, triple-overtime decision yesterday to reach the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association semifinals. ]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2012/02_11-15/HIG http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2012/02_11-05/HIG Taylor Bresnahan felt like she was in a groove prior to last night's game with Broadneck.

She carried that feeling into the game and buried six 3-pointers and led all scorers with 26 points in the Seahawks' 58-50 victory over the Bruins.

"As soon as I got the ball, I just kept shooting and it kept falling," said Bresnahan, who came into the game third on the Seahawks in scoring at 10.6 points per game.

Sout...

Justin Ball led Old Mill with 16 points, while Josh Savage added 10 points for the Patriots.

Aaron Brown scored 18 points, and Marcus Smith chipped in with 13 points for the Mustangs.

Meade (10-10) 11 19 17 18 - 65

Old Mill (14-6) 10 20 16 20...

With his teammates watching from the mat as the deficit hung a little below insurmountable, Perren came up inches short of pinning Chris Mariner last night to allow Stephen Decatur to hold onto a 32-31 victory over South River in the Class 4A/3A East Region Duals semifinals.

"The whole team was working hard for those bonus points, and I knew I needed to get them fo...

Breitenbach passed his last regular-season test with a last-second pin of McDonogh's Myles Martin and has his sites set on gold - starting with the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament this weekend.

As if he needed any other motivation.

"I've always known I can beat him," said Breitenbach, o...

Boys Basketball

Key at Lutheran, 5:30

Friends at St. Mary's, 5:45

Archbishop Curley at Severn, 5:45

AACS at Gilman, 6

Annapolis at Severna Park, 6:45

South River at Broadneck, 6:45

Southern at Arundel, 6:45

Northeast at Chesapeake, 6:45

North County at Glen Burnie, 6:45

Meade at Old Mill, 6:45

Calvert Hall at Spalding, 7

Girls Basketball

Gu...

INDIAN CREEK 68, BETH T'FILOH 47: Bijon Brydson finished with 22 points and nine rebounds to lead the Eagles past the Warriors in a crucial MIAA C Conference finale.

Eddie Jenkins added 11 points and Michael Henry had 10 points, seven rebounds and three blocks as Indian Creek finished the regular season tied at 13-3 atop the C Conference standings with St. John's Catholic Prep.

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Delia Ruttum posted 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Leah Hurst scored 10 for St. Mary's. The Saints earned a first-round bye in the B Conference playoffs and will host Garrison Forest on Tuesday.

St. M...

The Panthers lost four of five games during a stretch in January, but have begun to right the ship - and have won five in a row since.

"Coach (John Brady) has been telling us to know your role as a player," Annapolis forward Jourdan Stickler said. "Not everyone is meant to do everything, and I think we've started to play our positions wi...

Neither would Meade's Imani Bailey and her supporting cast, who put together a late surge to claim a 65-58 victory over Annapolis last night in game that matched the county's top two public school girls basketball teams.

Butler, a dominant force in the paint, worked hard for her 29 points and 18 rebounds to keep the No. 2 Panthers right with the top-ranked No. 1 Mu...

Franklin, perhaps the best female track athlete to come out of Old Mill's storied program, added three more medals to her collection at the Class 4A Central Region meet yesterday.

And it's just a prelude to the state meet on Feb. 21.

"I definitely want to work extremely hard because I'm trying to do something really special come the 21st,...

Kellen Brooks scored 18 points for the Seahawks.

Glen Burnie (17-2) 14 17 18 19 - 68

South River (5-13) 9 17 5 15 - 46...

Katie O'Hara added 10 points and four rebounds for Arundel.

Courtney Woolford led Northeast with 18 points.

Northeast (0-15) 15 6 8 13 - 42

Arundel (7-11) 16 17 10 18 - 61

Northeast (42)

Walter 1 2-2 4; Norwood 1 0-0 2; Robin...

Spalding will face Calvert Hall Friday, 6 p.m. at Piney Orchard for the Maryland Interscholastic Association of Athletics championship.

Matt Lockwood, Chris Vernick, Breanainn McNeally and CJ Dyer also scored for the Cavaliers.

So with the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference playoffs a week away - and the Cavaliers guaranteed the second seed - a 14-point loss to Riverdale Baptist last night was just another test in a season full of them.

"If we win a championship,"...

After missing a handful of free throws in the waning seconds, the Eagles watched Glenelg Country hit a turnaround jumper at the buzzer to post a 47-46 win. Disbelief turned into disappointment for AACS, but was replaced by determination against Seve...

Elliott was named last week as the football coach at North County, where he was an All-County linebacker.

He replaces Gary Liddick, who stepped down shortly after completing his ninth season and ended a 39-53 tenure that included two playoff appearances.

After graduating ...

As her team broke away from Archbishop Spalding during the second quarter, Jones' began to feel more at ease - just like she's done in every game since Dec. 22.

"We just focused on the game plan," Jones said. "We went out there just focused on what we had to do from the beginning.&qu...

Sam Pershall, Sr., Severna Park, track and field

Pershall put on an individual show at the Anne Arundel County championship meet on Tuesday by winning the 800- and 1,600-meter runs to help the Falcons to a fourth-place finish. Pershall, who needed just 2:04.06 to finish first in the 800, ran the 1,600 in 4:35. A distance specialist and standout on the cross country team, Pershall also took third in the 3,20...

Some claim it was baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams, while others think tennis great Arthur Ashe was the first to utter the popular expression. Regardless of where the term originated, one would have to believe that Ryan Ripken's 42-point performance yesterday afternoon was exactly what they had in mind.

Ripken's offensive ...