Youth Sports
Softball
Bowie Boys and Girls Club 12U girls team raised its record to 3-0 with a win over Green Haven. Led by Kahla Anderson, Bowie continued to be impressive with the bats. Anderson hit a three-run homer in the third inning and a grand slam in the fifth. Bowie will play at Popes Creek Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
BBGC girls county 10U Navy played the BBGC Red and won, 10-3. Gretta Coss, Lauren Pittman, Ashley Aiple and Allie DeGrouchy were each 0 for 2 with a walk. Sarah Beitzell was 1 for 3 with a single; Alexis Brock and Sarah Butler went 2 for 3 with singles; Taylor Delaney was 2 for 2 with a single and a walk; Cecily Jackson was 0 for 1 with two walks; Krista Flores, Taylor Koebler and McKenzie Jackson went 1 for 1 with a walk; Sammi Beitzell was 1 for 2 with a single and Sruthie Pala was 0 for 1 with a walk. Beitzell pitched two innings with four strikeouts, and DeGrouchy pitched 31/2 innings with six strikeouts.
Baseball
St. Pius X team No. 2 lost a hard-fought contest to St. Jerome's (Hyattsville), 11-7. St. Jerome's jumped out to a 7-0 lead, but St. Pius battled back and cut the lead to 11-7 heading into their last at-bat. St. Pius starting pitcher Raymond Smith had a strong outing, keeping his team in the game early. Johnny Seidleck came in to pitch in relief and put forth a gutsy effort, pitching out of several tough situations. Louie Sequenzia and J.T. Kolb shared the catching duties, with both making several nice blocks to keep base runners from advancing. Jordan Sharps had a good day at the plate, contributing two RBI, and Daniel Bieler hit the ball well and knocked in two runs. Defensive highlights for St. Pius included a clutch put-out and two heads-up assists by John Spirlet, who saw his first action of the season at second base. The defensive play of the game was turned in by Spencer Flaherty, who made a thrilling grab of a high fly ball to right field and then fired to second to complete a double play. The catch by Flaherty saved at least two runs from scoring. John Paul Smith turned in a fine effort in the field, and stole two bases on the base paths.
St. Pius Rookie boys team defeated St. Joe's, 19-13, for their second win of the season. Pius put early pressure on St. Joe's, scoring six runs in the first inning. The two teams then went back and forth with the lead until Pius took a final and firm grasp of the game, going up, 13-10, in the sixth inning.
The game featured big time offense for Pius from Danny McCrea (4 for 4, double, home run), Brendan Flaherty (3 for 4, 2 doubles, home run), Dominick DiMauro (3 for 4, triple, home run) and Camden Kelley (3 for 4, 2 singles, home run). Ryan Cox went 4 for 4 and Joe Danko went 3 for 4 with three singles.
Defensive standout plays were delivered by Flaherty with two line drive catches at third and first, the latter of which resulted in Pius' third double play of the season. McCrea, who played at both shortstop and third, made several nice plays on grounders, and Michael Wissman and Andrew Robey made nice outs on the mound and at second base, respectively.
Flag football
The Holy Trinity Hawks took on Renaissance in an exciting match-up. It was a nail-biter down to the last play. Quarterback Ben Medema started the scoring for the Hawks with a short touchdown run that tied the game at six late in the first quarter. The Hawks were trailing again late in the first half before Medema found Forrest Staton in the back of the end zone with a touchdown pass. With the one-point play to Spencer Teolis, the Hawks took the lead at the half, 13-12. Late in the fourth quarter, the Hawks were again trailing, 19-13. Holy Trinity again took the lead when Medema connected on his second touchdown pass of the game, hitting Ian Jenkins with a long touchdown catch and run. The Hawks took a 20-19 lead with less than two minutes left in the game, but Renaissance dashed the Hawks' hopes for victory as they scored in the final seconds of the game, edging out the Hawks, 25-20.
In their next game, the Hawks played their best game of the season, knocking off Woodstream, 33-12. The Hawks started the scoring on the opening drive of the game when Medema connected with Staton in the back of the end zone to give the Hawks a 6-0 advantage. After being held without a touchdown for the first time all season the previous week, Shamir Dozier found his way back into the end zone for the Hawks second score, putting them up, 12-0. Just before halftime, Medema threw his second touchdown of the game as Jenkins made a juggling catch off a deflected pass in the end zone and, with the two-point conversion, the Hawks had a commanding 20-0 halftime lead.
Woodstream came out of the gate in the second half, scoring on the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter. The Hawks went back to work on the ensuing drive with a trick play that had Teolis crossing the goal line before the Woodstream defense had any idea what had happened and putting the Hawks up, 26-6. After Jenkins snagged an interception late in the fourth quarter, Medema scrambled his way to an exclamation point touchdown, followed by a one-point play to Casey Gardner to put the Hawks up, 33-6. Medema played an outstanding game and did an excellent job of spreading the ball around. Every player for the Hawks had a reception and the defense shut down everything Woodstream threw at them.
Wrestling
BBGC had four wrestlers who participated in the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Association Eastern Nationals Saturday and Sunday at the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury.
The MAWA Eastern Nationals consisted of 1,400 wrestlers from 17 states along the Eastern Seaboard and mid-Atlantic region, including Washington, D.C.
Alex King, Shomari Stewart, Stanley Proctor and Jonathan Jones each qualified for the tournament based on placing in MAWA Regional tournaments earlier this year. Kyle Smith also qualified for the Eastern Nationals, but family obligations prevented him from competing.
King placed fourth in the midget 80-pound weight class and Stewart placed sixth in the midget 120-pound class. Proctor advanced through the first round with an exciting overtime pin. King and Stewart also had overtime wins in the first round. Jones had a close loss in the first round and a second loss to the eventual tournament champion at the 108-pound junior weight class.
Track and field
May 3 was the debut of Full Speed Athletics at the Marlboro Invitational held at Frederick Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro. The 15- to 16-year-old boys swept the 100- and 200-meter races with first-, second- and third-place finishes as well as taking first in the 4x100-meter relay and second in the 4x400-meter relay. The 11- to 12-year-old girls performed extremely well with third-place finishes in the 4x100-meter relay, 1,500-meter race walk and the long jump.
David Williams (two gold and one silver medal), Khayla Hamilton (fifth place in race walk), Malcom Harley (200-meter) and Eddie Clay (4x400-meter relay) each earned awards in their first outdoor track competition. The next FSA competition will be the Meade Invitational in Fort Meade Saturday.
Full Speed Athletics is a new youth track organization that includes a number of children, ages 5 to 15, who reside and go to school in the Bowie area.
Fund raiser
Kenilworth Elementary recently raised more than $5,000 while participating in the American Heart Association Jump Rope for Heart. While rotating from station to station and utilizing multiple jumping techniques, the 450 participants listened to music and enjoyed Popsicles. Kenilworth physical education teacher Robert Surette led the participants through the activities and also helped the students train for the event.
