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LATEST RESULTS VARSITY Tuesday, March 10 "AA" VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP Urbana 56, Monocacy 31 Monday, March 9 "A" VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP Brunswick 50, Glenwood 46 JAYVEE Tuesday, March 10 "AA" JAYVEE CHAMPIONSHIP #1 TJ vs. #2 Windsor Knolls Monday, March 9 "A" JAYVEE CHAMPIONSHIP Glenwood 60, Folly Quarter 44

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Urbana, TJ Take Different
Routes To 1st "AA" Titles

They took very different routes, but Urbana's varsity and TJ's jayvee arrived at their ultimate destination Tuesday night - their first-ever Mid-Maryland "AA" tournament championships as finals were staged before a large turnout at Walkersville High School.

The Hawks, in their fourth tourney title game (second varsity) in three years of League play, dominated early and often in disposing of a very good Monocacy squad, 56-31. The tournament's Outstanding Player, Thomas Utt, led a balanced Urbana attack with 12 points.

The win capped a perfect 21-0 season for the UHawks who were 18-0 in regular season action for an unprecedented second straight season. Head coach Pat Gwinn's varsity club is 41-1 over the last two seasons - the only loss in last year's tournament championship game - and has won 37 consecutive regular season contests.

The Patriots, in their eighth Mid-Maryland season, stormed back from an early 12-2 deficit to edge Windsor Knolls 41-36. TJ's Brian James was named Most Outstanding Player on the jayvee level.

TJ, under head coach Carl James, was 16-2 during the regular season, 13-1 in capturing their first-ever Chesapeake division crown. It was a remarkable turnaround for a program that won just three games total last season - one on the varsity level and two jayvee.

For complete game wrapups (including championship team pictures) of both the AA and A tournaments, click the provided link.

Thanks to Walkersville's staff and volunteers for hosting a classy event.

Number 1s Get It Done
In "A" Championships

Brunswick won its second varsity title in the last three years and Glenwood capped a perfect 21-0 jayvee season with a second straight tournament crown at the "A" tourney finals at MSD.

Both teams went into the event as top seeds in their brackets.

Brunswick used the foul line to pull away from a 32-32 tie after three quarters for a 50-46 victory. The Railroaders not only shot well from the line, but often kept possessions alive with offensive rebounds or by pressuring Glenwood into turnovers off of foul line situations.

Point guard Joe Fawley was named the Outstanding Player of the varsity tournament.

Head coach Perry Baker went to 3-0 in championship games at MSD over the past three years. His squads also won the 2005-06 jayvee title and 2006-07 varsity crown a year later.

Glenwood bolted to a 19-12 lead after one quarter and was never seriously threatened as the Cobras put the "icing" of a three-game tournament sweep on top of the "cake" of an 18-0 regular season.

Mikey Wynne was selected as the Outstanding Player in the jayvee tourney. Head coach Danny Napolitano also directed his charges to the jayvee title a year ago.

Thanks go out to MSD athletic director Andy Bonheyo and his staff for hosting another well-run event.

Congratulations go out to all six division champions. On the varsity level, Urbana laid claim to its second straight Chesapeake division title, Brunswick took Antietam honors and Mt. Airy captured its first-ever Piedmont crown. For the jayvees, it was TJ atop the Chesapeake while the Howard County duo of Glenwood and Folly Quarter grabbed top spots in their respective Antietam and Piedmont divisions.

Those clubs were honored at awards ceremonies following the jayvee and varsity tournament championship games.

The regular season schedule again featured 18 games per team and all participate in the year-end events.

Some changes have been made in divisional alignments since last season. Crestwood now participates in an eight-team Chesapeake division while Glenwood plays in a six-team Antietam division. The Piedmont division is down to five teams after the withdrawal of Taneytown. Piedmont teams will play each other three times while the other two will square off home and away.

Tournament makeup remains unchanged. The "AA" tournament will include the same 10 teams as a year ago while the "A" tournament will consist of nine teams.

Game Protocol Reminders,
Recent League Policy Changes

Other recent League changes include a revamped policy regarding weather-related postponements, a revised tie-breaker system and increase in penalties for programs not represented at League meetings.

The Snow Policy was revised such that a "game will be postponed when the snow emergency plan, in the county of either participating team, is in effect two hours prior to the scheduled start of the first game".

The tournament seed and division tie-breaker was revised to only include the second game played between common opponents when one (or more) team(s) involved in the tie has played them twice and the other team(s) only once. The fee for missed meetings was raised for $25 to $100.

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