Urbana Varsity was able to clinch a 3rd straight appearance in the AA Varsity tournament by defeating TJ 50 to 38. TJ set the pace of play in the first 3 quarters going into the locker room up 24 to 20 and finishing the third quarter up one 34 to 33. Hot shooting by TJ's Brian Thompson kept Urbana on it's heels early. Thompson finished as the high scorer for TJ with eleven. Urbana bunkered down in the fourth and limited TJ to only four points in the 4th quarter while scoring 17. Urbana's shooting woes from the line in the first half were erased by going 9 for 14 from the line in the 4th quarter. Urbana's Jonathon Hoyle led all scorers with 15, while Zach Thomas and Austin Gouldin provided 10 and 9 respectively.
In the second semi-final game of the night, in what was expected to be a closely fought game, Ballenger quickly found themselves in a deep hole. With the game tied at four the Glenwood team packed in their defense against Ballenger’s big men and went on a 22-2 run to close out the half resulting in a 26-6 halftime advantage. The quick start was a result of a balanced scoring attack for Glenwood as they got six points each from Zachary Haussler, Robert Campanile and Adam Carroll. Ballenger was led in scoring by Isaiah Harris-Winn’s four points in the first half. In the third quarter the Bulldogs made a run to attempt to get back in the game as they outscored Glenwood 13-8 in the quarter to cut the lead to 15 heading into the fourth quarter. Again Isaiah Harris-Winn led the way with seven points in the quarter followed by four from Brandon Levern. In the fourth quarter Glenwood continued their smart play patiently running their press break offense resulting in easy baskets and a 48-27 victory to reach the final and avenge a previous loss to the Bulldogs. Glenwood was led in scoring by Zachary Haussler’s 14 points, Adam Carroll (11), Robert Campanile (8), Shane Eberle (4) and Jared Jacoby (4). Ballenger was led in scoring by Isaiah Harris-Winn’s 13 points, Brandon Levern (8) and Conner Greene (4).
For the third time this season, the Crestwood Cavaliers battled with the Brunswick Railroaders. Crestwood won the first two meetings, including a come from behind one point nail biter in the final regular season matchup. This game would prove to be another back and forth slugfest, with Crestwood pulling out the victory 50-42. The first half would prove to be a defensive struggle with the Cavaliers going into the locker room with a slight 21-20 advantage. Coming out of the intermission, both teams began to heat up, each scoring 16 third quarter points and Crestwood hanging on to a slim one point lead. The final quarter would be decided by the defense. That advantage would go to Crestwood, as the Cavs held Brunswick to six fourth quarter points, while putting up 13 of their own to secure the victory. Crestwood was led by Chad Owens with (21 points, 17 in the second half), Anthony Naylor (14 points), and Minase Shiferaw (7 points). Brunswick was led by the Brandon Axline (15 points, including three 3 pointers) and Kyle Coats and Taiki Haugen (10 points) apiece.
Poolesville advanced to the Mid-Maryland League "A" Tournament Championship game by outscoring Linganore 25-12 in the final quarter to break open a close game and win by a final score of 60-44. The Falcon's leading scorer Andy Baker did not disappoint as he hit for 23 points to lead all scorers. Poolesville's Robbie Metz (four three-pointers) and Hunter Pearre hit for 14 and 13 points respectively. Linganore's Geno Marshall scored 15 points and Clayton Conner dropped in 14 points in the loss. Conner's strong first half scoring kept the game close for the Lancers with teammate Kyle Nicolet was strong on defense. Linganore beat Poolesville in the regular season by two.
The Hawks from Windsor Knolls are back in the Championship game for the second straight year with a hard fought 39-33 over the Glenwood Cobra's. The Cobra's took a quick 7-0 lead fueled by a quick deep 3 pointer from Patrick O'Brian. It took three minutes for the Hawks to score on two foul shots from Ian Eversull. The Hawks picked up the defensive pressure and the score was tied 9 to 9 heading into the second quarter. Ian Eversull scored 9 of the Hawks 12 points, including a deep 3 in the second quarter to put Windsor up 21-15 at the half. The teams traded baskets in the 3rd quarter, including 3's from the Hawks Matt Bruffey and another 3 from Patrick O' Brian of the Cobra's. The Hawks built a 10 point lead in the final quarter only to have O'Brian nail another 3 to keep Glenwood within striking distance. The Hawks got a huge basket off a great outlet pass from Ian Eversull to Matt Bruffey. Buffey hit an acrobatic layup while getting fouled and converted the free throw. The Hawks got another huge basket from Tyler Pearre off a great assist from Jacob Mittereder in the fourth quarter to help ice the game. The Hawks trio of guards, Pearre, Steve Ramsburg and Matt Bruffey were tenacious on defense. The Cobras got solid efforts from Brent Richardson with 6 points and Joshua Hightower with 5. Patrick O'Brien finished with 10 points on his long range jumpers. The Hawks Jacob Mittereder had a solid all around game with excellent defense to go along with 4 points, 4 steals and 6 assists. Tyler Pearre had 3 steals. Matt Bruffey finished with 5 points. Joey Apea helped on the boards with 5 rebounds. Once again it was the Hawks big man Ian Eversull that controlled the game. Eversull hit a variety of shots. He scored on jumpers, a deep 3, strong power moves and a beautiful reverse layup to finish with a game high 23 points and 9 rebounds.
Monocacy 54 Middletown 44 It was a heavyweight fight in the semifinal action today between Middletown and Monocacy. And the knockout punch wouldn't come until the fourth quarter. Middletown's Colson Kirchner was on fire to start the game for Middletown. He had numerous rebounds and put-backs as Middletown built a 11-6 first quarter lead. The second quarter saw the intensity increase as Monocacy's Myles Mensah's steal and score cut the Middletown lead to 3, but Kirchner again had the answer. A Will McClain bucket gave Middletown a 28-18 lead but Monocacy's Travis Barbe's kiss off the glass with 1.5 seconds left gave Monocacy momentum into the half, trailing Middletown 28-20. The third quarter saw Monocacy ramp up the full court press, but although Barbe, Mensah, and Jacob Medina were hitting key baskets, Middletown always had an answer. Again, Middletown went inside to Kirchner for scores and a beautiful jumper from beyond the arc from Chandler Redmond gave Middletown the advantage after 3 quarters, 41-31. But Monocacy continued to press and the turnovers increased for the Knights. A fastbreak bucket from Mensah, a fadeaway jumper from Barbe, and then Barbe's spin move in the lane resulted in a quick turnaround and a Monocacy lead 42-41. The press was relentless and Middletown was held to 3 4th quarter points as Monocacy won an intense and thrilling matchup 54-44. Both teams played hard throughout and the action was very exciting for the packed house at MSD. Myles Mensah, a 6th grader, led all scorers with 21 points. Barbe chipped in 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Jacob Medina added 9 points for Monocacy. Colson Kirchner led Middletown with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Chandler Redmond had 8 points and Will McClain dropped in 6 points. Ian Roy also played outstanding defense for the Knights.
St. Johns played stingy defense and slowed down the high-scoring Crestwood Cavaliers in the “A” JV Tournament 63-28. Led by the floor leadership and deft passing of Trevor Lecuona, St. Johns attacked the Crestwood zone inside with D’Marco Saunders (15 points) and Will Bureau (12 points) and also struck from the outside with the 3-points shooting of Mitch Hochstein (11 points) and Lecuona (14 points). Lecuona ended up with 9 assists and 9 rebounds while Bureau added 10 rebounds. Crestwood had difficulty running like they normally do and couldn’t find the range when they did get a look. Demetrius Anderson led the Cavaliers with 9 points.
Jayvee “A” squads #2 seeded Oakdale and #3 seeded Linganore took the hardwood in a much anticipate local rivalry. The battle began when Oakdale took control of the contest in the first quarter with defensive pressure to end the quarter leading 12-3. In the second quarter Linganore would not be denied and outscored Oakdale 12-6. Oakdale went into the locker room at the half with an 18-15 lead. The third quarter found both squads shooting fairly evenly with Oakdale maintaining their lead 27-25. The battle for the right to play in the Championship game was decided in the last seven minutes between these two determined teams. In the end, it was Linganore who was able to pull out the win with the final score 41-31. Linganore was led in scoring by Jake Tarte with a total of 14 points. Oakdale was led in scoring by Cameron Hylton with nine points and Jack Davis with eight points.
TJ Patriots and the Windsor Knolls Hawks battled once again in the playoffs after two close games in the regular season. TJ was fortunate to come out again tonight as they advance to the Varsity AA playoffs winning 46 - 41. In the first quarter, was a high scoring affair with both teams shooting well from the outside. Alex Moir hit for two three-pointers and Jacob Renn added two baskets as TJ posted 14 first quarter points. It wasn't enough though, as Windsor Knolls connected on three three-pointers in the first quarter -- two by Jonathan Stein and one by Connor Wrightson. The quarter ended with the Hawks leading 15 - 14. In the second quarter, the Hawks continued to shoot well as they picked up their defensive intensity. Kyle Singer and Jack Schombert both hit for big three pointers. They held TJ to six points in the second quarter -- five of those by Jacob Renn. As the half ended, the Hawks were leading 25 - 20. In the third quarter, it was TJ's turn to pick up its defensive pressure. TJ started the third quafter on a 12 - 0 run taking a 32 - 25 lead behind another deep three pointer by Alex Moir and Bryan Thompson. Jacob Renn added a basket and a foul shot as TJ ended the quarter with a 34 - 30 lead. Early in the fourth quarter with TJ leading 37-33, the Hawks' Jonathan Stein hit a deep three pointer to cut the Patriots lead to 1, 27-36. TJ's Chris Luthers hit a baseline jumper to put TJ back up 39 - 36, but the Hawks' Jonathan Stein responded again to cut the lead back to 1 for the Patriots. TJ's Bryan Thompson made a layup to put TJ back up 41 - 38. The Hawks were forced to foul and Alex Moir calmly sank both ends of a one - and -one with a little more than a minute to play. The Hawks didn't quit and Kyle Singer hit another deep three pointer to bring it back to 43 - 41. Isaiah Lee then went to foul line and made the front end of the one-and-one to keep Tj's lead at three. TJ's defense forced a turnover and Jacob Renn sank two foul shots to give TJ a 46 -41 victory. It was TJ's clutch foul shooting that won the game in the end, but Windsor Knolls outside shooting kept them in the game as they connected on 7 three-pointers in the game. The Patriots had an outstanding effort with Jacob Renn who had 15 points. An all around game from Alex Moir who finished with 11 points. Bryan Thompson added 8 points all coming in the second half. The Hawks Jonathan Stein had 13 points hitting clutch shots and Kyle singer added 10.
Urbana 65 Walkersville 57 Urbana and Walkersville put on a show for the quarterfinal match up. Walkersville's Brubaker was the game high scorer with 23 points. Zach Homey added 14 with all of his field goals coming from behind the arc. Both teams went into the locker room with 24 a piece. Urbana pulled away in the third quarter by eight points to only see Walkersville tie it back up in the fourth quarter. Urbana's 4 players in double figures and a couple of costly Walkersville's turnovers down the stretch was the difference in this nail biter. Urbana's Zach Thomas finished with 18, Austin Gouldin 16, Jonathon Hoyle 11 and Wil Putz 10. Urbana's Brian Sweeney and Devin Tiffany provided tough play down low for Urbana with 4 a piece.
Folly Quarter Varsity and Glenwood met for the 3rd time in Mid-MD hoops play… Each team won 1 game apiece in the regular season. In the 1st round of the play-off’s these two Howard County teams had an epic battle that had the capacity crowd at MSD on their feet for most of the game. In the 1st period FQ lead the Cobra’s 10-7 lead by Chris Dugan’s 4 points and strong drives. The Cobra’s John Gilliland countered with drives of his own with 4 in the 1st. The 2nd period belonged to Glenwood as their strong inside defense and FQ cold shooting from the outside. Glenwood scored 13 points in 2nd period lead by Jarred Jacoby’s hot shooting and 5 points. Folly Quarter was held to just 2 points in the period and Glenwood went into the lockeroom with a halftime lead 20-12. In the 3rd period Folly Quarter came-out red hot and put up 14 points in the period led by the fantastic high post play of Bryce Helensky 8 points and the strong inside play of Tyler Hoeflich 3 pts and strong rebounding. Zach Haussler led the Cobra’s in 3rd period with 4 points as Glenwood only managed 6 points for the period. The 4th period started with the score tied 26-26. Both teams played very strong defense and scoring was at a premium. David Brookhart had a big steal and converted a 2 pointer. Pat Laport was 1 for 2 on the line in the period and played tough D down low. Bryce Helensky hit a big 3 pointer in the period and was 1 for 2 from the foul-line. FQ big man Tyler Wasson was hampered with a foot injury and still played his heart-out and scored 3 points in the game. The games winning shot came from Mikey Wynne with less than 1 minute in the game and FQ leading by 2 points. Mikey Wynne hit a deep 3 pointer to put Glenwood up by 1 point. FQ brought the ball up court and passed the ball low to Ty Wasson who would get a good look and his layup would just fall off the rim. FQ got 1 more opportunity to win the game with under 10 seconds left… Chris Dugan drove the right side of the lane and was tied-up and the ball was knocked loose and went out of bounds. Glenwood would inbounds and FQ would foul Shane Eberle with less than 2 seconds left in the game. He missed the front-end of the foul shot and Byce Helensky got the rebound and heaved a full court shot, hit back board, and missed.
In a game of fast breaks, Crestwood defeated St. Johns 64-29. St. Johns kept the game close in the first quarter with the Cavaliers leading the first quarter 15 to 10. However, in the second quarter, the Cavaliers turned up the pressure and the scoring, only allowing the Vikings 2 points. The first half ended with Crestwood leading 37 to 12. Anthony Naylor scored 17 of his game high 21 points in the first half. The Cavaliers kept the defensive intensity up in the second half, outscoring the Vikings 27 to 17. All Crestwood players contributed to the scoring. Leading scorers for Crestwood were Anthony Naylor (21 points) and Joseph "BJ" Reid (12 points). The Vikings were led by Matt Carr (11 points).
Poolesville broke open a close game in the second half and advanced in the Mid-Maryland League "A" Tournament semi-finals by beating Mt. Airy by a final score of 76-57. Poolesville leading scorer Andy Baker again provided the firepower for the Falcons by hitting for 29 points. His scoring outburst managed to hold off Mt. Airy's duo of Carson Scharf (20 points) and Alex Scranton (19 points). Scranton nailed five three-pointers in the loss. Poolesville also had three other scorers with 10 points each----Trevor Stottlemyer, Mitchell Poe, and Hunter Pearre. Daniel White also scored 10 points for Mt. Airy.
Monocacy 39 TJ 17 It was the tale of two halves today for the JV teams of TJ and Monocacy in the tournament action. A very evenly played first quarter ended with Monocacy leading 11-9. Monocacy's Myles Mensah and TJ's Joey DiFrancesco traded 3 point baskets and both teams' offense struggled to find rhythm. The second quarter was a disaster offensively for both teams and the half time score was 13-13. The second half was much different. A Dylan Lambert bucket gave TJ a brief 15-13 lead and then the Monocacy pressure defense took over as Monocacy outscored TJ 26-2 the rest of the way. Monocacy's 24-17 third quarter advantage went to 27-17 on a Travis Barbe 3-pointer and Jourdan Hoy and Jacob Medina turned turnovers into layups and Monocacy pulled away. Barbe and Medina each scored 10 points for Monocacy. Kevin McShea, Nick Hoult, and Hoy scored 4 points each. TJ was led by DiFrancesco with 7 points and Lambert with 4.
The third time was the charm for a determined Glenwood JV team who handed Urbana their final loss of the 2009-10 season, 50-49. Urbana got off to a fast offensive start, ending the first period with a 15-8 lead. Glenwood continued to work hard, finding their own offensive rhythm is the second quarter, scoring 15 points to Urbana's 15, leading to an Urbana 30-23 halftime lead. In the third, Glenwood used a stiffling 2-3 zone to limit Urbana to six points, while scoring 11 to close the gap to 36-34 entering the important fourth quarter. During the fourth, Glenwood continued their torrid offensive pace, extending to a ten point lead before the Urbana team fought back within two points. In the end, free throw shooting proved to be Urbana's downfall, as they hit seven of sisxteen from the line, while the sharpshooting Glenwood team knocked down 13 of 17 on their way to the 50-49 victory and the semi-finals of the playoffs. Glenwood was led by Patrick O'Brien with a huge 21 points and aided by 12 points from Joshua hightower. Urbana was led by their front line of Jonathan Woodard (15) points, Christian Di Marzio (15) points, and Sam Giuliani (14) points.
The Hawks advanced to the semifinals with a 50-32 victory over the much improved Cadets from West Frederick. Joey Apea of the Hawks started the scoring with 6 early points on quick spin moves under the basket. The Hawks pressure defense got some early turnovers resulting in a 13-9 lead at the end of the quarter. The Hawks fast break kicked into gear in the second quarter resulting in 16 points to take a commanding 29-10 half-time lead. The Cadets fought hard in the 3rd quarter outscoring the Hawks 16-9 to cut the margin to 38-26 heading into the final quarter. The Hawks regrouped and outscored the Cadets 12-6 in the 4th for the final margin of 50-32. The Cadets were led by Terrell McCaa with 8, Jacob Long with 7 and Adriene Batts with 6. The Hawks guard trio of Matt Bruffey, Tyler Pearre and Steve Ramsburg had a outstanding game playing tenacious defense. Jacob Mittereder helped on the boards as well as breaking the Cadets press and chipped in with 6 points. Matt Bruffey nailed 2 long 3's for his 6 points. Joey Apea continued his fine overall play with excellent rebounding along with 12 big points. The Hawks big man Ian Eversull had another monster game controlling the boards, triggering the break and led all scorers with 21 points.
For the third time this season divisional rivals MIddletown and Walkersville squared off on the hardwood. The first two regular season games were hard fought wins for the Knights, and today's contest promised to be another close battle. The Knights jumped out to an early lead of 4-0, missing on several other opportunities to extend the lead. But, rivalry as it is, Walkersville was not about to go away quietly and stormed back with consecutive baskets, one a three by Keanu Rosa, to end the first with an 8-7 lead. The second quarter was a good defensive battle with the teams trading baskets. Again, Middletown missed out on several opportunities to move ahead, and could not seem to find the bottom of the net on layups or free throws. The score at the half was 17-15 Lions, with Rosa continuing to lead his team with 8 first half points. Chandler Redmond did his part for the Knights hitting for 7 of his game high 19 in the first half. The Knights defense started the second half even stronger than in the first, and a couple shots finally fell. Despite a three from Walkersville's Mark Guyton, Middletown took some control in the third and led 28-26 at the buzzer, with a three of their own from Clay Smith. Both teams battled it out in the final stanza with great defense and gutsy play. Each possesion became more and more pressure packed as Middletown tried to extend their lead, but Walkersville answered time after time. Chandler Redmond was too much for the Lions down the stretch, and Middletown hung on, hit crucial free throws, and pulled out the win 41-38. Walkersville was led by an outstanding performance from Keanu Rosa with 15, solid play from Mark Guyton with 7 timely points, and four points inside from Brendan Cassels. In all 8 Lions scored, and every player played extremely well. For the Knights, it was Chandler Redmond finishing with 19, Colson Kirchner with 10, and Ian Roy with 7 including a big jumper late in the fourth giving the Knights a three point lead under a minute to play helping seal the victory.
Linganore JV 57, Poolesville 36. Linganore was led by Jake Tarte with 14 pts, Jack Staub with 13 pts and Corbin Austin with 10 pts and 9 rebounds. Poolesville was led by Steve Morningstar with 12 pts, Zach Long with 9 pts and Ryan Shorts with 5 pts.
The St. Johns JVs moved into the semi-finals 61-32 behind an onslaught of 3-pointers. Mitch Hochstein hit 4 while Trevor Lecuona and Daniel Smith each hit 3 of them against a stingy inside zone by Mt. Airy. All of Hochstein’s points came from behind the arc as he led St. Johns with 12 points followed by Lecuona with 11, Smith with 9 while D’Marco Saunders added 9 as well scoring in the paint in a variety of ways. Mt. Airy was scrappy and never gave up and was led by the always-hustling Bobby Wiley with 17 points and Tanner Elmore chipping in 6 points.
Oakdale JV and Brunswick JV took the court with the winner earning a ticket to the final four round. Oakdale came out firing on all cylinders in the first quarter outscoring Brunswick 21-4. Oakdale continued to deliver accurate field goal shooting in the second quarter to end the half 41-19. In the second half of the game, Brunswick rallied to pace even in scoring with Oakdale but the deficit was too much for Brunswick to overcome. Oakdale earned their way to the final four with a 61-39 win over Brunswick. Doug Pearl led his Brunswick team in scoring with a team high of nine points. Dalton Anderson also put in eight points for Brunswick. Oakdale had three players who reached double-digit in scoring. Nicholas Bloom led both teams in scoring with 12 points. Sean McGaughey and Ryan Shadoan went to work on the three point buckets each earning 10 points.
The Glenwood Cobra's defeated West Frederick 61 to 39 to advance to the round of eight in the varsity AA bracket. Glenwood's Luke Cheswick scored on the opening possession to start a 15 to 5 first quarter. West Frederick came to play and made a game of it, refusing to go away quietly. Every time it appeared that Glenwood would pull away, the scrappy West Frederick squad fought back into it, staying within 12 into the fourth quarter. Robert Campanile paced the even scoring Cobra's in the first half with 6 of his 8 points as Glenwood held a 28 to 16 halftime lead. In the third quarter Glenwood tried to stay out of foul trouble by playing a 2-3 zone, but Trace Russ drilled two deep threes and was always a threat from the perimeter. Both teams scored 18 in the third with Glenwood up 46 to 34. West Frederick was forced to gamble to get back into the game but Glenwood was able to handle the press and convert severl open lay-ups down the stretch for the final margin. Nine of ten players for Glenwood scored, led by Pat Laport with 10, Jared Jacoby and Zack Haussler with 9 each, followed by Campanile and Shane Eberle with 8 each, Adam Carroll and John Gilliland with 5 each, and Cheswick with 8. West Frederick was lead by Brent Kaelen with 9, Russ with 8, Jonathan King and Christian James with 6 each, Patrick Davis with 4, and Justin Walker with 3.
St.John's Varsity defeated MSD 49 to 18 . St. John's was lead by Claudio Tannure and Chris Stephey with 10 points each. Matt Carr had 9 points and Ryan Baxter had 7. MSD high scorer was Cody Moers.
Mount Airy jayvee 39 MSD 22 Mount Airy was led by Tanner Elmore and Bobby Wiley, each with 8 points. Andrew Buckley, Tommy Spear and Mikey Graessle each had 4 points. Tony Russo played a great defensive game causing several turnovers and tie ups. MSD was led by Bailey Moers with 7 points and Katt Brown with 6 points. Carey Ballard had 5 points and Tristan Hower had 4 points.
In the opening round of the AA jayvee tournament, the Thomas Johnson Patriots defeated Ballenger Creek 45-37. The score was close the entire game and at the end of the third, the score was 32-30. BC tied the game at 32 with five minutes to play but TJ was able to get some key turnovers off their full court press. Joey DiFrancisco lead the Patriots with 11, Jared Ruiz and Demonte Williams each contributed ten and Jordan Ritter had eight. For Ballenger Creek, Noah Tucker lead all scorers with 12, Kelvin Watson had 7 and Jordan Evans-McFarland added six.
Crestwood varsity defeated Brunswick 49-48. In a game that went back and forth until the very end, Crestwood was able to squeak out a victory over Brunswick. Both teams played well on both ends of the floor. Crestwood held a slim lead after the first quarter but Brunswick battled back and tied the score 20-20 at halftime. Brunswick was able to outscore Crestwood 16 to 13 in the third quarter to hold a 36-33 lead after three quarters. The game came down to the final 10 seconds and Crestwood's Chad Owens was able to knock down a short jumper and give Crestwood the victory 49-48. Owens had a game high 20 points. Anthony Naylor chipped 18 points. Zach Hossler led Brunswick with 13 points and Brandon Axline added 11 points. Kyle Coats had 8 points and 14 rebounds.
Crestwood JV defeated Brunswick 39-34. In another tightly contested game Crestwood was able to outscore Brunswick 25 to 19 in the second half and pull out the victory. Brunswick took a 15 to 14 lead into halftime as Andrew Wanger drilled a three point shot at the buzzer. Both teams played very well in the second half but Crestwood was able to get a few face break points and pull out the victory. Crestwood was led in scoring by JaColby Lott and Demetrius Anderson who both had 10 points. Jimmy Green poured in a game high 17 points for Brunswick and Andrew Wanger chipped in 9 points.
Middletown upset the Windsor Knolls varsity team today at MHS 36-27. The game was a low scoring, defensive battle throughout. Windsor Knolls jumped out early with a 10-4 lead early in the first but Middletown was able to claw back into the game as the first stanza ended with WK leading 10-7. Middletown was then able to take advantage of the slow pace in the second quarter and took a 14-13 lead into the half. Finally in the 3rd, Middletown was again able to push the lead forward with aggressive offensive play by both Ben Panther and Bradley Rinehart. Windsor Knolls kept the game close but Middletown was able to manage the clock with great precision down the stretch which led to the win. Patrick Coffey put forth a scrappy effort for WK and led the team with 8 points. The outstanding scorer Kyle Singer was held to just one three point field goal and five points. Brad Rinehart led the way for the Knights with 15 and Ben Panther chipped in 10.
The Windsor Knolls Hawks emerged victorious over the Middletown Knights in a battle of powerhouse JV teams by a score of 40 - 34. Middletown jumped out to an early lead in the game to a six to two advantage, but the Hawks were not to be held down for long coming back to lead at the end of the first quarter 10-8. Ian Eversull led the way with five early points, while MIddletown's Nick Welch had the early hot hand for his squad. The Hawks continued to play well in the second, displaying their good outside shooting to lead 20-15 at the half. With Eversull on the bench with early foul trouble, Middletown's big man, Colson Kirchner, found some room to operate inside hitting for 4 points in the quarter. Both teams played superb defense in the first half, keeping the other from any scoring runs; the game was as good as anyone would want. The thrid period continued like the first two with good shooting from the Hawks, and the Knights clawing to stay within striking distance. Chandler Redmond began to heat up for Middletown hitting for four, but Eversull showed his complete game by scoring both inside and from beyond the arc hitting a three. The third ended with a solid Hawk lead of ten points at 31-21. The fouth quarter started with Middletown inserting Lucas Soule in the lineup, and with his aggresive defense and scrappy play inside gave the Knights five important bench points that cut into the Hawks lead to make a game of it late. The Knights pulled to within four points under two minutes, with possession, but could not hit the shot nor the two putback attempts off rebounds to make it a two point game. MIddletown was forced to foul and the Hawks Eversull, Jacob Mitterader, and Steven Ramsburg did a great job hitting their pressure packed foul shots to hang on for the win. Windsor Knolls was led by Ian Eversull with 13, Emmanuel Apea with 9, and Cody Castner chipped in six on two three pointers. Middletown's scoring leaders were Chandler Redmond and Colson Kirchner with nine points each, with Nick Welch adding six and Lucas Soule draining five.
The Poolesville Varsity took on a gritty Catoctin team at Poolesville. Poolesville looked slow on offense in the first quarter, but led 18-11. The Cougars and the Falcons played to a draw in the second period with the teams holding each other to just four points each. With a number of substitutions and some key plays by Diesen Gorham (six points and two free throws) down the stretch, Poolesville picked up the 57-51 win. The Falcon's leading scorer, Andy Baker, paced Poolesville with 23 points and 12 rebounds, followed by a strong effort by Trevor Stottlemyer with 10 points an seven board and guard Robbie Metz with eight points. The Cougars were led by Kyle Tregoning with 13 points, Jacob Tokar with 12 and Jackson Steinly with nine.
Catoctin's JV Boys rung up the Poolesville JV Boys by 15 points in their last meeting earlier in the month, but this time the Falcons held their ground and beat the Cougars by a final score of 41-40. Poolesville's Ryan Shorts hit the front end of a 1-and-1 with just three seconds left to give Poolesville the win. Shorts, with nine points total, scored five crucial points in the final period to help bring Poolesville the win. Falcon teammates Reid Patton (13 points) and Zach Long (eight points) helped keep the game close. Benjamin Dewees (16 points) and Owen Tokar (12 points) almost delivered the road win for the Cougars. Collin Gregory also hit for six points in the near-victory.
Folly Quarter Varsity defeated West Frederick 43-40 in the final regular season game. Four players scored in Double digits for FQ Falcons were Cyrus Vaughn, Tyler Hoeflich, Ty Wasson and Bryce Helensky. West Frederick was lead by Christian James 12 and Brent Karlen 9pts.
Folly Quarter Jayvee Edges West Frederick 30-29 West Frederick JV came out firing on all cylinders in the first half looking to avenge the loss to the Falcons in February. West Frederick used an aggressive zone defense and solid rebounding that prevented Folly Quarter from getting any solid scoring opportunities in the first half. On the offensive end, West Frederick showed nice patience while surgically picking apart the Falcon defense and consistently finding the open man. Jacob Long led West Frederick in the first half with 5 points and received scoring contributions from six other players to lead at the break 19-7. Mark Moody chipped in 3 points in the first half to lead Folly Quarter. The Falcons picked up the pace on defense in the second half which seemed to get their offense on track. However, West Frederick continued to score and by the end of the third, there was still a 10 point difference on the scoreboard. 29-19. The fourth quarter was owned by Folly Quarter. A few key turnovers, an aggressive man-man defense and strong inside play combined with poor free throw shooting from West Frederick allowed Folly Quarter to cut it to 1 point with less than a minute to go setting up an exciting end to the game. West Frederick stole a pass and was fouled on the way to the hoop with 10 seconds left on the clock. Unfortunately, West Frederick’s troubles at the foul line continued and they missed both free throws. Folly Quarter grabbed the rebound and pushed the ball up the court. Bebe Kum received a pass in the low post and was able to muscle the ball in the hoop as he was fouled with 2 seconds to play. He missed the foul shot, but time expired as West Frederick gathered the rebound allowing Folly Quarter to escape with a fantastic come from behind victory 30 – 29. Shawn Carter, once again, had a strong game at the point for Folly Quarter. Greg Cox had an outstanding second half adding a number of key steals and rebounds in the fourth quarter. Cox also led Folly Quarter with 9 points. Bebe Kum also added 9 points for Folly Quarter including the final game winning shot. Chris Lee added 4 crucial points in the fourth quarter helping spur the comeback. Mark Moody had a clutch free throw in the closing minute and finished with 6 points. West Frederick was led by a trio of scorers - Jacob Long, Trey Thompson, and Noah Chaney - who each had 6 points. Terrell McCaa also added 5 points.
Urbana varsity took advatage of thier size and quickness to subdue I-270 rival, Linganore, 62 to 45. Urbana raced out to a 1st quarter lead of 21 to 12 behind the hot shooting of Zach Thomas who totaled 11 points for the quarter incluing a 3 pointer. Clay Conner for Linganore kept the Lancers in the game by scoring all the 1st quarter points behind three 3 point shots. The Hawks extened thier lead to 18 points at the half leading 38 to 20. The Hawks continued thier hot shooting in the 3rd Quarter and extending the lead to 25 points. They then cruised through the final quarter for the win. Urbana had balanced scoring with all 11 players scoring in the game. The Hawks were led by Zach Thomas with 13 points and Jon Hoyle adding 10. Clay Conner for Linganore was the game's high scorer with 28 points. Josh Slaughter added 9 for the Lancers.
Linganore JV 38, Urbana 47. Linganore was led by Jake Tarte and Derek Wilson with 9 pts each and Jack Staub with 6. Ben Flower led the Lancers in rebounds with 7. Urbana was led by Sam Giulani with 18 pts and 7 rebounds and Christian Gardner with 16 pts and 6 rebounds.
Walkersville Beat Oakdale today 30-24 at Oakdale. Leading scorers for Oakdale were Joe Schiller with 8 and Brandon Plummer with 5 all in the fourth. For Walkersville Sem Brubaker had 9
In a Piedmont Division versus Antietam Division match up Oakdale JV and Walkersville JV took the court. Oakdale took control of the contest ending the first quarter with an 11-6 lead on a three-point bucket from James Hoffman. Walkersville answered back with a three from Keanu Rosa in the second quarter. Oakdale held onto their lead at the half 20-14. The second half of the contest became a battle from the stripe. Oakdale was perfect from the stripe in the third quarter and hit 7 of 11 attempts in the fourth quarter. Walkersville faltered in the third quarter from the line then hit 7 of 9 attempts in the fourth quarter. Oakdale never relinquished the lead and edged Walkersville 35-30. Keanu Rosa and David Forney scored for Walkersville with nine and seven points respectively. Keanu Rosa was 6 for 9 from the line and David Forney was 3 for 4. Jack Davis led Oakdale’s squad with a total of nine points and he was 5 for 6 from the stripe. Nicholas Bloom followed with seven points and he was 3 for 4 from the line.
Monocacy jayvee 54 Glenwood 30 Monocacy and Glenwood wrapped up regular season action with an afternoon contest and it turned out to be no contest. Glenwood was missing some key players and Monocacy took advantage with a quick start, a tenacious defense, and a balance scoring attack. The Mustangs led 18-7 after one and kept the pressure on from there to lead 35-14 at the break. More of the same in the second half gave Monocacy a 48-17 third quarter advantage, but a never-quit attitude from Glenwood yielded a good fourth quarter for them as the final was 54-30. The Mustangs were led on the scoreboard by Kevin McShea with 12 points, Travis Barbe added 11 and Jacob Medina had 8. Nick Hoult and Myles Mensah each scored 6. Glenwood was led by Robert Clark with 7 points and 6 each for Praveen Morgan and Patrick O'Brien.
Monocacy defeater Glennwood 68-61 in the varsity game.Monocacy was lead byJosh McClain with 21 points 5 assists along with 20 points 10 rebounds from Jordon Redfern and 15 points from Jacob Bernstein.Glennwood was lead by Zachary Haussler 18 points along with 14 and 11 points from Adam Carroll and Mickey Wynne.
Windsor Knolls Jayvee defeated Thomas Johnson 41-12. Ian Ebersull lead all scorers with 10 points, Jacob Mitterender had eight and Emmanuael Apea added six. TJ's Jordan Ritter and Joey DeFrancisco each had three points, Jay Hill, Dylan Lambert and Brian Flatter each contributed two points to round out the Partiot scoring.
In a battle for tournament seeding TJ Patriots outlast the varsity Hawks from Windsor Knolls in OT 47-44. Both teams entered the game with identical 10-6 records and TJ looking for revenge from a early season one point loss. In a tightly contested first quarter TJ took a 8-7 lead behind Uvan Stewarts 4 points. Windsor Knolls Kyle Singer hit a three pointer as the Hawks trailed by one after the first quarter. In the second Windsor Knolls began to assert itself as they jumped out to a 14-8 lead. Patrick Coffey led the charge with 4 points and Kyle Singer hit another three pointer. The Patriots from TJ made a run of their own closing out the half on a 8-2 run to tie the game at 16 a piece. Jacob Renn scored two big baskets from just inside the foul line and Chris Stumpfigs baseline jumper tied the game at the half. After a defensive first half TJ got its offense on track for 18 3rd quarter points. TJ's Isaiah Lee scored 6 points with pull up jumpers in the lane and Jacob Renn continued his scoring from the inside with 6 third quarter points as well. Windsor Knolls tried to keep pace as Jonathan Stein and Kyle Singer both made deep three's to keep the Hawks in striking distance, 34-27 at the end of the third. In the fourth quarter the Hawks Patrick Coffey took over. With his team trailing 37-28 Coffey's 7 fourth quarter points and Matt Harris' clutch foul shooting brought his team to within two with just over a minute to play 37-35. After a timeout TJ ran a play to beat the Hawks full court pressure and went up 39-35. Patrick Coffey took over and scored two driving layups to tie the game at 39. TJ had the last chance but was unable to get off a last shot and to overtime the teams headed. In overtime it was Patrick Coffey who scored 5 of his game high 19 points that gave Windsor Knolls a 44-41 lead. TJ was not to be denied the victory as Jacob Renn scored inside and went 3 for 4 from the foul line to give TJ the lead 45-44. TJ's defense caused a turnover and had the ball and the lead with 35 seconds to play. TJ' s Isaiah Lee broke free from the defense and drove the lane putting TJ on top 47-44 as TJ held on for the win. Jacob Renn led TJ with 17 points, 11 coming in the second half. Uvan Stewart had another solid performance adding 14 points and Isaiah Lee finished with 10 points 8 of which came in the second half. Patrick Coffey despite not starting finished with 19 points and played a great all around game. Kyle Singer finished with11 points hitting three 3 pointers in the game and Matt Harris played a very solid game finishing with five points.
Urbana 53 BC 28 Urbana Varsity pulled away from Ballenger Creek 22 to 10 in the first quarter with pressure defense and transition offense. BC's Isiah Harris-Winn had 10 of his teams 12 in the first half displaying inside moves and outside shooting. Urbana was able to spread the wealth with eleven of twelve players scoring. Urbana's Austin Gouldin led his team with twelve. Devin Tiffany made his presence made with ten points. Urbana shot well from the line going nine for eleven as a team. BC's Harris-Winn finished with the game high 18.
Urbana Hawks JV played a very impressive and hard working Ballenger Creek team. Fortunately for Urbana, despite a tough shooting night, they were able to hold off the energized BC team, 47-37. Despite their third game in four days, Urbana got off to a fast offensive start, ending the first period with a 22-7 lead. However, Ballenger Creek never gave up and showed their toughness, as they closed the gap, with Urbana going in at halftime up 27-21. In the third, Urbana used offensive rebounding to extend their lead to ten, 40-30, entering the last period. In the fourth, defense prevailed as both offenses slowed, each scoring seven points. Ballenger Creek was led by Kelvin Watson with twelve (12) points and aided by eight (8) points from Jerome Love and six (6) points apeice from Jordan Evans-McFraland and Noah Tucker. Urbana was led by thirteen (13) points from Sam Giuliani, eleven (11) points from Christian Di Marzio, and seven (7) points from Jonathan Woodard.
In a very evenly played varsity game, Folly Quarter edged Monocacy 55-50. Folly Quarter scored the final 15 points of the game to turn a 10-point deficit into a 5 point victory. Both teams traded baskets throughout and the game was tied at 28 at halftime. Monocacy put some distance between the two teams in the second half only to set up the thrilling finish for Folly Quarter. Tyler Wasson led all scorers with 19 points for Folly Quarter. David Brookhart added 14 and Bryce Helensky had 10. Josh McClain led Monocacy with 14 points and Jacob Bernstein scored 13.
Monocacy jumped out to a 23 to 6 first quarter advantage and never looked back in route to a 52-28 jayvee victory over Folly Quarter in Chesapeake division action. Monocacy's size created problems for Folly Quarter all evening and their relentless pressure defense created many turnovers and transition baskets. Folly Quarter never backed down and continued to put out maximum effort on both ends of the floor but Monocacy got contributions from every player in some capacity and was just too much for Folly Quarter. Jacob Medina led Monocacy with 16 points. Travis Barbe added 12 and Jourdan Hoy had 8. Bebe Kum led Folly Quarter with 12 points and Greg Cox had 8.
Walkersville varsity 37 Middletown 32 Sem Brubaker and Michael Torres led the Lions in scoring (9 each) in their final home game victory against a very physical Knights team. Bradley Rinehart and Ben Panther paced Middletown with 13 and 12 points respectively.
Middletown Knights hold off a determined Walkersville team to pull out a 1 point victory against their arch rival in Walkersville. The Knights opened up a 9 point 1st quarter lead, and led 16 to 7 behind 8 points by Chandler Redmond. David Forney kept the Lions in the game with 5 points. The Lions roared back in the 2nd quarter, fueled by Keanu Rosa's spectacular 4 point play. The Lions used the momentum changing play to fuel a 8-0 run and cut the lead to 16-15 midway through the 2nd quarters. The teams then battled toe to toe, with Middletown taking only a 1 point into halftime, 22-21. The Knights came out determined to put the upstart Lions away in the 3rd quarter, opening the quarter on a 6-0 run and extending the lead to 28-21. The Knights were powered by Colson Krichner, who had 4 of his 10 points in the 3rd quarter. The Knights had great contribution in the 3rd quarter by Clay Smith, Nick Welch, Chandler Redmond. Not to be out done, the Lions put together a 6-0 run of their own, behind the great energetic play of Keon Askins, who played outstanding defense. Askins, along with Nathaniel Musselman and Keanu Rosa, kept the game close throughout the 3rd quarter with timely scoring. Them, along with the rebounding prowess of Brenden Cassels and Nick Hawkins, kept the Knight lead to 3 at the end of the third quarter.
Oakdale came out strong today against West Frederick. They used full court pressure to disrupt West Fredericks flow. Oakdale got two three pointers from Matt Klauka in the first on there way to a 12-7 lead at the end of one. The second quarter was a pretty even quarter ending on a buzzer beater 3 from Trace Russ and Oakdale led at the half 22-16. The second half saw West Frederick pick up there game and make a valiant fourth quarter run to come up just short. Oakdales late free throw shooting 6-6 in the fourth enabled them to hold on for the 43-41 win. Leading the way for Oakdale was Matt Klauka with 17 David Carlisle with 13 and Joe Schiller with 10. For West Frederick Trace Russ used great shooing to get 11 and Christan James slashed the lane to get 12.
Oakdale JV and West Frederick played a match that traded leads for the first three quarters. Oakdale outscored West Frederick 13-8 in the first quarter. West Frederick went in to the locker room at the half outscoring Oakdale 11-3 with a 19-16 lead. Oakdale was determined not to let the game slip away and put together a run allowing Oakdale to end the third quarter with the score of 26-21 Oakdale. It was the fourth quarter that sealed the win for Oakdale with an 11- 6 run ending the game with a 37-29 final score in favor of Oakdale. Terrell McCaa of West Frederick led his team in scoring with at team high of 8 points. Noah Chaney also assisted his squad by putting in a total of 7 points. Oakdale was lead in scoring by Cameron Hylton with at total of 9 points. Sean McGaughey and Anthony Gillespie each put in 6 additional points with Sean scoring a big 3 pointer in the third quarter.
St. John's JV defeated Glenwood 54 to 41 in a jv only match-up at Folly Quarter Middle School. St. John's came out hot, hitting from the perimeter as well as executing their half court offense to build a 38 to 18 halftime lead. Steven Segrist provided an offensive spark for Glenwood, hitting all three of his 3-point attempts to finish the half with 9 and a team high 11 for the game. Glenwood put up a a better defensive effort in the second half but it was not enough to get them back in the game. St. John's had 3 players in double digits with Will Bureau taking game high honors with 15, followed by Mitch Hochstein with 14 and Trevor Lecuona with 11. Alex Enriquez turned in an outstanding performance for St. John's, scoring 9 points, handling the point, breaking the press and making assists inside.
Windsor Knolls jayvee 49 Monocacy 40 Much was on the line when the top two teams in the Chesapeake division squared off Friday night. And both teams came out aggressively. Windsor Knolls got a couple of quick buckets from Emmanuel Apea but Monocacy got 6 points from Malyk Eugene in the first quarter and took a 15-12 lead. The second quarter saw the two big men, the Hawks Ian Eversull and the Mustangs Travis Barbe trade a couple of buckets in the paint and the halftime score was 23-20 Monocacy. The third quarter saw Monocacy's transition game yield some fast-break points and they took an eight point lead on a basket by Myles Mensah. But the turning point in the game occurred late in the 3rd when Cody Kastner connected on three straight shots from beyond the arc to close the third and Windsor Knolls had the lead 33-30. Apea was back at it in the fourth as he scored 9 huge points for the Hawks. The final score was 49-40 and the two teams are now tied atop the Chesapeake Division. Monocacy was led by Travis Barbe's 10 points and 8 rebounds. Malyk Eugene added 8 points and Jacob Medina 7. Emmanuel Apea led the Hawks with 15 points and 7 rebounds. Ian Eversull added 13 points and 8 boards.
In the varsity Windsor Knolls up ended Monocacy 40-32.Windsor Knolls was lead by Jonathan Stein with 9 points and Kyle Singer 8 points.Monocacy was lead by Josh McClain 12 points and Jacob Bernstein 8 points.
Urbana outlasted Middletown last night in a fierce battle 58-56. The game was filled with high intensity, pressure moments, and was back and forth the whole night. Urbana jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter 10-4 led by the tremendous scoring ability by Zach Thomas. Urbana was a fast-breaking team that was hard for Middletown to keep up with all evening. However, the determined Middletown squad battled through Urbana's pressure defense and worked hard on the boards to creep back into the game. Urbana led 24-23 at the half. The third quarter again was a see-saw affair. Zach Thomas kept Urbana on track with two three point field goals in the quarter but as the third came to a close, Garrett Murphy nailed a contested three at the buzzer to give the Knights a one point lead going into the final quarter. Again, the game remained close. Chase Hoffman paced the Knights making some huge buckets in the paint but in the end the fast break ability of the Hawks led by Zach Thomas, Jonathan Hoyle, and Austin Gouldin kept them in the lead late and eventually provided the victory for the 1st place Hawks. Brad Rinehart led the way for the Knights with 21. Ben Panther added 14 and Chase Hoffman added 10. Zach Thomas led the Hawks with 21. Jonathan Hoyle had 14 and Austin Gouldin had 10.
The JV Urbana Hawks blitzed the Middletown Knights tonight at Urbana Middle School by a score of 48 to 36. The game started evenly played, with the Knights finishing the first quarter with a 9-7 lead, sparked by a three pointer by Jake Full. The Hawks adjusted quickly on the defensive end stifiling the Knights offense, creating turnovers, and scoring easy transition baskets at the other end. Led by Johnathan Woodward's six points in the quarter, the Hawks took a solid five point lead into halftime, 21 - 15. The third quarter was the story of the game, with the Hawks continuing to keep the Knights off balance, and pouring in easy transition baskets by the bunches. Urbana was clicking on all cylinders, while Middletown was unable to find any stablility in their offense against the Hawks' pressure. The third quarter ended with the Hawk lead at 39 - 23. Woodward, Sam Guiliani, and Chrisitan Dimarzio led the assault for Urbana, while Chandler Redmond did his best to keep his team within striking distance. Middletown finally managed to create some good offensive opportunities in the final stanza with eight inside points, several off of tremendous assists from reserve guard Clay Smith, cutting into Urbana's lead for the final score. The dominant Hawks were led by a stellar overall performance from Johnathan Woodward with his game high 17, Sam Guiliani had nine, Christian Dimarzio chipped in seven, and Logan Haggarty hit for six. Urbana displayed intense pressure defense, great organization and unselfish play on offense, and terrific all around hustle and effort. Middletown's leading scorers were Colson Kirchner with 16, and Chandler Redmond with ten.
Crestwood finally shook off the rust from the snow break and came out ready to play, defeating Walkersville 48-36. The Cavaliers came out of the gate attacking the Walkersville defense to take a 13-7 first quarter lead. The second quarter would be a defensive battle with Crestwood outscoring the Lions 8-4 to hold a 21-11 half-time advantage. That cushion would prove to be enough for Crestwood as both teams played virtually even the second half. Each time Walkersville made a run, Crestwood would answer right back to shut down the comeback, outscoring the Lions 27-25 in the second half to preserve the win. Crestwood was led by Chad Owens' double/double (16 points/14 rebounds), Anthony Naylor (13 points), Bryan Ingram (10 points). DeJuan Hicks played a strong game chipping in six points. Walkersville was led by Michael Torres and Sem Brubaker with 11 and six points respectively.
For the second night in a row, Crestwood dropped another heartbreaker, as Walkersville defeated the Cavs 42-39. Led by the Meredith brothers, Benjamin and Micah, Crestwood jumped out to a 28-21 halftime lead. Benjamin scored 12 first half points and Micah dropped in eight. Walkersville came out in the second half with increased defensive pressure, and this led to some costly turnovers for the Cavs and led to some easy baskets by the Lions. Walkersville had a balanced scoring attack, led by Keon Askins with nine points. Mark Guyton and David Forney chipped in with six points apiece. For the Cavs, Ben Meredith led all scorers with 12, while Micah Meredith and JaColby Lott each scored eight points.
Brunswick Varsity boys beat MSD, 43 to 24. Haugen leads Brunswick with 12pts. MSD top scorer is Cody Moers with 14pts.
Brunswick JV boys won over MSD with the score of 43 to 16. High scorer for Brunswick is Jimmy with 13 points. Carey Ballard scored 5 points for MSD.
Linganore varsity 47 Catoctin 32 Catoctin took a two point lead into the locker room at the end of the first half, and the third quarter ended with the score knotted at 27 apiece. But, the fourth quarter was all Linganore. Clayton Conner and Kyle Nicolet each hit 3-pointers to begin the 4th quarter followed by a quick bucket by Jeff Butt and several missed opportunities by the Cougars resulting in a 20-5 scoring advantage for the Lancers in the final quarter. Clayton Conner hit for a game high 24 points while Kyle Nicolet hit 10 for Linganore. J.D. Wilhelm chipped in 9 for Catoctin.
Urbana varsity 53 Folly Quarter 49 Urbana hosted Folly Quarters in the first mid-maryland game to be played at the Urbana Middle School. Folly Quarters came to play and controlled the first half with Tyler Wasson scoring 13 of his team high 20 to take his team into the locker room with a ten point lead 28 to 18. In the third quarter Urbana was able to cut the lead to five before Folly Quarters's Chris Dugan hit a 3 pointer at the buzzer to give Folly Quarter a 42 to 34 lead going into the fourth. The fourth quarter belonged to Urbana's defense and an incredible offensive performance from Zach Thomas who had 15 of his game high 33 in the fourth. Tyler Wasson came off the court after a bad ankle sprain with Folly Quarter leading 49 - 47 with 1:30 left in the game. With Tyler off the court Urbana was able to take advantage and put the game away with a Zach Thomas three pointer to make Urbana go up 52 to 49. Folly Quarters had the ball underneath their own basket with 14 seconds left, but was unable to score. A quick foul from Folly Quarters got Urbana to the line and made one of two to ice the game 53 to 49.
The Urbana Hawks JV played an improved Folly Quarter team en route to a 65-33 victory on Wednesday. Urbana got off to a fast offensive start, ending the first period with a 17-4 lead. In the second quarter, Urbana continued it's strong offensive play, on the way to a 33-10 halftime lead. In the third quarter both teams continued to play hard, as Urbana extended it's lead to 49-20, entering the fourth quarter. In the fourth, the offense really picked up as Urbana scored 16 points and Folly Quarter added 13. Folly Quarter was led by Bebe Kum with eight (8) points and aided by six (6) points apeice from Shawn Carter, Greg Cox, and Cole Robertson. Urbana was led by nineteen (19) second half points from Sam Giuliani, nine (9) first half points from Jonathan Woodard, and seven (7) points apiece from Gregory Gardner and Cody Wilcox.
Windsor Knolls used an aggresive man to man defense to shutdown Glenwood and take 57 to 49 win. The Hawks out hustled and outplayed the Cobra's on both ends of the court. Glenwood managed a 12 to 13 lead at the end of the first quarter as Jared Jacoby scored 5 of his 7 points. But the Hawks outscored Glenwood 14 to 8 in the second behind Patrick Coffey's 6 for 8 shooting from the line. Coffey scored all 8 of his first half points from the line, finishing the game with 12. The Hawks then outscored Glenwood 16 to 8 in the 3rd period and cruised to an easy win. Kyle Singer led the Hawks in scoring with 13 and Connor Wrightson added 9. Point Gaurd John Gililland led all scorers with 18.
Windsor Knolls JV 50 Glenwood 37 Windsor Knolls JV played a tough all around game led by Ian Eversall who scored 14 points, controlling the boards as well as blocking shots in the paint. The Hawks jumped out to a 15 to 7 first quarter lead. Chris Conover was the only bright spot for the Cobra's as he hit for 6 of his team high ten points in the quarter. Glenwood could not manage much effort on the offensive end, falling behind 15 to 27 at the half. The second half was a repeat of the first as Glenwood tried to press to get back in the game but could not stop Eversall who finished the game with 14. Emmanuel Apea added 10 points in the paint as well as crasing the boards on both ends. Jacob Mittereder added 7 for the Hawks. Adding to Conover's 10 was Garrett Southern with 7.
In a game that went down to the wire, the Knights squeaked out a win against the Cavaliers 38-37. In their second game after the snow break, Crestwood has been slow getting out of the blocks. Middletown led the first quarter 14-7 and got Crestwood's big men in foul trouble. The second quarter was an even match with both teams scoring nine points each and ending the half with Middletown ahead 23-16. Crestwood regrouped after the half and outscored the Knights 17-7 in the third quarter, which allowed the Cavaliers to take the lead going into the fourth with a score of 33-30. Crestwood went cold in the fourth only scoring four points while the Knights dropped eight to win the game by one. The Knights were led by Bradley Rinehart with 14 points, Ben Panther (9 points) and Chase Hoffman (9 points). The Cavs were led by Chad Owens and Anthony Naylor with 10 points each.
In a tightly contested match up Middletown jayvee defeated Crestwood in thrilling fashion 33-32. Crestwood held a slim one point lead at the end of one quarter, and led by two, 20-18 at the half. Good defense was the name of the game as neither team was able to make a significant run. After three quarters the game was tied at 23. Both teams battled through the fourth quarter to set up a fantastic finish. With under a minute to play, a costly Crestwood turnover led to a Chandler Redmond basket to give the Knights a two point lead. Micah Meredith then hit a three pointer to give Crestwood the lead. Redmond than scored the go ahead basket with five seconds left. Crestwood had one last opportunity but could not convert. Redmond led the Knights with 14 points, and Ian Roy chipped in with eight. For the Cavs, Meredith scored 10 points, while younger brother Benjamin, added seven points.
In a make up game at TJMS, Monocacy defeated the Patriots 55-31. Monocacy's Jacob Medina lead all scorers with 14, Travis Barbe had 8 and Miles Mensah and Jourdan Hoy each tossed in six. Jordan Ritter lead the Patriots with 10 points, Jared Ruiz had nine and Joey DiFrancicso added six.
In jayvee action, Glenwood defeated TJ 55-34 in a late 8:15 tip off time. Although, TJ won the opening tip, Glenwood had great shooting from the outside and led 23-6 at the end of the first quarter. With three minutes to go in the game, TJ got within 12 but that was as close as they would get. Eleven out of 12 players scored for Glenwood with Patrick O'Brien and Brent Richardson each tossing in 12 followed by Dom Napolitano with eight. TJ's Jordan Ritter and Jared Ruiz each had 12 points. Ritter was six for six from the free throw line. TJ's Amonte Williams was strong on the boards.
In a battle for first place the Bulldogs outlasted the Lions 37-30 in a hard fought game. Ballenger jumped out to an 8-4 first quarter lead behind a stingy defense. In the second quarter Walkersville held the Bulldogs scoreless for the first five minutes of the quarter resulting in an 11-8 Walkersville lead. Ballenger closed out the quarter on a 7-0 run behind five points from Isaiah Harris-Winn, resulting in a 15-11 lead. The Lions got four points from Michael Torres in the quarter. Walkersville cut the lead to 23-20 in the third quarter as five different players scored. In the fourth quarter the Bulldogs held off a late rally from Walkersville behind eight points from Harris-Winn and four late points from Abb Kapoor. Walkersville was led in scoring by Michael Torres with eight points and Zach Homey seven points. Walkersville also got six points from Shan Hyder and five from Travis Rhodes. Ballenger Creek got 19 big points from Isaiah Harris-Winn, eight from Brandon Lavern, six from Xavier Hargrove and four from Abb Kapoor.
The Ballenger Creek JV team pulled off a 35-32 upset against a very good Walkersville team on Monday night. Playing their third game in as many days, the Bulldogs were able to remain in striking distance in a closely fought first quarter as Walkersville jumped out to a 9-7 lead behind the hot hand of Brandan Cassels who netted eight of the Lions nine first quarter points. In the second quarter, behind a balanced scoring attack Ballenger outscored Walkersville 11-7 for a 18-16 halftime advantage. Four Ballenger players scored in the quarter led by Chris Masser’s four points and Noah Tucker’s deep three pointer. In the third quarter the Bulldogs extended their lead to 28-22 behind the inside play of Jordan Evans-McFarland (4 points) and strong drives to the basket from Jermone Love (4 points). Brandan Cassels scored four points in the third quarter to keep Walkersville close for an exciting fourth quarter. Walkersville defense made a stance in the fourth resulting in a tie ballgame at 30-30 when Kelvin Watson hit a big jump shot from the top of the key to put Ballenger up 32-30. Walkerville would not go down quietly tying the score at 32 on a basket by Brendan Cassels. Kelvin Watson came thru again for Ballenger with a nice cross over move to the basket resulting in a layout and a 34-32 lead. Walkersville got a free throw from Mark Guyton to cut the lead to one. Noah Tucker was fouled on the next trip down the court for the Bulldogs and calmly sank two foul shots to help seal the victory for Ballenger 35-32. Walkersville was led in scoring by Brendan Cassels 18 points and four points apiece from Keanu Rosa and Nathaniel Mussleman. The Bulldogs well rounded scoring attack was led by Noah Tucker and Jordan Evans-McFarland with eight points each. Ballenger also got seven points from Kelvin Watson, six from Jermone Love and four from Chris Masser.
Folly Quarter Falcons Varsity defeated TJ 44-35 in a home game at FQMS. FQ started strong with inside play of Ty Wasson and outside game of Cyrus Vaughn. Bryce Henlesky chipped in 3 points in 2nd quarter and FQ defense only allowed 15 points in the first half at the break the score was FQ 21-TJ 15. Bryan Thompson played well and scored 5 points in 2nd half and 10 points for the game. Jacob Renn played strong down low and added 10 points for the game. FQ scored 23 points in 2nd half and controlled the game as 10 Falcon players scored in the game.
TJ Jayvee used a second half run to defeat Folly Quarter Jayvee 32-25 tonight at Folly Quarter Middle School. Both teams fought hard in the first half and were knotted at 13 apiece at the break. After two quarters, Mark Moody from FQMS led all scorers with 8 points. Dylan Lambert was the leading scorer for TJ at the half with 6 points. In the second half TJ used their size advantage to control the boards and played an aggressive trapping defense to force Folly Quarter into some key turnovers. Jared Ruiz picked up all of his team 8 points in the third and fourth quarters to pace the Patriots in the second half. Jordan Ritter and Dylan Lambert came up big on the boards for TJ and also chipped in 6 points apiece. Tyler Horning had a couple of key three pointers in the game and ended with 8 points. Shawn Carter controlled the game at the point tonight for Folly Quarter and had some outstanding support on the offensive end from Mark Moody and Bebe Kum. Kum had a strong second half and finished with 10 points while Moody was the high scorer in the game with 11 points.
The Oakdale Varsity basketball team defeated Mt. Airy today, 46-32. Oakdale was lead by Matt Clauka with 17 points. Mt. Airy was lead by Daniel White with nine points.
Oakdale JV tipped off against Mt. Airy JV. Pressure defense and balanced team scoring allowed Oakdale to take the lead of 32-15 at the half. In the second half of the contest Mt. Airy was able to hold Oakdale to 16 points between two quarters. Andrew Buckley and Bobby Wiley were high scorers for Mt. Airy, with 6 points apiece, all on three point bucket attempts. For Oakdale, Nicholas Bloom had a personal best of 15 points and was perfect from the free throw line. JD Huntt also scored big for Oakdale putting in a total of eight points. At the end of the evening, Oakdale JV wins 48-26.
St John's jayvee 50 Brunwick 21 St John's was led by Trevor Lecuona with 15 points and 6 assist, Michael Bealmear made 2 3-pointers to finish with 10 points, and Mitch Hochstein had 8 points. Brunswick was led by Doug Pearl with 9 points and Jimmy Green 8 Points.
Urbana varsity 50 Winsdor Knolls 42 Urbana playing to capture their third straight varsity conference championship was able to pull away early in the first quarter out scoring Windsor Knolls sixteen to nine. Zach Thomas started out quick with 8 of his game high 28 in the first quarter. Urbana went into the locker room at half with a ten point lead 26 to 16. Winsdor Knolls outscored Urbana in the third quarter 16 to 14. Patrick Coffey kept the Windsor Knolls Hawks in the game while scoring 11 of his teams high 15 in the second half. Zach Thomas went eight for eight from the charity stripe down the stretch to ice the game.
In one of the most thrilling games of the Mid Maryland season, the rival Urbana and Windsor Knolls JV teams battled through double overtime before the WKMS Hawks took home a hard fought victory. Just one week after playing each other, these two teams gave the fans what they came to see, with tough defense, clutch shooting, and star play. Urbana got off to a strong start, leading 10-8 after the first quarter, before extending to a 21-16 halftime lead. In the third quarter the offensive pace picked up with Urbana ending ahead 35-28. With less than one minute in the fourth quarter, WKMS hit two huge three pointers, one by Ian Eversull with less than ten seconds to end regulation tied at 41 apiece. In the first three minute OT period, the teams buckled down defensively, giving up four points each, as they set the stage for more drama with a second OT. Unfortunately, the WKMS defense got even stingier, holding Urbana scoreless in the second OT, while adding three points for the 48-45 victory. WKMS was led by Ian Eversull's 14 rebounds and 16 points (all in the second half and OT), while aided by Jacob Mittereder's 12 points and Joey Apea's 10 points. Urbana was led by Jonathan Woodard’s 13 points and nine rebounds, Sam Giuliani's nine rebounds, Cody Wilcox' 13 points, and Christian Di marzio’s 10 points and five rebounds.
In Round 2 in the battle for supremacy in Howard County the Falcons played a fantastic game and defeated Glenwood 62-51. The 1st quarter Glenwood came out strong and the play of John Gilliland 4 pts and fantastic point guard play. Ty Wasson hit a 3 pointer as the 1st period closed and Glenwood had the lead 11-7. In the 2nd period FQ exploded for 18 points and played tenacious defense and held Glenwood to 3 points. At the half FQ 25 Glenwood 14. The 3rd and 4th period each team ramped up there offense and it was offensive scoring was at a frantic pace as FQ poured in 37 points in the 2nd half and Glenwood would match the effort with 37 also. Leading scorers for FQ were Ty Wasson with 14pts and Keenan Schlecht with a hard earned 13pts. Bryce Helensky played a fantastic game with 12 and Ty Hoeflich played great down low with 9 and Cyrus Vaugh chipped in 8 points. Glenwood was lead John Gilliland with excellent game of 17 points and Mikey Wynne played hard and added 11 points.
In a competitive matchup in Howard County, Glenwood’s Jayvee narrowly defeated Folly Quarter by a score of 31-30. Folly Quarter came out fighting using an aggressive defense and some strong shooting by Bebe Kum to take a 10-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. The two teams played even in the second quarter and went into the locker room with Folly Quarter leading 20-17. Glenwood picked up their defense in the second half holding the Falcons to only 10 points. Garret Southern came alive in the fourth quarter pouring in 7 of his 15 points to push Glenwood into the lead. The two teams changed leads with clutch free throw shooting from Bebe Kum and Dom Napolitano. Glenwood took the lead with jus t under 15 seconds to play. Folly Quarter was able to get the ball down the court, but missed a 15 footer from the baseline with 3 seconds to go. Glenwood rebounded to ice the victory. Bebe Kum and Shawn Carter had great all-around games for FQMS with 12 and 6 points respectively. Mark Moody and Greg Cox were strong on the boards with Brayden Crovo, Dylan Dubeau and Chris Lee playing great defense on the Glenwood ballhandlers. Garret Southern of Glenwood led all scorers with 15 points. Cody Link and Andrew Laport came up big on the boards for the Cobra's with Dom Napolitano providing consistency at the point and chipping in 6 points.
Monocacy defeated Thomas Johnson today in the varsity game 48-43.Monocacy was lead by Josh McClain with 16 points 7 rebounds.Jacob Bern-stein and Louis Levine chip in with 12 and 11 points each,Levine also chip in with 7 assists.Jordon Redfern chip in with 12 rebounds.Thomas Johnson was lead by Jacob Renn with 16 points and Isaiah Lee 10.
The Mustangs of Monocacy Middle and the Patriots of Thomas Johnson Middle School played a thrilling and tightly contested JV contest with Monocacy coming out on top 43 to 34. The game featured great pressure defense from both teams, strong transition scoring from Monocacy, and hot outside shooting from TJ. The difference in the game came down to the outstanding offensive rebounding and second chance points scored by Monocacy. The first quarter was evening played and ended with a 7-7 tie. The second quarter saw Monocacy make a quick 6-0 run that ended on a long three from Travis Barbe and TJ timeout. The timeout worked wonders for the Patriots as they used 3's from Jared Ruiz and Kyle Williams to spark and 8-0 run into the half and a TJ 15-13 lead. Ruiz scored 10 first half points for TJ. Monocacy ramped up the trapping defense in the 3rd and got great defense and transition scores to go on an 8-0 run to start the 3rd. Myles Mensah was seemingly in every TJ passing lane and turned numerous steals into points for Monocacy. A Joey Difrancesco 3 ended the Monocacy run and the third quarter score was 29-21 in favor of Monocacy. Monocacy turned to their big man Travis Barbe in the fourth and Barbe responded with several strong inside buckets and 12 fourth quarter points. Tyle Horning and Kyle Williams kept TJ in the game but Monocacy had built too big a lead and went on to the 43-34 final. Ruiz finished with 13 points and Kyle Williams had 8. TJ was 6 of 11 from behind the arc. Monocacy was led by Travis Barbe's game-high 21 points and 12 rebounds. Myles Mensah had 11 points and 5 steals. Josh Price and Ja'zaih Brightful also played tenacious defense for Monocacy.
Ballenger Creek stormed the Knights today at MHS 62-45. The Bulldogs broke up a tightly contested game in the 3rd quarter eventually outscoring the Knights 22-5 in the third stanza. The game was a back and forth affair in the first half with the score tied 10-10 after one period. The Knights made a nice push with pressure defense in the 2nd which allowed them to take a six point lead into the half, 26-20. But then, behind Isaiah Harris-Winn and his 26 points, the bulldogs busted open the game in the third. Their pressure defense was too much for Middletown to handle and BC never looked back once they recaptured the lead. Brandon Lavern had a superb game with 14 points and was rebounding well all afternoon. Ryan Jurvelin added eight. Chase Hoffman had a gutsy performance for Middletown with 19 points. Brad Rinehart added 17.
Middletown's JV squad won a hotly contested divisional battle today on their home floor against Ballenger Creek 40 - 33. The visitors, looking to avenge an earlier home court loss to the Knights, came out red hot in the first quarter with scrappy defense and a quick strike offense jumping out to an early lead of 13- 4 at the end of the first. The shell-shocked Knights continued their slow start, falling behind 17-4 early in the second. Colson Kirchner began to assert his presence in the second scoring several points inside and sparking the Knights back into the game. Despite a long three from Matthew Kraham of Ballenger, Middletown managed to fight their way back into the contest with the score at the half 26-21 Ballenger. The third quarter was a back and forth affair between two hard battling teams, and Ballenger was able to keep the gutsy playing Knights at bay 30-26. Again led by Colson Kirchner's inside scoring and dominating rebounding performance, as well as tremendous team defense, the Knights kept working against a determined Ballenger team. MIddletown tied the score on a jumper from Trevor McClure which brought the home crowd to their feet, and Peter Heon hit a dagger three to take a five point lead into the final 1:30. A couple big free throws from Will McClain sealed the deal on a big win for the Knights allowing them to maintain their Antietam Division lead. Ballenger Creek was led in scoring by Kelvin Watson with 10 points, and was supported by Noah Tucker and Jordan Evans-McFarland with 7 each. Jerome Love chipped in six for Ballenger. Colson Kirchner did the heavy lifting for the Knights with his game high 16. In all, nine Middletown players scored in the win, especially important with their team's leading scorer Chandler Redmond battling a minor injury through the game. Will McClain hit for five, Ian Roy and Cedric Ayenu had four, and a host of others tallied points. Nick Welch was Middletown's emotional leader on the floor willing his team throughout their second half comeback.
Poolesville varsity defeated Brunswick 35-29. In a game where neither team held a lead of more than 3 points through three quarters Poolesville was able to go on a 7-0 run late in the 4th quarter and then hung on for the victory. Both teams used strong zone defenses to keep the game close. Poolesville held a narrow 13-12 lead at halftime. The game was tied 21-21 after three quarters. Poolesville was led in scoring by Andy Baker with 15 points. He received help from Hunter Pearre who chipped in 11 points. Brunswick had balance scoring led by Kyle Coats with 9 points and 7 rebounds. Brandon Axline added 8 points.
Brunswick JV defeated Poolesville 51-39. After a closely played first half which ended with Poolesville leading 18-17, Brunswick turned up the defensive pressure which led to several fast break baskets in the second half. The long range shooting of Zach Long (3 3 pointers) kept Poolesville close throughout the first half. In the third quarter Brunswick went to full court pressure defense and forced several Poolesville turnovers. Brunswick outscored Poolesville 18-12 in the 3rd quarter to lead 35-30 after the third period. Brunswick continued applying the pressure and pulled away in the 4th quarter for the victory. Brunswick received a strong inside game from Jimmy Green as he poured in 20 points. Doug Pearl added 15 points and Andrew Wanger chipped in 7 points for Brunswick. Zach Long had a game high 27 points for Poolesville and Ryan Shorts added 5 points.
Catoctin varsity 73 St. John's 41 Four Catoctin players had a double-digit scoring day as the Cougars handled St. Johns. Peyton Laramore and J.D. Wilhelm each scored 12 points while Jacob Tokar (11 points) and Jackson Steinly (10 pts.) made solid contributions offensively as well for Catoctin. After an evenly played first quarter, Catoctin held a slim one point lead, 14-13. But, strong defensive pressure and solid rebounding by the Cougars resulted in a 36-21 half-time lead for Catoctin. Matt Carr played hard for St. John's scoring 12 points mostly from inside the paint, and Ryan Baxter knocked down 9 points for St. John's also.
In the JV contest, St. Johns finished up conference play in the Piedmont Division by finishing off visiting Catoctin 67-48. In a game that was closer than the final score indicated, the Vikings survived despite being marred by serious foul trouble beginning in the 3rd quarter. Catoctin took advantage from the free throw line in the second half to get within 4 points but the hot 3-point shooting of Mitch Hochstein and the strong inside play of Will Bureau helped the St. Johns JV’s wrap up first place in the Piedmont. Hochstein hit 5 out of his 7 attempted 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 23 points while Bureau added 20. Trevor Lecuona had 9 assists before fouling out and Zach Cummings added 5 assists. Colby Smith hit 2 3-pointers on the way to a team high 11 points for a balanced Catoctin team who got 9 points each from Ryan Wivell, Colin Gregory, and Ben Dewees.
Linganore varsity used a strong 2nd quarter to pull away from Mt Airy. Tied at 10 a peice after the 1st quarter, Linganore outscored Mt Airy 17 to 6 to take a 27 to 16 lead at the half. Clay Conner had 10 points in the quarter to lead the Lancers and finished with 19 points. Both teams played good defense in the second half with the Lancers content to trade baskets with the Bulldogs. Final score Linganore 41, Mt. Airy 27. Josh Milford went 6 for 7 from the field and tallied 10 points for the Lancers. The Bulldogs had even scoring with 7 players getting baskets. Renz Lacerna led Mt Airy with 8 points.
Linganore JV 62, Mt. Airy 28. Linganore was led by Evan Rowan with 15 pts and Corbin Austin with 8 pts and 9 rebounds. Mt. Airy was led by Andrew Buckley with 10 pts and Bobby Wiley with 7 pts.
Oakdale varsity 49 MSD 23 Cartisle leads Oakdale with 20pts. He has 5 out of 7 from the charity stripes. Moers leads MSD with 12 points.
Oakdale jayvee 49 MSD 8 Nine players of Oakdale scored. High scorer for Oakdale is Bloom with 10pts. Millios scored 6pts for MSD.
At Oakdale, the first and second place varsotu teams in the Piedmont divison took aim at each other. Linganore came out shooting with Clay Conner putting up 8 in the first and leading Linganore to a 9-4 first quarter lead. The second quarter was an evenly played quarter capped of with Conners half court buzzer beater to end the half with Linganore up 22-14. Oakdale came out in the third ready with tough defense and 10 pts from David Carlisle to out score Linganore 21-12 in the third to take a 35-34 lead into the fourth. The fourth was a struggle back and forth but Oakdales poor freethrow shooting late and 7-23 for the game enabled Linganore to pull head by 5 late and hold on for the win 46-41. Leading the way for Oakdale were David Carlisle with 16pts 10reb 6stl and Matt Klauka with 10pts. For Linganore Clay Conner had 20pts and Josh Slaughter had 11.
In a battle for second seed in the Piedmont Division, Linganore JV defeats Oakdale JV 40-30. Linganore closed the first quarter of the game with the score of 8-2. Oakdale fought back with Linganore going into the locker room at the half with a slim lead of 13-10. In the third quarter, Oakdale hit a cold streak only making 7 points while Linganore came away with 18 points ending the third quarter with a 31-17 lead. Although, Oakdale outscored Linganore in the fourth quarter with James Hoffman and J.D. Huntt scoring two big three pointers time to rally ran out on the Eagles . Linganore’s high scorers were Jack Staub earning 17 points and Joey Burke putting in seven. Oakdale’s high scorers were Anthony Gillespie scoring six points and J.D. Huntt with five points.
TJ Varsity holds on to beat the Knights from Middletown 41-36. In the 1st half it was a battle of the teams big men as the Patriots Jacob Renn scored 6 points and Uvan Stewart added a basket. Meanwhile Middletowns two big men, Bradley Rhinehart scored 4 points and Ben Panther scored two as TJ took the 1st quarter lead 8-6. In the second quarter TJ got some help from its bench as Spencer Weed and Isaiah Lee each scored three points to help the Patriots to 21-16 halftime lead. Middletowns big men continued their strong play in the second quarter as Ben Panther and Bradley Rhinehart finished the half scoring 14 of their teams 16 points. In the 3rd quarter Middletown picked up its man to man defensive intensity as they held TJ to only 7 third quarter points. Their tough defense sparked their offense as they exploded for 14 3rd quarter points. TJ's Brian James who sat most of the first half in foul trouble scored all 7 of the teams points in the quarter. A basket by Mitchell Sgrignoli and Chase Hoffman and Ben Panthers big three pointer helped spark the Knights comeback but it was Bradley Rhineharts 7 points including a buzzer beating baseline jumper that gave Middletown its first lead of the game 30-28 as the 3rd quarter ended. The fourth quarter was a physical battle as TJ picked up its defensive pressure led by Chris Luthers and held the Knights to one fourth quarter field goal. The game was won at the foul line as TJ converted 7 straight foul shots especially two big ones by Alex Moir that helped seal the victory. TJ was led in scoring by Brian James who finished with 12 points with all of them coming in the second half. Uvan Stewart scored 9 points and Jacob Renn finished with 8 while Isaiah Lee added 5. Middletown got an all around great game from Bradley Rhinehart who finished with 16 points and Ben Panther totaled 9 points. Mitchell Sgrignoli finished with 6 points all of those coming in the second half as well.
What a great game played against the Thomas Johnson Partriots and the Middletown Knights jayvee teams. TJ pulled out the victory with less than a minute to play. The final score was 30-28. TJ's Jordan Ritter tied the game at 28 and TJ's Jared Ruiz forced the turnover and scored the game winning bucket. Ruiz lead all scorers with 12 points, Ritter had seven and Kyle Martin had six. Middletown was lead by Chandler Redmond with 11, Ian Roy had seven and Will McClain had six.
Ballenger Creek varsity 43 Crestwood 29 The Ballenger Creek varsity came out firing in the first quarter jumping out to a quick 8-0 lead before the fans could get comfortable in their seats. Led by the hot outside shooting of Xavier Hargrove and Abb Kapoor the Bulldogs closed out the first quarter with a 14-6 led. In the second Ryan Jurvelin heated up scoring six second quarter points as Ballenger extended their lead to 25-11 going into the half. In the first half Crestwood got five points from Chad Owens while the Bulldogs got a strong first half from their guards getting eight points from Ryan Jurvelin and six points each from Xavier Hargrove and Abb Kapoor. In the third quarter the Bulldogs outscored Crestwood 7-5 to extend their lead to 32-16 heading into the fourth quarter. Crestwood got their scoring going in the fourth quarter putting up 13 points but Isaiah Harris-Winn’s six points in the quarter was more than enough to maintain the lead for the Bulldogs. Isaiah Harris-Winn led a balanced scoring attack for the Bulldogs with 10 points. Ballenger also got nine points from Ryan Jurvelin, eight points form Xavier Hargrove and six points each from Brandon Lavern and Abb Kapoor. Crestwood was led in scoring by Chad Owens with 11 points while Anthony Naylor scored four.
Crestwood JV 56 Ballenger Creek 40 Crestwood's JV team got its second win in as many tries against the Bulldogs this season. In a well played first quarter Crestwood jumped out to an 11-9 lead behind five and four points respectively from JaColby Lott and Micah Meredith. Ballenger got a strong first quarter from Kelvin Watson who scored five first quarter points. In the second quarter Crestwood outscored the Bulldogs 15-7 as JaColby Lott and Meredith Micah each knocked down a three pointer in the quarter. For the Bulldogs Jordan Evans-McFarland hit three jump shots for six points to keep the Ballenger squad within striking distance. At the half Crestwood led 26-16. Both teams picked up the pace in the third quarter with Crestwood again outscoring the Bulldogs 16-15 behind hot shooting from JaColby Lott (6 points), Demetrius Anderson (4) and Micah Meredith (4). Ballenger got another strong quarter from Kelvin Watson with seven points, a deep three pointer from Noah Tucker and three points from Jermone Love. In the fourth quarter Crestwood put the game away outscoring the Bulldogs 14-9 for a final score of 56 to 40. Crestwood got a big game from JaColby Lott with 22 points, 11 points from Micah Meredith and 8 points from Alonzo Dorsey. Kelvin Watson led Ballenger Creek in scoring with 13 points, Jordan Evans-McFarland chipped in with 12 and Jermone Love added 6 points.
Varsity Urbana 50 Glenwood 43 Urbana and Glenwood played to a tie in the first quarter and third quarter with Glenwood taking a one point half time lead 22 to 21. At the end Urbana had to make some big shots and clutch free throws to pull off a victory at the Frederick Athletic Club on Saturday night 50 to 43. After being bumped from Urbana High and Urbana Middle the game was set to be played at the Frederick Athletic Club in front of a enthusiastic crowd. The two teams didn't let the crowd down with outstanding defense, transition offense and deep three point shots. Zach Thomas led all scorers with 24 points and broke the game open with a deep three pointer then following with an excellent no look behind the head pass to put the Hawks up for good in the fourth. Glenwoods big man Shane Eberle was the high scorer for his team and showed off his range with 2 big threes in the first half. Mikey Wynne had 7 of his 10 in the fourth quarter to keep Glenwood in the game late. With Urbana's regular starter Will Putz having the flu for the week Urbana's Brian Sweeney and Matt Loescher picked up the load with critical rebounds and great defense. Urbana's Devin Tiffany made a huge block within the last two minutes of the game to solidify the Urbana's tough man to man defense. Urbana's Austin Goldin and Jonathon Hoyle finished with 8 and 6 respectfully.
The Urbana Hawks JV team fought off a good Glenwood squad for a victory on Saturday. Both squads got off to solid offensive starts with Glenwood building an 18-14 lead after the first period. In the second quarter, Urbana limited Glenwood to nine points and closed the gap to 27-26 at halftime. In the third quarter both teams continued to play hard, as Urbana finally took a slight lead into the fourth, 40-39. In the fourth, timely free throw shooting and a stingy defense allowed Urbana to hold off Glenwood for the 56-46 victory. Glenwood was led by Patrick O'Brien with ten (10) points and aided by eight (8) points apeice from Joshua Hightower and Brent Richardson. Urbana was led by four double digit scorers, seventeen (17) points from Christian Di Marzio, twelve (12) points from Jonathan Woodard, and ten (10) points apiece from Cody Wilcox and Colin Anderson.
The Folly Quarter Varsity Falcons defeated the Walkersville Lions 37-34 on their home court. Both team played strong defense in 1st and 2nd period and FQ had a close lead at the half 18-17. The 3rd period Walkersville came on strong with 12 points in period lead by Sem Brubaker’s 5pts and 3pts by Zach Homey. The score after 3rd period Lion 29-Falcons 22. The 4th period the Falcons turned it on and played shut down defense and only allowed 5pts in the final period while FQ poured in 15 pts. Ty Wasson scored 4 pts in the period and Chris Dugan hit a huge 3 pointer. Bryce Helensky poured in 7 points including a big-time 3 pointer. Leading scorer for the Falcons was Ty Wasson with 10 pts and Bryce Henlensky with 7. The lions leading scorers were Sem Brubaker and Zach Homey both with a excellent game of 11 pts each.
West Frederick varsity defeats Folly Quarter 39-34. It was a close game from start to finish. High scorer for Folly Quarters was Tyler Wasson with 10 points. West Frederick's high scorers were Christian James with 11 points, Jonathan King with 9, Trace Russ with 7, and Brent Karlen with 6 points.
Folly Quarter jayvee defeats West Frederick 33-26 High scorer for Folly Quarter was Jacob Long with 12 points. West Frederick's high scorer was Kum with 9 points.
Catoctin varsity 35 Mt. Airy 19 Mt. Airy sprinted out to an 11-2 lead early in the first quarter, but Catoctin regrouped and gave up a total of 8 points in the next three quarters. Tonight's game was a solid team performance by all 10 Catoctin players. Leading the way for the Cougars were Peyton Laramore and Jacob Tokar who pulled down 33 rebounds between them. Carson Scharf scored 5 points for Mt. Airy.
Catocin jayvee 43 Mount Airy 39 In a close game that was within 5 points the entire time Catoctin pulled out the win. Mount Airy was able to close with in 2 in the final seconds but could not stop Catoctin. Catoctin was led by Colby Smith with 20 points, Ben Dewees with 12 and Collin Gregory with 8. Mount Airy was led by Bobby Wiley with 13 and Tanner Elmore with 7. Silas Kelly and Joe Cooper each had 4 points. Jason Battiste, Bryce Dillon and Mikey Graessle each had big 3's when it counted.
Monocacy varsity defeats the West Frederick 41-22. Monocacy came out strong and followed thru. High scores for Monocacy were P. Larson and J. McKlain. high scorers for the cadets were Trace Russ with 6 and both Christian James and Jonathan King with 3 points each.
Monocacy defeats West Frederick jayvee 41-32. High scorer for Monocacy was Ti Barbe with 13 points. High scorer for west Frederick was Jacob Long with 9.
The Mt. Airy MS Varsity boys basketball team defeated St. John's today, 51-43, at Mt. Airy Middle School . Mt. Airy was lead by Daniel White with 11 points and Carson Scharf with 15. Reinz Lacerna had an outstanding game, scoring six points, eight steals, seven assists, six blocks and 11 rebounds. St. Johns was lead by Matt Carr with 21 points and Chris Stephey with 18.
St johns jayvee 53 Mount Airy 28 St Johns was led by Saunders #10 with 14 points, Micth Hochstein with 10 Points and Zack Cummings with 8 Points. Mount Airy was led by Silas Kelly led Mount Airy with 10 points, Bobby Wiley had 5 and Mikey Graessle had 5 points.
St John's varsity 41 MSD 30 Matt Carr leads St. John's with 13pts. Tarik Wallace and Cody Moers scored 11 points each for MSD.
St John's jayvee 59 MSD 26 Balercreck scores 11 pts, Castro and Cummings scored 9pts each. Ballard leads MSD with 12 points.
The Mt. Airy Varsity was defeated by West Frederick 58-49. Mt. Airy was lead by Daniel White with eight points and Carson Scharf with 17. West Frederick was lead by James Christian with 19 points, Brent Karlen and Trace Russ also chipped in with 14 a piece.
West Frederick jayvee 42 Mount Airy 25 The game was actually close until the 4th quarter. The score at the end of 3 was 12-10. West Frederick shot well from the line and made shots in the 4th quarter. West Frederick was led by Noa Chancy with 12 points and Jacob Stephen with 10 points. Mount Airy was led by Bobby Wiley with 11 points and Andrew Buckley with 5 points. Tony Russo had a great defensive game and added 2 points. Jason Battiste and Mikey Graessle added 2 points each.
Linganore varsity came out hot hitting their first three shots, all 3 point shots. Two by Clay Conner and one by Kyle Nicolet. Linganore held the lead through the half and led 21 to 6 at the half. Linganore continued to play good defense in the 2nd half and closed the game out winning 42 to 12. Clay Conner led Linganore with 14 points, all in the 1st half. Josh Slaughter & Nick Sollitto each had 6 points for the Lancers. Tarik Wallance led MSD with 6 points and Corey Rosko & Cody Mores each added 3 points.
Linganore JV 42, MSD 22. Linganore was led by Casey Alvarado with 10 pts and 9 rebounds and Corbin Austin with 8 pts and 10 rebounds. MSD was led by Kratt Brown with 9 pts and Carey Ballard with 4 pts.
TJ Varsity comes from behind to beat the Cobra's from Glenwood 54-47. Glenwood came to play in the early going as they scored 16 points in the first quarter behind the hot shooting of Mikey Wynne who scored 7 points in the quarter including a big 3 pointer. Meanwhile TJ was showing the effects of a three week layoff and was fortunate for Uvan Stewarts buzzer beater at the end of the quarter to cut Glenwoods lead 16-11. The second quarter continued much as the first as Glenwood poured in 13 more points and their solid defense held TJ to only 6 points for the quarter. Pat Laport, Zachary Haussler and Mikey Wynne each scored 7 points in the half as Glenwood increased their lead to 29-17 at the half. After halftime TJ came out and made a run scoring 9 unanswered points to cut the lead to 29-26. TJ's Bryan Thompson hit a three and Brian James scored two quick baskets to cut the lead to three. Like a heavy weight fight Glenwood came right back scoring 7 unanswered points of their own behind John Gillands three pointer and baskets by Mikey Wynne and Adam Carroll to push the Cobra lead back to 10, 36-26. TJ didn't quit and finished the quarter on a 9-2 run of their own to cut Glenwood's lead back to three, 38-35 at the end of the 3rd quarter. The fourth quarter remained close as TJ's Jacob Renn tied the game at 41 on a foul shot with 4 1/2 minutes to play. Glenwood then got big baskets from Robert Campanile and Zachary Haussler to put them up 45-42 with just over three minutes to play. The Patriots defense led by Chris Luthers began to clamp down and TJ closed out the game on a 12-2 run as Bryan Thompson's 3 pointer started the rally as TJ went on to win 54-47. Clutch foul shooting by Alex Moir and Brian James, who scored 18 of his game high 20 points in the second half sealed the win. TJ's Bryan Thompson had another solid game finishing with 14 points. TJ's big men Jacob Renn and Uvan Stewart battled hard on the boards and finished with 6 points apiece. The Cobras were led by Mikey Wynne's 10 points and got great efforts from two of their big men, Pat Laport and Zach Haussler who each finished with 9 points. John Gilland added 7 points.
Linganore JV defeats Catoctin 79-50. Linganore jumped out to 20-11 lead after the first quarter behind good pressure defense and solid offensive rebounding. Linganore extended their lead in the second quarter to lead at the half 50-26. Linganore continued their outstanding shooting performance in the third quarter and extended their lead even more to 69-34. Catoctin outscored Linganore in the fourth quarter 16-10. Derek Wilson led four Linganore players in double figures with 18 pionts. He was followed by Ben Flower with 13 points, Corbin Austin 12 points and Jack Staub with 10 Points. For Catoctin Bennie Dewees had 18 points while Collin Gregory chipped in with 10.
Windsor Knolls varsity defeats West Frederick 48-37. The first half of the game was a close matchup with West Frederick's Jonathan King scoring 10 first-half points to lead West frederick to a halftime score of 23. The Hawks battling side-by-side with West Frederick were led in scoring by Patrick Coffey with seven points, Harris with five and Stein with five for a first half score of 22. The second half of the game was a different story. Windsor Knolls held West Frederick's leading scorer to only two points for the remainder of the game and outscored Frederick 26-13 in the third and fourth quarters. Game high scorers for Windsor Knolls were Patrick Coffey w/15 pts., Matt Harris w/ 11 pts., and Jonathan Stein w/ 10 pts. Leading Scorer for West Frederick was Jonathan King with 12 pts., and Trace Russ chipped in seven points.
The Cadets Timothy Lyles and the Hawks Ian Eversull had strong first quarters with each scoring 7 as the Hawks held a slim 13-11 advantage at the end of one quarter. The Hawks picked up the defensive pressure holding the Cadets to 2 points in the second quarter. Cody Kastner nailed two long 3's at the end of the quarter and the Hawks held a 26-13 haft-time advantage. The Hawks big man Ian Eversull continued his scoring for the entire game resulting in a 42-27 victory for Windsor Knolls. He scored on strong post up moves, offensive rebounds and jump shots. Lyles finished with 8 for West Frederick. Jacob Stephen led the Cadets with 9 points including two 3 pointers in the final quarter. The Hawks got a great game from Joey Apea. Apea's quick moves under the basket resulted in 9 points. Sam Cristoff provided strong defense along with 2 steals helping to ignite the Hawks fast break. Castner finished with 6. Jacob Mittereder had a strong overall game with 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Eversull led all scorers with 24 points and 10 boards.
Varsity Brunswick 40 Walkersville 34 Brunswick's Zach Hossler was held to only one field goal (1st quarter), but scored nine of his team's high 11 points at the charity stripe. The Lion's were sloppy defensively the entire contest forcing three starters limited action because of foul trouble. The Railroaders took full advantage and executed their second half to perfection while shutting down the Lion's offense. Walkersville had a half time lead (23-16) but could only muster 11 second half points. Brunswick's defensive pressure forced the Lions to make poor decisions and take poor shots never getting back in to a rhythm. Sem Brubaker led the Lion's with 11 points.
The Lions jayvee used a 12 to 5 run in the second quarter to gain a lead and held off a second half charge to beat the Brunswick Railroaders 38-29. The Lions were led by Keanu Rosa, who had 11 points and 8 steals, and Mark Guyton, who had 10 points. The Railroaders had relatively balanced scoring, and were led by Doug Pearl, who had 9 points, and Jimmy Green, who had 7 points.
Urbana Varsity held off a gutsy Monocacy team 58 to 46. Monocacy lost their top scorer D'Vaughan Cosley to an ankle sprain in the first half. Urbana was able to build a 17 point lead going into half time with Zach Thomas scoring 16 of his game high 26. Urbana's team defense caused Monocacy to turn the ball over or shoot quickly most of the first half. The second half was a different story. Monocacy came out with a higher level of intensity and energy to out score the Hawks twelve to eight in the third quarter. The Hawks watched the Mustangs heat up from behind the arc while making 5 three point shots in the second half. During the fourth quarter the mustangs cut the lead to seven before Urbana was able to answer. Urbana went to the line and made nine of fifteen free throws in the fourth quarter. Both teams scored 17 points in the fourth with Monocacy's Josh McClain scoring ten of his seventeen.
The Urbana Hawks JV team ran up against a tough and determined Monocacy squad. A close game through three quarters, the Monocacy squad got off to an 8-6 lead after the first period. In the second quarter, the teams played hard, with the game tied 18-18 at halftime. In the third quarter Urbana took a slight lead, 29-28, but in the fourth, Monocacy instilled their will with a tough pressing defense, holding Urbana to six points while scoring 21 on their way to a 49-35 victory. Monocacy was led by both Travis Barbe and Miles Mensah who scored 13 each and aided by seven points from Malyk Eugene. The Hawks were led by Jonathan Woodard’s 13 points, and Christian Di marzio’s 9 points
The Glenwood Varsity Cobra's came back from a long layoff to defeat West Frederick 54 to 23. Glenwood rotated all 10 players and came out with full court pressure to open up a 14 to 4 first quarter lead. The Cobra's Pat Laport scored 6 in the quarter off of assists from point guard John Gilliland. Glenwood continued to push the tempo and extended the lead to 25 to 12 at the half and then 32 to 14 after three. Glenwood then hit for 22 points in the fourth as Zack Haussler and Shane Eberle scored 8 and 9 respectively. Eberle led all scorers with 11 while Haussler added 10 and Laport 9. Patrick Davis led West Frederick with 5 points followed by Trace Russ and Brent Karlen with 4 each.
In the JV contest Glenwood defeated West Frederick 47 to 33 in a tough physical game that was closer than the final score would indicate. Glenwood used full court pressure to open up a 13 to 5 first quarter lead behind 6 points from point guard Josh Hightower. Glenwood continued to play up-tempo to build a 26 to 14 halftime lead, forcing 17 turnovers in the half. When West Frederick was able to break the press in the first half, they shot 6 for 12 from the floor to keep them within striking distance. West Frederick closed the gap to 8 at 25 to 33 after the third quarter. But Glenwood shot 6 for 8 from the line in the fourth to extend the lead to the final margin. Glenwood was led by Brent Richardson and Patrick Mullinix with 10 each and Dominic Napolitano with 8. Richardson added 5 steals and was perfect from the line, converting all 6 of his attempts. West Frederick was led by Eric Boyce with 8 and Sedale Patton with 7.
Brunswick's varsity toppled the homestanding Knights today in a highly contested battle 32-29. The game was a back and forth affair that was close throughout. Middletown grabbed the early lead taking an 8-6 lead into the 2nd quarter. The 2nd quarter became a defensive battle between the two teams with both teams only scoring a combined 5 points. Brunswick was able to manage and navigate its way through Middletown's press effectively, but couldn't capitalize. Middletown struggled to find a way to crack Brunswick's zone defense. The game remained close as the teams traded points in the 3rd. The tension mounted as the minutes ticked away in the fourth. Zach Hossler was clearly the warrior leader on the floor for Brunswick and helped them grab the lead with less than a minute to play. Missing on the offensive end, Middletown was then forced to foul and Hossler closed the door sinking two pressure packed free throws. Hossler led the Roaders with 18 points and handled the ball well throughout. Kyle Coats and Taiki Haugen battled on the boards all night for Brunswick and Haugen added eight points.
The Middletown JV Knights put together a very solid outing today in defeating the visiting Railroaders 50-22. Behind the early sharp outside shooting of Chandler Redmond, the Knights took a commanding lead in the first quarter 17-4, and continued to build that lead in the second quarter behind the equally good shooting of Peter Heon, making the score at the half 33-7 Knights. The Railroaders struggled to get on track offensively against the Knights defensive pressure despite great effort and hard work. Brunswick did a nice job playing unselfish basketball ending the game with 7 players scoring points,and never letting up leading to a nice fourth quarter run outscoring the Knights 10-6. Middletown was once again led by Chandler Redmond with 16 points, Peter Heon scored 12, and Colson Kirchner, Will McClain, and Cedric Ayenu finished the game with 6 each. Doug Pearl led Brunswick in scoring with 6 points, Numodi Okoye came off the bench for four, and Eric Jone also chipped in four points.
Ballenger Creek's Varsity dominated Poolesville early and ended the first period holding a 11-4 advantage. The Falcons took over from there, outscoring the Bulldogs 14-2 in the second period behind nine points from Andy Baker (14 points total) and strong rebounding from Trevor Stottlemyer. Ballenger Creek responded in the second half by out rebounding Poolesville and then buried the Falcons behind the inside scoring of Isaiah Harris-Winn (10 points) and the outside game of Xavier Hargrove (nine points) and Abh Kapoor (nine points as well, including two long three-pointers in the final period). With seconds left to play, a long Poolesville three-pointer clanked off the rim and Ballenger Creek's Varsity took home a 36-33 win. The Falcon's Robbie Metz hit for nine points.
An evenly-played second half was not enough for Poolesville to overcome a tough first half as the JV Falcons fell at home to Ballenger Creek by a final score of 49-32. The Bulldog's Kelvin Watson was a force all night long---both on the boards and in the scorebook. He finished with 16 points. Teammate Jerome Love also contributed eight points. Poolesville was paced by Zach Long. He hit for 14 points. Joey Cartwright scored seven points for the Falcons and Logan Rocco chipped in five points.
In a rematch from Friday night Oakdale beat Catoctin 55-50. The first half was a battle back and forth that ended with Oakdales Joe Schiller hitting a buzzer beater to end the half tied at 23. The second half was much of the same with Oakdale and Catoctin taking leads but Oakdale pulling out by four to end the third up 40-36. The forth quarter was a defensive quarter with neither team being able to take control of the game. In the end Oakdale was victorious by making big freethrows late to hold of a determind Catoctin squad 55-50. Leading the way for Oakdale was Matt Klauka with 18 pts 5 reb and 5 stls David Carlisle finished the game with 16 pts and 13 rebs and Joe Schiller came up big with 11 pts 10 rebs 6stls and some big freethrows down the stretch. For Catoctin Jacob Tokar had 14 pts, Mark Speak had 10, and Peyton Laramore and Jackson Steinly each chipped in 8.
The Oakdale JV squad took control of the contest early leading Catoctin 17-4 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, both teams scored evenly with Catoctin earning 9 of their 19 points from the free throw line. Oakdale ended the half with a 36-23 lead. Both teams fought hard in the 3rd quarter and Oakdale maintained their lead by the score of 45-33 going into the 4th quarter. Catoctin’s Benjamin Dewees and Colby Smith carried their team in scoring. Benjamin Dewees earned a total of 24 points including hitting 11 out of his 16 free throw attempts. Colby Smith earned 11 points and hit 2 three point buckets in the 4th quarter. Oakdale responded with Jack Davis earning 10 points and nailing 6 of his 8 free throw attempts. Oakdale’s big men Nicholas Bloom and Anthony Gillespie each chipped in 10 points and 8 points respectively. Oakdale ended the afternoon with a 59-49 victory.
Linganore varsity 41 St John's 37 Linganore held off a determined St John's team. Trailing by 12 at the half, St John's battlede back in the 3rd quarter outscoring Linganore 13 to 2 behind the hot shooting of Matt Carr who poured in 10 for the quarter including a buzzer beater 3. St John's finally knoted the score at 37 apeice with under a minute to play in the game. Clay Cooner had the go ahead basket to put Linganore up by 2 then sealed the victory with 2 fouls shots with less then 5 seconds remaining. Conner lead Linganore with 12 points and Josh Slaughter added 10. Matt Carr finished with 12 for St John's while Andrew Yaglemski had 11 points.
Linganore JV 34, St. Johns 48. Linganore was led by Jake Tarte with 11 pts, Jack Staub with 7 and Ben Flower with 4 pts. St. Johns was led by Will Bureau with 13 pts, Trevor Lecuano with 7 pts and Daniel Smith with 6 pts.
The Mt. Airy MS Varsity boys basketball team defeated MSD today, 36-26, at Mt. Airy Middle School . Mt. Airy was lead by Daniel White with 12 points and Carson Scharf with eight points. MSD was lead by Cody Moers and Jad Gore, each with 12 points.
Mount Airy jayvee 31 MSD 11 Mount Airy was led by Joe Cooper, Tanner Elmore and Mike Graessle all with 4 points. MSD was led by Bailey Morris with 5 points, Tristan Hower with 4 and Carey Ballard with 2.
It was a close matchup on Saturday evening as the Windsor Knolls Hawks took on the visiting Urbana Hawks at Windsor Knolls Middle. The first half was led by Urbana's Austin Gouldin with 11 points. Thomas and Tiffany combined for an additional 12 points giving Urbana a seven point lead at halftime over WKMS. Both Jonathan Stein, nine points, and Kyle Singer, seven points, led the first half scoring for Windsor Knolls. Both defenses and rebounding picked up in the second half, and the Windsor Knolls Hawks faught back to come within six points late in the fourth quarter. Ultimately, It was Urbana's tight defense and persistent transition game that sealed the win for the visiting Hawks with an ending score of 51-43. Gouldin finished with a total of 20 points followed by Tiffany with eight. Leading scorers for Windsor Knolls were Singer with 10 points, Stein with nine points and Schmidt with seven points.
Windsor Knolls started strong against Urbana scoring 19 first quarter points in route to a 19-6 lead. The first half belonged to Windsor's big man Ian Eversull. Eversull was unstoppable. He scored inside with strong post-up moves and outside with jumpers. The lead at the half was 34-16 with Eversull hitting 20 points in the half. Urbana stormed back in the 3rd quarter using a 1-3-1 trap forcing WK to turn the ball over 11 times. Urbana outscored WK 18-7 in the 3rd quarter with excellent long range shooting. Logan Haggerty scored all of his points in the quarter including 2 long range 3s. Christian Dimarzio controlled the boards igniting the Urbana fast break. Cody Wilcox nailed another 3 and Urbana cut the WK lead to 7 points heading in to the 4 quarter at 41-34. WK regrouped in the 4th quarter with 19 points in route to the 60-43 victory. Joey Apea scored 7 of his 11 points in the final quarter. Tyler Peare hit two big free throws down the stretch along with 3 steals. Urbana got a strong game from Jonathan Woodward. Woodward hit a variety of shots finishing with 11. Logan Haggerty finished with 8. Cody Wilcox contributed 7. Urbana was led by Christian Dimarzio with 13. Ian Eversull led all scorers with a game high 29 points along with 8 rebounds.
Catoctin varsity 63 MSD 20 Catoctin scored early and often to earn their fourth conference win. Jacob Tokar had a good night scoring 18 points for Catoctin. Mark Speak (12 pts.) and Kyle Tregoning (9 pts.) also did well for the Cougars. MSD played hard throughout the contest with Jad Gore leading the way with 10 points while Cody Moers chipped in 7.
Catoctin added a win to their record with a 60-20 victory against MSD at home. It was a true team effort with each of Catoctin's ten players having points on the board. Ben Dewees led Catoctin with 12 points while Owen Tokar and Colin Gregory each chipped in ten. MSD's Bailey Moers shot for six and both Chaz Seremeth and Tristan Hower added four in the loss to Catoctin.
Monocacy defeated Ballenger Creek 51-24.Monocacy was lead by D'Vaugham Cosley with 19 points and 7 rebounds along with 10 points from Jacob Bernstein and 7 points from Josh McClain.Ballenger Creek was lead by Brandon Lavein with 9 points.
Monocacy JV 48 Ballenger Creek 22 Ballenger Creek used the hot shooting of Noah Tucker to take an early 9-4 lead against the home Mustangs before pressure defense and the inside scoring of Travis Barbe gave Monocacy the first quater lead, 14-9. Monocacy used a 14-0 run to end the 1st quarter and start the second to extend the halftime lead to 24-11. The lightning quickness of Kyle Watson gave Ballenger Creek a 3rd quarter spark but fast break points from Jacob Medina and relentless defense and rebounding pushed the Monocacy lead to 37-17 after 3 quarters and on to a final of 48-22. Monocacy was lead by Travis Barbe's 16 points and 15 rebounds. Jacob Medina added 9 points and Kevin McShea had 6. Ballenger Creek was led by Watson and Tucker with 7 points apiece.
Folly Quarter Falcons Varsity defeated Mt. Airy 40-31. The Falcons controlled the game from tip-off to end with a tenacious defense and good motion offense. All 11 players for FQ rotated into the game with 8 scoring in the game. Ty Wasson played a fantastic game with 17 pts and Keenan Schlecht added 12 pts. Mt. Airy was lead by D. White with 11 pts and C. Scharf and Z. Wecker each chipped in 8 points.
In a thriller, Folly Quarter's JV outlasted Mt. Airy by a final score of 28-27. The Falcons got out of the gate quicly taking a 6-0 lead with solid inside play from Bebe Kum, Mark Moody and Dylan DeBeau. Mt Airy hung tough keeping within striking distance with dead eye shooting from Andrew Buckley and Bobbby Wiley. Folly Quarter led at hafl 17-11. Mt Airy was able to cut into the lead in the third quarter and pulled within one point midway thought the fourth quarter when Bobby Wiley sank one of his three 3-pointers to put Mt Airy in front. Led by aggressive defense from Chris Lee, Folly Quarter battled back and was able to regain the lead by four with under a minute in the game. Once again Mt. Airy hit a clutch three pointer to pull within one with under ten seconds to play. Folly Quater missed two free throws, Mt Airy rebounded the ball, quicly pushed the ball up court and barely missed a half court shot at the buzzer to allow Folly Quarter to leave with the victory. Folly Quarter was led by Bebe Kum with 9 points and Chris Lee with 8 points. Mt Airy was led by Bobby Wiley with 11 points and Andrew Buckley with 6 points.
After a close first half ended with Oakdale leading 18-17, The eagles used strong defense to get a little breathing room in the second half out scoring St Johns 12-7 in the third and 23-15 in the forth to pull away with a 53-39 victory. Leading the way for the Eagles was Matt Klauka with 25 pts and David Carlisle with 13. For St Johns Andrew Yaglemski had 11 and Matt Carr added 8.
St John’s jayvee defeated Oakdale 52 to 37. Oakdale had the lead early but then ST John’s pulled away and lead 28 to 11 at half. The teams played pretty even for the rest of the contest, but Oakdale could never make a run to pull the game close. For St John’s, Trevor Lecuona had thirteen points and Daniel Smith chipped in with ten. Oakdale was lead by JD Huntt and Cameron Hylton who each had seven..
Oakdale varsity 52 Catoctin 30 - At the half, Catoctin took a one point lead (18-17) to the locker room. But, a major third quarter surge by Oakdale resulted in a 35-19 score as the teams began fourth quarter play. Catoctin could not respond in an evenly played 4th quarter. Leading the way for Oakdale were David Carlisle (20 pts.) and Matt Klauka (19 pts.) along with Joe Schiller (6 pts.) Mark Speak knocked down 14 for Catoctin, and Jackson Steinly added 5 for the Cougars.
Oakdale JV defeats Catoctin 58-42. Catoctin led at the end of the first quarter 15-13. Oakdale took the lead early in the second quarter and led at the half 29-25. Oakdale stretched their lead to 10 at the end of the third quarter leading 45-35. Oakdale outscored Catoctin 13-7 in the final period for the winning margin. Oakdale was paced by Nicholas Bloom and Jack Davis with 12 points a piece while Cameron Hylton and Anthony Gillespie each tallied 8 points. For Catoctin Bennie Dewees led all scorers with 14 points while Collin Gregory added 11 points.
St John's jayvee 52 Mt. Airy 16 St John's was led by Zach Cummings with 12 Points, Will Bureau (9) and Michael Bealmear (8), Mt. Airy was led by Bobby Wiley (6) and Zach Morris (4).
Mt. Airy forfieted the varsity game.
Poolesville's Varsity took it strong to the basket and hit their free throws (80% from the line) on their way to a 55-39 win over Mt. Airy. The Falcon's Andy Baker hit for his customary 18 points with Craig Morton chipping in 11 and Trevor Stottlemyer scoring seven. Mt. Airy got a nice double-figure effort from Carson Scharf with 12 points. Teammates Ben Nardo and Rencio Lacerna also hit for six points each in the loss.
In a very close game for the final three-quarters, Poolesville's JV beat Mt. Airy by a final score of 40-25. The Falcons gained an early advantage behind the hot shooting of Zach Long (19 points) and Joey Cartwright (11 points). Mt. Airy picked up scoring from Silas Kelly (five points) and Tanner Elmore (four points).
Monocacy varsity 51 Walkersville 34 Monocacy's hot outside shooting and rebounding efforts proved too much for the home Lions. After a tight first quarter, Monocacy blew it wide open with a 20-6 run which proved the difference in the game. The Monocacy trio of Jacob Bernstein (15 pts), D'Vaughan Cosley (14 pts), and Josh McClain (13 pts)were unmatched by Walkersville. The Lion's opportunities were spoiled, missing eleven freethrows (seven down the stretch) and several unforced turnovers. Walkersville was led in scoring by Zach Hommey (eight pts).
The Mustangs used a 14 to 5 second quarter run to extend a 3 point lead to 12 and beat the Lions 37-27 in Walkersville. The Lions gave great effort throughout second half, cutting the lead to 7 with 4 minutes to go. However, the Mustangs used great defensive pressure to hold off the Lions and seal the win. The Mustangs were led by Travis Barbe with 14 points and Nick Hoult with 9. The Lions were paced by Keanu Rosa and David Forney, who had 7 points each.
Urbana won a Varsity match against Oakdale 51 to 15. Zach Thomas had the high score with fourteen of his sixteen points coming in the first quarter. The second high scorer was Oakdale's Matt Klauka with twelve points. Urbana's Shrey Shah chipped in eight.
Both the Urbana and Oakdale JV teams were excited to get back on the court after a long layoff, but it took the Urbana squad a bit longer to shake off the rust as they found themselves in a tug of war. A close game to the end, the Oakdale squad got off to a 15-9 lead after the first period. The second quarter was a bit more evenly played, with Oakdale outscoring Urbana 13-12 to take a 28-21 lead into halftime. In the third quarter Urbana got rolling, as their defense stepped up to hold Oakdale to seven points, while adding 12 of their own to close the deficit to 35-33 entering the fourth quarter. Both teams worked hard in the fourth, with Urbana, once again, playing tough defense and outscoring Oakdale 13-7 for the 46-42 victory. Oakdale was led by Sean McGaughey's nine points and Anthony Gillespie's seven points. Urbana was led by Jonathan Woodard's sixteen points, Logan Haggerty's ten points, and Christian Di marzio’s 9 points.
Linganore Varsity used full court press defense rattled MSD, 34-22. Two top scorers of the Lancers, Conner with 16pts and Slaughter with 10pts MSD lead by Cody Moers with 8pts.
Linganore JV boys smoothered msd, 31 - 2. Leading scorer for Linganore, Corbin with 10pts. Only 2pts made by msd, Chaz Seremeth.
Poolesville's Varsity broke open a close game to beat Middletown by a final score of 55-48. At one point late in the fourth quarter, Poolesville held a commanding eight-point lead. But no lead appears to be safe against the Knights as they hit two three's and a collected a couple of muscled-in inside buckets by Bradley Rinehart (13 points) to pull within three with the ball in their hands late. Poolesville managed to hold on thanks to a steal by Andy Baker (18 points) and some clutch free throw shooting. In addition to Baker's scoring, Poolesville picked up points from Trevor Stottlemyer (10), Hunter Pearre (nine), Mitchell Poe (eight) and Craig Morton (six). Middletown was pushed to the brink of victory by the outside shooting of Mitchell Sgrignoli (14 points) and Austin Main (11 points). Rinehart was a menace on the boards all night, as was teammate Chase Hoffman. Rinehart finished with 11 rebounds. Ben Panther also scored eight points for the Knights.
Middletown's JV wasted no time after returning from a 10-day break from Mid-Maryland League basketball. They plowed their way to a 17-4 lead and used their height and depth to beat Poolesville by a final score of 40-18. Leading all scorers was Middletown's Chandler Redmond. He finished with 11 points. Close on his heels was teammate Colson Kirchner who finished with 10 points. Will McClain also scored seven for Middletown and Nick Welch hit for six in the win. Ryan Shorts scored five points to lead Poolesville. Zach Long chipped in four points for the Falcons.
Walkersville's Varsity successfully pulled off another win by getting the other team to play their game. This time the victim was Poolesville (again) as the Lions kept it close, forced the Falcons to keep it conservative, played tough team defense and beat the home team by a final score of 40-38. No team led by more than five points throughout the contest. Sem Brubaker (nine points) and Travis Rhodes (eight points) paced the Lions in the road victory. Andy Baker finished with 16 and Hunter Pearre hit for eight points for the Falcons.
After two weeks off from Mid-Maryland action, both Poolesville's JV and Walkersville predictably started off strong on defense and a 5-5 tie at the end of the first quarter was no real surprise. The ball started dropping for the Lions after that first quarter, and while neither team set the world on fire, Walkersville built a lead, kept the defense strong and ended up besting the Falcons by a final score of 33-18. Brendan Cassels led Walkersville with 16 points and teammate Mark Guyton chipped in six points. Poolesville was led by Zach Long with eight points and Joey Cartwright with six points.
Crestwood varsity 51, Poolesville 31 In a game with huge Antietam Division implications, the Crestwood Cavaliers had redemption on their minds as they entertained division leader Poolesville. The Cavaliers came out strong with a 15-7 opening quarter. Anthony Naylor was on fire as he netted nine points in the opening stanza, including a long 3 pointer. Crestwood's utility man, Chad Owens, added four points in the quarter as he sliced his way to the basket. Poolesville came right back to outscore Crestwood 11-7 in the second quarter as Hunter Pearre found his rhythm, scoring six of his nine points in the quarter. De'Juan Hicks came off the bench to score four big points, including a strong post move to end the second quarter, giving the Cavs a slight 22-18 advantage. Coming out of the intermission, in an effort to protect their home court, Crestwood outscored the Falcons 29-13, including 19 in the fourth. Chad Owens overcame early foul trouble to score 12 of his game high 16 points in the second half. The Cavs got contributions from all players including Anthony Naylor (12 pts), Minase Shiferaw (six pts, 14 rebounds). Andy Baker (despite early foul trouble) posted a strong game leading Poolesville with 16 points. Hunter Pearre and Mitchell Poe chipped in with nine and four points, respectively.
Crestwood jumped out to a 23-6 lead after one quarter, and never looked back defeating Poolesvile 60-28. Micah Meredith led the Cavs with nine points in the first quarter. Crestwood again jumped out in the third quarter led by JaColby Lott’s 13 points in the quarter. Good Cavalier defense and unselfish play on offense, led to easy points throughout the game. Lott finished with a game high 19 points. Meredith finished with 11, and Demetrius Anderson and Alonzo Dorsey each played well and added nine points apiece for the Cavs. Zach Long and Joel Cartwright paced Poolesville with nine points each.
Ballenger Creek varsity 46 Brunswick 35 The Bulldogs jumped on Brunswick early outscoring the Railroaders 14-5 in the opening quarter. The inside duo of Isaiah Harris-Winn and Brandon Lavern was responsible for 10 of those points. In the second quarter BC extended its lead to 22-8 as Zach Jones came off the bench to knock down four points. In the third quarter Brunswick came out firing using a pressing defense to rattle the Bulldogs as they outscored BC 17-11 in the quarter to cut the lead to eight heading into the fourth quarter. The Railroaders got eight points from J.T. Bergman in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter the Bulldogs outscored Brunswick 13-10 to retake command of the game. Ballenger Creek was led in scoring by the strong play of Isaiah Harris-Winn with 19 points and the clutch shooting of Xavier Hargrove who netted nine points. The Bulldogs also got five points from Zach Jones and four from Ryan Jurvelin and Brandon Lavern. The Railroaders were led in scoring by J.T. Bergman and Zach Hossler with 10 points apiece. Kyle Coats and Brandon Axline also chipped in seven points each for the Brunswick squad.
Ballenger Creek JV 39 Brunswick 28 Ballenger Creek’s JV squad picked up their second conference win over Brunswick with a 39-28 victory. The Bulldogs came out and played excellent defense in the first quarter jumping out to a 10-1 first quarter lead. The Bulldogs got four points from Jordan Evans-McFarland in the opening period and a number of assist from Jermone Love. In the second quarter the teams played to a draw 10-10 resulting in a 20-11 halftime lead for Ballenger Creek. Jermone Love tossed in six points in the quarter and the Railroaders got four points from Doug Pearl. In the third quarter the Bulldogs extended the lead to 31-15 behind 5 points from Evans-McFarland and four from Jermone Love. The Railroaders put up 13 fourth quarter points to get a little closer but Chris Masser scored 6 clutch points off of some nice passing from Rhashad Johnson to keep the Bulldogs comfortably in front. Ballenger Creek was led in scoring by Jermone Love (12 points) who also contributed a number of assists. The Bulldogs also got nine points from Jordan Evans-McFarland and six points from Chris Masser and Noah Tucker. The Railroaders were led in scoring by Doug Pearl with eight points and got scoring help from Numodi Okoye (6).
In front of a raucus crowd in a championship type atmosphere at TJMS , the Thomas Johnson Patriots outlasts Monocacy Varsity 42-41. TJ jumped out to 11-4 first quarter lead behind Bryan Thompsons' 6 points. Monocacy stormed back in the second as the Mustangs D'Vaughan Cosley started to heat up scoring 6 of his game high 19 points to pull Monocacy within 18-16 near the end of the 2nd quarter. TJ's Isaiah Lee hit a buzzer beater 3 pointer to lead the Patriots into the locker room 21-16. Monocacy started the second half on a 10-2 run behind two big 3 pointers by Josh McClain and Jacob Bernstein to take a 26-23 lead. It was then TJ's turn to go on a run as they finished the quarter on a 10-3 spree behind 4 points by Bryan Thompson and Brian James to take a 33-29 lead into the fourth. TJ with it's big man, Jacob Renn, who was out with an injury, and it's other big man Uvan Stewart on the bench in foul trouble was able to stretch it's lead in the fourth quarter as Bryan Thompson hit a 3 pointer to help push TJ's lead to 38-31. Monocacy did anything but quit as they turned up the defensive pressure and forced TJ into turnovers that led to scoring opportunities for there two offensive weapons, Josh McClain and D'Vaughan Cosley. Josh McClain's steals and great drives to the basket and D'Vaughan Cosley's strong inside moves put Monocacy on top 40-38 with just under a minute left. On TJ's next trip down the court they were able to find an open Bryan Thompson for a layup as TJ tied it at 40 with 30 seconds to play. Josh McClain made another great move to the basket and was fouled with 17 seconds left. Although he barely missed both free throws, TJ was called for a lane violation and McClain made good on the next attempt to put Monocacy on top 41-40. TJ quickly moved the ball up court and TJ's Uvan Stewart was fouled driving to the basket with 10 seconds to play. Stewart calmly sank both free throws to put TJ up 42-41. Monocacy was able to get off two good looks at the basket but TJ secured the rebound and barely held on for the win. Monocacy got an great game from D'Vaughan Cosley who finished with 19 points and Josh McClain who added 11.TJ also got a outstanding performance from Bryan Thompson who finished with a team high 16 points. Uvan Stewart finished with another strong game and 13 points and Isaiah Lee added 7.
In a rescheduled snow-out game from Dec 19th Folly Quarter varsity defeated Ballenger Creek on Monday 61-44. The 1st period was very fast paced with scoring going down in the paint from both teams and the period ended with BC ahead 13-11. The 2nd quarter FQ took control and scored 15 pts and had a half-time lead of 26-25. Ty Wasson was the leading scorer for the Falcons with 10pts at the half. Robbie Kittleman was 7-7 from the foul line. Brandon Laveen scored 12 pts for the Bulldogs and Isaiah Harris-Winn chipped in 7pts. The 2nd half Folly Quarter got a spark off the bench from Brady Chick with two 3 pointers and 7 points for 3rd period. FQ 43-38 after 3. The 4th period Falcons turned-up the defense and scored at will with Bryce Helensky scoring 6 in the period and 13pts for the game. Brady Chick scored 5 more pts in the 4th and had an outstanding game with 13 pts. Ty Wasson cleaned up down low and had a fantastic game with 15 pts. Robbie Kittleman was perfect form the foul-line 9-9. The bulldogs’ high scorers were Isaiah Harris Winn with strong 19pts and tough play in the paint with Brandon Laveen with 13 pts.
Folly Quarter JV defended their home middle school court with a 52-36 win over visiting Ballenger Creek. Folly Quarter was down 15-13 early on with the strong rebounding and scoring of K. Watson( he led all BC scorers with 14 points). Folly Quarter picked up the defensive pressure in Q2 to take a 27-22 halftime lead. Strong offensive execution and sharing of the ball led to a strong second half for Folly Quarter out scoring BC 25 to 14 in the second half. Bebe Kum had 18 points for Folly Quarter, Shawn Carter had 11 points and 10 assists, Mark Moody had nine points and Dylan Dubeau added five. Greg Cox had four points and seven boards. Key shots by Cole Robertson and great steals from Chris Lee and Brayden Crovo helped in the strong second half. Ballenger Creek also had great passing and defense from J. Love and key shots from N.Tucker and K. Wilson.
TJ varsity 44 Urbana 43. The fans got what they paid for in what became a nail biter at Urbana High School. Urbana Varsity takes the second loss of the season from a tough TJ team on a buzzer beater. TJ came out strong taking a thirteen to four lead going into the first quarter, but Urbana answered in the second quarter narrowing the lead with a fourteen to nine run of their own. TJ took the lead into the locker room at twenty two to eighteen. The high scorer going into the locker room was Uvan Stewar from TJ with nine points. Urbana's Austin Gouldin had eight going into half and finished with ten. The intensity didn't quit in the third quarter with both teams playing excellent defense. TJ extended the lead by one point in third quarter thirty five to thirty. Urbana was able to cause some TJ turnovers in the fourth quarter to make a thirteen to seven run. Finally with five point five seconds left Urbana's Devin Tiffany made a tough shot to take the lead fourty three to fourty two. TJ called timeout after Urbana took the lead and setup a play to get the ball past half court. During the inbounds play the ball bounced around hitting both teams, but found its way to a TJ players hand to setup a time out and a sideline inbounds play with four point six seconds on the clock. Urbana played great defense and got a jump ball off of the inbounds play with three point five seconds to go, but the possession arrow gave TJ another chance. The second chance was huge and TJ capotilized on it. Neither team could foul with six fouls a piece. TJ inbounded the ball into the corner to Brian James who found Uvan Stwart flashing to the ball. Once Uvan recieved a clean pass from James he made a turn around jumper from fifteen feet that left the crowd watching the ball hit both sides of the rim and funneled in while the buzzer went off. TJ's big man Jacob Renn had twelve of his game high fourteen in the second half and Urbana's big man Devin Tiffany scored all of his ten points in the second half. Uvan Stewart scored his only two points of the second half when it counted the most and ended the game with eleven.
The Urbana Hawks JV team found itself on the short end of a battle with a TJ JV squad seeking payback. A close affair early, the TJ squad got off to a 10-8 lead after the first period. In the second quarter, the teams played evenly, each scoring ten points, with TJ taking a 20-18 lead into halftime. In the third quarter, TJ took control of the game outscoring Urbana 14-5 and extending their lead to 34-23 entering the fourth quarter. Urbana fought hard in the fourth, outscoring TJ 11-8, but fell short in the end, as TJ was able to hold them off for the 42-32 victory. Both teams played hard. TJ was led by both Demonte Williams and Jarred Ruiz who scored 16 each and aided by six points from Kyle Martin. The Hawks were led by Christian Di marzio’s 19 points, Jonathan Woodard’s 9 points, and Cody Wilcox' four points.
Crestwood's varsity had a dominating performace in the valley as they bulldozed Middletown 56-46. Led by their dominant big man, Chad Owens (17 points), Crestwood raced up and down the floor and pushed the lead to 20 points at one point in the second half. Middletown started strong and took an early first quarter lead of 12-5. However, once Crestwood was able to beat Middletown's pressure, they jumped ahead and never looked back. Chad Owens was dominant as a scorer and a passer throughout the game. Middletown made a great push in the 4th quarter thanks to the efforts of key reserves like Austin Main (6 points) and Nick Yancey, but the lead was too great to overcome. Crestwood had great performances to aid Owens by Anthony Naylor with 14 points, and Brison Hopper chipped in with seven. Middletown was led by Ben Panther with 15 points, and Bradley Rinehart added 12.
The Middletown JV Knights kept their Divisional lead intact today, winning 56 - 25 over Crestwood at home. Middletown opened an early lead over the visitors behind good inside play and balanced scoring from 5 different players, finishing out the first quarter with a 16-7 lead. The Knights continued their steady barrage in the second quarter as well, ending the half leading by a score of 33-18. The Knights were led in the first half by Chandler Redmond with 13 points, and Colson Kirchner had 8, and Ian Roy providing great defense and heads up passing for his team. Alonzo Dorsey worked hard to keep his Crestwood team close knocking down 6 points in the half and doing a nice job of distributing to his teammates from the post. Middletown came out of the locker room after halftime and played lockdown team defense the entire second half, holding Crestwood to seven points total for the half. Despite some foul trouble, Middletown's reserves played with passion and intensity, with Cedric Ayenu sparking them with several steals, and a highlight reel steal and fast break leading to an old fashioned three point play at the other end. Will McClain also played an excellent second half for the Knights, netting 10 points and grabbing numerous rebounds. In the end, Middletown won 56 - 25, with Chandler Redmond leading the way with 19, Colson Kirchner and Will McClain dropping 10 each, and Ian Roy, Lucas Soule, and Nick Welch hitting for four points each. Crestwood was led on the scoreboard by Alonzo Dorsey and JaColby Lott with seven points each, with support from Demetrius Anderson, Benjamin Dao, and Micah Meredith each with three.
Linganore varsity defeated Brunswick 44-40. In a game that was back and forth from start to finish Linganore was able to hold on and defeat Brunswick. Both teams had their offenses clicking in the first quarter. Linganore held a 16-11 lead after the first quarter. In the second quarter Brunswick tightened up their defense and with 3 seconds left to go in the quarter had out scored Linganore 8-1. That was until Clayton Conner launched a half court shot which he banked in as time expired to give Linganore a 20-19 lead at halftime. The lead would go back and forth in the third quarter with neither team holding a lead larger than four points. Linganore would maintain a 29-28 lead after three quarters. A late spurt at the end of the fourth quarter would allow Linganore to pull out a 44-40 victory. Linganore was led by a game high 22 points from Josh Slaughter. Clayton Conner chipped in 11 points. Brandon Axline led Brunswick with 13 points. Kyle Coats chipped in a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds. Zach Hossler had a solid floor game with 10 points and 6 assists.
Linganore JV defeated Brunswick 68-38. Linganore jumped out to a 30-19 lead at halftime. Brunswick made a run in the third quarter to cut the lead to eight points, but Linganore used its 1-3-1 half court defense to regain control of the game and go on to victory. Linganore was led by Jack Tarte with 15 points and Casey Alvardo with 10 points. Brunswick was led in scoring by Doug Pearl with 8 points, Chase Loy added 7 points and Jimmy Green chipped in 8 points.
Monocacy varsity tops St. Johns 65-39 Monocacy was led by D.Coley(23points) Josh McCain(10points) Louis Levine(9points)and J.Redfern(8points) St.Johns was led by Matt Carr(16points) and Andrew Yaglenski(11points)
The Monocacy JV’s pulled away in the second half for a 52-33 victory over the St. Johns showing their depth and defense in front of a packed house that was also a benefit for Jenifer Hall and for Cancer Awareness. The game was 18-15 with a few seconds to go in the first half when Travis Barbe hit a 15 footer to put Monocacy up 20-15 as the buzzer sounded. St. Johns couldn’t get anything going in the second half against the Monocacy’s 1-3-1 half-court defense while Myles Mensah got hot for Monocacy finishing with a game high 19 points including 3 3-pointers. Travis Barbe added 13 points and was a beast on the boards. D’marco Saunders led St. Johns with 13 points followed by Mitch Hochstein with 10 while Will Bureau had 12 rebounds.
Ballenger Creek Varsity 40 Middletown 39. The Ballenger Creek varsity team is developing a flair for the dramatic playing their third straight one point nail biter. Middletown let the Bulldogs know early that they came to play posting a 13-4 first quarter lead behind the strong play of Ben Panther and Bradley Rinehart who netted seven and six points respectively in the opening quarter. In the second quarter Ballenger Creek turned the tables on Middletown outscoring the Knights 11-4 cutting the Middletown lead to 17-15 at the half. The Bulldogs got a big second quarter from Isaiah Harris-Winn who scored on a variety of shots on his way to nine second quarter points. In the third quarter the Bulldogs stormed into the lead behind six more points from Harris-Winn and four from Brandon Lavern outscoring Middletown 15-12 in the quarter for a 30-29 lead heading into the final quarter. In the fourth quarter with Middletown leading 39-38 Harris-Winn rose above the crowd in the lane and sank a pretty jumper to give the Bulldogs the lead late in the game. Middletown had one final chance to pull out the victory but Ryan Jurvelin made a great defensive play stealing a pass to seal the deal for Ballenger Creek. The Bulldogs were led in scoring by Isaiah Harris-Winn with 23 points. Ballenger also got 8 points from Brandon Lavern and 3 points from Abb Kapoor. The Knights were led in scoring by Bradley Rinehart with 18 points and Ben Panther with 15.
Middletown JV 43 Ballenger Creek 25. Middletown’s JV jumped out to a 12-2 first quarter lead behind six points from Chandler Redmond and four from Colson Kirchner. Middletown didn’t let up in the second quarter stretching its lead to 24-5 at the half. Ballenger finally got things going in the third quarter and tried to make a game of it cutting the lead to 28-15 behind four points from Jermone Love. Middletown put an end to any comeback hopes in the fourth quarter as Redmond and Kirchner tossed in six and five points respectively. Colson Kirchner led Middletown in scoring with 13 points while Chandler Redmond added 12 and Ian Roy 10. Ballenger Creek was led in scoring by Jermone Love with 8 points. The JV Bulldogs also got scoring help from Kelvin Watson (4) and Chris Masser (3).
In the battle for supremacy in Howard County, the Glenwood Cobra's varsity held on for a thrilling 46 to 45 victory at Reservoir High School. The game was a make-up for a December 4 snow out and the much anticipated match-up did not disappoint the crowd. Glenwood took the early lead, 16 to 11 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter was even as Glenwood maintained a 5 point lead at the half behind the outstanding play of point guard John Gilliland. Gilliland played pressure defense, pushed the tempo and hit for 10 of his team high 13 points in the opening half. He was countered by Folly Quarter's versatile, go-to-big-man, Tyler Wasson. Wasson dominated both ends of the floor, hitting for 9 of his game high 20 points in the first half. His hustle and intensity was relentless as he crashed the offensive glass, converting several put backs and pull up jump shots. The third quarter was again a tie as Glenwood held on to the 5 point lead. they had extended it to 10 in the third on Adam Carroll's jump shot from the foul line. Carroll came off the bench with a strong effort, finishing with 6 points, 6 rebounds and strong defense. The double digit lead did not last long as the Hawks hit 5 quick points in the closing minute, including another offensive rebound and put back by Wasson and a 3-pointer from the deep corner by Robbie Kittleman to again close the lead to five. Folly Quarter turned the pressure up in the fourth, closing in on the lead, finally overtaking the Cobra's on a Wasson pull up jump shot in the lane for a 45 to 44 lead with under a minute to play. Guard Chris Dugan also hit 2 key shots in the fourth for the Hawks and finished the game with 8. With 30 seconds left in the game Gilliland penetrated the right baseline and dished to a cutting Shane Eberle for what would be the winning basket. Folly had 2 attempts for the win but the Cobra's played tough defense in the closing seconds to seal the win.
In the JV contest Glenwood used pressure defense to break open a close game in the second half and take a 49 to 29 win from a much improved Folly Quarter team. The Hawks were winning 7 to 8 after the first quarter as they out hustled the Cobra's, breaking their press and converting lay-ups. Glenwood settled down in the second quarter and took a 13 point lead behind 6 points from 6th grader Phillip Saiz and the aggressive defense of fellow 6th graders, Josh Hightower and Trevor Winn. Folly's Sam Cook and Shawn Carter did a nice job of handling the pressure and converted a couple of nice fast breaks to keep the Hawks within striking distance. Turnovers plagued the Hawks in the second half and led to easy baskets for the Cobra's as they slowly built the lead throughout the half. Hightower led Glenwood with 10 and Carter hit 10 for the Hawks.
Varsity Walkersville 42 Poolesville 34 Poolesville's high scoring offense got a jump start led by sharpshooter Andy Baker's seven first quarter points including a long three. The Falcon"s outside shooting along with transition baskets put them up 15-6 after the first quarter. The home Lions had a run of their own outscoring Poolesville 12-6 in the second quarter led by Shaquille Smith's four points and tenacious defense. Poolesville led at the break 21-18. The third quarter found Falcon's Andy Baker in foul trouble and the Lions took advantage and took a one point lead into the 4th. In classic Poolesville/Walkersville action, the fourth was about good defense and several lead changes early. Walkersville's Gabe Maymon sunk two free throws mid way through the quarter to give the Lions the 28-27 lead they wouldn't relinquish. Walkersville finished on a 14-7 run. Poolesville's Andy Baker led all scorers (even with limited 3rd period action) with 20 points. His teammate Trevor Scottlemyer chipped in 10. The Lions put eight players in the scoring column led by Sem Brubaker's 11and Micheal Torres with eight.
Walkersville came out strong and then held off a late 4th quarter charge from an aggressive Poolesville team to a 7 point home win. The Lions scored 17 points in the 1st quarter and led at half time 27-17. After a forgettable 3rd quarter, the Falcons put together a 16 point 4th quarter and cut the lead to 3 midway through. The Lions, however, put up 13 points in the 4th quarter, with key layups by David Forney and Brenden Cassels to seal the win. The Lions were led in scoring by David Forney with 16 points and Brenden Cassels with 10. The Falcons were led by Steven Morningstar with a game high 18 points and Zach Long with 11 points.
Monocacy was able to break open a close game in the second half by outscoring Glenwood 35 to 20. Monocacy came out strong and opened up a 14 to 8 firt quarter lead only to have Glenwood come storming back to take a 25 to 20 lead as the seconds ticked down in at the end of second quarter. But Josh McClain caught Glenwood sleeping and drilled a 25 foot shot as the half expired to cut the lead to 2. That set the tone for the second half as Glenwood could not manage to put together a team effort to make teh game a contest. McClain scored steadily throughout the game, finishing tied for scoring honors with teammate D'Vaughan Cosley as each hit for 19. Louis Levine added added 8 for Monocacy including two third quarter 3 pointers. Glenwood was lead by Mikey Wynne with 9.
Monocacy JV defeated Glenwood 43 to 32 to move to 5 and 0 in the Cheapeake conference as Glenwood fell to 2 and 3. Monocacy's Travis Barbe dominated the game on both ends of the court, scoring 18 of his teams 43. Adding to Barbe's outstanding performance was Kevin McShea and Miles Mensah who added 6 each. Monocacy shot 18 for 40 from the floor and 7 for 11 from the line as Glenwood could only manage 6 for 16 from 2 point range but did manage to go 5 for 12 from 3 point territory as well as 6 for 16 from the line. Glenwood was lead in scorin by 6th grader Trevor Winn with 10.
Folly Quarter won a varsity thriller at Middletown in overtime 54-53. Both teams battled each other the whole afternoon but Folly Quarter prevailed. Middletown jumped out to an early lead with strong play inside and led after the first quarter, 9-7. Folly Quarter took control of the game in the 2nd behind the stellar shooting of Tyler Wasson. He scorched the knights for six of his 12 points in the second and Folly Quarter went into half time with a commanding 25-12 lead. Middletown clawed their way back into the game throughout the third and fourth quarters. Their pressure defense allowed them to take the lead with less than 20 seconds to go. However, Tyler Wasson sunk a critical free throw to send the game into overtime, where Folly Quarter eventually outlasted the Knights. Bradley Rinehart had a gutsy effort for the Knights slashing to the bucket time and time again. He led the team with 21 points. Ben Panther also played well adding 15, and Chase Hoffman had a tough performance with 12. Tyler Hoeflich led the way for Folly Quarter cleaning up on the boards. He led the team with 17 points. Tyler Wasson had 12 and Chris Dugan added eight.
The Middletown JV Knights used a strong second half burst to pull away from hard working Folly Quarter today, winning 45 to 25 over the visitors. The game was evenly played in the first two quarters, with Middletown jumping out to a small ten to seven lead at the end of the first, and the teams went into the half with the score Middletown 19, Folly Quarter 13. Folly Quarter's Bebe Kum had a good first half, sinking several mid-range jumpers, and Shawn Carter played well handling the ball against Middletown's full-court pressure and creating scoring opportunities with his terrific dribble penetration. For Middletown, Colson Kirchner asserted his presence early with several rebounds leading to points inside. The Knights came out in the third quarter picking up their tempo offensively, and using some quick fast break points and some points off forced Folly Quarter turnovers, they extended their lead to 12 by the end of the quarter. Middletown's pressure continued to generate points and cause trouble for Folly Quarter in the fourth, allowing them to finish strong to the final talley. Folly Quarter's leading scorers were Shawn Carter and Bebe Kum with eight points each, with Nihir Nanavaty chipping in four, and the entire squad played terrific team basketball at both ends of the floor. Middletown was led by Colson Kirchner with 16 points, Chandler Redmond with 15, and Will McClain with 8. McClain and Kirchner were both very effective rebounders in this game with double digit totals for each. Several Middletown players contributed in other ways, with Ian Roy keying several fast-break baskets, and playing with tremendous defensive intensity sparking Middletown's runs in the second half. Clay Smith provided excellent defensive pressure and decision-making coming off the bench at the point.
In a Interstate 70 rival game Windsor Knolls down by 9 points at the half staged a solid come from behind victory over Linganore 53 to 39. The 1st quarter saw defense as the staple for both teams as the quarter ended 5 to 3 in favor of Windsor Knolls. Linganore got their offense in gear in the second quarter and scored 23 points behind three 3 pointers from Clay Conner. Linganore led at the half 26 to 19. Windsor Knolls came out aggressive on both offense and defense and scored 20 3rd quarter points while limiting Linganore to 5 points. Kyle Singer had 8 points in the quarter to lead the Hawk's attack. Windors Knoll held off any attempts by Linganore to stage a comeback by making 11 of 12 free throws in the final quarter. Kyle Singer finished with 18 points for the Hawks. Matt Harris & Patrick Cotfry each had 8 points for Windsor Knolls. Clay Conner had 20 points and Kyle Slaughter had 12 points for the Lancers.
Linganore JV 29, Windsor Knolls 49. Linganore was led by Jake Tarte with six pts and Ben Flower with four pts. Jake Tarte also led the Lancers with five rebounds. Windsor Knolls was led by #22 with 21 pts, #25 with 13 pts and #3 with six pts.
Brunswick varsity defeated Oakdale 50-36. Brunswick lead start to finish in this one. Led by the strong inside play of Kyle Coats and Taiki Haugen Brunswick jumped out to an early lead and maintained that lead at halftime 20-16. In the third quarter Brandon Axline scored 6 of his 11 points and helped Brunswick push the lead to 33-25 after three quarters. Brunswick continued its strong play in the fourth quarter and outscored Oakdale 17-11 in the quarter to post the victory. Kyle Coats continued his strong inside play as he posted 16 points and 12 rebounds. Brandon Axline added 11 points and Taiki Haugen chipped in 8 points. David Carlisle led Oakdale with 17 points and Timmy Staley added 10 points
Oakdale JV defeated Brunswick 43-28. In a very intense game from start to finish Oakdale was able to put together a strong 4th quarter and defeat Brunswick. Both teams came out strong on the defensive end but Oakdale used some strong free throw shooting in the first half to post a 21-9 lead at halftime. Brunswick really turned up the defensive pressure in the third quarter and cut the lead to 25-23 but Oakdale finished the quarter on a 6-0 run to lead 31-23 after the third quarter. Oakdale slowly pulled away in the fourth quarter for the win. Nick Bloom and Sean McGaughey lead Oakdale with 9 points each. Doug Pearl had 11 points for Brunswick and Jimmy Green added 6 points.
The Urbana MS Varsity boys basketball team defeated Mt. Airy today, 76-39 . Urbana was lead by Devin Tiffany with 12 points and Andre Henry with 11 points. Mt. Airy was lead by Carson Scharf with 14 points and Alec Scranton with ten.
Urbana jayvee 42 Mt Airy 26 Mount Airy played its best game of the season by taking a 15 to 13 lead into the locker room at half time. In the 3rd qrt, turnovers and foul trouble lead to Urbana lead 27 to 18. Urbana went into double bonus at the start of the 4th and shot well from the line. Jonathan Woodard led the Hawks with 13, followed by Cody Wilcox with 11 and Christian Dimarzio had 9. Mount Airy was led by Tanner Elmore and Bobby Wiley, who each had 9 points. Jason Battiste and Andrew Buckley each had 3 points. Bryce Dillon and Tanner Elmore each fouled out. 6th grader Tommy Spear stepped in and filled the shoes of Collin Dizon, who is out with a broken hand. Jason Battiste had a huge 3rd qrt tie up that brought the crowd alive.
Poolesville Varsity smoothered MSD, 43-15. Mitchell Poe and Andy Baker scored 10pts each for Poolesville.
Poolesville JV wins over MSD, 49-25. Both Long and Cartwright scored 9pts each for Poolesville. Bailey Moers scored 12 points for MSD JV.
Folly Quarter varsity rallied from behind to defeat Windsor Knolls 45-39. WK jumped out to the lead thanks in most part to a brilliant shooting performance from #23 Kyle Singer. Singer was on fire from behind the arc and spearheaded WK’s early strike. WK was seriously hampered by foul trouble among the front-court, #31 Peter Chanatry and #42 Ryan Schmidt both had three fouls very quickly in the first half, slowing WK’s post game and affecting their ability to score down low in any fashion. Patrick Coffey, #45, did his best to make-up for the loss in post scoring, driving to the basket often en route to 13 points. WK began to lose ground in the fourth quarter, unable to stop FQ from dominating the offensive glass. For FQ, #15 Tyler Hoeflich and #1 Tyler Wasson dominated the game with 11 and 12 points respectively. More important to FQ was Wasson’s rebounding clinic as he was able to keep control of the ball for FQ multiple times. In the end, WK and Singer’s 14 point shooting performance could not hold up to FQ’s 4th quarter rebounding and defensive strike.
The Hawks and Falcons got off to a slow start and the low scoring first quarter ended with the Hawks on top by a margin of 8-1. The Hawks pressure defense got in gear in the second quarter scoring 15 points behind 6 from Ian Eversull as they took a 23-5 half-time lead. The Falcons fought hard but the pressure defense of the Hawks resulted in fast break basket as they raced to a 46-24 victory. The Falcons got a great game from Bebe Kum. Bebe scored on jumpers and post moves in route to a game high 15 points. The Hawks were led by Ian Eversull with 14, Matt Bruffey with 8 including two long 3s. Tyler Pearre and Joey Apea each had six. Keegan Lane came in off the bench contributing 6 points and 5 rebounds.
The Thomas Johnson Patriots varsity pulls away at the end to defeat the Linganore Lancers 38-20. In a game closer than the final score, TJ jumped out to a 10-0 first quarter lead behind six points from Brian James. In the second quarter, Linganore got on track and went into the half only trailing 16-7. Both teams continued to play strong defense in the third and the Lancers Kyle Nicolet hit one of his three 3 pointers of the game to pull within 17-10. TJ's Uvan Stewart scored two inside baskets and TJ led at the end of the 3rd quarter, 23-16. In the fourth, TJ began to pull away but Linganore's Kyle Nicolet hit another three to pull Linganore back to within 10, 29-19. Bryan Thompson, Uvan Stewart and Brian James combined for 13 fourth quarter points as TJ went on to win 38-20. The Lancers were led in scoring by Kyle Nicolet's 11 points. and Josh Slaughters 6 points. Clark Stieren finished with two points with a key basket in the third quarter. Tj was led by Brian James who finished with 14 points and Uvan Stewart scored 11. Bryan Thompson had another solid game and added 7 points.
Linganore jay vee defeated Thomas Johnson 33-23. Linganore's Ben Flower led all scorers with 12 points, followed by Jack Staub with 8 and Thomas Lang contributed four points. TJ's Jordan Ritter and Kyle Martin each had five points and Jared Ruiz added four. TJ's Ritter and Amonte Williams had several rebounds and Dylan Lambert played good defense for the Patriots. The Patriots were down 29-10 at the end of the third quarter but the Lancers resisted the Patriots late surge to seal the win.
Urbana Varsity Hawks defeats the Cadets 44-26. High scorers for the Hawks were Jonathan Hoyle with 7 and both Zach Sparks and Zach Thomas with 6 points. High scorers for the Cadets were Justin Walker, Brooks Biber, Brent Karlen and Patrick Davis all with 4 points each.
JV West Frederick Cadets defeat Urbana Hawks 47-38. High scorers for the Cadets were Eric Boyce with 20 and Adrien batts with 13 points. The Hawks were led by Colin Anderson with 21 and John Woodward with 11 points.
Walkersville varsity defeated Brunswick 39-37. In an extremely well played game Walkersville was able to hold on to beat Brunswick. Walkersville jumped out to an early 13-8 lead after the first quarter. Brunswick tightened up the defense in the second quarter and cut the Walkersville lead to 20-16 at halftime. Brunswick continued it's fine play in the 3rd quarter and out scored Walkersville 12-4 in the quarter to take a 28-24 advantage into the fourth quarter. After a back and forth fourth quarter, Walkersville was able to get a basket with 9 seconds to go and take the lead 39-37. Brunswick had one last chance with 3 seconds left, but couldn't connect and Walkersville survived. Travis Rhodes led the way for Walkersville with 10 points. Charles Johnson, Sem Brubaker and Michael Torres each chipped in 7 points. Brunswick was led by huge day from Kyle Coats. Coats had a double-double with 15 points and 17 rebounds. Cody Smith added 6 points.
Walkersville JV defeated Brunswick 44-31. This was a defensive struggle in the first half as Walkersville would lead only 17-13 at halftime. Walkersville was able to convert some fast break opportunities in the 3rd period and outscored Brunswick 15-4 in the 3rd quarter to lead 32-17 after 3 periods. Brunswick made a run late but Walkersville was able to keep the lead and finish out the game winning 44-31 David Forney had 14 for Walkersville. Brenden Cassel added 12 points. Brunswick got a nice game from Doug Pearl with 14 points. Andrew Wanger chipped in 8 points for Brunswick.
Varsity: Glenwood 71 Mt. Airy 36 The Mt. Airy Bull Dogs drove two exits down route 70 to take on Glenwood. Glenwood came out strong, using a man press to open up a 22 - 12 first quarter lead. Adam Carroll hit all of his 6 points in the quarter and Mikey Wynne hit for 7 of his 9. The Bull Dogs were led by Carson Scharf who scored 7 of his team high 11 points in the quarter. Glenwood opened up a 40 - 20 half time lead as crowd favorite Alex Melcher hit for three 3 pointers and finished the game with 11. In the second half Glenwood continued to push the tempo, extending to the lead behind Luke Cheswick's 10 second half points. Cheswick finished the with a game high 14 points followed by Melcher and Mikey Wynne with 11 each. Adding to Scharf's 11 was Rencio Lacerna with 7 and Ben Nardo and Daniel White with 6 each.
In the JV game, the Glenwood Cobra's defeated a scrappy Mt. Airy team 52 to 21. 12 of 13 Glenwood players scored, led by Brent Richardson with 8 and 6th grader, Trey Davis with 7. 6th grader Josh Hightower added 6 and Steven Segrist and Roert Clark added 5 each. Mike Graessle led Mt. Airy with 7 followed by AndrewBuckley with 5.
Poolesville sprinted out to a 17 to 2 first quarter lead and never looked back as they leveled Catoctin by a score of 63 - 39. Leading the way for Poolesville's balanced scoring attack were Robbie Metz and Hunter Pearre with 13 apiece. Mitchell Poe scored 11 while Trevor Stottlemyer and Andy Baker added 9. Dieson Gorham chipped in 4 for Poolesville as well. Kyle Tregoning lead Catoctin with 8 points. Peyton Laramore scored 6 while CJ Henderson and Jacob Tokar added 5. JD Wilhelm and Jackson Steinly chipped in 4 points for the Cougars in a losing effort.
Colby Smith contributed an astounding 29 points, including seven 3 point shots, to help Catoctin JV beat Poolesville JV 61-54 in overtime. Not to be unheard, Poolesville’s Zach Long led his team in points with 24, followed behind by Steven Morningstar with 15. The first half ended with Poolesville in the lead 26-21. The game then seemed to pull away from Catoctin who was for a while up to 10 points behind. The 3rd quarter ended as close as the half with Poolesville still in the lead 38-34. The end of the 4th quarter generated a lot a fan excitement as the back and forth between the two hard playing teams culminated with a three pointer from Catoctin’s Ben Dewees (who put up 12 total), answered soon by a three from Poolesville’s Long, and then tied with a layup from Catoctin’s Ryan Wivell. Catoctin had a chance to win with a steal under Poolesville’s hoop, but a missed layup with only 2 seconds on the clock ended the 4th quarter in a tie. Catoctin came out strong in OT outscoring Poolesville 10-3 giving Catoctin the win.
Oakdale and Crestwood played a heart pounding four quarters of basketball. The first quarter was back and forth with Oakdale being led by David Carlisle with 7 of his 14 pts in that quarter and Crestwood got 6 in the first from Marcus Simmons. Oakdale led after one 15-14. The second quarter was a defensive battle with Crestwood getting 6 and Oakdale scoring 4. At the half it was Crestwood 20 Oakdale 19. The third quater saw Crestwood catch fire on both ends of the floor. Crestwood got 16 in the 3rd from Big man Chad Owens on the way to a 42-29 lead after three. The forth quarter saw Oakdale come out with tough defense and good rebounding to out score Crestwood 20-8 but come up just short as time expired to lose 50-49. Chad Owens led all scorers with 21 Crestwood also got 7 points a peice from Marcus Simmons and Minase Shiferaw. Oakdale was led by Matt Klauka with 16 and David Carlisle with 14 points and 14 rebounds Timmy Staley also chipped in with 12 rebounds for Oakdale.
The Oakdale vs.Crestwood Jayvee basketball game was nothing short of a nail biter. Oakdale came out strong to lead Crestwood 17-8 at the end of the first quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter the contest turned into a battle. At the half Oakdale held on to their lead with the score of 28-23. In the third quarter, at the sound of the buzzer, Ryan Shadoan sunk a big three pointer for Oakdale making the score 37-32 Oakdale. JaColby Lott scored big for Crestwood with a total of 19 points. Crestwood’s big man Alonzo Dorsey kept Crestwood alive with a total of 16 points. Oakdale answered with Ryan Shadoan having a total of nine points and he was 4 for 6 from the line. J.D. Huntt and Nick Miller each chipped in seven points for Oakdale. It was one of Oakdale’s big men, Nicholas Bloom, who lead his team in scoring with a double double effort. He put in a total of 14 points, had 14 rebounds, and was 4 for 6 from the free throw line. In the end Oakdale was victorious with a 53-50 win.
Monocacy out work MSD in the varsity game 43-30. Coach Hill of Monocacy let the subs play the first three quarter before going back to the starters in the fourth quarter. MSD played with Monocacy before the starters enter the games,after that Monocacy pull away.Monocacy was lead by Jordan Redfern with 13 points and 8 rebounds,Jack Magerowski play a great floor game with 6 assists for Monocacy.MSD was lead by Cody Moers with 16 points.
The Monocacy Mustangs defeated the undermanned MSD Orioles 75 to 14. Monocacy was lead in scoring by Travis Barbe 19 points, Nick Hoult 12 points, Kevin Meshea 10 points, Jacob Medina eight points, Alex Mason six points, Chad Martin five points, Shane Mattax four points, Miles Mensal three points, and Jazzah Brightful, Jorden Hoy, Eugene Molyk, Remy Theiber two each. The Orioles where lead in scoring by Kratt Brown eight points, Tristan Hower four points, Carey Ballard three points. The Mustangs Lead 34 to 2 after one quarter.
In a thriller the Ballenger Creek varsity team outlasted Glenwood 44-43. In a battle of big men Ballenger Creek’s pair of Isiah Harris-Winn (19 points) and Brandon Levern (15) went toe-to-toe with Glenwood’s Shane Eberle (10). All three big men played well. Glenwood jumped out to a 12-9 lead in a well played first quarter behind 6 points from Eberle and 4 from Pat Laport. Ballenger got 7 points from Harris-Winn in the opening quarter. In the second quarter with approximately two minutes left in the quarter the game was tied at 20-20 when Glenwood went on a 7-0 spurt to close the quarter for a 27-20 halftime lead. Mikey Wynne led the charge for Glenwood in the quarter with 8 points (two three pointers) and Ballenger got 6 points from Lavern. In the third quarter Ballenger outscored Glenwood 13 -8 to cut the Glenwood lead to 35-33 heading into the final stanza. Ballenger got 6 and 5 points respectively from Harris-Winn and Levern. In the fourth quarter the game seesawed back and forth with Ballenger Creek eventually taking a 44-43 lead late in the game. Glenwood had one final change to escape with the victory but could not convert. Ballenger also got scoring from Abb Kapoor 6 points. Glenwood was led in scoring by Mikey Winn 14 points with Pat LaPort also chipping in 8 points.
Glenwood JV 56 Ballenger Creek 28 Glenwood’s JV started the game with a 16-0 run on the way to a 21-3 first quarter lead. Glenwood got 6 points from Brent Richardson and 5 from Dominic Napolitano in the opening quarter. In the second quarter Ballenger got on track outscoring Glenwood 10-9 in the quarter resulting in a Glenwood 30-13 halftime lead. Ballenger Creek got 6 points from Jordan Evans-McFarland and 4 from Jermone Love in the quarter. In the second half Glenwood outscored Ballenger 26-15 for a final score of 56-28. Glenwood was led in scoring by Dominic Napolitano (11) and Cody Link (10). Glenwood also got scoring from Brent Richardson (7), Joshua Hightower (6) and Chris Conover (6). Ballenger Creek was led in scoring by Jordan Evans-McFarland (9), Jermone Love (5) and Brian Dorsey (5).
Crestwood Varsity 75 St. John's 17. Crestwood's tenacious defense and strong rebounding led to an up-tempo, fast break game for the Cavaliers. Crestwood's balanced scoring was led by Bryan Ingram (11 pts), Chad Owens (10 pts, 10 assists, 9 rebounds), Anthony Naylor (10 pts), and Xavier Sewell (10 pts). All the Cavaliers scored. The Vikings were led by Matt Carr and Ryan Woodward with four points each.
St John’s and Crestwood battled for the second time in less than a week and St John’s defeated Crestwood 43-33. While the first meeting saw a lot more offense, this matchup provided a good display of defense. A starting lineup of all 6th graders provided a big spark for the Cavs and ended with a slim 14-10 St John’s lead at the end of the first quarter. St John’s increased the lead to 23-14 at the half. A strong start saw the Cavs cut the lead to four during the third quarter, but they were never able to get closer. Both teams played solid defense and St John’s was able to hold on for the victory. Demetrius Anderson played a solid game for the Cavs and finished with 14 points. Alonzo Dorsey added nine points, with a strong effort. Trevor Lecouna paced St John’s with 12 points, while Will Bureau added eight points for the Vikings.
Varsity TJ 37 Walkersville 26 Thomas Johnson came to play, out hustling the Lions in all phases of the game. The Patriots started the game with a 14-1 run and the Lions could never overcome it. Walkersville allowed only five third quarter points but could only muster seven; led by Sem Brubaker's nine. Thomas Johnson had seven players score with Jacob Renn leading the way with eight points.
Thomas Johnson Patriots squeaked out a 38-37 victory against a pesky Walkersville Lions jayvee team. It was close, hard fought game from both sides. Walkersville came up short in the end, with a long range 3 point shot bouncing off of the rim at the end of the game. TJ was led by Demonte Williams, who had 13 points, and Jared Ruiz, who had 8. Joey DiFrancesco, whose back to back 3 pointers in the fourth quarter were critical to TJ's win, also chipped in with 8. The Lions were led by Brendan Cassels, who had a game high 16 points. David Forney had 8 in a losing effort.
Linganore's Clayton Conner hit five three-pointers, finished with 25 points, and led the Lancers to a 56-54 varsity win over Poolesville---thus putting a solid halt to the Falcon's unbeaten season. Poolesville opened up an early 10-point lead and was on top by five at the half, but an avalanche of three-pointers (nine total) by the Lancers doomed the home team to their first defeat of the season. In addition to Conner's heroics, Kyle Nicolet got the Linganore comeback started with two long three's to open the third quarter. Josh Slaughter hit for 12 points to compliment Conner's impressive handle at the point guard spot. Poolesville's opening lead came courtesy of Andy Baker (game-high 30 points) as he had it working early with 12 points in the first quarter. Hunter Pearre (11 points total) hit a late three to tie things up with under a minute to play. Craig Morton also scored five for the Falcons.
In a game that had all of the trappings of a rivalry in the making, Poolesville's JV came from 13 points down to beat Linganore's JV Boys by a final score of 49-48. Steve Morningstar hit the game-winner for the Falcons with 5.7 seconds left to play. Outstanding 6th grader Thomas Lang almost won it for the Lancers as he was fouled with less than a second left, but his free throw rimmed out, as did a put-back that would have also counted and been the game-winner had it dropped in. Morningstar finished with 11 points and teammate Zach Long followed up with nine points. Joey Cartwright and Logan Rocco finished with eight points each for the Falcons. The Lancers were led by Joseph Burke with 17 points, Derek Wilson with 10 points, and Jack Staub with eight points.
Monocacy visited Windsor Knolls in the first of their two divisional meetings Sunday evening. The game was nothing if not exciting. It was a game of runs, scoring droughts for both teams and great hustle and Monocacy took a 56-48 win. Each team battled as hard as the next throughout the game, but Windsor Knolls could not find an answer for #30, Cosley. Cosley was dominant in the paint and drew the Hawks’ defense away from the basket, allowing his teammates to cash in on easy buckets as well. Cosley got off to a quick start and did not falter while he was in the game. Though his minutes were somewhat limited by foul trouble (he amassed four), he was able to use his left hand as a great advantage in the post, scoring 17 on the Hawks with the only point not scored in the paint a free-throw. The Hawks were not without stellar individual efforts themselves. #23, Singer, for the Hawks was nothing short of spectacular. He was dynamic, nailing three three-pointers and adding two excellent drives to the hole en route to 13 points. Unfortunately for the Hawks, Singer went down in the third quarter with an ankle injury. The Hawks hit a bit of a cold spot when Singer went down, going down by 9 at the end of the third quarter. But, Windsor Knolls’ #25, Shombert, came off the bench with a fury, nailing three three-pointers and adding a deep jumper en route to 11 quick points. Shombert’s individual effort and 7 points from both #12, Stein and #45, Coffey, for Windsor Knolls helped them to tie the game late in the 4th quarter, but Cosley and Monocacy would not be denied, sealing the game late with a three from #4 McClain. Monocacy took the victory, 56-48 as the Hawks fell at home for the second time in three games.
The Mustangs handed the Hawks their first defeat of the season 53-47. in a thrilling JV contest. The Hawks were on fire early as Matt Bruffey nailed two long 3 pointers and Windsor Knolls raced to a 18-6 lead at the end the first quarter. The Mustangs roared back in the second quarter scoring 23 points as they controlled the boards and ran the fast break to perfection. Nick Hoult paced the Mustangs with 8 in the second quarter and Miles Messah contributed 6 as the Mustangs took the lead 29-25 at the break. Coach Boyd's squad continued the torrid pace in the second half extending the lead to 15 late in the game. The Mustangs played an aggressive trapping zone that gave the Hawks problems. The Hawks refused to go away and fought back cutting the lead to 4 points with a little over 2 minuets left in the game. The Hawks went to their big man Ian Eversull and he responded with strong post moves resulting in 15 points. He hit the board hard igniting the Hawks fast break enabling them to get back into the game. Tyler Pearre got hot in the 4th quarter scoring 7 of his 9 points. Joey Apea helped on the boards and finished with 6. Matt Bruffey had a solid game at the point scoring 13 including three 3 pointers. The well coached Mustangs got a great game from Travis Barbe His strong inside game netted him 14 points. He was a force on the boards and his outlet passes got the Mustangs running game in high gear. Teammate Nick Hoult had an outstanding game finishing with 11. The games high scoring Mike Mensah had a terrific game finishing with 17. The game was played before a large crowd at Urbana High School.
The Glenwood Cobra's varsity was back to form after it's loss Saturday to Urbana, defeating Thomas Johnson 52 to 31 at Marriotts Ridge High School. Glenwood's versatile sixth man, Zack Haussler came of the bench to score 17 points and grab 11 rebounds to lead the way for the Cobra's. The game was a battle and much closer than the score would indicate. Glenwood took a slight 8 to 10 lead after the first quarter and edged it up to a 24 to 16 margin at the half. Inserting Haussler into the line-up Glenwood was able to maximize a rebounding advantage in a 2-3 zone, Tj cut into Glenwood's lead and trailed 27 to 32 going into the fourth. Tj moved the ball well against the zone, hitting Jacob Renn in the high post. Renn converted several power moves to the hoop and dropped in key jump shots to keep TJ within striking distance, finishing with a team high 14 points. Glenwood then went into high gear, outscoring the Patriots 20 to 4 in the fourth. Uvan Stewart added 11 points for the Patriots with strong moves to the basket and great hustle on the offensive boards. Also scoring for TJ was Brian James who hit for 6. Glenwood's hot shooting gaurd, Robert Campanile scored all of his 8 points in the first half, incluing two three pointers. Big man Shane Eberle added 9 for the Cobra's and point gaurd John Gillliland added 6 points and 11 assists with explosive drives to the hoop and slick dishes to Haussler and Eberle. Alex Melcher came of the bench in the fourth quarter, adding 6 points to the Glenwood surge.
The JV Cobra's outlasted the visiting Patriots in a thrilling 46 to 45 overtime win. The game was a back and forth struggle from buzzer to buzzer with neither team taking more than a 4 point lead. TJ held a 13 to 12 lead after the first behind 8 points from Demonte Williams. Williams handled the ball and frequently broke Glenwood's press, converting nice drives to the hoop and stroking pull up jump shots. Glenwood was able to pull ahead for a 28 to 25 halftime lead on Dominic Napolitano's 9 first half points and Josh Hightower's 6. Williams had 10 at the half and Jared Ruiz added 9 more for the Patriots as the pair combined for 19 of the teams 25 points. Both teams continued to press in the second half as the tension built. Glenwood managed to hold the lead at 41 - 37 with 3 minutes remaining in the game but could not manage any more points in regulation. TJ rallied and knotted the score at 41 on a 3 pointer by Ruiz, sending the contest in to overtime. Overtime was more tension packed action as TJ took the lead, 39 - 40 on a Williams drive. Both teams continued to press and trap, resulting in turnovers until with 30 seconds left, Napolitano came up with a steal on the defensive ended and took it coast to coast for what would be the game winner. TJ's next shot fell short and Glenwood managed to spread the floor and run out the final seconds. Williams lead all scorers with 16 followed by Ruiz with 13. Napolitano lead Glenwood with 11 followed by Hightower's 10. Trevor Winn added 9 for Glenwood, including a clutch 4th quarter 3.
Middletown varsity 45 Linganore 30. Middletown applied full court presssure to create several Linganore turnovers to break open a 5 point game entering the 4th quarter to pull away and win by 15 points, 45 to 30. Middletown outscored the Lancers 15 to 5 in the final quarter. Ben Panther scored 18 for Middletown and Bradley Riochart put in 17 for the winning team. Clay Conner scored 11 points for Linganore.
Linganore JV 26, Middletown 37. Linganore was led by Derek Wilson with 10 pts, Ben Flower with six pts, and Thomas Lang with four pts. Ben Flower also led the Lancers with seven rebounds. Middletown was led by Chandler Redmond with 20 pts, Colson Kirchner with 12 pts and Ian Roy with three pts.
Crestwood varsity tops St.Johns (61-26) Crestwood was paced by Owens(16points)and Simmons and Shiferaw(8points each) St.Johns was led by Matt Carr(13points)
In the JV contest, St. Johns finished up a hectic week playing their 5th game in 8 days and winning their fourth game in a row by defeating the Crestwood JVs 52-36. St. Johns jumped out to an early 16-2 lead and never looked back. The Vikings pressed and ran the fast break with Trevor Lecuona dishing out 11 assists to go along with 11 points. Will Bureau had 14 points and 8 rebounds for the Vikings while D'Marco Saunders added 9. The Cavaliers never gave up and with the help of 6th graders, Demetrius Anderson (12 points), and Benjamin Meredith (7 points), made a few runs in the 4th quarter but it wasn't enough for the Cavaliers who will have a shot at redemption this Thursday at home in a rematch.
Brunswick JV defeated MSD 58-11. Brunswick jumped out to an 8 -0 lead after the first quarter and would hold the lead for the rest of the game. All 11 players for Brunswick got into the scoring column, They were led by Dalton Anderson who had 9 points. Joe Rindone, Doug Pearl, Chase Loy, Eric Jones, Numodi Okeye and Jimmy Green all chipped in 6 points each. MSD was led in scoring by Carey Ballard with 3 points and Bailey Moers with 2 points.
The Urbana Hawks' varsity team kept their Chesapeake winning streak alive and ended Glenwood's with a 58 to 52 victory at Glenelg High School. Glenwood, playing with only eight players managed an 8 to 9 lead at the end of the first quarter as the pace was frenetic. Glenwood, accumulating fouls and trying to pace themselves did implement their usual press and fell back into a 2-3 zone. That was enough to buld a slight 21 to 25 cushion at the half. Urbana's Zack Thomas was steadily accumulating is game high 33 points, scoring 8 of the Hawks 9 in the first quarter and finishing the half with 12. He added another 8 in the 3rd quarter as Urbana took the lead 41 to 39 going into the final quarter. Urbana kept the tempo up in the fourth as 2 of Glenwoods players fouled out. Thomas lit up the Cobra's for 13 fourth quarter points. Urbana went 15 for 19 from the line as Glenwood could only manage 3 for 9. Leading scorers for Glenwood were Shane Eberle with 13 each and Robert Campanile with 10. Austing Gouldin added 7 for Urbana.
The Urbana JV team defeated Glenwood 50 to 38 to move to 4 and 1 in the Chesapeake division as Glenwood dropped to 3 and 2. Glenwood came out flat and cold as they fell behind 11 to 14 after the first period. Sam Giulliani Chris Dimarizo hit for 6 points each. Urbana extended their lead to 19 - 25 at half as Glenwood's Josh Hightower was the only Cobra to score in the quarter, hitting for 8. Hightower scored all of his team high 10 in the first half. In the 3rd quarter, the Hawks outscored Glenwood 15 to 3. Glenwood managed 16 points in the 4th but it was too little too late as Urbana went 8 for 9 from the line on the night to Glenwood's 1 for 10. Urbana also shot 7-14 from the floor in the second half. Urbana was lead by Giulliani with 14 and Dimarizo with 12.
Folly Quarter traveled to TJ looking for revenge from a earlier season loss to the Patriots in a Holiday Tournament and got what they were looking for as they led from start to finish winning 32-31. Folly Quarter jumped out to a 15-9 first quarter lead behind 6 points from Keenan Schlecht. Both teams defenses took over from there. TJ was able to close the gap in the second quarter trailing 19-15 at the half. The third quarter continued with tough defense by both teams as Folly Quarter held TJ to two points. Folly Quarter led 24-17 after three quarters. Folly Quarter scored a quick basket to start the fourth and looked to pull away. TJ responded with a big three pointer from Alex Moir and Bryan Thompson finished off a driving layup and foul shot to complete a 3 point play to cut Folly Quarters lead to 29-27. Folly Quarters David Brookhart scored a layup to increase the lead to 32-29 with 25 seconds to play. Battling for a loose ball under TJ's basket a Folly Quarter player was called for a technical foul. Tj's Bryan Thompson calmly sank both free throws to cut the lead to 32-31 with 17 seconds to play. But in the end it Folly Quarters defense who caused a turnover and steal as TJ was unable to get off a last shot and went on to win 32-31 in a very exciting finish. TJ's Bryan Thompson led all scorers with 11 points including going 5 for 5 from the foul line. Isaih Lee and Jacob Renn each chipped in with 6 points a piece. Folly Quarter was led by David Brookhart who had an outstanding game scoring 10 points and Tyler Hoeflich finished with 7 hitting two big foul shots and a basket in the 4th.
A hard fought game was played against the jayvee teams from TJ and Folly Quarters. TJ won 38-25 but Folly Quarter pulled within three with four minutes to play. TJ's DeMonte Williams and Kyle Martin led all scorers with 10 points each. TJ's Jordan Ritter contributed 8 points and Joey DiDrancisco had five points. Folly Quarter's top scorers were Chris Lee with 8 points, Mark Moody with 7 and Dylan DeBeau with four.
The Poolesville Varsity team defeated Mt. Airy today, 64-52 . Poolesville was lead by Andy Bakerr with 28 points and Trevor Stottllemyer with nine points. Mt. Airy was lead by Daniel White with 14 points, Alec Scranton with nine and Carson Scharf with nine.
Poolesville jayvee 36 Mt Airy 23 Joe Cartwright was the high scorer for Poolesville with 13, Zach Long had 12 and Steven Morningstar had 6. Mt Airy was in foul toruble for most of the 2nd half. Poolesville was 14 for 26 from the line. High scorer for Mt Airy was 6th grader Jason Battiste with 5 one being a big 3 pointer. Andrew Buckley and Silas Kelly, both 6th graders had 4 points each.
Ballenger Creek varsity traveled to Windsor Knolls for their first match-up of the season and the Hawks won 35-32. The Hawks struggled from the free-throw line, missing all 7 of their first-quarter attempts. The only highlight was a three-pointer by #23, Singer. Ballenger Creek’s #41, Harris-Winn dominated the paint en route to 8 first-quarter points and a 8-7 Ballenger lead. The low scoring trend continued into the second quarter, as Windsor Knolls missed another two free-throws and struggled to get the ball to fall. #45, Coffey, led the Hawks with 4 points in the second. Ballenger’s Harris-Winn was plagued with foul trouble and had to come out for most of the quarter, leaving the post scoring to #53, Lavern, as he added 4 points for Ballenger. Windsor Knolls was able to capture the lead at half, 16-14. In the third quarter, Ballenger cut the lead to 1 point, 25-24, spreading the scoring around to four players. Winsor Knolls was led again by #45, Coffey, who put up 5. The game remained tight in the fourth quarter. Ballenger’s #54, Pervet, put up 6 points and Windsor Knolls’ #45, Coffey, countered again with 6 4th quarter points. The Hawks were led by #45, Coffey, with 14 points and #42, Schmidt, with 10 points. Ballenger was led by #41, Harris-Winn, with 10 points; he surely would have posted more if foul trouble had not been a factor.
The jayvee Hawks jumped off to a 16-4 first quarter lead fueled by 6 points from Joey Apea and a 3 pointer from Steve Ramsburg. The Hawks Ian Eversull and Joey Apea controlled the boards triggering an up tempo first half for Windsor Knolls. Apea and Eversull continued to score in the second quarter with 6 more for Apea and 5 from Eversull. The Hawks led at the break 31-17. The Bulldogs fought hard and got a great game from Kelvin Watson and Jemone Love. Watson's speed gave the Hawks problems resulting in 8 points on great moves to the basket. Love matched Watson with 8 points on jumpers including one 3 pointer. Christopher Masser added another 3 pointer and finished with 7 points. The inside scoring of Eversull and Apea dominated the game as the Hawks remained unbeaten with a 57-38 victory. Eversull finished with 11 points 8 boards and 3 blocked shots. Apea had an outstanding game posting up, getting offense rebounds, and had a game high 16 points and 9 rebounds. Garrett Wrightson came in off the bench and gave the Hawks a great game contributing 10 points. Matt Bruffey and Steve Ramsburg ran the point for the Hawks. Bruffey finished with 6 and Ramsburg with 5. Sam Cristoff had another great game for the Hawks coming in off the bench to play great defense and also scored 3 points. His assist to Garrett Wrightson ended the scoring for the Hawks. It was a beautiful pinpoint pass in traffic to Wrightson under the hoop. The Hawks played team basketball led by the 5 assists from Ramsburg and 3 from Tyler Pearre. Ramsburg also contributed 6 points. Pearre helped trigger the fast break with a game high 7 steals. Brady Collins, Colin Hynes and Keegan Lane also played well for the Hawks.
In varisty play Monocacy came out the gates hard playing a fast uptemo game. Lead my D'Vaugham Cosley with 22 points 8 rebounds and Josh McClain 15 points. Monocacy 56 West Frederick Middle 38. West Frederick was lead Trace Russ 12 points.Jon King and Brent Karla each have 7 points.
Monocacy Mustanges Jayvee defeat West Frederick Cadets 41 to 36 Monocacy was led in scoring by Travis Barbe who scored 17 points, followed by Miles Mensah eight points, Jazah Brightful and Nick Hoult, four points each, Joshua Price three points, Theiber Remy and Dreww Yarborough two points each, and Kevin Meshea one point. West Frederick was led in scoring by Adriene Batts 13 points, Eric Boyce eight points, Terrell McCaa four points, Eli three points, Dustin Dentinger, Jacob Stephen, Timothy Lyles, and Sedale Patton had two points each. West Frederick was 4 for 14 from the free throw line, while Monocacy shot just 3 for 11 from the line. The Mustanges jumped out to a 14 to 5, 1st quarter lead, but was out scored by the Cadets 36 to 27 the next three quarters.
Crestwood's all-around game was too much for Catoctin Saturday night. A smothering defense coupled with good rebounding and accurate shooting throughout the contest lead Crestwood to a 65-44 victory. Crestwood was up by 8 at the half, but an effective press pushed the lead to 19 by the end of the 3rd quarter. Catoctin was plagued by turnovers throughout the game. Leading the way for Crestwood was Chad Owens with 19 points. Minase Shiferaw netted 10 points. Anthony Naylor and Bryan Ingram scored 9 and 8 respectively. Jacob Tokar and Jackson Steinly played well and lead the way for Catoctin dropping 12 and 11 points respectively. Peyton Laramore also played a strong defensive game for the Cougars with 3 blocked shots.
Catoctin JV defeats Crestwood 68-59 in overtime. Both teams used a fast paced transition game in a contest that would see the lead change hands several times. Crestwood led at the end of the first quarter 12-11. Crestwood increased their lead slightly, leading 29-27 at the half. Catoctin used a 10-1 run to take a 37-30 lead early in the 3rd quarter but Crestwood came back with a 17-3 run of their own to take a 47-40 lead at the end of the quarter. The fourth quarter saw Catoctin outscore Crestwood 17-10 to tie the score at the end of regulation. The overtime session saw Catoctin outscore Crestwood 11-2 to win the game. Catoctin was led by Collin Gregory who scored a game high 27 points while Bennie Dewees had 15 points and 5 assists and Colby Smith added 14 points. Jacolby Lott led Crestwood with 22 points while Micah Meredith had 11 points and Demetrius Anderson 8 points.
Oakdale and Brunswick varsity teams came out the gate with good pressure defense. Brunswick got 5 points in the first from Kyle Coats but Oakdale hung on for an 8-7 lead after one. The Second quarter was much of the same with both teams getting 6 and leading to a 14-13 Oakdale lead at half. The thrid was a different story Oakdale came out completely flat with no effort and Brunswick pulled away easily to secure a 31-20 lead after three. Oakdale benched the starters and the bench play was great winning the forth quarter 10-9 but it wasn't enough as Brunswick held on for the 40-31 win. Leading Brunswick were Kyle Coats with 14 and Zach Hossler with 10. Matt Klauka led Oakdale with 11
Oakdale’s JV team took the lead from opening tip-off and used strong defensive pressure to defeat Brunswick's JV team 48-34. Oakdale built a solid lead with the score 29-9 at the half. Brunswick played a determined game with a strong presence from their high scorer Doug Pearl with 10 points. In the end, the combination of balanced team scoring and defensive pressure resulted in the win for Oakdale. Ryan Shandoan led Oakdale scoring with 10 points with Nick Miller putting in eight points.
Glenwood defeated Windsor Knolls' varsity 61-43. The first quarter was a low-scoring, defensive battle. Glenwood’s #23, Eberle, towered above the competition with four 1st quarter points to lead Glenwood to a 7-3 lead at the end of the quarter. The 2nd quarter saw an offensive take-off for both Glenwood and Windsor Knolls. Unfortunately for the Hawks, Glenwood posted a very respectable 23 points in the quarter, while Windsor Knolls could only muster 15. Glenwood’s Campanile, #10, dropped two beautiful three pointers to score 6 in the quarter and nicely compliment #15, Haussler, who added 4 field goals and 8 points. #12, Stein and #23, Singer for the Hawks tried their best to counter Glenwood’s attack with a three pointer each and to accompany 4 points posted by #42 Schmidt. Glenwood’s lead at half-time was 37-18, a position Windsor Knolls is not used to this season. The third quarter was a stale mate, ending with a 14 point Glenwood lead, as Windsor Knolls racked up 14 points to Glenwood’s 13 and cutting only 1 point into the deficit. Windsor Knolls’ Wrightson, #30, dominated the quarter with 8 of the 14 points. Glenwood was led in scoring, again, by #15 haussler. In the fourth quarter, Windsor Knolls’ #31, Chanatry, led a storm of free-throws hoisted by the Hawks. Chanatry landed 5/6 free throws, other Hawks combined to go another 6/6 from the line and #23 Singer added a three. Despite the tremendous free throw shooting and aggressiveness in attacking the basket, the Hawks could not stop the shooting onslaught by Glenwood’s #10, Campanile- he drilled two deep three pointers, sunk two free throws and added another 2 field goals to score 12 in the fourth quarter alone. The Hawks tried valiantly, but Glenwood’s shooting performance was spectacular and unstoppable. Glenwood’s #10, Campanile led the scoring with 18 points; the Hawks’ Wrightson led with 10.
In a match up of two undefeated JV teams the Hawks prevailed in a hard fought physical contest 49-36. The Cobras jumped off to a quick 6-1 lead and the first half was a low scoring game with the Hawks leading at the break 16-15. Windsor Knolls offense came alive in the 3rd quarter. Joey Apea poured in 10 of the 19 third quarter points the Hawks scored to take a 35-23 lead heading into the final quarter. Ian Eversull and Joey Apea dominated the boards. Eversull pulled down 8 boards along with 6 points. Joey Apea was held to two points in the first half but exploded for 14 second half points finishing with a game high 16 and 11 boards. Matt Bruffy did a great job at the point hitting two big 3 pointers in route to 10 points. Stephen Ramsburg came off the bench and had a huge game. The Cobras were forced to foul late in the game and Ramsburg calmly went 8-8 from the foul line in the forth quarter and 10-10 for the game. The Hawks were perfect from the charity stripe hitting all 14 foul shots. The Cobras fought hard behind the outstanding play of Brent Richardson. Richardson hit jumpers and took the ball to the basket resulting in 13 points. Dominic Napolitano had a strong game finishing with 9 points.
Ballenger Creek varsity 76 St. John’s 37. The Ballenger Creek varsity team opened the game in a full court press and quickly showed they came to play by jumping out to a 27-4 first quarter lead behind a dominating first quarter performance from Isaiah Harris-Winn who scored 14 first quarter points. In the second quarter the Bulldogs didn’t let down as they increased their lead to 44-14 as Marshall Kayda came off the bench to score 7 points. Chris Stephey did his best to keep St. John’s in the game scoring 10 points in the second quarter. St. John’s outscored the Bulldogs 12-11 in the third quarter behind 6 points from Matt Carr. Ballenger picked up the pace again in the fourth quarter as they ran their offense almost to perfection outscoring St. John’s 21-11 in the final stanza for a final score of 76-37. The Bulldogs got a strong defensive afford from the entire team and a dominating offensive performance form Isiah Harris-Winn who finished with 30 points. Marshall Kayda chipped in 11 points for the Bulldogs. Ballenger also got scoring from Brandon Levern (7), Ryan Jurvelin (5), Xavier Hargrove (5) and Connor Greene (5). St. John’s got 16 big points from Chris Stephey and 12 from Matt Carr.
St. John’s JV 68 Ballenger Creek JV 38 St. John’s JV dominated play against Ballenger Creek passing the ball with an efficiency seldom seen at the JV level. St. John’s outscored the Bulldogs 23-6 in the first quarter behind 8 points from D’Marco Saunders and 5 each from Trevor Lecuona and Mitch Hochstein. St. John’s increased its lead to 45-18 behind 11 points from Mitch Hochstein and an array of assists from Trevor Lecuona. Julian Gerald got hot for Ballenger scoring 8 points in the second quarter. Ballenger came out in the second half playing inspired basketball and played practically even with St. John’s in the third quarter resulting in a score of 61-33 heading into the fourth quarter. In the third quarter Ballenger was led by Noah Tucker with 5 points and St. John’s got 5 from Trevor Lecuona. St. John’s outscored Ballenger 7-5 in the fourth for a final score of 68-38. St. John’s got a great floor game from Trevor Lecuona and was lead in scoring by Mitch Hochstein who finished with 17 points (5 three pointers). St. John’s had a balanced scoring attack getting scoring help from Trevor Lecuona (12), D’Marco Saunders (11), Michael Bealmear (10) and Will Bureau (6). Bellanger Creek got season high 12 points from Julian Gerald. Ballenger also got scoring help from Jermone Love (8), Noah Tucker (5) and Kyle Wilson (4).
Walkersville varsity 36 West Frederick 23 After a fast paced first quarter with the Cadets leading 13-12, the Lions defense took control allowing only two points for the next two periods. Cadet Trace Russ led the early charge with 8 of his team leading 14 points with hot outside shooting. The Lions executed their half court offense well and were led in scoring by Michael Torres and Sem Brubaker with 13 and 10 points respectively. Zach Hommey chipped in an additional seven points.
West Frederick JV used balanced scoring and tough defense to withstand a hot start from Walkersville JV Lions to take a 37-30 victory in Walkersville. The Cadets were paced by Eric Boyce with 8 points and Jacob Stephen with 7 points. Walkersville was led by David Forney with 15 points.
St.Johns tops MSD 56-31 St.Johns had a balanced attack led by Chris Stephey(13points)Matt Carr,Ryan Woodward,Ryan Baxter all with(9points)and Andrew Yaglenski(6points) MSD was led by Moers(18points)and Bonheyo(11points)
St. John's jayvee 64 MSD 12 St. John's was led by Mitch Hochstein with (11), D'Marco Saunders and Zach Cummings with (9), Michael Bealmear and Trevor Lecuona with (8) and Joey Nicastro with (6). MSD was led by Carey Ballard with 6 points
Linganore held off a determined Oakdale team to win 36 to 31. Both teams got off to a good start with Linganore holding a 13 -10 1st quarter lead thanks to two 3 point baskets by Clay Conner. In the second quarter both team struggled scoring as defense from each team took over. The half closed with Linganore clinging to a two point lead 17-15. David Carlisle scorred all 5 points for Oakdale in the quarter. The 3rd quarter saw several lead changes as Oakdale pulled ahead to end the quarter at 25-24. The game remained close until Linganore re-took the lead with about 4:30 remaining and them played patient baketball to milk the clock and pull away from Oakdale down the strech. Clay Conner & Kyle Nicolet each had a key 3 pointer in the period. Clay Connner finished with 17 points. David Carlisle totaled 12 points and Matt Klauka chipped in 10 for Oakdale.
Linganore JV 58, Oakdale 21. Linganore was led by Ben Flower with 12 pts, Evan Rowan and Casey Alvarado with 10 pts each. Ben Flower also led the Lancers in rebounds. Oakdale was led by Tyler Philip with nine and James Hoffman with six.
Catoctin varisty tops St.Johns 58-43 Catoctin had a balanced scoring attack, led by Jacob Tokar(14 points) Peyton Laramore(11 points) Mark Speak and Jackson Steinly (9 points each) St. Johns was led by Matt Carr (23 points) and Chris Stephey(9 points)
St. Johns used an early 4th quarter 3-pointer by Zach Cummings as a spark to pull away from Catoctin, 54-40. The Vikings used the inside scoring of Will Bureau, who led both teams with 16 points, and the inside/outside scoring of Cummings, who hit 2 three pointers and a traditional 3-point play in traffic on the way to 15 points. Trevor Lecuona had 11 assists and 8 points running the show. Catoctin was led by Ben Dewees who ended up with 12 points, including 2 3-pointers. Collin Gregory had a nice overall floor game and ended up with 11 while Ryan Wivell was tenacious on defense grabbing a host of rebounds and making things difficult for all the Vikings to score.
Urbana Varsity bounced back from the first loss of the season with a win over West Frederick. The Hawks came out and played 94 feet of basketball for the first half taking a 19 to 8 first quarter lead. Bringing in a fresh five and keeping the defensive pressure up the Hawks went into Half leading 29 to 12. The Cadets pushed back and scored sixteen in the third quarter, but still found themself down 50 to 28 going into the fourth quarter. Zach Thomas led the Hawks into the win with 22 points. The Cadet's Christian James was the second leading scorer with 16 points to include three 3 pointers.
The Urbana Hawks JV had their hands full as they held off an inspired West Frederick Cadets team for a 33-29 OT victory. The Hawks squad got off to a strong defensive start, as they ended the 1st quarter with a 10-4 lead. In the second quarter, Urbana overcame tough shooting by continuing their tough defensive effort, as they took an 18-9 lead into halftime. In the third quarter, both teams played fairly evenly, with the Cadets closing the gap a little, finishing the quarter trailing 25-18. However, the Cadets owned the fourth quarter, holding Urbana to four points while adding eleven of their own, to force the OT at 29-29. In the overtime, a key late basket, and a couple of free throws, allowed the Hawks to hold off the Cadets, who fell just short, 33-29. West Frederick was led by Kahari Kilgore’s 8 points and aided by six points from Eric Boyce and five points from Adriene Batts. The Hawks were led by Sam Giuliani's 15 points, Jonathan Woodard’s eight points, and Cody Wilcox's five points.
Poolesville outlasted Middletown varsity in a great divisional battle downing the knights 65-61 in overtime. It was a back and forth affair with both teams competing hard throughout the whole game. Both teams battled extremely hard but in the end it was timely shooting for Poolesville that made the difference. Middletown jumped out to a quick first quarter lead with intense defense and ended the quarter with a 12-5 lead. Poolesville then stormed back on the shoulders of Andy Baker who had 10 points in the second quarter alone. They outscored the Knights 22-11 in the 2nd period to take a 27-23 lead into the half. From then on it was back and forth for the rest of the game. Key shots were made on the Falcons’ side by Andy Baker, Mitchell Poe, and Hunter Pearre. The game was sent into overtime with a steal and layup by Ben Panther with less than :30 seconds to go. Poolesville then took the lead with a bucket on their first possession in overtime and never looked back. The Falcons were led by their powerhouse scorer Andy Baker with 25 points. Hunter Pearre had 11 and Mitchell Poe had 13. Middletown was led with a gutsy effort by Brad Rinehart with 21. Chase Hoffman had a good day underneath with 15 and Ben Panther added 13.
The JV Middletown Knights rebounded from a tough Saturday road loss to Glenwood with a solid win at home over Poolesville, 46-31. The game began looking like it was to be a high-scoring offensive affair with the first quarter ending 18-13 Middletown. Middletown got an early start with the sharp shooting of Nathan Wright, while Poolesville started red hot from outside with long threes from Steven Morningstar and Zach Long keeping Middletown from getting away early. Things settled down a bit in the second quarter with both teams playing solid defense and getting some offensive production leading to a halftime score of 29-24 Middletown. Steven Morningstar presented big problems throughout the first half with his outside shooting touch, his aggressive drives to the basket, and his tenacious rebounding against taller Middletown players. The flow of the second half changed in Middletown's favor, and they managed to extend their lead slightly with some good defensive adjustments that held Poolesville to three points total for the quarter. Middletown had some scoring problems of their own with good shots not falling, but the lead was nine at the third quarter buzzer. Middletown was able to put the game away in the fourth with composed play and tremendous free throw shooting from several players including Jake Full, Chandler Redmond, and Will McClain, leading to the final tally. Steven Morningstar led Poolesville with a game high 20 points, with a nice effort from Zach Long knocking down seven. Middletown's balanced scoring attack was led by Will McClain with 12, Chandler Redmond with 10, and Colson Kirchner with 9. In all it was a good team win with eight Middletown players scoring points.
Folly Quarter Falcons Varsity 42 Monocacy 30. In a fast paced game Monocacy lead Folly Quarter after the 1st period 11-6 on the shooting of Josh McClain 5 points and David Larson 4 points. The 2nd period Folly Quarter turned it on and at the half the score was Monacacy 19 Folly Quarter 18. The 3rd and 4th period Folly Quarter played shut-down defense and allowed just 11 points while FQ poured in 24 points. Folly Quarter offense was lead by Cyrus Vaughn 11 points, Tyler Hoeflich 10 points and Tyler Wasson 10 points. Chris Dugan added 6 points. Monocacy was lead by D'Vaughan Cosley 14 points.
Combining aggressive defensive pressure with a strong inside game, Monocacy JV handily defeated Folly Quarter JV on the Falcons home court 51-21. Monocacy applied early pressure on Folly Quarter in the first quarter but had a hard time putting the ball in the bucket. Once the Mustangs got warmed up they were hard to stop and took a convincing 21-10 lead into the locker room at halftime led by 7 points from Travis Barbe and 4 points each from Miles Mensah and Jacob Medina. Mark Moody was Folly Quarter's leading scorer at the half with 4 getting help from Shawn Carter, Bebe Kim and Greg Cox each with 2 points. In the second half Monocacy turned their trapping defensive and strong defensive rebounding into a host of fast break points from a number of players including Shane Mattax with 5 points, Drew Yarborough with 4 points and Jourdon Hoy, Travis Barbe and Tyler Anderson each adding 3 points. Tyler Anderson's three coming on a sweet three pointer in the 4th quarter. For Folly Quarter, the entire team put forth a valiant effort in the defeat contributing a great deal of hustle and poise until the final buzzer. Mark Moody had a nice all-around game for Folly Quarter contributing 10 points to lead scoring for the Falcons. Travis Barbe was the high scorer for Monocacy with 10 points as well.
Windsor Knolls tops St.Johns varsity ( 51-27) Windsor Knolls was led in scoring by Peter Chanatry (12-points)Kyle Singer and Jonathan Stein(10-points each) St.Johns was led by Matt Carr(10-points) and Claudio Tannure(6-points)
In the JV contest, St. Johns gave the mighty Windsor Knolls JV’s all they could handle for 3 and a half quarters before falling 46-36 to the Chesapeake Division leaders. St. Johns led at the end of the 3rd quarter 33-30 behind the 3-point shooting and floor leadership of Trevor Lecuona. Unfortunately for St. Johns, Windsor Knolls man in the middle, Ian Eversull, came alive to take over the in the final period and was leading scorer finishing with 20 points. Hitting jumpers around the bucket, blocking shots, and hitting his free throws, Eversull was able to complement the early support of Cody Kastner who had 15 points and was a steady force hitting jumpers while St. Johns packed it in to try and contain Eversull. Lecuona led St. Johns with 10 points including 3 3-pointers and 6 assists while D’Marco Saunders and Mitch Hochstein added 7 points each. Will Bureau led St. Johns with 3 steals and 8 rebounds.
The Catoctin varsity defeated Mt. Airy today, 59-49 . Catoctin was lead by Jacob Tokar with 18 points, Peyton Laramore with 12 and John J.D. Wilhelm with 12 points. Mt. Airy was lead by Carson Scharf with 17 points and Renz Lacerna with eight.
Catoctin jayvee 41 Mount Airy 36. It was a close game all 4 quarters. The lead changed hands several times. Finally Catoctin pulled ahead. Collin Gregory led Catoctin with 18 points, Benjamin Dewees and Owen Taylor, each had 8 points. Mount Airy was led by Andrew Buckley with 9 points and Bobby Wiley with 7. Tanner Elmore and Bryce Dillon each had made some key shots during the game.
Creswtwood & Linganore varsity played a close first half with Crestwood leading at the break 26 to 20. Crestwood used a strong 3rd quarter to pull away to a comportable 15 point lead 43-28. Crestwood's aggresive defense denied Linganore any chance of a comeback and closed the game stong winning 55 to 37. Crestwood had 3 players in double figures led by Xavier Sewell with 15 pts, followed by Chad Owens with 11 pts and Marcus Simmons with 10. Kyle Nicolet led Linganoe with 11 pts.
Linganore JV 48, Crestwood 37. Linganore was led by Jake Tarte with 15 pts and Ben Flower with 14 pts. Ben Flower also led the Lancers in rebounds. Crestwood was led by Ben Meredith with 16 pts and Alonzo Dorsey with six pts.
Ballenger Creek varsity defeated Brunswick 47-37. Led by the inside play of Isaiah Harris-Winn and some timely three pointers, Ballenger Creek was able to defeat Brunswick. Ballenger jumped out to a 12-8 lead after the first quarter. Behind a three pointer by Abh Kapoor and solid inside scoring by Harris-Winn and Brandon Lawern Ballenger stretched their lead to 13 in the second quarter. Brunswick closed the quarter on a 5 - 0 run to close the game to 28-20 at halftime. Brunswick was able to outscore the Bulldogs 10 - 6 in the third quarter to slice the score to 34-30 Ballenger after three quarters. Harris-Winn collected several offensive rebounds and put backs in the fourth quarter and Ballenger was able to pull away for the victory. Ballenger Creek was lead by Harris-Winn with 15 points. Brandon Lawern and Abh Kapoor each chipped in 8 points. Brunswick was led by Zach Hossler with 13 points. Kyle Coats added 6 points and 10 rebounds.
Ballenger Creek JV defeated Brunswick 43-28. Ballenger rallied from an early 7-0 deficit and then went on to lead the rest of the way in their victory over Brunswick. Ballenger's pressure defense created several Brunswick turnovers and lead to easy baskets. Jerome Love provided an offensive spark off the bench and led Ballenger with 15 points. Rhashad Johnson added 6 points and Noah Tucker also had 6 points (all on three pointers). Doug Pearl led Brunswick with 10 points. Eric Jones added 6 points and John O'Connor had 5 points.
The highly anticipated matchup between neighborhood rivals, Crestwood and Ballenger Creek, turned into a low scoring chess match with Crestwood prevailing 39-29. Early foul trouble on both sides prevented either team from finding their rhythm. The first half ended with the Bulldogs holding a slight 13 to 12 advantage. Coming out of the half, the Cavs turned on the pressure both offensively and defensively. The defensive pressure resulted in numerous turnovers by the Bulldogs, while the offensive attack resulted in major foul trouble for the Ballenger big men. The third quarter ended with Crestwood on top 27-23. The Cavs stayed at the free throw line during the fourth quarter, scoring 8 of final their 12 points on the line. Anthony Naylor, Marcus Simmons and Brison Hopper all shot 100% from the line. Crestwood was led by Marcus Simmons (12 points) and Chad Owens (8 points, 7 rebounds). Ballenger Creek was led by Marshall Kayda (9 points), Isaiah Harris-Winn (7 points) and Brandon Lavern (6 points).
Crestwood defeated Ballenger in a thrilling overtime victory, before a packed house at Tuscarora High School, 59-54. Crestwood jumped out to a 14-5 first quarter lead, and led at the half 28-21. Ballenger came out in the second half, led by Jerome Love, who finished with a game high 24 points and quickly made a game of it. JaColby Lott and Eric Headland each made three clutch foul shots in overtime to secure the win for the Cavs. Lott finished with 16 points to pace the Cavs. Ben Meredith scored 12 points and Headland and Alonzo Dorsey chipped in with nine and eight points respectively for the Cavs. In addition to Love’s outstanding game, Calvin Watson scored 10 points for the Bulldogs.
Windsor Knolls varsity defeated the Cadets 56-50, the score was tied in the first two quarters, the first being tied at 10 and the second being tied at 30. Windsor Knolls took the lead in the 3rd quarter and won the game. High scorers for Windsor Knolls were Kyle Singer with 18 and Jonathan Stein with 10 ;points. High scorers for the Cadets were hristina James with 17, and Jonathan King with 14, Trace Russ added 6 points while Jeremiah Chambers had 5.
Windsor Knolls defeated the jayvee Cadets 23 -15. High scorer for Windsor knolls was Ian Eversull with 8 and Jacob Mitterade with 5 points. High scorers for the cadets were Adriene Batts with 6 and Jacob Long with 3 points.
TJ Varsity holds off Catoctin 44-30. TJ jumped out to a 12-6 first quarter lead behind 6 points from the hot shooting Bryan Thompson. The second quarter was back and forth and the Cougars from Catoctin playing a solid 1-3-1- defense hung tough. The Patriots went into halftime leading 20-13. In the third quarter TJ got scoring from five different players and increased there lead to 31-21. In the 4th quarter TJ's Isaiah Lee got the hot hand scoring 9 of his game high 12 points as TJ went on to win 44-30. Both teams had balanced scoring as 10 players from TJ and 8 players from Catoctin all scored. TJ was led by Isaih Lee's 12 points and Bryan Thompson finished with 8 points. Jacob Renn finished with 6 points and did a great job on the boards. Alex Moir chipped in with five including a key 3 pointer in the third. The Cougars from Catoctin were led by Jacob Tokar who finished with 9 points and was 5 of 6 from the free throw line. Peyton Laramore finished with 6 points and Mark Smith and Mark Speak both chipped in with 4 points
Catoctin's JV defeated Thomas Johnson 58-52 in a hard fought game. Catocitin's Collin Gregory had a game high 19 points and Colby Smith had 13 points. DeMonte Williams lead TJ with 15, Jordan Ritter had 12 and Jared Ruiz had 10. TJ staged a late fourth quarter rally to pull within six but couldn't get any closer.
The first quarter between Oakdale and Poolsville varsity was a defensive battle with Poolsville coming out on top 6-5. The second quarter was much of the same only Poolsville was able to extend the lead to 16-10 at half. In the second half Poolsville used good defense and shooting to pull away for the win 48-29. Oakdale didn't help its self by shooting 8-24 from the freethrow line. Leading Poolsville in scoring was Craig Morton with 15 and Andy Baker with 12. For Oakdale it was Matt Klauka with 15
Oakdale's jayvee defeated Poolesville 53 to 47. Oakdale had the lead for most of the game but Poolesville kept fighting back and kept it close the entire game. For Poolesville, Stefan Morningstar had eighteen points and Zach Long had a team high twenty points and was a perfect eight for eight from the free throw line. Oakdale had a balanced attack as ten players scored. Oakdale was lead by JD Huntt with nine points and ten from Nick Bloom.
The Glenwood Varsity looked in mid-season form as it won it's home opener 64 to 42 against a scrappy, athletic Middletown team. Glenwood used a mix of zone and man presses and an up-tempo offense to set a fast pace to the game, but it was the size advantage that proved the difference as 6' 4" center Shane Eberle lead the way with 16 points and 11 rebounds followed by forward Pat Laport's 14 points and 10 rebounds. Glenwood opened up a 16 to 9 lead at the end of the first quarter but it was the second quarter that Glenwood rallied, outscoring the visitors 21 to 7 behind 10 points from Laport, giving Glenwood a 37 to 16 halftime lead. Middletown hung tough in the third, outscoring the home team 8 to 10. In the fourth Eberle dominated as he went 5 for 5 from the floor and got 5 blocks on the defensive end. But Middletown never backed down, scoring 16 points in the quarter, lead by Ben Panther's 7 of his team high 12 points. Bradley Rinehart provided steady scoring for the visitors with 10 points, scoring in all four quarters. Point Gaurd John Gilliland added 13 for Glenwood along with 4 assists.
The Glenwood JV, playing it's home opener, moved to 3 and 0 on the season by defeating visiting Middletown 50 to 46 at Glenelg High School. Glenwood jumped out to a 12 - 7 first quarter lead behind Brent Richardson's 6 points and Trevor Winn's 5. Middletown came charging back and took the lead, 15 - 14 in the second quarter on a 3-pointer by Chandler Redmond with 4 minutes left in the quarter. Glenwood then went on a furious tear, outscoring Middletown 17 to nothing behind 7 points from Dominic Napolitano and a 25 foot buzzer beater by Steven Segrist, to go into the half with a commanding 31 to 15 lead. Glenwood maintained a comfortable 44 to 31 lead going into the forth despite tough performances from Middletown's Colson Kirchner who hit for 7 of his 11 points in the quarter and Redmond who added 5 of his game high 18. Middletown steadily chipped away at the Glenwood lead as the home team repeatedly turned the ball over, forced bad shots, committed fouls and missed foul shots as Middletown closed to within 6 but ran out of time. Brent Richardson lead Glenwood with 17 points followed by Napolitano and Winn with 7 each. Ian Roy added 7 for Middletown.
The Brunswick MS Varsity boys basketball team defeated Mt. Airy today, 47-43 in overtime at Mt. Airy Middle School. Brunswick was lead by Brandon Axline with 20 points and Zach Hossler with 11 points. Mt. Airy was lead by Carson Scharf with 12 points and Ben Nardo’s all-around game, defense, rebounding and steals.
Brunswick jayvee 39 Mt Airy 32 Jimmy Grum was high scorer for Brunswick with 14 points, followed by Andrew Wanger with 10 points. Mt Airy was led by Bobby Wiley with 8 and followed by Silas Kelly with 6. The games was close the entire 4 quarters. Mt Airy was in foul trouble early and eventually had 2 kids foul out.
Folly Quarter pounded MSD Varsity, 35-16. Folly Quarter cleared the bench from the beginning of the game. Folly Quarter got their team together, 18-2 run in the 4th quarter. Leading scorers, for Folly Quarter, are Wasson and Cornack 8pts each. Both Jake Bonheyo and Cody Moers led MSD with 5pts each.
Folly Quarter defeated MSD JV, 40 to 21. Folly Quarter controlled through out the game. The halftime score was 20 - 12 in favor of Folly Quarter. They played defense very well. Folly Quarter had 20 to 9 run in the 2nd half. Baliey Moers led team scoring for MSD with 13 pts. Chris Lee led for Folly Quarter with 12pts.
The Thomas Johnson varsity jumped out to a commanding 21-3 first half lead and never looked back against the Ballenger Creek team. TJ was lead in scoring by Jacob Renn as they cruised to a 37-21 victory. The Patriots also got scoring help from Isaiah Lee (7), Uvan Stewart (6) and Alex Mohr (5). Ballenger Creek was lead in scoring by Isaiah Harris-Winn with 9 points.
The TJ JV squad got a strong first quarter from Kyle Williams (six points) as they raced out to a 10-3 first quarter lead. They extended their lead to 27-10 at the half behind a balanced scoring attack in the second quarter. Ballenger Creek fought hard in the second half out scoring TJ 18-15 but their comeback fell well short. TJ went on to a 42-28 victory behind 12 points from Kyle Williams, 9 points from Demonte Williams and 6 points from Amonte Williams. Ballenger Creek got 9 points from Jermone Love, 6 points from Kyle Wilson, 5 points from Noah Tucker and 4 points from Ladi Oduwole.
Crestwood varsity used balanced scoring to run past MSD 64-17. The Cavaliers were led by Bryan Ingram and Anthony Naylor with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Chad Owens, Marcus Simmons and Xavier Sewell chipped in with eight points each. Cody Moers' eight points led the way for MSD.
Crestwood got scoring contributions from twelve players en route to a 54-14 victory over MSD. Crestwood jumped out to a 27-5 lead at the half and never looked back. Wayne Layton, Ben Meredith, and Demetrius Anderson each scored eight points to lead the well balanced Cavalier attack. JaColby Lott and Ben Dao each played good floor games leading the Cav offense, while Layton provided a big spark in his first start of the year. For MSD, Kratt Brown scored five points, while Bailey Moers also played well in defeat for the Orioles.
Varsity Glenwood 58 Walkersville 44 Glenwood spoiled The Lion's 2010 home opener with a well rounded offensive attack. Nine players scored for Glenwood with the guards John Gilland and Robert Campanile leading the charge with 16 and 13 respectively.Campanile shot well with three 3 pointers. Walkersville kept it close for the first quarter (11-12) but went cold shooting and struggled defensively being outscored 32-11 in the next two quarters.The Lions scored 22 in the fourth, but it wasn't enough with Glenwood shooting 80% from the freethrow line. Sem Brubaker led the Lions with 13 points. Shane Eberly also scored double figures for Glenwood with 11 points including a three and was a rebounding force.
Glenwood used a strong first quarter and balanced scoring to knock off Walkersville 41-33 in Walkersville. Glenwood opened the game on a 10-0 run and led 13-4 after the 1st quarter. Glenwood then used tough defense and timely scoring to keep the Lions at bay throughout the rest of the game. Glenwood had great production their entire team, with each player scoring at least 2 points, led by Brent Richardson with 9 points and Trevor Winn with 7 points. Walkersville was paced by David Forney, who led the team with 10 points. Keanu Rosa had 7 points.
Walkersville's varsity was able to pull out a great 55-53 win to end a 40-game regular season varsity win streak by Urbana. Both teams came out the gate scoring eighteen each in the first quarter. The Hawks had a four point lead going into half 36 to 32. Walkersville took the lead in the 4th quarter behind two big three point shots from Zach Hommey who ended up with 14. Zach Thomas for Urbana finished the game as the high scorer with 27. Walkersville's Michael Torres finished the game with a strong 20 points, which was backed up by Sem Brubaker's 15. Urbana was able to pull within 2 with less than a second left, but a well coached Walkersville team was able to get the ball inbounds with time running out for the Hawks.
The Hawks JV team found itself starting 2010 in a tough battle with a determined Walkersville JV squad. A see saw affair throughout, the Walkersville squad got off to a strong start en route to a 15-11 lead after the first period. In the second quarter, Urbana used tough defense and timely shooting to take a 27-21 lead into halftime. In the third quarter, Urbana continued where they left off, outscoring Walkersville 12-4 and extending their lead to 39-25 entering the fourth quarter. However, Walkersville fought hard and clawed their way back falling just short, as the Hawks were able to hold them off for the 45-39 victory. Both teams did an outstanding job. Walkersville was led by Keanu Rosa’s 18 points and aided by seven points from Brendan Cassels. The Hawks, who enjoyed a very balanced attack, were led by Jonathan Woodard’s 17 points, Christian Di marzio’s 12 points, and Sam Giuliani’s nine points.
St. John's JV marched into Poolesville and headed back up RT 85 one hour later with a handy 42-22 win over Poolesville's JV Boys. The Vikings opened up a 15-2 halftime lead and put it on cruise control behind 16 points (including four three-pointers) from Mitch Hochstein and six points each from Michael Bealmear and Daniel Smith. Steven Morningstar led the Falcons with 12 points. Zach Long and Joey Cartwright had four points each in the losing Poolesville effort.
Poolesville's Varsity returned the favor by rolling past St. John's Varsity Boys by a final score of 66-41. Andy Baker (15 points) and Diesen Gorham (12 points) hit for double figures for the Falcons while Matt Carr (16 points) and Kyle Jen (7 points) did the heavy lifting for St. Johns.
Brunswick Varsity defeated Catoctin 47-32. Led by a double-double from Taiki Haugen Brunswick was able to pull away in the second half and defeat Catoctin. Brunswick held a slim 13-10 lead after the first quarter. Catoctin was able to get their offense going in the second quarter. Jackson Steinly was able to knock down a buzzer beating basket at the close of the second quarter and Catoctin held a 20-17 lead at halftime. After halftime, Brunswick turned up their defensive pressure and outscored Catoctin 19-5 in the third quarter to lead 36-25. Brunswick continued to widen the gap in the fourth quarter and finished with a 47-32 victory. Haugen led Brunswick with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Brandon Axline had an excellent all round game as he chipped in 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals. Jackson Steinly led Catoctin with 10 points and Peyton Laramore had 7 points.
Brunswick JV defeated Catoctin 54-43. Brunswick led from start to finish in this game. Brunswick got balance scoring in the first quarter and led 14-9. Both teams played well in the second quarter, but Brunswick was able maintain their lead at halftime at 23-16. The 3rd quarter started with Brunswick pushing their lead to as much as 16 points, but Catoctin would not go away and was able to cut into that lead and was only down 37-26 after three quarters. Brunswick did an excellent job of making their free throws in the fourth quarter to keep Catoctin from making a run and finished out the game with a 54-43 victory. Brunswick put three players in double figures led by Doug Pearl's 13 points. John O'Connor and Jimmy Green each added 12 points respectively. Green and O'Connor did an excellent job rebounding also. Collin Gregory led Catoctin with 13 points and Benjamin Dewees chipped in 11 points.
Monocacy's varsity outplayed Middletown in a game that came down to the wire at 52-48. Monocacy controlled most of the game taking an 8-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. They then were able to silent Middletown offensively in the second and took a commanding 27-19 lead into the half. Middletown made some critical pushes in the third quarter closing the lead to three at one point, but timely shooting from D'Vaughan Cosley and Jacob Bernstein allowed Monocacy to hold their 8 point lead going into the last quarter. Middletown's pressure defense again allowed them to claw their way back into the game cutting the lead to two with less than two minutes to play, but again Cosley iced the win with two beautiful turnaround post shots. D'Vaughan Cosley led the way for Monocacy with 15 points. Jacob Bernstein added 10 and Darryl Oulai and Josh McClain both added 8. Middletown was led by Brad Rinehart with 19. Ben Panther had 17 with Chase Hoffman chipping in 10.
The Middletown JV Knights continued their strong season start with a close, hard fought win over visitor Monocacy, 32 - 30. Middletown started the game quickly, jumping to a 10-4 first quarter advantage with the key inside play of #51 Colson Kirchner and good shooting from #41 Ian Roy. The JV Knights rode their good first quarter to a 15-12 halftime lead. Monocacy made some good adjustments at halftime, and behind a swarming half-court trapping defense, and great shooting from #14 MIles Mensah, they outscored the Knights 11-5 to finish the third quarter leading 23-20. The atmosphere was electric at the start of the fourth quarter in Middletown's gym as both teams played tough defense, and players gave their all in a tight contest. Monocacy's #22 Travis Barbe, who had been contained by Middletown through three quarters made his presence felt with 7 fourth quarter points, but the difference was strong rebounding from Middletown's #52 Will McClain, key baskets from #34 Chandler Redmond, and clutch free-throws down the stretch from #11 Nick Welch. Final totals for the game for Monocacy were Travis Barbe with 10 points, Miles Mensah and NIck Hoult with 7 each, and three others with two each. MIddletown was led by Nick Welch with 11, Chandler Redmond with 10, Ian Roy and Colson Kirchner with 4 apeice. Both teams are to commended for tremendous effort, great heart, and fabulous individual and team defensive performances.
Thomas Johnson varsity starts the New Year with a hard fought win against West Frederick 38-24. TJ jumped out to a 10-7 1st quarter lead behind 6 points from their big man Uvan Stewart. The 2nd quarter saw both teams play solid defense but struggle on offense as the long winter break took its toll. The Cadets Jonathan King scored two baskets in the second as West Frederick took its first lead of the game 11-10. TJ fought back and went into the half leading 15-11. In the second half TJ began to pull away as the Patriots Isaiah Lee scored 7 of his nine points in the second half. TJ led 26-17 at the end of the third. In the 4th quarter TJ began to wear down the Cadets tough man to man defense as five different players scored. The Cadets Patrick Davis hit a long 3 pointer to keep West Fredericks hopes alive but it was not enough as TJ went on to win 38-24. TJ was led by Uvan Stewart despite his early foul trouble as he scored 14 points. Isaiah Lee finished with 9 points and Jacob Renn chipped in with 7. The Cadets were led in scoring with Trace Russ, Jonathan King and Brent Karlen all scoring 6 points apiece. Patrick Davis finished with 4 points.
The West Frederick Junior Varsity team defeated Thomas Johnson 38-20. Jacob Long of West Frederick lead all scorers with 10 points followed by Eric Boyce with 9. Kyle Martin of TJ lead the team with 7 points and Demonte Williams had 4.
Oakdale and Windsor Knolls varsities got off to a quick start in their first meeting of the year this afternoon and the Hawks came away with a 54-31 win. The first quarter was marked by the transition game for both Oakdale and Windsor Knolls. Oakdale spread the scoring around, highlighted by a deep three pointer by Billy Czajrowski, reaching a first quarter total of 10 points. Windsor Knolls’ Patrick Coffey, dribbled through the defense frequently on his way to the bucket and a total of eight first quarter points as The Hawks reached 19 points by the buzzer. To start the second quarter, Oakdale worked the ball effectively against the zone defense of The Hawks. David Carlisle, scored 7 of his total 9 points in the paint to quickly diminish the lead held by Windsor Knolls. The Hawks struggled against Oakdale’s quick second quarter start until Kyle Singer, rang in 3 three-pointers in succession for Windsor Knolls on his way to his game total of 13 and a halftime lead 35-22. The third quarter was a defensive battle, ending with no extension of the lead, as Windsor Knolls racked up 7 points. Oakdale added the same total, all scored by #24, Matt Klauka, as he reached 11 points to lead all Oakdale scorers. In the fourth quarter, Windsor Knolls’ Patrick Coffey scored another 6 points to reach his game and season-high total of 21. Oakdale’s Joe Schiller scored their only fourth quarter field goal.
The jayvee Hawks built a 23-8 halftime lead fueled by an aggressive defense and controlling the boards. The Eagles mounted a second half comeback and cut the lead to 9 late in the fourth quarter. The Hawks held on for a hard fought 44-35 victory. The Hawks big man Ian Eversull dominated the game by controlling the boards and igniting the fast break His strong inside game resulted in a game high 20 points. Joey Apea's quick scored 8 points with quick moves to the basket Cody Kastner and Jacob Mittereder each scored 6. Matt Bruffey saw his first action in a number of weeks since recovering from a broken finger and helped run the Hawks offense. The Eagles got an outstanding game from Cameron Hylton scoring 9 points. Sean McGaughey and Nicholas Miller each had 6 points for the Eagles.
Poolesville Varsity 44 Ballenger Creek 34. Poolesville led the entire way in a conference battle. Poolesville jumped out to a 10-6 first quarter lead behind a balanced scoring attack with four different players scoring in the quarter. Isaiah Harris-Winn provided all of the scoring for Ballenger Creek in the first quarter. In the second quarter the teams played fairly even with Poolesville outscoring Ballenger Creek 10-9 to extent their led to 20-15 at the half. Zach Jones came off the bench to provide 5 points for Ballenger Creek in the period while Poolesville got 4 points each from Trevor Stottlemyer and Andy Baker. Poolesville extended its lead further in the third quarter to 32-23. Poolesville closed things out with a solid fourth quarter winning 44-34. Poolesville was led in scoring by Trevor Stottlemyer and Andy Baker who finished with 14 and 13 points respectively. Poolesville also got scoring from Charlie Miller (8) and Craig Morton (5). Ballenger Creek was led in scoring by Isaiah Harris-Winn (14) and Zach Thomas (10). Xavier Hargrove (4) also provided some scoring punch for Ballenger Creek.
Poolesville JV 41 Ballenger Creek 40. In a hotly contested battle Poolesville’s JV squad outlasted Ballenger Creek 41-40. Ballenger Creek jumped out to a 10-7 first quarter lead behind the shooting of Noah Tucker and Julian Gerald triggered by the passing of Jermaine Love. Poolesville kept the game close with three pointers from Steven Morningstar and Logan Rocco in the opening quarter. In the second quarter both teams begin to pick up the pace with Poolesville outscoring Ballenger Creek 13-10 to even things up at the half 20-20. Jermaine Love led Ballenger Creek with 5 points in the quarter and Joel Cartwright got hot for Poolesville chipping in 6 points. Ballenger Creek used a full court press to charge back into the lead in the third quarter behind 11 points from Jermaine Love for a 31-25 lead heading into the final stanza. Poolesville’s defense clamped down on Ballenger’s offense for most of the fourth quarter resulting in Poolesville jumping back into the led 37-32 with approximately 3 minutes left in the contest as Poolesville’s offense caught fire at the same time with clutch free throw shooting and two deep three pointers. Ballenger Creek mustered one final comeback attempt causing turnovers along with timely shooting to charge back into the lead at 38-37. With approximately 30 seconds left and the score tied at 40-40 Steven Morningstar missed the first of two free throws then calmly sank the second for a 41-40 led. Ballenger Creek missed a shot in the final seconds for the final tally. Poolesville was led in scoring by Logan Rocco and Steven Morningstar with 13 points apiece. Joel Cartwright finished with 8 points for Poolesville. Ballenger Creek got a game high 23 points from Jermaine Love. Noah Tucker added 7 points and Julian Gerald finished with 6 points for Ballenger.
Crestwood varsity held off a determined Brunswick team 49 - 41. The Railroaders struck first as David Tarzca knocked down a long 3-pointer. Crestwood led at the end of the first quarter 15 - 11. Each time Crestwood tried to expand their lead, Brunswick fought back with crucial three pointers by Brandon Axline. Zach Hossler also chipped in with his own key three point basket. At the half, Crestwood led 25 - 21. After getting limited playing time in the first half, Crestwood's Chad Owens made up for it in the second half scoring 10 of his 19 points in the third quarter, helping Crestwood expand their lead to 12 points at the end of the third. As the Railroaders tried to make their final run, Crestwood's Bryan Ingram sealed the win in the last minute blocking Axline's three point attempt, giving an assist to Dante Johnson, getting a steal and sinking a crucial free throw. The Cavaliers were led by Chad Owens with 19 points, 11 rebounds, Marcus Simmons (7 points), Tyler Benfield (6 points) and Bryan Ingram (6 points). The Railroaders were led by Bandon Axline with 13 points, Kyle Coats (9 points) and Taiki Hausen (6 points).
Doug Pearl hit a three pointer with 5 seconds remaining to lift Brunswick's jayvee to a 44-43 victory over Crestwood. Crestwood held a slim two point lead and had possession with 20 seconds to play. A costly turnover led to the dramatic shot. Crestwood had an opportunity for the win, but a desperation shot fell short at the buzzer. John O’Connor led Brunswick with 12 points and Pearl ended with 11 points for the game. Micah Meredith was solid for the Cavs, with 14 points. JaColby Lott and Alonzo Dorsey each chipped in with eight points for the Cavs.
Walkersville varsity 40 Ballenger Creek 27. Walkersville's defense held ground early to defend home court in this division rival game. The Lions allowed only one field goal in the first half and spread the scoring around with seven different Lions in the score book. Walkersville lead at halftime 18-3. The Bulldog's big man Isiah Harris-Winn scored all of his game high 16 points in the second half bringing Ballenger within eight points midway through the fourth quarter. The Lions were sharp at the freethrow line in the fourth quarter missing only two. Sem Brubaker had the scoring honors for the Lions with 10 while pulling down eight rebounds. Michael Torres led the Lions off the boards with 10.
Walkersville JV used tough half court defense in the second and third quarter to put away a scrappy Ballenger Creek team 48,35. After leading by only 1 point in the first quarter, the Lions held the visiting Bulldogs to only 6 points in each of the next two quarters while building what proved to be a insurmountable lead. The Lions were led by David Forney, whose arrival at beginning of the second quarter helped ignite the Lions, had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Brendan Cassel, still battling Pneumonia from late last week, had 15 points and 10 rebounds in limited action. All Lions contributed to the win, however. Keanu Rosa had an excellent night running the offense, and led the team in assists. Brad Wolfe also had a great defensive game. Nick Hawkins played a great game underneath the basket, scoring 4 of the 9 first quarter points and controlling the glass on both ends of the floor. Nathaniel Musselman had a solid overall game. The Bulldogs were led by Jerome Love who had a game high 20 points.
TJ Varsity manhandled MSD, 65-17. Alex Moir and Isiah Lee scored 8 points each for TJ. Alex made 2 from the trey land. Cody Moers lead for MSD with 7 points.
Thomas Johnson JV defeats MSD. 48-13. TJ are well balanced scoring, 10 out of 13 players scored. Tyler Horning and Joey DiFrancesco lead the team with 8 points each. Kratt Brown made 8 points for MSD.
The Folly Quarter varsity defeated the Windsor Knolls Hawks 47-39. The game was a tough defensive battle as the Folly Quarter lead 8-0 after the 1st period. The 2nd period the Hawks came storming back with 11 points lead by Kyle Singer 8 points in the 2nd period. The score at the half was 15-11 Folly Quarter. The 3rd & 4th period continued the trend with both teams playing tough defense and ended with Keenan Schlect scoring 10 points, Chris Dugan with 9 points and Tyler Wasson with 9 and Robby Kittleman with 2 three pointer in 4th with 6 points. Windsor Knolls leading scorer was Kyle Singer with 10 points along with Matt Harris and William Eskay chipped in 6 points each.
Windsor Knolls jayvee defeated Folly Quarter 55-30. Leading scorer for visiting Windsor Knolls team was Emmanue Apez with 11 points. Windsor Knolls was hot from the three point line with five three pointers: three of them from Cody Haynes. Folly Quarter was led by Shawn Carter with 10 points and tough defense from Dylan Dubeau, Mark Moody and Bebe Kum.
Middletown Varsity defeated Brunswick 55-22. Middletown jumped out to an early 15-9 lead after the first quarter. The Knights extended the lead to 31-14 at half as Brunswick went cold from the floor. Middletown increased the lead to 43-16 by the end of the 3rd quarter. The Knights were led in scoring by Chase Hoffman with 13 points. Bradley Rhinehart added 12 and Ben Panther chipped in 11. Brunswick was led by Brandon Axline with 7 and Zach Hossler with 5.
Middletown JV defeated Brunswick 44-17. Middletown jumped out to 12-2 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. Middletown's lead was 24-6 at halftime. Brunswick played better in the 3rd quarter but Middletown still led 34-14 after 3 quarters. Chandler Redmond led the Knights with 16. Andrew Wanger paced Brunswick with 8.
Urbana out work Monocacy in the varsity game 40-32.Both team play good ball all night.19-18 Urbana at the half. Urabana started the third quarter with a 6 point run.Monocay cut in to the lead at the in of the third quarter down 32-27.Urabana was lead by Austin Gouldin with 12 points along with 9 points from Zack Thomas.Monocacy was lead by D'Vaugham Costley with 17 points.
Monocacy JV defeat Urbana 51-33. Monocacy was led in scoring by Travis Barbe, who recorded 22 points, followed by Miles Mensah 13 points, Alex Mason and Nick Hoult scored five points each the scoring was rounded out with Jordan Hoy, Jazah Brightful and Kevin McShea scoring two points each. Urbana was led in scoring by Sam Giuliani and Dimarzio Christian seven points each, Cody Wilcox five points, Collin Anderson four points, and Christopher Pahichas one point. Monocacy led 28 top 18 at the half. Urbana shot 15 for 32 from the free throw line.
Poolesville's top scorer Andy Baker managed just a lonely bucket in the second quarter, but he more than made up for it by passing for three assists in that quarter. The rest of the game Baker was on fire by hitting for 29 points in the other three quarters to push Poolesville's Varsity to a 60-49 over Crestwood's Varsity Boys. The Cavalier's Chad Owens did all he could to keep Crestwood close as he hit for 23 points from all over. Poolesville broke open a two-point advantage at the half to pick up the win. Mitchell Poe scored 12 points to help the Falcons while Marcus Simmons chipped in seven points for Crestwood in the loss.
Every quarter was closely contested, but Crestwood made the most of their opportunties by holding off Poolesville by a final score of 46-33. The inside/outside duo of Alonzo Dorsey (14 points) and JaColby Lott (13 points) did the bulk of the heavy lifting for the Cavaliers while Zach Long managed to hit for 19 for the Falcons despite battling foul trouble all night. Joey Cartwright hit for double figures for Poolesville with 10 points.
Oakdale varsity tops St.Johns 49-48 in overtime. Oakdale was led by Matt Klauka with 23 points and David Carlisle with 13 points St.Johns was led by Matt Carr with 14 points and Chris Stephey with 13 points.
St. Johns scored the final 7 points to pull away down the stretch in a tight game between St. Johns and Oakdale in the JV contest. With the score 40-29 St. Johns, Trevor Lecuona pulled up for a deep 3-pointer to give St. Johns a 43-39 lead. After a miss at the other end by Oakdale, Lecuona drove down the lane off of a screen from Will Bureau to hit a lay-up with just over a minute to go for a 45-39 lead. Bureau scored on an in-bounds play to cap off his 16 point, 12-rebound game and make the final score 47-39. Lecuona ended up with 10 points, 10 assists, 6 steals, and 5 rebounds. D’Marco Saunders chipped in 6 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Cameron Hylton played a great game for Oakdale leading them in scoring with 12 points while Nicholas Miller added 8 points. Oakdale was playing without PG Ryan Shandoan who is out for medical reasons.
MSD varsity team choked in the first half with only 4 points and Mt Airy's 18 points. MSD came out in the second half and caught up with Mt Airy, only two points behind. Mt Airy managed to keep it under control at the end. MSD lost, 33 to 39. Mt Airy's leading scorers were Ben Nardo-12 pts, Dan White-9 pts and Eamon Curbey-7 points. MSD's top scorers were Jad Gore-12 pts, Jake Bonheyo-9 pts and Tarik Wallace-7 pts.
MSD had only 5 jayvee players while Mt Airy had 10 players. Boys tried their best with what they had. Bailey Moers made 6 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. Mt Airy's Mike Graessle made some terrific shots, 12 points and Silas Kelly with 8 points. MSD's Tristan Hower-5 rebounds and Carey Ballard's 4 points were insufficient as MSD lost 10 to 39.
Linganore varsity 58 Catoctin 49. Linganore overcame a halftime one point deficit to grab an early fourth quarter lead to hold off a pesky Catoctin team. Linganore made 11 of 16 free throws in the fourth quarter thwarting Catcocin’s late surge to try and catch the Lancers. Clay Conner had 4 three point baskets and led Linganore with 26 points. Kyle Nicolet had 4 three point baskets also and totaled 17 points for the Lancers. Jackson Steinly had a good shooting day for Catoctin and scored 19 points in the loss. Mark Speak added 9 points for Catoctin.
Linganore javyee 62 Catoctin 26. Linganore was led by Jack Staub with thirteen, Ben Flower with twelve and Thomas Lang with ten. Catoctin was led by Colby Smith with fifteen, Colin Gregory with five and Ryan Wivell with four. Colby Smith led Catoctin with multiple three pointers.
In an early season classic rivalry matchup, TJ and Urbana Varsity battled to the end. Zach Thomas scored the Hawks first 6 points and Urbana's Jonathan Hoyle knocked down a 3 pointer and added two baskets as the hawks took the lead 14-9 at the end of the 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter it was TJ's turn to get there offense rolling. The Patriots Uvan Stewart and Brian James scored six points a piece in the 2nd quarter as TJ scored 20 points in the quarter and raced into the half leading 29-25. TJ had five different players score in the quarter as did the Hawks from Urbana. In the 3rd quarter it was Urbana's turn to get their offense rolling. Zach Thomas continued his scoring with drives to the basket soring 6 points in the quarter, and Austin Gouldin added another 6 point for the Hawks giving Urbana the lead at the end of the third quarter 43 - 41. In the fourth quarter, the two teams continued to battle back and forth. Urbana increased its lead 54 - 48 with Zach Thomas hitting a long range three pointer. TJ pulled back and brought it within 2 points (54 -52) with the inside play of Uvan Stewart and Jacob Renn's four foul shots. However, in the end Urbana closed out the game making its last three fouls shots and the final was 57 - 52. For the Hawks Zach Thomas had an outstanding game with 24 points while Jonathan Hoyle had 15 points and Austin Gouldin had 10 points. For the Patriots, Uvan Stewart had a great game with 17 points, Jacob Renn and Brian James each had 13 points.
The Urbana Hawks defeated the Thomas Johnson Patriots 44-33 in junior varsity action. Cody Wilcox of Urbana led all scorers with 15 points followed by Sam Giuliani with 14. For the Patriots, Kyle Martin scored 11 points and Jared Ruiz had 10. Jordan Ritter for Patriots and the Hawks Christian DiMarzio each lead their teams in rebounds.
Windsor Knolls varsity 44 Walkersville Lions 32. Late in the fourth quarter, Windsor Knolls broke open a close game to chalk up their second win of the season over the visiting Walkersville Lions. Both Matt Harris, nine Points, and Peter Chanatry, eight points, contributed to a late game lead to give the Hawks the edge they needed to close out the last few minutes of play. Walkersville’s Travis Rhodes, 11 points, and Shaquill Smith, eight points, aided their team with scoring throughout the game that kept the Lions within an arms reach through four quarters of play.
The Hawks' jayvee fast break offense was in high gear against the Lions. Ian Eversull, Jacob Mittereder and Joey Apea controlled the boards igniting numerous scoring opportunities for the Hawks in route to a 50-24 victory. Eversull dominated the inside scoring leading all scorers with 18 points. The Hawks got balance scoring with Apea with 8 and Mittereder with 7. Cody Kastner had a huge came off the bench hitting the boards and finishing with 9 points including a long range 3. Kastner and Mittereder also had two great passes allowing the Hawks to finish on the break. Matt Bruffey and Steve Ramsburg did a good job of running the offense. Sam Cristoff gave the Hawks quality minuets off the bench. The Lions played tough led by Keanu Rosa. Rosa's quickness gave the Hawks problems and his drives too the basket led to a team high of 10 for the Lions. Brad Wolfe chipped in 4. The Hawks suffered a blow in the second half when Wade Bessell went down with an injury. Everyone in the League wishes him a speedy recovery.
Glenwood Varsity defeated the West Frederick 50 to 24, Glenwood started out strong and continued to play hard through out the entire game. high scorers for Glenwood were Shane Eberlewith 12, Alex Melcher with 11 and John Gilland with 10 points. The Cadets were led in scoring by both Brent Kerlen and Trace Russ with 8 points, Jonathan King followed with 7 pionts.
Glenwood JV defeats Cadets 39 to 34, Brent Richardson led Glenwood with 10 points followed by Robert Clark with 8. High scorers for West Frederick were Adriene Batts and eric Boyce both with 12 points.
Monocacy open the varsity season with a 56 -39 victory over Catoctin. Monocacy was lead by Josh McClain 24 points 10 rebounds ,Louis Levine 14 points and seven assists and D'Vaugham Costly 10 points. Catoctin was lead by Jackson Steinly with 10 points and Mark Sleak with 10 points also.
Monocacy JV 42 Catoctin 38. Travis Barbe led the Mustangs with 16 points followed by Miles Mensah, and Nick Hoult both with 6 points, Jordan Hoy, Alex Mason, Joshua Price had 4 points each and Jazah Brightful rounded out the scoring with 2 points. Scoring for Catoctin was Collins Gregory 30 points, Owen Tokar 1 point, Benjaminin Dewees 3 points, and Ryan Wivell 2 points.
The Varsity Oakdale Eagles used strong defense to cause 18 MSD turnovers, And roll to a 43-24 win at home. Leading the Eagles with 15 points and 7 rebounds and 5 steals was David Carlisle. Leading the way for MSD was Cody Moers with 8.
Oakdale's jayvee defeated MSD 51 to 14. MSD got of to a fast start and lead 8-4 early on. For MSD, Carey Ballard had six points followed by Tristan Hower who had four. Oakdale had a balanced attack as all 10 players scored. Oakdale was lead by JD Huntt with nine points and Nick Miller lead a swarming defense from Oakdale and he finished with five steals.
Linganore jayvee 48 Mt Airy 18. Linganore was led by Thomas Staub with thirteen points and followed by Thomas Lang with ten points. Mt Airy was led by Silas Kelly with eight points.
The varsity game was not reported.
Urbana varsity 63-61 over Folly Quarter. These teams went at each other like a Championship Heavy weight Fight. The pace of the game was incredible and Urbana had a halftime lead of 32-28. Zach Thomas of Urbana was leading scorer at halftime with 12 points followed Jonathan Hoyle with 10 points. The Falcons were lead by Bryce Helensky with 10 points and 4 points by Chris Dugan. The 3 period started with Folly Quarter outscoring Urbana 20-14. Both teams were plagued with foul trouble as each team played aggressive. The game was tied after 3 periods 48-48. The 4th period was a nail bitter as the Hawks Austin Gouldin chipped in 6 points and Zach Thomas was 6-8 from the foul line. The Falcons Tyler Wasson added 5 points in the 4th with Keenan Schlecht playing tough down low with 4 points. The Hawks pulled out a tough win on the road 63-61 with leading scorer Zach Thomas 22 points and Austin Gouldin 18 points. Jonathan Hoyle added 9 points on the game. Leading scorer for the Falcons was Tyler Wasson with 15 points and Bryce Helensky with 13 points.
Urbana's jayvee squad opened the season with a convincing win on the road against Folly Quarter. Folly Quarter kept the game close in the first quarter with Urbana holding a slight lead at 7-6. Urbana broke the game open in the second quarter with a strong half court press and led at halftime 24-12. Jonathan Woodward led the Urbana squad into the locker room contributing 9 points at the break. The second half was a mirror image of the first with Folly Quarter playing even with Urbana in the third quarter and Urbana using its inside presence in the fourth quarter to increase its lead and collect its first victory of the season at 49-28. Shawn Carter of Folly Quarter led all scorers in the game with 16 points. Bebe Kum also added 8 points for Folly Quarter. Urbana was led by Jonathan Woodard who finished with 13 points. He was helped by a trio of scorers, Christian Dimarzio, Sam Giuliani and Cody Wilcox who each had 8 points apiece.
In a close finish, Windsor Knolls' varsity defeated Thomas Johnson 34-33 on their home floor. Connor Wrightson of Windsor Knolls, with his nine points, put the hawks on top early in the second quarter. Kyle Singer also contributed to a late third quarter lead with eight points, including a last second buzzer beater to end the third. With the help of Thomas Johnson’s Uvan Stewart (11 points) and Brian James (nine points), T.J. made a fighting comeback to pull within one point of Windsor Knolls with 14 seconds left in the game. In the end, it was a steal contributed by the Hawks’ Patrick Coffey that sealed the victory in this hard fought matchup.
The jayvee Hawks' pressure full court defense helped key a 33 to 15 victory over the visiting Patriots. Both teams struggled some on offense in the first game of the season. TJ played a tight zone double and triple teaming the Hawks big man Ian Eversull. Eversull found his open teammates and was a force on the boards and protecting the paint. The Hawks quick guards-Matt Bruffey, Tyler Pearre, Steve Ramsburg and Wade Bessell helped the Hawks pick up the tempo of the game holding TJ to 2 points in the 3rd quarter. Joey Apea and Jacob Mittereder helped on the boards. The bench of Sam Cristoff, Brady Collins, Cody Kastner, Garrett Wrightson, Colin Hynes and Keegan Lane helped the Hawks to the victory. The Hawks were led by Matt Bruffey with 7, Tyler Pyree and Ian Eversull with 6. Demonte Williams, the quick guard for the Patriots had an outstanding game leading TJ with 6 points.
The Middletown varsity squad kicked their season off with a classic rivalry battle against Walkersville. The game was a back and forth affair but Middletown outlasted Walkersville 48-42. Walkersville jumped out to an early lead taking a 10-8 lead into the second quarter. Middletown then shifted the momentum and stormed ahead taking a lead into halftime and stretching the lead to 19 by the end of the third quarter. Walkersville was not to be denied and fought their way back with their pressure defense and picked up the intesity to close out the game. They outscored Middletown 22-9 in the 4th quarter but could not overcome the deficit in the end. Sem Brubaker led the attack for Walkersville with 15 points. Travis Rhodes added seven and Chase Martin and Mike Torres both added six a piece. Ben Panther led Middletown with 17 points and also worked hard on the boards. Chase Hoffman also added 13.
The Middletown JV Knights notched their first win of the season on their opening night, 46-34, facing a quick, scrappy Walkersville squad, behind a terrific 16 point night by Chandler Redmond. Six of Redmond's 16 were scored on key baskets in the fourth quarter to push Middletown's lead back to their third quarter margin of 10 after Walkersville had cut it to single digits on several occaisons. Redmond's effort was strongly supported by Ian Roy for Middletown who chipped in 11 points total, hitting key free throws down the stretch as well. Walkersville was led by a good night from Brendon Cassels scoring 11, with teammates Brad Wolfe and David Forney each adding six points apiece. Walkersville's entire team played tough, opportunistic defense throughout the game forcing Middletown into many turnovers. A close seven-point first half lead was steadily widened to double digits by Middletown in the third quarter outscoring their opponents by a 13-10 result, but Walkersville stayed tough employing scrappy full-court pressure that kept the game in reach up until the final two minutes of play.
Linganore varsity defeated St.Johns 41-36. Linganore was led by Clay Conner (14 points) and Josh Slaughter (11 points). The Vikings were led by Matt Carr (10 points) and Ryan Baxter (9 points).
St. John's jayvee broke open a close game at halftime to defeat the Lancers (45-24). St. John's was led by Trevor Lecuona (10 points) and Matt Balcerek (8 points), 5 Other St. John's players finished with 4 points. Linganore was led by Jack Tarte (5 points).
Brunswick's varsity squad fought hard and was outscored by only 22-18 in the second half of their match-up against Poolesville. Unfortunately the first half was a bigger factor in determining the final score which ended up as a 38-22 Falcon victory. Mitchell Poe (12 points) and Craig Morton (10) were the double-digit scorers for the homestanding Falcons while Kyle Coats and Brandon Axline paced the Railroaders with seven and five points respectively.
Poolesville's JV built a seven-point 1st quarter lead over Brunswick and kept it that way the rest of the game in a 35-24 home win over the Railroaders. Falcon guard Joey Cartwright shot five for six from the field, but all five buckets were three-pointers and the shooting guard finished with 15 points. Teammate Zach Long scored 13 points to help lead Poolesvillle to the win. Doug Pearl led Brunswick with five points, John O'Connor scored four points, and Connor Kean, Chase Loy, and Tommy McCarthy each scored three points in the loss.
Catoctin varsity 62 MSD 28. MSD leading scorer - Jake Bonheyo 14 points. Catoctin leading scorers - Mark Speak 14 points, Kyle Tregoning 12 points and Steinly Jackson 9 points
Catoctin jayvee 57 MSD 18. MSD leading scorer - Kratt Brown 6. Catoctin leading scorers - Colby Smith 12 points and Bennie Dewees 10 pts
In a back a forth game, Mt Airy used a 16-9 forth quarter to pull away and get the 50-44 varsity victory over Oakdale. Mt Airy was led by Carson Scharf with 14 and Alec Scranton with 13. Oakdale was led by Joe Schiller who had 11pts and 7 reb. David Carlisle and Timmy Staley each had 7 rebounds.
Oakdale's jayvee defeated Mt Airy 34-27. It was a great game with both teams playing hard defense. Ryan Shadoan led Oakdale with eleven points along with Cameron Hylton who had seven. For Mt Airy, Bobby Wiley played a great game and led all scores with sixteen points one of which was a big three pointer.
Nine other games were postponed by snow and will be made up at a later date.
Crestwood's varsity rebounded with a vengeance after their disappointing season opening loss. With the determination of a team with something to prove, they beat Mt. Airy 67-38. Their smothering defense and stellar shooting of 60% from the field proved to be too much for the gutsy Mt. Airy team. Crestwood's early foul trouble repeatedly sent Mt. Airy to the line. Mt. Airy's strong free throw shooting kept them in the game and ended the half with Crestwood leading 27-15. The Cavs regrouped and exploded for 21 third quarter points and never looked back. Crestwood's total team effort was led by Chad Owens (17 pts, 10 assists) and Xavier Sewell (12 pts). Minase Shiferaw, Bryan Ingram, and Marcus Simmons chipped in with 8, 7 and 7 pts, respectively. All Crestwood players contributed to the scoring. Mt. Airy was led by Carson Scharf (9 pts), Eamon Curley (8 pts), Dan White (7 pts) and Matt Kraeger (5 pts).
Crestwood's jayvees broke open a close game at halftime to defeat Mt Airy 38-26. Both teams started slowly and Crestwood held a haftime lead 18-15. Crestwood went inside to Alonzo Dorsey, who scored nine points in the third quarter to extend the lead to eight points. The Cavs were then able to hold off Mt Airy to collect its first win of the season. Dorsey finished with a game high 17 points for the Cavs. JaColby Lott chipped in with 10 points for the winners. For Mt Airy, Bobby Wiley played a very good game and scored 12 points.
Ballenger Creek varsity 49 West Frederick 43. The Ballenger Creek varsity jumped out to a quick 11 to 4 first quarter lead behind a tight defense and the hot shooting of Xavier Hargrove as he provided 6 quick points shortly after he checked into the game midway thru the first quarter. During the second quarter Isaiah Harris-Winn began to flex his muscles for the BC Bulldogs powering his way to 6 second quarter points and Ryan Jurvelin added 4 points as BC increased its lead to 23 – 14. West Frederick got 5 points from Jonathan King during the first half to keep the game within reach. The third quarter saw more of the same as the Bulldogs continued pull away stretching it’s lead to 36 – 22 behind balanced scoring. In the fourth quarter West Frederick mounted a serious comeback scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter. However the Bulldogs were able to prevail behind clutch free throw shooting form Marshall Kayda and Xavier Hargrove. BC was lead in scoring by the strong inside play of Isaiah Harris Winn who finished with 14 points. Marshall Kayda (eight), Xavier Hargrove (eight) and Ryan Jurvelin (eight) also provided scoring for BC. West Frederick was lead in scoring by Jonathan King (11), Brent Karlen (seven) and Jeremiah Chambers (six) points.
West Frederick jayvee 46 Ballenger Creek 25. In front of a full house the West Frederick used the inside power game of Eric Boyce to spoil the home opener for Ballenger Creek. Eric Boyce powered his way to 11 first quarter points as West Frederick jumped out to a 13 to 6 first quarter lead. West Frederick extended that lead to 21 to 10 during the second quarter as Jermaine Love tried to keep things close chipping in four points during the quarter for BC. West Frederick continued to stretch its lead in the second half for a convincing 46 to 25 win. West Frederick was lead in scoring by Eric Boyce who finished with 19 points. Jacob Stephen (eight), Timothy Lyles (six), Zachary Deleon (five), Sedale Patton (four) and Kahari Kilgore (four) rounded out the scoring for WF. Ballenger Creek was led in scoring by Jermaine Love with 13 points. Also providing some scoring punch for BC was Chris Masser with two long three pointers for six points.
Walkersville varsity 44 Crestwood 42. In front of a standing room only home opener, the Lions prevailed. Walkersville opened up the game on fire behind Michael Torres 10 points and lead at the first break 18-9. The second quarter was back to back action led in scoring by Crestwood's Chad Owens getting six of his team leading 12 points. Half time score was 27-22 with the Lion's holding a narrow lead after Crestwood's Marcus Simmons scored as the time expired. Crestwood kept it close with hot outside shooting hitting four three pointers, closing out the third still trailing by seven (42-35). Walkersville went cold shooting in the fourth but kept the defensive pressure up allowing only seven fourth quarter points. Crestwood closed within one on a three pointer from Brison Hopper. The only points the Lions could muster were were at the charity stripe by Zach Hommey and Michael Torres, which proved to be the difference in this nail biter. Crestwood was led in scoring by Chad Owens (12) with five others contributing to the score. Walkersville was led in scoring by Sem Brubaker (14), Michael Torres (12) and four others contributing to the scoring total.
Walkersville's jayvee used a 11-0 1st quarter run and a 24-10 halftime lead to hold off a tenacious Crestwood Cavalier team, 47-40. Down by 14 in the beginning of the 3rd quarter, the Cavaliers used scrappy defense and hot shooting to cut the lead to as low as 6, before the Lions key free throw shooting and defense stops sealed the win. The Lions were lead by Brenden Cassell, who scored 16 points and 8 rebounds, and David Forney, who had a double/double with 14 points and 16 rebounds. The Cavaliers were led by Jacobi Lott, who had 15 of his game high 19 points in the second half, and Micah Meredith, who had 9 points on three 3 point shots.