Howard Community College

The men's cross country team placed 19th in the Bullet Invitational at Gettysburg College.

Brian Allen was the first runner in for the Dragons, placing 76th with a time of 27:32 on the 8k course. He was followed by Mark Kauffman (145. 28:47), Rex King (187. 29:38), Mike Janesh (214. 30:34) and Tucker Failing (217. 30:37).

"Not exactly one of our more stellar performances," coach Steve Musselman said. "At meets like this, you are going to see teams gearing up for the post-season. You need to be ready to race at these meets. Half of this field was ranked in their national polls, and I know (our) team knows why after today."

The Dragons start their post-season Saturday, Oct. 25 hosting the Region XX meet at Belmont. The men's race starts at 10 a.m. and the women are scheduled to follow at 10:45.

After losing to CCBC-Essex in five games Oct. 14, the volleyball team bounced back two days later to defeat Montgomery-Rockville, 25-18, 25-13, 25-15. Coming into the last match of the regular season, against Baltimore City Community College, the Dragons are 11-16 overall and 5-2 in conference play. This places the team in fourth place behind Hagerstown, the College of Southern Maryland and Anne Arundel Community College.

HCC will host the Region XX District G tournament Saturday, Oct. 25 starting at 10 a.m.

Despite a season-ending injury to freshman goalie Jess Fainberg just before the Region XX playoffs, the Dragons women's soccer team pulled off a 2-0 victory Oct. 18 against Potomac State to reach the region finals against Montgomery-Rockville, the top seed.

The championship game was scheduled for Oct. 21, too late for this edition. The winner of the Region XX game will play the winner of Region XVII in district competition on Oct. 25.

The men's soccer team finished its season with a 4-0 loss to Potomac State. In an earlier game, the Dragons defeated Frederick, 3-0, despite being whistled for a school record 21 offside violations.

The team's final record was 4-8 in league play and 4-9 overall. The squad did not qualify for the Region XX tournament.

Cross country

Long Reach, Hammond and Glenelg participated in a tri-meet at Glenelg Oct. 15. The boys' team competition saw Glenelg defeat Long Reach, 20-54, and Hammond, 15-43; Hammond defeated Long Reach, 19-44.

On the girls' side, Glenelg defeated Long Reach, 23-34, and Hammond, 15-incomplete; Long Reach defeated Hammond, 16-inc.

Top boys: 1. K. Stanton, Ha, 17:43; 2. A. Clark, G, 17:54; 3. D. Goodwin, G, 18:05; 4. S. Menner, G, 18:29; 5. S. Coffey, G, 18:36; 6. A. Ramirez, G, 18:47; 7. J. Deitrick, G, 19:11; 8. N. Wilson, LR, 19:25; 9. J. Bosse, G, 19:34; 10. J. Williams, Ha, 19:42.

11. S. Kwon, Ha, 19:58; 12. K. Albano, Ha, 20:00; 13. P. Valavanis, G, 20:07; 14. T. Garrison, Ha, 20:13; 15. D. Lang, G, 20:21; 16. J. Starr, G, 20:27; 17. R. Oehrli, Ha, 20:32; 18. N. Tatum, G, 20:33; 19. T. Wood, G, 20:34; 20. M. Baker, G, 20:35.

Top girls: 1. S. Scott, LR, 22:23; 2. K. Taylor, G, 22:33; 3. L. Swanhart, G, 23:10; 4. W. Vangas, LR, 23:18; 5. A. Helman, G, 23:36; 6. M. Blodgett, G, 23:39; 7. M. Henry, G, 24:17; 8. B. Taylor, LR, 24:49; 9. S. Schroyer, LR, 25:23; 10. C. Bishop, G, 25:46.

11. S. Stang, G, 25:48; 12. M. Martin, G, 25:49; 13. E. Neuhaus, G, 26:13; 14. B. Pitney, G, 26:40; 15. T. Trovillion, G, 27:21; 16. L. Nolan, G, 27:28; 17. L. Lake, G, 27:31; 18. C. Gordon, G, 28:21; 19. O. Elisio, G, 28:37; 20. S. Helmer, Ha, 28:47.

Field hockey playoffs

Glenelg (Class 1A) and Atholton (2A) earned top seeds in their respective regions. The regional playoffs began Oct. 21 and Wilde Lake was the only county team not to have a first-round bye. The Wildecats defeated Northeast-Anne Arundel, 2-0, in the first round.

Second-round regional games will be held Thursday, Oct. 23 at 3:30 p.m. as follows:

Class 2A South: Oakland Mills (No. 5) at Marriotts Ridge (4); Hammond (6) at Mt. Hebron (3); River Hill (2) hosts the winner of the Calvert-Southern of Harwood game.

Class 3A East: Atholton (1) hosts Wilde Lake; Long Reach (5) plays at Annapolis (4); Centennial (3) hosts Meade (6); Reservoir (2) hosts Howard (7).

Class 1A West: Glenelg (1) has byes until Oct. 28 when then Gladiators will host the winner of South Carroll-Catoctin.

Regional semifinals are Oct. 28 and regional finals are Oct. 30. Follow the draw at www.mpssaa.org.

Girls soccer

Hammond pulled a stunning upset by beating Wilde Lake, 3-2. Amy Simpson, assisted by Angela Humpert, scored with less than two minutes to play for the game-winner. Kim Humpert and Cathlene Webster also scored.

Webster, who is the daughter of Wilde Lake coach Phil Webster, said it was "our senior game and we all knew what we wanted to do."

Sam Gailey controlled the midfield, said Cathlene Webster, to give Hammond scoring opportunities.

Hammond beat Howard, 3-2, in double overtime, lost to St. Mary's Ryken, 4-1, and lost to Centennial, 3-1, before beating Long Reach, 3-0.

Hammond then lost to Glenelg, 4-3; the winning goal came with five minutes left in the game. This win over Wilde Lake gives Hammond some momentum for the playoffs. "I'm excited about the playoffs," Webster said.

Humpert said that the Golden Bears have "figured out we can't put our heads down" when the other team scores.

Hammond is 4-7 overall but has been finding the net lately, coach Pete Di Marco said. "We've had three three-goal games. We're finally scoring. We're still in games until the end."

Humpert now has nine goals. She scored twice in the win over Long Reach, and her sister, Angela, scored the third goal.

Cathlene Webster said she would not gloat over beating her father's team. Wilde Lake beat Hammond last year, and "he was gracious," she said, "so I will be, too."

Beth Glaros, with assists from Bethany Keefer, scored both goals for Wilde Lake.

Earlier, Wilde Lake beat Oakland Mills, 5-0.

Glenelg and Centennial played through two overtimes and ended with a 0-0 tie. Howard beat Centennial, 2-1, in overtime.

Chapelgate lost to St. John's, 1-0, but beat Garrison 3-1. Courtney Stull had two goals in the win and Laura Laovas one. Allie Kohr assisted on one goal.

Glenelg Country School edged Oldfields, 1-0. Keeper Shayna Keller had five saves in the win. Earlier in the week, Glenelg lost to Towson Catholic, 4-0. Keller had 13 saves.

Mt. Hebron lost to Fallston, 2-1. Jess Giles, with an assist from Aubrey Green, had the lone goal for the Vikings.

Atholton beat Long Reach, 2-0, on goals by DiAndra Rocke and Rachel Johnson. Rachel Aronchick had an assist and Amy Weinberg had five saves in goal.

Michelle Liuzzo, Maxine Brewer and Rebecca Cairns scored to lead Marriotts Ridge to a 3-0 win over Long Reach. Alexandra Price and Marissa Goon had assists. Samantha Olson had two saves.

Jen Simkin had two goals and Amanda Mathews got the game-winner with 30 seconds left as Centennial beat Marriotts Ridge, 3-2.

Shelby Schoen and Katherine Kanner scored for Marriotts Ridge.

Simkin also had both goals in a 2-0 win over Oakland Mills.

Centennial's win came after a loss to Howard. Mathews said the team has not been warming up well before games, and it cost them in the Howard game. "We weren't ready (to play). But we came out of that game knowing that would never happen again," she said.

Girls soccer playoffs

No Howard County team got the top seed for the regional playoffs, which begin Thursday, Oct. 23, but River Hill (Class 2A) and Reservoir (3A) are seeded second in their respective regions.

The first-round games are:

Class 1A South: Glenelg hosts Havre de Grace at Friday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m.

Class 2A South: Marriotts Ridge hosts North Point Monday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. and the winner plays at No. 2 River Hill (time, date to be announced).

On Oct. 24, Central hosts Oakland Mills at 3:30 p.m. and Calvert hosts Mt. Hebron at 5 p.m.

No. 4 Patuxent hosts Hammond in a first-round game. Time and date not yet determined.

Class 3A East: On Thursday, Oct. 23, Long Reach plays at Meade at 5 p.m. On Oct. 24, Howard hosts Atholton at 7 p.m.; Wilde Lake hosts Aberdeen, also at 7 p.m.; and Centennial travels to Stephen Decatur for a 5 p.m. game.

Check www.mpssaa.org or with the schools for the latest information.

Boys soccer playoffs

Marriotts Ridge earned the top seed in the 2A South bracket following a perfect, 12-0, regular season. River Hill is the second seed in the same bracket. The regional playoffs begin Oct. 23, with every team except for the Mustangs and Hawks, who each have byes, scheduled to play in the opening round.

Here are the seeds:

Class 1A South: 1. South Carroll; 2. Havre De Grace; 3. Perryville; 4. Harford Tech; 5. Surrattsville; 6. Patterson Mill; 7. Forestville; 8. Glenelg; 9. Bohemia Manor; 10. Joppatowne.

Class 2A South: 1. Marriotts Ridge; 2. River Hill; 3. Central; 4. Gwynn Park; 5. Southern-AA; 6. Calvert; 7. Douglass-PG; 8. Hammond; 9. North Point; 10. Mt. Hebron; 11. Patuxent; 12. Oakland Mills; 13. McDonough.

Class 3A East: 1. Annapolis; 2. Fallston; 3. Wilde Lake; 4. Stephen Decatur; 5. Reservoir; 6. Meade; 7. Atholton; 8. Bel Air; 9. Howard; 10. Centennial; 11. North Harford; 12. Northeast-AA; 13. Aberdeen; 14. Long Reach.

Follow the draw at www.mpssaa.org.

Boys soccer

In its final game of the regular season, Marriotts Ridge put together one of its most dominating efforts to beat Long Reach, 7-0. Josh Stover accounted for five of the goals, including four in a span of less than four minutes in the second half. Phil Martinelli chipped in with two goals and three assists, while Kyle Mercer, Nick Koutrelakos and Mike Glazer had assists as well.

Long Reach was coming off a 4-2 win over Howard three days earlier, during which Josh Chellah, Jared Goulette, Jesse Jones and Costin Ruta each found the net and goalie Steven Lagow made five saves. Howard got goals from Brett Pino and Andres Salinas in the loss.

Mt. Hebron knocked off Wilde Lake, 2-1, in double overtime on Oct. 17 to finish the regular season tied for third in the county standings with Atholton. The Vikings got goals from Sam Cassard and Kevin Fitch, while the Wildecats got their goal in the first half on a score from Matt Seinfeld.

Atholton picked up two wins last week in thrilling fashion, beating Mt. Hebron, 2-1, and Hammond, 1-0 in overtime. The Raiders are now 3-0-1 in overtime contests this season.

Against the Vikings, R.J. Morris and Alejandro Perez provided the scoring, and then against Hammond, Tyler Parker converted the golden goal. The Raiders' freshman goalie, Kyle Forbes, was huge in the Hammond victory, making eight saves to preserve the shutout.

Football

Long Reach kept its playoff hopes alive with a 14-7 win over Centennial Oct. 18, overcoming a boisterous Eagles' homecoming crowd. Javaugh Walker ran for 160 yards and two touchdowns on runs of 20 and 50 yards. The Lightnings' remaining three opponents have combined to win three games.

Kyle Young scored the Eagles touchdown on a short run in the third quarter. Long Reach's Dajon Modeste completed three passes and Pat Blackmon caught each of them for a total of 58 yards.

Atholton won its second game of the season, 28-14, by knocking off a reeling Glenelg team on the Gladiators homecoming turf. Nick Aloi starred for the Raiders, gaining 178 rushing yards and scoring two touchdowns. Atholton also scored on a seven-yard run by Jake Stull and a 10-yard pass from Jon Gardenhour to Matt Robinson.

Although Shannon Maura got loose for a 45-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter, the Raiders held Glenelg to just 94 rushing yards on the day. Glenelg's Gage Trawick completed 13 passes for 78 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown to Tyler Brittain. Robbie Shekletski had 14 tackles for Glenelg.

Mt. Hebron won on its homecoming day, 25-8, over winless Hammond.

Spencer Wilkins caught two TD passes fom Clint Huber and Mike McCarthy caught a third. Samuel Plazak passed for more than 200 yards in the loss. Anton Haynes caught eight passes for 105 yards, and C.J. Dickson caught another six for 67. Nate Gant was a menace on defense, with 23 total tackles, including a sack and three for loss.

Howard pleased its homecoming fans with a 26-8 win over Reservoir. The Lions rushed for 433 yards, with A.J. Bonavitacola (205 yards) and Mark Covington (154) leading the way. Zach Price led the Howard defense with 11 tackles.

Wilde Lake held up its end of the bargain by beating Oakland Mills to stay undefeated for a week eight match up with River Hill (7-0). The Wildecats led 28-0 at halftime as Christian Hough (11-yard run), Mike Fields (1-yard run), Danny March (40-yard punt return) and E.J. Gilman (3-yard run) each got in on the fun. In the second half, David Young (6-yard run) and Reynard Roberson (touchdown runs of 6 and 54 yards) got a chance to play and made the most of their opportunities.

Neko Rynn-Mason finally broke through for the Scorpions with a 6-yard run in the fourth quarter. Graham Spicer was 7-for-7 on extra points.

Field hockey

Glenelg Country played Friends to a scoreless overtime tie on Oct. 21. Seven saves, some of a spectacular nature, by keeper Sarah Goldstein kept the Quakers from scoring.

The Dragons are in a rebuilding mode this year, particularly on defense.

"We've been very defensively minded all season," coach Jess McAdams said. But her players pressed the attack against Friends, recording 14 corners to the visitors' three.

After playing Bryn Mawr later this week, Glenelg Country faces McDonogh in the first-round of the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference playoffs Tuesday, Oct. 28.

Volleyball

Centennial (13-0) is heating up for the postseason with wins over River Hill (11-2) and Catonsville (11-2) last week.

River Hill did take a game from the Eagles for the first time in match play this season, in game three. Centennial was down, 22-16, in that game, but came back to tie it at 25 before the Hawks closed it out on a Laura Whitney ace.

"The girls were disappointed," coach Larry Schofield said. "You've got to keep mentally strong the whole time through if a team's gonna keep coming at you like River Hill did."

In that game River Hill got a balanced attack from Becky Paynter (3), Sarah Okey (3), Carolyn Kleinberger (2), Nikki Piper (2), Sarah Gordon (2) and Marta Roman who combined for 13 kills.

"Becky had an absolutely outstanding night," coach Sybil Modispacher said.

In game four, Centennial stormed back to hold River Hill to eight.

"They regrouped in game four, if you keep a decent team to single digits, you're hitting on all cylinders," Schofield said.

In that game, Sam Brostrom had three kills, Molly Speicher had three aces, Kristin Anderson had two kills, and Ashley Fan had a kill and the match winning point block.

Volleyball standings (as of Oct. 20)

              League Overall

• Centennial       12-0 13-0
• Wilde Lake       11-1 11-1
• River Hill          10-2 11-2
• Reservoir           8-4 8-5
• Atholton             7-5 8-5
• Mt. Hebron         7-5 7-6
• Howard              5-7 6-7
• Hammond          5-7 6-8
• Glenelg              4-8 4-9
• Marriotts Ridge   2-10 2-11
• Long Reach       1-11 1-11
• Oakland Mills     0-12 1-12
• Chapelgate*        2-7 2-9
• Glenelg Country^ 4-10 4-11

* Plays in the IAAM A Conference

^ Plays in the IAAM C Conference

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