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Tennis

Flag Day Tournament

The Columbia Tennis Committee sponsored a Flag Day Tournament June 8-14. The event drew 136 individuals. The winners were:

Singles

3.0 men: 1. Phil Bender def. Mark Harris, 7-6, 6-2.

3.5 men: 1. Hank Speckhardt def. Sonjdre Tooms, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

4.0 men: 1. Michael Hsaio def. Brad Akitake, 6-3, 6-1.

4.5 men: 1. Adam Sachs def. Greg Chambers, walkover.

3.0 women: 1. Lisa Compofelice def. Tara Dorai-Berry, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0.

3.5 women: Joan Pittman def. Stacy Moran, 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles

6.5 men: 1. Ken Ryals and Stewart Royals def. Larry Schoen and Jim Zhang, 6-1, 6-3.

7.5 men: 1. Michael Hsaio and Paul Hsaio def. Brad Harris and Andrew Chen, 6-3, 6-2.

8.5 men: 1. Adam Sachs and Mark Salazar def. Steve McCoy and Steve Dustin, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

6.5 women: 1. Kim Crowell and Sharon Walsh def. Toni Bluher and Maureen Battaglia, 6-1, 6-2.

7.5 women: 1. Melissa Duncan and Debbie Lazas-Miller (round robin).

6.0 mixed: 1. Tara Dorai-Berry and Chris Waltes def. Alina Collison and Phil Collison, 6-3, 7-6.

7.0 mixed: 1. Addie Hobart and Jim Hobart def. Sara Brown and Duncan Brown, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

8.0 mixed: 1. Robin Burton and Dave Porter def. Janet Kramer and Mike Compofelice, 6-3, 6-3.

Basketball

Western Howard Country travel

The Western Howard County Heat 13-U boys basketball team won its fourth straight AAU title last weekend by capturing the Charm City Classic and winning all five games the team played.

The Heat recently won titles in the Metro Sixers and Bowie tournaments as well as the Ravens AAU Spring League.

The team departs Saturday for the AAU national championship in Memphis, Tenn.

Team members are Justin Ballmer, Jack Cook, L.J. Finney, John Gilliland, Bryce Helensky, Russell Jarboe, Joe Kearney, Pat LaPort, David Na, Tim Overeem, Kyle Reilly, Tyler Wasson and Tre Williams.

Running

Howard County Junior Striders

The Howard County Junior Striders competed at the USATF Junior Olympic Association meet June 19-21 and the award winners were:

8-U girls: Mary Kate Shouse: 1. 1,500 run.

8-U boys: Hamzah Elhabashy: 7. 800; 3. 1,500. Rocco Delpo: 6. 1,500. Noah Kim: 7. 1,500.

9-10 girls: Jordyn Tate: 7. 400.

11-12 girls: Brittany Lang: 8. 800; 1. 3,000. Julia Nardone: 1. 1,500, 2. 3,000. Madeline Miller: 6. 1,500, 8. 3,000. Nardone, Elizabeth Towner, Miller and Kirsten Kruus: 5. 4x800 relay.

11-12 boys: Benin Dula: 7. 200. Joseph Keating: 2. 1,500; 2. 3,000. Corey Hamilton: 8. 3,000. Keating, Shane McGovern, Hamilton and Kevin Wegner: 8. 4x800 relay.

13-14 girls: Amy Gessler: 5. 1,500, 4. 3,000. Becky Gessler: 6. 1,500.

13-14 boys: Michael Wegner: 2. 1,500; 1. 3,000. Joey Pickens: 4. 3,000.

15-16 girls: Erin Kroder: 4. 1500. Nicole Dawson: 2. 1,500, 2. 3,000. Caragh MacDermott: 3. 3,000. Julie Gessler: 4. 800; 1. 3,000.

Howard County Striders

Recent rain made for a muddy course at the eighth race in the Howard County Striders' spring weekly series at Lake Elkhorn June 21. Series awards were handed out to 27 runners, including series winners Michael Dusenbery and Anna Hogue.

Eric Schuler and Marquel Bowler won the two-mile races. Mark Buschman and Rebecca Schwartz won the 10k races.

Two-mile results: 1. Eric Schuler, 11:23; 2. Stephen Olenick, 11:29; 3. Jay Sweet, 11:50; 4. John Chall, 12:23; 5. David Martin, 12:30; 6. Michael Dusenebery, 12:44; 7. David Jun, 12:56; 8. John Way, 13:16; 9. Robert Blanco, 13:23; 10. Thomas Hsu, 13:34.

11. Chad Burger, 13:44; 12. Marc Burger, 13:48; 13. Bjorn Moreau, 13:50; 14. Paul Eyes, 13:57; 15. Hafiz Shaikh, 14:12; 16. Dave Orlik, 14:30; 17. Marquel Bowler, 14:37; 18. Kenny Walker, 14:51; 19. Steven Anderson, 14:59; 20. Adam Mikulis, 15:05.

21. Kerrie Olenick, 15:12; 22. Dave Hogue, 15:18; 23. Evan Calvert, 15:46; 24. Angela Barken, 15:50; 25. Mike Martyn, 15:56; 26. Alan Tominack, 16:24; 27. Benjamin Drgon, 16:30; 28. Shane Bogan, 16:31; 29. Anna Hogue, 16:32; 30. Ryan Levine, 17:02.

31. Roger Calvert, 17:11; 32. Patrick Mikulis, 17:35; 33. Cathy Ronning, 17:48; 34. Natalie Beach, 19:16; 35. Adam McNeil, 19:17; 36. Ed Beach, 19:18; 37. Elizabeth Koncki, 19:56; 38. Bruce Breon, 20:22; 39. Tevia McNeil, 20:59; 40. Michael McNeil, 21:00.

41. Christina Caravoulias, 21:22; 42. Arleen Dinneen, 21:28; 43. Helena Solana, 21:30; 44. Sarah Moreau, 21:31; 45. Sarah Beach, 21:50; 46. Emily Elkonah, 21:54; 47. Jenny Wegman, 22:01.02; 48. Janice Orlik, 22:01.4; 49. Jen Elkonah, 22:21; 50. Steve Reading, 22:44.

51. Chloe Griffiths, 24:38; 52. Barbara Calvert, 24:48; 53. Richard Griffiths, 24:50.

10k results: 1. Mark Buschman, 37:41; 2. Karsten Brown, 38:47; 3. Luis Navarro, 39:58; 4. Greg Schuler, 42:13; 5. David Mikulis, 45:45; 6. Rebecca Schwartz, 46:18; 7. Seth Gersuk, 46:19; 8. Katie Sacker, 47:35; 9. Bill Stahr, 47:46; 10. Steve Dyer, 49:25.

11. Russ Owens, 49:37; 12. Mike Fleming, 50:48; 13. Karen Young, 51:56; 14. Craig Valentine, 52:13; 15. Bromley Lowe, 52:25; 16. Marsha Demaree, 52:29; 17. Dwight Mikulis, 56:26; 18. Bill Wright, 56:59; 19. Kevin Spaulding, 59:15; 20. Kari Schwab, 1:00:07.

21. Pat Brooks, 1:00:50; 22. Lyron Baggerly, 1:02:03.

Centennial Fun Run

Eric Schuler took top honors in the first Centennial Fun Run of the summer June 16. Marquel Bowler held off Mary Nolte to lead the women. All proceeds from this run were donated to the National Family Caregivers Association in memory of Dave Fitzpatrick, a longtime Fun Run volunteer. Random prizes were donated by Feet First.

The next Fun Run will be held on Tuesday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Centennial neighborhood. For additional information visit www.striders.net or call 410-465-7735.

Results: 1. Eric Schuler, 5:10; 2. Luis Diaz, 5:18; 3. David Kearns, 5:31; 4. Greg Schuler, 5:50; 5. Robert Blanco, 6:06; 6. David Jun, 6:08; 7. Bruce Worley, 6:29; 8. Rick Schofield, 6:33; 9. Marc Burger, 6:39; 10. Marquel Bowler, 6:40.

11. Mary Nolte, 6:41; 12. Alan Murray, 6:43; 13. Danny Schofield, 6:45; 14. James Carbary, 6:46; 15. Kelly Schofield, 6:55; 16. Alec Font, 7:03; 17. Kerrie Olenick, 7:13; 18. Eddie Krahe, 7:14; 19. Andrew Lokman, 7:16; 20. Connor Clemens, 7:17.

21. Michael Pellegrini Jr., 7:18; 22. Jack Swain, 7:19; 23. Ben Drgon, 7:25; 24. Brianna Walker, 7:26; 25. Jana Drgonova, 7:34; 26. Paige Thumel, 7:38; 27. Roger Calvert, 7:39; 28. Connor Walsh, 7:47; 29. Justin Smith, 7:49; 30. Andrew Frommer, 7:52.

31. Jack Goulet, 7:53; 32. Celeste Goyena, 7:56; 33. Brian Goulet, 8:02; 34. Jared King, 8:05; 35. Elizabeth Towner, 8:06; 36. Corey Grable, 8:17; 37. Barid King, 8:19; 38. Adam Loudin, 8:25; 39. Diane Coleman, 8:26; 40. Jane Tripp, 8:30.

41. Gabrielle Swain, 8:31; 42. Meg Parsons, 8:32; 43. Mary Beth Soverns, 8:34; 44. Leonard Guralnick, 8:41; 45. Rachel Dooley, 8:41; 46. John Woerner, 8:43; 47. Fred Towner, 8:44; 48. William Tripp, 8:57; 49. Jason Tripp, 8:58; 50. Leslie Nissenberg, 9:05.

51. Grace Chirozzi, 9:09; 52. John Feliz, 9:09; 53. Gordon Knox, 9:10; 54. Carolina Pellegrini, 9:12; 55. Traci Pellegrini, 9:13; 56. Robert Feliz, 9:19; 57. Julia Grable, 9:20; 58. Noah Whiteman, 9:23; 59. Robert Goyena, 9:26; 60. Emily Elkonoh, 9:28.

61. Jacob Krause, 9:29; 62. Alex Krause, 9:30; 63. Casey Fuller, 9:32; 64. Carolyn Frommer, 9:34; 65. Dwight Bowler, 9:36; 66. Tim Goulet, 9:43; 67. Mary Dalnekoff, 9:44; 68. Jack Elkonoh, 9:45; 69. Michael Elkonoh, 9:46; 70. Bill Keating, 9:47.

71. Susan King, 9:49; 72. Avery Smith, 9:52; 73. Michelle Cina, 9:53; 74. Marci Smith, 9:53; 75. David Swain, 9:54; 76. Keyon Bryant, 9:59; 77. Roselyn Dooley, 10:02; 78. Jake Ritter, 10:02; 79. Maureen Ritter, 10:07; 80. Lee Lowe, 10:16.

81. Bromley Lowe, 10:17; 82. Jen Elkonoh, 10:18; 83. Kingsley Wargo, 10:20; 84. Emily Smith, 10:23; 85. Ryan Smith, 10:23; 86. Maureen Goyena, 10:25; 87. Mary Grace Goyena, 10:26; 88. Eden Whiteman, 10:30; 89. Zach Grable, 10:31; 90. Isaac Uy, 10:31.

91. Lili Barouch, 10:33; 92. Chris Walsh, 10:34; 93. Gavin Walsh, 10:34; 94. Jocelyn Wright, 10:38; 95. Steve Wright, 10:39; 96. Lauren Pellegrini, 10:41; 97. Michael Pellegrini, 10:42; 98. Laura Littlefield, 10:47; 99. Barbara Calvert, 10:57; 100. Olivia Clemens, 11:03.

101. Amy Clemens, 11:04; 102. Kent Clemens, 11:08; 103. Kaitlyn Oaksmith, 11:13; 104. Audrey Oaksmith, 11:29; 105. Scott Oaksmith, 11:29; 106. John Worley, 11:31; 107. Francis Uy, 11:33; 108. Jane Hilger, 11:33; 109. Ariel Uy, 11:36; 110. Sophia Hilger, 11:36.

111. Brayden Smith, 11:49; 112. Scott Smith, 11:50; 113. Caroline Tripp, 11:55; 114. Shaina Dooley, 11:56; 115. Joanna Ritter, 11:59; 116. Melanie Ritter, 12:00; 117. Matt Ritter, 12:01; 118. James Gilmore, 12:02; 119. Simone Page-Gilmore, 12:02; 120. No card.

121. Henry Hilger, 12:20; 122. Audrey Loudin, 12:24; 123. No card; 124. Matthew Katz, 12:36; 125. Nora Blanco, 12:37; 126. Laura Dzingeleski, 12:40; 127. No card; 128. No card; 129. Noah Katz, 12:59; 130. Michael Katz, 12:59.

131. Kimberly Boodin, 13:01; 132. Ella Boodin, 13:01; 133. Beth Grable, 13:19; 134. Cameron Grable, 13:19; 135. No card; 136. Steve Wargo, 13:25; 137. Carson Wargo, 13:26; 138. Robyn Page, 13:52; 139. Vivienne Page-Gilmore, 13:53: 140. Ben Peters, 13:55.

141. Gabi Peters, 13:55; 142. Jeff Peters, 13:56; 143. Judy Blanco, 14:35; 144. Carlos Bryant, 14:37; 145. Dalila Ives, 14:38; 146. Michelle Kvech, 14:40; 147. Allison Brown, 14:43; 148. Tyler Brown, 14:44; 149. Kaitlyn Krause, 14:52; 150. David Krause, 14:53.

151. Scott Habicht, 14:56; 152. Ashley Cheung, 14:56; 153. No card; 154. Amy Conrad, 15:01; 155. Mike Chirozzi, 15:02; 156. Jasmine Ives, 15:04; 157. Danny Ives, 15:07; 158. Gregg Brown, 15:22; 159. Ethan Brown, 15:23; 160. Danielle Krause, 15:24.

161. Jill Krause, 15:25; 162. Katie Keating, 15:43; 163. Maggie Keating, 15:55; 164. Joyden Brown, 16:42; 165. Elaine Widom, 16:42; 166. Deyonta Bryant, 16:50; 167. No card; 168. Cecelia Shadrick, 16:57; 169. Brian Shadrick, 16:58; 170. Keyarna Wilkerson, 17:07.

171. Kaitlyn Cheung, 17:12; 172. Kristi Cheung, 17:12; 173. Liz Frommer, 17:26; 174. Hannah Boodin, 17:33; 175. Larry Boodin, 17:33; 176. Heidi Kvech, 17:40; 177. Amy Kvech, 17:40; 178. Henry Kvech, 18:12; 179. Brent Kvech, 18:13.

Softball

Maryland Chill travel

The Maryland Chill Black (12-U girls) participated in the 13-14 Eastern Shore Invitational softball tournament at the Watkins Regional Park, in Largo. The Chill started Saturday with great defense against a tough Maryland Heartbreaker Black team, but came up one run short.

In the next game the Chill put together great defense, offense and pitching, but could not score against the Olney Cougars.

In the third game of the day the Chill got everything going in a 4-2 victory over the Maryland Chill Purple.

On Sunday, the Chill Black dropped two very close games against the Lakeshore Lightning and the Churchfield Lightning.

Chill team members include Madison Vicendese, Imani Torregano, Madeleine Bennett, Gracie Logan, Kayla Clark, Megan Crumling, Alex Cwalina, Lindsay Humphrey, Courtney O'Neill, Lexi Jones and Gabriela Mistichelli.

The Maryland Chill Silver (12-U girls) finished second at the Central Maryland League tournament played in Eldersburg. The Chill Silver defeated the Freedom Firebirds, Germantown Titans and Winfield Sting Black before losing a tight game to the Olney Cougars in the championship match.

Chill Silver received dominant pitching from Katie Smith, who recorded 42 strikeouts and earned three wins. She was aided by strong outfield play from Breanne Smith, Emily Rowe and Emma Adams. Claire Swan, Kristy Selby, Cindy Sheckels, Mara Wedekind and Kelsey Parker all made some great plays in the infield.

Maryland Stars travel

The Maryland Stars Red (14-U girls) won the 16-U age bracket of the USSSA Crabtown Crackdown in Glen Burnie June 13-14. The Stars won four games and lost two, but struggled during pool play.

After losing to the MVSA Storm, the Stars beat the Fillies Fastpitch, 7-2, and then lost to the SYA Xplosion, 3-2, in a weather-shortened game.

The Stars started championship play as the sixth seed, yet easily defeated the third seeded Harford Havoc, 7-0, then the Fillies Fastpitch to reach the championship game. In that game, Howard Countian Natalie Gill slapped two hits in two at-bats as the Stars were victorious.

Winning a 16-U tournament showed great improvement of the team and the fearless attitude regardless of the opponent. With this win the Stars 14-U Red team has qualified for the USSSA World Series at 14-U and 16-U level, the NSA World Series at 14-U and the PONY Nationals at 14-U. This was the second first-place finish of the year and their fifth top finish of the season.

Playing up an age group has pushed the team to play its best every game out. The Stars have a 11-3-1 record against 16-U teams, much better than their record against 14-U teams.

Duathlon

DU2R

DU2R member Kristina Adams was second overall in the duathlon nationals. J.P. Bacle placed second in the D&B Time Trial in the British Virgin Islands. He clocked a 46:43.

Adam Forgione raced the Thundergust duathlon in New Jersey, placing fourth overall in 1:09:46.

Eight members of DU2R have now qualified for the duathlon world championships in September.

Baseball

Western Howard County travel

On June 21, the U-11 Western Howard County Renegades won the MABA Division II Championship Tournament. Along with the regular season title, the Renegades had a 20-6 MABA record.

The win was a complete team effort from Ryan Benedek, Tyler Farace, Dylan Farnella, Tucker Garfui, Garrett Gravanda, Nick Goneconto, Sam Hulett, Matt Liebno, Tim Liebno, Jack Montgomery, Ziggy Popkin and Wade Pines.

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