The 2009 All Maryland Junior College fall teams were recently announced and the Dragons were well represented.

Freshmen Kristina Rhodes and Brian Allen were named to the cross country team.

Sophomore midfielder Melissa Hawkes was named to the women's soccer team, and sophomore forward Promise Ebinum and Zachary Altmanson were named to the men's soccer team.

Both soccer teams lost in their final region games. The women lost to Montgomery-Rockville, 1-0, and the men to Prince George's, 2-0. The men had an outstanding season under coach Stefan Draganov.

The women struggled with injuries all season long and yet managed to play well in the closing weeks under head coach Kate Seagroves.

The women's volleyball team was seeded No. 1 going into the Region XX tournament, but was unable to bring home the title. Despite the disappointing finish the team had an outstanding year under first-year head coach Matt Troy.

Sophomore hitter Carly Pruitt was named to the All-Maryland second team, and sophomore middle blocker Brandi Cook was an honorable mention.

Ice hockey

Oakland Mills honored the late Jeff Nordaas, who was killed in a helicopter crash July 23. The team remembered their assistant coach by wearing a patch on their uniforms in his honor, as well as with a pre-game memorial. Long Reach, which also won the Frederick High School pre-season tournament, won the game 12-2 against Oakland Mills. Long Reach goal scorers were Bryan Baldwin, Mike Dattaro, Jansen Earle (two), Tyler Metzger, Jarek Milauskas (three), Curtis Sample (two) and Nathan Sesto with assists by the goal scorers plus Justin Brown, Dakota Sargent and Vincent Valenza.

Oakland Mills' goals were scored in the second period by James Pope and Geoff Gezik, assisted by Trevor Roberts. Frank Valenza was in net for the Lightning and saved 13 shots. Josh Veale, for Oakland Mills, turned away 32 shots.

Atholton beat Mt. Hebron, 11-0, in their first league game of the season. Goals were scored by Nicholas Bogdash, Kevin Brinker (three), Toby Hall (two), Brandon Potter, Derek Potter (two), and Lucas Slavinski (two). Assists came from Bogdash, Matthew Christopher (two), Jason Eng, Zach Michels (four), Jake Mills (two), Potter and Derek Potter (two). Mt. Hebron's goalies, Kasper Nilsson and Jeremy Fowler, made 16 saves each, while Atholton's goalie Taylor Abell made four saves.

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