ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Cecil County Sports Weekly

VOLUME 2 ISSUE 47

December 20, 2022

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Josh Allen

BOHEMIA MANOR EAGLES WRESTLING SOPHOMORE

Josh Allen was the only Cecil County Wrestler to finish on the top of the podium at this weekends Kent County Holiday Wrestling Tournament.

Josh wrestled in the 138lb Weight Class and won all six matches on his way to winning the event.

Josh was on our All County Wrestling Team in 2021 as a Freshman (when this photo was taken). We are sure we will be covering him alot more after the holidays as he prepares for the State Tournament.

Amanda Callaghan

Amanda Callaghan placed first in the the 800 meter race this past week at Catonsville Community College racing against 12 other schools from across Maryland. Her time of 2:36.58 was almost 20 seconds faster than the second place finisher, Isabella Chavis, also from Rising Sun.

When Amanda wasn’t racing on the track she could be found on the far turn waiting for her teammates to shout words of encouragement as they pushed to finish their events. A total team player she cheers on all Cecil County runners at every event.

Boys Basketball Girls

/ V 7:00pm

Swimming Elkton/Rising Sun @ Harford Tech (Edgewood Middle School) 5:45pm

Wrestling Perryville @ Rising Sun 5:30pm

Thursday, December 22 nd

Girls Basketball North Harford @ Elkton 3:30pm North East @ Joppatowne JV 4:00pm / V 5:30pm

West Nottingham Rams vs Tome Titans:

to a 22-20 West Nottingham lead. The Rams Ray Tsai dropped 14 of those points.

Even after losing one of the four freshman who have had significant time, Will Loller, to an injury near- ing the end of the first half, Tome fought back and took an early third quarter 37-33 lead. The margin was shortlived after back-to-back threes put the Rams back in front for good.

“When I was told they had so many freshman, I fig- ured we would go out to an early lead, but they proved me wrong,” said West Nottingham Head Coach Zack Ward, “So we had to go into halftime and make some adjustments. Those players can really play and they took us by surprise.”

The fourth quarter broke the Titans and broke the game open for West Nottingham. Tsai proceeded to knock down a pair of threes as Tome missed a dozen bank shots and layups on 10 trips down the court in the face of West Nottingham’s ferocious defense. Tsai led all scorers with 25 points.

“This was a tough win. We faced some adversity. We were down and we had to fight back and play some tough defense,” said Ward, “If we keep playing like this we are going to turn up pretty good.”

Iago Focinos-Gutierrez added 18 for the Rams. Tome was led by Sam Booth’s 16 points. Layton Le added 14 and Spencer Cain drained 13 for the Titans to round out all the double-digit scorers.

North East Indians rally in second half for 49-42 win over Perryville

By Kevin Phillips

NORTH EAST–After struggling on offense in the first half, North East entered the second half trailing visiting Perryville by a point in the teams’ UCBAC Susquehanna Division basketball battle Friday night.

The Indians talked about executing on the offensive end at the halftime break, and they did just that by scoring 20 points in the third quarter to blow past the Panthers to earn a 49-42 victory.

“We just looked at running the offense, finding what matchups we wanted, and being smart with the ball,” North East head coach Seth Grimes said. “We spaced the floor much better, and they made some good de- cisions. It’s still early in the season, and there are still a lot of things to clean up. They finally started to focus on the game plans, and they executed at a much better rate in the second half.”

The Indians made just five field goals in the first half, but their strong defense enabled them to keep pace with Perryville as they trailed 20-19 entering the third quarter, and the Panthers maintained a one-point lead at 24-23 in the early stages of the third quarter.

That’s when North East’s Luke Keefer took over the game as he scored 14 points to power a 16-0 run that gave the Indians the lead for good a 39-24, and Keefer credits his teammates for creating space for him to operate.

“I felt good. My teammates were opening up the floor, and I was getting open shots,” Keefer, who had 17 points, said. “They were just falling. It was one of the best quarters I played, I say.”

North East entered the fourth quarter with a 39-27 lead, and the Indians kept Perryville at bay in the final quarter thanks to consistent free throw shooting, making 6-9 in the frame to keep their lead.

One of the keys’ to the Indians’ victory was their defensive effort throughout as they held Perryville to just 13 made field goals, including three three pointers, and the reason for their strong play was a combination of a closing out on the Panthers’ shooters and a collective team effort on the defensive end.

“We’ve been practicing really hard. We’ve played some good teams in Harford County, Aberdeen and Patterson Mill, early. (Perryville) has shooters, and every kid that can come on the floor can hit,” Grimes said. “We said we have to focus on close out drills and working on closing out, making sure we contest without fouling. They’re growing day-in and day-out.”

“We played with heart. We played as a team. We played as a unit, and that’s why we walked away with the win,” Jebez Griffin added.

Giffin led the way with 20 points for the Indians points while the Panthers got 12 points from Jerry Howard.