Cecil County Sports Weekly Vol 3 Issue 5

Indians fall to Bobcats in 65-48 loss

“Momentum.

North East head coach

Seth Grimes said. “I have a bunch of kids who went up against the odds, and they kept their cool. I did not see them freaking out. I’m proud of these kids with the integrity and character of them.”

The Indians came out strong in the first quarter as

four different players scored for them in frame, allowing them to take a 14-7 lead after eight minutes.

The Bobcats bounced back early in the second quarter, going on a 14-3 run to take the lead at 21-17, but North East maintained the

composure and kept pace with Bel Air for the remainder of the quarter, allowing them to enter halftime trailing by one point at 29-28.

“They were sharing the ball. (Bel Air) cut down the transitions in the second quarter. We were focused

early on,” Grimes said. “We were making some of those shots, and we just kind of wore down later.”

After the Indians tied the game early in the third quarter when Solomon George

Cain, Carillo and Dipietro combine for 34 points in Tome 41-18 win over Tri-State Crusaders

By Karina Serio

NORTH EAST - With the help of quality play from consistently developing freshmen, the Tome School coasted to a 41-18 win against Mid-Atlantic Independent League rival Tri-State Christian last Monday at home. The 23 point victory served as a turning point for a titan squad that has been fighting to find more balance throughout the season.

“I really think the underclassman stepped up, they got more playing time this game and they did really well moving the ball and just getting

experience during the game getting to get on the floor getting to beat our rival was just a really good experience for them and boost for our confidence”, said Tome Senior Landen Cain, “As a senior seeing freshmen score is really great it means the future is really bright just them putting the work in. I’m really happy to see them executing their stuff.

Cain led all scorers, draining 12 points. Freshman duo Audrey Dipietro and Ainsley Carillo knocked 11 each.

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CECIL COUNTY SPORTS WEEKLY

VOLUME 3 ISSUE 5

February 7, 2023

PUBLISHERS:

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Obote Briscoe scored 18 pts for the Golden Elks on Tuesday night in their 83-32 win over the visiting Perryville Panthers.

The Golden Elks sit in the top spot in the 2A East Region I with playoffs beginning in just a couple weeks.

SARAH CLARK

RISING SUN TIGERS BASKETBALL

The Rising Sun Tigers traveled to Havre de Grace this week to face the top team in the 1A East Region I. The Havre de Grace Warriors handed Rising Sun only their second loss of the season but Sarah Clark was putting up great numbers in the game scoring 23 points for the Lady Tigers in the 53-43 loss.

The Tigers still sit atop to 2A East Region I and will look to Senior Sarah Clark to put points on the board as the team prepares to go into the playoffs.

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BOYS BASKETBALL SCORES - CECIL & HARFORD COUNTY

Rising

Rising

83

Ab: Bass (23 pts) Rodgers (14 pts) Brown (20 pts) Franklin (5 pts) Hunter (8 pts) Carter (5 pts) Parris (14 pts)

Jtowne: Sackey (11 pts) Clark (18 pts) Ke. Pollock (20 pts, 5 stl) Cain (7 pts) Smith (13 pts, 9 reb) Thorne (8 pts)

Havre

Havre

COACHES:

106: B.

over A. Caldero

113: C. Birth (HDG) over Unknown (For.)

120: A. Higgins (HDG) over Unknown (For.)

126: E. Caldwell (A) over L. Fongemie (HDG) (Fall 3:14)

132: J. Matherly (A) over W. Grimm (HDG) (Fall 1:10)

138: L. Peterson (A) over H. Fritsche (HDG) (Fall 0:20)

145: D. Thani (A) over H. Winter (HDG) (Dec 8-5)

152: C. Lineberry (A) over K. Bromley (HDG) (Fall 5:08)

160: E. Teefy (HDG) over M. Hilliard (A) (Dec 7-5)

170: T. Hinton (HDG) over D. Darby (A) (Dec 4-0)

182: D. Pierce (A) over J. Gillich (HDG) (Fall 1:46)

195: J. Cooper (HDG) over J. Rodgers (A) (Fall 5:29)

220: E. Birth (HDG) over C. Banjo (A) (Dec 7-0)

285: E. Chavez (A) over A. Alvarez (HDG) (Fall 3:35)

106: D. Boniface (HT) over Unknown (For.)

113: Z. Tablan (HT) over C. Pakacki (SP) (Fall 1:23)

120: C. Manley (SP) over C. Donlick (HT) (Fall 3:56)

126: D. Ambrosino (SP) over L. Barkey (HT) (MD 13-0)

132: C. McNamee (HT) over W. Shoo (SP) (Fall 2:19)

138: N. Chervak (HT) over J. Rassmusen (SP) (Dec 8-4)

145: R. Fary (SP) over A. Sullivan (HT) (Fall 1:01)

152: R. Sewell (HT) over P. Goldstraw (SP) (Fall 0:00)

160: T. Cooper (SP) over R. Santiago (HT) (Fall 1:38)

170: J. Ryder (HT) over K. Cunningham (SP) (Fall 0:35)

182: J. Worthington (SP) over S. Nikitaras (HT) (Fall 1:24)

195: D. Nelson (SP) over G. Thompson (HT) (Fall 1:24)

220: D. Duvall (SP) over G. Lawson (HT) (Fall 0:10)

285: H. Petrovia (SP) over Unknown (For.)

CECIL COUNTY SPORTS SCHEDULE

106: Double Forfeit

113: N. Santivasci (PX) over I. Phillips (PV) (Fall 4:34)

120: M. Furl (PX) over B. Vanderhoef (PV) (Fall 0:18)

126: M. Gray (PX) over R. Boyd (PV) (Dec 6-5)

132: K. Brown (PV) over H. Dufresne (PX) (Fall 1:44)

138: N. Sands (PX) over S. Spier (PV) (Fall 1:45)

145: R. Trimble (PV) over Unknown (For.)

152: E. Serra (PX) over E. McConnell (PV) (Fall 3:29)

160: R. Furl (PX) over D. Coffey (PV) (Fall 0:18)

170: T. Barone (PX) over B. Hamson (PV) (Dec 13-10)

182: W. Trigger (PX) over H. Coe (PV) (Fall 0:32)

195: J. Eaton (PX) over C. Kilby (PV) (Fall 0:31)

220: K. Mitchell (PX) over N. Jordan (PX) (Fall 3:20)

285: J. Edwards (PX) over J. Renninger (PV) (Fall 1:29)

Harford

Friday, February 3rd

106: Bella Olivas (HDG) over (PV) (For.)

113: Conner Birth (HDG) over Isaac Phillips (PV) (Fall 1:21)

120: AJ Higgins (HDG) over Matthew Langeluttig (PV) (Fall 2:47)

126: Lucas Fongemie (HDG) over Bryar Vanderhoef (PV) (Fall 1:20)

132: Will Grimm (HDG) over Ryan Boyd (PEV) (Dec 9-6)

138: Kyler Brown (PV) over Hayden Fritsche (HDG) (Fall 1:26)

145: Harli Winter (HDG) over Seth Spier (PV) (MD 10-1)

152: Kent Bromley (HDG) over Reed Trimble (PV) (Fall 3:32)

160: Eli Teefy (HDG) over Edward McConnell (PV) (Fall 0:50)

170: TC Hinton (HDG) over Dradin Coffey (PV) (Fall 3:38)

182: Keon Bowser (HDG) over Holden Coe (PV) (Fall 2:47)

195: Jaden Cooper (HDG) over Charles Kilby (PV) (TF 21-6)

220: Ethan Birth (HDG) over Kylon Mitchell (PV) (Dec 5-2)

285: Justin Renninger (PV) over Anthony Alvarez (HDG) (Fall 2:27)

VOLLEYBALL

SENIOR NIGHT WIN FOR LADY INDIANS

By Kevin Phillips

NORTH EAST-North East

honored seniors Saylor Bare, Tess Keatley and Summer Mencer for Senior Night before taking on visiting Joppatowne in UCBAC Susquehanna Division girls’ basketball action Thursday night.

The Indians gave their seniors one more memory as they held off a late-game charge from the Mariners to earn a 47-44 victory in an evenly-played game.

“It feels great. You don’t want to get a loss,” Bare, who scored eight points, said laughing. “It will be good when I think about my Senior Night that we got the win.”

“It’s awesome. We’ve been preaching to these girls about commitment and building the program, and they have been playing hard for years,” North East head

coach Matt Haack added.

“To see them come out tonight and hold on to that big win, it just means the world.

I’m very, very happy for my seniors tonight.”

After a back-and-forth first half, the Indians trailed Joppatowne by two points at 20-18 at halftime, and the game continued to trend that way as the score was tied at 28-28 midway through the third quarter.

From that point until midway through the fourth quarter, North East went on a 16-5 run that increased their lead to 44-33, and Reagan Hassell paced the surge with six points.

One of the main reasons why the Indians were able to go on the game deciding run was that their defense ratcheted up the pressure, forcing turnovers and creating points in the transition and in the half-court set.

“We got more aggressive

on defense. The girls forced the issue by pressuring the guards and started jumping in the passing lanes, and we were able to extend that lead a little bit and get that momentum in our corner,” Haack said. “The crowd was awesome and did a great job supporting our girls.”

The Mariners responded with a 11-3 run for the remainder of the game as they even cut the North East lead to two points in the final minute, but Jasmine Chrystal made it a three-point game at 47-44 when she made one of two free throws with less than 10 seconds remaining.

Joppatowne had one last chance to tie the game in the waning seconds, but its desperation three point shot hit the backboard, allowing the Indians to hold onto a senior night victory.

“They have been working hard all year. They have

been cheering everyone on, and I’m so glad they got this win,” Hassell, who had ten points, said. “They deserve it.”

In addition to Hassell’s 10 points, North East got 10 points from both Alaina Foran and Katy Hammer, and that balance was a result of the Indians moving the ball around.

“We did a good job moving the ball around. We had a lot of turnovers, and in the times we were patient, we did a good job of getting some outside shots and dumping it in the post a little bit, trying to get to the rim,” Haack said. “Getting the passing going and spreading out a little bit was critical for us to try to build a little bit of a lead.”

The Mariners got a gamehigh 23 points from Samiah Head.

photos by Sam Dixon

Indians fall to Bobcats in 65-48 loss

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made one of two free throws, the Bobcats took control of the game as they went on a 21-4 run for the rest of the quarter to build a 50-33 lead.

North East cut their deficit to 12 points midway through the fourth quarter on a Luke Keefer three-pointer, but Bel Air responded with seven unanswered points to put the game away.

Keefer scored 15, James Traynham scored 14 and

Jebez Griffin scored 10 for the Indians, and Grimes said North East will need to continue fighting like they did against the Bobcats as the season progresses.

“Be resilient. Face adversity and know every call is not going to go your way,” Grimes said. “If you want to survive as the season goes on and get into the playoffs, you’re going to have to battle and stay resilient.”

Bel Air’s Trey Dennis had a game-high 24 points.

photos by Sam Dixon

Tome Titans hard work shows in 69-36 defeat of MIL Rival, Providence Griffins

By Karina Serio

NORTH EAST - More than once this year the Tome School followed up a solid first half performance by coming out flat in the second half. That wasn’t the case last Tuesday as the Titans built on a 15-point halftime lead and kept extending en route to a 69-36 win against Providence Christian at home.

The victory left Tome Head Coach Doe Gold feeling as if all the hard work was starting to materialize on the court. “It's too early to tell if things are starting to click for us. They still gotta play with some more heart and some more intensity,” said Gold. “They are starting to see the style of basketball I want. It has to be consistent, they have to stay consistent, they have to grind it out, they have to stick to the program, they have to stick to the script. I want to see

fewer mental errors. I can understand if a team plays good defense and they get a steal, but just to throw the ball to the other team that's not good.”

While Senior Warren Hersh’s 15 points and Junior Nolan Peel’s 13 led the Titans, it was the double digit performance of freshmen Spencer Cain and Herald Beljour that left Gold thinking about the future.

My freshmen aren't doing too bad. I'm really excited about the big man in the guard [Cain] and I'm really excited for them to be here for the next four years. It's gonna be fun to watch,” said Gold. “Spencer could arguably be the best person in this league, easily. He can do it all, shoot jump shots and go to the hole. He just has to play with heart and confidence.”

For Providence Kai Jackson drained 14 points and Bryce Unruh added eight.

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The production out of his underclassman left Tome Coach Jermaine Palmer in an upbeat mood after the win. “Tonight's game was a lot of practice that we got in. We executed our plays and we just wanted to beat tristate,” said Palmer. “It means they are learning and that the proces im doing here at Tome is working. The girls are committed to the team and we just keep fighting for everything we get.”

Jules Harris and Etta Harris led Tristate with five points each.

photos by Karina Serio

CECIL SWIMMERS VS NORTH HARFORD : FEBRUARY 1, 2023

SWIM MEET RESULTS

Event 1 Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay

1 NHF-MD A 1:55.64

1) Cassidy, James

2) Difilippo, Kyle

3) O’Leary, Michael

4) Iampieri, Ben

2 ELK A 1:57.88

1) Marra, Michael

2) Cline, Jacob

3) Kammerzelt, Beau

4) Sprouse, John

3 RSHS A 2:13.33

1) Abbey, Kieran

2) Schultz, Benjamin

3) Reese, Landon

4) Bunk, Cameron

Event 2 Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay

1 ELK A 2:19.02

1) Clawson, Sarah

2) Cooper, Sadie

3) Marra, Mattea

4) Zanes, Ellie

2 NHF-MD A 2:29.46

1) Sealy, Logan

2) Spangler, Madison

3) Chandler, Kendall

4) Danielczyk, Victoria

3 ELK B 2:37.32

1) Huss, Emma

2) Miller, Audrey

3) Clowson, Samantha

4) Holmes, Madeline

4 NHF-MD B 2:41.33

1) Duda, Isabella

2) Layman, Maggie

3) Dorsey, Emma

4) McGovern, Erin

Event 3 Boys 200 Yard Freestyle

1 Kammerzelt, Beau ELK 2:05.73

2 Singer, Brendan ELK 2:34.25

Event 4 Girls 200 Yard Freestyle

1 Pennington, Carolyn ELK 2:22.99

2 Bonincontri, Sophia NHF-MD 2:43.56

3 Sealy, Ava NHF-MD 2:46.90

Event 5 Boys 200 Yard IM

1 Estep, James ELK 2:34.69

2 Whaley, Grayson NHF-MD 3:20.71

Event 6 Girls 200 Yard IM

1 Marra, Mattea ELK 2:55.39

2 Ivy, Payten NHF-MD 3:10.78

Event 7 Boys 50 Yard Freestyle

1 Marra, Michael ELK 23.86

2 Iampieri, Ben NHF-MD 24.84

3 Schultz, Benjamin RSHS 25.87

4 Difilippo, Kyle NHF-MD 26.03

5 Abbey, Kieran RSHS 27.43

6 Michalak, Evan ELK 28.25

Event 7A Men 50 Yard Freestyle

1 DeJesus, Michael NHF-MD 28.41

2 Foye, Solomon ELK 29.15

3 Gupta, Neel ELK 30.98

4 Jestel, Jacob NHF-MD 31.74

5 Bunk, Cameron RSHS 31.84

Event 8 Girls 50 Yard Freestyle

1 Angulo, Val NHF-MD 29.61

2 Reed, Jenna NHF-MD 31.10

3 Sullivan, Paige RSHS 32.74

4 Clowson, Samantha ELK 32.83

5 Zanes, Ellie ELK 36.19

Event 8A Women 50 Yard Freestyle

1 McGovern, Erin NHF-MD 35.64

2 Holmes, Madeline ELK 36.44

3 Plume, Mackenzie NHF-MD 37.42

Event 11 Boys 100 Yard Butterfly

1 O’Leary, Michael NHF-MD 56.25

2 Kammerzelt, Beau ELK 1:03.49

Event 12 Girls 100 Yard Butterfly

1 Bonincontri, Sophia NHF-MD 1:18.76

2 Clawson, Sarah ELK 1:19.14

3 Ivy, Payten NHF-MD 1:27.62

Event 13 Boys 100 Yard Freestyle

1 Cline, Jacob ELK 53.84

2 Iampieri, Ben NHF-MD 58.42

3 Cassidy, James NHF-MD 59.47

4 Reese, Landon RSHS 1:02.13

5 Michalak, Evan ELK 1:06.55

Event 14 Girls 100 Yard Freestyle

1 Cooper, Sadie ELK 1:04.70

2 Angulo, Val NHF-MD 1:05.00

3 Abbey, Severin RSHS 1:12.46

4 Miller, Audrey ELK 1:22.52

Event 14X Mixed 100 Yard Freestyle

1 Gupta, Neel ELK 1:11.94

2 Danielczyk, Victoria NHF-MD 1:17.34

3 Sealy, Logan

3) Sprouse, John 4) Kammerzelt, Beau

2 RSHS A 1:54.30

1) Reese, Landon

2) Bunk, Cameron

3) Abbey, Kieran

4) Schultz, Benjamin

3 ELK B 2:01.32

1) Gupta, Neel

2) Foye, Solomon

3) Singer, Brendan

4) Estep, James

Event 18 Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1 NHF-MD A 2:02.06

1) Bonincontri, Sophia

2) Reed, Jenna

3) Angulo, Val

4) O’Leary, Anna

2 ELK A 2:10.55

1) Marra, Mattea

2) Miller, Audrey

3) Huss, Emma

4) Clawson, Sarah

3 NHF-MD B 2:16.24

1) Dorsey, Emma

2) Ivy, Payten

3) Sealy, Ava

4) Spangler, Madison

Event 19 Boys 100 Yard Backstroke

1 Marra, Michael ELK 1:05.19

2 Cassidy, James NHF-MD 1:10.98

Event 20 Girls 100 Yard Backstroke

1 Marra, Mattea ELK 1:15.74

2 Huss, Emma ELK 1:22.17

3 Sullivan, Paige RSHS 1:24.22

4 Layman, Maggie NHF-MD 1:36.99

Event 21 Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke

1 O’Leary, Michael NHF-MD 1:06.20

2 Cline, Jacob ELK 1:16.81

3 Difilippo, Kyle NHF-MD 1:18.75

4 Schultz, Benjamin RSHS 1:19.60

5 Abbey, Kieran RSHS 1:22.12

6 Reese, Landon RSHS 1:29.42

Event 22 Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke

1 Cooper, Sadie ELK 1:21.49

2 Spangler, Madison NHF-MD 1:26.60

3 Sealy, Logan NHF-MD 1:29.31

4 Abbey, Severin RSHS 1:30.15

Event 23 Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1 NHF-MD A 3:57.63

1) Iampieri, Ben

2) Cassidy, James

3) Difilippo, Kyle

4) O’Leary, Michael

2 ELK A 4:34.23

1) Estep, James

2) Foye, Solomon

3) Sprouse, John

4) Gupta, Neel

Event 24 Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1 NHF-MD A 4:33.24

1) Bonincontri, Sophia

2) Reed, Jenna

3) Angulo, Val

4) O’Leary, Anna

2 ELK A 4:46.03

1) Pennington, Carolyn

2) Huss, Emma

3) Clawson, Sarah

4) Cooper, Sadie

3 NHF-MD B 5:19.11

1) McGovern, Erin

2) Danielczyk, Victoria

3) Chandler, Kendall

4) Sealy, Ava

photos by Susan Burkholder

Perryville hosts Havre de Grace for Kyler Brown Senior Night

PERRYVILLE - The Perryville Panthers Wrestling Team held their Senior Night on Friday before their last match of the season against the Havre de Grace Warriors.

Kyler Brown is the lone Senior on the young Panthers team this year. Kyler and his parents were recognized at the beginning of the match.

The Panthers had a tough night as only two of Perryville’s grapplers managed to get a pin and points for their Team.

Kyler Brown recorded a pin in the first period against Hayden Fritsche and Heavyweight Justin Renninger pinned his opponent, Anthony Alvarez, in the second period.

Both teams now prepare for the Team Duals Tournament starting this week before the individual tournament later in the month.

Senior Kyler Brown is looking to return to the State Tournament for another attempt at a State Championship.

Havre de Grace 63

Perryville 12

RESULTS:

106: Bella Olivas (HDG) over (PV) (For.)

113: Conner Birth (HDG) over Isaac Phillips (PV) (Fall 1:21)

120: AJ Higgins (HDG) over Matthew Langeluttig (PV) (Fall 2:47)

126: Lucas Fongemie (HDG) over Bryar Vanderhoef (PV) (Fall 1:20)

132: Will Grimm (HDG) over Ryan Boyd (PEV) (Dec 9-6)

138: Kyler Brown (PV) over Hayden Fritsche (HDG) (Fall 1:26)

145: Harli Winter (HDG) over Seth Spier (PV) (MD 10-1)

152: Kent Bromley (HDG) over Reed Trimble (PV) (Fall 3:32)

160: Eli Teefy (HDG) over Edward McConnell (PV) (Fall 0:50)

170: TC Hinton (HDG) over Dradin Coffey (PV) (Fall 3:38)

182: Keon Bowser (HDG) over Holden Coe (PV) (Fall 2:47)

195: Jaden Cooper (HDG) over Charles Kilby (PV) (TF 21-6)

220: Ethan Birth (HDG) over Kylon Mitchell (PV) (Dec 5-2)

285: Justin Renninger (PV) over Anthony Alvarez (HDG) (Fall 2:27)

photos by Sam Dixon

photos by Sam Dixon

photos by Sam Dixon

photos by Sam Dixon

photos by Sam Dixon