PERRYVILLE – Sean Sandora knew his team was fighting an uphill battle. So did everyone else.
The longtime Perryville Panthers head coach knew what he was up against and — if the other five teams that faced off against the Edgewood Rams this season were any indication — it wouldn’t be pretty.
By Victor Hensley
NORTH EAST - Mere min-
utes after being selected to break down the post-game huddle, Kyle Jackson stood under the lights at North East High School with a humbly drawn smile on his face.
Jackson, a junior wide receiver/defensive back combo for Elkton, was the star of the show for a Golden Elks (4-2) squad that put up big numbers in a dominant win, 42-6, over the North East Indians (0-6) last
Friday night.
“It feels amazing (to get this win),” Jackson said after the game. “We came out knowing, ‘Come and do your job, nothing else.’ As long as we’re doing our job, we’re going to succeed.”
Few high school football teams pack the versatile punch that the Golden Elks do.
From their deep receiving corps to their dual quarterback system to their high-flying secondary, the Golden Elks present a complex challenge for any oppo-
nent to game plan against. And, with Jackson as the latest piece of evidence, sometimes you simply can’t predict which one of them will single-handedly beat you.
In what was a career game for the junior, Jackson totaled three
catches for 124 yards and 3 touchdowns, with two of those touchdowns coming on plays of 47 and 44 yards in the third quarter that put the game away for the Golden Elks.
Over the last five weeks, the Rams have been arguably the best team in Harford County. They entered their date with the Panthers last Thursday night with a perfect 5-0 record, the result of having both a lightsout defense and a high-octane offense.
While the Rams (6-0) managed to knock off the Panthers (3-3) in an overtime thriller, 19-16, their 21-mile trip to Perryville left them with a few bruises, a wake-up call and a sudden realization that they might not be immortal after all.
“Our kids knew we were the underdogs going into this,” Sandora said moments after the loss. “There was really nobody in the stands or in our building that would give us a chance to even keep it close with Edgewood based on our record and what we’ve done in the past, but our kids, they adopted that underdog mentality this week.”
Prior to its game against Perryville, Edgewood acted as a wrecking ball to every team in its path. No matter the sturdiness of your team’s structure, the Rams were knocking it down.
Over the first five weeks of the season, Edgewood scored nine times as many points (181) as its opponents (20), pitching four shut-outs in the process. The only team that managed to find the end zone – or the uprights – against the Rams was the Elkton Golden Elks (4-2) in a 53-20 defeat on Sept. 9.
Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence that suggested the Panthers could lose big to the Rams, Sandora and his team didn’t let it affect them.
Instead, a mixture of hard-nosed defense and top-notch offensive talent kept Perryville in it until the very last play.
Late in the fourth quarter, however, the Panthers found themselves in a tough spot.
Having struggled for most of the game, Edgewood’s offense finally began to click when junior quarterback Caesar Travers connected with an open Michael Lee for a 26-yard score with 8:56 left to play, giving the Rams a 13-3 advantage after Perryville senior Sydney Phillips blocked the extra point.
With the Panthers’ offense having scored just three points up to that point –and totaling just 127 yards of total offense – a two-score Rams lead with minimal time left appeared to put the game out of reach for Perryville.
Luckily for the home squad, though, their offense didn’t even need to touch the ball.
On the ensuing kickoff, senior Zack Ayers fielded it on his own 17-yard-line, sped up the middle, found a hole and took it 83
‘Kyle got his’: Jackson breaks out with 3 TDs in Golden Elks win vs. Indians
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T: L. Carrillo 2 aces, 38 assists, 8 kills G.
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as 2 aces, eight digs, 6 kills
Slagle 9 assists 6 digs H. Pfadt 6 digs, 4 kills Harcum College 0 Cecil College
Division Tournament Aberdeen/Bel Air/ C. Milton Wright/Fallston/Harford Tech/ North Harford/ Rising Sun @ Edgewood (Churchville Rec)
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Mill @ North East (Chesapeake Bay GC)
By Victor Hensley
BEL AIR - Bo Manor’s defense played a near-flawless game against C. Milton Wright.
Yet, with less than a minute to go, the Eagles were still in prime position to lose.
Then, with the game on the line, the defense put up a wall.
Bo Manor (5-1) proceeded to stop C. Milton Wright (3-3) on four straight plays inside their own 5-yard-line, coming up big on a game-winning goal-line stand to come away with a 6-0 shut-out road victory over the Mustangs.
“We have that motto of, ‘What’s the most important play? The next play,’ because they got to the 4(-yard-line) and that’s all well and good, but they’re still not in the end zone,” said Vincent Ricci, the Eagles’ head coach. “The defense really stepped up on those last four plays.”
The Mustangs mixed up the playcalls on those last four shots at the end zone, running two rush plays and two pass plays, but they were unable to catch the Eagles off guard as they stood their ground and kept the shut-out alive.
Ricci gave credit to a trio of players for making the goal-line stand a reality, including senior defensive lineman Pharel Petitfrere, senior linebacker Angel Granado and freshman defensive back Gunnar Preston, who assisted in breaking up the final pass on fourth down to seal the win.
“We got really good pressure all night from Pharel Petitfrere,” Ricci said. “I think I had him down for seven or eight tackles, as well, and that's the biggest output we’ve had from a defensive lineman all year. We challenged those guys this week to make some plays because recently, it's been our linebackers making all the plays. … We finally said, ‘Hey, it's time for you guys to eat a little bit.’”
Both defensive units were on fire throughout the evening, forcing three-and-out after threeand-out in a back-and-forth barnburner.
“What we were saying as coaches the entire week is that we are literally playing ourselves,” Ricci said. “They have a really good defense and run the exact same defensive system that we do. … They did a really great job of shutting us down on offense.”
The lone score of the evening came on a break for Bo Manor after the Mustangs snapped the ball over the punter’s head on a fourth-down play in the first quarter. While the Mustangs punter was able to recover the ball, Eagles lineman Giovanni Baglio forced him back to C. Milton Wright’s own 5-yard-line, forcing the turnover on downs.
Then, just a couple of plays later, Eagles senior running back Jake Koehler punched in a 3-yard rushing touchdown – followed by the Mustangs’ blocking the extra point – to put Bo Manor ahead, 6-0, the eventual final score.
This week, Bo Manor hosts the Rising Sun Tigers (4-2) in the premier in-county matchup of the week, while C. Milton Wright travels to Elkton to face the Golden Elks (4-2).
“On offense, we want to go out there and get our run game going a little bit and Rising Sun knows that,” Ricci said of his team’s upcoming matchup with the Tigers. “It’s going to be a running kind of game, back and forth. Whoever can stop the run will probably win this football game.”
By Victor Hensley
RISING SUN – With a game against Aberdeen sandwiched in the middle of Rising Sun’s toughest five-game stretch of the season, Clem Vaughan, the Tigers’ head coach, knew it’d be a prime position for a let-down spot.
But, Rising Sun (4-2) refused to overlook the winless Eagles (0-6), putting on a homecoming show that had the stands rocking to the tune of a 44-6 trouncing by the Tigers, sealing their third win in a row.
“(A potential let-down) is always in the back of my mind,” Vaughan said. “But these kids were determined, came out and did a great job. I get more and more impressed with them each and every week, how they handle themselves and get ready for the next opponent.”
Just a week after a close, one-point win over the Fallston Cougars (3-3), the Tigers had a much more comfortable victory
over the Eagles, one where they practically lived inside of Aberdeen territory for most of the evening.
Fourth-down mishaps were the name of the game for the Eagles in this one, with three separate snaps flying over the punter’s head on three separate drives, all resulting in recoveries and short fields for Rising Sun.
After a short touchdown pass from senior quarterback Gannon Russell (1-for-3 for 20 yards and a TD) to senior Caleb Leffew gave the Tigers an early 8-0 lead, an Aberdeen miscue on the ensuing possession – the first of its three botched snaps –allowed senior Collin Bell to fall on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown recovery to put Rising Sun ahead, 14-0.
“The defense just played great, we were swarming to the ball and just kept making them punt and they weren’t converting, it kept going over their heads,” Vaughan said. “We were on their half of the field all night long, es-
pecially in the first half.”
By the halftime break, the Tigers held onto a 38-6 lead after a trio of rushing touchdowns from Russell (two scores; 15 carries for 92 yards and two TDs on the night) and junior Mason Testerman broke the game wide open.
Then, in the second half, senior Sam Ehrhart (4 carries for 38 yards and a TD) reached the end zone for the final time, capping off the 44-6 performance.
Rising Sun has another big test this week with an in-county road matchup against the Bo Manor Eagles (5-1), while Aberdeen looks to get its first win of the season against the North Harford Hawks (1-5).
“We have to be physical up front, we’re going to have to win in the trenches if we’re going to win it,” Vaughan said of his team’s date with Bo Manor. “They’ll be prepared. They’ll be ready for us, so we need to execute and fire on all cylinders.”
“I was waiting, being patient, and Coach was giving the right calls,” Jackson said. “Once we seen the safety come up, they knew it was me wide open in the middle of the field, and I got a couple of touchdowns out of it.”
Jackson is just one of the weapons that Elkton’s dual quarterbacks – senior Eli Latshaw (4for-6 for 78 yards, TD, INT) and sophomore Patience Richmond (2-for-4 for 91 yards, 2 TDs) –have at their disposal.
While senior Isaiah Huffstutler, sophomore DJ Piner and senior Jaden Nichols had quiet evenings against the Indians, the Golden Elks have proven all season that their receiving corps is up there with the best of them.
And, most importantly, they’re all dedicated to getting the best out of one another.
“When I see them turn up, it just gives me that energy,” Jackson said of his fellow receivers. “When I see them come out on a deep route and catch the ball, that builds confidence in me.”
While the final score may infer a blowout from start to finish, that wasn’t necessarily the case.
North East – a team that, while still fighting for its first win, hasn’t let most of its games get out of hand – kept things close at the start.
Elkton’s offense came out firing on its opening drive, scoring a touchdown in just four plays on an 11-yard run by senior running back Brian Pearson, who was one of two Golden Elks (Jackson) that found the end zone more than once.
But, the Indians responded on their ensuing drive, marching down the field on a 12-play possession lasting nearly six minutes, which stalled on the Golden Elks’ 4-yard-line and ended in a 21-yard field goal from junior Nick Stevens.
North East then got a crucial momentum boost on the next Elkton possession when Stevens hopped in front of a screen pass from Latshaw, having read the play perfectly, and sprinted down the sideline, nearly taking the interception to the house on a big
return.
However, the Indians were unable to punch it in from inside the 5-yard-line, settling for another 21-yard field goal from Stevens to get within one point, 7-6.
“They have a good offense, and we wanted to keep their offense off of the field and chew up clock, and we were able to do that,” said Taylor Slaughenhoupt, the Indians’ head coach. “We got the six points, it helped. We would’ve liked to get into the end zone, but we got points. Whenever you score points, it’s a good thing.”
Elkton fumbled on the ensuing drive, gifting the Indians another short field to work with as they attempted to take the lead, but just two plays later, North East coughed up the ball on a carry of its own, handing the ball right back to the Golden Elks.
The Golden Elks capitalized on the Indians’ mistake when, later in the drive, Latshaw found Jackson on a short screen pass and he did the rest, cutting and juking his way to the end zone for a 32-yard touchdown, giving Elkton a 14-6 lead.
Things would only get worse for North East as, on the very next drive, senior quarterback Blaydon Blake threw a short pass over the middle that was intercepted by sophomore Hugean Greer, who found a hole and took it to the house on a pick-six with 3:45 to play in the half, putting Elkton ahead, 21-6.
Later in the second quarter, a botched snap on a punt play
by North East allowed Elkton to set up shop at the Indians’ 9-yardline. It took the Golden Elks one play to score on Pearson’s second TD run of the night, giving Elkton a 28-6 advantage at halftime.
In the second half, the lone scoring plays came from Richmond’s long touchdown passes to Jackson on back-to-back drives, the second of which was made possible after Jackson intercepted Blake at the Indians’ 44-yard-line, immediately leading into his 44-yard score on the very next play.
“He is what you want a student athlete (to be) when it comes to work ethic, doing everything we ask him to do. He just shows up,” said Matt Feeney, the Golden Elks’ head coach, of Jackson. “With this team, it’s any given night who’s going to show up, who’s going to stand out. One night it’s Nichols, one night it’s DJ,
one night it’s Hugean doing it on both ends. And then, tonight, Kyle got his. … We’ve been waiting on that breakout.”
Elkton wasn’t afraid to unleash Richmond’s throwing abilities in the second half, with his two passing touchdowns acting as a deflating dagger from the Indians in a game that’d simply gotten away from them.
“(Richmond) just needed that, man,” Feeney said. “That kid, he just works so hard. He’s his toughest critic. He’s so hard on himself. … As a sophomore, he knows he’s the guy down the road and just experience like this is huge for him. It was fun to watch.”
Elkton looks to earn its second win in a row this Friday when it hosts the C. Milton Wright Mustangs (3-3), while North East aims to get its first when against the Havre de Grace Warriors (06).
yards to the house for an electric, much-needed return touchdown.
Ayers then had just a few moments to catch his breath before lining up to kick – and make – the extra point.
“All that credit’s got to go to our seniors and Zack Ayers,” Sandora said. “He came back out (after the secondary allowed the touchdown) and took that kickoff return – we saw on film that the middle would be open – and he took it to the house. He made a big play for us. He’s been making big plays for us all year long.”
Each team followed it up with a three-and-out of their own, but Perryville managed to pin Edgewood deep on their own 1-yard-line on a drive starting around the six-minute mark.
But the Rams found a way out of it, with Travers completing another deep pass, this time to junior Jacob Martin, for a 39-yard gain that put Edgewood near midfield as they looked to close out the game with another scoring drive.
Just two plays later, however, the Panthers got a break when senior Isaiah Megginson fumbled on a carry up the middle that was recovered by Gunter, giving Perryville great field position around the 50-yard-line with 4:30 to play.
Gunter took the handoff on three straight carries to start the drive, including a 16-yard dash that put the Panthers in field goal range.
“Last week, he fumbled twice and we challenged him all week long,’” Sandora said of his strong-willed junior, who carried the ball 22 times for 114 yards in the loss. “He protected the ball well this game, and he’s just run-
ning through arm tackles and running through shoulder tackles. … Ethen’s our workhorse, he runs downhill, and that’s what we need from a running back.”
After a short pass from junior quarterback Ty Patchell to Phillips that netted about four yards on 3rd-and-8, Ayers came out to try a 40-yard field goal with an opportunity to tie the game on the line.
And, just as he’d done earlier on the game’s opening drive from 40 yards, he nailed it.
The Panthers managed to stop the Rams on offense on the ensuing possession, sending the game into overtime, tied 13-13.
Perryville got the ball first to start the overtime period, with Patchell completing a 7-yard pass on second down, but his pass fell short on 3rd-and-3, forcing them to bring on Ayers to attempt a 20yard field goal.
Ayers drilled it – completing a perfect 3-for-3 statline on field goals in the loss – to give the Panthers a 16-13 lead. For the moment.
However, it took Edgewood just one play to reach the
end zone on a shifty 10-yard run from junior Jahmir Torres, sealing the 19-16 win and keeping the Rams’ perfect season intact. Despite his team pulling out the victory, Edgewood Head Coach Keith Rawlings tipped his hat to the Panthers for their performance.
“We saw a great Perryville team. I saw a team that came out, they must’ve treated this week seriously,” Rawlings said. “That No. 4 [Gunter] is a big-time college football player as a sophomore. I’ve been doing this a long time and I can tell talent, and No. 1 [Ayers], the same thing. College football players stand out in the game. And everybody sees them. You saw those kids. You watch tape and they jump out on tape. “I’m happy we were able to pull out the win,” he added, “but did we deserve it? No way.”
Perryville will have a chance to rebound against another high-level team in the Patterson Mill Huskies (5-1) this Friday, while Edgewood looks to maintain its unbeaten record when it travels to play Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology.
By Megan Steimer
RISING SUN - It’s the intercounty match many followers circle on their calendar. For years, the Rising Sun Tigers’ volleyball program was a powerhouse, capturing several accolades that hang in their gym. But times are changing, and the energy is shifting to what may be a
new era of rivalry volleyball in Cecil County. It felt like a playoff atmosphere Tuesday evening in Rising Sun’s gymnasium. “If we beat them, it’ll be huge” one Tigers player said to another. Indeed, it would be, but the visiting Eagles (7-2) came in and spoiled what could have been a big upset, taking down the Tigers (4-4) 25-18,
25-16, 25-20 to capture their sixth straight win. While brief, it was a slow start for Bo Manor as Rising Sun jumped out to an early 3-0 lead before Eagles setter Hannah Beck found Rylee Lenz for a kill out of the middle to put their team on the board. Seven lead changes followed when Tigers’ setter Madison
Weil located offside hitter Carolyn Dutterer and outside hitter Addison Peirce for kills to put the Tigers up 11-9, throwing off a typically solid Bo Manor block. A few rotations later, the Eagles led by one when an intense series of volleys developed. Tigers’ middle hitter Gracie Herron knocked a kill in to tie the game at fourteen, but
Bo Manor came back with a quick set kill from Lenz followed by a kill from Simone Mattucci, forcing Rising Sun to take their first timeout. At that point, Lenz found her groove, securing another kill from the middle to go up three. Down 16-22, Rising Sun was forced to take another timeout in hopes of a resurgence. However, Ea-
gles’ middle Raegan Lenz closed out set one, finding holes in the Tigers’ defense to place the ball, leading to a 25-18 game one win. Both Raegan and Rylee notched early kills in set two, but Rising Sun made defensive adjustments to slow the sisters
ELKTON - As the ball was set perfectly into the air, everyone in the gym knew what was coming. Mere moments later, the thunderous smack of the ball echoed forcefully throughout the otherwise silent room, followed by an immediate thud on polished hardwood.
THANK
A roar of excitement sprung out of the mouth of Harford Tech junior Matilyn Royal and the rest of her squad, relishing in her powerful spike that gave the Cobras a 23-21 advantage in the fourth set of a tight match with the Elkton Golden Elks last Tuesday.
Just a couple of points later, Harford Tech (6-2) sealed the 25-23
fourth-set victory after a service error on Elkton (1-7), pulling out a 3-1 win in a match that was anything but comfortable for the Cobras.
“Overall, we need to work on getting our feet to the ball a little bit more, just like usual,” said Caitlin Torley, the Cobras’ head coach. “They played pretty well today. It’s kind of a rainy day, so they were a
By Megan Steimer
RISING SUN - Although playoff implications are not a factor for a junior varsity program, the rivalry is very real. Tuesday evening, the Rising Sun Tigers JV squad hosted the Bo Manor Eagles in what would be an exciting match between two talented teams. The Tigers came away with a win in front of the home crowd, taking down the Eagles 25-18, 1725, 15-11.
The beginning of set one saw a lot of backand-forth lead changes by the two teams. Every time the Eagles would get a lead, the Tigers would roar right back to tie it up. Rising Sun was finally able to break away when Alyssa Giovanni stepped up to the service line knocking in one of her three aces during her six-point service run for the Tigers. Karlee Suprik then found Alice Halet for a kill,
causing Bo Manor to call a timeout while trailing 8-12.
Eagles Reagan Brown was able to gain possession for her team with a tip over the net followed by aces from both Camile Mattucci and Skylar Bailey, but the Tigers didn’t let up and secured a game one win as Giovanni knocked in a kill for the final point.
Needing a win to stay alive, Bo Manor came out with vengeance in game two. Gwen Ayers set the ball to Bailey for another kill before tallying a kill herself, putting the Eagles ahead 8-5 and forcing Rising Sun to call a timeout. A rotation later, freshman Kayla Steele went on an incredible seven-point service run, recording three aces while on the line, giving Bo Manor a healthy 17-6 lead. Tigers Levi Messick was able to pick up a kill and two aces during her five-point service run to briefly swing the mo-
mentum, but a determined Eagles team eventually came out on top, taking game two and forcing a third set. There was no time to waste going into set three. Steele again served a couple of aces to put the Bo Manor ahead 6-3 but some unforced errors gave the Tigers an 8-7 lead, prompting an Eagles timeout. A couple of lengthy volleys ensued with neither team ready to give up the fight however, Halet secured three service points to help the Tigers win the third set for the match win. Giovanni finished the evening with three aces and two kills while Halet served three aces. Suprik tallied seven assists and Messick dished out two assists, two aces, and two kills. Ella Marsilii led the Tigers defense with 12 digs while Hailey Lane led the offense with three kills.
By Megan Steimer
ELKTON - Though it was not a conference match up, the atmosphere at Tri-State’s gymnasium certainly felt like one as the Crusaders hosted the Rosedale Baptist Panthers Monday evening. Despite best efforts in front of a home crowd, the visiting Panthers came away with a 25-13, 25-16, 25-18 road win, handing Tri-State their third loss of the season.
Rosedale jumped out to an early 7-2 lead in the first set after two uncharacteristic rotation errors caused the Crusaders to remain in serve receive longer than they had wished. After gaining a side out, senior Jules Harris recorded backto-back aces to help her team recover from a fivepoint deficit. Baylie Thomas served an ace, tying the set at nine when Hope Pfadt tallied a huge block out of the middle to give Tri-State a 10-9 lead. It was a momentum swing the Crusaders
needed, forcing Rosedale to call an early timeout. Another ace for Thomas and kill from outside hitter Ashlyn Criddle put Tri-State up two, but the serve receive began to unravel as the Panthers’ libero went on a six-point service run, giving Rosedale a 16-12 lead. Although several great volleys followed, the offensive effort from the Panthers front line secured a game one win. “With everything that happened at the beginning of the set, I still think we played pretty well,” said Thomas. “I mean, they’re a really good team.”
A few unforced errors on both sides of the net kept the game close early in the second set. A kill from Thomas followed by an ace from Harris tied things up at five but lack of communication from the Crusaders paired with a talented Panthers’ offense resulted in a healthy 18-9 lead for the visitors before ultimately taking the second set for a 2-0 match lead. Rosedale con-
trolled much of the game, leaving Tri-State to play catch up and adjust throughout the contest. “They were digging everything we were sending” head coach Andy Mussaw noted, “they’re middle was hitting the ball around our block over and over again.”
It was now or never for the Crusaders heading into a must win game three.
Etta Harris had a great block to give her team their first point of the set. Thomas followed up with a few more kills from the outside but, TriState would continue to trail two or three points behind. Setter Ashley Slagle was able to capitalize on some great backrow digs, feeding the ball to Pfadt who tallied a couple more kills from the middle. Down 4-9, Thomas stepped up to the service line a rattled off five service points, bringing Tri-State within two but, a relentless Rosedale squad wouldn’t let the Crusaders get any closer. Thomas, Pfadt, and Etta
Harris led the offense for the remainder of set three, each recording kills while libero Tessa Davis commanded the backline to keep her team in the game until the very end when they fell to the Panthers. “Overall, we played decent. We passed pretty well and I’m happy with that” Mussaw said, “we just couldn’t put the ball away.” Davis had a team high 11 digs for the defense while Thomas led the offense with six kills, two aces, and eight digs. Slagle dished out nine assists to go with her six digs and Hope Pfadt recorded six digs and four kills on the night. The Crusaders are looking to bounce back with a win against county foe and MIL rival Providence Christian before facing Avon Grove, who handed Tri-State a 3-1 loss earlier in the season.
down. Dutterer and Peirce helped the Tigers’ offense with back-to-back kills followed by a Dutterer ace to tie the game at ten. However, a hitting error gave Beck the ball to go on a four-point service run, giving the Eagles a 14-10 lead. Rising Sun’s Kendra Watters found empty court on Bo Manor’s side to bring her team within four but a series of hitting errors put set two out of reach for the Tigers, falling two games to none.
Much like the first two sets, there was a lot of back and forth early in game three. With the match on the line, Rising Sun jumped out
to a 7-3 lead behind a Mollee Fraker kill. Beck found Raegen Lenz for a kill to tie the game at seven, but Fraker secured another point for the Tigers, giving them an 8-7 lead. A series of unforced errors by Bo Manor put Rising Sun up 14-9 as the Tigers continued to adjust their defense, picking up digs where the Eagles found previous success with over the net tips. “Our passing was great today; we were able to pick up tips and get them to our setters”
Fraker noted, “We really hustled.” Game three was within reach for the Tigers before Bo Manor fought back to tie it up at eighteen.
Watters tried to keep her
team in the contest, tallying two of her five kills to put Rising Sun within reach, but the Eagles no quit mentality forged ahead to take game three and the match.
“I think we came in to the game really wanting it” said Mattucci, “We played a solid match and felt confident tonight. We really wanted this win.” Beck agreed, “I think the overall flow was much better than a few of our earlier games.” Beck finished the match with four aces, 19 assists, three digs and two kills while Mattucci closed out the night with three kills. Rylee Lenz tallied a match high ten kills along with two aces, two blocks, and three digs as Raegen
Lenz totaled four digs and five kills. For the Tigers, Peirce finished with three aces, one block, and five kills while fellow hitter Fraker registered ten digs and four kills. Furthermore, setter Madison Weil dished out 16 assists along with four digs for her team. “There’s a couple of things we need to clean up, but we pushed hard tonight and showed a lot of hustle,” said Weil. Both Rising Sun and Bo Manor will face division foe Bel Air in the coming days. Each team was able to take a game from the Bobcats earlier in the season before ultimately falling 3-1.
By Megan Steimer
ELKTON - The junior varsi-
ty Tri-State Crusaders captured a 2-0 win over visiting Rosedale Baptist Panthers on Monday evening, sweeping the Panthers 25-14, 2523 to capture their fourth win of the season and improve to 4-1 overall. Cailyn Smith put points on the board first, serving one of her five aces on the night to give Tri-State a 1-0 lead. Smith then set hitter Edye Page for a kill to give the Crusaders a close 4-3 lead. A few rotations later, Libby Logullo stepped up to the service line to go on a seven-point service run, two of which were aces to give her team a 10-6 lead. It was a combination of consistent serving by Tri-State and unforced errors on Rosedale’s side that drove the Panthers to call a time-
out. The Crusaders weren’t letting up though. Lizzy Harris had a great save, digging the ball out of the net where it landed on the Panthers’ side, giving her team a 14-7 lead. A few rotations later, Camryn Smith made a beautiful backset to sister Cailyn Smith for an offside kill, pushing the Crusaders ahead 22-13 before clutching a convincing game one win. “I think we did really well with talking to each other” Page said, “I also think we were very energetic.” That energy certainly carried over into the beginning of set two as Page passed the ball to setter Cailyn Smith who in return, set it to Harris for the kill. Cailyn then made a great set to Jocelyn Brown for a kill, putting Tri-State ahead 4-2. Brown again had an opportunity at the net, tipping the
ball over to Rosedale’s side to give her team a 9-3 lead before going on a five-point service run at the line. The Crusaders had a comfortable 19-10 lead when the Panthers made a run of their own, forcing Tri-State head coach Linda Guthrie to call a timeout with the game tied 22-22. “(Rosedale) went on a run but our girls stuck together and didn’t get down on themselves, even when they were struggling a bit to get the ball back” Guthrie said. With the game on the line, Tri-State sent the ball over the net to the deep corner of Rosedale’s side. The Panthers’ thought it was going out, making no attempt at a return. The ball hit the line to stay in for the game winning point, closing out a nail-biting game two for the match win. “I am just so proud of how they came in
excited, playing as a team” noted Guthrie. Page agreed, “I think in all, it was just a different team tonight. It was the energy and confidence that got us the win.” Brown added that the girls also had fun, something simple yet so important, “We all had a lot of fun playing tonight. We picked each other up when we were down and just had a lot of fun playing this game.” Brown finished the match with two aces and two kills while Cailyn Smith recorded five aces and two kills. Page and Harris had three kills each while Logullo served three aces for the Crusaders. Tri-State will play their final match against Odyssey Charter on October 14th where they’ll look to finish their season with a win at home.
ELKTON - The North East Indians served a total of 17 aces to secured their first road win of the year, taking down host Elkton Golden Elks 25-18, 25-15, 26-24 while the Elks continue to search for their second win of the season. Elkton jumped out to an early 7-2 lead behind a series of short service runs but, a hitting error gave North East the ball as Alanna Gregson knocked in five service points, four of them aces to give the Indians a 9-8 lead. Elkton setter Sophie Camphausen sent the ball over to an empty deep corner to tie the score at eleven followed by a Danielle Rogers kill to put the Elks up two, but Gregson found Rachel Mullins and Delaney Stanley for kills to tie the game back up at fifteen. Stanley rotated to the back for the Indians and went on a remarkable eightpoint service run, including four aces to give her team a solid 23-15 lead. Outside hitter Ashley Ungarten
capped off the game with a kill to close out set one with North East up 1-0.
The score remained close at the beginning of set two before North East went on another run, this time behind the serves of libero Alex Schaible who didn’t waver and served nine in a row to put her team up 12-4, forcing the Elks to take a timeout. Despite the short pause in play, the Indians serving continued to shine as Mullins helped her team to a game two victory, serving five in a row to secure a 25-15 win. North East didn’t slow down in set three, jumping out to a 16-8 lead but a scrappy Elkton team wouldn’t quit, going on a service run of their own. Kendall Gitau rattled off seven service points including three aces, to put her team up 20-19. “We’re a good team, but each of us are ridiculously hard on ourselves” Gitau said, “when we come together as a team, that’s when we play our best.” It was neck and neck the final few plays, but the Elks’ comeback fell short
when Stanley served an ace to put the match away for the Indians. “We worked really hard as a team tonight” Ungarten said, “communication is such a big part of the game that we need to keep working on, along with not getting in our own heads, but over all I think we had great energy.” Mullins dished out ten assists while Gregson tallied six aces and Schaible served four. Ginny Coker had quite the night with a dig, three blocks, and three kills for her team. For the Elks, Simyrah Jackson recorded two blocks and two kills while Gitau knocked in six aces and four digs. “Overall, we’re really good at what we do. When we use those skills and put everything together, we can win. Our coach is also a huge part of this. When we’re down on ourselves she isn’t. She’s always there and encouraging us” Gitau said. Elkton will go on to host a couple of Harford County teams while North East faces county rival Perryville to start the week.
little slower than normal.”
The Golden Elks hung with the Cobras for most of the first two sets, including a back-and-forth opening set that featured a total of 11 ties and eight lead changes, which Harford Tech pulled out by the skin of its teeth, 25-23.
The second set was a little more dominant for the Cobras – despite the two squads keeping it close early – as they hopped out to a late lead and eventually won it by eight points, 25-17.
However, despite Elkton finding itself down 2-0, having fought hard in both of the first two sets, the Golden Elks refused to go away.
Instead, they battled back in a superb third set, jumping out to a 3-0 lead after a trio of back-to-backto-back aces from Sophie Camphausen in the service zone, then extending their advantage to 10 points, 166, midway through the set.
“Sophie works really hard as a leader, telling people where to go and helping them when they need help,” said Kimberly Brown, the Golden Elks’ head coach, of her strong-willed senior.
“We saw it come together in that third set.”
Harford Tech fought back to cut the deficit to just two points, 23-21, but a pair of errors on the Cobras solidified the third-set victory for Elkton, putting the Golden Elks right back into the match, down just 2-1.
In the fourth set, the Cobras got out to an early 7-2 lead, but a service error and a pair of aces from Elkton’s Danielle Davis put the Golden Elks right back in the mix, down 7-6.
Elkton began to find its groove as the set continued, with strong play from the Golden Elks’ frontline continuing to keep them in it, going as far as to take a 15-12 lead as the Cobras appeared to be crumbling.
“My frontline was really aggressive the whole time,” Brown said. “That definitely helped. … They did a great job of staying focused and staying aggressive.”
But, in volleyball, sets clearly aren’t over until the final point is scored.
The Cobras proceeded to secure eight of the next nine points to give themselves a 20-16 advantage following an ace by Harford Tech’s Madisyn Bobb, a lead they’d
refuse to relinquish for the remainder of the set. While the Golden Elks made it close, winning three straight points to cut their deficit to 21-20, the hard-hitting Royal rattled off a pair of points that practically finished out the game.
Royal, the Cobras’ star outside hitter, was a force to be reckoned with throughout the night, coming up clutch for her team in some of the match’s most crucial moments.
“She’s incredible and she works so, so hard every day at practice and she shows up and she’s ready,” Torley said of her impressive junior. “She wants that ball. You can always tell that she’s ready to go. … She’s very, very strategic. We’re just lucky to have her.”
“Their No. 7 [Royal], she’s a great hitter, she’s going to find her shots, she’s going to hit it straight down,” Brown added. “So we had to focus on the things we could control.”
Elkton has yet to earn a win on its newly constructed gym floor, but Brown saw plenty to be excited about from the Golden Elks’ hardfought comeback attempt.
“We’re feeling great,” Brown said. “I feel like this is the
first game where we really came together as a team. And I saw everybody trusting each other and playing their positions on the court.
“I think this is a great stepping stone for us to show what we can do,” Brown
added. “I feel like we had this potential the whole time and they just hadn’t dug deep enough to find it. So, now that they’ve dug deep enough, we just have to make sure we maintain it as a positive energy.”
NORTH EAST–Cecil Col-
lege fell in straight sets
(25-7, 25-19, 25-16) to vis-
iting Montgomery College in MDJuco volleyball action
Wednesday evening.
The Seahawks struggled throughout the first game as the Raptors jumped out to an 8-2 lead, and Montgomery never let up as it did not allow backto-back points in the frame en route to a 25-7 victory to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
Cecil appeared to have made some adjustments for the second game, keeping pace with the Raptors for most of the set, but Montgomery went on a 7-1
run in the middle stages of the set to turn a 7-7 tie into a 14-8 lead.
That run provided the cushion the Raptors needed to win the second set 25-19 and take a 2-0 lead in games.
The Seahawks found themselves in a 14-2 hole to begin the third game, and while they pulled to within five points at 16-11, they could break the five point barrier en route to falling 2519, ending the match.
Cecil got 20 assists from Skylar Klingler, 11 kills from Lydia Davis and 11 digs from Amanda Wagner and Lily Landis.
By Victor Hensley
NORTH EAST - The conditions would have been perfect for the Perryville Panthers to lie down.
And nobody would’ve blamed them.
Midway through the second half of a road game against the North East Indians last Monday, the Panthers fought their way through blustery wind, a steady downpour and frigid temperatures and, yet, still found themselves down by two goals, 2-0, with a handful of time left on the clock.
But, giving up clearly isn’t in Perryville’s DNA.
The Panthers (9-0) proceeded to wake up, score two unanswered goals in the game’s final 25 minutes to force overtime and then bang in the sudden-death game-winner with just 21.7 seconds remaining to shock the Indians (2-6) on senior night, sealing a 3-2 comeback victory.
“It was just us working hard,” said John Myers, the Panthers’ head coach, following the win. “You (saw) in the second half and through overtime, we
just kept pressuring, kept pressuring. We’ve worked on fitness with this team, we are constantly working, and it shows when we get into these second halves. … These girls just don’t give up.”
Late in the overtime period – after nine and a half minutes of scoreless soccer – Panthers junior Sarah Murrell took possession of the ball at midfield shortly after an empty Indians corner kick attempt.
She jogged toward the goal with four North East defenders in her vicinity, but
at the last second, sent a slow-rolling pass toward the penalty box, through a pair of defenders and just ahead of senior Kylie Narvell. Narvell sped down the pitch, took control of the ball and whacked a rapid-fire shot at the top right corner of the net, ending the game in the blink of an eye with just seconds to spare.
“Kylie had the assist in the Patterson Mill game that won it in overtime,” Myers said, “and then she gets the goal right here, so I’m just so proud of her, just so excited to see her get that.”
Narvell, the lone senior on the Panthers’ roster, coincidentally scored the walk-off goal on the same night that North East was celebrating its own eight seniors.
Having been the only player that’s been with Perryville over the last four seasons, Myers said Narvell’s seen the ups and downs of a program that’s finally starting to see the fruits of its labor.
“I was telling the girls that there was a time where we couldn’t even step on the field with North East,” Myers said. “During
the COVID season, we were getting beat 6- and 8-0, coming in here and just getting killed. To see Kylie score that last goal – she’s a senior, she’s our only senior, so she was here in the bad days and she built this program … It's exciting.”
“Ever since freshman year, North East’s always been the team (where we say), ‘Oh, we’re going to lose,’” Narvell admitted. “And then this year, we actually thought we had a chance.”
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Early on, the Indians seemed as if they were in full control of the game.
Despite likely losing out in total time of possession, North East drew first blood in the 19th minute of the opening half, when senior Allyson Miklas received a near-perfect pass from junior Katy Hammer inside the penalty box, slotting a shot into the net with ease to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.
While the talent of North East’s seniors was on full display, Hammer had herself a day, assisting on the opening goal and then scoring one of her own just five minutes into the second half. On her goal, Hammer dribbled around a few Perryville defenders and daringly fired off a deep shot from about 25 yards out
that snuck over the head of Panthers goalkeeper Sarah Cantrell and fell into the top left corner for the 2-0 advantage.
The Panthers clawed their way back to close out the second half, however, as they became the primary aggressor, firing more shots at the net and forcing their way downfield to do so.
It was Murrell that first got the Panthers on the board in the game’s 56th minute, knocking in a deep, 25-yard shot of her own that had no problem getting past Indians freshman goalkeeper Keira Morton.
Then, just 10 minutes later, Morton stepped a little too far out of net in order to try and make a diving save, allowing Panthers junior Brooklynn Myers to have a free shot at the goal
on a rebound, which she had no problem capitalizing on, tying the game at 2-2 with 15 minutes to play.
As the Panthers’ offense began heating up, their defense became rock-solid after Hammer’s second-half goal. Especially Cantrell, who had seven saves in the win, causing Myers to give her plenty of praise afterwards.
“Once again, our keeper play is just phenomenal,” Myers said. “She’s keeping her body in front of the ball. She’s doing everything right back there, even in these conditions.”
During most of the overtime period, it was a cat-and-mouse game that rarely netted any real opportunities for either side.
That is, until Narvell’s game-winner.
With the victory,
the unbeaten Panthers inch closer to a county sweep, with their final regular-season in-county game coming on Oct. 17 against the Rising Sun Tigers (4-2-1).
“We’re taking it one game at a time and we’re trying to settle them down and just look at the next opponent and what we have coming up,” Myers said. “But just to be able to be 1A and come in here and compete against these bigger schools, it’s just so exciting.”
Perryville looks to get its 10th-straight victory on Wednesday when it hosts the Havre de Grace Warriors (2-3), while North East looks to get back on track in a road game against the Aberdeen Eagles (2-6).
By Kevin Phillips
CHESAPEAKE CITY–North
East brought an increased energy level as compared to previous contests when it took on host Bohemia Manor in UCBAC Susquehanna
Division boys’ soccer action Thursday afternoon.
The Indians’ increased energy level led to a better tempo, and that tempo paid off as they got three goals from three different people in three different ways and stymied the Eagles’ attack in a 3-1 victory.
“Tempo. We played on Tuesday, and the tempo was slow. It was a difficult game. It was a much better game today. We wanted it more. Our desire was more. Our willingness to attack those balls and do what we needed to was just better tonight,” North East head coach David Hamilton said.
The game was evenly played for the first 10 minutes, but the Indians started to tilt the action to their attacking half, creating a couple of promising scoring chances.
That control paid off when Charles Gordon saw a loose ball after a shot and raced towards it, shooting
the ball into the net and giving North East a 1-0 lead in the game’s 13th minute.
“I saw it get deflected, and I just kept going. I didn’t stop running and went for the ball, and it went in,” Gordon said of his goal
Hamilton said the Indians’ goal was emblematic of the effort that Gordon put in throughout the game against Bo Manor.
“Charles Gordon, who scored our first one, is a player on the fringe of the team who played a lot tonight because his desire was fantastic,” Hamilton said. “He got Man of the M<atch because I couldn’t pull him and couldn’t take him off the field.”
After the goal, North East continued to play well in the first half, and that strong play eventually paid off when Corey O’Connell headed Grant Morris’s corner kick into the net to make it 2-0 in the 36th minute.
The Indians made it 3-0 when Keegan Allen corralled a rebound after a penalty kick and pushed the ball into the net in the 58th minute, and Gordon said all three of North East’s goals are evidence of the team playing with that increased
passion.
“If you watched us at the beginning of the season, you knew we had to make a big change, and tonight showed that we made that commitment,” Gordon said. “We had that desire, and we started to believe in each other and pick each other up.”
The Eagles got on the board with less than seven minutes left to go in the game when Jacob Titter put a shot into the net, and Bo Manor head coach Andy Mitchell said the Eagles played on its heels too much in the first half to recover from.
“It was slow for us, and (North East) definitely wasn’t slow from the very beginning. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy when we play the ball or don’t play the ball, and we move to or don’t move to a spot,” Mitchell said. “When you play back-footed, another is going to take advantage of that. We started out that way. We ended up better. The second half was better, but you can’t recover from that if you don’t really, really, really press.”
PERRYVILLE - After a season of Perryville beating most of the Susquehanna Division in golf with ease, county rival Bohemia Manor showed up at the Divisional Championships on Thursday and turned the tables on the Panthers for a fourstroke win at Furnace Bay.
It was clear from the first tee shot all the players were a little rusty after missing close to a week of practice and play thanks to recent rainfall. The Furnace Bay track was also playing significantly longer thanks to the moisture and the scores inflated accordingly.
The last two times the Panthers and Eagles met up on the links, Perryville
won by double digits. Led by Braden Paris’ 44 and Colin O’Neal’s 47 Bo Manor grabbed the win.
Perryville’s Andrew Kidd and Paris were both low individual scorers for the boys with their 44’s. Owen Kilduff was third lowest for the boys with a 46.
Aberdeen senior Erica Honadel was lowest for all golfers with a 40. Elkton’s Carly Easterling and Simone Foye finished second and third individually with score of 56 and 59.
Bohemia Manor carded a final team score of 242. Perryville carded a 246. Aberdeen finishe third as a team with a 253.
By Charlotte Zang Chesapeake City,
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The Z Train High School Fall Basketball League has had a very productive and successful first half of its season. Award-winning Coach Joe Zang organized the league which consists of six teams from North East, Elkton, and Chesapeake City, Maryland, as well as teams from Middletown and Newark, Delaware. Games are played at Helen Titter Park in Chesapeake City on Wednesday nights through October 19.
The games have been very competitive up to now, the midpoint of the season. Newark's team leads the league with an undefeated record, followed by the local Cecil Strive team with just one loss. Cecil Strive is made up of players from Elkton, North East, and Bohemia Manor High Schools and has played a very competitive schedule.
The league consists of a regular season and playoff games to cap off the fall season, with the ultimate goal to prepare local basketball players for
their upcoming high school winter season. "We've had some exciting games so far and the community has been very supportive,"
League founder and Z Train owner Joe Zang said. "We want to build on this in the spring and into next year. We plan to add a few more teams. There aren't many opportunities for local high school basketball players to work on their game in the off-season, and that's really what the whole mission of this league is about. We want kids to play in real-time game situations as often as possible so that they can be ready for tryouts and for their winter seasons."
Newark is currently the top seed heading into the last regular season week before the playoffs start, with any of the six teams capable of winning the Z Train Fall League Title. Based on the level of play over the past weeks, it stands to be a very competitive finish for everyone involved. "I've seen a lot of the teams really grow in just a month or so, and that's really what I was hoping for when we decided to start this league. Everyone
involved, from the coaches like Leroy Hill with Cecil Strive, to all of the parents, wants the kids to have an opportunity to play and improve. It's different, playing outside and out of season, but it helps these athletes learn to adapt to changing conditions, adjusting their skill set week in and week out."
The Z Train Fall Basketball League is one way for local athletes to improve their basketball skills. Z Train also offers small group or 1 on 1 basketball instruction. "We want to put Cecil County basketball in a good spot across the state. Right now these kids are competing against students from Delaware which is a great start, and we compete well in the UCBAC and against other county schools, but really we want to be competitive and represented across the state. That's the long-term goal."
For more information about the spring Z Train Basketball League or basketball instruction, visit www.ztrainathletics.com.
1. What Baseball Hall of Famer and member of the 1907 and ‘08 Chicago Cubs World Series teams lost parts of two fingers in a farm-machinery accident as a kid?
2. Name the American freestyle wrestler who won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and then went on to a prolific career in the WWF/WWE.
3. What Emmy and Peabody award-winning HBO sports newsmagazine series debuted in April 1995?
4. What event is traditionally held over two days in July at Boulia Racecourse in the Australian Outback?
5. The Eredivisie is the highest-level pro soccer league in what country?
6. What British racecar driver punched a track marshal who was trying to assist him after a crash at the 1977 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix?
7. What SEC college football team plays its home games in a stadium nicknamed “Death Valley”?
Answers
1. Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown.
2. Kurt Angle.
3. “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel.”
4. The Boulia Camel Races.
5. The Netherlands.
6. James Hunt.
7. The Louisiana State University Tigers.
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By Mick Harper
1. Which Rod Stewart song has a verse with spoken French lyrics?
2. How many films did the Beatles make? Name them in order.
3. What was Brook Benton’s real name?
4. Who had a hit with “Afternoon Delight”?
5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: “Sittin’ here eatin’ my heart out waitin’, Waitin’ for some lover to call.”
Answers
1. “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright),” 1976. The spoken lyrics were done by Swedish model and actress Britt Ekland, who was Stewart’s girlfriend.
2. There were five: “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964), “Help” (1965), “Magical Mystery Tour” (1967), “Yellow Submarine” (1968) and “Let It Be” (1970). Of the list, “Magical Mystery Tour” was the least well received, likely because it didn’t even have a script, it was shown on BBC in black and white, and worse, it came out the day after Christmas.
3. Benjamin Franklin Peay. His first chart topper was “It’s Just a Matter of Time” in 1959.
4. Starland Vocal Band, in 1976.
5. “Hot Stuff,” by Donna Summer in 1979. The song topped global charts, hitting No. 1 in Japan, Canada (on three charts), Australia, Switzerland and on four charts in the U.S.
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* Boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson invented the household wrench in 1922.
* The movie title “Death Wish III” was changed to “Death Wish 3” after a survey conducted by the Cannon Group revealed that nearly half of Americans couldn’t read Roman numerals.
* Tom Hanks’ brother Jim voices “Toy Story’s” Woody when his sibling is too busy.
* A hat that doubles as a weapon? Sure, if you’re a gum-leaf skeletonizer caterpillar, which wears its old molted heads on top of its noggin and uses them to bat away predators!
* The human jaw can clench with 250 pounds of force.
* Those chocolate-covered caramel candies we fondly know as Milk Duds were originally intended to be perfectly round. But when machines in 1928 couldn’t produce them consistently, the misshaped goodies were called “duds,” hence their unusual name.
* From the “nothing like planning ahead” files: CNN has prepared a doomsday video, to be played by the last surviving employee. In 2009, a former intern posted the footage online. It shows a low-resolution video of a U.S. Army band playing a mournful rendition of “Nearer My God to Thee.”
* The center of the Milky Way tastes like raspberries and smells like rum.
* In the 1970s, Chrysler advertised its luxury cars as containing “Corinthian leather.” But spokesman Ricardo Montalban admitted on “Late Night with David Letterman” that the term really meant nothing, as said leather was actually sourced out of New Jersey.
* Romania’s Movile Cave, isolated from the outside world for more than 5 million years, contains more than 30 species not found anywhere else on Earth.
* In the 1700s, “bitch the pot” or “standing bitch” was English slang for hosting a tea party.
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they can be.”
“Kasey’s very competitive in nature,” added Keith Mackey, Kasey’s father. “But I told him this last round, I said, ‘Look, just go out there and relax, have fun, talk to each other,’ and I think that burden came off right away, where they went to focus on just beating each other.”
His win in the 3 Disciplines competition was his second of the calendar year, having taken first place at the Cecil Young Farmers Clay Shoot on May 1 in Kennedyville, too.
Mackey found out about the 3 Disciplines Youth Championship through the Cecil Young Guns, a 4-H shooting sports club located in Cecil Co.
ing sports, which started when he was in elementary school, having first began with a three-position air rifle competition, winning a title in the process. Then, he decided he needed something a little bit more “robust,” as Keith Mackey described it.
“That actually got boring to me and I decided I wanted something bigger,” Kasey said. “I found out through a friend about shotgun shooting sports, so we went and tried that out. We went to watch one practice one night and the coach said, ‘You can’t just watch, you have to participate,’ so
he pulled me up and I shot three out of my first four targets. And they said, ‘You’re competing with us.’”
Now, he’s in a position to add another award to his ever-expanding trophy case in Glenn Dale.
“My plan is to, more or less, just to go and have fun as I’m moving into this bigger age bracket now,” Kasey said. “I’m just going to have fun and not really worry about the competition. And if I do good, then great. If I don’t do so good, then oh well, I had fun anyway.”
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By Victor Hensley
RISING SUN – Cecil County has its own one-man dynasty flying under the radar. And he’s about to compete for yet another state championship.
Kasey Mackey, a 14-year-old freshman at Rising Sun High School, recently took overall first place in the 14U age group at the 3 Disciplines Youth Championship, hosted at a mixture of Kent County Gun Club (Chestertown), Sudlersville Skeet Club and Schrader’s Outdoors (Henderson) from Sept. 24-25.
The two-day tournament featured three disciplines: Trap, Sporting Clays and Skeet, with Mackey taking first place in all three
events, along with the high overall average (HOA) firstplace award for his age group with a score of 124.
Mackey’s score of 124 was so high that he would’ve placed third overall among all participants, being separated from second place by just one point (125) and first place by two points (126).
“What really helped was, with everyone being talkative to each other and being good sportsmen, we’re all talking about our scores to each other and trying to give each other tips on what we could do better,” Mackey explained. “No matter how competitive it may feel, there’s always people trying to be nice and helping each other try to be the best
Next, he’ll compete at the 2022 Maryland State 4-H Shotgun Match on Oct. 22 at Prince George’s County Trap and Skeet Center in Glenn Dale, where he’ll look to add another state title to his résumé in the 14U division. He’s won the event in four of the last five years –the COVID-affected year in 2020 being the only exception – for his age group.
Shooting sports have been a lifelong interest of Mackey’s, ever since he was a child.
When he was 4 or 5 years old, Mackey’s parents began practicing with him in the backyard, filling up water bottles and allowing him to shoot them with a BB gun until they were empty.
That transitioned into his career in shoot-
Wolfpack Football is still hungry and on the prowl, leading up to Homecoming weekend. This past week proved to be a fight to the finish and big leads for the Pack.
On Saturday, 7U traveled to Delaware to take on the Ducks. With two big touchdown runs by Leon Jones, the Pack stayed on top the entire game to bring home the win. Gage Taylor and Leon led the team with two sacks, each on defense. Dalton Anderson contributed two fumble recoveries to the team as well, to make the final score 13-0.
9U Wolfpack also hit the road to take on the Edgewood Rams Saturday. With a big effort by the Pack in the first half, the score was tied 0-0. But Edgewood came back with two big plays to take the score to 14-0. That was enough to give the Rams the victory.
11U defense played lights out as they visited Aberdeen Bulldogs, who were hosting their homecoming weekend. Quarterback O'mari Ray led the team with 170 total yards, 1 rushing and 1 passing TD, with having only 1 incompletion. Armonee Minter-Caulk had 150 yards rushing and 2 big touchdowns. Justice Davis-Jackson ran a kickoff return back to the house for 80 yards.
Noah Coursey had 40 yards receiving and also contributed a touchdown. Wade Dougherty had 60 yards receiving as well. With an outstanding performance by the defensive line, they had 15 tackles for loss and sacks combined. Noah Blailock added some amazing blocks that’s resulted in big points for the Pack. Some key contributers were Brayden Button with a forced fumble, Cam'ryn Barnett picking up a fumbled recovery and Evan Achuff having an interception to seal the win for the Pack. Colston Hilaman received the Defensive Player of the Game. Ahmir Ervin-Cann received Best Lineman and O’Mari Ray received Offensive Player of the Game. Wolfpack took home the victory 30-6.
In a make-up game last Wednesday night the 14U Pack went up against the Delaware Ducks. Siaki Young as well as Kalief Roberts both contributed touchdowns. Zion Thompson ran a touchdown attempt which got reversed due to a flag on the play. With Quarterback, Kolby Dunn and Lineman, Ian Rohrbaugh both out due to injuries, they still showed up to support their Pack brothers. Final score 12-0.
Mark your calendars for this Saturday, October 15th, as the Cecil County Wolfpack host an exciting Homecoming Weekend. All games will be held @Calvert Regional Park. Wear your Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness!
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* On Oct. 30, 1864, the town of Helena, Montana, is founded by four gold miners at a location they called Last Chance Gulch. Miners flooded to the area by the thousands, finding $19 million in gold in four years. By 1894, Helena was the capital of Montana.
* On Oct. 26, 1881, the Earp brothers battle the Clanton-McLaury gang in a shootout in a vacant lot behind the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. The gunfight only took 30 seconds, but 30 shots were fired and several were killed. Two were charged with murder, but a judge later found them not guilty.
* On Oct. 27, 1904, the New York City subway opens. The line traveled 9.1 miles through 28 stations. More than 100,000 people paid a nickel each to take their first ride. Today there are 26 lines, the longest running 32 miles.
* On Oct. 24, 1921, from among 77,000 United States servicemen killed on the Western Front during World War I, the body of the first soldier to be honored is selected in the French town of Chalons-sur-Marne. Four bodies were selected to become the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
* On Oct. 29, 1969, Bobby Seale, a member of the “Chicago Eight,” is gagged during his murder trial on orders of the judge to stop Seale’s outbursts. The “Chicago Eight” were charged with crossing state lines to cause anti-war demonstrations in Chicago. Seale was eventually sentenced to 48 months in prison for the outbursts alone, but the murder portion of his trial ended with a hung jury and the contempt charges were dropped.
* On Oct. 25, 1983, President Ronald Reagan orders 2,000 Marines to invade Grenada to protect the 1,000 Americans there at the time, many of them students at the island’s medical school. Codenamed “Operation Urgent Fury,” the fighting was over in four days.
* On Oct. 28, 1998, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is signed into law. The act strengthened copyright protections and allowed copyright holders to issue “takedown” notices to individuals or companies who engaged in infringing use of a copyrighted work.
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1. U.S. STATES: How many states border the Great Lakes?
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3. TELEVISION: What was the name of the family dog on “The Brady Bunch”?
4. FOOD & DRINK: What is blind baking?
5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What are the two traditional flowers associated with September?
6. HISTORY: Which state divided into two as a result of the U.S. Civil War?
7. PSYCHOLOGY: What kind of fear is represented by the condition called chromophobia?
8. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who is the only president to serve in the office who was not elected as vice president or president?
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