Cecil County Sports Weekly - Issue #10

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Cross Country Regionals

Football Playoffs Begin

Cecil Runners compete for the chance to go to State finals.

Perryville has a BYE but other teams fight to stay alive in the Playoffs

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CECIL COUNTY

SPORTS WEEKLY

Tri-State’s Lady Crusaders Cap 20-1 Season as

MIL Champions

CHAMPIONS! Soccer

Field Hockey Regional Finals

Boys and Girls Soccer Playoffs begin for Cecil Teams hoping to extend their season.

North East vs Bohemia Manor for the Regional Title

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021 CECIL COUNTY SPORTS WEEKLY ISSUE 10 NOVEMBER 9, 2021 PUBLISHERS: Sam Dixon Duane Goldsmith Natalie Goldsmith SR EDITOR: Sam Dixon cecilcountysportsblog@ gmail.com 717-538-0843

CECIL COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION EVENT CALENDAR Starting Nov 8: Rising Sun Jr Wrestling Rising Sun High School (Ages 5-8): 6-7pm (Ages 9-15): 7-8:30pm Register Online Now Nov 13: Girls on the Run 5k (8-10years old) at Calvert, 8am – 10am , Nov 13-14: Cecil Soccer Tourney – Chesland and Bo Manor 7am -7pm,

Nov.13 - 14 True LAX, Boys tourney, Calvert Park, 8am – 5pm, Nov 20: Elementary School Movers Competition Playdate – soccer, at Calvert Park, 8am – 11am, Nov 21: Ultimate Events LAX Tourney – Girls HS – Calvert Park, 8am – 5pm,

Nov 24: North East Soccer Alumni Game – 6-8pm, North East High School

Nov 16-Dec 21: Boys Lacrosse Skills and Drills Every Tues. for 6 Weeks Grades 3-5: 6-7pm Grades 6-8: 7-8pm Register Online Now Starting Dec 4: Youth Basketball League - 1st & 2nd Grade Coed - 3rd & 4th Grade Boys - 3rd & 4th Grade Girls - 5th & 6th Grade Boys - 5th & 6th Grade Girls - 7th & 8th Grade Boys - 7th & 8th Grade Girls Register Online Now

January 3-February 21: Girls HS Indoor Lacrosse League Register Online Now January 5-February 9: Track and Field Clinic Grades K-5 6-7pm Register Online Now Registration Information Online: cecilrec.recdesk.com Email: jhough@ccgov.org

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

RMS MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK:

RMS FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK:

JAYDEN TRIPLETT

SKYLAR KLINGLER

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ELKTON HIGH SCHOOL

TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

ELKTON GOLDEN ELKS FOOTBALL

LADY CRUSADERS VOLLEYBALL

Senior Jayden Triplett led the Golden Elks Offense this week with 296 yards rushing on 14 carries and 4 touchdowns. He also threw for 2 touchdowns and a 2 point conversion on 9 passes, accounting for 374 yards of offense for Elkton.

The Elkton Golden Elks defeated the Rising Sun Tigers 58-40 in the first round of Playoff action this year.

Senior Skylar Klingler was named Game MVP of the Mid-Atlantic Independent League Championship game this past week when the Tri-State Crusaders played the Tome Titans for the League Volleyball Championship.

Skylar had 28 assists and 15 digs in the game.

The Lady Crusaders won the game in 5 sets giving Tri-State Christian Academy it’s first League Championship in the School’s 60 year history.

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TRIPLETT AND GOLDEN ELKS ADVANCE IN PLAYOFFS PHOTOS BY DUANE GOLDSMITH

Senior Jayden Triplett led the Golden Elks Offense this week with 296 yards rushing on 14 carries and 4 touchdowns.

He also threw for 2 touchdowns and a 2 point conversion on 9 passes, accounting for 374 yards of offense for Elkton.

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ELKTON ELKS 58 RISING SUN 40

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GOLF

Road Map to Golf Superstardom Part 1: We’re talking about practice?!

PHOTOS BY JON DURR

By Andrew Barbin

Golf is on a meteoric rise in Cecil County. This year saw young golfers sign up in droves for their varsity golf teams. There are nearly 50 or so high school golfers, many of which are relatively new to the game.

It may come to surprise you that Noah Wallace, the North East High School sophomore who won the Maryland State Championship last week, is only a few years into his golf career himself.

So, what does it take to be a great golfer, and how can a golfer new to the game as a high schooler quickly become a golf superstar? The goal of this piece is to give young golfers who are aspiring to become golf superstars a roadmap to achieving their goals.

Let me first iterate that the process of improvement in the game is largely cognitive. To become a better golfer, you need to educate yourself about the game. With practice, you need to understand what you are practicing, why you are practicing, and how to practice. There is such a thing as bad practice and practicing the wrong things will only set you back. Golf is a sport that requires a mastery of certain key fundamentals to have baseline success (hitting the ball acceptably straight with a reasonably higher trajectory promoting backspin). There are also several situational shots that require extensive knowledge to execute them (pitch shots, chip shots, bunker shots, punch shots etc.).

The methodology of purposeful practice covered in this article is ubiquitous to all kinds of golf shots and techniques.

There’s two ways of

acquiring the “what, why, and how” to practice. One way is to learn by trial and error – continuing to mess something up until something works (which is very similar to the definition of insanity).

The other way is to develop a proper understanding of the cause and effects your golf swing has on the flight of the ball. So many golfers just keep swinging until something works, and don’t ever stop to think about why the things they do don’t work.

While the game of golf is an art, the golf swing is a science. A basic understanding of ball flight laws is a great place to start.

It’s critical for golfers looking to improve to understand the basic physics of “why did the ball go the way it went”. When you practice your swing, if you don’t know WHY the ball reacts the way it does, how can you possibly fix it? When we practice, the goal is always to hit the ball straighter and farther and more consistently. Increasing club head speed will increase your maximum power potential. Making better contact with the center of the clubface with proper attack angles (descending blow with irons and wedges, ascending with driver) and dynamic lofts will increase your power efficiency, control, and consistency. Having your club face square and your club path more down the line will result in a shot that starts more on target with less side spin. Once you understand why the ball reacts, and why it’s critical to improve these factors to improve at golf, now you need to understand what to do to hit the ball better.

Whereas the ball flight laws are “effects”, the principles of the golf swing

are “causes”. In the PGA, we teach in accordance with 14 principles. They are setup, swing plane, arc width, arc length, lever system (aka hinge), dynamic balance (weight transfer), rotational swing center (which is broken into body rotation, arm swing, and transitional rotation), clubhead lag, connection, lead wrist position at impact, tempo, timing, and rhythm. When a PGA golf professional teaches, we teach by identifying the desired improvement in ball flight with the principle(s) in which it best correlates with.

There’s no one size fits all fix to the golf swing, and every golfer has a unique swing DNA. You could watch me teach a dozen different students, and generally everyone is going to work on different things.

The final part of this roadmap to success is understanding how to practice. Once you understand the cause and effect a golf swing has on ball flight, and once you’ve identified the root cause of issues in your swing you can now practice with a purpose. Practice needs to be a healthy blend of targeted visual repetition (such as recording your swing on video or watching yourself swing through a mirror while focusing on the positions and feelings you are working on), repetitive application (hitting balls on the range or in a net), and then gametime application (bringing what you learned to the course). You don’t need to grind for hours on the range until your hands bleed, and you don’t need to play 200 rounds of golf a year to see improvement. I know plenty of golfers who play hundreds of times a year and get seem to get worse. I also have

seen guys go down to the range several times a week and see no improvement because they are working on the wrong things, or not working on anything at all and just swinging aimlessly with no purpose. But if you have the mindset of improving the right fundamentals of your golf game while practicing efficiently (reinforce cognitive feelings with visuals and repetition until they become autonomous) you will improve at a rapid pace.

Ultimately, the hardest part for any golfer is the “what to practice” section.

Advanced golfers generally have a good idea of why the ball goes the way it goes, and great golfers understand how to manipulate their golf swing to manipulate the golf ball. And while its entirely possible to become a great self-taught golfer, without properly understanding the cause and effects of the golf swing you can only improve accidentally. That’s where I and other golf professionals can help, as we can explain the “why” the ball reacts the way it does to you and give you the “what” to work on to improve it.

It surprises a lot of my students when they ask me how often they should get professional instruction.

Many young golfers and their parents think that they need one or two lessons a week to become a great golfer. This is not the case at all – proper application of the teaching to make the transfer of making a conscious action to an autonomous action through effective and efficient practice is the only way to see improvement. You should not take another lesson until those thoughts become habitual, because lessons without practice is wasting

time and money. The rate of improvement depends on the student, their willingness to learn, their willingness to practice, their willingness to make changes, and the difficulty of the change. Sometimes to take a big leap forward you will need to take a tiny step back until the bad habit is broken.

Finally, spending time on the golf course is extremely important to improving. You need to practice and play as much as you can if you want to see fast results. Practice is important to refine your techniques, but you still need to be able to play the game and apply the techniques you’ve learned to game time situations. If you can make the investment, junior golf memberships in the county are very affordable and very much worth the upfront cost. Here at Chesapeake Bay Golf Club our junior membership is $1000 for 2022, which allows you to play anytime during the week and at twilight on weekends.

If you are on a budget, I recommend three days of focused practice (a bucket of range balls & at least an hour putting and chipping) and one round of golf a week.

That’s 6+ hours of practice and 4 hours on the course – less than $50 for a week of solid, effective, efficient progress all in all.

And thus concludes the first part of a continuous series on how to improve as a junior golfer in Cecil County. Next time with this series I will cover golf strategy and preparation for tournament golf. Stay tuned, and good luck!

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VOLLEYBALL

FALLSTON ELIMINATES NORTH EAST FROM PLAYOFFS

By Megan Steimer

The North East Indians’ season came to an end Thursday evening at the hands of the Fallston Cougars. The sixth seed Cougars took down the third seeded Indians 25-8, 25-15, 25-14 in the first round of Class 2A East Regional play.

Setter Rachel Mullins found Ginny Coker early in the first set for a kill before Fallston gained five unanswered points. It was then, a deflected block from an Anna Breneman attack was sent back over to the Cougars side where it dropped

right in the middle, giving the Indians a point and livening up the crowd. Mullins later found hitter Ally Schaible for a kill, but Fallston would ultimately take game one.

Game two was much more competitive as the Indians and Cougars generated many volleys that left everyone in suspense. Jackie Marison started off with one of her two kills on the night before two long volleys transpired, filled with incredible attacks and digs on both sides of the court while also adding a block in the mix.

At one point, the score was tied 14-14 before Fallston

would come back with ten unanswered points, leading the way to a game two win.

The Cougars jumped out to an early 8-0 lead in set three when Coker tallied another kill followed by Schaible’s ace to swing the momentum to the Indians’ side. Mullins then found the ball where she had a beautiful tip to the Cougars’ court, catching Fallston off balance. A few plays later, Breneman hit the ball down the line for a kill but Fallston’s strong serving would earn them a game three win and a trip to the semifinals.

Mullins would finish

the evening with a kill and nine assists while Megan Harris led the defense with four digs. Croker and Marison combined for five kills as Breneman tallied two kills and a dig. A resilient North East team had its shares of hardship this season but none the less, found ways to overcome and make it to a home playoff game. “I think we did a great job this season” said an always positive Breneman. “At the beginning of the season there were a lot of girls who didn’t know each other. I think we did a great job forming a team but also forming a bond. Many

girls were playing positions they’ve never played before.

I was so impressed on everyone’s ability to just step it up when we needed them to.”

It was a bittersweet moment for many of the seniors on the team including Breneman who missed six games with appendicitis but was able to return to the court just in time for playoffs. While it wasn’t the ending they had hoped for, the North East Indians volleyball team showed grit and determination— for that, they should be proud of their season.

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MIL QUARTERFINALS: TOME vs. WEST NOTTINGHAM

By Megan Steimer

The Tome Titans came away with a victory at home over the West Nottingham Rams in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Atlantic Independent League playoffs.

The Titans won in three sets 25-22, 25-21, 25-21 advancing to the semifinals while the Rams season came to an end.

The score remained close in set one as both teams appeared evenly matched.

Outside hitters Katy Bullerman and Grace Bradfield dominated at the net, recording a combined 11 kills for the Titans in game one alone.

The Rams’ co-captain Kelsey Cruz started to heat up as well, recording a valuable kill to give her team a boost and come within three points of tying the game. Tome would go on to take game one but that didn’t deter Cruz as she carried over her energy into game two, recording another big kill and an ace for West

Nottingham. Jenniah Odige and co-captain Jaelyn Brown got the Rams’ crowd going when Odgie had a backrow kill followed by Brown’s block. However, the Titans continued to capitalize on ball possession with setter Alivia Carrillo finding Bullerman and Bradfield again and again for attacks. Carrillo also added an ace on the service line while libero Lily Cronin closed out game two with back-toback aces.

West Nottingham

came out swinging in the third set as Cruz recorded another kill while Brown had two tips over the net that found empty court to put her team up 13-7.

The Rams would go up 2117 behind an ace by Vrunda Patel but Tome was able to answer with back-to-back kills by middle Zoe Plewka to put them within two points of a tie, giving the Titans a huge momentum swing. Utilizing that energy, Tome would end up recording eight unanswered points to come back

and win game three, defeating the Rams 3-0 and moving on to the semifinals.

The Tome Titans went on to face Aquinas Academy for a spot in the MIL Championship game.

The match came down to a game five nail biter as the Titans escaped with a 3-2 win, advancing to the MIL Championship game Friday where they’ll face county rival TriState Christian Academy.

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MIL QUARTERFINALS: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN vs. FCA

By Megan Steimer

The Tri-Sate Christian Academy Crusaders knocked off Fellowship of Christian Athletes Monday afternoon in the first round of Mid-Atlantic Independent League playoffs. The Crusaders swept FCA 25-10, 25-9, 25-9 advancing to the MIL semifinals.

Sophomore Bailey Thomas shined at the service line for Tri-State in game one, leading her team with a ten-point service run, including three aces in a row.

Jules Harris commanded the attack at the net, recording two of her team high six kills for the Crusaders as they won a convincing set one.

Tri-State’s dominant serving

continued in set two when Etta Harris went on an eightpoint service run, tallying five of her eight aces in that span. Jules Harris continued to control the attack, recording a clever tip to the middle of FCA’s court followed by a momentous block to give her team a 18-9 lead and eventually a game two victory.

Thomas resumed her incredible serving in set three as she went on another service run beginning with six aces in a row. The Crusaders jumped out to a 12-0 lead with both Jules Harris and Ashlyn Criddle recording kills. FCA put up a fight at the net, managing a double block several times but they could not overcome critical errors to keep the ball

on their side of the court. TriState took advantage of ball possession and came away with the win in set three.

Thomas and Etta Harris combined for an astonishing 18 aces to go with their three kills each while Jules Harris recorded six kills, three blocks and an ace for her team. “I’m really proud of how we played tonight” said Jules Harris, “we learned a lot while we were down there (in Tennessee) and we brought it to the table this week.” With the win, the Crusaders will face their next opponent tomorrow November 3rd at Tri-State Christian Academy with a 4:00pm start time.

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CHAMPIONS!

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TRI-STATE WINS FIRST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY

By Megan Steimer

The Tri-State Christian Academy Crusaders defeated the Tome Titans in five sets on Friday night, capturing the Mid-Atlantic Independent League Championship. It came down to the last two points in what would be the most thrilling match of the year thus far with game scores of 20-25, 25-9, 23-25, 25-21 and 16-14.

The crowd was electric and at times cheering so loud it was deafening as fans from both schools showed up to support their volleyball team. Katy Bullerman set the tone early in game one with back-to-back aces and later, back-to-back kills including deliberately pushing the ball into a Tri-State block where it was deflected and hit the floor. However, Etta Harris also came out swinging—

accumulating five kills and a block for the Crusaders. Set one was certainly an indication of how the match would play out as an astonishing 13 lead changes occurred before Tome would record six unanswered points to surprise the Crusaders and take a 1-0 match lead.

Tri-State came out with vengeance in a lopsided game two win despite three backrow kills from Tome’s Grace Bradfield. Middle hitter Jules Harris started to heat up for the Crusaders, recording a couple of kills and a block along with outsider hitter Ashlyn Criddle.

However, it was back to business in the third set with both teams settling in and becoming more comfortable running plays and attacking the ball. Down 14-8, Kaia Baker served an ace to lift morale for the Titans when setter

Alivia Carillo found Bradfield for two kills, tying the score 14-14. Carillo would later take a page out of Bullerman’s book and hit through a typically solid Tri-State block to get a kill, again tying the score 21-21 before capturing a game three win and going ahead 2-1 in the match.

Tome libero Lily Cronin had some offensive action in the fourth set, recording a kill followed by Bradfield’s two successful attacks at the net to put the Titans ahead 6-2. Tri-State would come back to take a 13-10 lead after Jules Harris’ massive block and then again blocking a Titans backrow attack. Bullerman would add a few more kills under her belt late in the fourth set but the Crusaders defense got the job done as Etta Harris tallied two blocks, including one to win set four and tie

the match 2-2.

What better way to capture a championship then grinding it out in a game five battle. Crusaders Baylie Thomas stayed hot at the net, recording two kills to give her team a healthy 7-3 lead in a set that only goes to 15 points. One would believe the Titans were starting to accept their fate, until they simply didn’t. The Bullerman and Bradfield duo brought Tome back from the brink to go up 10-9 and swing the momentum in their favor. The Titans were one point away from a huge upset when Crusaders setter Skylar Klingler found Criddle for a kill into Tome’s block to tie the score at 14-14. Klingler then found Etta Harris for an attack the Titans’ defenders couldn’t handle, giving Tri-State a 1514 lead and leaving the Crusaders one point away from

a championship win. Sophomore Tessa Davis stayed calm and consistent at the line where she served it to the deep corner of Tome’s court but, in the Titans’ attempt to return the ball, it would sail out of bounds to give the Crusaders a game point win.

Jules Harris had a team high ten kills and four blocks while sister Etta Harris tallied eight kills and four blocks. Baylie Thomas had an impressive performance with nine kills and 25 digs as Skylar Klingler dished out 28 assists and 15 digs to go with Hope Pfadt’s 21 digs. Grace Bradfield led the Titan’s with a match high 11 kills and three aces while her counterpart Katy Bullerman amassed ten kills and three aces.

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MIL FINALS: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN defeats TOME 3-2

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FIELD HOCKEY

PHOTOS BY JACKI TAYLOR

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REGIONAL CHAMPS! PHOTOS BY JACKI TAYLOR

NORTH EAST INDIANS FIELD HOCKEY ADVANCES TO STATE QUARTERFINALS

By Kevin Phillips

CHESAPEAKE CITY--North East and Bohemia Manor battled for the 1A North, Region I field hockey title Wednesday afternoon.

The Indians controlled possession and consistently pressured the Eagle defense throughout to earn a 2-0 road victory and take home the regional crown for the first time since 2019.

“That feels amazing,” North East midfielder Kiley Leftridge said. “Doing it again without the older kids from two years ago when we did it, and I’m so happy to have that in my senior year.

It’s just awesome.”

The Indians took control of the ball and im-

mediately tilted the action to their offensive side of the field against Bo Manor, generating several early scoring chances, and it did not take long for North East to get on the board.

Brin Khanjar planted herself near the goal and found herself with the ball on the stick thanks to a Ashley Marison pass, and Khanjar put the ball into the cage to give the Indians a 1-0 in the game’s sixth minute.

One reason why North East won and kept possession of the ball is that they play well as a unit and have good anticipation of where each other will be on the field.

“This is one of the teams with the best chemis-

try that I’ve ever played on in my entire life,” Khanjar said.

“We know each other so well, and we can read each other without talking. We work together as a team so well that we are able to keep possession.”

The Indians continued to control possession and keep the ball in and around the shooting circle for much of the first half, but the Eagle defense kept it a one-goal game by playing disciplined defense and keeping their sticks on the ground, disrupting the shooting lanes.

The Indians took a 1-0 lead into the second half and continued to pile on the pressure, and they broke through with 12:04 left to go

in the fourth quarter when Kiley Leftridge won a battle with a defender for the ball and put another Marison pass into the net to make it 2-0.

“When we had our break out here, Coach Hudson was talking about how we needed to stay strong, and when it’s near the goal, we have to use our force to push through it,” Leftridge said of her goal. “When it was me and the other girl’s stick there, all that I was thinking about ‘I have to keep my stance strong and send it through.’”

After Leftridge’s goal, Bo Manor put forth a charge to flip the field to its attacking end to get on the scoreboard, but North East

swallowed up any foray into its end and won possession back to hold on to the victory.

The win puts North East into the state quarterfinals against an opponent to be determined, and head coach Kendie Hudson is proud of the team for the effort they put forth all season long.

“It feels wonderful.

I’m really proud of these kids.

They worked really hard,” Hudson said. “They put in the time. They’re at each and every single practice. They work hard every single day, and they’re really a team and love each other.”

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NORTH EAST ENDS PLAYOFF RUN IN 2-1 LOSS TO NORTH HARFORD PHOTOS BY NATALIE GOLDSMITH

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UCBAC CROSS COUNTRY MEET

FAIR HILL REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY MEET TO ADVANCE TO STATE FINALS Women’s Results for Cecil County Competitors

NAME GRADE TEAM

9 Ella Pennington 10 Emily Wishart 11 Savannah Lacey 12 Lily Miller 13 Mattea Marra 16 Amanda Callaghan 17 Eve Poteet 29 Cameron Adcock 32 Kaitlin Perry 36 Sarah Silva 40 Molly Freel 42 Sadie Cooper 43 Anayah Saunders

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Elkton Rising Sun Rising Sun Elkton Elkton Rising Sun Rising Sun Rising Sun Rising Sun Elkton Rising Sun Elkton Elkton

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23:03.56 23:03.82 23:05.81 23:07.04 23:18.09 23:50.63 23:51.66 25:54.71 26:24.55 27:20.13 28:01.94 28:37.19 28:39.44

Team Scores: Women

By Matt McKay

The Fair Hill Regional Cross Country Meet is a race that decides whether or not runners progress to states on Nov. 13th or end their season here on Nov. 4th. The 2A east region cross country teams include Elkton, North East, and Rising Sun from Cecil County, as well as Easton, Harford Tech, Kent Island, North Caroline, North Harford, Parkside, Queen Anne’s County, and Wicomico. 1A teams include Bohemia Manor, and Perryville from Cecil County, as well as Cambridge-South Dorchester, Crisfield, Fallston, Havre de Grace, Kent County, Mardela, North Dorchester, Patterson Mill, Pocomoke, and Snow Hill.

The course itself took place at Fair Hill International. The race began on the horse track, with the first mile and a half staying exclusively on the track.

The second mile broke off to a long cascading trail into the woods. The third mile took runners further into the woods on a trail marked by

a series of twists and turns.

The trail, complemented by roots and rocks, forced runners to stay vigilant while maintaining pace. Upon exiting the woods, runners were met by an arduous hill that took them back to the horse track, the long, gradual uphill stretch that ended at the finish line.

The top 5 male runners from Cecil County in the 2A region are as follows: junior Aidan McCullough from North East (13), senior David Pugh from Elkton (14), junior Eli Weston from Rising Sun (19), sophomore Matt McKay from Rising Sun (26), and freshman JB Lightner from Rising Sun (27). From the 2A male division, Rising Sun was the only Cecil County 2A team to qualify for states.

For the 1A region, the top 5 Cecil County male runners were: senior Day Leone from Bo Manor (1), senior Noah Beck from Bo Manor (7), senior Samuel Dickerson from Bo Manor (10), junior Michael Young from Perryville (14), and sophomore Evan Wakefield from Bo Manor (19).

Bo Manor was the only Cecil County boys 1A team to qualify for states.

The top 5 Cecil County females for the 2A were as follows: Senior Ella Pennington from Elkton (9), junior Emily Wishart from Rising Sun (10), junior Savannah Lacey from Rising Sun (11), senior Lilly Miller from Elkton (12), and sophomore Mattea Marra from Elkton. Rising Sun and Elkton girls both qualified for states.

The top 5 Cecil County females in the 1A region finished as follows: freshman Skylar Pizzulli (6) of Bo Manor, senior Lilyana Heuisler of Perryville(23), junior Taylor Young from Peryville (31), sophomore Julia Biggers of Perryville(33), and senior Emily Norman from Bo Manor (36).

Bo Manor’s girls team qualified for states.

The state cross county meet will be held Saturday, November 13th at Hereford High School in Parkton, MD.

1 North Harford 35 2 Rising Sun 66 3 Harford Tech 87 4 Elkton 93 5 Easton 114 6 North Caroline 128

Cecil County Meet Men’s Results

NAME GRADE TEAM

13 Aidan McCullough 14 David Pugh 19 Eli Weston 26 Matt McKay 27 J.B. Lightner 29 Niklas Heraldsson 35 Connor Kwiatkowski 37 Henry Williams 40 David Greenplate 45 Nathan Wooster 46 Hayden Graham 49 Richard Snyder 50 Tyson Caprinolo 51 Ezra Peterson 58 Brendan Singer 59 Luke Gerhard

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North East Elkton Rising Sun Rising Sun Rising Sun Rising Sun North East North East Rising Sun Elkton Rising Sun North East Elkton Rising Sun Elkton Elkton

Team Scores: Men

TIME

19:28.24 19:29.05 20:04.81 20:42.99 20:47.05 20:50.96 21:08.96 21:14.93 21:29.21 22:02.02 22:04.31 22:13.59 22:19.24 22:19.75 23:47.90 23:57.50

1 Harford Tech 42 2 Kent Island

73 3 Queen Annes County 84 4 North Harford 92 5 Rising Sun

133 6 North Caroline 143 7 Easton 145 8 Elkton 201

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Cecil County Sports Weekly

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SCENES FROM JR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES PHOTOS BY WAYNE LAMBERT

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

PERRYVILLE POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL GAME

SENIORS 28 JUNIORS 20