Eastern Baltimore County News
The White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company reported crews were on scene when a heating oil truck landed in a ditch on Bird River Road in Middle River. The truck was reported leaning against a tree with person that was trapped this morning around 9 a.m.
The WMVFC reported that person was rescued.
HazMat and Maryland Department Of The Environment were also on the scene this morning. The fuel truck was carrying approximately 2500 gallons of heating fuel, but no leaks were reported.
Eastern Tech 28 Lansdowne 14
Eastern Tech put together its first winning streak and got over .500 this year after a win at Lansdowne on Friday night. It was a must win as Eastern Tech will play at Hereford, who has won four straight games and they finish at home against 7-1 New Town.
Owings Mills 60 Chesapeake 0
The Bayhawks were shut out for the third straight week and have lost four games in a row after they were defeated at Owings Mills on Friday. Chesapeake has been outscored 171-8 during the four-game losing streak. There is hope for the 1-6 Bayhawks as they play at winless Sparrows Point this week and at winless Western Tech during the last two weeks of the season.
Hereford 28 Overlea 24
Overlea lost to a hot Hereford team on Friday night to fall to 4-3 on the year. Hereford started off 0-3 but they have now won four straight. The Falcons appear to be in good shape to make the playoffs as they were ranked third out of 12 teams in their region before the loss. The top eight make the playoffs. Although the last two games will be tough for Overlea as they travel to New Town this week and end their regular season at home against first place Milford Mill.
Kenwood 20 Woodlawn 12
Kenwood got a much needed win on the road at Woodlawn to improve to 4-3 on the year. Woodlawn was ranked third in the 3A North Region and the Bluebirds were sixth before the game. Kenwood needs to stay in the top 8 to make the playoffs and they finish the season at Towson this weekend and end their season at home against undefeated Parkville.
Parkville 28 Randallstown 6
Parkville remained unbeaten with an impressive road win at Randallstown. The Knights are a perfect 7-0 and are in first place in the 4A North standings. They will play winless Western Tech this week and will likely go into their last game undefeated at Kenwood, looking for the perfect regular season.
Franklin 63 Perry Hall 0
The Gators were no match for defending state champion Franklin and fell to 0-7. Perry Hall hosts Randallstown on Friday night. Perry Hall is a larger 4A school and Randallstown is a smaller 1A school so there is an outside chance that the Gators might get their first win of the season. However; Randallstown is a solid team at 4-3 and it won’t be easy for the Gators.
Students at Martin Boulevard Elementary School will participate in a special reading of the book “Right This Very Minute.” on Monday, Oct. 21, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
The guest reader will be a 4-H youth, and farmers from the Baltimore County Farm Bureau will be on hand to answer student’s questions. Each year, the American Farm Bureau selects a book to teach youth about where food comes from.
This year, the Baltimore County Farm Bureau has donated a copy of this book (“Right This Very Minute”) to each Baltimore County elementary school.
This initiative has a goal of connecting students to the food system through literature, and it was coordinated by the Baltimore County Public Schools Offices of Career and Technology Education and Library Media Programs and Digital Resources along with the Baltimore County Farm Bureau and University of Maryland Extension/4-H
-by Patrick Coonan of CCBC-
On Tuesday, it was a crisp autumn evening in Baltimore, but the Knights remained hot as they dispatched Frederick 3-1 to end the regular season on a 16-game winning streak and win their first Maryland Juco Athletic Conference Championship in more than seven seasons.
The win also gives the Knights the No. 1 seed and a first round bye in the NJCAA Region XX Division I Tournament, which begins for Essex in the semifinals round on October 29. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. and the tournament is being hosted by Harford Community College.
CCBC Essex (16-1, 7-0 Maryland Juco) began the game pressing hard, but the Frederick defense was up to the challenge, limiting the Knights to just one shot in the first 12 minutes of play.
In the 13th minute of play, however, freshman and Sparrows Point grad Dani Zacierka began a run before being pulled down in the box that would lead to a penalty kick. Fellow freshman and Perry Hall grad Kara Dietrich converted the kick for her NJCAA Division I leading 43rd goal of the season, giving the Knights a 1-0 lead.
It was also the 100th goal scored this season for Essex.
The rest of the half would go on to be played primarily in the middle of the field with the Knights holding a 1-0 edge at the break.
Frederick (10-3-1, 4-2-1 Maryland Juco) would strike 10 minutes into the second half when Lindsey Brant scored her 43rd goal on the year to tie Dietrich for the national lead. It took the Knights 10 minutes to respond in kind.
Ryleigh Fachler, also a graduate of Perry Hall, would put in a head ball past the Cougars’ keeper off a ball from Dietrich to make it 2-1 in the 67th minute of play.
“It was really exciting,” Fachler said. “And the fact that we pulled it out was great.”
In the 78th minute, Fachler would net the dagger when she would put another head ball past in off a beautiful cross from Taylor West to make the score 3-1. Is was Fachler’s ninth of the year.
“I am usually one of the shortest players on the field,” said Fachler, who stands at 5-foot-1. “So I have a saying that I use, ‘Heart over height,’ to motivate me to win head balls. It was so exciting to score on two headers in game like this.”Emily Vetra, a Sparrows Point grad, did not tally a goal or an assist, but her play, especially at the midfield, was one of the biggest reason the Knights were able to control the ball so much.
Sam Tornatore of Eastern Tech, made her 17th consecutive start in goal and finished with three saves. She now has 37 saves this year with a 1.47 goals against average.
– by Patrick Coonan of CCBC –
Trailing 2-0 with 9:15 left in regulation and down a man, the Knights scored three goals on Tuesday to defeat the visiting Frederick Cougars 3-2 in front of a home crowd at CCBC Essex.
The victory secured at least a tie for the Maryland Juco Conference title and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming NJCAA Region XX Divsion I Tournament, which begins on October 30 in the semifinals round for Essex. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. at host Harford Community College. The Knights are the seven-time defending Region XX Division I champions.
In the 20th minute, Vagner Marques-Rodriguez would break through to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead.
CCBC Essex (14-3, 10-1 Maryland Juco) began playing a man down in the 38th minute after sophomore Javier Avetrani received a red card.
The Knights had chances in the first half, but only managed to put two shots on goal and trailed 1-0 at halftime.
Essex came out strong in the second, but Marques-Rodriguez beat freshman keeper Jack Roby one-on-one in the 75th minute to give Frederick (11-3, 10-2 Maryland Juco) a 2-0 edge.
In the 81st minute, sophomore Wilfred Tinay played a ball into freshman Marvin Martinez who slipped it past the Frederick keeper to pull the Knights within one.
Essex would strike again less than three minutes later when freshman Rin Yasui (Seiwa Gakuen) scored off a great pass from freshman
Sam Adunah (Gar-Field Senior) to tie the game with six minutes left.
With overtime in sight, the Knights had other plans as Yasui got off a corner with 15 seconds on the clock.
Perry Hall grad Acolmi Rios found the loose ball and put it into the corner, tallying the game-winner for the Essex with 10 seconds remaining.
“It feels good to beat Frederick like that,” Rios said. “It shows that all the hardwork we’ve been putting in this season is coming together at the right time of the year.”
Roby finished the game with one save on three shots on goal. That stop came in the 69th minute.
Tinay played arguably the best game of his two-year career at Essex. Playing as a true middie, he was constantly breaking up the Cougars’ movements on defense and advancing the ball the the Knights’ attack.
The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington has issued a Coastal Flood Advisory in the area, which is in effect until 11 p.m. tonight for the shoreline in Southern Baltimore County and the City of Baltimore.
Tidal Departure could reach two to two and a half feet above normal around the time of high tide this evening. The evening
high tide at Bowley Bar is at 10:36 PM. The evening high tide at Fort McHenry Baltimore is at 9:22 PM.
At 3.0 feet, water begins encroaching upon yards in the Bowleys Quarters area. Time of high total tides are approximate to the nearest hour.
For the full weather report, click here
New Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) Superintendent Darryl L. Williams, Ed.D took questions from the public at a meeting at Perry Hall High School on Tuesday night. Some of the topics included preventing bullying and bus driver shortages.
One parent was critical of BCPS response time to bullying incidents. Williams responded that BCPS wants to take a proactive approach to bullying cases and BCPS is looking into bringing a systematic, disciplined approach. Williams added that sometimes the victim of bullying does not know where to go for help.
“We are teaching conscious discipline. We want to inform students [being bullied] where to go for [help], Williams said.
“We need to help the student that is receiving the action along with the student that is giving it.”
The BCPS Superintendent stated that society needs to go back to a “agree to disagree” mentality that does not result in a physical altercation and making rude comments to each other.
“We have to be able to teach our students that we live in a [civilized and respectful] society,” Williams added.
Baltimore County has a shortage of around 50 bus drivers. Sen. Kathy Klausmeier was at the meeting and she said she plans introduce legislation that will create incentives to help hire more bus drivers. Williams said adding bus drivers is a goal of BCPS.
“The recruitment is going to be key on how we hire and keep bus drivers,” Williams explained.
Other parents asked about having a more diverse staff similar to many of diverse student populations in Baltimore County schools.
According to Williams, BCPS would like to build a “pipeline” with black colleges such as Morgan, Coppin State and Howard and would like to recruit today’s BCPS students to become tomorrow’s BCPS educators. He would like to see more male role models too.
“There is also a gender issue. How do we get males to consider education? “Williams said. “The shortage of teachers is a national problem. We are looking into ways to improve our recruiting efforts.”
There were questions about seven period days vs. the four-period day, hiring more counselors and trying to get more stakeholders involved with BCPS.
“We have had some discussion on how we can get the community involved to support our schools,” Williams said.
The driver of a Jeep Cherokee involved in a single-vehicle crash on Kenwood Avenue on Tuesday morning has died.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the Jeep was traveling westbound on Kenwood Avenue approaching the intersection at Lillian Holt Drive around 7:30 a.m.
For unknown reasons, the Jeep failed to stop at the red traffic signal and continued through the intersection until it struck a light support pole and came to a stop.
The driver, identified as Norris Carl Assam (77) of the 1800 block of Hanford Road, 21237, was transported to MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.
The Baltimore County Police Crash Investigation Team is continuing their investigation into the factors contributing to this fatal crash.
New Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) Superintendent Darryl L. Williams, Ed.D. has been hosting community conservations around Baltimore County and he is attending Perry Hall High School on Tuesday, Oct. 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. This is the sixth of 10 scheduled meetings throughout the county.
BCPS did not release the details of the “Community Conservations” but it expected to be a format where the public can ask Williams questions about the local schools.
Williams will hold his 10th and final meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Chesapeake High School in Essex from 6 to 7 p.m.
Child care will be available for toilet-trained children ages 4 and up, courtesy of Open Door Before and After Care.
Councilman David Marks has reported that Perry Hall Driving School located at 9539 Belair Road has closed.
Their website is also down. There were a few posts by customers on the Perry Hall Driving School Facebook page that claim the driving school was shut down by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Association.
No word on the reason for the closure.
