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CCBC Essex Mens Soccer Pulls Off Amazing Comeback Win vs. Frederick


– 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.

Overlea, Parkville & Eastern Tech Football Winners in Week 6


Overlea 60 St. John’s Prospect Hall 0
It was a special night in Overlea as it was Homecoming and the school held their official ribbon cutting for its new turf field. St. John’s Prospect Hall from the Frederick region probably knew it was going to be a tough night with all the Overlea excitement before kickoff and it showed as the Falcons destroyed St. John’s by 60.

Dundalk 22 Kenwood 6
Kenwood lost their second game in a row and three of their last four on Friday in a Homecoming loss to Dundalk. After starting off 3-1 with a close loss to Haford Tech, the Bluebirds have lost by double digits in back-to-back games against Franklin and Dundalk. Kenwood will look to get back on track this Saturday at 4-2 Woodlawn.

Eastern Tech 40 Sparrows Point 28
Eastern Tech did not dominate winless Sparrows Point as the Pointers stayed around in the game, but Tech will take the much-needed win to improve to 3-3 on the year. The Mavericks will look to get above .500 for the first time this year at 1-5 Lansdowne this Friday night.

Parkville 45 Perry Hall 23
Perry Hall has dominated Parkville over the years and this game was expected to be reversed as Parkville came into the game undefeated and the Gators were winless on the season. The Knights remained undefeated with a win, but Perry Hall kept the score under 30. The Gators will argueably face the best team in the county and defending state 3A champions Franklin on the road Friday night. Parkville travels out to Randallstown to play a Rams team that has won four straight games against smaller schools.

New Town 36 Chesapeake 0
Since getting their first win over Lansdowne three weeks ago, Chesapeake has lost three straight games and it has not been pretty. The Bayhawks have been outscored 111-8 and have been shutout the last two weeks by Milford Mill and New Town. Chesapeake travels to play at 3-3 Owings Mills this week. Then the Bayhawks play winless Sparrows Point and Western Tech the last two weeks of the season.

Source:https://mpssaa.countysports.zone/football/

Overlea High Gets New Turf Field


Overlea High School received a nice gift this year as Baltimore County presented the school a new turf field. Many football fields are subjected to wear and tear over the years, so many schools have started to install modern turf fields. Perry Hall High School received a new field last year and Overlea High received their turf field this year for their football program.

The official ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Friday night before the Overlea football team played against St. Johns Catholic Prep and County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Jr. was at Overlea for the new field.

“Honored to join the Overlea community tonight to celebrate the new turf field here at Overlea High School. Congratulations, and good luck to our student athletes,” Olszewski said on social media.

Councilwoman Cathy Bevins, who represents the Overlea area, also attended the ribbon cutting.

“Today was a beautiful day for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Overlea High School to celebrate the school’s new turf field. This was a $800,000 project that took much time and dedication,” Bevins said.
“It is awesome having such great partnerships with the school, the County Executive, and the community.”

CCBC Essex Men Ranked No. 25 in Cross Country


-by Rocco Geppi –

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Oct. 2 released its latest polls and CCBC Essex is ranked as the 25th best NJCAA Division I men’s program.

“The team has been working very hard,” said head coach Noah Hutton, who is a resident of Essex. “This year’s team has minimal cross country experience. The effort they have put in to compete at a high level is starting to show in their results.”
The Knights are the only cross country team in the Maryland Juco Conference and NJCAA Region XX to appear in the poll.

CCBC Essex’s women’s team is also making strides and showing signs of improvement since summer practices.
On Aug. 30, the Knights began the season at Dickinson College’s “Light up the Night” Invitational.

Gabrielle Turner beat her fastest 5k time from high school by almost 90 seconds at Dickinson. Her time was a top ten time in CCBC Essex women’s cross country over the past 10 years and is within 70 seconds of the fastest time within the last ten years.
The women’s team scored in their first meet as a team in over 14 months.
On the men’s side at Dickinson, Liam Mischke led the Knights in a close and tight race with Carroll Community College and Hagerstown Community College.

Sophomore Bradley Allen, a grad of Dundalk High School, came into the cross country season in much better shape than last season and it showed in his second place finish on the team. His leadership is helping the many new runners to the sport of cross country, including fellow Dundalk grad James Rudolph, a promising freshman student-athlete who finished third on the team and has a bright future at CCBC Essex.

Charles Whiting and Eastern Tech graduate Anibal Avila rounded out the top 5.

“There are many tight packs forming on the men’s team,” Hutton said after the race. “This will help the team improve and succeed over the next couple of months leading up to the conference and Region XX championships.”

At the Green Terror Challenge (McDaniel College) on Sept. 6, both squads had strong showings, with many finishing in the top 12.
The men finished second as a team in the 3k.

On Sept. 21 at the Eastern Shore XC Invitational (UMES), the men came in 5th place out of six teams and finished with seven runners in front of the third and fourth teams and number five runner. The Knights also beat the only two-year college present.

Cross Country next races on Saturday, as half the men and the women travel to Penn State Harrisburg for the Bud Smitley Invitational. The other half of the men’s squad will head to Salisbury University for the Don Cathcart Invitational.
Follow Cross Country on Twitter @CCBCEssex_XC.

Parkville & Ovelea Win but All Essex Schools Lose in Week 5


Milford Mill 32 Chesapeake 0
The Bayhawks fell to 1-4 as they suffered a 32-0 defeat in their Homecoming game against Milford Mill. The Bayhawks will look for their second win of the season on the road in New Town.

Overlea 15 Lansdowne 0
After losing to Owings Mills and Eastern Tech the last two weeks, Overlea bounced back with a win at Lansdowne to improve to 3-2 on the year. The Falcons will return home after a long road trip to host St. John’s Prospect Hall.

Northeast 41 Eastern Tech 19
The Mavericks have had a pattern of losing one game and winning their next game. After an exciting 28-27 win against Overlea, Tech was hoping to end that pattern with a win at Northeast in Anne Arundel County, but they lost to fall to 2-3 on the year. For the third time this year, the Mavericks will look to bounce back after a loss with a win. They will try to keep that pattern going at home against winless Sparrows Point on Friday.

Franklin 41Kenwood 6
Kenwood faced their toughest challenge of the season as they went out to northwest Baltimore County to play defending 3A state champions Franklin and lost 41-6. Kenwood comes back home to host Dundalk this Friday night.

Dulaney 19 Perry Hall 0
Perry Hall is still looking for their win of the season after losing to Dulaney 19-0 on the road. The Gators will have a tough game to get their first win of the season as they travel to undefeated Parkville next Saturday.

Parkville 34 Catonsville 14
Parkville had their first true test of the season as they defeated Catonsville 34-14 on the road in the battle of the unbeatens. The Knights are now 5-0 and will look to go 6-0 against winless Perry Hall on Saturday. After Perry Hall, Parkville begins the meat of their schedule as they play Randallstown in two weeks and finish the season at Kenwood.

Source:https://mpssaa.countysports.zone/football/

CCBC Essex Women’s Soccer Ranked in NJCAA Top 20 After Weekend Wins


– by Patrick Coonan of CCBC-

CCBC Essex women’s soccer won 12 straight games after defeating Monroe Community College and Genesee Community College on Saturday and Sunday by scores of 3-1 and 4-1, respectively.

The Knights (12-1) are now ranked 19th in the nation, their first time in the NJCAA Top 20 since 1989.

Essex trailed early against Monroe when Gaia Iacuzzi scored a ball crossed to the six-yard line by Kimberly McPhearson for 1-0 Tribunes lead. It wouldn’t take long for the Knights and Kara Dietrich (Perry Hall) to answer when she rolled the ball past the goalkeeper in the sixth minute of play.

In the 25th minute, Kimberly McPhearson hit a rocket off the crossbar that Knights’ goalie Sam Tornatore (Eastern Tech grad) would gather safely. In the 15th minute Joey Eskey hit the crossbar from a head ball off an Emily Vetri (Sparrows Point grad) corner. In a competitive first half, the score at the break was tied at one. For the much of the beginning of second half, the Knights were under siege.

They would eventually gain their footing and in the 73rd minute Natalie Marx had the breakthrough for Essex. The dagger came in the 87th minute when Vetri hit a shot that would go over the goalie’s reach and into the upper corner to put Essex ahead 3-1. Tornatore finished the game with three saves on four Tribunes’ shots on goal.

On Sunday, Dietrich beat their keeper near post for a 1-0 Essex lead in the 16th minute. It was Dietrich’s 31st goal of the season. Dietrich would assist on the next goal, as she played Mikayla Boyle (Eastern Tech grad ) for the 2-0 lead in the 23rd minute.

In the 35th minute, Dani Zacierka (Sparrows Point) would score to make it 3-0. Quickly after, in the 36th minute Ashley Hearn would score for the Cougars to make the halftime score 3-1 Essex.

In the 53rd minute, Boyle scored her second goal of the day to make it 4-1. The Knights would dominate the second half and see the 4-1 win out closing a big weekend and defeating its third ranked team in five days.

Week Four High School Football Scores


Eastern Tech 28 Overlea 27
Eastern Tech’s defense was able to stop Quarterback David Streater and Overlea in the final minute to secure a 28-27 win at home. Eastern Tech improves to 2-2 on the year and Overlea falls to 2-2 after starting the season at 2-0. Eastern Tech travels to Anne Arundel County to play Northeast and Overlea plays on the road again for the third straight week at Lansdowne.

Kenwood is 3-1 and has a big showdown at defending state champion Franklin -file photo-
Kenwood 48 Patapsco 12
After a tough loss to Harford Tech last week, Kenwood bounced back with a 48-12 home win over undefeated Patapsco. The Bluebirds improved to 3-1 on the year and will play at defending 3A state champion Franklin on Friday night.

Hereford 43 Chesapeake 0
After getting their first win of the year, Chesapeake had to travel out to northern Baltimore County and got shutout by traditional powerhouse Hereford. The Bayhawks fall to 1-3 will come home this Saturday to play Milford Mill, another Baltimore County elite program.

Catonsville 50 Perry Hall 6
Perry Hall’s tough season continued as the Gators were dominated at home against Catonsville on Homecoming. The Gators will look for their first win of the season at 2-2 Dulaney this Saturday.

Parkville 28 Dulaney 14
Parkville has quietly gotten off to a 4-0 start after beating Dulaney 28-14 at home during the weekend. Parkville will face their first true test of the season this Friday on the road at Catonsville in a battle of undefeated teams.

Source:https://mpssaa.countysports.zone/football/

Eastern Tech Defense Stops Overlea 28-27


Eastern Tech’s defense was able to hold off Overlea and their Quarterback David Streater on a fourth down play in the final 30 seconds to seal a 28-27 win at home at CCBC Essex on Homecoming. Streater broke off a 70-yard touchdown run in the final two minutes and it appeared to give Overlea the go-ahead touchdown, but it was called back on a holding penalty.

Overlea Quarterback David Streater threw for over 150 yards and two touchdowns.
The Mavericks’ special teams also made three big plays to help set up three touchdowns. It appeared that Overlea was going to dominate the game early as Streater hit Falcon Wide Receiver Jairus Cannon on a 63-yard touchdown pass to start the game. Then Overlea forced the Mavericks to punt on their opening drive, but the Falcons miffed the punt return and Eastern Tech recovered the ball on the Overlea 33. A 23-yard run by Marty Lawrence help set up a Jerryn Preisinger 1-yard touchdown run.

Special teams continued to haunt Overlea as Eastern Tech’s Noah Oliver returned a punt to the Falcon 1-yard line to set up Maverick Quarterback Jordan Knight’s 1-yard touchdown run.

After the Overlea defense scored a touchdown on Cornerback Troy Smith’s 30-yard fumble recovery, the Falcon defense again forced the Maverick offense to go three and out. However; Eastern Tech rolled the dice and called for a fake punt on their 38-yard line and the team picked up the first down. That later resulted in a Lawrence 18-yard touchdown run.

Overlea’s offense scored fast. In addition to the opening touchdown pass from Streater, the Falcons scored their second touchdown on three plays. Streater hit Cannon on another big play of 45 yards and Running Back Deon Whye finished off the drive with a 25-yard touchdown run. Whye had over 70 yards rushing on the night.

Overlea’s Kweli Battle catches a touchdown before the half.
Because of their quick strike offense, special teams’ mistakes and their defensive touchdown, Overlea only ran seven plays of offense compared to Eastern Tech’s 29 plays before Overlea’s final drive in the first half. On the last drive of the half, Overlea put together a 13-play drive that resulted in a Kweli Battle 6-yard touchdown catch from Streater to give Overlea a 27-21 halftime lead.

Eastern Tech’s offense took advantage of field position from their special teams.
In the second half, Eastern Tech went to the ground game using Running Backs O.J. Parker, Lawrence and Preisinger to combine for 88 yards rushing. Knight did not complete a pass in the second half and only had one attempt. The Mavericks took the lead for good 28-27 on a Parker 4-yard touchdown run.

Eastern Tech improves to 2-2 on the year and Overlea falls to 2-2 after starting the season at 2-0. Eastern Tech travels to Anne Arundel County to play Northeast and Overlea plays on the road again for the third straight week at Lansdowne.

CCBC Essex Men’s & Women’s Soccer Both Beat Hagerstown 13-0


– by Partick Coonan, CCBC Essex-
The more than 100 guests on hand Saturday at CCBC Essex for the CCBC Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony were treated to a festival of goals, as the Knights men and women soccer teams each blanked Hagerstown 13-0.

On the women’s side, the Knights (8-1, 5-0 Maryland Juco) got off to a hot start in the third minute when when Perry Hall High grad Kara Dietrich found the back of the net. She would finish the game with six goals and now has 23 on the season.

It wouldn’t take long for another Essex goal.

In the sixth minute, Ashlyn Hales, a grad of Eastern Tech, scored on a pass from Dietrich.

Dietrich would continue to let shots fly and in the 12th minute of play Emily Vetri of Sparrows Point played a ball into Dietrich for the finish and a 3-0 lead.

Taylor West picked up her second goal on the season two minutes later. West made a run down the sideline to a ball played by Mikayla Boyle, another grad from Eastern Tech.

Peyton Apruzzese scored her first collegiate goal in the 26th minute. The sophomore has played more than 700 minutes in goal and this season has seen time in the field.

It would be more of the same in the second half. Dietrich would score twice more within two minutes with assists coming from West and Boyle.

Sparrows Point grad Trinity Pfeifer would replace Eastern Tech grad Sam Tornatore between the pipes in the 55th minute.

The Hawks did not register a shot in the contest, so neither goalie registered a save.

Mia Brookshire, another Sparrows Point grad, would close out the scoring for Essex in the 81st minute with her first collegiate goal.

Men’s Soccer

In the second minute of play, Essex’s Isaiah Price went on a breakaway and tapped the ball around Hagerstown’s goalie who took out Price just outside the box. The Hawks’ keeper was given a red card and the Knights awarded a penalty kick.

The Knights (7-2, 5-1 Maryland Juco) did not convert the penalty kick, but tallied its first goal in the seventh minute after a Hagerstown foul.

Freshman Marvin Martinez scored his first collegiate goal to give the Knights the early 1-0 lead.

In the 13th minute, another foul in the box by Hagerstown led to a Seth Onolaja converting a penalty kick to make it 2-0 Essex.

Daigo Adachi would score in the 17th minute on a ball from Price.

Price would then score a minute later for the 4-0 Essex lead.

In more double punch action, Rezon Ahmeti tapped in a goal from a pass by Sam Adunah in the 28th minute. A couple seconds later, Wilfred Tinay scored a one on one with a dissecting ball through the defense by Javier Avetrani.

Adunah would find the net with another assist coming from Avetrani at 42:34 for a 7-0 lead at halftime.

It took only 10 minutes into the second half for Avetrani to get himself a goal, assisted by Rin Yasui.

Adachi would score his second goal in the 57th minute with the assist coming from Martinez for a nine-goal lead.

Dundalk High grad Hamza Iguidre would score number 10 on the day with an assist for Andy Portillo.

Acolmi Rios, a Perry Hall grad would finish a shot in the 60th minute for an 11-0 Essex lead.

Sam Diaz scored the next goal with the assist going to Eastern Tech grad Mark Mudimba and Ahmeti capped the scoring with his second goal of the day in the 90th minute.

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Week 3 Local High School Football Scores


Harford Tech 31 Kenwood 28
Kenwood lost their first game of the season at home to Harford Tech. Despite the close loss, Kenwood coach Derrick Krumholtz revealed that his Bluebirds are now ranked 25 in a Baltimore High School Football Metro Poll.
“Eyes are opening! Only up from here!” Krumholtz twitted over the weekend.
Harford Tech is ranked 21 in that same poll. The Bluebirds look to bounce off back with a win this week at home against 3-0 Patapsco.

Owings Mills 20 Overlea 12
Overlea also received their first loss of the season on the road at Owings Mills. The 2-1 Falcons will play a huge game on the road at Eastern Tech this Friday.

Milford Mill 27 Eastern Tech 14
Eastern Tech lost on the road against Baltimore County powerhouse Milford Mill 27-14. The 1-2 Mavericks will look to get back to .500 with a home game this Friday night at home at CCBC Essex.

Chesapeake 14 Lansdowne 2

Chesapeake got their fist win of the year at Lansdowne – photo courtesy of Twitter.com/@BayhawkSports
After shutting down their program last season and getting off to a 0-2 start, the Bayhawks got a much needed win over Lansdowne at home 14-2. Chesapeake will look to go 2-2 this week on the road against traditional Baltimore County power Hereford.

Parkville 42 Hammonds 12
The Knights are off to a 3-0 start after a win at Hammonds in Haford County. Parkville is ranked 22 in a Baltimore Metro Poll. They will try to continue to remain unbeaten in a home game with Dulaney Saturday.

Towson 22 Perry Hall 6
The Gators are off to a rare 0-3 start after a loss at Towson last Saturday. Perry Hall will look for their first win of the year at home against Catonsville this Friday night.

Source:https://mpssaa.countysports.zone/football/