Sparrows Point High’s Baseball team came up one run short in a heartbreaker as they fell in the 2A State Title game 8-7 to La Plata of Southern Maryland. After to the MPSSAA Twitter page, he Pointers were leading La Plata 7-1 after five innings.
Sparrows Point was in control 7-6 in the final inning and were one strike away from a state title before the La Plata comeback win.
The title game was played in Waldorf at Regency Furniture Stadium.
The Pointers started the playoffs with a win over Patterson.
Then Sparrows Point opened the state quarterfinals with a 2-1 home win over Boonsboro and then defeated North Harford 9-4 in the state semifinals in Edgemere.
The state playoffs were altered this year with a shortened COVID season. The state semifinals and finals were typically played at neutral sites and the state baseball title games are played at Ripken Stadium Memorial Day weekend. This year all rounds were played at the higher seeds homefield.
According to MPSSAA records, this was Sparrows Point’s second appearance in the baseball state title game over the last three years (2018).
The Pointers were looking for their first state title in baseball since 1979.
CCBC Essex Men’s Soccer dream season came to an end on Thursday as the Knights fell in overtime in the NJCAA Division II National Title Game 3-2.
After a scoreless first half, the Knights started off with a 2-1 lead over Southeastern with goals from Takeroh Murakawa and Andy Portillo.
Knight Goalkeeper Brendan LeMaster and CCBC Essex appeared to be on the verge of their first national title in 47 years but Southeastern tied the game in the 87th minute.
According to the CCBC Essex Athletics Twitter page, the game went into overtime as Southeastern scored the game winning goal in the 94th minute for the national title.
This was CCBC Essex’s first national title game appearance since 1989.
The Parkville HS Athletic Boosters Club reported on its Facebook page that Paige Holley of Parkville High School has been named 1st grand prize winner of the McCormick Unsung hero award. Holley has earned a $40,000 scholarship as a result of winning the award. She is a lacrosse player at the school.
The 81th McCormick Unsung Heroes Awards were held on Monday night. There were 100 Unsung Hero honorees who were nominated throughout the region
-Article & photo courtesy of Perry Hall Boys Soccer Facebook page-
Perry Hall Boys Soccer picked up a 6-0 win over Franklin on Tuesday. Jeff McDonough (pictured) played a through ball to Zach Eichelberger in the 24th minute to open the scoring. He then scored off a diving header, finishing a cross by Ben Yi. The Gators had a 2-0 lead at the half.
The second half was all Gators. Nine minutes into the half, Jacob Foley received a cross from Noe Kabre, dribbled past two defenders and finished into the corner, which led to a flurry of scoring. Kabre scored four minutes later off a pass from Marco Serpico, making it 4-0. Eichelberger added his second goal of the game off a pass from Serpico 2 minutes later. Paul Emasealu capped off the scoring off a pass from Eichelberger.
The Gators are 4-0 this season and play Dulaney in the Senior Game on Thursday evening at Perry Hall.
Three of the area schools (Eastern Tech, Perry Hall and Dundalk) came up short on the road over the weekend against three powerhouse football schools. Kenwood bounced back with a nice win and Chesapeake won their first game of the year. Patapsco fell to 1-2.
Hereford 15 Perry Hall 6
Perry Hall had not allowed a point in their first two games against Catonsville and Eastern Tech, but the Gators fell to 2-1 after a road loss against Hereford.
Milford Mill 38 Dundalk 14
The Owls got off to a 2-0 start with wins over Patapsco and Kenwood, but suffered their first loss of the season at Milford Mill. The Milford Mill Athletic Twitter page reported that Dundalk trailed 20-6 at the half, Milford Mill went on a 18-8 run for the 38-14 win.
Franklin 40 Eastern Tech 13
The Mavericks were looking to bounce back after a shutout loss to Perry Hall, but had go on the road to face two-time state champion Franklin. Tech lost 40-13 and is now 1-2.
Kenwood 44 Western Tech 0
The Bluebirds were looking for a win after getting shutout 19-0 last game against Dundalk. Kenwood delivered a shutout of their own at home against Western Tech. Kenwood plays at Milford Mill on April 9.
“Bounced back and took care of business on a short week,” said a statement on the teams Twitter page. “Now two weeks to prepare for the next test, this one will definitely show us who we REALLY are. One way or the other.”
Woodlawn 14 Patapsco 6
After winning their first game of the year at Chesapeake last week, Patapsco was looking to improve to 2-1 on the year but loss against Woodlawn.
Chesapeake 14 Lansdowne 8
Chesapeake received their first win of the year at Lansdowne. The Baltimore Sun reported the Bayhawks won the game on a Hail Mary at the end of the game.
They say that the defenses are usually ahead of the offenses in the early part of the season. With Friday night’s game being only the second game in 16 months for both Eastern Tech and Perry Hall, it is safe to say both defenses were way ahead of their offenses.
Both defenses combined for six turnovers, but the difference in Friday night’s game was Perry Hall Receiver Jeremiah Turner’s two touchdown catches in a 16-0 Gator win.
Perry Hall improves to 2-0 and still hasn’t allowed a point in their first two games after they shut out Catonsville 39-0 last week. Eastern Tech had defeated Sparrows Point 18-0 in their first game.
Gator Quarterback Jailen Knight threw both TD passes to Turner and completed two 2-point conversions in the second quarter for the only scores of the game.
Quarterback Trevor Knight and the Maverick offense couldn’t move the ball on the Gator defense in the first half. The passing game was limited but Knight and running backs Jerry Preisigner and Omari Lawrence were able to get in Gator territory in the third quarter with the running game.
Tech ran the ball down to the Gator 10-yard line, but the drive ended when Perry Hall’s defender Karon Brown sacked Knight on third down and intercepted him on a fourth-down pass.
Jeremiah Turner (7) had two touchdowns catches in the win.Eastern Tech’s defense kept the team in the game. The Gators moved the ball into Tech territory on the first two possessions on the game but the Mavericks stopped the drive on a fourth down sack by Lawrence and then recovered a Gator fumble on the next series to keep the game scoreless after the first quarter.
It appeared Perry Hall was going to wear down the Maverick defense after going up 16-0, but the Gator offense would not score again.
Koren Brown scores on a 2point conservationGator receiver Mehkai Price’s 60-yard touchdown reception was called back near the end of the first half and Eastern Tech’s Noah Oliver had an interception off the Gators a few plays later to end the drive and the half.
Perry Hall was also looking for the knockout score in the fourth quarter, but Tech answered when Lawrence recovered a Gator fumble and returned the ball to midfield.
Knight and Tech moved the ball into Perry Hall territory on the next drive but never got in the endzone. Gator defensive backs Derrick Wallace and Daniel Johnson broke up two passes on back-to-back plays. That drive ended with a Gators sack.
Perry Hall won the special teams battle as they stopped a fake punt and recovered an onside kick to start the second half.
The Gators also recovered a fumble on a Tech kickoff return and sacked the Tech punter on fourth down to give the Gators the ball on a short field.
With the arrival of COVID-19, all high school sports were canceled last spring and that entered in the fall as football and all fall sports were canceled.
Teams around the area were very grateful to start an abbreviated fall season in the spring. The season started a week later after Week One was cancelled with COVID restrictions.
Teams finally took the field last night in front of limited fans. Here are some of the results for Eastern Baltimore County high schools:
Dundalk 39 Patapsco 6
The Owls went on the road to defeat their cross town rivals Patapsco 39 to 6. Click here for the full story
Eastern Tech 18 Sparrows Point 0
The Mavericks started off their season with a shutout win on the road. Eastern Tech is looking to bounce back from a 4-5 season. Sparrows Point is looking to improve from their 2-7 season in 2019.
Kenwood 38 Chesapeake 0
Since Kenwood was a playoff team in 2019 & Chesapeake was only a one-win team last year, this game wasn’t expected to be close. And it was a blowout as the Bluebirds started off 2020/21 with an easy 38-0 win at home.
Perry Hall 39 Catonsville 0
The shocker of the evening was Perry Hall’s 38-0 whipping of Catonsville. The Gators were expected to bounce back from their 0-9 season in 2019 but not many were predicting a blow out win at Catonsville, who made the playoffs in 2019.
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Baltimore County Public Schools announced that high school sports will return this Friday. This will mark the first time in over a year that there will be high school sports competition in Baltimore County.
Fall practices started on Feb. 13th and the first set of games were scheduled for Friday, March 5, but those games were canceled when it was announced the COVID-19 metric was too high to begin the season. It didn’t look to promising as the Winter Sports Season was canceled for the year in January.
This weekend, BCPS gave the green light for games to begin on Friday, March 12.
“Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) supports the safe return to athletic competition for student athletes. After continued consultation with staff from the Baltimore County Department of Health and an intense focus on mitigation strategies, BCPS will allow inner county competitive games beginning Friday, March 12,” said a statement from BCPS.
“This is possible because of new guidance from the Baltimore County Department of
Health, which provides flexibility from some aspects of the Centers for Disease Control guidelines. To aid and support the safety of our student athletes and staff, we will only allow one spectator per athlete when competition resumes. Information on how spectators can access a ticket will be forthcoming from each school’s athletics office. As always, we will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates and more information as necessary.”
Unfortunately, due to the continued impact of COVID-19 and the timeline for the winter athletic season, we are cancelling the 2020-2021 winter athletic season. We will evaluate the situation and examine potential alternatives for our winter sports athletes. Our 2021 fall sports season is tentatively scheduled to begin on February 13. We will continue to monitor state and local health metrics to determine if the fall athletic season can start on February 13.
