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Cross Country
Boys’ Runner of the Year
Girls’ Runner of the Year
Chase Weaverling
Nora McUmber
Poolesville Senior
B-CC Junior
Weaverling is the first boys’ runner since 1998 to win two county and one state title.
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Poolesville High School’s Chase Weaverling won the Class 2A cross country state championship.
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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s Nora McUmber was the top runner in the county this fall.
Boys’ first team
Girls’ first team
Danniel Belay
Collin Crilly
Urgy Eado
Alex Riishojgaard
Evan Woods
Diego Zarate
Gaithersburg Senior
Good Counsel Senior
Wootton Senior
B-CC Senior
Whitman Junior
Northwest Junior
Finished first at the Keyser Invitational with a time of 15:16.
Crilly repeated as the WCAC champion (16:21).
Placed eighth in the 4A state championship, fifth at region.
Ended senior season with a 10th place state finish.
Woods won the 4A West Region and finished fourth at states.
Was second in the 4A West meet (15:57), sixth in county.
Boys’ Coaches of the Year Prasad Gerard, James Vollmer Poolesville Gerard and Vollmer teamed up to prove the Falcons were more than just Weaverling as deep squad finished second in the state in Class 2A.
WOOTTON
Continued from Page B-1 The numbers put up by Band and the rest of that juggernaut of an offense are shiny and fun, easy to point to when seeking an answer for Wootton’s consecutive undefeated seasons and the first appearance in a state final in more than three decades. Still, there is a much less gaudy statistic that languished in the shadows of the front line’s prolific, goal-filled year: four, the number of goals allowed by the Patriots’ defense in the first 16 games, an average .25 per game. Technically, Wootton needed only 20 goals to make it to Saturday’s state championship. The other 70 were just for fun. “I think it’s the most dominant it’s ever been,” Band said of the offense, the defense, and everything in between after the Patriots’ 1-0, overtime win over Dulaney in the state semifinals. “I don’t think we’ve ever scored 89 goals in a season. I think it’s crazy.” When the offense sputtered against Bethesda-Chevy Chase in the regional final, it was no cause of concern for coach Kearney Blandamer. Sophomore keeper Athena Sardelis pitched her 11th shutout of the year, biding time until Hannah King iced the game with an overtime goal, the first time the Patriots
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Dominant all year en route to second straight county title and second place at state meet.
Claire Beautz
Sophie El-Masry
Lucie Noall
Kiernan Keller
Regina Schreiber
Lucy Srour
Poolesville Junior
R. Montgomery Sophomore
Clarksburg Junior
Walter Johnson Junior
Q. Orchard Senior
Churchill Junior
Fifth at region and the county, she was third at states. (19:14).
Third-place finishes in both the state (19:09) and county.
She was fourth at states (19:12), second in the county.
She had seven top-five finishes, including fifth at states.
She finishing fourth in the county (19:16), 19th at states.
Third at regions (19:00), Srour’s finished 24th at states.
Boys’ second team
Girls’ second team
Sam Baker, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, junior; Harold Dorsey, Paint Branch, senior; David Fitzgerald, Winston Churchill, junior; William Kirk, Rockville, junior; Daniel Kosogof, Walter Johnson, senior; Ryan McCann, Quince Orchard, senior; Lorenzo Neal, Paint Branch, junior; Alex Roederer, Walt Whitman, junior; Luke Simpson, Albert Einstein, senior; Liam Walsh, Quince Orchard, sophomore.
Irina Bukharin, Walter Johnson, senior; Megan Crilly, Good Counsel, sophomore; Grace Dellapa, Thomas S. Wootton, sophomore; Karen Escobedo, Springbrook, senior; Abby Fry, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, junior; Amanda HayesPuttfarcken, Sherwood, sophomore; Emily Murphy, Walter Johnson, sophomore; Theresa Nardone, Poolesville, freshman; Julia Reicin, Winston Churchill, freshman; Helen Webster, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, senior
had seen extra minutes since the previous year’s region final, when Walter Johnson ran away with it in double-overtime. Five days later, when the offense again couldn’t find its way against Dulaney in the state semifinals and Wootton was trotted back out onto the field for an extra period, Sardelis did more than enough. At one point the sophomore made the veteran — and bold — move of allowing a Dulaney potential game-winning shot skip right past her and into the goal because she saw that the Lion had fired just outside of the shooting circle. Had she tried to kick it or made an attempt to knock it away only to accidentally redirect it into her own goal, the game would have been over, and another sublime Wootton season would have been undone in a most unfitting manner. But Wootton didn’t let up four goals for no reason at all. Sardelis and her rock of a back line in Dani Averill, Morakis, and Rachel Maizel were simply that good. “Defense is something you can do brilliantly every game,” Blandamer said after Yokley pounded in the game-winner over the Lions with zero seconds on the clock. “But offense is inconsistent and you can create the same opportunities and one game you score on every one and another game you miss
them all. “And so, just from talking about that with the kids, they don’t panic when the ball doesn’t end up in the back of the cage. They know that that’s to be expected and they just keep trying.” In Saturday’s state final tilt with Severna Park, the most heralded field hockey program in the state the back line could only do so much. They faced a Columbia University-bound Maeve Doherty and a University of Maryland-bound Olivia Reiter and a front line who bludgeoned its way through an indomitable Anne Arundel County schedule. Four first half goals — one was called a goal, then waved off, then reinstated as, in fact, a goal — eventually doomed the Patriots to a 4-1 loss to the Falcons but not before the defense saved some face. The Averill-Maizel-Morakis-led back line shut out the Falcons in the final 30 minutes, allowing zero shots to reach Sardelis and giving their offense a chance, albeit a very outside one, to mount a comeback. “Excellent,” senior defender Dani Averill said of her unit after the loss. “We’re really strong. I mean, second half, [Severna Park] didn’t get any opportunities. Second half we just went into it — we knew we had nothing to lose at that point.” tmewhirter@gazette.net
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ICE HOCKEY
Continued from Page B-1 recent history for a team that went 15-3-0. This year, however, things are different. With Adren, Satin and Martin all out of the picture, McKenzie, entering his 11th season at the helm, said he’s got a relatively inexperienced bunch and is unsure what to expect from his group. “I know the style we’d like to play,” McKenzie said. “We’re little, but I think we have decent speed. I’d like to be the little, fast, pesky team, but until we do that in games, it’s hard to say what you have. I hope we’re the little fast team that never quits and creates pressure.” The Bulldogs will be young, with five seniors on the roster, 10 sophomores and a freshman, though senior goalie Noah Kalicka returns and sophomore goalie Marcus Hurd joins the mix. The unpredictability of a usually-strong Churchill team should only add to the unpredictability of the league as a whole this season. “We go from third- and fourth-liners who now have to play on the first lines and replace the 80 goals we lost,” McKenzie said. “They certainly saw what it took to be a champion. Everyone who’s returning, they know what it takes. They know how hard the top
Girls’ Coach of the Year Thomas Martin Walter Johnson Martin and assistant Ashley St. Denis helped the Wildcats finish first in both the 4A West Regional meet and the 4A state championship (first since 1999) as they edged rival Bethesda-Chevy Chase both times.
players worked and how dedicated they were.” McKenzie said, based on his preseason observations and conversations, that Thomas S. Wootton and Walt Whitman are “in a class of their own.” Sherwood coach Chris Leonard agreed that Wootton could be a title contender, but also cautioned teams not to overlook the Bulldogs, despite their losses. Damascus coach Dave Hockey said that Montgomery Blaircouldbeasurpriseteamthis season while it will be interesting to see how Richard Montgomery performs after breaking away from the Col. Zadok Magruder/ Rockville team. Both Blair and Richard Montgomery are now standing alone instead as part of a co-op program. “Last year I think our team did pretty darn well for a young bunch that we had,” Sherwood’s Leonard said. “I think this year we’ve got the potential to be a good open ice team and be a bit physical.” Sherwood (4-7-1 in 201213) returns senior forward Colby Clem after he missed last year with an injury while Will Delany is back in goal. Seniors Ari Kirschbaun and Jakob Tomasson are expected to anchor the defense. At Damascus (5-5-1 last year), which combines players from Damascus, Gaithersburg and Clarksburg, Hockey said
his team will be experienced and strong down the middle. Senior center Billy Graham, senior defender Joey Hockey and senior goalie Grant Munson form an impressive trio of talent for the club, which also features two talented girls on the roster in Emily Hockey and Olivia Michalewicz. For James H. Blake, coach John Drzewicki is optimistic his group can continue its improvement from last season. Long have the Bengals struggled to win games, but they went 4-7-0 last year. “When I first started, I didn’t have any players who played anywhere but on our team,” Drzewicki said. “Now we’re getting more exposure. I’d like to consider us a very quick team.” Among the private schools, Landon will once again be the school to watch. Coach Chandler Gammill’s team has won (or shared) an Interstate Athletic Conference title for eight straight seasons, including earning the last three outright. Despite losing goalie Sam Kroll, forward Graham Shue and defender Will Buckingham to graduation, the Bears are deep and are expected to be lead by senior two-way defender Jack Barton. Montgomery County MSHL games are scheduled to begin in earnest Friday. ncammarota@gazette.net