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Rising Sun vs. Tome The Rising Sun Tigers travel to the Tome School for Boys Basketball

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High School Wrestling Wrestling coverage from several events including JR Wrestling

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SPORTS WEEKLY

North East vs Elkton North East Girls Basketball vs Elkton

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CECIL COUNTY SPORTS WEEKLY ISSUE 17 DECEMBER 21, 2021 PUBLISHERS: Sam Dixon Duane Goldsmith Natalie Goldsmith SR EDITOR: Sam Dixon cecilcountysportsblog@ gmail.com 717-538-0843 PHOTOGRAPHERS: April Clark Becky Young Duane Goldsmith Emily Sample Karina Serio Margaret McGlothlin Sam Dixon Scott Serio Susan Burkholder WRITERS: Andrew Barbin Emily Sample Karina Serio Kevin Phillips Margaret McGlothlin Sam Dixon ADVERTISING: Sam Dixon cecilcountysportsblog@ gmail.com 717-538-0843 or Duane Goldsmith 443-309-3611 MAILING ADDRESS: Cecil County Sports Blog c/o Natalie Goldsmith 79 Williams Lane Conowingo MD, 21918

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Cecil County Sports Weekly

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

RMS MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK:

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RMS FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:

ETHAN DOCTOR

EMERSEN PEEL

SENIOR

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NORTH EAST HIGH SCHOOL

THE TOME SCHOOL

NORTH EAST INDIANS WRESTLING

TOME TITANS BASKETBALL

North East Senior Ethan Doctor was a beast on the mat this week for the Indians Wrestling Team.

Tome Senior Emmersen Peel had a career night on Monday against the Rising Sun Tigers. She scored 32 of he 66 points scored in the game, in spite of picking up two fouls early.

Ethan wrestles in the 182 weight class and on wednesday wrestled against Patterson Mill where he recorded his first pin of the week.

This past weekend the Indians traveled to Kent County for their Holiday Tournament. Ethan won the 182 weight class going 5-0 with 5 pins.

Peel punctuated the performance by draining eight straight free throws at the end and went 12-for-12 for the night.

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PEEL & CAIN COMBINE FOR 51 PTS in 66-52 WIN LADY TITANS IMPROVE TO 5-0 AND KEEP UNDEFEATED SEASON GOING

By Karina Serio The scoreboard showed a 66-52 win for the Tome School against visiting Rising Sun in girl’s basketball last Monday night, but it didn’t reflect the pitched battle between the Lady Titans and Lady Tigers for much of the matchup.

Tome grabbed an early lead, but Rising Sun Coach Kathy Stoudt focused her squad and they put in a second quarter run that would have broken the spirit of most teams. The Lady Tigers made seven consecutive trips down the court, took seven shots and hit all of them including four three-pointers. They scored 18 points and still couldn’t put the game out of reach..

“That stretch was what you call leadership, that stretch is major in a game like this where at any moment the game could have gone the other way. With all

the foul trouble we’ve been in it was amazing for those two [Emmersen Peel and Landen Cain] to step up and hold us down,” said Tome Coach Jemaine Palmer. “ Landen helps us deviate from everyone else getting in foul trouble. Without her will and knowledge of the game.

She carried us a lot.” He added, with emphasis, “Two words for the game Landen Cain.”

Cain scored 19 points and kept the Lady Tigers off balance with steady defensive pressure. Senior Emmersen Peel had a career night with 32 points, in spite of picking up two fouls early. Peel punctuated the performance by draining eight straight free throws at the end and went 12-for-12 for the night.

“All I was thinking about was that I needed to play disciplined and make sure that my defense was tight and that I can’t reach or

play on top of anyone,” said Peel. “After Rising Sun got all those points, our coach called a time out and told us we have to be better on defense, we can’t be slacking, we have to keep moving our feet. Some of us weren’t moving and helping the other defensemen. Once we fixed that, it shut down their scoring and we started scoring.”

Coach Stoudt was complementary of the Lady Titans after the loss.“ They’re a really good team and they were able to persevere through our run. Obviously foul trouble hurt both teams.

We had 3 or 4 of our starters foul out and we just broke down,” said Stoudt. “They hit their free throws at the end and they made all their key shots they needed to. I’ll give them credit they played a great game, especially in the second quarter.” Sophomore Allison Stoudt led the Lady Tigers with 24 points.

PHOTOS BY KARINA SERIO

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TOME ATHLETES RAISE $5000 FOR CHARITY

By Alivia Carrillo

Shooting Santa’s is a great charity organization run

by Kristin Blizzard in partner with Upper Bay Counseling.

Teams around the county participate to raise money for local families. The Tome School basketball teams raised the most money from any organization, raising over $5,000. In the fundraiser, the players do all parts to help out this great cause.

Each player asks for family and friends to sponsor them, and in early December the players shoot 50 foul shots.

Many sponsors choose to do a flat donate however some sponsors do a per shot donation. Once all of the donations are collected, Upper Bay selects families for whom the teams help. Most families have had something heartbreaking that happened in the last year.

On Thursday December 16th, the Titans went to the Elkton Walmart and each were assigned a person to shop for. Some players shopped for babies and toddlers, while others shopped for parents and grandparents. Rows of carts were filled with clothes, toys, crafts, electronics, shoes, toiletries, bedding, and kitchen and office supplies.

On Sunday December 19th, the players gathered together with all of the bags of donations and drive to the families houses, where happy parents and grandparents welcomed the players. The team looks forward to volunteering again next year.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

TIGERS DEFEAT TITANS 71-46

By Karina Serio

The host Tome School pressured visiting Rising Sun early in their boy’s basketball matchup last Monday night, but the Tiger’s size advantage ultimately proved to be too much for the Titans. Rising Sun distanced themselves from ahead early in the second half and pulled

away for a 71-46 win.

Led by senior Jeremy Frock’s 21 points, the Tigers had a tougher matchup than they anticipated early. “[Tome] really brung it, they caught us off guard and I think we underestimated them, but the second half was definitely a wake up call. We got the ball down low and used our size advantage.

I think that's what gave us a win at the end,” said Frock.

The Titans managed to take the lead several times in the first half, sometimes by as many as four points. The Tigers tipped the scales in their favor with a late scoring spree in the 2nd quarter to lead 29-27 at the break.

Coach Lammers made some changes at halftime that led to immediate dividends. `“We concentrated on defense. We really buckled down and went into a zone. Coming out with what we should have done in the first place,” said Coach Lammers. Senior Nate Wood scored 12 points as well as Senior Ryan Krankoski who added 12 before fouling out early in the first quarter.

For the Titans Senior Gavin Davis fired off 16 points and Sophomore Nolan Peel got plenty of playing time scoring 14 points.

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PANTHERS DEFENSE SPARKS RALLY FOR A 58-51 WIN PHOTOS BY BECKY YOUNG

By Kevin Phillips

PERRYVILLE–Perryville struggled defensively in the first half as it accumulated several fouls in the first 16 minutes, sending visiting North East to the foul line for 12 free throws the teams’ in its inter-county boys’ basketball battle.

The Panthers went to the fundamentals on defense in the second half, committing much fewer fouls and forcing 19 turnovers over the final two quarters, and as result, they rallied past the Indians to earn a 58-51 victory Friday night.

“I feel like, defensively, we came together as a defense, stopped getting as many fouls, went straight

up with our hands and did not come down,” Perryville’s Caeden Kestner said. “The usual stuff. We were trying to get steals and play more aggressively.”

The Panthers committed several unforced fouls in the first half, allowing North East to go to the foul line 12 times, and that allowed the Indians to jump out to a 3228 halftime lead.

The renewed focus on the fundamentals paid dividends for Perryville as they did not allow the Inddians to go to the foul line in the third quarter. However, it was not evident on the scoreboard as the Panthers’ deficit remained at four points at 46-42 entering the final frame.

Perryville’s strong defense continued in the fourth quarter as they allowed just two field goals and forced nine turnovers en route to holding the Indians to just five points in the frame.

In addition to their strong defense in the fourth quarter, the Panthers had their best offensive quarter of the game in the fourth, dropping 16 points and rallying past North East to grab the victory.

Perryville head coach Ron Kidd says a contributing factor to the Panthers’ comeback is the veteran makeup, which pushes everyone to play hard no matter the score.

“That’s heart. I have

a lot of seniors on this team,” Kidd said. “They missed last year, and they come out and play really hard every single night. There are a lot of things we have to get better at, but heart is not one of them.”

Jaimere Guy led a balanced attack for the Panthers with a team-high 15 points while Angelo Stanley added 11 with Kestner and Daniel Tserkis chipping in nine points each.

Ethan Hassel led all scorers with 22 points for the Indians, who were undone

by shots not just not going in the basket in the fourth quarter.

“I thought we got a little outside our game and got worked up in third. I thought we brought it back nicely to start the fourth, and the shots just stopped falling,” North East head coach Seth Grimes said. “We had a couple too many turnovers, but we were trying to make the right decisions. We were trying to drive the ball and trying to get to the rim. We didn’t quite pull it out tonight, but we battled.”

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CRUSADERS HEAT UP IN SECOND HALF FOR 61-46 WIN PHOTOS BY DUANE GOLDSMITH

By Sam Dixon

out the second quarter with neither team pullNORTH EAST- The ing away from the othNorth East Indians (0- er and they would go to 6) hosted the Tri-State halftime with a score of Christian Academy Cru- 22-18 Crusaders leadaders (6-1) from Elkton ing. on Thursday night hop- After the half the ing to turn their season Crusaders came out around and get their and pulled away from first win of the season the Indians with a 15 before the Christmas point lead as the third break. period ended 43-28.

The Crusad- North East could ers have been going not recover and despite all gas no brake since a hard charge to close their season opening the gap the Crusaders loss and have put up continued putting points 6 straight wins since on the board and mainopening night. taining their lead. The

The Indians took Final score was 61-46 the early lead ending giving Coach Bill Smith the first quarter with a win number 439. one point advantage 10- The Crusaders 9. The game would go were lead by Jeremiback and forth through- ah Falko who recorded

22 points on the night followed by Jackson Sartin with 10 points, 5 steals and going 4 for 4 on the free throw line.

Gary Slagle would contribute 9 points on the night going 5-8 on free throws while Jonte Jensen put up 8 points.

The Indians top three shooters were Austin Keefer with 15 points, and brother Luke Keefer with 12 points.

Also with 12 Points was Ethan Hassell.

The Indians will seek to kick their winless streak before Christmas when they host Havre de Grace on Dec 20 and travel to Bel Air on Dec 21.

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1000 POINTS MATT WALLACE All County Selection: 2019-2020 JR Season All County Honorable Mention: 2018-2019....Sophomore Season.

Matt Wallace scored 880 varsity points for North East High School in just two years during his Sophomore and junior years but due to covid last year he didn’t have a chance to officially score 1,000 points at the Varsity level.

North East High has decided to use his JV points that he scored his freshman year since covid eliminated his opportunity to officially make the 1,000 point milestone. North East High School has only had 2 male players score 1,000 points in school history so Matt will become the 3rd in a special presentation on Monday Dec 20 before the Boys Basketball game.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

HOPE PFADT LEADS CRUSADERS IN 38-29 WIN OVER INDIANS

PHOTOS BY DUANE GOLDSMITH

By Sam Dixon

NORTH EAST- The North East Indians hosted the Lady Crusaders from Tri-State Christian Academy on Dec 14 looking for their first win of the season. The Indians are off to a slow start this year going 0-3 in their first three contests.

The Lady Crusaders arrive 1-1 looking to get above .500 before their Christmas break. Missing from the Tri-State Roster was Junior Jules Harris.

Both teams struggled from the Free Throw

Line with Tri-State averaging 38% and North East only slightly better with 45%.

The Crusaders would hold onto the lead every quarter and build an 11 point lead by the end of the third period and North East could not close the gap.

Tri-State Junior Hope Pfadt lead the Lady Crusaders with 14 points followed by Junior Meme Daniels with 8 points. Sophomores Tessa Davis and Etta Harris both had 6 points on the night.

North East’s leading shooter for the evening

was Junior Saylor Bare with 11 points. Junior Summer Mencer would put 6 points on the board and Sophomore Katy Hammer tallied 5 points.

After 4 quarters the Lady Crusaders would hold on to win 38-29.

The Indians next game would be two days later against Elkton. Read about that game on page A-20.

The Lady Crusaders will return to the court on January 4th when they host MIL Rival West Nottingham Academy.

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2. LANGUAGE: What is the English equivalent of the Latin phrase, “Cui bono”?

3. TELEVISION: Why do the other reindeer tease Rudolph in the Christmas TV movie?

4. AD SLOGANS: Which family restaurant advertises itself as a place “where a kid can be a kid”?

5. ASTRONOMY: What is a sunspot?

6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president was a classically trained pianist?

7. THEATER: What musical features a group of women called The Schuyler Sisters?

8. FOOD & DRINK: What is a smorgasbord?

9. GEOGRAPHY: In what body of water does the island of Barbados lie?

10. LITERATURE: Which famous 19th-century novel begins with the line, “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.”

Answers 1. Macy’s 2. Who benefits?

3. Rudolph has a shiny red nose 4. Chuck E. Cheese 5. A cooler, darker area on the surface of the sun 6. Richard Nixon, who also could play four other instruments 7. “Hamilton” 8. A buffet with a variety of dishes 9. Caribbean Sea 10. “Little Women,” by Louisa May Alcott (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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RISING SUN VS.

ELKTON FINAL SCORE:

ELKTON 58

RISING SUN 27

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

FROCK HAS BIG GAME AGAINST EAGLES LEADS TIGERS TO 53-34 VICTORY OVER BOHEMIA MANOR

By Margarey McGlothlin

Friday night The Rising Sun Tigers showed their dominance on the basketball court defeating The Bohemia Manor Eagles 53-34. These two teams have not met since the 2019-2020 winter season.

Senior Jeremy Frock was Rising Sun’s leading scorer and put up over half of The Tiger’s points, with 29 points overall. He also scored

four 3-pointers in the first quarter, which resulted in the Tigers leading 14-3 at the end of quarter one.

Frock was nearly an unstoppable shooter and put on a show throughout the entirety of the game.

The Eagles played tough, but not tough enough. A few seniors from Bohemia Manor Highschool, Jonas Scott, Gannon Williams and Tyler Losten once again led their team in hopes of a win. Tyler Losten was the

Eagles leading scorer with 7 points.

The Eagles were getting into foul trouble during the first and second half of the game, in efforts to defend their side of the court. The Eagles (0-4) will be looking to bounce back when they play Joppatowne (0-1), while The Tigers (2-2) look to push through when they host The Tri-State Crusaders (7-1).

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STRANGE BUT TRUE

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* The Greek playwright Aeschylus was killed in 455 B.C. when an eagle, mistaking his bald head for a rock, dropped a tortoise on it. According to Pliny, Aeschylus was spending a lot of time in the open to avoid a prophecy that he would be killed by a falling object! * Rats cannot vomit. Neither can horses. * Soviet tenor Victor Ivanovich Nikitin had such an appealing voice that when he sang to his Soviet comrades during World War II, German troops on the Eastern Front ceased fire to listen. * The human heart can squirt blood up to a distance of 30 feet. * The American football huddle was invented in 1892 by Paul Hubbard, a quarterback from then alldeaf Gallaudet University, to stop the opposing team from reading their signs. * A woman who was blinded in an accident developed multiple personalities -- some of which could see. * An average raindrop falls at a speed of roughly 7 mph. * When it comes to educating future billionaires, Harvard University holds the lead with an astonishing 29 billionaire alumni as of 2021. * A town named Hell in Norway freezes over quite regularly. * Do your lips get annoyingly dry in the winter? Better read the ingredients in that lip balm, as quite a few of them contain salicylic acid, which can exacerbate the problem and cause your lips to peel -- necessitating even more lip balm. * The first plant to flower and produce seeds in space was Arabidopsis thaliana, grown in 1982 by the crew of the Soviet Salyut 7 on the International Space Station. * It is illegal to step on money in Thailand because you would be insulting the king by treading on his picture. *** Thought for the Day: “The only path wide enough for us all is love.” -- Kamand Kojouri (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

STRONG DEFENSE SAVES THE WIN FOR NORTH EAST

By Kevin Phillips NORTH EAST–North East trailed visiting Elkton by eight points early in the second half in the teams’ intercounty girls’ basketball contest Thursday night.

The Indian defense took control of the game at that points and clamped down on the Golden Elks, allowing just seven points over the game’s final 12 minutes, and that strong defense

sparked them to rally for a 32-28 victory.

“The girls brought the energy up a level in the second half,” North East head coach Matt Haack said.

“We used that defensive intensity to start to push the ball a little bit and transition and start to attack the rim.

That was the difference.Getting to the foul line and getting the fouls to go our way is that we were setting the pace with intensity and phys-

ical play. We kept our cool in the second half as well.”

The Indians trailed Elkton 21-13 early in the third but slowly worked its way back to within striking distance, cutting its deficit in half to four points at 25-21 by the end of the frame.

North East continued its surge in the fourth quarter as it opened the frame with seven unanswered points, taking the lead for good at 28-25 on a

Jasmin Chrystal three-pointer midway through the fourth quarter.

The reason why the Indians mounted a comeback in the second half was that they did several things better in the third and fourth quarters than they did in the first two quarters.

“We were boxing out more and rebounding a lot better than before. We were playing with more communication and playing as a

team,” Chrystal said.

Crystal paced North East with 8 points, all of which came in the second half, and Haack said Chrystal stepped up immensely after getting called up to the varsity squad.

“She’s only a sophomore, and we only called her up a couple of games ago because we had some injuries,” Haack said. “She has done great for us. She has a high motor. She has a great IQ, and she wasn’t afraid to play tough all the way through even though she didn’t get any shots to hit in the first half. She kept going to the rim, getting rebounds and hustling. It paid off for her in the second half.”

After taking the lead, North East did not let up defensively, holding the Golden Elks to just three points down the stretch to help preserve the victory.

Akirah Watson scored a game-high 13 points for Elkton.

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

GIRLS BASKETBALL: BO MANOR vs PERRY VILLE

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BOHEMIA MANOR LADY EAGLES DEFEAT PERRYVILLE 53-28

By Emily Sample

The Bohemia Manor Lady Eagles faced the Perryville Panthers on Monday night. The intense game resulted in a victory for the Lady Eagles with a score of 53-28.

The Eagles defense held the team once again. The Panthers battled for a while but couldn’t pull through. The Panthers only scored 2 points in the 4th quarter.

The Panthers were led by Sophomore Cienna Lilly and Sophomore Taylor White. White led the team

with 10 points while Lilly had a total of 9 points.

The Lady Eagles were led by Senior Kara Pardue, Senior Lily Argoe, Junior Erica Clarke, and Junior Rylee Lenz. Pardue tallied 14 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, and 6 steals. Argoe totaled 12 points. Clarke had a total of 9 points, and Lenz had 18 rebounds.

The Lady Eagles are going to be a team to watch this season.

PHOTOS BY EMILY SAMPLE

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Volume 1 Issue 17 Tuesday, December 21, 2021

B SECTION

CECIL COUNTY

Swimming Swimmers from Rising Sun and Elkton High School compete against C. Milton Wright

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SPORTS WEEKLY

READY... SET... WRESTLE!

Archery

Track & Field

Bohemia Manor competes in Annual Reindeer Games Tournament

Indoor Track holds first meet Outdoors at North East High School

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RISING SUN OVER ELKTON 60-6

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TIGERS GRAPPLE WITH PANTHERS FOR 54-24 WIN

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WRESTLING: RISING SUN vs ABERDEEN

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RISING SUN TIGERS TAKE DOWN ABERDEEN EAGLES 48-12

The TIgers traveled to Aberdeen High School on Dec 17 to face ailing Eagles squad who had 6 wrestlers able to take the mat.

The Tigers recorded 4 pins by Tyler Garvin, Sam Martin, Mason Testerman and Desi McTague.

Aberdeen forfeited 4 weigh classes giving wins by forfeit

to Tyler Garvin, Collin Bell, Dylan Starysh, and Mason Calhoun.

Aberdeen grapplers came away with two pins on the evening against Jonathan Horne and Connor Dube.

Rising Sun will host Annapolis on Dec 21 at 5:30pm

RESULTS: E. Farr 1-0 pin 1:59 J. Horne 0-1 C. Dube 0-1 T. Garvin 1-0 C. Bell 1-0 S. Martin 1-0 pin 1:14 M. Testerman 1-0 pin 1:39 D. Starysh 1-0 D. McTague 1-0 pin 3:08 M. Calhoun 1-0

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W R E S T L I N G : W E S T N OT T I N G H A M A C A D E M Y

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

WEST NOTTINGHAM ACADEMY: REBUILDING A PROGRAM

After more than a decade of being a campus devoid of grapplers, West Nottingham Academy spent the last month traveling to tournaments in three states laying the foundations for a program that they are determined to see grow over the coming years.

In year one of the reestablished the team, Head Coach Kacey Michelsen is ecstatic that there are sixteen participants and the group fills more than half of the weight classes. This number includes four girls who represent the first females to compete at WNA.

The goal is to build an entire team of young women to represent themselves and the Academy

at the National Prep tournament within the next few years. At the moment, the WNA wrestlers have less than two full years of wrestling experience amongst the sixteen members of the team, but the last three weekends have provided some excellent experience for the Ram wrestlers that will serve them well when they return from the Christmas Break to continue their season. After traveling to Hagerstown, Philadelphia, and then New Castle for tournaments, almost all of the members of the team now have ten, or more, matches under their belts and have had some early success.

Nick Avaras (Jr) leads the teams with a 6-6

record and was eliminated after making it to “the blood round” at The Howdy Duncan Invitational at William Penn High School on Saturday.

Kacper Walczuk (Sr), Marquise Eure (So), Sino Yzbashi (Fr) and Elijah Graziosi (So) all have impressive wins on the season and represent a group of promising and dedicated wrestlers who look to continue to improve as the team resumes in January.

“We have had some wins on the mat, and winning will always be the goal and remain important to us - why compete if winning isn’t a goal - but, as we establish this program here we are focused on identifying our

‘victories’. We have wrestlers that have never been in a competitive match before going out and pushing third year kids to overtime. We have teammates out here who came from Norway, Spain, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, and Denmark who had no intentions of wrestling when the year started and are now out here growing and experiencing a great part of American culture. Some have had their hands raised and are talking to their families at home about how great that feeling is and how hard they worked for it. We have young people here who are accepting challenges against great odds and learning to believe in themselves. Our focus is on developing courage in the

face of fears, tenacity when challenged by adversity, and establishing a work ethic that we can be proud of because taking pride in hard work is a valuable character trait. If we can realize ‘victories’ in these three pillars of our program, the wins will come.

As we focus on the PROCESS of success, the results will become inevitable”. The Rams will host a home match when their students return to campus in January and then will travel again throughout Pennsylvania and Delaware and to D.C. in February to compete in the Maryland Independent School Wrestling Championships and National Prep tournament.

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CECIL DANCE CENTER

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MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel

THE NUTCRACKER

By Catherine Perry

Anya Ivanova-Bojko choreographed yet another production of The Nutcracker for Cecil Dance Theatre (CDT) in which she added her unique touch to this timeless holiday tradition. Ms. Bojko has taught advanced level ballet classes for various companies in the Mid-Atlantic including First State Ballet Theater, Longwood

Performing Arts, Academy of International Ballet, and others and has choreographed half a dozen shows for CDT. The holiday productions have special meaning to her as they are “a reminder of the classic ballet that I knew as a child”, she said. “I keep a special place in my heart for The Nutcracker as it is ballet in one of its purest stories!”

The festive family-friendly ballet had holiday spirits

soaring as Clara, danced by Cassidy Rose Perry (a junior at Perryville High School) embarked on a dream-like adventure battling the Mouse King, journeying through the Land of Sweets, and serving as a guest of honor during the special dance celebrations hosted by the Sugar Plum Fairy! There was even a touch of magic as Platinum J (local hip hop instructor and winner of the 2009 Balti-

more’s Got Talent) assumed the role of Uncle Drosselmeyer and brought some hip hop and tricks to the party! A good time was had by all who attended and hope that you take up the invitation to their spring show, The Princess & The Magical Unicorn presented on May 7 or their next season production entitled A Holiday Enchantment in December 2022!

REINDEER RUN 5K DECEMBER 18, 2021 Congratulations to Jessica Buranen from North East for setting a new Personal Record in the 5K this past weekend in Aberdeen, MD at the Reindeer Run 5K. Jess completed the course in 28:27.8 finishing with an average pace of 9:09. She was 94th out of a total of 380 runners and the 42nd Female Finisher out of 244.

Jess is pictured (center) here at the event in the middle with Korinn Bajmoczi (red) and Jamie Rogers (green) who also ran the 5K.

--* On Jan. 9, 1493, Christopher Columbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, sees three “mermaids” and describes them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted.” They were in reality manatees. Mythical mermaids have existed in seafaring cultures since the time of the ancient Greeks. * On Jan. 6, 1759, a 26-yearold George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. Historical documents have revealed that Martha may not have been the great love of his life. Washington wrote cryptic yet passionate love letters to Sally Fairfax, the wife of a friend. * On Jan. 4, 1847, Samuel Colt rescues his faltering gun company by winning a contract to provide the U.S. government with 1,000 of his .44 caliber revolvers.

Though never cheap, by the early 1850s, Colt revolvers were inexpensive enough to be a favorite with Americans headed westward during the California Gold Rush. * On Jan. 5, 1945, Japanese pilots receive the first order to become kamikaze, meaning “divine wind.” They needed little training to take planes full of explosives and crash them into ships.

At Okinawa, they sank 30 ships and killed almost 5,000 Americans. * On Jan. 7, 1959, six days after the fall of the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship in Cuba, the U.S. government believes it can work with Fidel Castro and protect American interests in Cuba.

Less than two years later, the U.S. severed diplomatic relations and launched the Bay of Pigs invasion. * On Jan. 8, 1962, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, is exhibited for the first time in America. * On Jan. 3, 1990, Panama’s Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, after hiding at the Vatican embassy in Panama City, surrenders to U.S. military troops to face charges of drug trafficking and is flown to Miami. In 1992, the former dictator was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

PHOTOS BY SUSAN BURKHOLDER/SWiB PHOTOGRAPHY

PENNINGTON WINS 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY & 100M BACKSTROKE

AS E L K T O N A N D R I S I N G S U N C O M P E T E A G A I N S T C . M I LT O N W R I G H T

Event # 1 Male 200 Medley Relay 2nd Place Elkton High Michael Marra (JR) David Pugh (SR) Jacob Cline (FR) John Sprouse (SO)

2:09.63

Event # 2 Female 200 Medley Relay 2nd Place Elkton High 2:09.35 Ella Pennington (SR) Sadie Cooper (JR) Mattea Marra (SO) Abbigail Mahony (SR) 4th Place Elkton High Emma Huss (FR) Abigail Pruszinski (JR) Sarah Clawson (JR) Alexis Bunk (SR) Event # 3 Male 200 Free 3rd Place David Pugh

2:33.85

2:31.30

Event # 8 Female 50 Free 4th Place Alexis Bunk 5th Place Simone Foye 6th Place Ellie Zanes

32.30 36.00 37.28

Event # 8A Female 50 Free 2nd Place Emma Huss 34.71 3rd Place Lauren Cummings38.79 Event # 12 Female 100 Fly 4th Place Mattea Marra

1:20.96

Event # 13 Male 100 Free 2nd Place Jacob Cline 5th Place Evan Michalak 6th Place John Sprouse 7th Place Cameron Bunk

57.46 1:12.01 1:14.47 1:21.54

Event # 14 Female 100 Free 4th Place Abbigail Mahony 1:07.48 5th Place Ellie Zanes 1:22.85 6th Place Simone Foye 1:23.18

Event # 4 Female 200 Free 4th Place Melinda Hadley 3:17.63 5th Place Audrey Miller 3:27.10

Event # 15 Male 500 Free 2nd Place Benjamin Schultz 6:47.18 3rd Place Lawrence Sprouse 7:07.98

Event # 5 Male 200 IM 2nd Place Michael Marra

Event # 16 Female 500 Free 4th Place Lily Miller

2:31.10

Event # 6 Female 200 IM 1st Place Ella Pennington 2:14.03 4th Place Sarah Clawson 2:58.31 Event # 7 Male 50 Free 3rd Place Kieran Abbey 29.22 4th Place Evan Michalak 30.29 5th Place Lawrence Sprouse 31.28 6th Place John Sprouse 32.87 7th Place Cameron Bunk 35.19

ELLA PENNINGTON

Event # 17 Male 200 Free Relay 2nd Place Elkton High Jacob Cline (FR) Evan Michalak (SO) David Pugh (SR) Lawrence Sprouse (SR)

9:06.34 1:59.19

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Event # 18 Female 200 Free Relay 3rd Place Elkton High 2:25.69 Abigail Pruszinski (JR) Ellie Zanes (SO) Emma Huss (FR) Simone Foye (JR) 4th Place Elkton High Lily Miller (SR) Audrey Miller (FR) Lauren Cummings (JR) Melinda Hadley (SO)

2:34.29

Elkton High School Alexis Bunk (SR) Sadie Cooper (JR) Sarah Clawson (JR) Abbigail Mahony (SR)

2:08.22

Event # 19 Male 100 Back 2nd Place Michael Marra

1:02.12

Event # 20 Female 100 Back 1st Place Ella Pennington 1:02.27 3rd Place Mattea Marra 1:15.77 5th Place Emma Huss 1:29.03 Event # 21 Male 100 Breast 3rd Place Jacob Cline 1:23.21 4th Place Benjamin Schultz 1:26.91 5th Place Kieran Abbey 1:29.08

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Event # 22 Female 100 Breast 3rd Place Sadie Cooper 1:19.92 5th Place Abigail Pruszinski 1:36.99 6th Place Lily Miller 1:51.71 Event # 23 Male 400 Free Relay 2nd Place Elkton High Michael Marra (JR) John Sprouse (SO) Evan Michalak (SO) Lawrence Sprouse (SR)

4:47.10

Event # 24 Female 400 Free Relay 3rd Place Elkton High 4:25.05 Ella Pennington (SR) Abbigail Mahony (SR) Mattea Marra (SO) Sadie Cooper (JR) 4th Place Elkton High Alexis Bunk (SR) Sarah Clawson (JR) Ellie Zanes (SO) Abigail Pruszinski (JR)

5:16.31

Elkton High 5:52.84 Simone Foye (JR) Lauren Cummings (JR) Audrey Miller (FR) Melinda Hadley (SO)

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TRACK & FIELD

INDOOR TRACK

SEASON BEGINS...

OUTDOORS

By Amanda Callaghan and Matthew McKay

The track meet held at North East High School on Thursday, December 16th marked the beginning of the 2021-2022 winter track season for competing athletes. However, it was slightly different from the opening meets of past indoor track seasons: it was outside.

The sky glowed a glistening blue as runners, both experienced and new, walked into the North East track. Due to facility closures and COVID protocols, mere weeks ago an indoor track season had seemed impossible.

Now the air fizzed with nervous excitement as runners faced the first meet of the season, just in an outdoor, safer version. Teams were determined to make the season count and meet the requirements for regionals: two meets before January 31st.

The track meet was a smashing success, with the Rising Sun Girl’s team placing first, Bo Manor placing second, and Perryville placing third. In the boy’s races, the Rising Sun Boys’ team placed first, followed by Elkton in second and Perryville in third.

Congratulations to all of the runners for a great start to the track season!

Team Results:

Women’s Varsity Rising Sun Bo Manor Perryville Elkton North East

81.5 47 34.5 33 30

Men’s Varsity Rising Sun Elkton Perryville Bo Manor North East

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GOLF

The Road Map to Golf Superstardom Part III: Mentality of a ChampioN knows how to get hot and stay hot and that’s why he can go really low. Noah Wallace on the other hand has an outstanding shortgame, and he plays with confidence every round because he knows that his shortgame will never let him down. Even if he’s not as sharp off the tee or hitting into greens, Wallace knows that the time and effort he puts into his mastery of the short game will keep him consistently in the mix. His incredible patience pays dividends too – he knows that even on his off days that he always has a chance at making birdies because he won’t be off for an entire round.

GET INTO YOUR HYPE COMFORT ZONE. This is

By Andrew Barbin

Winning is really, really hard. It’s hard in general, in any sport. But in golf, what you shoot is entirely contingent on your own abilities and your management of said abilities against not only the course, but the rest of the field. You don’t get the luxury of having teammates to pick you up on off days, you must make do with the game you have at the time. And in stroke play, as opposed to other individual sports like tennis, you are competing simultaneously with an entire field of golfers.

To finish on top requires mastery of ability, mastery of management, and mastery of your emotions to beat not only the course and its conditions but also the rest of the field. Winning once is the accomplishment of a lifetime. Winning consistently is the insignia of genius.

Cecil County is home to many golf champions at

many different levels, but for junior golfers aspiring to become golf superstars look no further than Delaware Boys Champion Evan Barbin and Maryland Boys Champion Noah Wallace – two generational talents who have dominated the local circuit and win nearly every event they tee it up in. While they are both insanely talented golfers, what separates them from other golfers is their approach to course management and their mentality. It’s one thing to be a natural golfer, and its one thing to be a natural winner. Evan Barbin and Noah Wallace play very different styles of golf, and their personalities on the golf course are also very different. However, there are a few things they both do that all winners do, and all golfers can use these similarities in their golf games to start thinking like a champion.

PLAY WITH CONFIDENCE, NOT ARROGANCE. A lot of

junior golfers (really golfers in general) play in fear. The origin of athletic fear is generally rooted in the fear of failure, and the worst thought you can have in golf is “what if this goes terribly wrong”. In some situations, these thoughts can creep into even the most talented golfer’s minds. Golf is

something that applies to all sports, just not golf. However, emotional control is extremely important golf as the motion is mostly conscious (as opposed to reactive). What usually happens to a lot of great young players who have trouble winning is that they get off to a great start, get too pumped up, and then they fold. The truth of the matter is

says that when he’s feeling overly excited, he takes deep inhales through his mouth and long exhales through his nose.

Give that a try next time you make a birdie and get a little too pumped up.

Remember that it’s good to celebrate good shots but try not to show negative body language after bad shots – treat that as being overly excited and learn to breathe!

LEARN HOW TO TURN ON AND OFF YOUR FOCUS.

Let’s be honest with ourselves, it’s nearly impossible to maintain razor sharp focus through a 4–5-hour round of golf (not even including during warmup). It’s even harder to maintain that focus over multiple days. The good news is that in golf, the only time you need to dial in your focus and get into the zone is when it’s your turn to hit. Learn that it is okay to turn off your brain when it’s not your turn, but you need to learn how to turn it back on! This is something most great golfers do – you’ll find that this is really the biggest thing to start consistently having great rounds of golf.

Turn off the brain or think about something that’s not your next shot, and then when it’s time, dial in and get in the zone. If you have trouble getting into the zone, refer to the process of controlling your hype level.

LIVE IN THE PRESENT.

a hard game, and sometimes we are presented with a shot where our options are limited.

The easiest way to circumnavigate fear is to only hit shots you are confident you can execute every time. Jack Nicklaus once said that you should never attempt a shot if you can’t pull it off 80% of the time.

Discipline in your course management will give you more opportunities for confident shots.

Improving your ability and increasing your repertoire of skill shots will also give you more confidence. Evan Barbin is an extremely confident golfer because his toolkit is virtually maxed out. There’s not a shot he doesn’t know how to hit, and he pairs his understanding of the game with his creativity and pure natural ability. Evan Barbin is a golfer that excels at every aspect of the game and knows what it takes to dominate a course and a field of golfers, and he uses momentum better than anyone else I’ve ever seen play golf – because of his confidence in the completeness in his game, he

that every athlete has an ideal “hype comfort zone”. Some players, like Evan Barbin, excel when their excitement is at high-octane levels of hype.

Some players, like myself, excel with a reasonable amount of hype, but struggle when we get overly excited. Some golfers, like Zach Barbin and Noah Wallace, prefer to keep their emotions more level when they play. That’s not to say that a lower hype golfer doesn’t show emotion when they make a clutch putt, it’s what they do after the fact to get their emotions in a more comfortable spot.

The first thing to do is to quantify your ideal level of hype on a scale of 1 to 10.

For example, say Evan Barbin is a 9, I’m a 6, and Noah is a 3. Find out what increases your hype level outside of your actual golf game (maybe it’s listening to music or remembering clutch moments in your career) and find out what lowers it. If you are looking to lower your hype level, special breathing techniques can greatly assist. Phil Mickelson

One thing I personally am extremely guilty of is getting ahead of myself. Far too often I think about how many holes I have left and what I need to do to win. I get too caught up sometimes thinking about my final score and what would happen if I were to win. While it’s sometimes important to know where you stand, thinking about “what-if” goes both ways for negative and positive outcomes. It warps your sense of reality, messed up your hype level, and ultimately makes you play with arrogance instead of confidence.

Focus on the task at hand – the shot you are hitting now – not the great/terrible shot you just hit and not the scary shot you will hit on the next hole with the forced carry.

UNDERSTAND THE ANATOMY OF A WIN. Perspective

is key in golf. A lot of golfers think that you need to play perfect to win or shoot good scores. This is just not the case, because what exactly is playing perfect? Even if you theoretically birdie every hole and shoot a 54 (which is 4 shots lower than the PGA Tour record), technically you still could have played better because you could have made eagles. This sounds ridiculous, but switch birdies to pars and eagles to birdies. In a round of even par – a score nearly every golfer in the world strives for – a lot of things are going to go wrong! You

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 are going to miss putts, miss greens, and miss fairways.

In both the Maryland High School State Championships and the Delaware High School State Championships, Noah Wallace and Evan Barbin were both 3 strokes over par in their respective winning efforts. Mistakes were made, yet they won. To win a golf tournament, you need to shoot the lowest score in the field, not have the best round of all time. Just remember that the lowest score in the field is always going to have mistakes and missed opportunities!

When you are playing well, you must understand that your “best round of your life” isn’t perfect and that you’ve still made mistakes. Having this mentality eases the burden when you make a bogey, as well as allows you to keep trying to go lower and lower. When you are one under, you need to get to two under.

If you are seven under, you try to get to eight under etc.

While all parts of the game are important, this is the hierarchy of what is most important to winning golf:

1.

The winner of a golf tournament is either the best putter or one of the best putters. Remember these two truths: A streaky putter is not a good putter – a consistently competent putter is a good putter, and that a good putter is a match for anyone – a bad putter is a match for no one. If you want to win, you need to be a great putter.

2.

The winner of a golf tournament is usually one of the best players in the field off the tee. It’s hard to win when you’re taking penalties or under trees. The driver (or whatever you tee off with) is the second most important club behind the putter when it comes to winning.

3.

You just need to be competent at everything else.

Competency of course scales to the level that you are playing. You don’t need to be the best iron player or have the best bunker game, but you do need to get to the point where a facet in your game isn’t adding more than one shot. If you can’t get out of a bunker, you

had best learn how to get out – a bogey is better than a double or triple.

COMMIT TO PLAYING GOLF YOUR WAY. Golf is a very personal game, and everyone has their ideal style of play. Don’t force yourself to play golf in a style that isn’t optimal for your game. Play to your strengths and not your weaknesses. If you hit a draw, don’t force yourself to hit fades! It’s easy to get caught up in your opponent’s styles of play – especially if your opponent is a long hitter or is a sharp shooting putter. I know when Evan plays sometimes, the other kids he’s paired with get caught up with how far he hits it and then they start overswinging to keep up instead of playing the course and the game in front of him. Evan weaponizes his length, both as a method of intimidation as well with his game – it’s easier to score lower when you have wedges in your hands when the rest of the field is hitting 6 irons.

Noah Wallace is a golfer that fully commits to his

style of play. He’s not the longest hitter in the field, but he’s committed himself to being the most accurate golfer in the field, as well as the best shortgame in the field. At the end of the day, this isn’t a long drive contest, it’s a golf tournament.

While distance is certainly a major advantage, and is necessary at the collegiate and professional level, distance is something that can easily be attained through conditioning.

Great fundamentals and a great shortgame is something that will always give Noah a major advantage as he continues to grow stronger.

IN CONCLUSION: And thus

concludes my three-part series “Road Map to Golf Superstardom”. If you want to be a golf superstar, you must (1) practice with a purpose, (2) become a golf course tactician, and (3) develop the mentality of champion. I foresee great things for Cecil County golf next year, and I look forward to our golfers continuing to bring home hardware year after year!

KRISTYN GARDNER HOSTS A CATCH FOR CHRISTMAS Perryville High School Alum Kristyn Gardner spent part of her Christmas Break from Rider University raising money for the Tunnels to Towers Foundation and the Perryville Little League.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation honors the sacrifice of firefighter Stephen Siller who laid down his life to save others on September 11, 2001.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation builds mortgage-free smart homes for our most catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. Each home is designed to address the unique needs of each individual. ... These homes help our most severely injured veterans and first responders to reclaim their day-to-day independence.

A Catch for Christmas is a 1 Pitch Charity Softball Tournament with teams signing up of all ages for a fun day on Trego Field. Each game consisted of 7 innings.

The winning team was Basic Pitches coached by Josh Rebman.

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VETERANS POST

by Freddy Groves

Boot-Camp for Veteran-Owned Businesses

--Last summer, the Department of Veterans Affairs brought together 80 women veteran business owners for a six-month boot camp hosted by PenFed and the VA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU). The goal: teach them how to grow their businesses.

The education they received was like a fast-tracked MBA with hands-on classes in product/market analysis, business development and more. At the end of the six months there was a pitch competition to win a grant for their business.

The Veteran Entrepreneur Investment Program (VEIP), in collaboration with PenFed, has much to offer veterans who already have a business up and running.

To learn more about PenFed, go to veip.penfedfoundation.org. Read about its various programs, especially the Master’s Program start-up fundraising accelerator. Application deadline for the Spring 2022 program is Jan. 30. The eight-week program is part of an intensive one-year Master’s Program. Classes are open to veterans and their spouses who own businesses, and include fundraising coaching, mentor matching and investor deal day.

If you don’t qualify for the Master’s Program because you don’t have the required number of years running your business or because you haven’t even started your business, there is other help for you.

The Small Business Administration offers support, grants, low-interest loans and more to veteran owners of small businesses under the “Patriot Express” program. Search the VA website (va.gov) for small business. Look carefully at the eligibility requirements, such as that the business needs to be more that 51% veteran-owned. Look for information at the OSDBU website.

If your location to open a business is flexible, check the VEIP website (veip. penfedfoundation.org) for its list of top cities for veteran entrepreneurs. Find out which locations top the list in categories such as growing economy, support for veterans and ability to start a business. Don’t miss the list of emerging cities to get ahead of the curve. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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BOHEMIA MANOR ARCHERY TEAM

BOHEMIA MANOR ARCHERS DOMINATE THE REINDEER GAMES TOP SCORE

High School Girls

Nina Palazzolo

1st Place:

10th Grade Girls

Armani Shampnosis

Audrey Pack

10th Grade Girls

10th Grade Girls

2nd Place:

By Sam Dixon

The Bohemia Manor High School and Middle School Archery Teams competed this past weekend in the Annual Reindeer Games at the Severn School in Severna Park, MD.

The 10th grade girls

3rd Place:

made a clean sweep of the competition bringing home all three medals awarded for that class. Bohemia Manor Sophomore Nina Palazzolo led the group placing 1st but also scored the highest female score in the entire event.

Freshman Ella Del-

Ella Delaney

1st Place:

9th Grade Girls

aney continued to dominate the 9th grade girls group placing 1st for the second consecutive week in competition.

In the Freshman Boys competition, Aiden Woodie placed second.

These combined scores helped secure the

Aiden Woodie

2nd Place:

9th Grade Boys

Trevor Cox

2nd Place:

6th Grade Boys

First Place Trophy for the Team as Bohemia Manor won op honors as Top High School in the event.

In Middle School competition, Sixth Graders Tevor Cox and Talia Rhonda each placed second in the Boys and Girls divisions and helped secure Second Place

Talia Rhonda

2nd Place:

6th Grade Girls

Overall Middle School Score for Bohemia Manor Middle School.

The Bohemia Manor Eagles are off to a great start this season and look to continue their success in more tournaments after the Christmas Break.

PERRY VILLE TRACK AND FIELD

PERRYVILLE TRACK COMPETES AT URSINUS COLLEGE INDOOR EVENT

The Perryville Indoor Track Team traveled to Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania on Saturday December 18 to compete against schools from across the region.

The event was closed to spectators due to Covid restrictions but Media were alloed in so our Perryville Photographer Becky Young was able to cover the event.

Michael Young competed in the Pole Vault for the first time was able to clear 8ft. Look for Michael to be pole vaulting more in the Spring as well.