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Leonardtown softball takes state title
In the week leading up to the Maryland 4A state softball championship game Saturday afternoon at the University of Maryland, the Leonardtown High School softball team had become accustomed to playing in dramatic contests that were invariably decided in the final at-bat. But on May 25 in their state title clash with previously undefeated Eleanor Roosevelt High of Prince George’s County, much of the suspense and drama was erased less than an hour into the contest as Leonardtown scored twice in the first, once more...
Timely defense leads Rising Sun to second straight MPSSAA softball title
COLLEGE PARK — At points in the Class 2A State Championship, Huntingtown threatened Rising Sun with opportunities to take the lead from the Tigers. The Hurricanes however, never obtained a coveted advantage throughout Friday's season finale. That was due to Sun's ability to make heads-up defensive plays. Despite four fielding errors, the Tigers' defense recovered from their mistakes in big moments to capture their second straight Class 2A title. Holding a two-run lead in the top half of the seventh, Rising Sun opened the inning...
Leonardtown High baseball claims state title
Through much of the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference schedule this spring, the Leonardtown High School baseball team appeared to be treading water and the Raiders stood at 8-8 with the postseason just around the corner. But from there Leonardtown was perfect and the Raiders ended an improbable run to claim the 4A state title by upending Walt Whitman of Montgomery County 2-0 on Friday evening at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf. Leonardtown (15-8) had grown accustomed to facing the best pitchers in SMAC and those...
Whitman baseball falls in Maryland 4A State Championship
WALDORF, Md (DC News Now) – Whitman’s high school baseball team falls in their first 4A state championship appearance in school history to Leonardtown 2-0. “Gave it our best shot,” Joe Cassidy, head coach of Whitman said. Cassidy mentioned how this team was the first to go this far, “Been nice to be the first […]
Two SMAC softball teams head to state finals
A trio of Southern Maryland Athletic Conference softball teams headed to the Bachman Softball Complex in Glen Burnie on Tuesday for their respective state semifinals and two of them punched their ticket to the state championship game at the University of Maryland this weekend. Huntingtown (18-4) broke open a 2-2 contest by scoring six runs in the top of the seventh inning to upend Damascus (19-3) 8-2 on Tuesday afternoon in a 2A state semifinal. Hurricanes’ junior hurler Jordyn Greever limited the Hornets’ potent attack...
Atlantic Tractor Plunges for Special Olympics MarylandIn Memory of Former Colleague, Richard “Dick” Livingston
Atlantic Tractor is paying tribute to its late colleague, Richard “Dick” Livingston, in a significant way. For the fourth consecutive year, Atlantic Tractor team members came together as “Livingston’s Olympians” to participate in a virtual plunge, raising funds for Special Olympics Maryland, a charity that was deeply important to Dick.
Leonardtown baseball heading to 4A state finals
A pair of Southern Maryland Athletic Conference baseball teams were looking to punch their tickets to their respective state title games this weekend at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, but only one of them succeeded. Leonardtown High School (14-8) rallied from an early 2-1 deficit to defeat Urbana of Frederick County 3-2 on Tuesday afternoon in a 4A state semifinal contest at Shirley Povich Field in Montgomery County. Nolan Taitano...
Leonardtown senior has discovered a new racket
Leonardtown High School senior Jacob Farren has played soccer since he was only 5 years old and last fall he was part of the Raiders’ boys soccer team’s successful run to the 4A state championship. This spring, however, Farren is on the cusp of earning another state crown while playing boys’ singles on the tennis court, although it was only recently that he discovered that sport is basically his secondary racket. ...
Huntingtown boys lacrosse falls in state semifinals
Two days after posting a narrow, gritty victory over visiting Manchester Valley in the 2A state quarterfinals, the Huntingtown High School boys lacrosse team suffered a tough 11-9 setback to Hereford in the 2A state semifinals on Friday afternoon at Paint Branch in Montgomery County. In recent years, Huntingtown has come painstakingly close to attaining its first state lacrosse title and then bid farewell to numerous seniors who were instrumental in the team’s success. But this season the Hurricanes will graduate only four seniors, two...
Seniors find boxing program helps with debilitating disease
Debbie Gunnell used to drop her husband Tim off 12 miles from home and the Mechanicsville resident would run the remaining distance to their house, but that all changed when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2012. “The monotony would kill me because I’m used to being active,” said Gunnell, who used to run track in school and is a fifth-degree black belt. But Gunnell and others who have...
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