Carroll County High School Sports

Hall finds herself on a nationwide roster as one of 12 midfielders on Inside Lacrosse’s Preseason All-ILWomen High School Team, which was released March 19.

A look at all the Carroll County Athletic League girls basketball players who are averaging 8.0 or more points per game.

A look at all the Carroll County Athletic League boys basketball players who are averaging 10.0 or more points per game.

Carroll County Times first- and second-team all-county boys basketball for 2019-20.

Carroll County Times first- and second-team all-county girls basketball for 2019-20.

For now, schools are slated to re-open April 27. But it’s still uncertain as to when high school sports might resume, said Carroll’s supervisor of athletics Michael Duffy.

Carroll County Times first- and second-team all-county wrestling for 2019-20.

Carroll County Times first- and second-team all-county girls indoor track for 2019-20.

Salisbury went 11-1 last season and made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III tournament. The Sea Gulls averaged 47.5 points per game and allowed 19.2 points per game.

Carroll County Times first- and second-team all-county boys indoor track for 2019-20.

Trying to self-quarantine leaves sports fans to their own devices, and for me it’s trying to figure out the ever-frustrating world that surrounds halls of fame.

Manchester Valley senior Brett DeWees is the Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

Let’s give one more shout-out to the athletes and teams that took their talents to another level in the winter of 2019-20, before social distancing became a real thing.

Manchester Valley senior Amelia Saunders is the Times Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

South Carroll freshman Michael Pizzuto is the Times Wrestler of the Year.

South Carroll junior Grace Siehler is the Times Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year.

Century senior Chett Brunner is the Times Boys Indoor Track Athlete of the Year.

The MPSSAA says all athletic contests are cancelled through April 6, which now becomes the first available play date for scheduling consideration. March 20 was the original start date.

At Manchester Valley, five wrestlers all surpassed 100 career wins during the season that saw the Mavericks make program history by winning their first Carroll County Athletic League tournament title and capturing their first regional dual-meet tourney crown.

Schools being closed for the next two weeks means a new start date of March 30 at the earliest, but that could be an unlikely timetable given the lack of practice time to that point.

The Carroll Cup is awarded each year by the Carroll County Times to the school that accumulates the most points based on regular-season standings in each varsity sport.

Gerstell Academy graduate Jillian Wilson, a sophomore at Loyola Maryland, is the Patriot League Midfielder of the Week for the second week in a row.

There were five recipients of a $4,000 scholarship and 80 nominated players from Baltimore City, Arundel, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, and Howard counties.

I didn’t understand why someone would want to transfer schools to participate in athletics for what should be their rival school.

Last season, all three SC grapplers fell short in their championship bouts at Show Place Arena. Cavs coach Matt Thomas said that wasn’t going to happen again.

The raucous, Hawaiian-clad Liberty student section brought noise, and a spirited Lions defense kept New Town’s powerful offense at bay early in the game and kept the contest close.

Liberty (17-8) led 19-9 after the first quarter, got 12 points from senior Rachel Thiem, and had many of the Knights looking winded from its up-tempo pace. Middletown (25-1) went to a 1-2-2 zone on defense to change things up, and the visitors didn’t solve it until it was far too late.

Carroll County Times varsity roundup for March 6, 2020.