The Knights (15-2) face Rising Sun (15-2) on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in a Class 2A semifinal before Westminster (17-0) and Northern-Calvert (17-0) face off Thursday in a 3A semifinal.
Team White defeated Team Dark 3-2, thanks to goals from South Carroll’s Kiersten Straley and Julia Weiss. Liberty’s Christine Goetz made it 1-0 early, and Westminster’s Audrey Detrow knocked in a late goal in the second half to get Team Dark to within one.
The Lions scored a pair of goals in nifty fashion, the second coming from sophomore Caitlynn Szarko with less than 14 minutes remaining that stood as the game-winner in Liberty’s 2-1 victory.
Colin Williams delivered on his promise as he knocked in the eighth penalty shot to beat Oakdale at Montgomery Blair High School and send Century to the title game.
Carroll County placed nine athletes in the top 25 at the 2A state meet, and Hebert led the way with a sixth-place finish in 16:17.82. The Knights placed third with 127 points.
Daniel Frink carried quite the load with close to 330 rushing yards and scored four touchdowns as Edmondson pulled away for a 30-16 victory at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute’s stadium.
The Lions (7-3) got touchdowns from Nate Kent, Tommy Nelson, Peyton Scheufele, and Mike Spitz, and a 29-yard field goal from Sean Disbrow, in the team’s second postseason win of all-time.
The Eagles will play the winner of Saturday’s state semifinal between Mountain Ridge and Crisfield in the 1A championship next week at Ridley Athletic Complex at Loyola University.
After allowing a 67-yard touchdown reception on the opening offensive play of the evening by the Golden Bears, the host Mavericks buckled down to hold Hammond scoreless the rest of the way en route to a 14-6 victory.
Jilienne Widener finished with a match-high 27 kills as the go-to-player for a Westminster team that answered every Gators’ push with one of its own en route to a three-set sweep (25-21, 25-18, 25-12).
The Knights (16-0) are back in the 2A state semifinals for the third time in five seasons and face Calvert, a rematch from their 2016 semifinal, Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Montgomery Blair High School.
The Eagles are one of five Carroll County football teams that qualified for the postseason under the new rules set forth by the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association.
Larry Haines is sending Key (8-5-2) into the Class 1A state semifinals Friday night at Northeast-Anne Arundel High School, where the Eagles face International High School at Langley Park (16-1) at 7:30.
There were 7 minutes, 35 seconds left in overtime when freshman forward Jess Kent took a cross from senior defender Emma Border and pushed the ball into the cage to secure a 2-1 victory. The Owls will face Urbana in the 3A state final Saturday at Washington College.
Led by senior hitter Jilienne Widener, the Owls (16-0) took down the Vikings in straight sets (28-26, 25-18, 25-18) and earned their fourth regional title and third in as many seasons.
The Knights displayed a balanced offense and polished off the Scorpions in straight sets (25-12, 25-13, 25-16) to earn a championship plaque and advance to the state tournament for the first time in eight years.
Westminster gets Carroll’s first crack at a 2019 state finalist when the Owls (12-5) face Huntingtown (15-0) in a Class 3A semifinal Wednesday night at 7:30 at Paint Branch High School.Liberty (16-0) is up next, with the Lions taking on Patuxent (12-3) on Thursday night at 7:30 in a 1A state semifinal at Paint Branch.
