Reece Early had a monster day for the Gerstell Academy baseball team in a 9-1 win over Sts. Peter and Paul on Thursday in Finksburg.
Early teamed with Matthew Nowakowski for a combined no-hitter, striking out 11 in six innings of work. At the plate, he went 2-for-4 with a double, a grand slam, and six RBIs.
Brenden Sanders also homered for the Falcons.
Sts. Peter and Paul 000 010 0 — 1 0 1
Gerstell 004 104 x — 9 7 2
SPP-Koski, Hollis (6) and Hastings; GA-Reece Early, Matthew Nowakowski and Taylor Hodges. 2B: GA-Early. HR: GA-Early, Brenden Sanders. WP: Early. LP: Koski.
Softball
North Carroll 10, Winters Mill 0
Recap: At Hampstead, Kelli Garriott went 4-for-4 with a double, a triple, and four RBIs for the Panthers (9-11, 6-8 county). The Falcons fell to 2-13, 1-12.
Winters Mill 000 000 — 0 4 1
North Carroll 020 053 — 10 13 0
WM-Allison Lewis and Rachel Engle; NC-Alicia Badra and Lexy Richards. 2B: NC-Kelli Garriott, Richards. 3B: NC-Garriott. WP: Badra. LP: Lewis.
Girls Lacrosse
St. James 16, Francis Scott Key 8
Recap: At Uniontown, Beth Blizzard scored a pair of goals and added an assist for the Eagles (1-9).
Goals: SJ-Fahey 3, Ballard 3, Younger 3, Folton 3, Egwudobi 2, Abel, Lee; FSK-Beth Blizzard 2, Jordan Grey 2, Rebekah Webster, Casey Rohwein, Heather Rohwein, Shannon Stull.
Assists: SJ-Abel 3, Fahey 2, Ballard 2, Folton, Soppenfield; FSK-Blizzard, Webster, Stull, Lakota Comeau.
Saves: SJ-3 (Diner); FSK-8 (Jordan Hardesty 6, Cristina Saldana 2).
Halftime: SJ, 11-4.
South Carroll 16, Walkersville 8
Recap: At Winfield, Mackenzie Wenczkowski tallied four goals and an assist and Keriann McTavish had a pair of goals and five assists for the Cavaliers (5-9).
Goals: W-Short 2, Molnar 2, Pope, Jozwiak, Condren, Duffy; SC- Mackenzie Wenczkowski 4, Greta Knopp 3, Jenna McDermott 3, Keriann McTavish 2, Riley Evans 2, Abby Behn, Nicole Suscello.
Assists: W-Pope; SC-McTavish 5, Behn, Wenczkowski, Suscello.
Saves: W-4 (Marker); SC-11 (Christina White).
Halftime: SC, 8-2.
JV Result: SC, 21-2 (Shannon Finch had six goals for SC).
North Carroll 21, Brunswick 4
Recap: At Brunswick, Tayler Warehime and Lauren Bredenburg each tallied seven points and Elizabeth Hillman scored five goals for the Panthers (10-4).
Goals: NC-Elizabeth Hillman 5, Tayler Warehime 5, Lauren Bredenburg 3, Kyleigh Masteran 2, Regan Brown 2, Becky Martin, Sara Hays, Mackenzie Poist, Nikki Fern; B-Yeomans 2, Dimmick, Lonni.
Assists: NC-Brown 5, Bredenburg 4, Martin 3, Warehime 2; B-none.
Saves: NC-6 (Maddie Mashewske 3, Becca Wade 3); B-8 (Baffoe).
Halftime: NC, 13-1.
Boys Lacrosse
Century 21, North Hagerstown 2
Recap: At Eldersburg, Chris Rinehart struck for five goals and five assists and Carter Truby added six goals and an assist to lead the Knights (10-4).
Goals: NH-Clemner, Patterson; C-Carter Truby 6, Chris Rinehart 5, Austin Johnston 2, Evan Webber 2, Max Trumper 2, Jalen Stanton 2, Andrew Fleishell, Jacob Leitner.
Assists: NH-none; C-Rinehart 5, Fleishell 3, Truby, Webber, Stanton, Leitner, Brandon Johnston, Harrison Trostle, Alex Kline.
Saves: NH-6 (Kuehl); C-7 (Chris Yanchoris 5, Matt Zimmerman 2).
Halftime: Century, 10-2.
South Carroll 10, Walkersville 7
Recap: At Walkersville, Jimmy Wagner had four goals and Kyle Dizon dished out four assists for the Cavaliers (9-5).
Goals: SC-Jimmy Wagner 4, Jacob Snell 3, Kyle Worsley, Sam Crossman, Brady Finzel; W-Rock 4, Tharpe, Chavez, Church.
Assists: SC-Kyle Dizon 4, Worsley, Snell, Adam McCarty; W-Hinnegan, High, Chavez, Church.
Saves: SC-10 (Josh Squires); W-10 (n/a).
Halftime: Tied, 4-4.
College Baseball
Haverford 14, McDaniel 5
Recap: At Haverford, Pa., the Fords scored five runs in the fifth inning to break open a close game in the first game of the Centennial Conference tournament.
Eric Grantland went 4-for-4 to lead the third-seeded Green Terror (30-9), who fall to the loser's bracket of the double-elimination tournament. McDaniel will play fourth-seeded Gettysburg in the first elimination game at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Johns Hopkins.
The Green Terror jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Sean Sivo drew a walk to lead off the game before moving to second on a throwing error on a failed pickoff attempt. He then took third on a flyout and scored on a Cameron Bahr single up the middle.
Nick Valori and Marty Windisch (Manchester, Md./Manchester Valley) added two hits each. McDaniel trailed 3-2 before Haverford widened its lead for good.
