Four intracounty lacrosse matchups will kick off the spring playoffs on Wednesday, while five teams received first-round byes to begin the postseason.
The Westminster boys lacrosse team received a bye in Class 4A-3A North Section 1, where it will host the winner of Sherwood-Springbrook on Friday.
In Class 2A-1A West Section 1, both the Liberty and South Carroll boys squads received first-round byes. Liberty will play the winner of Wednesday's matchup between Manchester Valley and Francis Scott Key, which will be at 6 p.m. in Manchester.
SC will play the winner of Century-North Carroll, which takes place Wednesday night at 5:30 in Eldersburg.
In Class 3A-2A South Section 1, the Winters Mill boys travel to Centennial on Wednesday night at 7.
On the girls side, Century and Manchester Valley both have first-round byes in Class 2A-1A West Section 1.
Manchester Valley will play the winner of Liberty-South Carroll, which is Wednesday night at 6 in Eldersburg.
Century will play the winner of North Carroll-Francis Scott Key, which is Wednesday night at 7 in Hampstead.
In Class 4A-3A North Section 1, Westminster will host Paint Branch on Wednesday night at 6:30.
In Class 3A-2A South Section 1, Winters Mill will travel to Reservoir on Wednesday night at 5:30.
Baseball
Winters Mill 10, Liberty 9 (9 inn.)
Recap: At Westminster, Britton Lawrence had four hits and drove in six runs for the Falcons (7-10, 5-8 county). Matt Shephard had four hits for the Lions (7-10, 5-9).
Liberty 050 110 200 — 9 14 1
Winters Mill 100 305 001 — 10 11 2
L-Brandno Shipley, Mike Foxwell (4), McMann (4), Patrick Engle (5), Justin Brookhart (6), Tommy Parris (7), Roche (8) and Joe Gallagher; WM-Logan VanLeuvan, Paul Hansel (4), Brandon Naill (6), Wes Martin (7), Andrew Caccamisi (9) and Deion Blackburn. 2B: L-Engle; WM-Britton Lawrence, Caccamisi. HR: L-Parris; WM-Lawrence, Kyle Fisher. WP: Caccamisi. LP: Roche.
Softball
South Carroll 3, Westminster 2
Recap: At Winfield, Devin Scales hit a two-run homer to push the Cavaliers past the Owls.
Westminster 100 001 0 —2 5 1
South Carroll 010 200 0 —3 5 0
W-Emily Maseth and Olivia Herman. SC-Chloe Sharman and Devin Scales. 2B: W-Kaitlyn Nicholson; SC- Kaitlyn Davis. 3B: W-Herman. HR: SC-Scales.
Francis Scott Key 1, S. Hagerstown 0
Recap: At Uniontown, the Eagles (4-11) pushed a run across in the sixth and Kayla Green tossed a no-hitter.
South Hagerstown 000 000 0 — 0 0 1
Francis Scott Key 000 001 x — 1 5 2
SH-Potter and Wolfe; FSK-Kayla Green and Morgan Engel. WP: Green. LP: Potter.
Girls Lacrosse
Francis Scott Key 15, South Hagerstown 6
Recap: At Hagerstown, Cassidy Heflin and Rebekah Webster each had three goals for the Eagles (2-9).
Goals: FSK- Cassidy Heflin 3, Rebekah Webster 3, Beth Blizzard 2, Jordan Grey 2, Maddie Johnson, Autumn Lippy, Heather Rohwein, Shannon Stull, Makayla Black-Cahoon; SH-Kelly 5, Tiner.
Assists: FSK- Blizzard 2, Grey 2, Rohwein 2, Heflin, Black-Cahoon; SH-McCook 2, Tiner 2.
Saves: FSK-11 (Jordan Hardesty 6, Christina Saldana 5); SH-11 (Hadley)
Halftime: FSK, 13-2.
