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Football
The Centennial 10-12 Columbia Ravens completed the 2014 season with a 12-2 record and final ranking of No. 2 in the state. The team played the undefeated Randallstown Panthers in the Maryland State Championship game and suffered a hard-fought, 18-12, loss in overtime. On the season, the team scored 334 points while allowing only 90.
Gymnastics
The women's teams from Top Flight Gymnastics competed in the Christmas City Classic in Bethlehem, Pa., on Dec. 20-21.
Individual results:
Level 7 (Junior A): Rhisen Davis: 1. Vault (9.825).
Junior B: Julia Heiner: 1. Vault (9.65); 2. Bars (9.425); 2. Floor (9.6); 3. All-Around (37). Lacie Pierce: 3. Vault (9.425). Piper Shields: 2. Vault (9.575).
Junior A: Mia Dinoto: 3. Vault (9.4); 3. Beam (9.075).
Senior A: Marissa Bennett: 2. Beam (9); 3. Floor (9.4).
Level 8 (Senior): Mandie Pierce: 2. Bars (8.5).
Level 10 (Senior): Sami Picciotti: 3. Beam.
The men's teams from Top Flight Gymnastics competed at the Steel City Boys Invitational on Dec. 13-14.
Individual results:
Level 10 (15-16): James Callas: 2. Rings (12.3). Samuel Penn: 3. Floor (12.6); 1. Pommel (11.9); 1. Rings (12.6); 1. Parallel Bars (13.7); 1. All-Around (74.4).
Running
Seventy-two runners came out Thunder Hill Elementary School to run the Howard County Striders winter weekly race on Jan. 4. Ted Poulos and Kate Wolpert were the two-mile winners, while Karsten Brown and Terri Wytko paced the 10k runners.
2-mile results: 1. Ted Poulos, 12:40; 2. Will Tripp, 14:07.0; 3. Jason Tripp, 14:07.3; 4. Kate Wolpert, 14:16; 5. Harry Rowell, 14:36; 6. John Chall, 14:47; 7. Kirk Gordon, 15:06; 8. Rick Hughey, 15:27; 9. Alan Tominack, 15:46; 10. Daniel Sebring, 16:06.4.
11. Justen Garrity, 16:06.8; 12. Stefany Honigbaum, 16:07; 13. Mike Fleming, 16:10; 14. Cindy Cohen, 16:32; 15. Robert Blanco, 16:45; 16. Kenny Walker, 17:36; 17. Leonard Guralnick, 17:50; 18. Sharlene Deskins, 19:02; 19. Kevin Hartz, 21:05; 20. Margaret Barry, 21:29.
10k results: 1. Karsten Brown, 37:26; 2. Matthew Wolpert, 38:39; 3. Mark Eagles, 39:41; 4. Sheldon Degenhardt, 40:24; 5. Mark Landree, 40:42; 6. Steve Bohse, 41:05; 7. Marc Hermstein, 41:22; 8. Richard Griffiths, 41:54; 9. Phil Lang, 42:02; 10. Mike Bohse, 42:25.
11. Gregg Ford, 46:58; 12. Eric Johnston, 46:59; 13. Terri Wytko, 47:28; 14. Tammy Liu, 47:31; 15. Marc Burger, 48:00; 16. John Way, 48:28; 17. Neal Kirk, 48:43; 18. Alan Mulindwa, 49:24; 19. Karen Young, 50:12; 20. Jim Pontius, 50:52.