The Howard County Terps 9U squad ended its season on a seven-game winning streak en route to winning the NG365 Division I State Indoor football championship. The team defeated Catonsville, 31-6, in the title game on May 16 at Freestate Sports Arena in White Marsh.
The Terps team, under the guidance of coach Tony Coffield Sr., finished averaging 32 points a game. Team members include: Sabastian Council, Alexis Cuevas, Noah Davidson, Christian Dennis, Miguel Duran-Diaz, Kamari Fasset, Nicholas Jacob, Kamara Hassan, Aboudi Moutome, Elijah Nyorkor, Marcus Rolls and Kamara Webb.
Twenty-three teams competed in the Howard County Striders annual fruit relay at Oakland Mills Middle School on May 24. Teams are required to run four 2-mile loops while using a fruit baton. The two-man team of James Blackwood and John Chall won.
8-mile results: 1. James Blackwood, John Chall (Bad Apples): 54:49; 2. Mark Eagles, Kirk Gordon, Eric Johnston, James Scarborough (Lemonheads): 56:54; 3. Anders Chattin, Carina Chattin, Chris Chattin (The Chattin Kiwi Express): 56:56; 4. Tommy Maloney, Marvin Xu, Evan Ying (Fearless Plum): 59:39; 5. Ye Liu, Linglei Ma, Baoge Ying, Xhixing Zhao (Mighty Wow Mango): 1:01:27.
6. James Moreland, Russ Owens, Faye Weaver, Michelle Weaver (Team X): 1:01:56; 7. Chad Burger, Marc Burger, Chris Farmer, Ginger Rowley (The Grapes of Wreath): 1:02:43; 8. Adam Wytko, Dan Wytko, Lily Wytko, Terri Wytko (Wytko White Coconuts): 1:03:14; 9. Angela Caswell, Bill Dooley, Camryn Streib, Terry Streib (Team Mango): 1:04:16; 10. Rob Abramson, Dwight Evans, Mark Schmid, Jim Weber (Thundering Avacado): 1:07:40.
11. Alan Cheng, Arthur Chi, David Soon, Sam Soon (Sweet Dates): 1:08:46; 12. Youzhou Jing, Leon Liang, Youlin Qi, Julie Yang (Awesome Asian Pears): 1:09:22; 13. Craig Dickover, Kandice Dickover, Samuel Dickover, Tyler Dickover (Ticked off about Lyme): 1:11:42; 14. Lynda Allera, Hallie Brokowsky, Helen Mercer, Greg Thomas (BT Kumquats): 1:12:01; 15. Michelle Xu, Wen Xu, Xinhuna Xu, Danielle Zhu (Raisin Awareness): 1:13:49.
16. Liz Brock, Michael Miles, Hayley Monroe, Kendra Smith (Slaughtermelons): 1:15:21; 17. Wendy Hall, Melinda Krummerich, Christine Merenda (A Perfect Pear): 1:18:10; 18. Anne, Memory, Monica, Paula (Tangerine Tango): 1:19:22; 19. Devon Boyle, Kathy Boyle, Lochlann Boyle, Quinny Boyle (Fruit Basket Cases): 1:22:46; 20. Mary Jane, Brian Nanovicz, Stacey Nanovicz, Cody Pond (AC/Peachee): 1:23:52.
21. Nicole Liang, Christina Liu, Molly Xu, Allan Ying (Cool Cute Clementines): 1:24:09; 22. Ginay, Leslie, Melanie, Tony (Pineapple Express): 1:27:44; 23. Yun Lu, Bing Wang, Ran Wang, Peng Zheng (Banana Appealing Group Pun): 1:28:11.