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Football
The Centennial 10-12 Columbia Ravens finished the regular season with an undefeated record of 9-0 and a No. 1 ranking in Maryland. They outscored their opponents 243-51. (See photo caption for team members)
Golf
The Free State Seniors 2014 Championship was held on Oct. 20 at the Queenstown Harbor - Lakes Course. Barry Andrews (Naval Academy GC) was the Low Gross Champion with a score of 72. Bill Stricker (Piney Branch GC) was the Low Net Champion with a score of 71.
Running
The Howard County Junior Striders competed in the seventh and final cross country race of the season in Middletown on Oct. 26. Many will compete on Nov. 2 in an attempt to qualify for Nationals in Nashville on Nov. 22.
6UB 1k: 8. Michael Gorsky, 5:22; 12. Garrett Burns, 5:30; 25. Aryeh Schmall, 7:28.
6UG 1k: 3. Frances Haard, 4:57; 4. Brynn Oergel, 5:13; 6. Julia Welton, 5:19; 11. Ava DeCapite, 5:59.
7-8B 2k: 1. Jack Reading, 7:59; 6. Munthir Elhabashy, 8:17; 8. Braden DeCapite, 8:24; 10. Benjamin Welton, 8:27; 21. Liam O'Connor, 9:34; 42. Ilan Tracton, 12:37.
7-8G 2k: 4. Gabrielle Shord, 8:30; 7. Frankie Moore, 8:49; 11. Mary Gorsky, 9:02; 23. Aubrey Heiges, 10:29; 26. Charlotte McGeehan, 10:45; 36. Caroline Mah, 12:03; 37. Nellie Squirlock, 12:11; 39. Lilianna Cipolla, 13:16.
9-10B 3k: 6. Jeffrey Heiges, 12:33; 7. Zachary Shord, 12:46; 11. Connor Croft, 13:01; 13. Garrett Fulton, 13:09; 14. Nathan Pisanic, 13:12; 19. Gavin Buzby, 13:35; 20. Nicholas Kalbaugh, 13:35; 26. Ethan Brown, 14:10; 38. Jack Berol-Edmunds, 18:22.
9-10G 3k: 3. Megan Boyce, 12:30; 15. Talia Tracton, 14:20; 22. Alana Schmall, 14:49; 23. Maggie Kalbaugh, 14:50; 24. Erika Mosley, 14:52.
11-12B 3k: 6. Liam McCaffrey, 11:07; 19. Kendall Phillips, 12:10; 22. Logan Kim, 12:21; 30. Steven Camarano, 12:53; 31. Joey Squirlock, 12:55; 33. Will Cersovsky, 13:00; 40. Mats Chattin, 13:39.
11-12G 3k: 24. Chloe McGeehan, 14:13; 39. McKenna Boyce, 17:21; 40. Vanessa Knight, 17:52; 46. Mackenzie Carr, 19:40.
13-14B 4k: 1. Chase McGeehan, 15:37; 4. Noah Kim, 16:21; 12. Philip Allen, 18:00; 16. Lucas Cunningham, 18:30; 29. Nicholas Onufrak, 21:55; 30. Lucas Kaiser, 22:35.
13-14G 4k: 2. Celine Pisanic, 16:19; 9. Isabelle Rathbun, 19:15.
Almost 40 runners came out on a pleasant fall afternoon to run the Howard County Striders weekly race at Clarksville Elementary. Eric Johnston and Natalie Smolyak were the two-mile winners. Mark Eagles and Faye Weaver led the five-mile runners. Volunteers: Donnie Chapman (race lead), Alyssa Burger, Melissa Burger, John Chall, Daniel Smolyak, Julie Trapp and John Way.
2-mile results: 1. Eric Johnston, 14:58; 2. Natalie Smolyak, 15:39; 3. Ben Stein, 16:04; 4. Peter Blank, 16:49; 5. Roger Calvert, 18:27; 6. Kenny Walker, 18:48.0; 7. Fin Stein, 18:48.3; 8. Jessica Stern, 20:23; 9. Melinda Krummerich, 21:10; 10. Amanda Cranfill, 23:00.
11. Vivienne Page-Gilmore, 23:37; 12. James Gilmore, 23:38; 13. Tim Ramsey, 25:57; 14. Jennifer Goldstein, 27:54.
5-mile results: 1. Mark Eagles, 31:11; 2. Steve Bohse, 33:19; 3. Nicholas Mueller, 33:36; 4. Mike Bohse, 34:26; 5. Mike Woodward, 34:50; 6. Daniel Sebring, 35:50; 7. Ken Sevik, 36:02; 8. Gregg Ford, 36:13.5; 9. Chad Burger, 36:13.9; 10. Steve Knoll, 36:40.
11. Bill Stahr, 37:00; 12. James Moreland, 38:39; 13. Evan Calvert, 39:54; 14. Jim Pontius, 40:03; 15. Neal Kraft, 40:30; 16. James Adrian, 42:26; 17. Faye Weaver, 43:39; 18. Hans Meurer, 43:44; 19. Marc Burger, 44:22; 20. Mike Fleming, 46:45.2.
21. Marsha Demaree, 46:45.7; 22. Cindy Cohen, 47:59; 23. Ginger Rowley, 54:03; 24. Kirk Gordon, 59:26.