Given the opportunity to play spoiler on Tuesday afternoon, Howard's boys golf team took full advantage.
Up against a Glenelg team just one loss out of first place and two days away from squaring off against first-place Marriotts Ridge, the Lions got a team-high 21 points from Darian Kassiri on the way to a 69-66 victory over the Gladiators in a tri-match at Turf Valley.
Hammond, which also competed, finished with a total of 39 points.
Overall, Howard (6-2) had all four of its guys score 14 points or more. Shashank Gupta put up 19, Brett Pool fired a round of 15 and Jason Wheeler rounded things out with 14.
Glenelg (6-2), meanwhile, didn't have any of its players score in the 20s for the first time all season. Hayden Mikk and John McAuliffe each put up 18 points, while Tony Mobly and Brandon Writt added 16 and 14 points, respectively.
Patrick McDonald led the way for Hammond with 19 points.
Howard 69, Glenelg 66, Hammond 39
Ho (6-2): Kassiri 21, Gupta 19, Pool 15, Wheeler 14.
G (6-2): Mikk 18, McAuliffe 18, Mobley 16, Writt 14.
Ha (2-6): McDonald 19, Sarich 12, Gaffere 8.
Other Boys Scores:
River Hill 98, Atholton 71, Wilde Lake 42
The Hawkw set a new program record in its tri-match sweep on Tuesday at Fairway Hills. All four of the team's players scored in the 20s, with Derek Gold leading the way with a round of 27 points (even par).
Kevin Hickey (26 points), Josh Mann (24) and Jacob Burman (21) all were at the top of their games as well.
RH (7-1): Gold 27, Hickey 26, Mann 24, Burman 21.
A (2-5-1): Nguyen 21, Naoh Chong 21, Grimsley 18, Nolan Chong 11.
WL (2-6): Schneider 16, Swanson 13, Wilson 7, Tiffey 5.
Centennial 65, Reservoir 55, Oakland Mills 39
C (5-2-1): Sams 20, Sterenberg 18, Kaplan 15, Fukuzawa 12.
Re (3-5): Teodori 16, Goron 16, Barila 13, Raymond 10.
OM (1-7): Fairbanks 19, Carroll 9, Kanakry 8, Atkins 3.
Marriotts Ridge 85, Long Reach 31, Mt. Hebron 29
MR (8-0): Pak 24, Courtney 23, Kim 21, Mejia 17.
MH (5-3): Vantine 11, Jung 9, Kim 5, Olds 4.
LR (0-8): Harmon 11, Lewis 9, Hussain 7, Ramberg 4.
Girls box scores:
Howard 68, Glenelg 7, Hammond 2
Ho (8-0): Cherry 23, H. Lurie 18, L. Lurie 14, Abrams 13.
G (5-3): Stone 3, laLongo 2, Ruddo 1, George 1.
Ha (1-7): White 2.
Centennial 46, Reservoir 4, Oakland Mills 4
C (7-1): Trojillo 19, Fukuzawa 12, Taylor 9, Park 6.
Re (1-6-1): Smith 3, Jackson 1.
OM (2-5-1): Claxton 3, Fuentes 1.
Marriotts Ridge 42, Mt. Hebron 19, Long Reach 0
MR (6-2): McIlvain 16, Quinn 14, Dorsch 12.
MH (3-5): Rathbun 19,
LR (0-8): N/A.
River Hill 33, Wilde Lake 29, Atholton 18
RH (7-1): Lesho 13, Berg 12, Green 8.
WL (5-3): Sands 21, Beatty 6, Patel 2.
A (2-6): Belden 8, Wenderoth 7, Lechner 3.