Soccer * Under-13 boys -- It mattered little that the Columbia Select got off only half as many shots as its opponents on Saturday.
What counted was a 4-1 win over Bethesda, advancing the Select to the Maryland State Cup Finals and knocking the defending champion Cobras out of the tournament.
Despite being outshot, 14-7, the Columbia team struck early and often. Sam Lipscomb scored the first of his three goals early in the first half to give the Select a 1-0 lead at the break.
Lipscomb then struck for two more goals, and T.J. Peterson added a third, as the Select pulled away in the second half.
Sweeper Kevin Hobbs, stopper Ryan Dear, fullbacks Aaron Brown and Matt Midura and goalie Mike Dramby led a defense that kept the Cobras' attack quiet for most of the game.
* Under-14 boys -- FC Columbia edged Bowie United, 2-1, Sunday at Howard Community College. Billy Allen and Eric Folkemer provided the scoring. Stuart Kessler had an assist.
On Saturday, FC Columbia lost, 2-0, to the Arundel Top Guns at Arundel. Matt Shapiro and goalkeeper Dave Kellogg played well at the defensive end.
A SAC under-14 travel team, FC Columbia now has a record of 2-4-2 in Division II of the National Capital Soccer League.
* Under-11 girls -- The Columbia Condors were blanked by the Severna Park Hotfeet, 3-0, over the weekend.
Courtney McDonald and Lee McDuff played well for the Condors, which remained in a scoreless tie with their opponents until late in the first half.
* 10-11 girls -- The Centennial Blasters improved to 5-0-1 with wins over the Clarksville Strikers and Kings Contrivance over the weekend.
In the 3-1 win over Clarksville on Friday, Hope Zelinger, Tara Molesky and Maggie Via scored and got plenty of offensive support from Caitlin Curran, Jenny Zonarich, Ali Woods and Tricia Guarneri. Cindy Briggs and Kathleen Ryan led the defense.
Christie Krugger scored for the Strikers while Rashida Walcott played well in goal and Jodie Renfro contributed solid defense.
On Saturday, the team came back with a 7-2 win over Kings
Contrivance.
Via had a hat trick to lead the offense. Also scoring for the victors were Zelinger (two), Heather Johnson and Megan Houck. Also playing well were Laura Chwirut, Shelly Sinclair and Talie Morrison.
Lydia Bongiorni and Andrea Feldstein scored for Kings Contrivance, while Alexis Oeting and Katherine Vaughn also
played well.
* Under-9 boys -- The Western Howard County Thunder scored first but came up short in a 2-1 playoff loss to the Severna Park Raven over the weekend.
Bradley Costantino scored the Thunder's lone goal with help from Collin Hasty and Devin Keeney. Kyle Goldman also turned in a strong performance on the front line.
Defensively, Eric Allen and Danny Bowring led the way, and goalie Matt Showman also played well, collecting four saves.
With the loss, the Thunder (2-3-2) finished fourth in their first season of play in the Baltimore Beltway League.
Under-10 boys -- The Columbia Thunder dropped a 1-0 decision to the Reston Storm.
Though the Thunder controlled the ball for the majority of the game, keeping it in the Reston end, they couldn't put the ball in the net.
Matt Hashimoto, Danny Gemp, Britton Boras, Mark Johnson, Tony Gatto, Dave Silver and Ben Brasso played well despite the loss.
* Under-15 1/2 girls -- The Columbia Cougars played to a 1-1 tie with the Seneca Sting over the weekend.
After the Sting took a 1-0 lead early in the first half, the Cougars tied it when Marissa Catalano scored on a cross from Emily
Bielefeld early in the second half.
The Columbia team was unable to cash in on a number of other scoring opportunities despite the strong play of Angie Jefferson, Carolyn Flowers and Monica Dodd.
* Under-16 girls -- Christina Eberhart and Julie Hastings scored goals, and Kristin Midura and Eberhart added assists, as the
Columbia Courage blanked the Little River Lemonheads, 2-0.
Nyesha Ford had a strong game in goal, getting defensive support from Shanti Smith, Katie Young, Aime Kellner and Steph Romich.
* Under-10 girls -- In a season-ending parents vs. kids game, the Columbia Dynamo and the under-50 Columbia Geezers played to a 3-3 draw.
Tori Parris, Mellissa Workman and Mrs. Hooper scored for the Dynamo, while Mr. Hooper, Mr. Test and Coach Shapiro scored for the parents.
Geezers players said they considered the tie a moral victory since no paramedics were called to the scene.
Baseball
* 11-12 boys -- Andy Chen went 2-for-3 with a triple and Michael Paris and Chris Henry both turned in stellar performances in the infield as The Sun for Howard County Cubs held off the Bombers, 8-7, Saturday in the Columbia Youth Baseball
Association.
After the Cubs broke a 5-5 tie with three runs in the sixth, reliever Mike Romano preserved the victory with clutch pitching in the bottom of the inning.
Pitchers Jason Strobell and Mike Cometa combined for a six-hitter as the Ry Wardrobe Valet Dry Cleaners Orioles defeated the Giants, 5-3. Clonnie Johnson led the offense,
knocking in two runs with a single.
Brian Dowis smacked two doubles and David Goehring had a double and a triple to help give the Oakland Mills Village Center Indians their first win in 10 tries this season with a 16-14 victory over the Marlins on Sunday.
The Indians scored 10 runs in the sixth inning to take the lead, erasing a large deficit. Pitcher Colin Mansfield struck out the sides in both the fifth and sixth innings to earn the win.
* Over-30 men -- The Columbia Cardinals, sponsored by Rounding Third Sports Center, ended their five-game losing streak in the Chesapeake Men's Senior Baseball League with victories last week over Kent Island and Harmans.
Against Kent Island, a 14-13 win in 10 innings, the Cardinals (3-5) rallied from a 10-3 deficit to win on Tom O'Neill's bases-empty homer leading off the 10th.
Other hitting heroes included Mike Briel (4-for-6, double, three RBIs), Scott Porter (two hits, two RBIs), Jim Carney (two hits, two RBIs), Joe Lomascolo (two hits, two RBIs) and John Canterna (two hits, two runs scored).
Scott Porter picked up the win with five strong innings of relief.
The Columbia team then came back with a 13-7 win over Harmans. The Cardinals scored four runs in the first and never lost the lead.
Briel (3-for-4), Kevin Young (2-for-3), Pete Hughes (3-for-4, two doubles, three RBIs), Daryll Jefferson (2-for-5, two RBIs), Bill Riley (3-for- 5, RBI) and Lomascolo (2-for-4, triple, two RBIs) led the offense, while Lomascolo also picked up the win with four strong innings in relief.
* 9-10 boys -- John Droege reached base three times and scored three runs to lead the White Sox to an 11-7 win over the Commercial and Farmers Bank Rangers on Saturday in the Howard County Youth Program International League.
Other offensive standouts for the White Sox included Seth Kompf (two stolen bases, scored twice), Ryan Spence (triple, scored twice), Chris Bianco (three doubles, scored three times) and Ryan Justice (home run and two singles).
Also last week, the White Sox defeated the Royals, 14-4, and the Benefits Resources Red Sox, 14-5.
It was also a good week for the Yankees and Tigers, each of whom scored two victories.
After holding off the Tigers, 8-7, last Saturday, the Yankees came pack this past weekend to down the Red Sox, 12-5.
Ryan Green tripled and Mike Panzaya doubled twice against the Red Sox.
The Tigers defeated the Rangers, 8-2, Thursday and the Indians, 11-4, Saturday. Zachary King, Virgil Webb and Michael Bruns led the team's effort.
* 10-11 boys -- The Bumble Bee Seafood Dodgers of the Howard County Youth Program Minor League continued to roll last week with a two wins.
On Tuesday, the team scored a 21-11 win
over the Padres, as catcher Tim Chryssikos tripled and had two RBIs and center fielder Mike Apatoff reached base four times and made an outstanding catch.
The Dodgers then came back on Saturday to beat the Parkway Machine Corp. Phillies, 9-2. Phil Boccuzzi and Ryan Worsham each had three hits and Marc Morgan and Chad Robbins combined to pitch six strong innings.
Jimmy Garratt, Ricky Wilson, Patrick McKevitt and Brian Hedges each had three hits and multiple RBIs as the Don and Sandra Garratt Yankees defeated the Empire National Funding Red Sox, 14-9, and Billy Brudis hit a two-run triple and pitched two scoreless innings to help the Reds to a 9-7 win over the Padres.
* 11-12 boys -- Steve Sweish and Derek Roach combined for a two-hitter as the Rangers defeated the Dr. Muhammad Afzal White Sox, 8-1, Saturday in the Howard County Youth Program Major League.
Sweish, Roach, Pat Schaeffer, Tom Lombardo and Jon Machiran drove in runs.
Omar Bradford had three hits and scored two runs to lead the Indians over the Twins, 14-11. Adam Borman also scored three runs for the victors.
The Twins upended the Angels, 13-5, as Jonathon Gordon led the way with good hitting and heads-up fielding.
13-14 boys -- Matt Eller drove in the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the seventh as the St. Agnes Surgery Center Reds scored an 8-7 come-from-behind win over the Padres Thursday in the Howard County Youth Program Pony League.
Eller's hit -- that scored Chris McCormack with the winning run -- capped off a dramatic turnaround for the Reds (10-1) that saw them score six runs in the final two innings.
Other players contributing offensively included Wade Eybel (reached base four times, scored three runs) and Shawn O'Connor (bases-loaded triple). Outfielder Mark Wall also chipped in with a game-saving catch.
The Angels downed the Twins, 5-2, as Nick Woodford and Scott Frederick combined to pitch seven solid innings.
Lacrosse
* 10-and-under girls -- The Howard County Cobras 2 ended their season on a winning note, scoring a 12-6 victory over Cockeysville 2 Saturday.
Eva Armanas and Lauren Winer led the victors with three goals each, and Kerry Knuuti and Stephanie Spence added two each. Regan Miller and Lindsay Frank each had two assists.
Earlier in the week, the Cobras lost a 13-5 decision to Towsontowne. Felicity Carmody, Kerry Knuuti, Kelly Knuuti,
Winer and Lindsay Frank scored for the Cobras.
11-12 boys -- The Howard County Midget Cobras ended their season undefeated last week, but not before surviving a stiff challenge from Cathedral.
Trailing, 5-4, last Wednesday, the Cobras scored two unanswered goals in the final 1:30 -- the final one coming off the stick of Dave Paolisso -- to escape with a 6-5 victory.
Jim Morrison led the offense with three goals, Paolisso had one and two assists and Sam Hogg and Brian McDermott had a goal and assist each. Defensively, Dave Lane, Dan Leonard and Colin Snovell led the way, and goalie Andy Garthoff had 16 saves.
The Cobras then completed a 9-0 regular season with a 14-3 win over host Cockeysville. Kevin Boland had three goals and two assists, and Hogg, Morrison and Paolisso had two goals and two assists each.
Wrestling
* 13-14 girls -- Daniele Bates, Sarah Cooke and Annie Herrera powered the E.C. Lions Club Yellow Jackets to a 15-14 win over the Magiro Pharmacy Road Runners last week in the Howard County Youth Program Pony League.
The win was one of three on the week for the Yellow Jackets, who also topped the Clarks Do It Center Flying Aces, 27-11, and the Neubauer Exxon Blue Bandits, 18-8.
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