The Centennial boys are quietly hanging around.
After losing their season opener against Wilde Lake, the Eagles have rolled off seven straight wins to keep themselves in the county championship conversation. The most recent victory came Wednesday, where Centennial knocked off River Hill, 88-78.
Junior Connor Flach has been at the forefront of the team's surge this fall and he was leading the way against the Hawks as well, putting up a one-under-par round of 28 points. It was the second straight round of 28 by Flach, who had also shot one-under a day earlier against Oakland Mills.
In the River Hill match, Mike Humphrey put together a good round of his own to give the Eagles two guys in the 20s. The sophomore fired a round 23 points. Centennial's other two scorers were Sahil Mehta (19 points) and Matt McShane (18).
River Hill was led by Henry Ko's 26-point day.
At 7-1 overall, the Eagles are currently tied for second in the county with Wilde Lake. Glenelg is undefeated and alone in first.
Centennial 88, River Hill 78
C (7-1): Flach 28, Humphrey 23, Mehta 19, McShane 18.
RH (3-5): Ko 26, McFarlane 19, Gold 18, Karas 15.
Howard 74, Hammond 41
Ho (5-4): Song 22, Andrews 20, Crawford 18, Balter 14.
Ha (1-7): Kopnitsky 20, Stanton 13, Creighton 7, Mitchell 1.
Atholton 61, Long Reach 15
A (5-3): Wallace 18, Tarash 17, Biggins 15, Rosenthal 11.
LR (0-8): Grabowski 7, Appler 6, Spotte-Smith 2, Bortallotu 1.
Marriotts Ridge 86, Reservoir 69
MR (6-2): M. Dorsch 25, J. Park 24, J. Dorsch 24, Brown 13.
Re (4-3): Kendall 20, Leadbeatter 18, Sabot16, Reybold 15.
Reservoir 60, Hammond 37 (Tuesday)
Re: Kendall 21, Sabot 15, Reybold 13, Teodori 11.
Ha: Kopnitsky 17, Stanton 11, Creighton 9.
Girls scores:
River Hill 65, Centennial 55
RH (7-1): Dial 23, Rosnick 9, Feldblum 21, Damschroder 12.
C (5-3): McShane 26, Kuan 21, Kim 4, Wojanowski 4,
Howard 25, Hammond 17
Ho (4-4-1): Higgins 17, Song 8.
Ha (1-7): Hejnova 13, Creighton 4.
Atholton 62, Long Reach 33
A (7-1): Nguyen 28, Peterson 13, Fields 11, Tae 10.
LR (6-2): Lee 18, Sample 10, Casper 5.
Reservoir 12, Hammond 4 (Tuesday)
Re: Parater 6, Howard 4, Gaverth 2.
Ha: Hejnova 4.