High School sports

We pick our Team of the Week, list the week's five-star players, and run down the top individual performances in our Carroll County high school sports Week in Review.

We pick our Team of the Week and hand out five game balls to Howard County high school athletes who had tremendous weeks.

The prestigious Bull Run Invitational cross country race was postponed last week because of weather. It worked out perfectly for the top two runners in the boys elite race.

Behind second-half goals from CJ Rugel and Josh Petty and a sturdy defense, No. 1 John Carroll boys soccer was able to grind out a 2-0 win over Mount Saint Joseph to make it a three-win week in the MIAA A Conference.

Catonsville rallies from surrendering an own-goal early in the match, to score a 2-1 victory over previously unbeaten Hereford.

Here’s a roundup of high school varsity action on Friday, Sept. 29.

Sophomore quarterback Braeden Palazzo threw two touchdowns and ran another one in during a commanding third quarter and McDonogh's defense clamped down for a sturdy 42-21 win over Loyola Blakefield in MIAA A Conference play.

Winters Mill quarterback Caleb Crouch rushes for 104 yards and three touchdowns as the Falcons defeat Liberty, continuing the best start in school history.