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Thursday, December 27, 2012 BOYS BASKETBALL CUMBERLAND, Md. - Martin Geben had a game-high 22 points and teammate Tyrus Fleetwood scored 21 to lead St. Maria Goretti to an 80-70 victory over Allegany at the Sentinel Classic on Thursday. Geben also had 11 rebounds and three blocks, while Fleetwood added five rebounds, five assists and three steals for the Gaels (9-5). Isaiah Harris-Winn had 10 points in the victory. Goretti trailed 17-14 at the end of the first quarter, but outscored the Campers 26-16 in the second quarter and 24-14 in the third to take a commanding 64-47 lead into the final period.

Even though his team had just blanked Allegany 4-0 in the Maryland Class 1A West quarterfinals, Boonsboro girls soccer coach Chris Lantz clearly was disappointed as he walked off the field at North Hagerstown's Mike Callas Stadium on Tuesday night. He expected more from his Warriors - and seemingly for good reason. The match was played almost entirely in Allegany territory, as Boonsboro finished with advantages of 27-3 in shots and 11-0 in corner kicks but only had four goals to show for it, including two in the closing minutes.

Friday, September 16, 2011 MEN'S SOCCER CUMBERLAND, Md. - Hagerstown Community College blanked Allegany 5-0 on Friday for its first win of the season. Jordan Payne had a goal and two assists for the Hawks (1-2, 1-2 Maryland JuCo Conference), while Mamadou Jallow and Zack Morgan each had a goal and an assist. Gabe Hirsh and Nelson Moreno each had a goal and Josh Fahlfeder added an assist in the victory. Keepers Chip Rittenhouse, Fredy Velazquez and Kenny Frederickson combined for the shutout for HCC. PREP VOLLEYBALL Heritage 3, Shalom 0 Kara Stamper had 20 kills, eight blocks and three aces to lead Heritage Academy in a 25-8, 25-12, 25-14 Mason Dixon Christian Conference sweep of Shalom Christian Academy.

The Department of Juvenile Services is in need of foster parents in Washington, Frederick and Allegany counties. There are those ages 12 to 18 years old, who are in need of supervision, guidance and love. For more information, call 301-791-7072.

Allegany pulled away from Williamsport during the second half for a 49-36 victory on Tuesday night in the Richard E. Doub Ladies Classic championship game. The game was originally scheduled to be played a couple of days after Christmas, but was snowed out. The makeup date turned out to be two months later. “When you play a good team like Allegany, you have to play four quarters of good basketball,” Williamsport coach Chris Malott said. “We didn't do that. I have to give Allegany credit for playing good defense.

COLLEGE BASEBALL CUMBERLAND, Md. --John Barrett hit two home runs Sunday, giving him a single-season school-record 13, in Hagerstown Community College's 8-5 Maryland JuCo loss to Allegany. Barrett hit a solo shot in the first inning to tie the mark of 12 set by Roland Thiele in 2008. He broke the record with a two-run homer in the ninth. Jordan Thurber had three hits and an RBI and Kameron Armacost had two hits for HCC (31-17, 16-10). The Hawks outhit Allegany 11-5, but they allowed five walks, hit four batters and made five errors, leading to six unearned runs.

The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) will begin cleaning and painting 17 bridges in Allegany and Washington counties next week, which could cause lane closures during the week, according to a release from the SHA. The SHA will work on eight bridges in Washington County, all of which are in and around Hancock. They are: Main Street westbound in Hancock (Md. 144) over Tonoloway Creek, the I-70 westbound ramp over I-70 eastbound, I-70 eastbound over the I-68 ramp, I-68 westbound over I-70 eastbound and the I-68 ramp, both the eastbound and westbound I-70 bridges over the Tonoloway Creek, and the eastbound and westbound I-68 bridges over Sideling Hill Creek.

Allegany 55, Washington 13 CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Allegany led 28-6 at the end of the first quarter thanks to two of J.D. Hook's three rushing TDs. Dylan Nick put Washington (2-5) on the board with a 92-yard kick return, while Bradley Jackson scored in the fourth on a 9-yard run. Allegany (6-1) accumulated 524 total yards in the game.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Junior guard Maurice Portee scored a game-high 19 points and had five assists to lead Dunbar to a 68-47 victory over Allegany on Saturday for the Maryland 1A high school boys' basketball championship. Senior forward Donavin Vinson scored 12 points and senior guard Michael Paige had 10 points for Allegany (24-3).

Hedgesville trims Allegany By CURT HORNBECKER / Staff Correspondent HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. - Hedgesville may have shot itself in the foot in the first half, but it was Allegany that wound up mortally wounded. Devon Deeds dealt the fatal blow, thwarting a fourth-quarter Campers drive by picking off a shovel pass at the Eagles 10, preserving a 16-13 victory Friday night. "We made some adjustments at halftime, but the main adjustment was we didn't shoot ourselves in the foot," said Hedgesville coach David Lopez.

As Friday's Maryland Class 1A West baseball final wore on, it became obvious the beef for Allegany and Clear Spring wasn't about to win the game. So it was time to turn to chicken. As in, a game of chicken. “The way things were going, it was going to come down to the first mistake,” said Clear Spring coach Mark Shives. The Blazers blinked first. It came in the form of an errant throw on a bang-bang play in the bottom of the seventh, allowing Trenton Eirich to score from second to give the Campers a 2-1 victory at Frederick's McCurdy Field.

Monday, May 13, 2013 PREP BASEBALL Allegany 6, Hancock 3 CUMBERLAND, Md. - Allegany scored five runs in the first two innings and made that cushion hold up in a win over Hancock in the Maryland Class 1A West Region West Section semifinals. Darren Lashley and Chad Sipe each drove in a run for the Panthers, who finished the season 10-10. North hosts 3A game North Hagerstown will meet Linganore today in a Maryland Class 3A West Region game at 4:30. On Monday, Linganore defeated Thomas Johnson 1-0 in 12 innings, a game that was resumed from Friday.

Thursday, April 25, 2013 COLLEGE BASEBALL Kevin Bair pitched a complete-game shutout with six strikeouts as Hagerstown Community College defeated visiting Allegany 6-0 on Thursday. Eric Schanzenbacher had two hits and two RBIs for the Hawks (27-23) while Garrett Sprankle had two hits and an RBI and Dylan Dunn had two RBIs in the victory. Allegany    000    000    000    -     0    7    2 HCC    100    210    20x    -     6    9    3 Redinger, Dickel (5)

Potomac Edison will spend $55 million this year in an effort to limit power outages in Maryland and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, company officials said Tuesday. James V. Fakult, vice president of Potomac Edison and president of FirstEnergy's Maryland Operations, said about a third of the money, about $17 million, will be used to trim trees to keep them from falling onto power lines in Washington, Allegany, Frederick and Garrett counties in Maryland, and in Berkeley County in West Virginia.

Allegany Dental Care announced the winners of its sixth annual poster contest. Second-graders in Washington County public and private schools were invited to create a picture using the theme “There's Magic in Your Smile.” The poster contest is run in conjunction with National Children's Dental Health Month, which is in February. The goal is to promote good oral health in children and adults. Nine schools participated this year and at each school Allegany selected a first-, second-, and third-place winner.

Barry Brown was looking for ammunition. The Hagerstown Community College men's basketball coach wasn't looking for an elephant gun to take down his Hawks. He just wanted to fire a couple of warning shots. HCC had been cruising along, winning 22 of its first 24 games, until facing Baltimore City in the final home game of the regular season with the Maryland JuCo Conference title on the line. The Hawks tripped over it. The Panthers claimed an 81-79 overtime victory over HCC. The Hawks played selfish, incohesive basketball.

More than 100 students participated from area middle schools in the annual MathCounts Competition on Feb. 23 at E. Russell Hicks Middle School in Hagerstown. The students were from Washington and Allegany county middle schools. This year, two teams and 16 individuals advanced to the state competition, which will be Saturday, March 16, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Every year, the local competition is sponsored by donations from the Hagerstown Chapter of the Maryland Society of Professional Engineers.

Here's a quick look at the regions involving Washington County teams entering the Maryland state playoffs: GIRLS 1A West: In the East Section, No. 1-seed Boonsboro (14-8) must get stronger on the inside with the capabilities of Shannon O'Brien and Tiffany Bowman. Warriors should get to region final after beating North Carroll. In the West Section, Hancock (15-7) joins Fort Hill, Allegany, Northern Garrett, Southern Garrett and Mountain Ridge. Hancock is the underdog against Fort Hill (13-6)

The Department of Juvenile Services is in need of foster parents in Washington, Frederick and Allegany counties. There are those ages 12 to 18 years old, who are in need of supervision, guidance and love. For more information, call 301-791-7072.

Allegany pulled away from Williamsport during the second half for a 49-36 victory on Tuesday night in the Richard E. Doub Ladies Classic championship game. The game was originally scheduled to be played a couple of days after Christmas, but was snowed out. The makeup date turned out to be two months later. “When you play a good team like Allegany, you have to play four quarters of good basketball,” Williamsport coach Chris Malott said. “We didn't do that. I have to give Allegany credit for playing good defense.