Allegany

The Smithsburg football team spent the entire first half Friday laying the foundation for a playoff win. That foundation quickly crumbled with one rush, one raised hand, one perfect bounce and a 25-yard sprint as Allegany scored 23 straight points on its way to a 30-20 win over the Leopards in a Maryland Class 1A West semifinal game. With the Leopards prepared to take a 20-14 lead into halftime, Allegany sent the house at Smithsburg punter Coby Blum and Garrett Livengood got his hand on the kick.

Del. George Edwards, R-Garrett/Allegany, was coasting into the Maryland Senate late Tuesday with a comfortable lead over Democratic opponent Thomas Conlon in legislative District 1. The district includes all of Garrett and Allegany counties and the westernmost portion of Washington County, including Hancock and Clear Spring. With 57 of the total 59 precincts in the district reporting, Edwards was leading 22,491 to 8,279. The plain-spoken Edwards, 58, is a Grantsville businessman and served six terms in the House of Delegates, where he served on the House Appropriations Committee.

COLLEGE BASEBALL HCC 11, Allegany 4 Allegany 210 000 010 - 4 9 3 HCC 001 210 16x - 11 13 3 Hawbacker, Fringer (5), Miley (7) and McCoy. Thomke, Blickenstaff (9) and Knight. WP - Thomke (3-4). LP - Hawbacker. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem Intl. 9-0, Shepherd 3-5 Game 1 Salem Intl. 004 301 1 - 9 12 1 Shepherd 100 002 0 - 3 5 1 WP - Cape. LP - Jacobs. Game 2 Salem Intl. 000 000 0 - 0 2 4 Shepherd 230 000 x - 5 7 2 WP - Brandenburg (5-5)

CLEAR SPRING - This Sunday, an old-fashioned political picnic will be held at the Clear Spring American Legion to give Washington County voters a chance to meet and greet Maryland House Speaker Casper R. Taylor, D-Allegany. With Maryland legislative lines recently redrawn, the winner of the November election in District 1-C will represent both Allegany and parts of Washington County from the Conococheague Creek west. Taylor, who represented the Clear Spring area during his first 16 years in state office, will be on hand from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Legion's picnic pavilion.

WILLIAMSPORT - Hedgesville shook off host Williamsport to come away with a 47-36 victory on Monday in the semifinal nightcap of the 22nd annual Richard E. Doub Ladies Classic. Allegany will face Hedgesville in the tournament final today at 3 p.m. after posting a 96-4 win over Broadfording Christian Academy in the opener. Broadfording and Williamsport will play at 1. Hedgesville (6-1) advanced by using a 21-11 run in the final 9:23 as center Brittany Boarman scored 10 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter.

Erin Wilson had 16 points, seven rebounds and four steals to lead Allegany to a 42-30 victory over North Hagerstown in a girls basketball game Monday at North. "Erin Wilson is a three-year starter," Allegany coach Scott Bauer said. "She does a good job of orchestrating our offense and being a leader. We did a good job of playing defense. Our defense was the key to the win. " The Hubs (8-13) committed 26 turnovers and shot only 24 percent from the floor (11-for-46). "It is pretty hard to win when you shoot only 24 percent from the field and commit 26 turnovers," North Hagerstown coach Barry Brown said.

View all of the photos for purchase! CUMBERLAND, Md. -- Boonsboro's return game was clicking Saturday afternoon at Greenway Avenue Stadium. The problem: Allegany didn't give the Warriors many opportunities to use it. The Campers had trouble corralling Branden McLean on punt returns, so they remedied the situation by scoring on seven straight possessions on their way to a 46-6 win over the Warriors in the Maryland Class 1A West semifinals. "They're a good football team and we knew we were going to have to be awfully good today to beat them," Boonsboro coach Clayton Anders said.

bobp@herald-mail.com CUMBERLAND, Md. - When it was all over, the most efficient way to the Maryland Class 1A West championship wasn't by using a straight line. It was behind a dominant one. Allegany used its size and strength to overpower Smithsburg on both sides of the line of scrimmage as the Campers muscled their way to a 33-19 victory Saturday at Greenway Avenue Stadium. Allegany was quicker off the snap of the ball. It translated to 308 yards rushing on 45 attempts - a 6.8 yard per carry average - while the defense held Smithsburg to 239 yards of offense with 110 yards and all 19 Leopards points coming in the fourth quarter after the Campers took their first unit out of the game.

PREP FOOTBALL Allegany 49, Boonsboro 19 Boonsboro 0 19 0 0 - 19 Allegany 14 7 14 14 - 49 A - Jake Twigg 3 run (John Carpenter kick) A - Sean Collette 1 run (Carpenter kick) B - Ryan McLean 68 run (Luke Summerlin kick) B - Jordan Young 11 pass from John Shobe (kick failed) B - McLean 3 run (run failed) A - Brian Matthews 55 run (Carpenter kick) A - Matthews 13 run (Carpenter kick) A - Twigg 6 run (Carpenter kick) A - Jeff Babich 10 pass from Travis Orange (Carpenter kick)