Brunswick

BOONSBORO - What Boonsboro needed entering the fourth period Tuesday night is exactly what Brunswick got. The Railroaders' solid defensive effort and hot-shooting kept the Warriors at bay in the final eight minutes in a 63-55 MVAL Antietam Conference victory. Hitting 7 of 9 from the floor - while holding Boonsboro to 5 of 19 - allowed Brunswick to extend its 39-38 advantage going into the fourth quarter and cruise to the win. "We shot the ball above our season average," said Railroaders coach Dan McLane.

BRUNSWICK, Md. - The Brunswick girls basketball team has been plagued by poor free throw shooting over the past several weeks. Tuesday night was no different. After a respectable 4-for-7 effort from the stripe in the first half, the Railroaders made just 1 of 9 second-half free throws in a season-ending, 55-50 loss to Poolesville in the Class 1A South region quarterfinals. "The foul line hurt us again," Martin said. "That thing has been around since a basketball first bounced.

WILLIAMSPORT - Morggan McGill two goals to lead Williamsport to a 3-0 win over Brunswick in an MVAL Antietam girls soccer match on Monday. "We all came out with the attitude that we wanted to win and we accomplished that," McGill said. "I think that we really came through tonight. I think that we deserved the win. Winning tonight's game boosted our confidence. " McGill scored her first goal for Williamsport in the fourth minute on an assist from freshman Alluka Ogle-Moore.

WILLIAMSPORT -- The Brunswick boys soccer team got their wake-up call at halftime on Monday night, but Williamsport's Cody Gardenhour and Jordan Payne quickly found the snooze button. The Wildcats' duo combined for a well-choreographed goal in the 46th minute to deflate the Railroaders and propel Williamsport to a 2-0 victory in an MVAL Antietam Conference match. Gardenhour centered a perfect pass to the streaking Payne, who found the wide-open net to extend the Wildcats' 1-0 halftime lead and all but clinch the win. The Railroaders played much more aggressively early in the second half, but Payne's goal slowed the momentum.

SMITHSBURG -- Smithsburg seniors Dean White and Nick Dilandro are practice partners on the wrestling mat and best friends off it. In Smithsburg's home-opening MVAL Antietam tri-meet with South Hagerstown and Brunswick on Wednesday evening, White and Dilandro showed a glimpse of why they were chosen to be the Leopards' team captains this season. Each went 2-0 as Smithsburg beat South 58-16 and Brunswick 38-33. In between, Brunswick defeated South 51-23. In the thrilling nightcap against Brunswick (1-2, 1-2)

SMITHSBURG - The Brunswick Railroaders - despite making 12 errors, eight in the third inning - were able to overcome their bad fielding and defeat the Smithsburg Leopards 11-9 in eight innings on Monday in a Monocacy Valley Athletic League softball game. Using the international tiebreaker, Amber Hemp started the eighth as a runner on second base for Brunswick (6-10, 6-10). Hemp moved to third on a passed ball and scored what proved to be the game-winning run when LeEllen Lewis reached on an error after an infield popup was dropped.

The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park boat ramp facility near Brunswick will be from June 13 through June 15, the National Park Service said in a news release. The temporary closure is a result of CSX closing the South Maple Crossing closest to the C&O Canal National Historic Park to replace rails and ties, and install a geometry change to improve train safety, the release said. Due to the temporary closure of Maple Avenue, the C&O Canal boat ramp facility and parking area near Brunswick will be inaccessible by motor vehicle traffic, according to the release.

South Hagerstown's Lauren Cecil was feeling good. She was about to take the field for the Rebels' first lacrosse match under the lights, at home and on a beautiful spring Thursday evening. Could things get any better? You bet. Cecil scored five straight goals for the Rebels - including the game winner with less than five minutes left - as South edged Brunswick 6-5 in an MVAL Antietam match at School Stadium. "This is great," Cecil said. "We've been working really hard as a team to improve on offense.

BRUNSWICK, Md. - One way or another, Williamsport was going to get a last shot at the end zone. But Brunswick nearly gave the Wildcats a much better shot. It took some quick thinking from Chris Hill and coach Mark Mitchell to keep the Railroaders from making a fatal error and help Brunswick preserve a 20-13 win over the Wildcats in the Monocacy Valley Athletic League on Friday. The Railroaders (3-0, 2-0), protecting their seven-point lead, ran two plays from inside their own 30 to run the clock below the 1:00 mark.

Tuesday's earthquake damaged a water line that left 10 to 15 households with cloudy, undrinkable water along the Yourtee Spring water line in Brunswick, City Administrator Rick Weldon said. Weldon said late Wednesday morning that the condition of the water had improved to the point that people could drink it after boiling. He said the customers who were affected live on Boteler, Rohrersville, Weverton and Yourtee roads. “It (looked) like water from the Potomac River,” Weldon said.