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Wednesday, April 25, 2012 PREP BASEBALL BRUNSWICK, Md. - Scott Bennett had two hits and four RBIs to lead Boonsboro to a 9-1 MVAL Antietam victory over Brunswick on Wednesday. The Warriors (6-8, 4-5) blew the game open with a four-run second inning to take a 5-0 lead. They scored all nine of their runs before Brunswick (9-5, 5-4) got on the scoreboard in the seventh. Riley Stephenson pitched five scoreless innings for Boonsboro, allowing six hits - all singles - while striking out two. Brian Cibula had two hits and two RBIs, while Ryan Ruiz added two hits and Justin Lewis and Zach Poffenberger scored four runs each for Boonsboro.

Friday, April 20, 2012 PREP SOFTBALL THURMONT, Md. -   Clear Spring lost its first game of the season Friday, falling 13-9 to Catoctin (7-4, 6-2) in an MVAL Antietam contest. Tori Albert smacked a two-run homer in the second inning and Sarah Elwood and Lexi Albert had three hits each for the Blazers (11-1), who had 14 hits but committed seven errors. Clear Spring scored six runs in the fourth to take a 9-8 lead, but Catoctin rallied with five runs in the sixth.

Baseball The broken-down details of how many batting averages dropped in the past week would be rather extensive. Many players lost up to 50 points off their average - although it does not appear that many earned run averages have gone down. One player who has been bucking the latest hitting trends is North Hagerstown junior Andrew Yacyk. Maybe it was the bumps and bruises sustained during the basketball season that kept Yacyk from getting started quickly.

Clad in matching orange headbands and stickers baring the initials “M.A.,” Smithburg's track team competed in honor of fallen teammate Mitchell Akers in Saturday's Charas Heurich Invitational. Akers, who would have competed in the long jump, passed away Wednesday from injuries he suffered while working at Municipal Stadium. “To say this was just another meet would be a gross misstatement,” said Leopards coach T.J. Hood. “Our whole team felt that this was a nice way to honor Mitchell's memory.

Friday, April 13, 2012 PREP SOFTBALL THURMONT, Md. - Smithsburg came to life with five runs in the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie, bouncing back from its first loss of the season with a hard-earned 7-4 victory over Catoctin (5-3, 5-2) in an MVAL Antietam contest Friday. Karah Knight had a double, a solo home run and two RBIs for the Leopards (9-1, 7-1). Shayla Murray had three hits, including two doubles, and two RBIs. Kayla Huntzberry had three hits, Sam Gladhill had two RBIs and Cara Ferguson had two hits and an RBI. Smithsburg    100    010    05    -     7    15    3 Catoctin    001    001    02    -     4    7    2 Ferguson and Shifflett.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 PREP BASEBALL A batch of wet stuff came at the wrong time for North Hagerstown - and the right time for Brunswick. As the top of the fifth inning began, a heavy rain, including some hail, descended on North, with the Hubs holding a 5-0 lead in a key MVAL Antietam Conference game on Wednesday. It was heavy enough to make the grounds unplayable, and the game will be continued with one out in the top of the fifth inning when the teams play at Brunswick on May 2. The date is the scheduled regular-season final day for Antietam play.

Monday, April 2, 2012 PREP BASEBALL THURMONT, Md. - J.T. Root pitched a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts Monday for North Hagerstown in a 9-2 MVAL Antietam victory over previously unbeaten Catoctin (4-1, 3-1). Phil Pietro, Charles Cvijanovich and Alex Courtney each had two hits for North (5-1, 4-1). North    000    133    2    -     9    10    2 Catoctin    200    000    0    -     2    1    2 Root and Williams.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 PREP BASEBALL CLEAR SPRING - Tyler Byers had two hits and two RBIs to lead Williamsport to a 10-7 victory over Clear Spring in an MVAL Antietam game on Wednesday. Brandon Allen had two hits and Brandon Greene and Brandon Toloso had two RBIs for the Wildcats (2-2, 2-1), who scored nine runs in the second. Dylan Stouffer hit a solo blast in the fifth and a two-run shot in the seventh, Logan Appel had two hits, including a home run in the first, and Brent Mentzer and Tyler Walling had two hits each for the Blazers (1-2, 0-2)

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 PREP SOFTBALL CLEAR SPRING - Haley Thorn plated the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a dropped fly ball by the center fielder and Clear Spring shut out Catoctin 1-0 in the season and MVAL Antietam opener for both teams on Wednesday. Amber Forrest had three hits, including a double, and Heather Schlotterbeck had two hits for the Blazers (1-0). Clear Spring 1, Catoctin 0 Catoctin    000    000    0    -     0    5    2 Clear Spring    000    000    1    -     1    8    1 Kinna and Andrew.

Living by the “practice makes perfect” theory, the Williamsport Wildcats spent extra time working shooting since their last game on Feb. 17. It was a game where the Wildcats scored only 35 points, including senior Alex Aleshire's noticeable “0” in the scorebook. That wasn't happening on Friday night in the first round of the Maryland Class 2A West Region as Aleshire and his teammates scorched Catoctin 73-47. Aleshire came out full throttle and coach Scott Mowbray couldn't have been happier with the execution of the offense.