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Saturday, December 22, 2012 GIRLS BASKETBALL ROCK HILL, S.C. - Hedgesville jumped out to an early double-digit lead, then held on for a 78-74 victory over Olympic, from Charlotte, N.C., in the fifth-place game of the Y.C. Winborn Classic on Saturday. Lexi Taylor had another double-double, scoring 20 points and grabbing 11 rebounds for the Eagles. She was named to the all-tournament team. Carly Elliott led all scorers with 28 points and also grabbed eight rebounds, while Kristen Nunn had 19 points and nine assists for Hedgesville (5-3)

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va -- The Eagles (0-2) lost their second straight game, falling to unbeaten Potomac Falls (2-0), 68-0. No details were reported.

Going undefeated through the Mason Dixon Christian Conference regular season is nothing new for Heritage Academy. After all, the Eagles haven't lost an MDCC regular-season or tournament match since the 2009 tournament semifinals. Tuesday's 25-16, 25-19, 25-15 sweep of Cumberland Valley Christian capped another perfect regular season for Heritage, an accomplishment even senior star Kara Stamper and coach Young-Sook Anderson have to be impressed by - if not entirely surprised. Stamper had 23 kills, four aces and two blocks to lead the Eagles (15-0, 14-0)

South Hagerstown's girls basketball team survived a test from Francis Scott Key on Monday, holding on for a 56-52 victory. “Right now, we're taking (the wins) as long as we can get them,” said South coach Nate Naylor. “We're not used to being the team that everyone wants to beat. We've got to get used to taking everybody's best shot.” FSK (0-4) trailed 43-33 heading into the fourth quarter, but Lily Lawler hit a 3-pointer and Maddie Wilhide made a layup to cut the Eagles' deficit to five, prompting a South timeout.

By DAN KAUFFMAN / Staff Correspondent photo: RIC DUGAN / staff photographer SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - If you judge the Hedgesville boys basketball team by the boxscore of the West Virginia Class AAA, Region II title game, Deter Barrett toiled in mediocrity. But it wasn't the quantity of Barrett's points - five in all - that mattered. It was the timing. [cont. from sports page ] Barrett hit a key 3-pointer down the stretch, then hit the game-winning shot with seven seconds to play as the Eagles overcame a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit and advanced to the state semifinals with a stunning 60-59 defeat of Keyser in a packed Butcher Center at Shepherd College.

Friday, January 11, 2013 BOYS BASKETBALL HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. - Martinsburg, the top-ranked Class AAA team in West Virginia, got the best of second-ranked and previously-unbeaten Hedgesville on Friday night, 63-48, in front of a massive crowd at Hedgesville. Martinsburg, now 8-0, had a big second quarter in which it outscored Hedgesville 25-13. Senior David Long scored all eight of his points in the quarter and Jalen Lewis added five. With a 39-22 lead at the half, Martinsburg never trailed although Hedgesville crept to within six points later in the game.

Heritage Academy’s boys and girls basketball teams each built huge leads against visiting Broadfording in Mason Dixon Christian Conference games on Friday. Only one of them could breathe easy in the fourth quarter. In the girls game, the Eagles led 47-4 after three quarters and coasted to a 53-25 victory over the Lions. Then Heritage’s boys raced to a 30-3 lead with six minutes left in the first half of its showdown, only to watch Broadfording storm back to tie the game at 54 in the fourth quarter before the Eagles sealed the game at the foul line for a 64-62 victory.

STEPHENS CITY, Va. -- Derrick Dehaney passed for a touchdown and ran for another score, and Roger Smith and Kevin Vallejos each ran for two TDs as Sherando (2-0) racked up 434 yards of total offense. The Warriors (2-0) held the Eagles (0-3) to minus-1 yard of total offense.

kauffman@herald-mail.com INWOOD, W.Va. - Hedgesville sophomore Samantha Guell is blossoming at the perfect time for the No. 3 Eagles. Guell continued her recent hot streak Monday night, scoring 16 of her game-high 20 points in the first half as Hedgesville built a 41-20 halftime lead and easily defeated Musselman, 73-51. "Over the last six games she's averaging 16.5 points," Eagles coach Ben Merica said. "She is definitely a stabilizing force for us. " Guell showed a soft touch from the perimeter as well as power inside at both ends of the court, finishing with six rebounds and six blocked shots.

SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. - What Jefferson did Friday night was the same thing it did in its seven losses this season: Turn the football over. So, it's obviously Hedgesville's fault that the Cougars won only their second game of the season, 27-14. The Eagles simply didn't take advantage of Jefferson's errors. "We had some turnovers, but we didn't have the turnovers at critical times," said Cougars coach Donnie Tucker. "We were able to overcome our turnovers tonight. " A prime example came in the fourth period when trailing by the eventual final score, Hedgesville (3-5)

In the 1950 comedy “Kill the Umpire,” Bill “Two Call” Johnson (played by William Bendix) is chased by a vengeance-seeking mob of fans after he made what they believed to be a bad call in a minor league baseball game. Calling balls, strikes and checked swings could be a thing of the past in amateur ball if the Eagle Eye Electronic Home Plate is all that inventor Jerry Spessard claims. He has enough faith in the product to begin construction of a plant in Hancock this June, with production expected to begin by fall.

The largest donation in the history of the Waynesboro Area Business, Education and Community (WABEC) Foundation has allowed the organization to purchase 120 laptops for elementary students. The Eagles Club Inc. of Waynesboro donated $77,116 to WABEC for computers and computer carts in Waynesboro Area School District's four elementary schools. “We just finished up science fair projects, and students used (the laptops) to do research and develop their projects,” said Rita Sterner-Hine, principal of Summitview Elementary School and operations director for WABEC.

Sunday, April 21, 2013 GIRLS LACROSSE North Hagerstown 23, Catoctin 2 THURMONT, Md. - Kayla Peterson had seven goals and two assists, and twin sister Leah Peterson added six goals and four assists as the Hubs rolled past the Cougars (1-6, 1-2) on Saturday in an MVAL Antietam contest. Maddie Palkovitz had five goals and an assist, and Anna Compton added two goals and four assists for North (7-1, 2-0). Adrienne Kramer had a goal and two assists, Natalie Karlen and Deanna Brunner scored one goal each, Savannah Plemmons and Natalie Bye had one assist each, and Emma Moss made eight saves.

Even though the Heritage Academy baseball team provided plenty of offense during its season opener on Tuesday, coach Jeff Kriner isn't settling for it. The Eagles are capable of bigger and better things. Heritage notched a 19-1 win over Grace Academy in a Mason Dixon Christian Conference game that lasted 4 1/2 innings at Hellane Park. And it was without even trying. “I thought that we did good,” Kriner said. “The offense was a little sluggish. I think that we will pick it up in the next couple of games.” Senior pitchers Bryce Nigh and Bubba Kriner combined on a one-hitter.

The Berkeley County Board of Education on Tuesday approved Lewis A. Mullenax as the new principal of Eagle School Intermediate beginning July. Mullenax, a 13-year Berkeley County Schools employee, began teaching fourth grade at Mill Creek Intermediate School. In 2005, he was appointed assistant principal at Tomahawk Intermediate School and has served as principal at Mountain Ridge Intermediate School since 2010. “I am looking forward to working with the children, families and staff at Eagle School,” Mullenax said in a news release.

Heritage Academy's road to the Mason Dixon Christian Conference boys tournament championship trophy was certainly made a little easier with Broadfording out of the path. Everyone - except maybe for Shalom Christian's coaches, players and fans - expected that Heritage and Broadfording would tangle in Saturday's championship game, but Shalom threw a monkey wrench into the proceedings with its shocker over the Lions on Friday night. The Eagles began to dominate Saturday's final early and won their fifth MDCC title in the last 11 years, rolling past Shalom 64-33 at Grace Academy.

It was just Kenny being Kenny. And it was Andrew being Andrew. It was two players bringing the talents they possess from their other sports to win one very big basketball game for North Hagerstown. Andrew Yacyk connected with a 40-foot lob inbounds pass to Kenny McCrary with 0.9 seconds remaining for a layup on Tuesday to give the North Hagerstown's boys a dramatic 53-52 victory over Hedgesville in the regular season finale for both teams. “To Kenny's credit, he's a wide receiver and he was able to gather himself to make the catch like he did in football,” said exhausted North coach Kevin Hartman.

Heritage Academy gave Broadfording Christian a lesson from the School of Fundamental Basketball 101 for three quarters. Broadfording paid attention and turned a nine-point deficit at the beginning of the fourth quarter into a 62-59 victory on Tuesday night to win the regular-season Mason Dixon Christian Conference championship. Barring any upsets in the league, there's a chance the two teams will meet again on Feb. 23 in the MDCC tournament championship at Grace Academy. “It's a big loss because they'll be the No. 1 seed and it'll be tougher as the No. 2 seed,” Heritage coach Mike Kidd said.

Cory Scott Crampton was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a court of honor Jan. 19 at Faith Christian Fellowship in Williamsport.   He is the son of Kathy and Donald Crampton of Sharpsburg.  Cory is a member of Troop 287 in Greencastle, Pa., which is chartered by Otterbein Church.  Cory first began Scouting in the spring of 2008. He participated in Scouting events, such as hiking, camp-outs and canoeing trips.  One of the greatest events Cory and several members of his troop participated in was an excursion on the USS Iwo Jima in 2010 from Norfolk, Va., to New York City.

Saturday, February 2, 2013 BOYS BASKETBALL Martinsburg 66, Hedgesville 52 MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - In front of a full house, Martinsburg defeated Hedgesville for the second time this season Saturday. After a tight first half that ended in 23-23 tie, Martinsburg (15-2) opened up the game, leading 48-39 by the end of the third quarter. Donte Grantham led the Bulldogs with 20 points and Jordan Robinson had 11 points. Jalen Lewis had six assists and David Long had six rebounds.