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The Hagerstown Community College women’s basketball team signed a package deal and supersized it on Tuesday. On the surface, HCC coach Marlys Palmer added two prime Washington County recruits by signing Smithsburg’s Katie Sprecher and Boonsboro’s Ashley Smothers to the program. The Hawks got much more in the process. “I think this is a landslide for us,” Palmer said. “Katie can do so much and we love Ashley’s athleticism so much. This is huge. With these two players, we get two, but it was like signing four or five.” Sprecher comes to HCC after playing with the ultrasuccessful juggernaut of female athletes in Smithsburg’s senior class that has dominated county prep sports for two seasons.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 MEN'S BASKETBALL GERMANTOWN, Md. - Devin Miller scored a game-high 26 points, including two 3-pointers, and added nine rebounds to lead Hagerstown Community College to a 104-99 victory over  Germantown in a Maryland JuCo game Wednesday night. Allister Chisholm posted a double-double with 24 points, including four 3-pointers, and 13 rebounds for the Hawks (13-2, 8-0). Antonio Jenifer had 15 points and Tione Womack added 13 points.

Hagerstown Community College got the better of Chesapeake College twice on Wednesday night. The Hawks' women played first and handed the Skipjacks their first loss of the season, rallying for a 56-52 victory. The men cruised past Chesapeake 98-71 in the nightcap.  In the women's game, the Hawks trailed 52-51 with 1:55 left to play, but two clutch free throws by Kishia Jackson put HCC up by one. The Hawks made three more free throws to secure the win. “We've been down before late in the game,” HCC coach Marlys Palmer said.

Ty Hart's debut as Hagerstown Community College's head volleyball coach couldn't have gone much better Wednesday night as the Hawks swept Allegany College 25-13, 25-8, 25-13 in a Maryland JuCo Conference match at the HCC athletic complex. "It's good anytime that you win," Hart said. "We served and passed a little bit better than they did. Usually the team that serves better is the one that comes out on top. " Setters Sara Michael and Ashlyn Rebok did a little bit of everything for HCC. Michael had nine assists, five aces and four kills, while Rebok added nine assists, five kills, four aces and three blocks.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NEWARK, Del. - Yolonda Pinkcett scored 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting and added 13 rebounds to post a double-double and lead Hagerstown Community College past Delaware Tech 60-57 on Tuesday. Sunny Flores had 20 points and Akatshi Osongo had six points and 10 rebounds for the Hawks (3-0), who held a 41-28 rebounding edge. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Stubbs receives league honor HUNTINGDON, Pa. - Juniata College freshman Nick Stubbs, a South Hagerstown High graduate, received honorable mention as a kick and punt returner in All-Centennial Conference voting released Tuesday.

The Hagerstown Community College women’s basketball team blew open a close game Wednesday, outscoring Howard Community College 32-13 in the second half to take a 71-45 victory from the Dragons at the HCC athletic complex. The Hawks (7-1, 3-0 Maryland JuCo Conference) led by only seven in the first half before running away from the winless Dragons (0-7, 0-4) after intermission. HCC goes to the other end of the spectrum Friday, playing host to unbeaten Frederick. “We held them to 13 second-half points and I thought that was the key to the win,” HCC coach Marlys Palmer said.

All it took to decide the outcome of Thursday’s night’s Maryland JuCo Tournament women’s quarterfinal game between Hagerstown Community College and host Frederick Community College was a four-minute stretch of the first half. Frederick turned a 17-16 deficit into a 31-19 lead with a 14-2 run, and Hagerstown never got within nine points after that as the Cougars eliminated the Hawks, 74-59. “It was mostly turnovers,” said HCC coach Marlys Palmer, whose Hawks committed 22 turnovers in the game.

Pitching powered the Hagerstown Community College softball team to a sweep of Prince George's, 9-1 and 5-0, in a Maryland JuCo doubleheader. In the opener, sophomore Megan Peomroy (12-10) allowed just one hit, one walk and one unearned run while striking out six in a five-inning complete game for the Hawks (18-19, 11-11). In addition, Peomroy finished with three hits at the plate. “We had a slump, but I feel we are starting to come back out of it,” Peomroy said. “My defense was helping me out. I was just throwing at certain spots.

Hagerstown Community College will have three athletes competing this weekend at the NJCAA Division I Track & Field Championships in Hutchinson, Kan. And sophomore Brandon Mauck and freshmen Paige Shirk and Mike Salguero hope they’ve peaked at the right time. “I think all three are going to be at their very best this weekend,” HCC coach Brian Ferrari said. “It’s all been going the way it should be.” Shirk will compete in the women’s shot put Friday and discus Saturday, and Mauck and Salguero are both set to race in the men’s 5,000-meter run Saturday.

Saturday, March 10, 2012 COLLEGE BASEBALL Mercyhurst 10-7, HCC 8-5 Eric Schanzenbacher had two hits and two RBIs in the first game for Hagerstown, which lost its home opener by dropping a twinbill to Mercyhurst (6-1). Jacob Keeney and Josh Knupp had two hits and an RBI each and Terrell Thompson had two hits. In the nightcap, Danny Morris had two RBIs for the Hawks (10-3). Mercyhurst 10-7, HCC 8-5 Game 1 Mercyhurst    100    110    301    3    - 10    14    3 HCC    003    100    201    1    - 8    12    3 Williams, Fisher (6)

Hagerstown Community College sophomore Grant Smith followed up his indoor national title in the shot put by winning the outdoor title in the event on Friday at the NJCAA Track & Field Championships at Hutchinson Community College. Smith, a Brunswick High School graduate, joins a short lists of HCC athletes who won two NJCAA national titles in track & field, along with Jeff Scuffins, Mike Pazcuzzo and Terry Baker. Scuffins and Baker were standout distance runners, while Pazcuzzo earned his titles in the high jump.

It wasn't a case of what the Hagerstown Community College baseball team did. It was more a matter of what the Hawks didn't do. Missed opportunities came back to bite HCC as Harford scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning on Sunday to notch a come-from-behind 7-4 victory and eliminate the Hawks from the Region XX tournament. “We just couldn't come up with the big play or the big hit,” HCC coach Scott Jennings said. “We left the bases loaded in the seventh inning.

The opening game of the Region XX baseball tournament had a little of everything. It was topped with the drama and suspense that come with extra innings and tight play. It took more than five hours and 17 innings to play and featured everything but a home run. In the end, that is probably what Hagerstown Community College wished it would have had in its final at-bat. Second-seeded Chesapeake College outlasted the Hawks to win the 9-8 marathon at HCC. The Skipjacks, batting as the home team, didn't take the lead until the very last play of the game but never wavered throughout, answering each HCC run no matter the situation.

Sunday, May 6, 2013   COLLEGE SOFTBALL WYE MILLS, Md. - Hagerstown Community College went 3-2 in the Region XX Tournament at Chesapeake Community College. HCC, closing the year out at 23-16, lost to Chesapeake on Sunday, 11-10, in the losers' bracket finals. Chesapeake rallied to score three runs in the bottom of the seventh to knock out the Hawks, taking advantage of two errors and a game-ending walk. Kayla Ewing had four hits with three RBIs, Jenna Crunkleton had three hits and Morgan Purdham had two hits and three RBIs.

The Hagerstown Community College baseball team had just as many hit batters - six - as hits on Wednesday. The bumps and bruises led to a 4-3 Maryland JuCo victory over Montgomery-Germantown. Fittingly, the winning run scored on - what else? - a walkoff hit batter. “We can't control that,” HCC coach Scott Jennings said. “It worked for us today. It gave us ways to get on base.” The Hawks (29-25, 13-12) were locked in a 3-3 tie with Germantown (32-16, 11-11) entering the bottom of the ninth.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 COLLEGE BASEBALL KEYSER, W.Va. - Dylan Dunn had two hits, including a two-run homer in the first inning, and three RBIs for Hagerstown Community College in a 6-4 loss to Potomac State (32-13) on Tuesday. Hagerstown led 4-3 before surrendering three runs with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Jamie Miller pitched 3 2/3 innings of no-hit relief to pick up the win for Potomac. Tyler Walter had three hits and Eric Schanzenbacher had two hits for Hawks (28-25)

The hitters for the Hagerstown Community College baseball team went through ups and downs on Saturday afternoon during the Hawks' Maryland JuCo Conference doubleheader against Harford. In the first game, HCC came within two outs of being no-hit by left-hander Nick Stallings before Cooper Ayres doubled to right, and Harford held on for a 3-2 win. In the second game, the Hawks got their bats going, scoring seven runs on seven hits in the first two innings on the way to an 8-6 win and a split.

Katherine Lee Hawk, 75, of Cody, Wyo., passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at her home. She was born Sept. 27, 1937, in Martinsburg, W.Va. Kitty, as she liked to be called, was the daughter of the late Harry S. Grant Sr. and Abbie Tabler Grant. Kitty graduated from Martinsburg High School with the class of 1955. While a student at Shepherd University, she was voted homecoming queen in 1957. She earned her bachelor's degree in teaching, and taught at Hedgesville Elementary, then later at Marlowe Elementary, to finish out her 19-year career.

Saturday, April 6, 2013 COLLEGE BASEBALL Hagerstown Community College split a doubleheader with Dundalk on Saturday, winning the second game 3-2 after dropping the opener 2-1 in eight innings. In the victory for the Hawks (21-17), Eric Schanzenbacher had RBIs, Dylan Dunn had two hits and an RBI, Trey Kirby pitched 6 1/3 inning for the victory, allowing two runs and five hits, and reliever Dylan Eyler got the last two outs for his fifth saves. In the loss for HCC, Garrett Sprankle had two hits and Kevin Bair pitched all eight innings, allowing two runs and six hits.

Saturday, March 30, 2013 COLLEGE BASEBALL Hagerstown Community College snapped a six-game losing streak with a pair of wins in a doubleheader sweep of Anne Arundel. Garrett Sprankle had two hits and an RBI, and Tyler Walter and Devin Schaeffer each hit an RBI single in an opening 4-2 win for the Hawks. Tanner Partlow (5-1) pitched a five-hitter with four strikeouts. Eric Schanzenbacher had two hits and an RBI, and Walter drove in two in the second game for HCC (18-13)