Heritage Academy

Heritage Academy Second marking period Distinguished honor roll Grade 1 - Sophie Alsip, Savannah Brosius, Luke Churchey, Sarah Cole, Bridget Dahn, Erin Fisler, Caitlyn Hahn, Millie Henesy, Christian Luhn, Joy Mongan, Reese Mongan, Will Oates, Savannah Poe, Peter Samuelsen and Caleb Stamper Grade 2 - Luke Barnes, Gloria Clark, Payton Cline, Bennett Decker, Leah Fisler, Preston Huynh, Cody Miller, Sofia...

Heritage Academy seventh- and eighth-grade students visited Ravenwood Nursing Home on Sept. 23. Students participated in a chapel service by singing, reading Bible verses and playing musical instruments for residents. Junior high classes from Heritage have been going to Ravenwood annually since 2005.

Heritage Academy presented diplomas to 13 students on May 27. Troy Cosner II, son of Troy and Carrie Cosner of Clear Spring, was the class valedictorian. Cosner will major in international studies at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. He served as class president for all four years of high school, participated in five missions trips, was a member of Quill and Scroll, and was president of the National Honor Society. Caroline Clark, daughter of Dan Clark of Clear Spring and Kerry Clark of Hagerstown, was the salutatorian.

Heritage Academy held its annual in-school spelling bee Jan. 9. Students in grades four to eight competed for the privilege to advance to the district meet sponsored by American Christian Schools International. Winners from grades six to eight also participated in the Washington County Spelling Bee. The fourth-grade spelling bee lasted 47 rounds, with the top two students continuing for 40 rounds after all other spellers were out.

Heritage Academy will hold its annual auction Saturday at 10 a.m. Doors open at 9 a.m.  There will be an auction preview in the school gym Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Airline tickets, amusement park tickets, restaurant gift certificates, Longaberger baskets, sports events tickets and hundreds of other items have been donated.  Each class has put together a themed basket of items to be sold. In addition to the catalogued items, there will be a silent auction. Cheeseburgers, wraps, soups, french fries, pies and other desserts will be for sale.  High school classes will organize events to keep children busy while parents are at the auction.

Jennifer Shives, parent coordinator for the Martin's A+ Rewards program at Heritage Academy, presented Principal Hunter Powell with a check for $3,500. Heritage was one of the leading schools registered at the Wesel Boulevard store for the 2009-10 school year.

Thursday, May 16, 2013 PREP BASEBALL GERMANTOWN, Md. - Second-seeded Seneca Valley erased a 2-0 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the first on Thursday en route to an 8-4 win over South Hagerstown in a Maryland Class 3A West semifinal. Seneca Valley advances to the region final at North Hagerstown today at 4:30 p.m. Seneca Valley added a run in the third and three in the fourth to take an 8-2 lead. The Rebels scored two in the sixth to get within four and had two runners on in the seventh, but couldn't get the hit to mount a rallly.

Horses are Stephanie Eberly's favorite animal. “I've always loved horses - working with them, riding them, taking pictures of them,” said Stephanie, 17, who started riding at age 9. When she needed to earn community service hours to meet a high school requirement, the former Heritage Academy student completed the volunteer training at Star Equestrian Center, at 13674 Greencastle Pike. She started volunteering while an eighth-grader in October 2009. Since then, Stephanie has logged 684 hours at Star Equestrian Center and a total of 876 community service hours since ninth grade.

Three local high school students will attend a leadership camp, sponsored by Rotary Clubs in the Tri-State area. The Rotary Club of Long Meadows is sponsoring Taylor Coombs of North Hagerstown High School, Aaron Anderson of Heritage Academy and Giselle Garnett of North High, to attend Rotary Young Leader Awards at the Juniata College campus in June. Attendees will be trained in leadership skills and group-building exercises. At the completion of the course, the students present a final project to show what they have learned during their four days at camp.

Third quarter marking period Distinguished honor roll Grade one - Kaiden Hess, Cole Horst, Hope Horst, Daniel Jackson, Sky Leasure, Sean Mongan, Madison Moretti, Rachel Norris, Ethan Shoemaker, Brandon Warner Grade two - Klayton Barr, Luke Churchey, Bridget Dahn, Sophia Faith, Erin Fisler, Caitlyn Hahn, Millie Henesy, Christian Luhn, Joy Mongan, Reese Mongan, Will Oates, Savannah Poe, Allison Robinson, Sammy Ropka, Peter...

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Heritage 14, Calvary Christian 3 CRESAPTOWN, Md. - Bryce Nigh had three hits and 14 strikeouts to lead undefeated Heritage Academy in a Mason Dixon Christian Conference rout of Calvary Christian on Tuesday. Bubba Kriner had three hits, including a triple, and David Fisler and Ethan Nield had three hits each for the Eagles (6-0, 6-0), who rapped out 17 hits. Zach Nelson had two hits, including a double, for Calvary. Heritage    452    003    -     14    17    0 Calvary    003    000    -     3    5    2 Nigh and Kriner.

Monday, April 15, 2013 PREP BASEBALL BRUNSWICK, Md. - Chance Smith had three hits, including a three-run homer in the sixth, and five RBIs to lead Brunswick to a 9-0 MVAL Antietam win over Williamsport (6-4, 4-3). Joe Fawley homered, Gary Barrett had three hits with a triple and a double, and Colin Nusbaum pitched a three-hitter with four strikeouts for the Railroaders (6-3, 4-2). Williamsport    000    000    0    -     0    5    0 Brunswick    301    113    x    -     9    12    0 Arnone, Scriever (4)

Thursday, April 11, 2013 PREP BASEBALL Hancock 11, Bishop Walsh 0 CUMBERLAND, Md. - Nate Souders pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts to lead Hancock in a shutout of Bishop Walsh on Thursday. “I've never seen a better pitching performance in nine years as coach,” Hancock's Brian Kerns said. Souders helped his own cause with a two-run homer in the third. Hunter McKinley and Devin Mitchell had two hits each for the Panthers (6-2). Bishop Walsh    000    000    -     0    5    0 Hancock    102    143    -     11    13    0 Wilson and Wetzel.

Thursday, April 4, 2013 COLLEGE BASEBALL Prince George's 11-8, HCC 10-17 LARGO, Md. - Hagerstown split a twinbill with Prince George's on Thursday. Hagerstown lost the first game 11-10 but rebounded to take the second game 17-8. In the opener, Prince George's plated the winning run in the bottom of the eighth. Dylan Dunn smacked a three-run homer, Eric Schanzenbacher had three hits and two RBIs, Tyler Walter had two hits and three RBIs and C.J. Owings had two hits for the Hawks (20-16)

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.