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Friday, August 31, 2012 PREP VOLLEYBALL HANCOCK - Alisa Shives had three kills, 10 assists, 11 service points and five aces as Hancock won its season opener with a 25-11, 25-22, 25-8 sweep of Paw Paw on Friday. Kara McKinley had three kills, seven assists, eight service points and five aces and Sara Wagner had seven kills, a block, seven service points and four aces for the Panthers (1-0). JV: Hancock, 2-1. Goretti 3, Saint James 2 ST. JAMES - Drew Holderby had 15 digs, 11 assists and six kills for St. Maria Goretti in its 25-10, 25-20, 19-25, 14-25, 15-7 victory over Saint James.

The Hancock softball team spent much of its time waiting for the other spike to drop on Thursday. For every success, good thing or positive note the Panthers got, it was only a matter of time before they were blindsided. And most of it was their own doing (or undoing). Hancock gave every indication of trying to hang with Northern Garrett, but didn't. The Panthers committed nine errors, leading to nine unearned runs, in an 11-2 loss in the quarterfinals of the Maryland Class 1A West Region West Section tournament.

The Clear Spring softball team once again excelled in all facets of the game, defeating Hancock 13-0 in 4 1/2 innings Monday. “We played well in all three phases: Defense, offense and pitching,” Clear Spring coach Ron Baker said. “For the most part, we have played reasonably good defense with some good sound hitting this year. The pitching has been consistent by Amber Forrest and Kristen Mellott. As long as we continue to excell in all three of those areas, I feel that we can do well in the playoffs.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 PREP BASEBALL HANCOCK - Bishop Walsh's Kevin Myers stymied Hancock on Wednesday, striking out 20 while leading the Spartans to a 3-0 victory. Myers also drove in two runs with a triple for Bishop Walsh (4-2) and scored the third run on a throwing error. Hunter McKinley struck out seven for Hancock (3-2). Bishop Walsh 3, Hancock 0 Bishop Walsh     000    003    0    -     3    2    0 Hancock    000    000    0    -     0    1    3 Myers and Murray.

Usually, younger brothers follow in an older brother's footsteps. On Saturday, Brian Kerns turned the table. He led the way against his older brother Mickey. Hancock gave Brian the Kerns' family bragging rights as starting pitcher Vinny Foreman shut down Mickey and Saint James in the Panthers' 10-2 win in a battle of Washington County baseball teams. “It is tough playing against your brother, because there is so much emotion involved,” Brian Kerns said. “Somebody is going to be on the short end of the stick.” Hancock (3-1)

Northern Garrett placed three scorers in double digits and used a big run that spanned the two halves in a 69-52 victory over Hancock in the Maryland Class 1A West Region West Section quarterfinals Friday. Tyler Yutzy, Patrick Sines and Jeremy Bender were the Huskies' leading scorers. Tyler Yutzy finished with a team-high 19 points, Patrick Sines added 12 points and Jeremy Bender recorded 10 points for Northern Garrett (6-17). Northern Garrett trailed 27-21 in the closing minutes of the first half before going on a 20-5 run that lasted into the opening minutes of the second half, giving the Huskies a 41-32 lead midway through the third quarter.

Thursday, February 23, 2012 GIRLS BASKETBALL FROSTBURG, Md. - Shae Winner scored a game-high 19 points to help make a winner out of Mountain Ridge as the Miners defeated visiting Hancock 53-20 in the first round of the Maryland Class 1A West Region West Sectional playoffs Thursday. Mountain Ridge (11-12) led 17-6 at the end of the first quarter and never looked back. Alisa Shives had a game-high five points for the Panthers (9-14), while Lyndsay Himes had nine rebounds and Kristen Shoemaker had six steals.

Like the old adage goes, defense creates offense. The Clear Spring boys basketball team was all over Hancock the defensive end, taking advantage of Panthers' mistakes on Friday for an 87-40 Senior Night victory. Now the Blazers just hope it will all hold over for the upcoming MVAL 1A West tournament. Clear Spring (12-10) wasted no time getting after Hancock (7-15), forcing bad shots with its suffocating half-court pressure. It allowed the Blazers to start the game on a 16-point run, paced by three 3-pointers by Ryan Aaron.

Alexis Small had an emphatic finish to her final regular-season game on Senior Night at South Hagerstown. Small grabbed 18 rebounds and added five steals to help the Rebels beat North Carroll 61-39 on Tuesday in a Maryland high school girls basketball game. “I go up for the ball with two hands,” Small said. “I pull it back down and throw an outlet pass to somebody on our team for transition. All of us worked together as a team. We all know our roles. “We played hard all the way through tonight.

Facing a 13-point deficit early in the fourth quarter, St. Maria Goretti's boys basketball team clawed within six with four minutes left, but that's when the wheels fell off. St. Frances drained 11 of 13 free throws down the stretch, staving off the Gaels' rally for a 56-42 Baltimore Catholic League victory Friday night. Goretti coach Amrit Rayfield hadn't planned on starting to foul the Panthers quite so early, but St. Frances (15-6, 9-3) slowed things down and the Gaels (13-9, 4-7)