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Rebels with a cause : South boys get motivated vs. Hubs After South Hagerstown softball coach Sabrina McCoy confirmed Alison Higgs was a junior, she readily admitted, "I'm smiling when I say that. " cont. from sports page On a day when North Hagerstown's seniors were honored, it was the Rebels' left-handed pitcher who simply overpowered the Hubs, allowing just one hit - an infield single - and striking out 10 as South (7-7) claimed an 8-0 win over North (4-11)

Will the real South Hagerstown volleyball team please stand up? Rebels coach Chuck Weaver has to hope the real team is the one that showed up from the third game on in its season opener Tuesday night against Middletown. After playing poorly the first two games, South righted the ship and took the next two. But the Knights picked their level up in the Game 5 tiebreaker and pulled out a 25-17, 25-19, 20-25, 24-26, 15-11 victory. "Games 1 and 2, we didn't gel, and we haven't been jelling in practice, either," Weaver said.

South Hagerstown's girls basketball team took a big step toward the MVAL Antietam Conference championship on Tuesday night. Boonsboro didn't make it easy. The Rebels remained the conference's lone unbeaten team by holding off the upset-minded Warriors, 54-53. “We knew that if we won tonight, we would be up by three games in the loss column in the conference standings,” South coach Nate Naylor said. “If we play up to our capabilities for the remainder of the regular season, we can win the conference.” With the score tied at 51, South's Chelsey Scott made 1 of 2 free throws with 47 seconds remaining.

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.

Smithsburg's boys lacrosse squad put the “team” in “steamroller” in Thursday's MVAL Antietam matchup against South Hagerstown. Twelve different Leopards scored as Smithsburg dispatched the Rebels 15-3 to stay perfect on the season. The Leopards (4-0, 3-0) opened the game with three straight goals by Dillan Harbaugh, Chase Scott and Justin Buckley for a 3-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Corey Dunkin added a score a minute into the second quarter. Cole Barnhart got the Rebels (0-4, 0-3)

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 PREP BASEBALL DAMASCUS, Md. - The second trip to Damascus on Wednesday was positive for South Hagerstown. After a 3-3, eight-inning stalemate that was suspended by darkness on Tuesday, South returned and kept its season alive with a 4-3 victory over Damascus that lasted 11 innings in a Maryland Class 3A West Region quarterfinal battle. The Rebels (6-14) squandered good scoring opportunities in the ninth and 10th innings, but finally pushed across a run in the 11th.

South Hagerstown running back Isiaha Smith had gotten most of the attention in the Rebels' first two wins of the 2012 football season. And rightfully so. After all, he gained a combined 476 yards and scored eight touchdowns in back-to-back 47-0 wins. On Friday night, quarterback Brandon Jackson lent a helping hand. Jackson ran for 170 yards on 12 carries, scored one touchdown and threw for another as the Rebels knocked Boonsboro from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 32-13 win in an MVAL Antietam Conference game at Warrior Field.

The Smithsburg volleyball team is so young, coach Rachel Brashear has the Leopards playing with blocks. Building blocks, that is, but they're blocks all the same. The defending Class 1A state champions stacked up all the mini-goals, which have been set up to help them in matches, on Monday to wall off South Hagerstown in a 25-13, 25-15, 25-8 MVAL Antietam sweep. “Every game we jumped out to the early lead,” said Brashear. “I tell my kids to play first team to five (points)

The South Hagerstown Rebels celebrated their Homecoming in fine fashion on Friday night. The Rebels took control right from the get-go as they proceeded to shoot down the Poolesville Falcons 53-20 in a Maryland high school football game. South Hagerstown (3-2) just had too many weapons for Poolesville (0-5). Senior quarterback Brandon Hess completed eight of his 11 passes for 109 yards and had a touchdown pass for the Rebels. Senior running back Ahmere Ware gained 98 rushing yards on only six carries and had two touchdown runs for the Rebels.

South Hagerstown kicked off its Homecoming weekend festivities with a bonfire Thursday night. Before the bonfire got under way, the Rebels' girls soccer team added more reason to celebrate by earning its first win of the season with a 3-0 shutout against St. Maria Goretti. “It was a very important game for us,” South coach Abib Niang said. “It was our first win this season, and it helps boost our morale for the rest of the season.” South and Goretti played to a 0-0 stalemate after the first 40 minutes of play, but the Rebels wasted little time breaking the tie in second half.