Saint James

Saint James junior midfielder Madison Fahey was all Smithsburg's girls lacrosse team feared she would be on Saturday afternoon. Fahey had seven goals and two assists, including four scores in the Saints' game-opening 7-1 run as Saint James never trailed in an 18-14 victory over the Leopards. “We built off of that. She established the momentum,” said Saints coach Katherine Dyson. “We knew going in that she would be their goal-scorer,” said Smithsburg assistant coach Dave Duvall - filling in as the head coach for Jessica Klinger, who's due to give birth soon.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 COLLEGE BASEBALL LA PLATA, Md. -   Hagerstown Community College began its doubleheader sweep of the College of Southern Maryland on Wednesday with a 13-3 rout, as Hagerstown head coach Scott Jennings picked up his 400th career victory. The Hawks won the second game 7-3. In the opener for HCC, C.J. Owings had three hits and three RBIs, Jordan Nicewarner had three hits and an RBI, Cooper Ayres had two hits and Tyler Walter had three RBIs.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 BOYS LACROSSE St. Maria Goretti, in its second year as a varsity program, pulled off an upset on Tuesday afternoon, beating Mercersburg Academy for the first time, 8-3 on the turf at Northern Middle School. Mike Ewing had three goals and a pair of assists to lead the Gaels (8-2). Wyatt Derr had two goals, Matt Casto had a goal and two assists, Graham Horst and Will Snyder each had a goal, Morgan Kenworthy had an assist and Mike Fairley had nine saves for Goretti.

Throwing only two strikes to the first three batters in the opposing lineup is not a good indication of how things might fare. Saint James starter Ben Holland walked the first three batters in the Mercersburg Academy lineup and each scored in a three-run first inning. Four innings later, players shook hands after Mercersburg had recorded a 16-0 victory over the Saints, who return to action Wednesday at home against Flint Hill. “You can't start a game the way we did and make it competitive,” Saint James coach Mick Kerns said.

Second trimester honors HIGH HONORS Grade eight - Theodore Batson, Claire Fulton, Giuliana Gentile, Ho Jun Lee, Pablo Marin Caso, Chandler Marshall and Carter Pennington. Grade nine - Sophia Abeles, Ryan Brown, Kristen Deiner, Louise Dickinson, Nicholas Douglass, Hong Jae Jin, Leanne Ludwick, Drake Marshall, Xiaochen Meng, William O'Leary, Emily Teale, Wanxi Yang and Yiduo Zhang. Grade 10 - Heather Deiner, Christelle Fayemi, Salvatore Gentile, Caleb Goodie, Evanthea Hammer, Daaniel Iqbal, Fangze Liu, Kathryn McEvoy, Jiuyu Xiao and Jing Yi Zhou.

ST. JAMES - The Saint James boys lacrosse team faced something it hadn't seen yet this season - a zone defense played by Mid-Atlantic Conference foe St. Andrews - and beat it with unselfish teamwork. Nine players scored at least one goal as the Saints spread the ball and found enough holes in St. Andrews' defense to earn an 11-7 victory on a chilly Tuesday evening. Connor Abeles had two goals and an assist, Austin Fahey also had two goals and Kyle Neale and Jacob Thompson had a goal and two assists each to lead Saint James (4-2, 1-0)

Monday, April 1, 2013 PREP BASEBALL FREDERICK, Md. - Matt Daley went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and Andrew Yacyk homered as North Hagerstown crushed Wilde Lake 15-1 Monday at the Linganore Tournament. Wilde Lake took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, but the Hubs answered with six runs in the bottom of the inning and cruised the rest of the way. John Britton added two hits for the Hubs, who had 11 hits but also took advantage of seven walks and seven Wilde Lake errors.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 GIRLS LACROSSE North 11, Brunswick 8 BRUNSWICK, Md. - Leah Peterson scored six goals to lead North Hagerstown past Brunswick in its season opener on Tuesday. Maddie Palkovitz had three goals, Kayla Peterson had two goals and three assists and Anna Compton had a goal and an assist for the Hubs (1-0, 1-0 MVAL Antietam). Natalie Bye had five ground balls, Savannah Plemmons had four draw controls and Emma Moss had seven saves for North. Kathryn Miller had three goals and Carly Cooper added two for the Railroaders (1-1, 1-1)

Sunday, March 24, 2013 COLLEGE BASEBALL Mercyhurst North East played solid defense and had timely hitting in sweeping a doubleheadeer from Hagerstown Community College on Sunday. Mercyhurst won the first game 8-1 and the second game 6-3, and did not commit an error in either. Mercyhurst broke open the first game with a six-run sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie. Eric Schanzenberger had a pair of hits for HCC (16-11). In the second game, the Hawks bolted to a 3-1 lead in the second inning, but Mercryhurst came back with three runs in the fifth and a pair in the sixth, sending HCC pitcher Tanner Partlow to his first loss of the year after four wins.

Saturday, March 23, 2013 PREP BASEBALL ST. JAMES - Saint James pulled off the big early-season upset on Saturday with an 8-3 victory over Washington. After allowing an unearned run in the first inning, Saint James pushed across five runs in the fourth and three more in the sixth on the way to beginning the season with a 3-0 record. “Other than the win over Flint Hill last year, this is one of the best upset wins for Saint James in a long time,” said head coach Mick Kerns.