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Northwest 7, Arundel 6
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Arundel 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 – 6
Northwest 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 – 7
J. J. Jan hit a double with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning to score Michael Coates and give the Northwest High School baseball team a 7-6 win over Arundel and its first ever state title in the MPSSAA Class 4A championship game at Shipley Field in College Park on Friday afternoon.
By Eric Meany
When Bernie Walter left his home just outside of Baltimore to attend the University of Maryland as a 17-year-old freshman in 1959, the recent Brooklyn Park High School graduate dreamed of playing basketball and baseball for his new school, unsure of his chances but determined to give it a try.
When he returned to College Park 50 years later as the winningest coach in Maryland high school baseball history, the university’s newly-minted director of baseball operations hoped to use his wealth of knowledge and experience to aid a new coaching staff in lifting his beloved Terps out of their perennially losing ways.
During the intervening half-century, as he forged a career that would lead to his induction into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007, Walter remained a loyal and passionate supporter of the University of Maryland and its sports teams. As a season-ticket holder for the school’s football and basketball teams, and as a member of the Terrapin Club, the M Club and the Home Run Club, Walter never wavered in his love for his alma mater.
“He eats, sleeps and breathes University of Maryland,” third-year baseball coach Erik Bakich said. “The guy has Terps blood running through his body at all times. There’s nobody that wants the University of Maryland to succeed more than Bernie Walter.”
Scott Ardoin’s suicide squeeze with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Northwest High School baseball team a 7-6 win over Sherwood in the semifinal round of the MPSSAA Class 4A championship tournament in College Park on Tuesday night.
Max Banks led off the bottom of the 10th with a double and was bunted to third by J.J. Jan. Adroin then bunted the next pitch to score Banks and send the Jaguars (15-6) to a berth in the class 4A state championship game against Arundel.
Northwest 7, Sherwood 6 (10 inn)
Arundel 3, Bowie 2 (9 inn)
4A West
(6) Northwest 5, (1) Whitman 3
4A North
(5) Sherwood 2, (3) Westminster 1
3A West
(1) North Hagerstown 8, (2) Rockville 3
4A West
(1) Whitman 8, (13) Bethesda-Chevy Chase 1
4A North
(5) Sherwood 10, (8) Catonsville 0
(3) Westminster 7, (10) Paint Branch 4
3A West
(2) Rockville 5, (3) Linganore 3
Sean Van Gieson pitched his fourth complete game of the season, striking out nine and walking none while allowing 12 hits in seven innings to lead the Rockville High School baseball team to a 5-2 win over visiting Urbana in the second round of the MPSSAA playoffs on Wednesday.
Van Gieson also collected two hits and a walk at the plate, driving in a run and scoring another for the victorious Rams.
Rockville scored all five of their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to erase a two-run deficit. Greg Brown drove in two runs for the Rams, with Tony Ortiz and David Grant also knocking in one run each.
Rockville, the number two seed in the 3A West region, will host third-seeded Linganore on Thursday at 4:00 pm.
4A West
(1) Whitman 8, (9) Gaithersburg 6
(13) Bethesda-Chevy Chase 13, (5) Richard Montgomery 6
4A North
(10) Paint Branch 6, (2) Dulaney 5
(3) Westminster 10, (6) Blake 4
(5) Sherwood 13, (4) Mergenthaler 0
3A West
(1) North Hagerstown 11, (8) Northwood 0
(2) Rockville 5, (10) Urbana 2
(5) Thomas Johnson 14, (4) Seneca Valley 10
2A West
(12) South Carroll 9, (4) Poolesville 6
4A West
(6) Northwest 4, (2) Quince Orchard 3
All baseball playoff games originally scheduled for Monday, May 14th, were postponed and are now scheduled for Tuesday, May 15th.
4A West
(9) Gaithersburg @ (1) Whitman, postponed to Wednesday
(2) Quince Orchard 5, (7) Churchill 4
(6) Northwest 8, (3) Magruder 4
(13) Bethesda-Chevy Chase @ (5) Richard Montgomery, postponed to Wednesday
4A North
(10) Paint Branch @ (2) Dulaney, postponed to Wednesday
(6) Blake @ (3) Westminster, postponed to Wednesday
(5) Sherwood @ (4) Mergenthaler, postponed to Wednesday
3A West
(8) Northwood @ (1) North Hagerstown, postponed to Wednesday
(10) Urbana @ (2) Rockville, postponed to Wednesday
(5) Thomas Johnson @ (4) Seneca Valley, postponed to Wednesday
2A West
(12) South Carroll @ (4) Poolesville, postponed to Wednesday
4A West
(13) Bethesda-Chevy Chase 7, (4) Walter Johnson 5
(5) Richard Montgomery 6, (12) Blair 5
(6) Northwest 17, (11) Kennedy 0
(7) Churchill 2, (10) Wootton 1
(9) Gaithersburg 6, (8) Clarksburg 1
4A North
(6) Blake 3, (11) Perry Hall 2
(8) Catonsville 4, (9) Springbrook 0
(10) Paint Branch 7, (7) Kenwood 1
3A West
(4) Seneca Valley 12, (13) Einstein 1
(8) Northwood 8, (9) Watkins Mill 6
(5) Thomas Johnson 5, (12) Damascus 2
2A West
(8) Williamsport 22, (9) Wheaton 0
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