- Cody Acker of James Hubert Blake High School led off the bottom of the first inning with a single and scored the game’s first run for the South as they beat the North, 4-3, in the Brooks Robinson All-Star Game at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sunday. [Gazette/Baltimore Sun]
- Matt Leonard of Winston Churchill High School was selected for the Maryland State Lacrosse Coaches Association class of 2013 Free State Top 44 team after tryouts held Sunday at South River High School in Mayo. The 2013 Top 44 game is scheduled for 7:30 pm Wednesday at Anne Arundel Community College. [@ChurchillLax/MSLCA.org]
- Amy Wood stepped down after winning 10 state championships in 19 seasons as field hockey coach at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. [TopOfTheCircle.com/Gazette]
- Northwest High School athletic director Jim Tapley received the 2012 National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association award of merit for the state of Maryland. [NorthwestAthletics.org]
- The Quince Orchard High School football team will host their 8th annual Cougar Classic Golf Tournament on Friday at the Bretton Woods Golf Club in Germantown. A portion of the proceeds will go to theĀ Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. [Cougar Classic Golf]
News and Notes: June 11
Baseball: Northwest Tops Sherwood To Earn Spot In State Finals
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.
Baseball Playoffs: Tuesday, May 22
4A State Semifinals
@ Shipley Field University of Maryland College Park, MarylandNorthwest 7, Sherwood 6 (10 inn)
Arundel 3, Bowie 2 (9 inn)
Baseball Playoffs: Friday, May 18
4th Round – Regional Finals
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
Softball: Miller’s HR Powers Northwest Over Seneca Valley
Junior Pitcher Stephanie Miller hit a game-winning 2-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning to give the Northwest High School softball team a 12-10 win over visiting Seneca Valley on Tuesday.
Miller was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI for the Jaguars (6-1), while sophomore catcher Jordan Sheppard and sophomore third baseman Jenna Brown each added three hits, 3 runs and 3 RBI. Northwest also got three hits and 4 RBI from junior shortstop Taylor Simpson.
Northwest will host Gaithersburg on Thursday, while Seneca Valley (4-3) will visit Clarksburg.
Miller Pitches Northwest Past Blake
Junior Stephanie Miller had 12 strikeouts while allowing only one hit to lead the visiting Northwest High School softball team to a 5-4 win over Blake on Monday. Miller also had a big game at the plate, with two triples, two runs scored and an RBI.
Sophomore Jordan Sheppard scored twice and junior shortstop Taylor Simpson had an RBI and a run scored for the victorious Jaguars (3-0).
Both teams will play their last games before spring break on Thursday, when Northwest will host Rockville and the Bengals (1-2) will visit Seneca Valley.