Early retirement

By Carol Gralia
Posted: December 19, 2010

Megan Schaaf and Julie Taylor are both still in college. Megan is a freshman at Presbyterian College and Julie a senior at Elon University, but they each have retirement parties planned for this week.

On Monday, when Mt. Hebron plays at home against Howard at 5:30 p.m., the Vikings plan to retire Megan’s No. 23 basketball jersey. She scored nearly 900 points in her four-year basketball career at Mt. Hebron.

On Wednesday, Atholton will retire Julie’s jersey (No. 40) when the  Raiders play at home against Oakland Mills at 5:30.  Julie graduated in 2007 as the Raiders’ all-time leading scorer (1,466) in girls basketball.

Julie is averaging 5.8 points a game coming off the bench for the Elon Phoenix. Megan is averaging 2  points a game for the Presbyterian Blue Hose.

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Coaches pick their all-county field hockey teams

By Carol Gralia
Posted: December 10, 2010

The fall sports season is over and the honors are being awarded to those selected as the county’s most outstanding players in each sport.The public school field hockey coaches met recently and selected the following players to their all-county team.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Alyssa Parker, Glenelg, junior, midfield
FIRST TEAM
Jenna Boarman, Mt. Hebron, senior, forward

Molly Garza, Reservoir, senior, forward

Kayleigh Hinkle, Glenelg, senior, forward

Kim Markovitz, Atholton, senior, forward

Kat Varga, River Hill, sophomore forward

Mary Kate Olson, Glenelg, junior, midfield

Emily Russo, Glenelg, sophomore, midfield

Pauline Shih, River Hill, junior, midfield

Carolyn Sullivan, Howard, senior, midfield

Melissa Linn, Mt. Hebron, senior, defense

Morgan Culler, Mt. Hebron, senior, goalkeeper

Jordan Levy, River Hill, senior, goalkeeper
SECOND TEAM
Stephanie Asher, Glenelg, freshman, forward

Nina Collins, River Hill, junior, forward

Alanna Diffendal, Marriotts Ridge, senior, forward

Danielle Schiavone, Howard, senior, forward

Caroline Bird, River Hill, senior, midfield

Molly Fleming, Marriotts Ridge, junior, midfield

Kelly Jones, Mt. Hebron, junior, midfield

Morgan Philie, Glenelg, freshman, midfield

Alexandra Quattrone, Reservoir, senior, midfield

Shannon Kearney, Reservoir, senior, defense

Andrea Starinsky, Glenelg, senior, defense

Chrissy DiStefano, Centennial, senior, goalkeeper

Didi Ertenu, Wilde Lake, junior, goalkeeper
HONORABLE MENTION             
Amanda Dell, Oakland Mills, senior, forward

Bri Hanlon, Marriotts Ridge, junior, forward

Jacqueline Tape, Long Reach, senior, midfield

Nicole Drummond, Marriotts Ridge, senior, defense

Katie Woolls, River Hill, junior, defense

The Columbia Flier/Howard County Times all-county field hockey teams, including final statistics and final standings, will appear in the Dec. 16 issue.

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Football: Wilde Lake ready for Thursday Night Football debut

By Andrew Conrad
Posted: December 1, 2010

All season long, since an opening night win at Glenelg almost three months ago, Wilde Lake has played on Friday nights, save for a pair of Saturday games in October.

Now for the first time this season, and for the biggest game of the season, the Wildecats will play on a Thursday night, against Franklin at M&T Bank Stadium for the 3A state championship.

Both teams are playing on six days of rest, and Wilde Lake coach Mike Harrison says his team is ready to go.

“We’ve been going at this since Aug. 15, so there’s not a lot more can you do with one extra day or practice,” he said.

It will be the Wildecats second game on the Ravens home field in the last three years. (Wilde Lake lost to Westlake in the 3A state championship in 2008, coach Doug DuVall’s 36th and final season.)

Franklin has never played at ‘The Bank’ before — the Indians’ only other state final appearance was in 1978 — but Harrison says that the field isn’t as important as what the players do on it.

“The field is the same dimensions as it is at Wilde Lake or Damascus or anywhere else, although the atmosphere is a bit different,” said Harrison, who played for Wilde Lake before serving as an assistant to DuVall from 1987 to 2008. “Once that whistle blows, it’s still just a football game.”

Wilde Lake will face a 2,000-yard passing attack for the second week in a row, after its 21-14 win over Damascus last Friday.

“The styles are similar, though Franklin can run the ball a little bit more if that’s what they choose to do,” Harrison said. “Hopefully, the ball will bounce our way a couple more times like it has been the last few weeks.”
Tale of the tape
 
Rushing leaders
 
Franklin: Mark Venable (172 carries, 1,067 yards, 11 TDs); Joe Dorsey (59-260-7); Anthony Taylor (43-253-2).
 
Wilde Lake: Khalil Viera (144-1,028-8); E.J. Gilman (114-700-8); A.J. Harris (90-541-6).
 
Receiving leaders
 
Franklin: Ian Thomas (46 catches, 899 yards, 13 TDs); Navassa Brown (23-617-6); Mark Venable (17-320-1).
 
Wilde Lake: E’ron Pruitt (8-187-4); Khalil Viera (7-144-4); Jordan Mynatt (11-135-1).
 
Passing leader
 
Franklin: Joe Dorsey (106 completions, 204 attempts, 2,013 yards, 19 TDs, 7 interceptions).
 
Wilde Lake: Joe Kelly (34/75, 550-10-4).
 
Tackle leaders
 
Franklin: Mark Venable (145), Erik Pasternack (103), Ryan Bacote (67).
 
Wilde Lake: Devin McCoy (91), E.J. Gilman (85), Antoine Barnes (76).
 
Sack leaders
 
Franklin: Jamal Ibrahim (4), Anthony Taylor (4).
 
Wilde Lake: Erik Smith (6), A.J. Harris (5).
 
Interception leaders
 
Franklin: Mark Venable (2); seven others (1).
 
Wilde Lake: Jordan Mynatt (4); Antoine Barnes (3).
 
Kickoff return leader
 
Franklin: Reggie Ellis (14 returns, 323 yards, 23.1 avg.)
 
Wilde Lake: Anthony Miller (14-281-20.1)
 
Punt return leader
 
Franklin: Ian Thomas (7 returns, 189 yards, 27.0 avg.)
 
Wilde Lake: Anthony Miller (14-167-11.2)
 
Punting leader
 
Franklin: Jake Gibson (30 punts, 1,032 yards, 34.4 avg.)
 
Wilde Lake: Joe Kelly (30-1,283-42.8)

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