Pallotti routs BL for ‘B’ title in football
Annapolis Area Christian falls to St. John’s in ‘C’ final; Bel Air boys soccer wins
No. 15 Pallotti won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference football title Saturday evening by quickly establishing its relentless running game against Boys’ Latin.
The Panthers came out and pounded the Lakers with running backs Blake Corum and Jaret Patterson to set the tone as they cruised to a 53-10 victory at Archbishop Spalding. Pallotti (10-2) rushed for 311 yards. “Running the ball is our strong suit,” said Panthers coach Ian Thomas, whose team also feasted on five turnovers, including four interceptions in the first half, to help take control. “It was even to the point where Boys’ Latin would call … out our plays. I told my guys, ‘Don’t worry about it. See if they could stop it.’ They couldn’t stop it.”
Senior Jaret Paterson rushed for four touchdowns and 188 yards on 24 carries. Freshman Blake Corum had two rushing touchdowns and 99 yards on 11 carries.
Pallotti, which also beat the Lakers, 35-10, in late October, drove to Boys’ Latin 9-yard line on its first possession, but a 28-yard field-goal try was no good.
Boys’ Latin (7-4) marched to the Panthers 9 on its first possession as well, but Pallotti’s Blake Corum picked off quarterback Brenden Crouse’s pass and returned it to the Panthers 40.
ST. JOHN’S-CATHOLIC PREP 12, ANNAPOLIS AREA CHRISTIAN 6: After taking a six-point lead in the first quarter, the Eagles (8-3) fell to the Vikings (6-4) in the MIAA C Conference title game at Archbishop Spalding.
Running back Sam Akinmukomi led the Eagles with 115 yards rushing on 23 carries and their only touchdown. Running back Joey Keys led the Vikings with 111 yards on 25 carries and a touchdown.
NO. 9 MILFORD MILL 45, NORTH HARFORD 0: The host Millers (10-1) shut out the Hawks (7-4) in a Class 3A North region semifinal.
REGINALD F. LEWIS 24, FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 0: The Falcons (11-0) posted their eighth shutout of the season as Alfonzo Grahm and Antwain Partlow each scored twice in their Class 1A South regional semifinal at Poly.
The Cheetahs fell to 5-5. Taking just a 6-0 lead into the half, on Graham’s punt return for a touchdown, coach Elwood Townsend said he told his players to shake off the jitters. Most of the Falcons never had been in the playoffs before, and this was their first playoff win since Lewis opened in 2002.
The Falcons, who also got 14 tackles and four sacks from Kavon Kingsborough, advanced to play Edmondson next weekend for the regional championship.
EDMONDSON 34, NATIONAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION 0: Quarterback Teon Gardner threw two touchdown passes to Deshawn Ruffin as the Red Storm scored three times in the first half and rolled to victory in a Class 1A South regional semifinal.
The Eagles fell to 6-5. Edmondson (5-6) also got strong performances on defense from linebacker Trejour Owens and defensive end Montay Shuler, a sophomore just up from junior varsity.
Boys soccer
NO. 8 BEL AIR 2, NO. 5 SEVERNA PARK 0: The Bobcats (14-4-1) shut out the Falcons (15-3-1) in a Class 4A state semifinal at Wise.
Connor Lorenz scored midway through the first half, and Vince Rose added another goal on a penalty kick with 11 minutes left to play.
Girls soccer
NO. 3 SPARROWS POINT 2, SMITHSBURG 0: The Pointers (16-1) beat the Leopards in a Class 1A state semifinal at Northeast.
CALVERT 3, NO. 6 CENTURY 1: The Cavaliers defeated the Knights (15-3) in a Class 2A state semifinal at River Hill.
Century had won eight straight games.
NORTHERN-CALVERT 3, NO. 8 BEL AIR 2: The Patriots (12-5-1) edged the Bobcats (12-5-1) in a Class 3A state semifinal at Linganore.
Northern-Calvert took a 3-1 lead in the first half. Autum Dougherty cut the Patriots’ lead to one, but the Bobcats got no closer. Baltimore Sun staff contributed to this article.