Roland Park girls roar past Pikesville
No. 7 Roland Park and No. 11 Pikesville played to a draw in the first half, but a second-half surge by the visiting Reds (12-7) carried them to a 66-54 victory over the Panthers (9-4) in girls basketball Saturday.
Roland Park outscored Pikesville, 39-27, in the second half and was led by UConn-bound Mir McLean with a game-high 28 points. Charia Roberts had a team-high 23 points for the Panthers. The victory was the second in a row for the Reds, who travel to Institute of Notre Dame Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Panthers host MIlford Mill Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Roland Park made 21 field goals and went 20-for-24 from the free-throw line. Pikesville made 21 fields goals too, but went 9-for-20 from the free-throw line. Maryvale 54, St. Mary’s 39: Claire Neff scored a game-high 26 points to lead the host Lions (11-6, 6-3 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference) over the Saints (10-10, 3-6) Friday. Ashley Roy had 18 points for St. Mary’s. Maryvale has won four straight.
Wrestling
Curley wins: Archbishop Curley won the Sharknado Duals at Georgetown Prep. Curley beat the host Little Hoyas, 34-24, Wilson (D.C.), 72-12, and Bishop O’Connell (Va.), 66-12. Christian Kalb (113-pounds) and brothers Bradley Lintz (120-pounds) and Trevor Lintz (18 2pounds) all recorded pins for the Friars (19-4).
South Carroll splits: South Carroll traveled to Towson for a wrestling tri-meet with Dunbar and host Loyola Blakefield, and the Cavaliers came away with a split Saturday.
The Cavs (17-2) beat Dunbar 54-27, but lost to the Dons 41-23. Michael Pizzuto (106 pounds), Ryan Athey (113), AJ Rodrigues (126), and Rylan Moose (145) each went 2-0 on the day.
Indoor track
Carroll County Championships: For the first time since 2015, Century’s boys and girls are taking home indoor track county titles at the same time.
The Knights’ boys captured their ninth consecutive county championship with 132 points and crowned five individual champions in six events. The girls defeated two-time reigning county champions South Carroll with 142 points to capture their fourth overall county title — three athletes won individual titles, and the team won two relays.
Liberty’s boys took second with 77 points and South Carroll’s girls were second with 119 points.
“Being able to accomplish what they did today speaks measures to the work the kids put in every day,” Knights coach Dyron Johnson said. “It’s great to see the faith and trust they have in the staff to put them in positions to succeed. Today was a reward for their hard work and commitment throughout the season.”
Senior Caroline Mastria has been running track since she was a freshman and she won the 300-meter dash Saturday at Hagerstown Community College in 43.12 seconds. The growth of the Knights’ girls program has continued to progress over the years, she said, and it was only a matter of time before they accomplished the feat again.
“[The depth] contributes a ton because you have events like relays where you need four good runners and we were ablate pull out with the 4x200 and the 4x400 this year which is huge,” Mastria said. “The 4x400 is always huge because it’s the last event so everything is always riding that. When you have that depth, we’re able to have the individual events and those relays which is huge.”
Freshman Jasmine Stanton won the 55 dash and anchored the Knights’ 4x200 relay that won county gold.
“My experience here has been really exciting,” Stanton said. “Getting better each time is really exciting, too.”
The Knights had a pair of athletes break county meet records on Saturday. Senior Tyler Dregely won the 1,600 run (4:27.2) to break former Liberty runner Kyle Hawkins’ record of 4:28.9 from 2013. Senior Chett Brunner won the shot put with a personal record throw of 53 feet, 9.75 inches, which broke Westminster graduate Brendan Morales’ record of 53-8.5 from 2008.
Dregely also won the 800 run, and anchored the Knights’ 4x400 relay that took first place. Francis Scott Key crowned two individual champions in Chris Brooks (55 dash) and Devin Hurst (55 hurdles) on the boys side, and the Eagles also won the 4x200 relay.
South Carroll swept the pole vault competition — senior Patrick Tunkel cleared 14-6 to win the county title and teammate Peyton Thomas took second. Cavaliers junior Zelda Hirsch cleared 10-6 to win the girls title.
Century’s boys and girls swept the 4x400 relay and Manchester Valley swept the 4x800. Mavericks sophomore Rubie Goffena anchored the girls to victory in 10:15.18 and the boys won in 8:33.17. Goffena also won the 3,200 run in 11:32.77.