Haag leads Patriots to field hockey upset

Charlotte Haag scored the game-winner on a fast break with 12 seconds left as visiting John Carroll upset No. 3 Garrison Forest in the season opener for both field hockey teams. Brooke Hane gave the Patriots a 1-0 lead in the first half before the Grizzlies’ Claire Jones scored the equalizer in the second half. John Carroll goalie Emma Gromacki made 15 saves. MORE FIELD HOCKEY: Margot Lawn scored twice to lead No. 1 Archbishop Spalding to a 5-0 win over visiting Good Counsel in the opener for both teams. Spalding led 2-0 at the half. BOYS SOCCER: Brett Sutton had a goal and an assist to lead No. 2 Archbishop Curley (2-0) to a 3-0 victory over host John Carroll (0-2-1) in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference. MORE SOCCER: McDonogh boys and girls soccer head a list of five area teams ranked nationally by Top Drawer Soccer. In Top Drawer’s Fall Fab 50 boys poll, McDonogh is ranked No. 5 in the country with fellow Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference foes Archbishop Curley ranked 24th, and Calvert Hall in at No. 34. Curley will visit defending league champion McDonogh on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The Friars opened the season with a 5-0 win over Washington-based St. Albans on Saturday to move up 24 spots in the national poll. In Top Drawer’s Fall Fab 50 girls poll, three-time defending Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference champion McDonogh is ranked No. 8 and league rival Archbishop Spalding is No. 40. WEATHER: After missing two of the first three days of school — and practice afterward — student-athletes in the seven non-air-conditioned Baltimore County high schools have been back in class and on the field since Tuesday, so there will be few changes to the weekend athletic schedule. Woodlawn has moved its home football game against Douglass to Saturday at 1 p.m. Lansdowne has postponed boys and girls soccer games until Oct. 14. Also, Dulaney’s Saturday football game has moved to Bel Air’s turf at 7 p.m. Otherwise, all sports are expected to go on as planned. NBA: Washington Wizards individual game tickets will be on sale at 10 a.m. today at washingtonwizards.com, by phone at 800-745-3000 and in person at all Ticketmaster outlets, including the Verizon Center box office. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bowie State redshirt senior wide receiver Nyme Manns (Patterson) was named to the inaugural Black College Football Hall of Fame Player of the Year watch list. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Forward Devin Smith (Randallstown) has committed to Shepherd. WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Towson named Brian Davis assistant coach. He spent the past seven seasons as an assistant at Hampton. WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Anne Arundel Community College forward Bailey Foust (Glen Burnie) was named National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Co-Player of the Week. WOMEN’S COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: Johns Hopkins tops the Mideast rankings and is third in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division III preseason coaches’ poll. The Blue Jays earned 263 points, 17 behind reigning champion Williams and nine points behind 2015 runners-up SUNY Geneseo. WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: St. Mary’s named Autumn Fisher, a 2015 graduate of the school, interim coach. ... Salisbury was picked in the Capital Athletic Conference preseason poll to finish second behind Christopher Newport. Frostburg State was picked for fifth and St. Mary’s for sixth in the 10-team league. ... Goucher was picked in the Landmark Conference preseason poll to finish last in the seven-team league. MEN’S COLLEGE GOLF: Maryland juniors Joe Brooks and David Kocher and sophomore Timothy Colanta were named to the All-Big Ten preseason team. —