Corriero steps down as Meade hoops coach

Pete Corriero stepped down as Meade’s boys basketbal coach earlier this week. He leaves the program after leading it to the first state championship in school history and the most wins in a six-year stretch since the Mustangs began in 1977. “I felt it was the best time,” Corriero said. “This wasn’t a spur of the moment decision. I started coaching when I was 21 and now I’m 35. I started to ask myself if I wanted to be doing this from 35 to 50.” There was no known strife with players or administration or no public calls for Corriero’s head. Simply put, he wants more of his free time to himself. “I started to ask myself if I wanted to be taking the 40-minute bus rides, spending the holidays at a gym at 8 in the morning and only being off on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day,” said Corriero, also the school’s assistant athletic director and a physical education teacher. “I really need a break from coaching. The bus rides stopped being fun and the long practices over the holidays stopped being fun.” Corriero leaves after nine years where he compiled a 148-75 (.664) overall record and a 95-49 (.660) record against county teams. Corriero madeit clear heisn’t going anywhere. He is in the process of buying a home in Crofton. He left open the possibility of returning to the sidelines in the future. “It really would have to be an intriguing job and would have to and would have to be something different than what I’ve done the last nine years,” he said. VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL: Jalen Smith of Mount Saint Joseph High School was named the Gatorade Maryland Boys Basketball Player of the Year. WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Kierstyn Voiro scored the game-winner in triple overtime to lift visiting Lehigh (4-3) to a 9-8 victory over Mount St. Mary’s (3-3). Mountain Hawks’ Sondra Dickey scored the tying goal with 3:26 left in regulation. Carly Miller (Marriotts Ridge) had a hat trick for the Mount. ... Sophomore Mia DeRuggiero (Sparrows Point) set a school record with nine assists Friday afternoon as the Blue Hens defeated Canisius, 16-9. DeRuggiero broke the 34-year-old mark previously set by Karen Emas in April 1984. ... DarbyKiernanscored five goals to help No. 15 Colorado (4-2, 1-0 Pac 12) win a come-from-behind 1816 victory over No. 19 Stanford (4-3, 0-1). The Buffaloes went on a 6-0 run over the final 13 minutes, including a natural hat trick by Kiernan, to win. Maggie Nick had a game-high six goals for the Cardinal. COLLEGE BASEBALL: Towson second baseman Dirk Masters drove in two runs in the Tigers’ 5-2 loss to visiting Ohio. ... Maryland lost 7-3 to visiting Bryant. WOMEN’S PRO SOCCER: The Washington Spirit will host North Carolina at Evergreen SportsPlex in Leesburg, Va., tonight at 7:15 in the club’s National Women’s Soccer League preseason opener. MEN’S PRO SOCCER: D.C. United signed the United Soccer League’s all-time goalscoring leader Dane Kelly via Major League Soccer’s discovery process. The forward spent the 2017 USL season with Reno 1868 FC, scoring 18 goals on the way to becoming the league’s Most Valuable Player and Golden Boot winner. —