Davis powers Reservoir baseball to blowout win over Marriotts Ridge

Reservoir senior catcher Ben Davis trotted around the bases, returning to an energized group of teammates awaiting him at home plate.

With Matt Brathwaite in scoring position, Davis launched a two-run home run to right-center field to open Monday’s scoring. That hit intensified the Gators’ energy and served as a springboard for a six-run first inning.

Reservoir only built on its momentum, defeating Marriotts Ridge, 13-2, avenging a 6-1 season-opening loss to the Mustangs.

“It’s huge because we came into this game with that chip on our shoulder from the loss earlier this season,” Davis said. “I don’t think there was a team we wanted to beat more than this team. We did our job. We got ahead early and then Jordan [Peguese] pitched well.”

Peguese pitched all five innings, earning the victory for the Gators (10-3, 8-3 Howard County). The senior was in an early groove, retiring six of the first seven hitters he faced. The win was even more meaningful for Peguese, who transferred from Marriotts Ridge after spending three seasons with the Mustangs.

“Coming in I already know it’s going to be a hard game because I used to go here for all three years,” Peguese said. “I knew my team had my back. I knew that if anything goes wrong they’ll be there to pick me up, backing me up. So I’m really just grateful, putting my trust in teammates and they execute every time.”

South Carroll 4, Winters Mill 0: Chris Durkin threw a one-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts to pace the Cavaliers.

Century 11, Manchester Valley 4: The Knights rallied as Brayden McGraw tied the game with a three-run home run in the third and Colin Perrier hit a grand slam in the fourth inning.

Towson 12, Dulaney 0: Tariq Talley had three hits and four RBIs, while Chase Supensky had three hits and three RBIs and pitched five scoreless innings for the Generals.

Pikesville 10, Kenwood 0: Colby Mekiliesky went 4-for-4 with a home run four RBIs to lead the Panthers.

Dundalk 22, Randallstown 1: The Owls scored 10 runs in the first and four runs in each of the next three innings.

Hereford 10, Eastern Tech 5: Liam Diehl earned his sixth win of the season on the mound, striking out eight and allowing one unearned run on two hits in 4 ⅔ innings.

Parkville 7, Lansdowne 4: The Knights rallied from a three-run deficit with a four-run fifth inning.

Havre de Grace 6, Bo Manor: Aaron Santiago went 3-for-3 and threw 6 ⅓ innings with seven strikeouts to lead the Warriors..

Patterson Mill 8, North East 0: Ethan Shertzer singled, doubled and drove in two runs for the Huskies.

River Hill 10, Hammond 0: Demetre Koutras and Henry Zatkowski led the way for the Hawks (12-2, 11-0 Howard County) with two RBIs.

Glenelg 14, Long Reach 12: In the continuation of a suspended game last week, the Gladiators (10-3, 7-3 Howard County) defeated the Lightning.

Glenelg 19, Oakland Mills 4: Nick Duvall and Riley Suszkiw launched three-run home runs for Glenelg (11-3, 8-3 Howard County).

Southern 6, North County 5: Quinn Waters drove in the winning run on a groundout in the top of the seventh.

Glen Burnie 14, Meade 5: Josh Johnson went 4-for-5 and drove in three runs for Glen Burnie.

Chesapeake 10, St. Mary’s 4: Josh Boyd pitched a complete game to get the win for the Cougars.

Severn 6, Gerstell 5: Ben Campion broke a tie in the top of the 11th with an RBI hit.

Indian Creek 14, AACS 4: Nick Pratt, Xavier Quigley and Chris Kokoski all hit home runs for Indian Creek in its win.

Softball

Century 3, Manchester Valley 1: In a clash of county frontrunners, Emma Zuckerman hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth to lift the Knights.

South Carroll 10, Winters Mill 0: Maddie Karns threw a one-hit shutout with five strikeouts, and helped her own cause with two hits and three RBIs.

Francis Scott Key 16, Westminster 6: Morgan Kenney had three hits and six RBIs for the Eagles.

Dulaney 6, Towson 4: Lilly Tinker hit a go-ahead RBI triple for the go-ahead run in the seventh.

Towson 14, Dulaney 3: Julianna Leatherwood had two doubles, a triple and four RBIs.

Carver Center 7, Sparrows Point 0: Mallory Cooper tossed a gem, throwing a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts.

Dundalk 18, Lansdowne 3: Lilyian Hafner had a home run, single, double and five RBIs to lead the Owls.

Bel Air 18, North Harford 17: Sofia Gallahue homered twice for the Bobcats and Alayna LeVee homered as part of a four-hit, nineRBI day.

Harford Tech 10, Havre de Grace 9: Down a run in the bottom of the sixth, the Cobras scored five to take the lead.

Glenelg 21, Oakland Mills 6: Cassie Litchfield finished 3-for-3 with a team-high four RBIs for the Gladiators (9-3, 8-3 Howard County).

Howard 6, Long Reach 2: Jordan Howell had a double and a pair of RBIs to lead the Lions (7-2, 6-1 Howard County).

Centennial 6, Atholton 3: Kyra Holtje led the way for the Raiders (1-9, 1-9 Howard County) in the loss, finishing 2-for-2 with a home run.

Mt. Hebron 12, Wilde Lake 8: The Vikings (8-3, 7-3 Howard County) scored eight runs in the fifth inning to jump ahead..

Crofton 5, Arundel 2: The Cardinals broke up a tie game with a run in the bottom of the fifth and two more in the sixth. Kristen White struck out 11 in a two-hitter.

Northeast 21, Annapolis 3: Julianna LeProhon threw five innings, allowing three runs on four hits to get the win.

Boys lacrosse

Mt. Hebron 16, Wilde Lake 4: Keegan Ryan had a team-high six points (four goals, two assists) to lead the Vikings (9-1, 6-0 Howard County).

Atholton 12, Oakland Mills 5: The Raiders (2-6, 2-5 Howard County) earned their second consecutive victory as Glen Billard and Tuscan Mulinazzi each registered hat tricks.

Reservoir 14, Long Reach 1: Joseph Schinner

led the Gators (3-5, 2-5 Howard County) with eight points (five goals, three assists). North County 14, Northeast 10: Josh Martel (five) and Matt Martel (four) combined for nine goals to lead Noth County.

Girls lacrosse

Mt. Hebron 21, Wilde Lake 5: Olivia Hoover spearheaded the Vikings’ (6-2, 5-1 Howard County) offense with seven points (four goals, three assists).

Atholton 16, Oakland Mills 10: Sara Novak had nine points (six goals, three assists) to lead the Scorpions (2-7, 0-5 Howard County).

Howard 10, Hammond 0: The Lions (6-3, 5-3 Howard County) earned their third consecutive victory.

Reservoir 15, Long Reach 5: The Gators (4-6, 2-4 Howard County) scored 15 or more goals for the second straight game.

Marriotts Ridge 16, Centennial 6: Maisy Clevenger led the Mustangs (7-4, 6-1 Howard County) with five goals and Hayley Lettinga had a hat trick.

Glenelg 24, River Hill 4: The Gladiators (11-0, 6-0 Howard County) erupted for a seasonhigh in goals and Emma Kennedy finished with 11 points (seven goals, four assists).

Severn 15, Garrison Forest 13: Cameron Christie made 13 saves for the Admirals in the win.

Westminster 13, Towson 8: Finlay Harmon scored three goals for the Generals in the loss.

Boys tennis

Manchester Valley 3, Century 2: The Mavericks picked up a singles win from Kamden Estes and a three-set win at first doubles from Connor Neal and Declan McGarry.

Westminster 4, Francis Scott Key 1: Garrett Warren and Logan Gold won singles matches for the Owls.

Winters Mill 3, South Carroll 2: The Falcons got a singles win from Micah Ober and doubles wins from Logan Herwig and Colin Herwig.

Marriotts Ridge 5, Reservoir 0: Mukundth Boopathi and Rafa Feldman each scored victories in No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, for the Mustangs (9-0).

Girls tennis

Century 4, Manchester Valley 1: Danielle DeLawter and Allison Embrey had singles wins for the Knights.

Westminster 5, Francis Scott Key 0: Daphnee Whitmore at first singles and Jennifer Sorkin and Katherine Raab at first doubles didn’t drop a game in their wins.

South Carroll 3, Winters Mill 2: All three doubles matches went to third-set tiebreakers, but the Cavaliers only needed one win to take the match and got it from the No. 1 pair of Caroline Aliftiras and Sophie Kebede.

Marriotts Ridge 4, Reservoir 1: Anna and Christina Ottman earned victories in No. 1 and No. 2 singles.

Mixed tennis

Severna Park 9, Crofton 0: Charlie Herman, Drew Robinson, Carys Preston and Kaiya Norton won in singles play.

Baltimore Sun Media staff contributed to this article.