Iannarino brothers connect for winner to boost Glenelg
Tim Iannarino called it “twin telepathy.” The Glenelg senior midfielder knew exactly where to find his brother, Chris, in the waning seconds of Monday afternoon’s tie game against Mt. Hebron.
The veteran set a pick for junior attackman Brandon Klopp and rolled off for a pass. He relayed it to Chris Iannarino, who was cutting on the doorstep and buried the go-ahead goal with 18 seconds remaining.
The Gladiators held off the No. 14 Vikings’ last chance and claimed a 10-9 win to improve to 4-3.
“When they came out in man [defense] we just knew,” Tim said. “I just knew that when I was going to push that backside, there was going to be that backcut because they were ball-watching. Twin telepathy, I just felt him. He was right there to dunk it. No doubt in my mind, I knew 100% percent he was going to score that.”
It also marked the first time the senior tandem has connected for a game-winning goal in their high school careers.
“I felt that Mt. Hebron defender run right by me and I said, ‘Where is he going?’” Chris Iannarino said. “I knew I was going to be wide open and I knew Tim was going to put the feed in my stick right where I needed it.”
Mt. Hebron (4-5) won the ensuing faceoff and had one final chance to tie. However, Shane DuBois was there to dislodge the ball from the Vikings’ Maverick Smith and seal the come-from-behind win.
“Oh, my gosh, there’s nothing like it,” Chris said. “You see the net move and I’m screaming, ‘Yeah, let’s go, this is great.’ Then I had to sprint back to the sideline and grab my faceoff stick.”
Glenelg outscored the Vikings 5-0 in the fourth quarter after Mt. Hebron had scored seven straight goals to take a 9-5 lead.
Other boys lacrosse scores:
Towson 12, Fallston 1 Hereford 13, Manchester Valley 9
Patterson Mill 19, Rising Sun 3
Bel Air 15, Old Mill 1 Hammond 2, River Hill 0
Baseball John Carroll 9, Calvert Hall 5:
John Carroll trailed by three runs before it got to bat Monday against Calvert Hall.
The No. 4 Patriots didn’t panic. Instead, they stuck to their plan and clawed back into the game one run at a time.
They came in a hurry. John Carroll batted around, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first inning, and tacked on two more runs in the second to set the tone for a 9-5 win over the Cardinals in Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference play.
The Patriots’ Nos. 3 and 4 batters did much of the damage. Third baseman Casey Carpenter hit a double and a triple, scoring twice and driving in a run. First
baseman Will Rhine went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs.
John Carroll (10-2) improved to 5-2 in the league while Calvert Hall (8-7) dropped its fourth straight conference game to fall to 3-4.“Our motto is selfless, relentless pride,” Patriots coach Darrion Siler said. “And if somebody is going to throw a haymaker, we’re going to come back with one. I love the way our guys attack it. We have full confidence in ourselves the whole time and I love the way we play the game with the intensity, the fire they have.”
— Glenn Graham Severna Park 10, Broadneck 2:
The Beatles’ “Help!” blared from the speakers as Angel Santiago-Cruz strolled across home plate casually for the second time in Monday’s 10-2 win over No. 5 Broadneck. He met the teammates his home run brought in and then dipped into the dugout and bellowed, “Let’s go” with confidence, joy — and relief.
Santiago-Cruz, the No. 6-ranked senior prospect in Maryland according to Prep Baseball Report, is already committed to the University of Richmond. His name was
on the minds of every Anne Arundel County coach, but recently, he had little to show in return.
His bat went dormant in the No. 3 Falcons’ first county loss against Chesapeake on Thursday. After a blowout win Friday in which he produced an RBI single, the team took the weekend off — Santiago-Cruz did not.
“A little time for himself ” included visiting old coaches, taking reps in the field alone — reviving the skill and power he knew deeply he had.
Twice on Monday, Broadneck pitcher Noah Forman tried to pitch around Santiago-Cruz. Both times, he made the mistake of leaving one in the zone.
“I knew they had to come to me eventually,” Santiago-Cruz said.
The Severna Park senior’s pair of three-run homers set the tone for a satisfying victory over the Falcons’ fiercest battle, who entered the contest unbeaten in county play.
— Katherine Fominykh Liberty 2, Century 1:
As if pursuing another county and regional championship wasn’t enough motivation, Liberty coach Travis Inch smiled from ear to ear as he described his team’s reward system for this season.
“One thing that pushes us is our Mario stickers,” he said. “We give big Super Mario stickers out for every big play.”
Monday’s recipients? Carter Shanks and Braeden Chubb as the pair came up big for the No. 8 Lions, leading them to a 2-1 win over neighboring rival Century.
The win was the seventh in a row for last season’s Class 2A state semifinalist Lions (8-1, 6-0 Carroll County). In the process, they handed Century (6-5, 6-1) its first county loss.
— Timothy Dashiell
Fallston 5, Havre de Grace 2 Southern 10, Arundel 0 Pikesville 8, Perry Hall 5 Westminster 10, Winters Mill 0
Softball Eastern Tech 7, Perry Hall 4:
Both managers in Monday’s early-season showdown of unbeaten teams — Eastern Tech and Perry Hall — said the game was a measuring stick for how far their teams had come.
Eastern Tech’s Sydney Weaver made sure someone needed a measuring tape.
The senior hit a two-run homer over the left-field fence on a 3-2 pitch in the fifth inning to break up a tie game and give host Eastern Tech a lead it never relinquished in a 7-4 win over Perry Hall in a key Baltimore County game.
Weaver had four RBIs and two hits on the day to lead the No. 7 Mavericks (5-0). Riley Kitchin and Jenna Neff each had two RBIs to lead No. 15 Perry Hall (5-1).
“I knew I had a job going up there,” said Weaver, a senior. “I’m pretty sure it was Gracie [Himmelman] on base, and I knew I had to get her in somehow. I just kind of used my mechanics, and I hit it out.” — Mike Frainie, for The Baltimore Sun
Western Tech 19, Parkville 8 Sparrows Point 9, Catonsville 3
Havre de Grace 8, C. Milton Wright 2
Fallston 9, Bel Air 5 Edgewood 9, Joppatowne 6
Francis Scott Key 15, South Carroll 0
Liberty 4, Century 3 Westminster 14, Winters Mill 0
Reservoir 12, Centennial 0 Marriotts Ridge 14, Long Reach 13
River Hill 20, Hammond 0
Girls lacrosse
Loch Raven 19, Owings Mills 2
Fallston 10, Towson 9
John Carroll 11, Severn 6 Marriotts Ridge 17, Arundel
7
Roland Park 14, Gerstell 8 Oakdale 20, Reservoir 6 Winters Mill 11, Francis Scott Key 9
Liberty 11, Urbana 10 Crofton 15, Kent Island 8 Annapolis Area Christian School 18, Beth Tfiloh 7
Coed tennis
Fallston 8, Harford Tech 3 Hereford 6, Dulaney 3 Broadneck 9, Old Mill 0
Boys tennis
Marriotts Ridge 5, Long Reach 0
Westminster 3, Winters Mill 2
Liberty 5, Century 0 South Carroll 3, Francis Scott Key 2
Girls tennis
Marriotts Ridge 5, Long Reach 0
Westminster 4, Winters Mill 1
Liberty 4, Century 1 South Carroll 5, Francis Scott Key 0