Liberty baseball routs rival

No. 13 Lions dominate No. 15 South Carroll, score 8th league victory

The Liberty baseball team was looking for some rare separation atop the Carroll County standings and it didn’t waste any time getting some at South Carroll on Wednesday.

The No. 13 Lions got a clutch two-out, two-run double from third baseman Anthony Zombro and off they went. They built an early six-run lead, scored in every inning and cruised to a 15-6 win over rival South Carroll in Carroll County play.

Liberty (11-3) improves to 8-1 for first place in Carroll County, while South Carroll (9-4) drops to 7-3 in league play. Century, which shared the county crown with Liberty last season, beat Westminster, 11-2, on Wednesday to go to 8-2 in league play.

After falling to Manchester Valley, 9-5, in the county opener on March 29, Liberty has rattled off eight straight league wins averaging more than 10 runs per game. Once again Wednesday, the Lions stuck with the offensive plan third-year coach Travis Inch has preached.

“I teach a lot of ‘early and often,’ ” he said. “We got off to slow starts a couple times early this season and the guys have bought into it now. We’ve been hitting the ball about as well as we can.”

Leading 3-0, the Lions turned one single, three walks and three South Carroll errors into a three-run third inning to build a 6-0 advantage.

Hereford 5, Pikesville 2: Ryan Larkin threw six innings, striking out 11 as the Bulls won their 13th straight.

Parkville 9, Franklin 6: Jason Benton had three hits, including a double, and four RBIs to lead the Knights.

Towson 16, Dundalk 1: The Generals scored five runs in the first and never looked back.

Dulaney 26, Loch Raven 7: Nate Smith went 4-for-6 with a pair of doubles and seven RBIs in the Lions’ win.

Severna Park 8, Crofton 7: Jimmy Miller’s sacrifice fly scored Clay Weaver in the ninth inning for a walk-off win.

South River 5, Old Mill 4: Josh Long had a two-run double for the Seahawks and Derek Hooker pitched 2 innings of relief for the win.

Broadneck 30, Meade 0: Nick Stergiou had three hits, including a home run, and three RBIs for the Bruins.

Chesapeake 4, Annapolis 1: Winner Nick Karls gave up one run on two hits and struck out eight for the Cougars.

Southern 5, Glen Burnie 0: Churchill Bridgman threw a four-hit shutout.

River Hill 11, Oakland Mills 2: Will Kilcoyne and Sean McGowan each had four RBIs to lead the Hawks (13-2, 12-0 Howard County).

Marriotts Ridge 4, Atholton 3: The Mustangs (10-3) won on a walk-off for the second consecutive day as Brady Fenlon drove in two runs with a base hit in the seventh.

Reservoir 7, Howard 0: The Gators (11-3, 9-3 Howard County) won their seventh straight as Justin Gutierrez finished 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs and Travis

Thompson pitched a complete game, allowing just two hits with eight strikeouts.

Wilde Lake 9, Hammond 3: Derek Fermaint went 2-for-4, including a threerun home run and a stolen base, and pitched a complete game with 14 strikeouts, for the Wildecats (4-9, 4-8 Howard County).

Havre de Grace 13, Joppatowne 3: Damon Presberry Jr. allowed five hits in six innings to get the win.

Century 11, Westminster 2: The Knights held a two-run lead before scoring seven runs in the fifth inning.

Manchester Valley 10, Francis Scott Key 7: The Mavericks held a comfortable 8-1 lead before the Eagles made things interesting with six fifth-inning runs, but Manchester Valley held on.

Glenelg Country 7, Severn 0: Winner Trey Miller went seven innings, gave up two hits, walked four and struck out five to lead the visiting Dragons (8-6, 7-5 MIAA B Conference).

Bel Air 9, C. Milton Wright 0: Senior Jack Snyder threw a two-hitter with five strikeouts for the Bobcats, while adding a triple on offense.

Softball

Towson 7, Catonsville 1: Tied at 1 after five innings, the Generals scored six in the sixth. Hannah McElhenny hit a two-run home run in the frame.

Carver A&T 9, Perry Hall 3: Mallory Cooper struck out 16 to lead the visiting Wildcats (10-1).

Century 10, Westminster 0: Hannah Zabik allowed two hits in five innings.

Liberty 8, South Carroll 6: Hailey Seaton had three RBIs and Erin Martin had three hits to pace the Lions.

McDonogh 11, Winters Mill 1: McDonogh grabbed a 4-1 lead after the first inning.

Arundel 3, Northeast 2: Kathryn Wisor reached an error in the bottom of the eighth and Sierra Williams scored on the play to give the Wildcats a walk-off win.

Chesapeake 16, Annapolis 0: Jayden Buchanan had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Cougars.

Long Reach 7, Mt. Hebron 5: Taylor Slonac and Madison Wise each had three hits to lead the Lightning (5-6).

Marriotts Ridge 11, Atholton 4: The Mustangs (3-6) were led by Lauren Tolle, Addie Flynn, Melina Parson and Saige Spittler, who each finished with two hits.

River Hill 17, Oakland Mills 2: The Hawks (7-4) put up seven runs in the first inning and Katarina Thompson earned the win in the circle, striking out seven.

North Harford 3, Perryville 2: Mackenzie Dunaway broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI single in the sixth inning to lead the host Hawks.

Girls lacrosse

Atholton 15, Long Reach 8: The Raiders (4-5, 3-5 Howard County) earned their third straight win as Kendall Dean dazzled with a Howard County season-high 10-goal performance.

Glenelg 20, Centennial 6: The Gladiators (12-0, 7-0 Howard County) scored 20 or more goals for the third consecutive game.

Reservoir 14, Hammond 3: The Gators (5-5, 3-4 Howard County) earned their third straight win as Kat Thayer and Alex

Ripkin spearheaded the offense with four goals each.

Howard 20, Oakland Mills 9: The Lions (7-3, 6-3 Howard County) won their fourth straight game.

Mt. Hebron 17, River Hill 14: Ellie Smith had four goals and two assists and Olivia Hoover added four goals to lead the Vikings (7-2, 6-1 Howard County).

South Carroll 14, Francis Scott Key 7: Leah Miller had seven goals and Shannon McTavish had three goals to lead the host Cavaliers.

Boys lacrosse

Reservoir 15, Hammond 0: The Gators (4-5, 3-5 Howard County) were led by Joseph Schinner with seven goals and two assists, his third straight game with five goals or more.

Mt. Hebron 10, River Hill 1: Nick Machiran scored his first hat trick of the season to lead the Vikings (10-1, 7-0 Howard County).

Glenelg 11, Centennial 9: Jack Hampton had four goals for the Gladiators (9-3, 6-0 Howard County).

Atholton 15, Long Reach 2: The Raiders (3-6, 3-5 Howard County) scored nine unanswered goals in the second half.

Bel Air 4, Harford Tech 2: Devin Trzeciak had a hat trick and Dylan Foughty had a goal and two assists to lead the visiting Bobcats.

Severna Park 18, Northeast 1: The Falcons led 8-0 at halftime, then added seven third-quarter goals.

Boys tennis

Marriotts Ridge 5, Atholton 0: Sai Charan Chodavarapu and Arnav Srivastava each earned commanding singles victories.

Hammond 4, Wilde Lake 1: The Golden Bears secured their first team victory since the 2019 season as Matthew Batmunkh won in No. 2 singles.

Reservoir 3, Howard 2: Josh Cai and Edwin Brown won singles matches for the Gators, while Sean Kim and Will Tao won first doubles.

Manchester Valley 5, Francis Scott Key 0: Ian Bartles and Kamden Estes each won singles matches.

Liberty 5, South Carroll 0: Honour Zan and Nikhil Andhavarapu won singles matches.

Century 4, Westminster 1: The Knights were paced with a singles win from Jack Amerault and a doubles sweep.

Girls tennis

Marriotts Ridge 3, Atholton 2: After losing both singles matches, the Mustangs won all three doubles matches.

Wilde Lake 4, Hammond 1: Alison Bent and Olivia Ametewee earned singles victories for the Wildecats.

Howard 3, Reservoir 2: The Lions got a singles win from Corinne Chau plus doubles wins from Presley Caroland and Viola Tu, and Preethi Narayanan and Medha Hegde.

Manchester Valley 5, Francis Scott Key 0: Mackenzie Dicke and Courtney Bell each won 6-0, 6-0 singles matches.

Liberty 3, South Carroll 2: The Lions swept doubles play to earn the win.

Century 3, Westminster 2: In the loss for the Owls, Daphnee Whitmore won first singles.