Knight tops 400 strikeouts
No. 6 Patterson Mill rallies past Rising Sun on pitcher’s 18th birthday
The undefeated Patterson Mill softball team had to figure out a different way to win a big game Thursday at rival Rising Sun.
Finding themselves trailing for the first time this season — down a run in the sixth inning — the No. 6 Huskies didn’t panic. They scratched across two runs in the sixth, and star pitcher Madison Knight and some fine defense handled the rest in a 3-2 win over the Tigers in Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference Chesapeake Division play.
After the game, there was plenty to celebrate. The Huskies (14-0 overall, 13-0 conference) clinched their second straight conference crown, while Knight, on her 18th birthday, finished with 16 strikeouts to surpass 400 in her three-year career. After going 22-0 and claiming its first Class 1A state title last season, Patterson Mill has won 37 straight games.
“We all had to work together,” Knight said. “We all knew we were down and we had to come back and it was a great team win.
“It’s been a first for a really long time and we just knew we all had to work together — piece by piece. It didn’t have to be hits, walks, getting hit by pitches — just finding a way to get on base.”
Afterward, the team presented Knight (14-0) with a chocolate “400” to celebrate her strikeouts milestone and birthday.
With the regular season winding down — the Huskies have four games remaining before they go to work on defending their state title — Knight is appreciative of the push that comes from Rising Sun, which fell to 12-2 overall and 9-2 in conference play.
“I’m just thankful we have this team to play against. This is the best team to play to get ready for the playoffs,” Knight said. “And this win is a fantastic birthday present.”
Bel Air 1, John Carroll 0: A scoreless game until the bottom of the seventh, Bel Air’s Tara Trzeciak scored off a Patriots error for the walk-off win. Kyrsten Coppage threw a four-hit shutout with eight strikeouts.
Eastern Tech 13, Towson 8: Down three runs, the Mavericks scored seven runs in the sixth inning.
Howard 11, Marriotts Ridge 5: Morgan Gross finished 3-for-5 with a team-high four RBIs to lead the Lions (8-3, 7-2 Howard County). Nicole Parker and Lily Soler each finished with two RBIs for Howard.
Glenelg 12, Centennial 2: Madison Stouffer, Serafina Tinio and Lily Dustin each had two RBIs for the Gladiators (10-3, 9-3 Howard County). Sydney Spiegel also had two hits for Glenelg.
Wilde Lake 15, Oakland Mills 0: The Wildecats (12-4, 10-4 Howard County) scored eight runs in the third to break the game open as Veronica Goode, Lauren Jascewsky and Madhi Davis each had two RBIs.
Archbishop Spalding 10, Mount de Sales 0: Amaya Carroll had two doubles, a single and three RBIs for the Cavaliers. Mya Lamp also drove in three and Ashlyn Bishop homered and had two RBIs. In the circle, Carroll threw a one-hitter with nine strikeouts.
Catoctin 11, Liberty 0: The Lions fell behind 5-0 after one inning. Evelyn Connor
had the team’s lone hit.
Baseball
River Hill 9, Centennial 0: The Hawks (14-2, 13-0 Howard County) continued to roll with their seventh straight win. Will Kilcoyne had a team-high three RBIs.
Wilde Lake 10, Oakland Mills 3: Brady McGonigal homered for the third straight game, finishing 2-for-3 with four RBIs to lead the Wildecats (5-9, 5-8 Howard County). Xavier Gilliam was 2-for-2 with three stolen bases, while Andrew Vargia had two hits. Derek Fermaint had five stolen bases.
North County 4, Annapolis 3: The Knights trailed 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning when an error scored two runs, giving the Knights the walk-off win.
Patterson Mill 8, North East 0: Winner Carson Thomas pitched 2 innings of relief and gave up three hits for the host Huskies.
Key School 8, Saints Peter & Paul 2: Winning pitcher Sean Boomer struck out 17 and Jack Gallant had three RBIs to lead the Obezags (10-2, 9-0 MIAA C Conference).
Boys lacrosse
Hereford 7, Towson 6: The game was tied at 3 at halftime and at 4 after three quarters. Logan Sinsebox had two goals and an assist for the Bulls.
Centennial 10, Wilde Lake 4: Josh Flick had with six goals and two assists to lead the Eagles (7-3, 6-3 Howard County). Aiden Krawcyzk added a hat trick.
Girls lacrosse
C. Milton Wright 14, North Harford 4: Emma Jankowiak scored four goals and Katie Roszko and Shelby Sullivan each had three
goals to lead the host Mustangs.
Harford Tech 20, Elkton 6: Molly Re had six goals, Lauren Kunes had five and Arleah Brown had four to lead the host Cobras (5-3).
Fallston 16, Patterson Mill 0: The host Cougars (10-2) won their third straight.
Loch Raven 12, Eastern Tech 8: In the loss, Jess Urban had four goals for the Mavericks.
South Carroll 18, Smithsburg 1: Leah Miller scored five goals to lead the Cavaliers to the big win. Caroline Laur added three goals.
Marriotts Ridge 17, Reservoir 1: The Mustangs (9-4, 7-1 Howard County) earned their fourth straight win. Maisy Clevenger scored a team-high five goals as Sofie Bender added four goals and an assist.
Boys tennis
Marriotts Ridge 5, Glenelg 0: Sai Charan Chodavarapu and Colin Wang each won their singles matches.
Liberty 5, South Carrol 0: Honour Zan and Nikhil Andhavarapu won singles matches for the Lions.
Francis Scott Key 4, Smithsburg 0: Andrew Scott and Tommy Crushong picked up singles wins for the Eagles.
Girls tennis
Marriotts Ridge 5, Glenelg 0: Christian Ottman and Maria Ottman each won their singles matches.
Liberty 3, South Carroll 2: Kara Bartolowits won the top singles match, while doubles teams of Madison Haggerty and Grace Maerten and Val Davis and Shannon Hope won doubles matches for the Lions (11-0).
Smithsburg 5, Francis Scott Key 0: The Eagles’ doubles team of Caroline Kohr and Anna Scott took their match to three sets.