Blast forward Machel Millwood was named the Major Indoor Soccer League Player of the Week. Millwood scored three goals Friday night to lead the Blast to a hard-fought 9-8 win over the visiting Philadelphia KiXX. He scored three of the Blast's four goals, including the game-winner, for his first hat trick of the season. Millwood, a 2009 All-League first-team selection, leads the Blast and the MISL with 15 points (five goals, five assists) through four games. The Blast plays at the Rockford Rampage on Sunday evening. Game time is set for 6:05.
Figure skating: Rachel Parsons of Derwood and Kyle MacMillan of Washington won the intermediate ice dancing title at the 2010 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships in Strongsville, Ohio, held from Dec. 14 through Saturday. The 12-year-olds, who represent the Washington Figure Skating Club, finished first in both compulsory dance events, the foxtrot and American waltz, and finished with a 55.84 free dance score en route to the gold medal. Parsons and MacMillan also won the juvenile ice dancing title last year in Lake Placid, N.Y. "Our goal this year was just to medal because it's a new level, and there are lots of good skaters, so we are really excited to have done this well," Parsons said.
