Broadneck

A group of Broadneck Senior High School students has placed first inthe state in a Nationwide Engineering Design Challenge developed by the National Science Foundation. This is the first year Maryland has competed in the contest.Carolyn Brunnett, technology education teacher at Broadneck Senior High School, is the coach of the team, which will represent Maryland in the national competition at the University of Maryland-College Park Feb. 2. Her hand-picked team of outstanding Broadneck students includes Mike Fellona, Marc Aymard, Nick Johnson, Amy Castelano, Mike Zuhowski and Tim Tunison.

For Broadneck's boys soccer team, the school year has just begun, yet it is already time for report cards.The grades will come in tonight when the sixth-ranked Bruins (1-1) face Chesapeake-Anne Arundel at 7:30."Chesapeake. Now, that's a big game," coach Kevin McMullen said in the wake of Broadneck's 2-0 defeat at No. 3 Severna Park last night. The loss left Broadneck's playoff boat listing, if not actually dead in the water.McMullen downplayed the game all week, but saw enough to leave him visibly concerned heading into Chesapeake.

— No. 3 Broadneck's quest for its first state championship hit a roadblock in Prince George's County's Wise. The host Pumas (12-1) used an opportunistic defense and 112 second-half yards from Uriah Bethea to turn a one-point halftime deficit into a 14-7 win and another trip to the Class 4A state championship game. Wise, who lost by a point to Old Mill in last year's title game, will play Frederick County's Urbana, which defeated Gaithersburg 37-6 Friday night in the other semifinal, in the Class 4A state final at 7:30 p.m. Friday at M&T Bank Stadium.

Now Severna Park goalie Chad Roberts must figure out what to do for an encore.Roberts made his first start of the season a memorable one, making 12 saves as No. 15 Severna Park shut out visiting and No. 8 Broadneck in the second half for a 7-3 victory last night.The 6-foot-2, 200-pound junior did not find out until warm-ups that he would start for Severna Park (3-1). But he started hot and stayed that way."I was nervous but I used that to get myself in a zone," said Roberts. "I think we came out ready to play."

If it wasn't Amy Brew at one end of the field, it was Kate Brew at the other. Or Annapolis' other set of sisters, Cristi and Stephy Samaras, at the offensive end with Amy.Amy had two goals, Cristi had two goals and two assists, Stephy had one and goalie Kate had 12 saves.The sisters' combined efforts were enough to overwhelm No. 8 Broadneck. No. 5 Annapolis remained undefeated with its fifth straight victory yesterday, 9-5 over the host Bruins (2-2).The game served as a tuneup for both teams for their confrontations this week with No. 1 Severna Park.

Broadneck coach Mark Stover called it "a big bounce-back game," an important win after Monday's disappointing loss to Chesapeake.Todd Betz and Dan Gerbasi each homered and knocked in two runs, and senior left-hander John Totherow went the distance in No. 17 Broadneck's 10-4 romp at No. 11 Severna Park yesterday.The Bruins (6-1) collected 10 hits off two pitchers and were aided by a couple of errors by the Falcons to lead, 8-0, in the fifth inning.Severna Park's Matt Griswold hit a three-run homer over the fence in right in the bottom of the fifth, but Broadneck scored twice in the sixth.

No. 1 Centennial (13-0-2) won its fourth straight regional championship last night by beating No. 10 Broadneck, 1-0, in double overtime in the Class 3A East Region championship game.The Eagles pinned back Broadneck's defense for almost the entire game, but was unable to score until Brian West's kick with 5:15 left in the second 10-minute sudden-death overtime beat Broadneck goalkeeper Andy Chambless (18 saves).West (six goals, nine assists) took a throw-in from Kumi Walker, beat one man who slid into him, turned and saw that the goalkeeper was out. Then he blasted a shot a few yards inside the near post from 10 yards out."

Joe Yancy (145 pounds) overcame a 4-2 deficit to pin Anne Arundel County champ Mike DiLeonardi as No. 6 Broadneck (16-2) surprised No. 4 Old Mill, 33-29, in last night's second annual 3A-4A East regional dual-meet tournament at Arundel.County runner-up teammate Rob Peck (152) made it, 27-11, with a 10-9 victory over Larry Webster on a takedown with 10 seconds left before Old Mill went up, 29-27, on consecutive pins by Mike Hines (160), Eric Donoway (171) and top-ranked county champ Don Patterson (189)

All season, Broadneck coach John Mayberry has taken pride in his lightweight wrestlers. But in last night's 43-24 victory at No. 10 Chesapeake, the No. 7 Bruins (6-1) showed balance throughout the lineup.Up top, Broadneck, leading 20-18 with five bouts left, got pins from Joe Yancy (152 pounds), Andy Chambliss (171) and Arto Vartanian (heavyweight, who improved to 14-1 with his 13th pin) and a technical fall from Rob Peck (160). The Bruins had won two of the first three bouts for a 12-6 lead, with pins by Matt Ormsby (112)

Woodlawn forward Guy Butler showed why he earned Most Valuable Player honors in the Wes Unseld Holiday Tournament during the first 10 minutes of yesterday's championship game against No. 13 Broadneck at Catonsville Community College.The Warriors' 6-foot-7 enforcer scored 12 of his game-high 18 points in that span, powering No. 6 Woodlawn to a 22-16 lead.From there, though, it was Woodlawn's little men who gave the Bruins their biggest headaches.Six-foot Keion Carpenter and 5-foot-10 Steve Jackson combined for 25 points and 11 steals to lead the Warriors to a 52-46 win, giving them their second straight tournament crown.