Cavaliers

Michael Calderone Archbishop Spalding The Cavaliers won their second straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference title without a real superstar and after losing three of their top six runners from last year's championship team. In his 14th season as coach at Archbishop Spalding, Calderone said he doesn't want to bank on having one big-time runner because it's a team sport. That's why the Cavaliers overcame the loss of the three runners from last year, as well as one of their top runners suffering an injury about 10 days before this year's title race.

The Winfield Cavaliers' 6-8 Federal Black youth football squad, members of the Mid-Maryland Youth Football and Cheer League, capped the season with a 14-6 Super Bowl championship win on Nov. 17 against the Catonsville Stars. The contest was played at Blandair Park in Columbia. The Cavaliers, who went 8-1 during the regular season, defeated Woodlawn and Bowie on teh way to the Super Bowl berth.  In the title game, the team saw points scored by Peyton Thomas and Landon Rutley.

It has become a rite of passage in recent years in girls soccer: McDonogh vs. Archbishop Spalding for the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship. With two-time defending league champion and No. 1 McDonogh handling John Carroll, 5-0, and No. 5 Spalding defeating Notre Dame Prep by the same score in Saturday's semifinals, the teams will meet in the title game for the third straight year. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Monday at Stevenson University in Owings Mills.

The Westminster High football team had two goals in mind when it entered Ruby Field on Friday night: beat longtime rival South Carroll for the county title, and complete the first undefeated and untied regular season in school history. With those accomplishments now in hand, the Owls can move on to their main goal of winning the school's first state football championship. Westminster effectively mixed its running and passing games and unleashed the county's best defense in a 42-7 romp over the Cavaliers on Friday night at Ruby Field.  Coach Brad Wilson's team completed the first undefeated regular season in program history, while earning its second consecutive county championship.

Mount St. Joseph didn't win a single Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference football game during the regular season, but running back Nevone McCrimmon made sure that trend didn't continue in the playoffs. Offensive linemen Patrick O'Connell, Shane Lowman, Jake Dahl, Nick Phelps and Matt Lindner blew holes in Archbishop Spalding's defense and McCrimmon ran 30 times for 176 yards and two touchdowns as the visiting Gaels upset the No. 10 Cavaliers, 19-13, Saturday night in an A Conference quarterfinal.

When : Friday, 7 p.m. Coaches : Brian Propst, Archbishop Spalding; Donald Davis, Calvert Hall Last meeting : Calvert Hall won, 29-23, last season KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH Archbishop Spalding : QB-DB Zach Abey, Jr. (38-for-84 passing, 474 yards, 2 TDs, 5 INTs; 99 carries, 671 yards, 9 TDs; 20 tackles, 1 INT); OL-DL Mike Williams, Sr. (6 tackles); RB-DB Avery Simmons, Jr. (45 carries, 337 yards, 4 TDs; 2 INTs); TE-DL Melvin Gowl, Jr. (16 carries, 48 yards, 2 TDs; 17 tackles, 2 sacks)

The top-ranked Garrison Forest field hockey team completed its perfect season in a similar fashion as it has done all season long -- with its 13th shutout. The Grizzlies finished 18-0 overall and 16-0 in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference with a 6-0 decision over visiting Mount de Sales on Wednesday. "We've never had a perfect season, no ties. Never in my time as a coach," Grizzlies coach Traci Davis said. "This is a first. " Erica Marshall and Geagy Pritchard provided the offense, scoring four and two goals, respectively, and Kendall Kuntz and Ariyel Yavalar made nine and two saves, respectively.

The senior forward, in her fourth varsity season, helped the No. 5 Cavaliers (11-3-3) wrap up the Red Division in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference. In five wins last week, Ostrowski accounted for six goals and an assist to help the Cavaliers go into the league playoffs on a high note. In a 2-1 win over then-No. 3 C. Milton Wright on Oct. 15, Ostrowski assisted on the game-winning goal. In a 3-0 league win over Notre Dame Prep on Wednesday, she scored all three goals to record her second hat trick of the season.

After losing big to top-ranked Gilman last week, Archbishop Spalding had something to prove. And the Cavaliers did. Zach Abey rushed for one touchdown and threw for another to lead host Spalding (4-3) to a 29-11 upset victory over No. 9 Mount St. Joseph on Friday. "We needed to prove to ourselves that we belong" in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference, coach Brian Propst said. "The team came together in the second quarter. And in the second half, we controlled the ball and the clock.

Albert Reid took the handoff, fended off a tackler diving at his legs, and managed to lunge forward to within a yard of the line of scrimmage before tumbling to the turf. Another Maryland running play was over before it could get started. Variations of that outcome - from the second quarter of last week's 19-14 victory over Wake Forest - have become all too common for a Maryland team that enters Saturday's game at Virginia ranked last in the Atlantic Coast Conference in rushing (86 yards per game)