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Both Liberty and host North Carroll knew the importance of last night's Carroll County field hockey matchup.Visiting Liberty came into the contest ranked first in the Class 2A Region I standings and undefeated in County League and Central Maryland Conference play.North Carroll began the night ranked third in the region, and wanted to avenge an early-season loss to the Lions.The revenge factor seemed to work for the Panthers, as they blanked their county rivals, 2-0.With the win, North Carroll (7-3-2 overall, 4-1 CMC, 3-2-2 county)

WESTMINSTER — The 145th observance of the Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Westminster will be available for viewing on Carroll County's cable channel 19 and online at the Community Media Center website, http://www.CarrollMediaCenter.org. A CMC television crew will be set up along the parade route on Main Street in downtown Westminster. Another crew will be set up in the Westminster Cemetery to film the ceremony saluting military servicemen and women. CMC volunteers will also be on hand over the weekend, covering the Civil through Revolutionary War reenactor encampments at the Carroll County Farm Museum.

FREDERICK -- "Ho hum," some people said yesterday after the Westminster boys cross country team won its seventh Central Maryland Conference championship in the seven years the meet has been held.But they didn't understand the significance of this victory for Owls coach Jim Gilford."What makes this one special is we lost nearly everybody from last year but still won," said Gilford, whose Owls will seek a 10th straight Carroll County championship Friday at Western Maryland College.The Owls placed four runners in the top 10 yesterday to hold off a challenge from host Linganore and win the meet in what was supposed to be a down year for the team.

On paper, Century's 11-5 win over visiting Westminster last night clinched the Knights sole possession of both the Carroll County and Central Maryland Conference girls lacrosse titles. In reality, however, those distinctions had long been a foregone conclusion. As they head toward the playoffs after an unbeaten regular season, the biggest question facing the No. 15 Knights seems not if anyone is capable of beating them. It's will they beat themselves? "The girls read the paper and watch the scores, and it's not good," coach Rose Pentz said.

The Westminster Owls' successful turnaround this season has come about because of steady defense, creative offense and reliable pitching.It's called good fundamental softball, something the Thomas Johnson Patriots have been playing for years.The No. 12 Owls came into yesterday afternoon's game against visiting Thomas Johnson playing some of their best softball of the season, but the Patriots weren't fazed, coming away with a 6-0 win to clinch at least a share of the Central Maryland Conference title.

A vote last night cleared a major hurdle for the creation of a 22-team high school athletic conference, combining current and future members of the Central Maryland Conference and Monocacy Valley Athletic League. Under the plan, the 19 teams that currently make up the two leagues will make up the new league. Also included will be two schools slated to open in Carroll and Frederick counties and Washington County's Clear Spring, currently an independent. The league will take the MVAL name, and begin play in the fall of 2003.

Westminster coach Jim Filford had a difficult time describing how his boys ran yesterday.Gilford said the Owls did not run badly, but they could have done better. And even though No. 6 Westminster did not do its best, it still had more than enough to win the Central Maryland Conference championship for the ninth consecutive year.The Owls, the only boys team ever to win the CMC cross country championship, placed six runners in the top 13. Led by runner-up Mike Recek -- the defending CMC, county, region and state champion -- Westminster (34 points)

The Westminster boys cruised to their sixth consecutive Central Maryland Conference track and field title last night, but the Owls' girls saw their three-year reign end with a second-place finish behind Linganore.The boys clinched the team title early and finished with a 198-126 win over second-place Linganore at Westminster.The girls race came down to the second-to-last event, with the Linganore girls winning the 400-meter relay to clinch their third CMC title, 135-120 1/3 . Their first two crowns came in the conference's first two years, 1988 and 1989.

Outside the Westminster Owls locker room is a blackboard with the boys basketball team's goals for the season. It reads: 1. County. 2. CMC. 3. States. After last night's 84-51 thrashing of visiting South Carroll, it's two down and one to go for the 15th-ranked Owls. Six-foot-8 center Nick Hohenwarter scored a game-high 28 points as Westminster (19-2 overall, 13-1 conference) became Carroll County's first outright Central Maryland Conference champion since South Carroll in 1989. The Owls shared the title with Thomas Johnson in 1991.

Carroll high school hoop teams will try to rebound this week after aso-so opening in Central Maryland Conference play.Carroll's boysteams struggled last week, going a combined 0-6 against Frederick County teams in CMC play.The girls had a little more success last week with three CMC winsagainst Frederick County opponents, highlighted by Liberty's one-point squeaker against Frederick on Jan. 7.This week doesn't look tobe any easier for the boys, with three conference games slated on the road Friday: Liberty (5-5 overall, 0-1 in the CMC)

HAGERSTOWN - Westminster freshman Trisha Repsher had little trouble winning the 3,200-meter run at the Carroll County indoor track championship on Wednesday. But Repsher sought something different when she returned to Hagerstown Community College for yesterday's Central Maryland Conference indoor track championship. She decided to hang with tough runner Brenda Baclawski from Urbana for as long as possible - and the freshman hit the jackpot. The Owls' Repsher shaved 41.4 seconds off her time from three days earlier to set a CMC championship meet record in her narrow win over Baclawski.

In a game delayed 18 days because of rain and the sniper shootings, host Westminster last night finally got its crack at Central Maryland Conference girls soccer power Thomas Johnson. The Owls nearly made the long wait pay off. After a late second-half goal by Westminster's Sara Tenney forced the game into overtime, Brittany Wilson gave the Patriots the victory, placing a high-arching kick from 30 yards out over the fingers of goalie Kristin Greene 3 minutes, 45 seconds into sudden death to give the defending Class 3A state champions a 2-1 win. For Westminster (4-4-2 overall, 2-4 CMC)

Urbana simply ran away with yesterday's Central Maryland Conference cross country championship meet. Kurt Kuehne edged Linganore's C.R. Thomas in a sprint to the finish line as Urbana put three runners in the top 10 and breezed to the team title. The girls also put three in the top 10 and rolled to the team championship to complete the sweep on a windy afternoon at South Carroll. The Urbana boys had 49 points, easily outdistancing Westminster (83) and defending champion Linganore (84)

Liz Fries knows that she's the player her South Carroll teammates look to when the heat is on. But she doesn't mind the pressure at all. Fries came through again yesterday, scoring both South Carroll goals, the second one coming with 1:04 left in the first sudden-death overtime period to give the host Cavaliers a 2-1 victory over stubborn Francis Scott Key in a Carroll County soccer game. The Cavaliers have their sights set on at least sharing the county title and winning the Central Maryland Conference crown.

A vote last night cleared a major hurdle for the creation of a 22-team high school athletic conference, combining current and future members of the Central Maryland Conference and Monocacy Valley Athletic League. Under the plan, the 19 teams that currently make up the two leagues will make up the new league. Also included will be two schools slated to open in Carroll and Frederick counties and Washington County's Clear Spring, currently an independent. The league will take the MVAL name, and begin play in the fall of 2003.

Unconventional as it was, No. 10 Westminster ultimately got the sweep it was looking for yesterday. Completing the April 19 game against South Carroll, suspended in the bottom of the third inning due to weather, the Owls came away with a 10-4 win over the Cavaliers in Westminster to clinch both the Carroll County crown and Central Maryland Conference title. In yesterday's originally-scheduled game that followed, the two teams were tied at 5 going into the bottom of the seventh inning before the umpires suspended play due to darkness.

An article in yesterday's Business section of The Sun LTC misstated the relationship between Concentra Medical Centers and CMC Occupational Health. Concentra has acquired CMC Occupational Health.The Sun regrets the errors.Pub Date: 6/14/96

WESTMINSTER — The 145th observance of the Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Westminster will be available for viewing on Carroll County's cable channel 19 and online at the Community Media Center website, http://www.CarrollMediaCenter.org. A CMC television crew will be set up along the parade route on Main Street in downtown Westminster. Another crew will be set up in the Westminster Cemetery to film the ceremony saluting military servicemen and women. CMC volunteers will also be on hand over the weekend, covering the Civil through Revolutionary War reenactor encampments at the Carroll County Farm Museum.

Unconventional as it was, No. 10 Westminster ultimately got the sweep it was looking for yesterday. Completing the April 19 game against South Carroll, suspended in the bottom of the third inning due to weather, the Owls came away with a 10-4 win over the Cavaliers in Westminster to clinch both the Carroll County crown and Central Maryland Conference title. In yesterday's originally-scheduled game that followed, the two teams were tied at 5 going into the bottom of the seventh inning before the umpires suspended play due to darkness.

URBANA - Century High has its first champion. In a stunning performance, sophomore Stephanie Dickerson made history by winning three events, and fell just short of a fourth, on a cool and windy afternoon at the Central Maryland Conference Track and Field Championships yesterday at Urbana High. Dickerson, who attended South Carroll as a freshman, started the day by taking the 100 meters with a winning time of 12.1 seconds to become the first-year school's first-ever titleholder in any sport.