Consuegra

The eighth-ranked South Carroll girls basketball team picked a bad evening to have a severe case of the holiday blues.Flashy freshman Cara Consuegra and her talented Linganore teammates were in town last night, making life miserable for the Cavaliers on their home floor.Consuegra put on an all-around girls basketball show, scoring 24 points, getting six steals, running perfect pick-and-rolls with teammate Carrie Jenkins and playing a sound fundamental game.The performance by Consuegra carried Linganore to a 50-35 victory and ended a five-game winning streak by the Cavaliers.

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Cara Consuegra showed again last night why she is one of the best high school girls basketball players ever to come out of the state of Maryland.Consuegra simply demoralized 12th-ranked Annapolis with one super no-look pass or cross-over dribble for a layup every time the Panthers drew close to unbeaten Linganore and wound up with the third triple double of her four-year career, leading the Lancers to a 64-55 victory in the championship of Annapolis Capital...

The difference between this year's No.1 teams in the Baltimore and Washington areas was an unearned run, as it decided yesterday's Class 3A state final at Joe Cannon Stadium in Harmans, as Damascus edged Fallston, 3-2. With the victory, the Swarmin' Hornets from Montgomery County won their second state title in three years and completed a 21-0 season. As the ninth Maryland public school team to go undefeated in a state-title drive, Damascus denied the Cougars (21-2) their first and what would have been Harford County's sixth state championship.

Every time No. 6 Catonsville tried to make a move against beaten Linganore, Cara Consuegra had an answer.The multi-talented 5-foot-8 guard came within one steal of a triple double as she led the Lancers to a 68-43 victory over the Comets in a state Class 2A semifinal last night at UMBC.Consuegra scored 27, grabbed 12 rebounds, had nine steals and dished out six assists in what Linganore coach Brian Matthews called an "average" day for her.To the Comets, Consuegra was anything but average, especially at the end of the first half when she all but ended hopes for Catonsville's first girls basketball title.

Early in last night's Class 3A West regional final at SouthCarroll, a malfunctioning scoreboard inadvertently erased a full minute from the game clock.If only it could've erased Linganore forward Cara Consuegra, the 10th-ranked Cavaliers might have stood a fighting chance.Consuegra, a Street & Smith's preseason All-American, scored a career-high 39 points, including 21 in the final 8: 25, to help the visiting Lancers, ranked No. 1 in the state, overcome an eight-point deficit en route to a 70-59 win for their 51st consecutive victory.

The difference between this year's No.1 teams in the Baltimore and Washington areas was an unearned run, as it decided yesterday's Class 3A state final at Joe Cannon Stadium in Harmans, as Damascus edged Fallston, 3-2. With the victory, the Swarmin' Hornets from Montgomery County won their second state title in three years and completed a 21-0 season. As the ninth Maryland public school team to go undefeated in a state-title drive, Damascus denied the Cougars (21-2) their first and what would have been Harford County's sixth state championship.

Hammond played like a champion yesterday in its 2A state title game against Linganore at UMBC.The Golden Bears just didn't win.Linganore junior Cara Consuegra scored 29, including 12 of her team's 14 fourth-quarter points, and the Lancers (25-0) completed an undefeated season with a 61-54 victory.The Lancers' closest margin of victory until yesterday was 15 points. But two-time defending state champion Hammond, playing in its fifth straight 2A final, rallied from a 15-point third-quarter deficit and twice had an opportunity to take the lead in the fourth period.

The first time Linganore girls basketball coach Brian Matthews saw Cara Consuegra play ball, she was a fourth-grader in the middle of a pick-up game against older players -- boys and girls, some in the ninth grade."

South Carroll knew the task would be tough last night with Linganore visiting and still unbeaten.For the first half, the Cavaliers met the challenge. In the second half, Linganore junior guard Cara Consuegra was simply too much of a challenge.Consuegra scored 19 of her game-high 27 points in the second half to lead Linganore past South Carroll, 64-48, in the Central Maryland Conference opener for both teams.Going into the game, South Carroll coach Al Skierski said the Cavaliers' primary concern would be the matchup at the two guard spots.

There was only one way Linganore could be stopped this season, and it happened last night.The season ended.The Frederick County school completed its second straight unbeaten season, defeating Centennial of Howard County, 61-42, at UMBC.The Lancers, led by Cara Consuegra's 19 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four steals become the first public state school to win 28 games in a season. They also are the first girls team to win consecutive state titles after moving up one classification.

Nancy Ferguson has engineered some amazing feats while coaching at Fallston, but she would have had to be a magician to pull this off.Short of pulling four more Karen Tiedemanns out of her hat, Ferguson could find nothing to counter Linganore and its exceptional senior combination of Cara Consuegra and Mimi Ritter.The Iowa-bound Consuegra had a triple double -- 23 points, 18 rebounds, 10 assists -- and Georgetown-bound Ritter had 16 points as the Lancers won their 52nd in a row, 71-43, over No. 12 Fallston (21-3)

Early in last night's Class 3A West regional final at SouthCarroll, a malfunctioning scoreboard inadvertently erased a full minute from the game clock.If only it could've erased Linganore forward Cara Consuegra, the 10th-ranked Cavaliers might have stood a fighting chance.Consuegra, a Street & Smith's preseason All-American, scored a career-high 39 points, including 21 in the final 8: 25, to help the visiting Lancers, ranked No. 1 in the state, overcome an eight-point deficit en route to a 70-59 win for their 51st consecutive victory.

NEW MARKET -- As the night wore on in Linganore High's warm gym, the South Carroll Cavaliers were worn down, battling for three solid quarters with the state's top-ranked team before giving way to the Lancers, 77-62.After South Carroll senior Shannan Henley (24 points) gave the Cavaliers (15-5) a 44-42 lead with three minutes left in the third quarter, the Lancers (20-0) scored the last nine points of the quarter to pull away.Linganore senior guards Cara Consuegra (30 points, 15 rebounds)

The first time Linganore girls basketball coach Brian Matthews saw Cara Consuegra play ball, she was a fourth-grader in the middle of a pick-up game against older players -- boys and girls, some in the ninth grade."

The Linganore Lancers came to Westminster last night with their new No. 1 state ranking -- and spent all 32 minutes showing just how they got there.Senior standout guard Cara Consuegra scored a career-high 38 points and her talented backcourt mate, senior Mimi Ritter, added 17 -- including five three-pointers -- to lead the Lancers to a convincing 91-51 win over No. 16 Westminster.The Class 3A Lancers, winners of the Class 2A state title last year, improved to 17-0 on the season and extended their two-year winning streak to 42 games.

NEW MARKET -- The end of Westminster's 10-game winning streak came rather unceremoniously last night against an inspired Linganore team and Cara Consuegra.Consuegra, a 5-foot-7 sophomore, was virtually unstoppable, rolling up 31 points, 17 rebounds and five assists to lead Linganore to a 76-59 victory over the previously unbeaten and 13th-ranked Owls in a Central Maryland Conference game.Consuegra set the tone by outscoring the entire Westminster team, 13-11, in the first quarter when the Lancers bolted to a 26-11 advantage.

Carroll County girls basketball teams don't fare too well against Frederick County power Linganore.Last night the Lancers (10-3) defeated Westminster, 69-48, so now they have beaten Carroll County's top two teams, Westminster (7-3) and South Carroll, by a combined score of 119-83.Senior Linganore point guard Carrie Jenkins, whom Lancers coach Brian Matthews calls the best girls player in the state, put on a clinic at Westminster last night with her passing, ball-handling and three-point shooting.

NEW MARKET -- The Westminster Owls were supposed to be on a short list of teams that would be able to stay close with the Linganore Lancers in the Central Maryland Conference this season.They did last night -- for a half.The defending Class 2A state champ Lancers came out of the halftime break with eight straight points to distance themselves from the No. 14 Owls, pulling away for a 81-58 win.It was the 35th straight win for Linganore, the state's second-ranked team that went 25-0 last season and is off to a 10-0 start this season.

Cara Consuegra showed again last night why she is one of the best high school girls basketball players ever to come out of the state of Maryland.Consuegra simply demoralized 12th-ranked Annapolis with one super no-look pass or cross-over dribble for a layup every time the Panthers drew close to unbeaten Linganore and wound up with the third triple double of her four-year career, leading the Lancers to a 64-55 victory in the championship of Annapolis Capital...