Fallston

The Fallston boys lacrosse team made the final quarter of the season its finest in Tuesday's Class 2A-1A state semifinal against South Carroll. The No. 15 Cougars scored six unanswered goals to turn a close game into a 14-7 win over the Cavaliers at UMBC Stadium. Senior midfielder Zach Wheeler provided most of the offense with a record-breaking performance, finishing with five goals and five assists. His 10 points broke the single-game record in Class 2A-1A , previously nine, and tied the mark for all three classifications.

The senior scored five goals in Saturday's Class 2A-1A state semifinal against Parkside, inluding the game-winner in the second overtime for a 14-13 win that sent the Cougars to Tuesday's championship against Winters Mill. In her third year on varsity, Nolan has led the team in scoring the past two seasons. After finishing with 53 goals and 39 assists last season, she went into the championship game with 60 goals and 63 assists this spring. In the Cougars' 20-4 region semifinal win over Havre de Grace, she had five goals and two assists, then followed that with four goals and two assists in Wednesday's 18-8 win over Patterson Mill for the region crown.

Fallston teens' death shouldn't be in vainThe Rothgeb family would like to express their sincere thanks for the overwhelming support and sympathy received from the sheriff's department and the community since the loss of their beloved Eric. The memorial erected, where he was killed, and the letters and cards are greatly appreciated.Sixteen-year-old Eric Rothgeb and his best friend, 18-year-old Christian Leonard, were both tragically killed on June 24 as they walked along the shoulder of Route 152 in Harford County.

The Fallston boys lacrosse team made the final quarter of the season its finest in Tuesday's Class 2A-1A state semifinal against South Carroll. The No. 15 Cougars scored six unanswered goals to turn a close game into a 14-7 win over the Cavaliers at UMBC Stadium. Senior midfielder Zach Wheeler provided most of the offense with a record-breaking performance, finishing with five goals and five assists. His 10 points broke the single-game record in Class 2A-1A , previously nine, and tied the mark for all three classifications.

No one was injured Monday afternoon as firefighters battled a blaze at a Fallston home, officials said. Dave Williams of the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association said the fire was reported at about 3:25 p.m. on Franklins Chance Court. The occupant of the house was home but was able to self-evacuate, he said. Text BUSINESS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Business text alerts

  For her review in Friday's Live section, Kit Waskom Pollard took a trip up to Fallston to visit The Mallet  Located on the busy intersection of Bel Air and Mountain roads, The Mallet is a combination fine dining/crab house/martini lounge/tiki bar establishment, which wants to be "a destination for the residents of Bel Air and Harford County," Pollard writes, "whether they're looking for crabs with the kids, a nice...

A switch from midfield to forward this season has suited Wheeler well. The senior scored five goals and handed out an assist, in a 12 minute span covering the first and second quarters of a game against Patterson Mill on Wednesday. Fallston won, 14-10, to stay undefeated in the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference at 4-0. Wheeler leads the team in points with 21 goals and 15 assists. He has a 3.8 GPA and will attend Virginia Tech to study engineering. His coach, Matt Parks, says Wheeler is "very savvy, good in tight spaces and has a great stick.

The junior outside hitter helped lead the No. 5 Cougars to the Class 2A state championship Nov. 22, when Fallston swept Mariotts Ridge in three games for the program's first crown. In the team's 25-13, 25-14, 25-20 win at the University of Maryland, Holehouse contributed 19 kills, nine digs, three aces and two assists. In the state semifinals against Poolesville on Nov. 18, another 3-0 sweep, Holehouse finished with 21 kills and 11 digs. For the season, Holehouse had 205 kills, 114 digs, 103 assists and 57 service aces.

Elmer Stephens "Mickey" Cochran was born in Fallston on June 24, 1911, so today will be his 100th birthday, a milestone he will celebrate with members of his family at his daughter's home in Baltimore County. One of 12 children born to the late Anthony and Catherine Cochran, Elmer Cochran is a retired farmer who worked for E.S. Voss in Monkton and also had his own farm near the Hillendale Country Club, according to his nephew, Charles "Chuggy" Cochran, who lives in Baltimore and also spends considerable time at a property he owns off of Hess Road in Fallston.

Senior Mike Antinozzi has built an impressive resume in the classroom and on the playing fields at Fallston, where he has maintained a 3.8 grade-point average and excelled in lacrosse and soccer. There's one final thing he would like to accomplish before he graduates in June — winning a state title. Antinozzi, four-year varsity midfielder in lacrosse, and the Cougars fell short in the title game in his freshman year and haven't been back. The past two years in soccer — he led the team in scoring this fall — the team made back-to-back state title-game appearances only to lose on penalty kicks and then in overtime.

Fallston senior Sam Nolan scored five goals in Saturday's Maryland Class 1A-2A girls lacrosse state semifinal against Parkside, with none bigger than the last at Bel Air High School. Nolan's goal, assisted by Heather Summers, with 46.7 seconds left in the second overtime, gave the Cougars a 14-13 win and a berth in the state finals. C. Milton Wright was eliminated from post-season play in a rematch of a game earlier this season. The Mustangs, who lost to Century during the regular season, fell 10-8 Friday night.

Times and dates have been set for the girls and boys state lacrosse semifinals Friday night and Saturday. Following is the complete schedule. State finals will be held Tuesday and Wednesday nights at UMBC. Friday Class 4A-3A At Franklin Catonsville girls vs. Severna Park, 6 Bel Air boys vs. South River, 8 Class 3A-2A At Annapolis Mount Hebron girls vs. Queen Anne's, 6 C. Milton Wright girls vs. Century, 8 Class 2A-1A At Bel Air Winters Mill girls vs. Loch Raven, 6 South Carroll boys vs. Patterson Mill 8 Saturday Class 4A-3A At Franklin Westminster girls vs. Churchill, noon Westminster boys vs. Churchill, 12 Class 3A-2A At Annapolis Glenelg boys vs. Kent Island, noon Hereford boys vs. Winters Mill, 2 Class 2A-1A At Bel Air Fallston boys vs. Northwestern, noon Fallston girls vs. Parkside, 2

Wooden stakes mark the path that a proposed underground gas pipeline would cut through Jonathan Guth's property in Baltimore County along its 21-mile route northeast to Harford County. The project would take out about half a stand of woods that Guth says makes a fine noise and privacy buffer between his four-bedroom house and the main road, and he's not happy about it. "If all that wasn't here, we probably wouldn't have bought the house," said Guth, pointing to about an acre of 50-foot-tall trees along Ridge Road that provide accommodations for deer, cardinals, blue jays, foxes and at least one red-tailed hawk Guth has grown rather fond of. He and his wife moved in 2009 to this spot southwest of Oregon Ridge Park from a more densely populated county neighborhood, in part for "all the benefits of the natural environment.

McDaniel heads into Friday's semifinal against Washington in the Centennial Conference tournament on a five-game winning streak. And for the last four games, senior Brad Motley has been the primary goalkeeper. The Fallston native and graduate replaced sophomore Christian Dallmus as the starter after the Green Terror's 6-5 overtime decision against Franklin & Marshall on March 31. According to coach Matt Hatton, an injury Dallmus - who had started the first 11 contests - suffered during the week of practice after that win opened the door for Motley.

Bel Air handed Fallston its first loss of the year in Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference play last Friday. The Bobcats upset the Cougars 7-4 behind strong singles play from their top boys and girls. Several matches were decided by super tie-breakers after players split sets. Bel Air freshman Michael Quang continues to dominate the boys singles, winning his 10th match of the season without a loss. He defeated Derek Xiao in straight sets to start off the afternoon play. At boys second singles, Bel Air's Serkan Olgac needed a super tie-breaker to complete a come-from-behind win after dropping the first set to Fallston's Andrew Gounaris.

Glen Burnie (6-2) has had a rough week as the metro area's No. 1 softball team. The Gophers lost, 11-6, to unranked Northeast on Tuesday, and host No. 8 Broadneck put together a five-run rally in the fourth Thursday to beat them, 5-1. Eagles right-hander Emilee Pslueger (4-3) gave up one unearned run in the first inning before settling down. She gave up six hits and two walks and struck out three. Broadneck's Nicole Blackwell hit an RBI double in the five-run fourth-inning rally.