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No. 2 Garrison Forest was fortunate to escape with a 1-1 tie Friday in its home match with rival Notre Dame Prep. NDP's Kendal Packo gave the visitors a 1-0 lead 2:44 into the second half, and NDP held that lead - thanks to a strong defensive effort by Lauren Young and Morgan Voelkel - until Garrison's Geagy Pritchard tied it with just 1:19 left in regulation. There was a frenzy of action in overtime, mostly in front of the Garrison goal, where Grizzlies goalie Kendall Kuntz (13 saves)

The Garrison Forest field hockey team, which moved up the No. 2 ranking in the Baltimore Sun poll, played like a top team Monday when it dominated play and beat the visiting No. 7 Century Knights 4-1. "Sometimes you can control and dominate and still see the other team take the lead," said Garrison Forest coach Traci Davis. "We had a bunch of corners and couldn't score and Century got two good chances and made one of them count. It wasn't until after we took a time out and regrouped that we were able to make strong moves and finish.

Garrison Forest's field hockey team enjoyed a comfortable 2-0 lead in the first half before visiting North Harford threatened with four corners in the second half. But the No. 3 Grizzlies (8-1), led by Geagy Pritchard's two goals, beat the Hawks, 2-1, on Thursday. North Harford pulled within one at the 13:40 mark of the second half. Grizzlies keeper Megan Rossi made 13saves. No. 7 Century 4, Francis Scott Key 0: Steffie Pfisterer recorded her sixth shutout for the visiting Knights (6-0)

Lil Shelton, the long-time coach of the No. 2 Severna Park field hockey team, doesn't like being ahead by one goal late in a game. "It makes me nervous," she said. But Monday, with sophomore Liz Matta in goal, she didn't have to worry. Under pressure, Matta, who made 11 saves — at least five of them in the last nine minutes — was exhilarated by the challenge being brought by a determined Garrison Forrest squad, and held on to lead the visiting Falcons to a 2-1 victory. The win improves Severna Park's record to 3-0, while No. 3 Garrison Forest drops to 2-1. Adding to the excitement was the fact the game matched two long-time successful programs.

Sabriaya Shipley enrolled in a summer learning program that her mother promised would offer new experiences. But when the 15-year-old city girl discovered those experiences would be on horseback at a school in Baltimore County, she balked, at least a bit. "At first I said, 'No way,'" said Sabriaya, a rising sophomore at the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore. "I never thought I would even get on a horse, let alone lead one around the ring. Now I am trotting on one. Now I can say I play polo.

A contemporary Chinese artist helped a private school in Baltimore County dedicate its Confucius Classroom on Monday. Wu Ching-ju, speaking through an interpreter, opened the ceremony at Garrison Forest School, an all-girls elementary through high school in Owings Mills. With a slide show of her graceful sculptures playing in the background, the artist related the story of her life steeped in "curiosity for the world" and a determination to succeed. She listened to a student concert, toured the classroom filled with Chinese artwork and offered her insights to a sculpting class.

In the summer of 1996, 11-year-old Forest Boyce, like a lot of other little girls, wanted to ride horses. And she found a way to do that by working at the farm of late, renowned point-to-point jockey Mike Smithwick in Monkton, where Boyce grew up. Soon she was there on weekends. When school started she was there before classes. When the weather got cold and rain and snow began to fall, she was still there. Year after year. "Forest sort of grew up with us," said trainer Alex White, who worked at Smithwick's farm for more than 20 years before being out on her own the past 10. "I think she wanted to be a jockey when she was 16 years old. But her parents, myself and [trainer]

The Garrison Forest field hockey team gave its school a birthday present Sunday afternoon when it gift-wrapped a 3-2 overtime win against No. 1-seed Notre Dame Prep for the IAAM A Conference championship. Brooke Adler, one of 12 sophomores on the Grizzlies, scored twice in the game, including the game-winner with 2:32 left in overtime to secure the victory. "This one is particularly sweet given this is the school's centennial year," said Garrison Forest coach Traci Davis, whose team won its third title in five years.

A year ago, Garrison Forest forward Geagy Pritchard was a freshman standing on the sidelines during the deciding second overtime of the IAAM championship game won by Bryn Mawr. Thursday, in the IAAM semifinal game at St. Paul's, again against Bryn Mawr, Pritchard was a star. With 2:03 gone in overtime, Pritchard scored the winning goal from in front of the Mawrtians' net for a 2-1 Garrison victory. The win propels the No. 9 Grizzlies (15-2-1) back to the championship game Sunday at Goucher College where they will face No. 12 Notre Dame Prep (13-3-1)

Garrison Forest's field hockey team came away with a 1-0 upset over Bryn Mawr on Tuesday when Megan Rossie scored with just over 16 minutes left, lifting the visiting Grizzlies (8-2-1) over the No. 5 Mawrtians (8-2). Garrison Forest goalkeeper Kendall Kuntz made seven saves and posted a shutout. "A lot of back and forth," Bryn Mawr coach Jeanette Budzik said. "Garrison started out dominating, then we got our bearings. They sent a long ball from the sideline that caught everyone off guard [leading to the goal]