Girls Soccer League

Soccer* Under-14 boys -- After an even first half, the Fairfax Fire took control with two goals early in the second half and went on to defeat FC Columbia, 3-0, Sunday.Stopper Lars Berg and midfielder Robbie Curtis played strong games for FC Columbia, a SAC under-14 travel team that competes in Division I of the National Capital Soccer League.* Under-14 girls -- Fit to be tied? That's an apt description for the Soccer Association of Columbia Heracanes.The Heracanes entered Sunday's game against the Prince William Dazzle with four ties in their first four games this season.

The Crofton Hot Shots, the under-14 girls soccer team that was suspended from a Washington-area league when the players' parents were accused of threatening a referee, are back in the game. Whether they make it onto the field, though, is unclear. The team might have earned a commutation of sorts this week, when the Maryland State Youth Soccer Association's disciplinary committee ordered the Hot Shots be "immediately reinstated," albeit on probation and on the condition that the fans take sportsmanship classes.

Youth soccer * Under-19 girls -- The Severna Park Ambition concluded its first season in the Washington Area Girls Soccer League with two victories last week.On Saturday, Severna Park defeated the Calverton Soccer Club, 4-2. Kristin Briggs and Gretchen Young had two goals and one assist each for the Ambition. Danielle Ohlhues rounded out the scoring for Severna Park with an assist.Severna Park ended its season on a winning note on Sunday by defeating the Seneca Soccer Association, 8-0.The Ambition defense, anchored by Stacy Seitz and Kathy Dunaway, helped goalkeeper Melanie McMullen to record her third shutout of the season.

FIGURE ON some kind of soccer being played this coming spring at the new Covenant Park, but just not as much as the new facility's owners were hoping and planning for - initially, anyway. The Soccer Association of Columbia/Howard County reluctantly decided last week to put off sodding most of the eight fields it has under construction there, as well as three at Howard Community College, until winter weather begins to break, we hope, in early March. Reason? No guesswork needed here. The ground is just too saturated for heavy equipment to be used, as has been the case for too many days and even weeks since work began in late May on the complex off Centennial Lane, opposite Centennial Park.

Soccer -- * Under-12 boys -- The Columbia Blaze lived up to its name last weekend, smoking the host Winchester (Va.) Warriors, 3-0, to NTC win the divisional title in the National Capitol Soccer League.The Blaze (7-1-1) has outscored opponents, 33-6, for the season.The game was scoreless for the first 20 minutes, but after a severe thunderstorm interrupted play, the Columbia team put its offense in motion.Zach Heidepriem opened the scoring with an unassisted goal and notched another one after halftime to give his team a 2-0 lead.

Rebecca Jones scored the game's lone goal with 3 minutes, 50 seconds left in the first half to lead the host Bel Air (8-3, 5-0) Bobcats to a 1-0 victory over the sixth-ranked C.M. Wright Mustangs (8-1-2, 3-1) in a Harford County Girls Soccer League game.Senior Colleen Keefe had seven saves for Bel Air.Tomorrow C.M. Wright plays another pivotal game when it visits No. 4 Fallston (9-2, 5-0) at 6: 45 p.m.Pub Date: 10/14/97

Atholton's talented soccer player, Kate Nicholson, must have a problem keeping all her uniforms straight. It's a good problem for the sophomore who recently was named to a national team. The striker, who led Atholton to its first regional title last fall, is now a member of the U-15 United Soccer League national team. She's one of 19 girls selected nationwide. Nicholson played for the Baltimore Bays team last summer. From there she was selected for the Mid-Atlantic Region team, and later she was tabbed for the national team.

REFEREES make good calls and bad ones, because they're human. Anyone's free to complain about a bad call, but no one has the right to take his or her disagreements to the level of threats or assaults. When those things happen, sports league organizers ought to take swift and stiff action. So the decision to suspend the Hot Shots - a Crofton girls' soccer team - for a season made sense. According to a 16-year-old referee, the team's parents threatened her (even saying they'd come to her house)

Area youths from first grade through eighth competed last weekend in the Raider Meet of the Bureau of Recreation's 1992 Grade School Cross Country Series.More than 40 participants took part in the grade-divided race, which had distances of a mile (grades 1 and 2), 1.5 miles (grades 3-5) and two miles (grades 6-8).Girls winners included Christina Crowley (grade 1), Kelly Hilliard (grade 2), Kelly Edwards (grade 3), Jamie Hilliard (grade 4), Caillin Marshall (grade 5), Erin Pryor (grade 6) and Jill Rupprecht (grade 8)