Indoor Track

The Century and Pikesville boys took similar paths to indoor track and field state titles Monday afternoon at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex. The two teams relied on depth and balance to score throughout the meet. That's a big reason No. 2 Century won its second state title in three years and why the Panthers scored their first in school history. Pikesville scored in 12 of the 13 events and finished with 110 points, outlasting Boonsboro (102) to earn the Class 1A state crown.

Annapolis runner Hale Bullen earned a spot in the "Faces in the Crowd" section of the Feb. 18 issue of Sports Illustrated. The magazine talks about how the Navy-bound senior set a record while winning the 3,200 meters at the Anne Arundel County championships last month. His time of 9:18.01 easily beat former Broadneck standout Matt Centrowitz's previous mark of 9:40.8. Bullen also won the Class 3A Central Region meet on Feb. 8, and he will compete in the Class 4A-3A state championship next week.

The senior forward capped a week of big wins with 26 points, 14 rebounds and two steals in a 70-57 double-overtime upset at Riverdale Baptist on Friday that moved the Cavaliers back to No. 1 in The Baltimore Sun's Top 15 poll. Scaife, 6 feet, scored six points in overtime after fellow senior forwards Camille Calhoun and Sierra Clark fouled out. Earlier in the week, she had 20 points and 14 rebounds in a 52-29 win over No. 8 St. Frances and 12 points and eight rebounds in a 48-42 win over No. 7 Digital Harbor.

The All-Metro first-team guard led the No. 2 Gaels (22-5) to three road victories last week, averaging 16 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists during that span. In a 74-41 win at Loyola, the senior hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and five total to help Mount St. Joseph take charge from the start. He finished with 21 points, five rebounds and three assists in the win. On Wednesday, his strong defense played a big role in the Gaels' 63-46 win at McDonogh. He had 11 points, five rebounds and seven assists in the game.

Surhoff completed her high school career by winning two individual events in record time and anchoring two victorious relays in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference swimming championships. The senior, a veteran of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, broke a seven-year old record in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in 56.18 seconds, completing a sweep of the event in every dual meet and championship during her four years at St. Paul's. She also bettered her own record in the 100 breaststroke, finishing in 1 minute, 3.36 seconds.

Indoor track 2A Central Regional Championship (Feb. 4 at Baltimore Armory) Girls team scores: 1. Long Reach, 99; 2. Oakland Mills, 93.5; 3. Glenelg, 69; 4. Marriotts Ridge, 52. Girls individual results (county athletes): 55 dash: 1. Kristen Fawole, LR, 7.57; 2. Cassandra Pope, OM, 7.80; 4. Amanda Buczynski, LR, 7.85; 5. Alex McKay, MR, 7.96. 300: 1. Kristen Fawole, LR, 43.9; 3. Alex McKay, MR, 46.3; 6. Stephanie Asher, G, 47.3; 6. Taylor Selber, LR, 47.3. 500: 1. Adeola Togun, MR, 1:24.80; 3. Zaynab Gholston, OM, 1:30.

This night belonged to McDonogh. McDonogh's top-ranked girls cruised to victory in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championship meet Friday night. The No. 1 McDonogh boys completed the school's sweep of the private school title meets with their win in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association competition at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex. This was McDonogh's first championship sweep since 2010, and the girls now have won five straight titles.

The Western girls and Digital Harbor boys both had little trouble in repeating as champions in Tuesday night's Baltimore City indoor track championship meet at the Fifth Regiment Armory. Western captured its third consecutive title, finishing with 107 points to beat out Northwestern (80). The Doves now have won 21 of the last 22 city championship meets. For the boys, Digital Harbor (100.25 points) easily beat out Poly (67) for a second straight title. Genae Butler played a big role for Western, winning the 800 meters and running on the Doves' victorious 1,600 and 3,200 relay teams.

The No. 5 Severna Park girls and Old Mill boys showed their local rivals the importance of depth Tuesday as both cruised to repeat team titles in the Anne Arundel County indoor track championship meet at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex. This was the third consecutive county championship for the Old Mill boys, while the Severna Park girls have won two in a row - their first two in school history. In the boys meet, Old Mill finished with 122 points to easily beat out No. 9 Severna Park, which finished in second place with 83. The Falcons did even better in the girls meet, scoring 135 points to run away from No. 7 Broadneck (88)

The senior standout led the Century boys to their fourth straight Carroll County indoor track championship last Wednesday, winning three individual events and contributing to a victorious relay team. For a second straight year, Woods scored 40 points, winning the 55-meter dash (6.76), 55 hurdles (7.71), 300 dash (36.44), as well as running a leg on the victorious 800 relay in a time of 1 minute, 34.8 seconds. Century won the championship at Hagerstown Community College, defeating runner-up Liberty by a 177-78 margin.