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By LEM SATTERFIELD AND KATHERINE DUNN | June 1, 1999
Player of the YearLauren Aumiller, Notre Dame Prep, senior, midfield: When it came to midfield domination, nobody could match Aumiller. Her performance in the Association of Independent Schools A Division championship put an appropriate finishing touch on her four-year varsity career. In leading the No. 2 Pirates (14-1-1) to a 12-11 overtime victory over No. 4 Bryn Mawr, Aumiller had a goal and four assists, three take-aways and won the majority of NDP's 14 draws. Known for her ability on the draw, often sending the ball up and snatching it with her stick extended above her long arms, Aumiller sparked a lot of the Pirates' offense.
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By Katherine Dunn and Katherine Dunn,Sun Staff Writer | June 18, 1995
After winning a fourth straight state title last month, P.J. Kesmodel quietly retired from coaching Mount Hebron girls lacrosse.Eight years ago, it was anything but quiet when he started the program.As soon as the Vikings took the field, many women coaches exploded, predicting that he would ruin the game. And Kesmodel had a lot of critics -- mostly because, in a very traditional game, he had little use for tradition.His team played in shorts instead of kilts, with plastic sticks instead of wooden, and he used whatever game strategy worked.
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By Katherine Dunn and Katherine Dunn,Sun Staff Writer | May 19, 1995
Two weeks after the fact, Mount Hebron coach P.J. Kesmodel remains livid over Mount de Sales coach Bill Held's decision to cancel a girls lacrosse game with the Vikings.Not just the cancellation but the way it was handled infuriated Kesmodel, whose No. 2-ranked team was scheduled to play at No. 4 Mount de Sales on May 10. Kesmodel said Held never called him to say the game was off."It was inexcusable what he did," said Kesmodel. "The only way we found out [that the game was canceled] was because we called them.
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By Katherine Dunn and Katherine Dunn,Sun Staff Writer | May 17, 1995
Amber Fanta's Mount Hebron teammates call her their unsung hero.Yesterday, Fanta stepped into the limelight with six assists, one short of the school record, and scored a goal to lead the No. 2 Vikings to dwich a 22-17 victory over No. 15 Centennial in the Class 3A-4A West region final.And she did all of that in the first half.The senior first home assisted on three of the Vikings' first four lTC goals. Her fourth assist, to Christina Eberhart, capped an eight-goal rally that gave the top-seeded Vikings (14-1)
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By Bill Free and Bill Free,Sun Staff Writer | May 13, 1995
Mount Hebron seniors Erin McGinnis and Dani Vissers simply put on a clinic yesterday against South Carroll in the semifinals of the Class 3A-4A West Regional.McGinnis had the best day of her career for the Vikings, scoring 10 goals, handing out two 3A-4A assists and controlling most of the draws, and Vissers was virtually unstoppable as she scored six and had three assists.When the McGinnis-Vissers show was over, the second-ranked Mount Hebron squad had racked up a 24-5 victory.The only way that McGinnis and Vissers were halted yesterday at Mount Hebron was by coach P.J. Kesmodel who started giving them long breaks midway through the first half.
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By Katherine Dunn and Katherine Dunn,Sun Staff Writer | March 23, 1995
In Howard County girls lacrosse, the rich just seem to get richer.That's good news for Mount Hebron and bad news for everyone else.The Vikings, coming off a 16-2 year in which they swept state, regional and county titles, have four of the seven returning All-County first-team players. They also have some great incentive to finish off one of their strongest seasons ever -- coach P.J. Kesmodel will retire from coaching at the end of the season.Kesmodel, who plans to go back to school, has compiled an impressive record as the Vikings' only head coach winning three state, six county and seven regional titles.