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C. Milton Wright won the varsity division of the Harford County Winter Cheerleading Championships Tuesday night at Harford Tech High School. When the clapping, flipping and routines were done, the Mustangs had compiled a score of 132.85 to best runnerup Harford Tech's 127.45. Bel Air was third with 125.35. All three advance to regional competition scheduled for next week. Rounding out the varsity scores were Patterson Mill, 119.20; Aberdeen, 117.90; Fallston, 115.30; Havre de Grace, 90.30; North Harford, 74.60; Edgewood, 74.05; and Joppatowne, 68.30.

The Harford County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America announces the winners of their five $1,000 conservation/environmental scholarships: Hunter Howell, Harford Christian School; Maggie Weese, Aberdeen High School; Cora Summerfield, Aberdeen High School; John Swab, Edgewood High School and Kourtney Rutkowski, C. Milton Wright.

The C. Milton Wright boys soccer team will be awarded a second consecutive National Team Academic Award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. To qualify, teams must have an average minimum grade point average of of 3.25. C. Milton Wright held a 3.4 average GPA.

Several local players earned spots on the All-District teams from the Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches. The local players on the teams are listed below. District 1 Isaiah Pasteur, Winters Mill, junior Bobby Summersgill, Liberty, senior Trevor Houck, Westminster, senior District 5 Joey Benitez, Archbishop Spalding, senior Steven Ghiardi, Arundel, senior Craig Sheridan, South River, junior Scott Mitchell, South River, senior A.J. Hammen, Glen Burnie, senior Eric Grantland, Northeast, senior Nick Watkins, Annapolis Area Christian, senior Matt Prince, North County, senior John Drexel, Chesapeake-AA, junior Brady Acker, Atholton, junior Cody Morris, Reservoir, sophomore Tommy Mee, Wilde Lake, senior Joe Zayatz, Oakland Mills, senior Logan Dubbe, Glenelg, senior Derek Sicca, Hammond, senior Paul Burmester, Atholton, senior Ben Miller, Hammond, senior Jake Bender, Marriotts Ridge, junior District 6 John Klein, Catonsville, junior Matt Evans, Eastern Tech, senior Aidan Miller, Towson, senior Mike O'Dwyer, Towson, senior Kyle Kershner, Towson, senior Shane Mizelle, Eastern Tech, senior Tyler Silbersack, Franklin, junior Ryan Miller, Lansdowne, senior Kris Ewers, Dulaney, senior Jeremy Davis, Catonsville, senior Sean Welling, Loch Raven, senior Cody Gwinn, Eastern Tech, junior Jay Patti, Hereford,...

Harford County land records show that by Jan. 10, 1775, a gristmill had been erected on Deer Creek by John and Samuel Forwood. The brothers, settlers from New Castle County, Del., had purchased 255 acres from Benjamin and Charity Colgate on June 11, 1752. The mill, known over the years as Forwoods' Mill and Greenspring Mill, had five different owners. The structure burned down around 1900 and was rebuilt by John Smith. Charles S. Walter purchased it in 1911 and it became known as Walter's Mill.

When C. Milton Wright and North Harford met in girls lacrosse Thursday night, both sides expected a close game. None of their previous seven meetings had been decided by more than four goals. Three of the last five were one-goal games. Early on, No. 3 C. Milton Wright appeared ready to buck that trend by running up a seven-goal lead, but the Mustangs needed that advantage to hold off the visiting Hawks for a 12-10 victory that clinched the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference Chesapeake Division championship.

The senior center fielder has been the early-season sparkplug for the No. 2 Mustangs, who are off to a 5-1 start that included three wins last week. A four-year starter, Canami is leading the team in nine offensive categories. In wins over North East, Perryville and then-No. 2 Archbishop Spalding, she batted .667 (8 for 12) with eight RBIs, six runs scored and two stolen bases.  Canami enjoyed perfect games at the plate in the wins over North East and Perryville - going a combined 7-for-7, driving in seven runs and scoring four more - before getting one hit, two RBIs and scoring the game-winning run in the upset win over Spalding.  Among other statistics, Canami leads the team this season in batting average (.542)

C. Milton Wright handed Fallston football its first loss of the season Friday, defeating the host Cougars, 19-14. Fallston jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, as running Marc Badger had a rushing touchdown, and receiver Wyatt Alexander caught a scoring pass from quarterback Brendan Weinhold. After blocking a Fallston punt and recovering on the Cougars' 20-yard line in the second quarter, C. Milton Wright got its first points of the game when quarterback Omar Walker hit Will Hazelton with a 15-yard touchdown pass.

As a freshman, Century's Hannah Warther hasn't hesitated to take the big shots, and she hit the biggest one so far Friday night to give the No. 5 Knights a 10-9 double-overtime victory over No. 2 C. Milton Wright in a Class 3A-2A girls lacrosse state semifinal at Franklin. After the defending state champs won the draw in sudden-death overtime, they settled the ball to look for the best shot. Senior Haley Bordner, who has 38 assists this spring, set up Warther for the game winner in the Knights' second straight comeback win over C. Milton Wright in the state semifinals.

St. Paul's coach Brooke Kuhl-McClelland on Saturday found a way to keep high-powered C. Milton Wright from running wild on offense. Simply never let the No. 2 Mustangs start running to begin with. Using a ball-control offense featuring frequent one-on-ones and very few high-risk passes, No. 7 St. Paul's took control by holding the visiting Harford County team to just one goal in a mid-game span of more than 15 minutes, getting a game-high five goals from senior Shelby Wells in a 10-9 win. "We wanted to take away their transition.

On Thursday, officials announced the 26-man roster for Team Maryland in the Big 26 Baseball Classic next month, which includes 10 local players. Maryland will play Pennsylvania in a three-game series at Metro Bank Park in Harrisburg, Pa., from July 26 to 28. St. Mary's (25-3), which had the best record in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference during the regular season before losing twice in the playoffs, leads the way with three players on the team -- Michael Abbott, Kenny Arminger and Chase Gorski.

Sammie Burgess McDonogh, senior, attack All-Metro second-team pick last year; had 49 goals, 13 assists Scored three goals in 11-8 win over St. Paul's in IAAM A Conference final Under Armour All-American, signed with Florida Megan Whittle McDonogh, junior, attack Creative finisher led Eagles with 63 goals, had 11 assists Scored critical goals in early wins over nationally ranked Vero Beach (Fla.) and Milton (Ga.) Repeat All-Metro first-team selection, committed to Maryland Haley Bordner Century, senior, midfield All-Metro second-team choice last year; led Knights to Class 3A-2A state final Led Carroll County with 39 goals, 38 assists; had 22 draw controls Under Armour All-American, signed with Florida Sam Brookhart Mount Hebron, senior, midfield Excelled at taking the draw, had 82 draw controls this year Had 51 goals, 29 assists, 61 ground balls Under Armour All-American, signed with Towson Aislinn Probst Broadneck, senior, midfield Led Class 4A-3A state champions with 66 goals, had 24 assists Scored three goals in 14-13 win over South River in East regional final Headed to Navy Abby Smucker C. Milton Wright, senior, midfield All-Metro second-team pick last year; had 36 goals, 20 assists Scored last four goals in 15-14 win over North Harford in Class 3A-2A North regional final Signed with Penn State ...

The national, non-profit School Nutrition Association has awarded Beth Freeman from C. Milton Wright High School in Harford County Public Schools the regional Louise Sublette Award of Leadership Excellence in School Nutrition, considered the highest honor a school nutrition manager can earn. The award recognizes a manager who has demonstrated dedication and ingenuity by successfully implementing a project to improve his or her school meal program. Freeman significantly strengthened her school's breakfast program, which had extremely low participation in previous years.

The Chapelgate Christian Academy baseball team scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat St. John's-Catholic Prep, 7-4, on Thursday in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association C Conference playoffs at Calvert Hall. The two teams will meet in a winner-take-all game 5 p.m. Monday at McDonogh. Wednesday' softball No. 13 C. Milton Wright 10, Patapsco 0: Winning pitcher Kyralee Comeaux threw a one-hit shutout for the host Mustangs (19-3) in a Class 3A North regional semifinal.

As a freshman, Century's Hannah Warther hasn't hesitated to take the big shots, and she hit the biggest one so far Friday night to give the No. 5 Knights a 10-9 double-overtime victory over No. 2 C. Milton Wright in a Class 3A-2A girls lacrosse state semifinal at Franklin. After the defending state champs won the draw in sudden-death overtime, they settled the ball to look for the best shot. Senior Haley Bordner, who has 38 assists this spring, set up Warther for the game winner in the Knights' second straight comeback win over C. Milton Wright in the state semifinals.

It's time for the adults who lead the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference to do the grown-up thing and end the David vs. Goliath farces to determine conference champions. Here's a quick recap of last week's action: Officials stripped the Harford Tech girls lacrosse team of its Susquehanna Division championship and suspended its coach after they decided last week to not play C. Milton Wright, the Chesapeake Division champions, in the UCBAC conference championship game. The UCBAC, as the conference is most commonly known, consists of all the public high schools in Harford and Cecil counties divided into two divisions to compete for championships in almost all sports; football is a notable exception.

Miranda James, whose move back to sweeper in midseason was an important part of C. Milton Wright's success this season, returned to her old scoring ways on one run-through last night and the ensuing goal was enough to give the Mustangs a 1-0 victory over visiting Bel Air in a Class 3A-4A regional final.James, a junior with outstanding speed, has the green light if she sees a chance, and the run turned into a give-and-go with wing Erin Lesh. The goal came 24 minutes into the second half on a shot from 15 yards out on the left side.

For the second time in four days, C. Milton Wright's top-ranked boys cross country team easily outran the area's No. 2 team.After dispensing with last week's No. 2 Calvert Hall at Saturday's Harford County Invitational, the Mustangs beat new No. 2 Westminster yesterday. The Mustangs swept five of the top seven spots to beat the Owls, 21-51, in a quad meet at Fallston.Led by Brian Harris' winning 16 minutes, 20 seconds on the new 3.1-mile Fallston course, the Mustangs turned in their best overall performance this season, said coach Bob Johnson.

Senior Ashley Lesniewski pitched a four-hit shutout to lead No. 7 Mount de Sales (16-4) to a 6-0 victory over visiting Catholic (11-6) in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference softball semifinals. With the win, the Sailors advanced to the championship game against No. 2 Seton Keough at 6 p.m. Monday at Bachman Park. It will be the Sailors' first trip to the title game since they won the crown in 2004. Seton Keough is the defending champion. "It's exhilarating," said Lesniewski, who struck out six and walked one. "We waited four years for this.

Editor: Just a note to the Harford Tech Lacrosse Team: reference was made that it would create a "David and Goliath" situation if they played against C. Milton Wright. Assuming "Tech" would be considered David, don't forget, DAVID WON! Robert Dillow Baldwin