Mount De Sales

A former employee of a Catholic girls school in Catonsville, who says she was fired after an affair with the school's former chaplain, is suing him, the school and the Archdiocese of Baltimore, alleging defamation and other transgressions, according to court documents. In the suit, filed last week in Baltimore City Circuit Court, Ellicott City resident Charyl Breidenstein alleges that the Rev. Timothy Fell, her former parish priest, had sexual contact with her over an approximately 18-month period, ending about June 2005.

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.

Just beyond the clutter of U.S. 40 west is a secret garden and an enchanting little open-air house, an eight-sided summer gazebo that looks as if it belonged on a Victorian estate.The gazebo, the haunt of Mount de Sales Academy students for the past 138 years, is about to be restored. Its tin roof is now rusting and its wooden structure could stand some strengthening. A fresh coat of paint wouldn't hurt.The restoration of the gazebo is the work of the Catonsville Garden Club, whose members have adopted the groundskeeping chores at this venerable and esteemed Baltimore County high school at 700 Academy Road in Catonsville.

The senior All-Metro shortstop led the No. 2 Gladiators (13-0) to three victories over ranked Howard County teams last week, going 6-for-10 with an inside-the-park home run. In a 5-4 win over then-No. 6 Hammond on April 15, Allen was 1-for-3 and had a stolen base. She was 3-for-4 with a stolen base in a 3-2 victory over then-No. 15 Mount Hebron last Wednesday. In a 4-1 win over then-No. 12 River Hill last Friday, she went 2-for-3 with a single and an RBI on the inside-the-park home run. Allen, last season's Howard County Player of the Year, leads the Gladiators in batting average (.522)

The controversy between Mount de Sales lacrosse coach Bill Held and the Baltimore Board of Officials for Women's Sports was resolved yesterday at a closed-door meeting between both parties and their attorneys.Board officials now will work the Association of Independent Schools A Division Tournament quarterfinal game between Mount de Sales and Seton Keough, according to a press release from Mount de Sales athletic director Tony Kurek. The game is scheduled for 3:45 this afternoon at Mount de Sales.

For unranked Seton Keough, it was a day of frustration.For No. 7 Mount de Sales, a day of relief.Just two days after the controversial postponement of the Association of Independent Schools quarterfinal -- caused by a dispute between game officials and Mount de Sales coach Bill Held -- there were plenty of lingering effects found on both sides of the ball.For the host Sailors, however, most of the negative ones were all but forgotten after a 12-6 win over the Gators.The victory advances Mount de Sales (19-1)

Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillec, of Linthicum, a senior at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville, was recently notified that poetry she wrote will be published in the National Poetry Society's National High School Anthology.Her work was selected from more than 72,000 entries nationwide and is among 10 by Mount de Sales students that were selected.Poets, publishers, screenwriters and playwrights served on the selection committee.

Jaime Sorrell of Sykesville, a junior at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville, won first prize at the state level in the Catholic Daughters of America annual poetry contest.Her poem, "The Sentinel," will advance to national competition. It is published in her school's literary magazine, Images, and reflects on the presence of angels in people's lives.Jaime is the daughter of Carole Truitt of Sykesville.PoliceSykesville: A Woodbine resident told police that metal tracks for a Bobcat front-end loader were stolen from woods behind the 4700 block of Arthur Shipley Road between 4: 30 p.m. Dec. 15 and 7: 30 a.m. the next day. The loss was estimated at $2,540.

Mount de Sales coach Bill Held will find himself in an unusual position today when he leads his fourth-ranked lacrosse team into the final of the eighth annual Friendship Tournament against St. Mary's.The role of favorite.The Sailors, who have posted upset wins against the higher-ranked Saints in each of the past two seasons, today will be expected to beat No. 8 St. Mary's in the tournament finale at 3 p.m.But Held isn't taking anything for granted."All it takes is for one attackman to step up and take control of the game," said Held.

Bill Held knows if his Mount de Sales girls basketball team is going to avoid repeating a last-place finish in the Catholic League, it will need to press."

McDonogh's girls lacrosse team remained No. 1 in this week's Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls' Lacrosse National Top 25 poll as the Eagles increased their winning streak to 85 games with Monday's 22-5 win over Mount de Sales. The Eagles, who have been the national No. 1 every week this season, are 16-0. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes, from Alexandria, Va., is No. 2 and is 17-0. As for other Baltimore-area teams, St. Paul's ranks No. 7 with Maryvale, No. 9; C. Milton Wright, No. 10; Mount Hebron, No. 11; Bryn Mawr, No. 12; and Century, No. 13. Undefeated Marriotts Ridge is among the teams receiving votes.

Jordan Cargile worked both sides of the ball as No. 1 Eastern Tech shut out Owings Mills, 16-0, in softball Thursday. Cargile pitched a one-hitter, striking out seven, for the host Mavericks (11-0) and went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run and four RBIs. The Eagles fell to 1-6. No. 5 Mount de Sales 10, John Carroll 0: Ashley Lesniewski (12-2) got her eighth shutout of the season for the host Sailors (12-2, 11-0 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference). Baseball Annapolis Area Christian School 9, Friendship Charter (D.C.)

Eve Lukowski had 21 points and Gabby Cha added 17 to lead Mount de Sales to a 64-51 overtime victory over visiting Western Tech in girls basketball Monday. The Wolverines were down by two points with three seconds left in regulation when Ebonee Dixon hit a runner to tie the game at 49. However, Sammi Gillis hit two 3-pointers, and the Sailors made several free throws in overtime to secure the win. Western Tech led, 25-21, at the half. No. 3 McDonogh 64, No. 7 St. Vincent Pallotti 39: Maya Wynn made five 3-pointers and finished with 20 points to lead the Eagles (10-5)

Jessica Harris never ran track before she arrived at Mount de Sales, but the junior has run the third-fastest time in the country by a high school girl in two events this winter - 800 meters (2:14.14) and 500 meters (1:16.24). Her 800-meter time ranked No. 1 when she ran it in December. An All-Metro first-team selection last spring in track and field, Harris holds three individual school records in indoor track and has helped set three relay records. She's the defending Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland champion in the 800 meters both indoors and outdoors.

The hallway outside the Mount de Sales gym has been cluttered with pink hearts and basketball players this week, as the Sailors prepare for their first Pink Out game Friday night to benefit the Breast Center at nearby St. Agnes Hospital. Senior Katie Sauter and junior Eve Lukowski, who spearheaded the Pink Out, said they hope to raise at least $750 by selling pink paper hearts for $1 in memory of someone affected by breast cancer. They will be posted on a Wall of Hearts. The players also will have a bake sale Friday and later, will sell flower grams to the Mount de Sales students for Valentine's Day. “It really does mean a lot that everybody helped out so much, especially Eve,” said Sauter, whose mother Carol Sauter died from breast cancer in April.

As Garrison Forest fans waved posters and made sure to sit in the same bleacher seats at Goucher College they've sat in for the past two championship seasons, the No. 1 Grizzlies field hockey team took care of business on the field. Garrison Forest withstood a ferocious attack by No. 2-seeded Bryn Mawr and then pushed in goals by Bayly Jarrett and Erica Marshall to beat the Mawrtians, 2-0, and win the Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship for the fifth time in six years.

Even with her team trailing eighth-ranked St. Mary's by two goals and only 37 seconds left on the clock in yesterday's Friendship Tournament final, Mount de Sales attacker Lisa Banbury said she never lost hope."

When Mount de Sales girls basketball coach Bill Held talks about Amy Buck, he seems to speak in oxymorons."She's so graceful and polite that it's sometimes misconstrued as not aggressive," Held said. "She's very aggressive, just in her own polite way."Politely aggressive?"She's such a sweet girl, and it's like she's that same sweet girl on the court," he said. "Amy will fight you tooth and nail, but she would never conceive to do something unsportsmanlike. It's not in her character, yet she's as competitive as any athlete I've seen."

The Mount de Sales Academy Athletic Department will induct six individuals and a team into its Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday, Nov. 10. The Athletic Hall of Fame seeks to recognize the outstanding achievements of past MDSA coaches and athletes with a new class inducted every two years. The 2012 MDSA Hall of Fame Inductees are: Coach Hank Hofmeister, Basketball; Dr. Cynthia Clark '02, Swimming and Softball; Sharon Birkett '86, Basketball; Jenny Held Miller '89, Basketball and Lacrosse; Dr. Linda Justice Teodosio '79, Basketball and Lacrosse; Susan Devlin Switzer '60, Basketball; and the 1985 Lacrosse Team.