North Carroll

A number of Glenelg players took turns supplying the offense in the pivotal third quarter last night to shake a determined Panthers team in the North Carroll Holiday Tournament final in Hampstead.The Gladiators (6-1) turned a four-point deficit into a nine-point advantage by the end of the quarter and went on to claim a 64-55 win over the Panthers.Lauren Brown (nine points) started it with three straight baskets. Jill Younce (14 points) added a basket and then her three-point play with 3:43 left in the third gave the Gladiators a 37-36 lead they would never surrender.

Seventh-ranked North Carroll was headed for another easy Carroll County girls softball victory yesterday when the rains came in the last of the second inning at Liberty.The Panthers, who scored seven runs in the first inning, were leading the Lions, 10-2, when rain halted play. The umpires waited approximately 10 minutes before calling the game off. The game will be replayed in its entirety at a date to be determined by both schools.Kandi Lippy had struck out three Liberty batters in 1 2/3 innings.

WESTMINSTER -- North Carroll High had three individual champions and six others placed second, as the Panthers won the Region I 3A-4A wrestling tournament at Westminster High yesterday.North Carroll, the defending champion, finished with 210 points and will take 10 wrestlers to the state tournament next weekend. Eastern Vo Tech was second with 104 and Perry Hall third with 92.The Panthers breezed through the first two rounds of the tournament before struggling in the championship round. By then, it was too late for the rest of the competition.

It's 5 o'clock on a typical weekday and the North Carroll wrestling team is just finishing practice.Coach Dick Bauerlein and his assistant, Tom Davidson, will spend the next hour or so discussing strategies and possible adjustments that could be made to get an edge on the competition. This time around, it's county rival Francis Scott Key they are preparing for.The preparations don't stop there for Bauerlein, who for the past 31 years (the last 19 at North Carroll) has made a living of manipulating his lineup to get even the slightest of advantages.

Sara N. Smith has been awarded the Stewart W. Myers Memorial Scholarship by Stu's Music Shop of Westminster.A 1997 graduate of North Carroll High School, she was principal flutist for the All-County Band, and was in the All-County Orchestra and Maryland All-State Band.She received superior ratings at the county and state solo and ensemble festivals and earned second place in the 1997 Young Flutist competition.Sara plans to attend Indiana University as a music major.She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Broumas.

North Carroll softball coach Rich Harvey isn't one to make excuses, but he could have come up with a couple to justify yesterday's 15-3 loss to visiting Thomas Johnson if he wanted to.The No. 15 Panthers were without their senior co-captains -- shortstop Christina Crouse and second baseman Kathleen Tunney -- and looked lost without them."

THE HOLIDAY SEASON will be in full swing this weekend and next as North Carroll community groups sponsor the first of many events. The annual Christmas Bazaar held by residents of Long View Nursing Home in Manchester will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Crafts, pillows, wreaths, ceramics, plants, woodworking and other holiday items will be offered. A baked goods and rummage table will be available. This year's raffle will feature a handmade patch and embroidery quilt for first prize; a crocheted Christmas afghan, second prize; a 3-foot snowman, third prize; and a Christmas musical carousel, fourth prize.

Mount Airy eliminated North Carroll, 2-0, in the semifinal round in the under-14 Carroll County girls soccer league tournament.Lindsey Vosloh scored twice for the winners, who play Sacred Heart for the championship 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Deer Park.North Carroll edged the Freedom Thunder, 2-1, in a double-overtime shootout Saturday in quarterfinal play.In regulation, DeLynn Powelson scored for North Carroll and Tracy Schaefer for the Thunder. The winners, who outscored Freedom 3-1 in the shootout, were anchored defensively by keeper Krista Summers.

FREDERICK -- North Carroll needed more than six minutes to score its first basket last night, and it missed 10 of 11 shots in the first quarter.Things didn't get much better after that.Host Linganore used a tight defense to keep No. 8 North Carroll quiet on offense most of the game, and the Lancers rolled to a 56-41 victory in a Central Maryland Conference game.North Carroll (13-3, 5-1), which had won six in a row, struggled on offense much of the night. The Panthers had problems against a Linganore defense that often pressured the ball.

UNIONTOWN -- The Carroll County Wrestling Tournament turned into a dual meet between North Carroll and the other four teams. The Panthers advanced a wrestler to the finals in all 13 weight classes and had the team title won before the championship round began at Francis Scott Key High last night.North Carroll had 179 points after the semifinals and second-place Key had 102 with five wrestlers still competing. Even if all 13 North Carroll wrestlers lost and all five Key wrestlers won by pins, the Eagles still would have been 47 points behind.