North Harford

No. 12 Franklin (9-2) at No. 7 North Harford (11-0) When: Friday, 7 p.m. Coaches: Ken Brinkman, North Harford; Anthony Burgos, Franklin Last meeting: This is the teams' first meeting. Classification: Class 3A North, regional final Key players to watch North Harford — Cody Turner, Sr., QB/FS (83 carries for 699 yards, 17 TDs); Brandon Bayer, Sr., RB (149 carries for 1,117 yards, 14 TDs); Ben Kenley, Sr., FB/LB (128 carries for 864 yards, eight TDs)

When North Harford pitcher Kevin Mooney opened his eyes Wednesday morning, the first thing he thought was that the Hawks were going to the Class 3A state championship game. "Right away I thought of that," Mooney, the team's senior captain, said. "Then I remembered -- the perfect game. It was just starting to sink in, and I smiled and thought, 'Wow!'" The fact Mooney slept at all Tuesday night might be almost as amazing as the fact he threw his first perfect game, and it came in the 3A state semifinal against North Hagerstown , a game the No. 1 Hawks won, 4-0. Now he gets to try to do it again at 7 p.m. Saturday at Ripken Stadium in the championship game against J.

When North Harford pitcher Kevin Mooney opened his eyes Wednesday morning, the first thing he thought was that the Hawks were going to the Class 3A state championship game. "Right away I thought of that," Mooney, the team's senior captain, said. "Then I remembered -- the perfect game. It was just starting to sink in, and I smiled and thought, 'Wow!'" The fact Mooney slept at all Tuesday night might be almost as amazing as the fact he threw his first perfect game, and it came in the 3A state semifinal against North Hagerstown , a game the No. 1 Hawks won, 4-0. Now he gets to try to do it again at 7 p.m. Saturday at Ripken Stadium in the championship game against J.

North Harford and Patterson Mill each captured their second straight regional baseball titles Friday afternoon, as the Hawks topped Towson, 7-1, in the 3A North final, while the Huskies grabbed the 2A East crown with a 5-4 victory over North Caroline. The wins set up Tuesday state semi-final appearances for each. For details on those games, please visit http://www.exploreharford.com. Playing at home Friday in the 3A North title game, the North Harford Hawks topped visiting fourth-seed Towson, 7-1. North Harford starter Ryan Stinar went six innings in the win, striking out 10 and holding Towson to three hits.

The senior quarterback and free safety stood out on both sides of the ball Friday — scoring two touchdowns and making three interceptions — to help the No. 10 Hawks remain undefeated with a 29-20 win over Harford County rival Havre de Grace. Turner carried the ball eight times for 40 yards and two rushing touchdowns. He also completed 3 of 8 passes for 105 yards. His interceptions came at key times, including one with North Harford leading 7-6 in the third quarter that the Hawks converted to pull ahead, 15-6.

The North Harford Hawks, last year's Class 3A field hockey state runner-up, came up a goal short in their bid to make a second straight championship game appearance as they lost, 2-1, to the Westminster Owls in the state semifinal round Monday evening. The Hawks earned their spot in the semifinals by beating top-seeded Hereford, 2-1, last Wednesday in the Class 3A North title game. Westminster took top honors in the 3A West bracket, beating Urbana, 2-1, in the regional final. Monday's state tournament match was back and forth through the first half, with Westminster earning three penalty corners, while North Harford was awarded two before the break, but neither side could find the opposing net. The best opportunity of the opening half for the Hawks came seven minutes into the game, when Emily Eline ripped a shot from 10 yards out following a penalty corner, but her attempt went wide by a foot.

North Harford spent lots of time in the Bel Air circle during Tuesday night's game. The Hawks pressured the host Bobcats throughout the early minutes and pushed even more early in the second half. But Bel Air repeatedly cleared the ball away from goalie Rachelle Ciulla and out of trouble. Ciulla made a few big plays herself, and all of that helped Abby Dempsey's first-half goal stand up as Bel Air edged No. 6 North Harford, 1-0, in an Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference game.

Head coach: Chrissie TeagueAssistant coaches: None.1991 record: 3-10.Top returnees: Seniors Taff Schunter, Stephanie Patterson, April Jones, Tanya Stelpz. Juniors Jen Walter, Mindy Patrick, Olivia Goshier. Sophomore Melinda Virts.Top newcomers: Sophomores Erin Donhauser, Larissa Henry.Coach's outlook: "I think we'll do well."Harford County Sun outlook: "Well," at least in comparison to recent seasons. First-year coach Teague, a North Harford graduate and former Hawks player, will send out a competitive entry.

North Harford's football team took the air out of  Aberdeen's high-flying start with its running game Friday night thanks in large part to a smothering performance by the offensive line. The visiting Hawks scored their first touchdown on Eric Bayer's 49-yard rush and went on to a 38-12 victory over previously unbeatenAberdeen in an Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference Chesapeake Division game in Harford County. The running game set up a successful passing game as well for the Hawks (4-1, 1-0 division)

The Eastern Shore schools are in their first year with girls soccer as a varsity sport, but don't try and tell North Harford and coach Tom Berg that should have meant an instant victory.Parkside (6-6-1) stepped up and gave favored North Harford (12-3) all it could handle in a Class 1A-2A regional semifinal at Fallston yesterday.The two were locked in a scoreless tie until North Harford sophomore Danielle Konschak, their leading scorer, headed a ball past goalkeeper Krista Jones for the game's only score 2:58 into the second overtime.

No. 8-ranked Patterson Mill outscored No. 14 Harford Tech 8-1 through the first four innings, cruising to a 15-4 victory Tuesday in the second round of the Class 2A East baseball playoffs. The visiting Huskies outhit the Cobras 17-7 and scored six runs in the last two innings. Matt Golczewski went 5-for-6 with four RBIs, five runs and three doubles. Patterson Mill faces Rising Sun or Fallston in the quarterfinals. Archbishop Curley 3, Gilman 1: The Friars took a 2-1 lead in the first inning and would not look back, defeating the host No. 1-seed Greyhounds in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoffs.

Right-hander Austin Clark worked wonders in the rain and visiting Archbishop Spalding took the lead in the fourth inning and stayed ahead to upset No. 2 Calvert Hall, 5-4, in a rain-shortened baseball game Wednesday. In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Cavaliers (17-13) led 7-5 and the Cardinals (25-5) had two runners on and two outs when the umpire called the game because of sloppy field conditions. The rules state that the score reverts to the last complete inning, the sixth.

Maybe it's that I'm getting older (we're all getting older, I know that), but the high school baseball and softball seasons really breezed by this year. In another few weeks, there won't be any high school sports until the fall, and I'll have but one team to worry about, the IronBirds. Thinking about the Aberdeen men turning in a campaign like last year's is enough to make any journalist blue (try interviewing a manager and players who just lost their 12th straight game), so I'm going to focus on the positive, the upcoming MPSSAA regional tournaments.

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The North Harford Hawks closed their Chesapeake (upper) Division schedule Wednesday with a five-inning victory, 10-0, over the visiting C. Milton Wright Mustangs (9-6 overall, 8-4 Chesapeake). With the win, North Harford, which clinched the upper division title Monday with a victory over Patterson Mill, improved to 15-1 overall and 11-1 in Chesapeake play. Wednesday's game was halted after five innings by the 10-run mercy rule. Cody Brittain tossed a one-hitter for the Hawks, striking out five in the complete-game shutout.

No. 3 North Harford played tension-free baseball Wednesday, which resulted in one of the Hawks' most dominating performances of the season. Senior Cody Brittain threw a one-hitter as North Harford rattled off 11 hits and defeated C. Milton Wright, 10-0, in five innings. "We were very relaxed," said Brittain, who improved to 4-1 and lowered his ERA to 1.20. "We were as relaxed as we've ever been. We knew what we could do. I felt if I pitched as well as I could, my teammates would be behind me the whole time.

C. Milton Wright's girls lacrosse team had several leads against North Harford in Thursday night's key Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference game, but the No. 11 Mustangs couldn't put the Hawks away until the final three seconds of overtime. Abby Smucker rolled the crease and scored the game-winner in a 12-11 victory over the No. 14 Hawks as time ticked away in the six-minute overtime period. It was the fifth straight victory for the Mustangs over North Harford, and it boosted them into sole possession of first place in the UCBAC Chesapeake Division.

The Bel Air Bobcats, having taken just one Chesapeake (upper) Division contest prior to Monday's home tilt with Bo Manor, scored 10 times in the final three innings to hand the visiting Eagles an 11-9 loss. Bel Air moved to 6-7 overall on the year and 2-7 in upper division play. Trailing 4-1 after the top half of the fourth, the hosts exploded for six runs in the home half of the inning to take a 7-4 advantage. Bo Manor answered in the fifth with five runs, but the Bobcats had more in the tank, plating four in the bottom of the sixth to grab the two-run lead that carried them through the end of the contest.