Perry Hall

The Perry Hall softball team takes pride in the details. The No. 4 Gators appreciate a sacrifice bunt as much as a big hit. They make sure to get the lead runner, make opponents go station to station to try to bring home a run and have found a knack for getting the big outs. Veteran coach Brian Radcliffe, in his 18th season, urges his players to be "brilliant at the basics. " With No. 7 Mount de Sales visiting on Wednesday, the Gators practiced what Radcliffe has been preaching with a 7-2 win over the Sailors.

A stretch of Seven Courts Drive in Perry Hall where a local resident was killed in 2012 will be reconstructed this spring an effort to slow traffic and improve safety. County Councilman David Marks, whose 5th District includes Perry Hall, announced the project Feb. 13 by the county Department of Public Works. He said the $10,000 project should be finished by Memorial Day. Plans call for installing a brick island with pedestrian crossing on the road between the Seven Oaks Senior Center and Seven Oaks Elementary School.

A 30-year-old Harford County woman was killed Wednesday after her car collided with two other vehicles along Belair Road in Perry Hall, Baltimore County Police said. Amy Marie Thiess, of the 1900 Block of Sidnee Drive in Edgewood, died at the scene of the crash in the 9900 block of Belair Road near Perry Hall Road. Thiess was driving a Honda Accord in the southbound lane when she crossed the center line, sideswiped a northbound Toyota 4Runner and then struck a Rav4 head on at about 4 p.m., police said.

Baltimore County police have identified the men whose bodies were found inside a Perry Hall condo last week, a department spokesman said. Kraig David Krixer, 59, of 70 Jumpers Circle, was found dead with a roommate, John Bradford Gurklis, 58, inside their home after a relative of one of the men called police because they had not seen the man recently and grew concerned, said police spokesman Lt. Robert McCullough. Police are investigating the deaths as suspicious. The results of the autopsies are still pending, he said.

The senior hit a 50-yard field goal as time expired to give the Gators a 31-28 victory over Hereford, their first win over the Bulls in four years. Myers had not kicked in two weeks after suffering a groin injury, but with his backup struggling, he also kicked three extra points before hitting the game-winner. Also a linebacker, he had 21 tackles, including nine solo tackles in the season finale for the Gators (6-4). In seven games, Myers was 2-for-3 on field goals, also kicking a 37-yarder.

Last fall, as Perry Hall's junior varsity field hockey team played at Catonsville High, Gator freshman Breanna Sudano suddenly collapsed in cardiac arrest with 30 seconds left in a 2-1 victory. Sudano, who had scored both goals, lay motionless on the turf as as CPR was administered by parents and coaches. Friday night, fans attending the girls lacrosse double-header between the host Gators and Joppatowne wore smiles of relief, and players chanted "We want Bre,"as Sudano was proclaimed an honorary captain for the team.

Baltimore County Police are warning residents to take an alternate route after Belair Road in Perry Hall was closed for a sink hole Thursday night. Police said the sink hole on Belair, near Old Forge Lane, is 3 feet by 5 feet and in the middle of the roadway. Officers say drivers should expect significant delays as the road is repaired. Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

Throughout the 80 minutes of Wednesday night's Class 4A North quarterfinal against Westminster, the Perry Hall girls soccer team showed it could cover a lot of ground. The No. 10 Gators pieced together an impressive early goal, then defended without flaw as the No. 12 Owls made a formidable push. When it was over, Perry Hall earned a 3-0 win at Honeygo Regional Park that sends the Gators to the semifinals to face the Catonsville. Perry Hall improves to 10-3-2 on the season, winning its first game after a tough 1-0 loss to rival Eastern Tech in the Baltimore County championship on Oct. 23. Following Wednesday's win, midfielder Sofia Perzan, who scored the first goal, and central defender Kara Taylor, who anchored the strong play in back, were asked what the fine performance meant.

A cheerful wave from Daniel Borowy greeted 14-year-old Katherine Kraft on Monday morning, easing the freshman's nerves on her first day at Perry Hall High School. "It was adorable," Kraft said. "I didn't think anyone would wave or anything. It was nice. " Within hours Borowy would be critically injured, shot in the back in the school cafeteria by another student. That Borowy was the victim made the violence all the more troubling for his peers. Borowy, a 17-year-old special education student at Perry Hall, is well-known for welcoming waves, high-fives and other friendly interactions, classmates said.

Baltimore County police have charged a 25-year-old Perry Hall man in a Jan. 22 fatal hit and run accident. David Grayson French Jr. of the unit block of Sandstone Court turned himself in Tuesday and is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $500,000 bail. Information from an anonymous caller helped police locate the vehicle French drove in the crash that resulted in the death of 68-year-old Beverly Moore. She was struck while crossing Seven Courts Drive near Lincolnshire Court in the suspect's neighborhood.