Rising Sun

Elkton man sought in fatal shooting RISING SUN -- The Cecil County Sheriff's Office has issued an arrest warrant charging an Elkton man with the robbery and fatal shooting of a Rising Sun man outside the victim's home Saturday night, a sheriff's office investigator said. About 10:45 p.m., Rising Sun police and county sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a man shot outside his home in the first block of Sun Valley Circle, said Detective Sgt. Bernard Chiominto, a sheriff's office investigator.

Maryland Natural Resources Police are investigating a boating accident that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Rising Sun man Sunday evening. Robert Lee Ambrose and two other adults were riding in a 14- foot jon boat, an open, flat-bottomed craft with a 20-horsepower outboard engine, near Garrett Island in the Susquehanna River. None of the three was wearing a life jacket when they were thrown from the boat shortly after 7 p.m., police said. With its motor still running, the unmanned boat circled the area.

COLLEGE PARK -- The focus of last night's Class 2A state semifinal match was on North Hagerstown's 6-foot-4 Kate Zimmer and No. 7 River Hill's 6-2 Maddi Lee. Although Lee played well, it will be Zimmer and North Hagerstown playing for the state title. Zimmer and her teammates outkilled and outblocked the Hawks for a 24-26, 25-21, 26-24, 25-22 victory at the University of Maryland's Ritchie Coliseum, ending Lee's stellar career. The Hubs (17-1) will face defending state champion Rising Sun, which defeated No. 14 Poly, 25-15, 25-8, 25-13, in the other semifinal.

RISING SUN -- The money is there for the taking. But this small Cecil County town is ready to say "No thanks" to a six-figure windfall, even though it is designed to fight drug abuse and give children something to do after school.The problem is that many residents don't want Rising Sun to be labeled a "hot spot" for crime."People will say, `That's a hot spot. It's full of dope. I'm not even going to think of moving there,' " Bill Brindle, a retired electrician, said at a town meeting this week.

RISING SUN -- In an era of banking conglomerates, the National Bank of Rising Sun is a small-town institution from another time, where customers are friends and shareholders are family.Dusty ledgers in its darkened basement record, in near-perfect script, the community's financial history: the loans, deposits and withdrawals of those who have have passed through the bank's double doors over the last 126 years."People sometimes call it the first National Bank of Rising Sun, and I always say `first, last and always,' " said bank president Joseph Cloud Jr. "We're known as the `big bank' because we have two stories, and the bank a block and a half from us only has one."

RISING SUN -- The players sensed the enormity of the situation immediately and set out to do it justice -- Bowling Brook Prep School won its first ever football game.After they jumped and hollered for awhile, the Thoroughbreds quietly and quickly gathered together."You should be so proud of yourself," said coach Gary Myers to his Bowling Brook team after a 26-19 victory over West Nottingham Academy yesterday. " There will never be another time like this, winning your first game in the first year of football at the school."

Kelly Miles' run-scoring double with two outs in the 10th propelled Calvert, of Calvert County, to a 6-4 extra-innings win over LaPlata last night in the Class 3A state championship game at Randazzo Park.The win gave the Prince Frederick team its second straight state crown -- the Cavaliers won in Class 4A a year ago -- and fourth since 1992.Junior Cindy Livesay went the distance, striking out five to earn her 19th win.Trailing, 4-3, Calvert (20-5) sent the game to extra innings on Livesay's sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Oakland Mills failed to score in the final five minutes of last night's Class 1A state semifinal game against Rising Sun.It hardly mattered. The Scorpions led by 34 points at the time and won easily, 56-27.Oakland Mills, which lost in championship games in 1977 and 1991, will get another chance at winning one at 6 p.m. today against Washington County's Williamsport, a 42-39 winner over Washington.The 20th-ranked Scorpions (17-9) ran off the last 14 points of the opening quarter for a 13-point lead.

Shana Wyant had safely touched the plate three minutes earlier and was in the dugout when the umpires in yesterday's Class 1A state semifinal between Glenelg and Rising Sun called the Gladiators' pitcher out and took away the run.The first-inning mishap was the first of several events yesterday at Randazzo Park that didn't go Glenelg's way. The eighth-ranked Gladiators had a runner thrown out at the plate in the third and sixth innings, and left the bases...

On a roll. That's how senior point guard Jamie Beale sees her Oakland Mills girls basketball team."We've been playing so well lately that there's no reason we can't continue it in states," said Beale, whose 16-9 team will play Rising Sun (19-3) of Cecil County at 9 o'clock tonight in a Class 1A state semifinal game at UMBC."Our goal was to get to the states," Beale added, "and now we want to win it. I know we have the potential to do that."The Scorpions have won eight of their last 10 games, including a 51-42 win over host Poolesville in the Class 1A South region championship.

ROSALIND CARROLL LANDERS (nee O'Leary), age 84 of Aberdeen, peacefully on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at Harford Memorial Hospital. Born in Baltimore to the late Dennis D. and Adelaide O'Leary (nee Egner). Predeceased by loving husband William H. Landers in 1987 and dear friend William H. Duncan in 2008. Beloved mother of Denise Maranto of Baltimore, Carol Chatham of Rising Sun, Philip Peciulis of Aberdeen and the late Vincent Peciulis. Caring grandmother of granddaughters Megan and Katie Peciulis of New Orleans, LA, Amy V. Maranto of Baltimore, Charlotte Grabowski of Rising Sun and great-grandchildren Rebecca Grabowski and Vincent Thomas.

Evelyn M. Magee, a retired telephone operator and longtime Cedonia resident, died Jan. 1 of cancer at a daughter's home in Rising Sun. She was 80. Evelyn Marie Davis was born in Baltimore and raised on Washington Street. She attended St. Andrew's Roman Catholic School until the eighth-grade, when she left to help support her family. She worked at the Brager-Gutman department store selling coats and dresses. During World War II, she was a postal worker. Mrs. Magee was employed for 30 years as a long distance operator for the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. She retired in the mid-1980s.

COLLEGE PARK - Liberty's Amanda McCracken gets teased by her teammates because she doesn't show much emotion on the volleyball court. "I love volleyball, but I've never been real loud," said the senior. "I just want to go out and do well, and then do it again. Even McCracken, however, couldn't miss the significance of No. 10 Liberty's 25-17, 25-21, 21-15 victory over Rising Sun in the Class 2A state championship yesterday at the University of Maryland's Ritchie Coliseum. The Tigers (12-7)

College Park - One lesson high school athletes learn is to seize opportunity when they can. Last night, River Hill (15-3) learned that lesson the hard way in a 25-27, 13-25, 26-24, 25-20, 15-12 loss to Rising Sun (11-6) in the state Class 2A semifinals at the University of Maryland's Ritchie Coliseum. The seventh-ranked Hawks were one point from beating Rising Sun, the defending Class 2A champion, three games to none and advancing to the state championship. Instead, their season is over.

An Army staff sergeant from Rising Sun died last week of undetermined causes while on patrol in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said yesterday, a loss the eight-year soldier's wife says will leave his squad without one of its finest mentors. Staff Sgt. David L. Paquet, 26, a 2000 graduate of Rising Sun High School in Cecil County, died Wednesday at Combat Outpost Vegas. His wife said that he collapsed and that she was awaiting autopsy results. "He always gave advice, told them what to do," Katie Paquet said of her husband and his soldiers.

SOFTBALL Fallston @ C.M. Wright WHEN -- Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m. OUTLOOK -- Fallston was on a roll before getting shut out against Rising Sun, 2-0, last week. Lisa Bilksi, The Sun's Athlete of the Week last week, has sparked the Cougars in recent games. C.M. Wright has gotten some good pitching from Brittany Walter (9-0 shutout of Rising Sun) and plen ty of offense. THE SUN'S PICK -- Fallston TENNIS Aberdeen @ Patterson Mill WHEN -- Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. OUTLOOK -- This could wind up be ing the final battle for first place in the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference Susquehanna Division.

1.5 Margin of victory for the C. Milton Wright girls track team over Fallston (134) at the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference Chesapeake Division meet. The Mustangs edged the Cougars, 135.5-134. 2 Hits that Fallston pitcher Bo Loar allowed in his complete game, a 5-1 victory over Rising Sun.

MARK FACTOR passed away Wednesday March 19, 2008 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on Nov. 27, 1919, the son of the late George and Ida Goldberg Factor. He grew up in Philadelphia and attended the Mastbaum Vocational School. He enlisted in the Navy in 1938 and was aboard the USS St. Louis at Pearl Harbor during the attack on Dec. 7, 1941. He was a veteran of numerous naval battles of the Pacific including Leyte Gulf, Guadalcanal, Okinawa and Kolombangara.

BOYS BASKETBALL Loyola @ John Carroll Today, 3:30 p.m. Outlook: Depending on what happened late last week, this game could decide if John Carroll makes the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoffs. The Patriots might have to beat Loyola to lock up fourth place in the conference and the final playoff spot. The Dons beat John Carroll earlier this month in a mild surprise. The Patriots held a one-game lead after Wednesday's games. THE SUN'S PICK: John Carroll INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD State championship meet @ Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex Tomorrow, 11 a.m. (Class 1A and 2A)

Player of the Year Rachel Kuegler Fallston Described by her coach, Nicole Hoover, as someone who brings "a center of light to everything about her," Kuegler contributed most of the offense to a team that finished 16-2, with its only loses coming to two eventual state champions (Class 3A's Reservoir and Class 2A's Rising Sun). Kuegler, a hitter, finished her senior season with 252 kills, which provided most of Fallston's offense. She also contributed 180 service points, 34 aces, 112 digs and 16 blocks.