Severna Park

Alexis Franklin tried to carry Old Mill to an Anne Arundel County championship by herself, but she couldn't quite do it. The Ohio State-bound senior won four events - setting meet records in three - but Ashley Hayes and Michelle Nelson helped the No. 8 Severna Park girls capture their first team title Tuesday night at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex. Still, Old Mill had a good night as the girls finished fourth, and its boys easily repeated as county champions.

Severna Park's girls lacrosse team got the shots it wanted early in Wednesday night's game against South River. The Falcons just didn't get the goals they wanted. South River goalie Kelsea Donnelly had a lot to do with that, stifling the No. 3 Falcons with half of her eight saves in the first 10 minutes, but it wasn't enough to stop the home team for good. The Falcons scored four times within about five minutes later in the half to spark a 12-9 victory in an Anne Arundel County league game.

Severna Park coach Lil Shelton watched her field hockey team celebrate its 20th state championship Saturday and wondered out loud, “How can I leave them? It's so much fun.” But Shelton had in fact already decided to retire, a decision she announced at the squad's end-of-season banquet Thursday night. “It was pretty weepy,” Shelton, who had coached the team for 37 years, said in a phone interview Friday. “But I told them, I'm not going to disappear. I'm going to sit up in the press box at games with the announcer and make comments - 'Hurry up!

Fire investigators in Anne Arundel County have arrested a man and charged him with setting a series of brush fires in Severna Park Monday. Jack Hale, of no fixed address, was charged with setting brush fires and trespassing, both misdemeanors. Police and firefighters were called to a wooded area near the intersection of Ritchie Highway and Wishing Rock Road several times that day, and detained a man that witnesses said set the fires. don.markus@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

For the South River's girls lacrosse team, Tuesday night's game at rival Severna Park was personal. Very personal. After allowing No. 12 Severna Park (9-3) to end their season last year, No. 10 South River (11-2) used an opportunistic offense and a bend-but-don't-break defense to defeat the Falcons, 16-13, in a key Anne Arundel County league game. "This feels great. It's redemption for us," said South River senior Alex Watson, who led all scorers with five goals. "We knew we could prove that we could win this game, and we went out and did it. " Morgan Torggler led Severna Park with four goals.

South River goalie Naomi Johnson made two strong saves in overtime, and Taylor Bresnahan scored her second goal of the night to clinch a 2-1 victory over rival Severna Park on Wednesday. The win was No. 2 Seahawks' second of the season against the No. 6 Falcons, and it completed a 10-0 season in Anne Arundel County competition for South River (12-1-1), which wrapped up the county title Monday with a 5-0 victory over Arundel. "Overtime was pretty stressful," said Johnson, who finished with 10 saves.

Josh Alcombright Severna Park Alcombright truly got the most out of the Falcons as a team this season, as they won the Anne Arundel County and Class 4A East region titles before taking second in the state. Severna Park was the consummate team. Sam Pershall led the way, but the Falcons stuck together throughout the season. Alcombright was pleasantly surprised at his team's consistency throughout the lineup, saying that played a big role in the team's success.

Severna Park's girls lacrosse players celebrated just about as much after Thursday night's win over neighborhood rival Severn as they had after winning last year's state championship. In many ways, this victory was just as important. The No. 7 Falcons (4-0) held on for an 11-9 victory at the Anne Arundel Community College tournament, avenging last season's loss to Severn in the same event. After Ryan Bathras scored the game-winner with 4:36 to go and Morgan Torggler added her fourth goal of the game for a little insurance, goalie Camille King made a pair of big saves in the final two minutes to preserve the win. “This is just a big rivalry game for us,” Torggler said.

Baltimore Gas and Electric crews have repaired a gas main break in Severna Park, and are in the process of restoring service to homes that lost gas Thursday morning, a BGE spokeswoman said. Crews repaired damage to a 2 inch gas main on Whites Road, in the Cattail Creek neighborhood, which appears to have been caused by a contractor striking a gas line, said BGE spokeswoman Linda Foy. Two customers lost gas this afternoon, and were due to have it restored once BGE workers could access the homes, she said.

The No. 6 Severna Park field hockey team is used to winning. The Falcons are the defending state champions and they, along with South River and Broadneck, have dominated high school field hockey in Anne Arundel County for years. Last night at the Annapolis senior night and Play for the Cure game, the Falcons won again. Severna Park defeated No. 14 Annapolis, 4-2, to improve their record to 10-2. "It was an exciting game," said Adley Bearisto, who scored Severna Park's two second-half goals.