Walter Johnson

ROCKVILLE - Perry Hall's much-discussed postseason came to an abrupt end Saturday night against a powerful Walter Johnson team that skillfully moved the ball around the field with simple one and two touches. The Gators created several chances throughout, but the Wildcats capitalized on the best scoring opportunity for a 1-0 victory in a Class 4A state semifinal at Richard Montgomery High School. Perry Hall was appearing in its eighth state tournament, but the Gators arestill looking for their first state championship.

Josh Alcombright Severna Park Alcombright and the Falcons wanted to rebound after placing second in the Class 4A state championship meet last year, 30 points behind first-place finisher Walter Johnson, so they focused on being ready this fall. With their goal in mind, the Severna Park boys practiced and trained as hard as they could, Alcombright said. The Falcons' work paid off as they placed all five runners in the top 17 of this year's state championship, scoring 47 points and easily gaining revenge on second-place Walter Johnson (93)

Fallston, which had been living on the edge with two regional shootout victories last week, got one in regulation time yesterday, but it took a superb defensive effort to thwart offense-minded Walter Johnson, 1-0, in the state Class 3A semifinals at Goucher College.The win sends the No. 4 Cougars (15-1) into the state finals, where they will play Northern-Calvert County (14-2) at Goucher Saturday at 2 p.m.Completely outplayed by speedy Walter Johnson (13-3) in the first half, Fallston struck suddenly for its goal just two minutes, eight seconds after halftime.

Top-ranked Arundel won a backyard brawl Thursday night by defeating a scrappy Eleanor Roosevelt volleyball team, 25-20, 25-15, 25-18, in the state Class 4A volleyball semifinals at Ritchie Coliseum. Now the Wildcats (19-0) will see whether they can knock out the neighborhood bully for the state championship. The bully comes in the form of Sherwood. The Warriors are winners of 56 straight matches and have ended Arundel's season the past two years — in the state semifinals in 2010 and the state championship last year.

North Carroll senior Kristy Lare said she was in a slump as a setter for the Panthers' volleyball team, so she used her performance as a back-line defender and server to make up for it.She served up nine consecutive points early in the second game of last night's Class 3A West region quarterfinal match against Walter Johnson to help the host Panthers to a 16-14, 15-2, 15-9 victory. No. 13 North Carroll (13-3) likely will visit South Carroll, which defeated Liberty last night, in a West regional semifinal tomorrow.

North Carroll senior Kathleen Tunney isn't ready for her high school basketball career to come to an end.So in last night's Class 3A West region second-round game against visiting Walter Johnson, she did a lot of some things and a little bit of everything else.Tunney and the young, improving Panthers jumped out to an early lead and then had to withstand a fourth-quarter rally from the Wildcats to come away with a 57-49 win in Hampstead.The Panthers (9-15) will travel to Frederick, 70-50 winners over Liberty last night, tomorrow at 7 p.m. The Panthers split two regular-season games against Frederick this season.

A Walter Johnson High boys lacrosse player was killed early yesterday morning in a car accident, and the team's Class 4A-3A state lacrosse semifinal against No. 15 Westminster was postponed. According to Montgomery County police, starting goalie Roderick Bower, 17, was killed in a single-car accident in the 10400 block of Democracy Boulevard in Potomac at about 3:40 a.m. Police said Bower's Volkswagen Jetta was traveling eastbound when it crossed the center line and struck a tree on the left side of the roadway.

ROCKVILLE -- Senior standout Tony Reightler provided the North Carroll Panthers with yet another shining moment on a fine individual effort for a tying goal in the first half.But the rest of last night's Class 3A West Region semifinal belonged to talented Walter Johnson, which simply had too much skill and speed for the Panthers.Senior midfielder Dave Marquardt led the way for the Wildcats, scoring three goals in the 4-2 win.Walter Johnson (13-1-1) advances to meet Central Maryland Conference champ Linganore -- a 2-1 winner over Churchill in last night's opener -- in Wednesday's region final at Sherwood.

Kenwood coach Gary Schneehagen thought his team wasn't getting the respect it deserved when the playoffs began. The Bluebirds are getting it now that they've earned their first trip to a state final. Goalie Alex Hancock made 11 saves and Kenwood got goals from Mark Wood, Tim Dudeck and Steve Dobbs last night as the Bluebirds stunned Montgomery County's Walter Johnson, 3-0, in a Class 4A state semifinal at Thomas Johnson High in Frederick. Kenwood (9-6-1), which rebounded from a seven-game (0-6-1)

Walter Johnson, winner of one state championship, will get a shot at another Saturday after turning aside North Carroll, 1-0, in the Class 3A state semifinals at Goucher College yesterday.The victorious Wildcats (12-4), who had relied on a superior defense throughout the season, got some help at the other end of the field in thwarting a North Carroll team bidding to make a final for the first time since 1987."Today they were the better team; they outplayed us," said North Carroll coach Denean Koontz, who previously had taken a team this far in 1994.

ROCKVILLE - Perry Hall's much-discussed postseason came to an abrupt end Saturday night against a powerful Walter Johnson team that skillfully moved the ball around the field with simple one and two touches. The Gators created several chances throughout, but the Wildcats capitalized on the best scoring opportunity for a 1-0 victory in a Class 4A state semifinal at Richard Montgomery High School. Perry Hall was appearing in its eighth state tournament, but the Gators arestill looking for their first state championship.

Walter Samuel "Sam" Johnson, a decorated veteran Baltimore police officer who was admired for his mentoring of younger members of the department, died Jan. 22 of heart disease at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The longtime Woodlawn resident was 63. Born in Baltimore and raised in East Baltimore, Mr. Johnson was known from his childhood as "Sam" or "Sammy." After graduating from Dunbar High School in 1965, Sergeant Johnson attended what is now Morgan State University part time while working in the wire mill at Bethlehem Steel Corp.

On February 11, 2007, GERALDINE NUTTRELL (nee Johnson); beloved wife of the late Roland Nuttrell; dear daughter of the late Helen and Walter Johnson. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held, Saturday 12 Noon at Grace & St. Peter's Church. Interment Druid Ridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mary's Altar Guild, C/O Grace & St. Peter's Church, 707 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201. Arrangements by the family owned Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home Inc.

The Thomas Johnson boys soccer team came to Broadneck last night for its Class 4A state semifinal game against the No. 7 Bruins with no secrets. The Patriots' strength all season was their dangerous set plays, and the trend continued last night. Senior midfielder Stephen Powell headed home a long throw from senior back Jason Koski in the 54th minute and John Langford tacked on a late goal to give the Frederick school a 2-0 win over the Bruins, who fell one game short of a second straight trip to the state championship game.

Jim Peters, Westminster's boys lacrosse team won a game at Al Laramore Field in Annapolis last night that it may never forget. The 15th-ranked Owls routed Walter Johnson of Montgomery County, 17-7, in the Class 4A-3A state semifinals. The Carroll County team advanced to its first state final, a 4 p.m. meeting tomorrow at UMBC with No. 11 Severna Park (15-4), but the victory wasn't one of total joy, as it came over a team mourning the death of a player. Walter Johnson's starting goalie, junior Roderick Bower, 17, was killed in an automobile accident early Saturday morning in Potomac.

A Walter Johnson High boys lacrosse player was killed early yesterday morning in a car accident, and the team's Class 4A-3A state lacrosse semifinal against No. 15 Westminster was postponed. According to Montgomery County police, starting goalie Roderick Bower, 17, was killed in a single-car accident in the 10400 block of Democracy Boulevard in Potomac at about 3:40 a.m. Police said Bower's Volkswagen Jetta was traveling eastbound when it crossed the center line and struck a tree on the left side of the roadway.

Franklin's Chris Borcik felt that his sixth-ranked soccer team was within striking distance at halftime of yesterday's Class 3A state title game. That, despite the Indians being down a goal and having been outshot nearly 20-1 by Bethesda's Walter Johnson. Indians goalkeeper Andy Schuster was doing his best - he finished with 13 saves - as were defenders Chad Broderick and Drew Cathcart, who had each made kick-saves from close range at UMBC Stadium. But after a strong second-half start by the Indians, a Montgomery County team, (16-3)

Jim Peters, Westminster's boys lacrosse team won a game at Al Laramore Field in Annapolis last night that it may never forget. The 15th-ranked Owls routed Walter Johnson of Montgomery County, 17-7, in the Class 4A-3A state semifinals. The Carroll County team advanced to its first state final, a 4 p.m. meeting tomorrow at UMBC with No. 11 Severna Park (15-4), but the victory wasn't one of total joy, as it came over a team mourning the death of a player. Walter Johnson's starting goalie, junior Roderick Bower, 17, was killed in an automobile accident early Saturday morning in Potomac.

The Kenwood soccer team wasn't exactly on a roll when the regular season ended a few weeks ago. A seven-game winless streak had sent the Bluebirds to a 6-6-2 record. The offense hadn't been heard from for a while, causing the team to lose confidence with the playoffs coming up. And postseason play hadn't exactly been Kenwood's strength: The school hadn't won a playoff game in at least 30 years. But everything changed quickly. Sparked by a strong performance in a season-ending loss to No. 2 Archbishop Curley, Kenwood seemed to awaken as the playoffs began.