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Titans' baseball takes Cove Creek Tournament

The Titans' Baseball Club 14-Under Metro team, consisting of athletes from Frederick, Carroll and Howard counties, traveled to Charlottesville, Va. late last month, sweeping the Cove Creek Tournament in four games.

Starting pitcher gave up just two hits in the championship game, a 3-1 triumph over East Coast Elite of Virginia.

Spenser Ricks drove in two runs. Zack Blessing added a clutch two-out single late in the game, driving home Joey Robinson. The Titans continued to play superb defense as sure-handed second baseman Jamie Nail started two double plays, including a game-ender.

Ricks tossed a complete game in the semifinals, as the Titans defeated recent AAU National runner-up HYCP of Howard County, 5-2.

Ricks scattered three hits, as his team tallied four runs in the top of the sixth inning to open a 5-1 lead. Connor Thomas drove in two runs and scored another in the victory. Jonathan Oden knocked in a run with a single, and Tyler Silbersack also delivered an RBI on a sacrifice squeeze bunt.

The Titans beat the Virginia Tigers, 9-1, as Robinson pitched a complete game two-hitter.

After facing seven batters in the first and allowing one run with two hits, Robinson retired the next 13 batters in order. He also helped his own cause with two hits while scoring a run.

Mason Craig had two base hits in two trips to the plate while also scoring twice. Matt Nicholson also scored twice.

In the opening game, the Titans defeated the Columbia Red Storm, 11-4.

Thomas, the winning pitcher, allowed four runs on six hits, and also drove in two runs on a single.

Stars shine bright in PONY tournament

The Maryland Stars 14-and-Under Black softball team recently captured the 17-team 2010 Pennsylvania PONY Summer Finale Fast Pitch Softball Tournament.

The Stars went 6-0 during the tournament, defeating the Rhode Island Thunder 10 – 2 on Aug. 1. Walkersville High players Kara Misner, Julia Grimes, Kaitlin Staley and Linganore's Devan Puhl contributed to the Stars' success with outstanding efforts on both offense and defense.

Misner led all Stars offensively for the weekend, batting .667 for the tournament, driving in two runs. Grimes hit .533 with two RBI's and a triple while playing excellent defense at first base and catcher. Puhl and Staley also excelled at the plate and in the field for the Stars.

The Stars have compiled a 28-10 record for the 2010 campaign so far, including a third-place finish in the 26-team Triple Crown Sports Oklahoma City Fast Pitch Tournament, held during the Women's College Softball World Series in June.

In addition to Misner, Grimes, Staley, and Puhl team members include Samantha Speierman, Amanda Bendix, Rachel Buehrle (Walkersville High), Maja Henson, Veronica Rittie, Victoria Sobota, Megan Tracey, Sami Main, and Emily Speierman.

Brad Speierman is the team's head coach. Assistant coaches include Kevin Rittie, Henry Puhl, and Deanna Staley.

FSLAX Black Wins Galaxy Nationals Division Girls Lacrosse Championship

FSLAX Black, the elite team consisting of rising high school juniors and seniors, finished 6-0, winning FSLAX's first national girls lacrosse tournament; the 8th Annual Galaxy National Championships in Delaware on July 26.

FSLAX finished pool play 4-0 and earned the top seed for the playoffs. In pool play, FSLAX defeated Baltimore's Sky Walkers 8-3, Tri-State of New Jersey, 9-5, the Longs Island (N.Y.) Yellow Jackets, 10-3 and CCLAX of Annapolis, 8-2.

In the semifinals, FSLAX completed a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Sky Walkers. Down 4-2, Erin Phelan (Catoctin), Kelsey Ayers and Villanova University commit Courtini Dadd (Urbana) scored for the winners to salt the game away, with Dadd tallying the game winner off of an assist from Ayers, a Linganore who has committed to Ohio State. Dadd finished the game with three goals.

Erin Wein (Middletown), Vic Molchan and Brooke Wilson (St. John's-Catholic Prep) stood out on defense. Emily Boyce (Middletown) made four saves.

FSLAX had to face one of its biggest club rivals, No. 2 seed, M&D of Howard County, a squad that defeated FSLAX by five goals a month earlier, the championship game. This time FSLAX prevailed, 6-4.

The victors took an early 3-0 lead, and were led in scoring by Altomare, who totaled four goals. Ayers and Andrea Mustacchio added a goal each. Mustacchio and Erin Phalen added an assist each.

Defenders Wein and Urbana's Mollie Smith (who recently committed to the University of Delaware) also played crucial roles in the victory, as did Boyce.

The FSLAX Gold, a squad consisting of rising freshmen and sophomores, went 2-2 in pool play with shutout wins over Ultimate Goal of Pennsylvania and CCLax, 9-0 and 5-0, respectively. Gold downed the Sky Walkers for the first time ever, 6-3, but eventually fell to the Yellow Jackets of Long Island in the semifinals, 7-2.

The FSLAX White Middle School contingent went 2-1 in pool play beating Ultimate Goal 9-2, and CCLax 7-4; then downed the Yellow Jackets, 5-2 in the quarterfinals before falling to CCLaxII in the semis.

REGISTRATIONS

Hustlers baseball club to hold tryouts

The Frederick Hustlers travel baseball club will be holding tryouts for its 2011 spring-summer teams over the last two weekends in August. Tryouts will be held on Sunday, Aug. 22, Saturday, Aug. 28 and Sunday, Aug. 29 at Governor Thomas Johnson High School.

The 13U tryouts will start at 1p.m. on Sundays and 10 a.m. on Saturday. The 14U's are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sundays and 11 a.m. on Saturday. The 15U's will start at 3 p.m. on Sundays and 12 p.m. on Saturday, while 16U's are set for 4 p.m. on Sundays and 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Players only need to make one session. Players are eligible from Frederick, Washington, Carroll, Montgomery and Howard Counties in Maryland as well as the Eastern Panhandle in West Virginia.

Please call 301-905-7205 or 301-371-6441 for more information or questions.

Maryland Stars softball tryouts coming soon

The Maryland Stars Girls Fast Pitch Softball Program has tryouts for its

2010 and 2011 teams scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 22. Details about exact locations and times for each age group (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U) are available at www.marylandstars.org. For more information, please contact Glen Warholic at 443-745-3177 or glen@thewarholics.com. Register now for fall BCWB play

Basketball Coaches Without Boundaries (BCWB) will offer a Fall Basketball League scheduled to start on September 11 through October 30.

Games will be held on Saturdays, and the league is open players in grades 3-12. Early registration discounts available now. To register a player or a team, please visit www.bcwb.org, or call 301-663-0892.

BCWB will also conduct "The All Girl Ballers" Fall League during the same dates at Thomas Johnson Middle School. Registration is through Aug. 9, and more information may be obtained by logging onto the website or ball contacting Ami Abdul-Qasim at 240-429-8215.