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FREDERICK — In a rematch of the Bi-County girls doubles finals, Fort Hill’s Tasha Dunlap and Nikki Absher met up with Allegany’s Amber Beckman and Olivia Umpierre, but unlike the Bi-County it was the Sentinel duo coming out on top to capture the Maryland Region I Tennis Championship Saturday at Baker Park.
All four girls in the doubles championship qualified for the Maryland State Tournament that begins Friday at the University of Maryland-College Park. The four will be joined by Fort Hill’s Jessica Currence and Allegany’s Gary George, who qualified as an alternate.
The doubles final lasted three sets, with Allegany winning the first 6-4. Fort Hill won the second, 6-3, and the deciding set was 7-6 with a 7-5 tie-breaker. Beckman and Umpierre won the Bi-County match, which is used as a qualifier for the regional.
Dunlap and Absher advanced to the finals by beating top-seeded Alice D’Aluaro and Erin Scally of Boonsboro in the semifinals, 6-3 and 6-2. Beckman and Umpierre beat Miranda Kearney and Becky Schrimsher of Clear Spring, 6-4 and 6-2.
Jessica Currence finished second in girls singles after falling to Tuscarora’s Ana Chernova 6-2, 7-5 in the finals for her only loss this season. Currence beat Staci Brewbaker 6-3 and 6-0 in the semifinals, and takes a 23-1 record to the state tournament.
Allegany’s George lost his semifinal match to top-seeded Mike Lesko from Linganore, 6-0 and 6-2. He won the third-place match by beating Peter Shuck of Tuscarora 6-2 and 6-3.
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Petersburg loses a wild one, 29-27
PETERSBURG, W.Va. — Andrew Truax and Loguen McKee scored touchdowns in a 45-second span of the fourth quarter to help Berkeley Springs pull out a 29-27 win over Petersburg Friday night.
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High-scoring Sentinels lead way on All-City team
Mariah James, who had a league-leading five assists and finished second in the league in scoring, was joined by seven other standouts in filling out the All-City girls soccer team, chosen by head coaches.
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Fort Hill’s Dolly player of year
To the naked eye, perhaps, there was nothing about his football abilities that jumped out to demand attention or cause awe-inspired oohs and aahs.
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Winters named defensive player of year
With his great leadership skills and athletic abilities on both offense and defense Drew Winters was the heart and soul of the Mountain Ridge football team that challenged for an area championship after a disappointing losing campaign the previous season.
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Fazenbaker voted player of year
Stephanie Fazenbaker, whose record-breaking year led Mountain Ridge to a record-setting season, was voted the Cumberland Times-News High School Girls Soccer Player of the Year for the second year in a row by area head coaches.
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Northern, Southern top of first polls
The Northern girls and the Southern boys are No. 1 in the first Cumberland Times-News high school basketball polls of the season.
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Sentinels-Poets writing next chapter
Fort Hill-Dunbar V takes the spotlight this afternoon at Baltimore Poly’s Lumsden-Scott Stadium when the Sentinels and the Poets meet in the Maryland Class 1A state semifinals with a berth to the state championship game in the balance.
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Mountain Ridge boys win it all
Opportunity knocked, Zach Norris answered, and the Mountain Ridge Miners celebrated, all in a matter of minutes Saturday afternoon at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County’s Retriever Stadium.
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Greenbrier West stops Frankfort rally, 21-15
Fourth-and-goal Frankfort at the three.
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MR hosts Northern in rematch
Top-seeded Mountain Ridge plays tonight not so much for revenge but to keep playing as do all four teams in the bracket as the Maryland Class 1A West Region semifinals take place tonight in Allegany County, with the Miners (8-2) hosting fourth-seeded Northern (6-4) at Mountain Ridge Stadium and second-seeded Fort Hill (7-3) hosting third-seeded Smithsburg (6-4) at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
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