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Fort Hill roars by Bohemia Manor
Stanley's doubles spark 7-3 win; Sentinels play Col. Richardson in state final Saturday
GLEN BURNIE - The first batter for Bohemia Manor gave her team a 1-0 lead on a towering home run, but Fort Hill responded with two big innings and earned a spot in the championship game for just the second time in school history after a 7-3 win in the Maryland Class 1A softball state semifinals on Wednesday.
The Sentinels improved to 19-3 with the win, and will return to the state finals for the first time since 2004. Fort Hill reached the state tournament in 2006 but lost in the semifinals that year.
Fort Hill will play Colonel Richardson, which improved to 19-4 by beating Western Tech 10-1 in the other semifinal, on Saturday at the University of Maryland College Park. The time for Saturday's title game has yet to be announced.
Bohemia's Crather gave the Eagles the earliest lead possible when she led off the top of the first inning with a home run. The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the fourth when the Sentinels were able to string together enough hits to score three runs.
Destiny James got the inning started with a single and scored on a double by Shari Beavers. An Alex Schupfer single put runners on first and third before Olivia Stanley hit the first of two, two-run doubles.
The Eagles trimmed the Fort Hill advantage to 3-2 with a run in the top of the fifth, but the Sentinels got the gears going again in the sixth.
Beavers singled to start the sixth, and an error and a walk loaded the bases. Stanley delivered her second double of the day to bring in the first two runs of the inning. The third run scored on an error and made it 6-2. Lindsey Fisher brought in the final run on a suicide squeeze.
Coach Mike Bittner talked about the he resourcefulness the Sentinels have shown in the playoffs. "It seems we bend, but don't break. We just keep coming back, and that's rare for a team as young as we are."
Bohemia Manor was led by Crather with a solo home run and a triple. Howard and Taylor had two singles.
Beavers earned the win, scattering nine hits, striking out eight and walking only two in a complete game.
"I know we will be competitive Saturday, we have all season long," said Bittner.
"The girls come to compete every day, and have done it as a team every time."
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Southern stops FH
Alycia Horner scored 13 points and Heidi Welch and Alli Shaffer had 10 as fourth-seeded Southern defeated fifth-seeded Fort Hill, 56-36, in their Class 1A West section playoff game Tuesday at Mountain Ridge.
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Beavers back as POY ... again
Known throughout the area as one of the more dominant pitchers high school softball has seen the past three seasons, Fort Hill Head Coach Mike Bittner points to an instance where Shari Beavers wasn’t on the mound to prove how valuable she was.
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Sentinels secure second straight area championship
When Fort Hill won the 2008 Maryland 1A State Championship using a roster void of seniors the expectations for 2009 would be tough to live up to.
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Fort Hill’s Beavers, Lewis head All-City softball team
Co-champion Fort Hill showed why the pitcher and catcher are the first two positions numbered in the scorebook as Shari Beavers and Adria Lewis head the newest edition of the Cumberland All-City Softball Team.
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Robertson signs letter of intent to attend Point Park University
Mountain Ridge High School pitcher Kelsey Robertson, center, signs a national letter of intent to play softball for Point Park University in Pittsburgh.
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Brittingham, Pocomoke defeats Fort Hill, 2-0
Freshman Annah Brittingham had Fort Hill off-balance all day long, allowing just two hits in spoiling the Sentinels chance to repeat as the Maryland 1A Champions with a 2-0 shutout Saturday at Robert E. Taylor Field.
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FH plays Pocomoke
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Beavers, FH blank Pikesville
Shari Beavers struck out 15 and allowed just three hits in her third consecutive shutout, getting the Sentinels in position to defend it’s Maryland 1A State title with a 4-0 win over Pikesville Tuesday at Bachman Park.
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Fort Hill plays Pikesville today
Defending Maryland Class 1A state champion Fort Hill has been down this road before, and the Sentinels have every intention of following the same path to the same prize as the Maryland Public Schools Secondary Schools Athletic Association state semifinals will be played today at Bachman Park (see directions).
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Sentinels celebrate
Shari Beavers was up to old tricks on the mound, and Adria Lewis continued to hurt the Campers at the plate in ushering Fort Hill to its second Class 1A West Region title in as many seasons with a 5-0 win over Allegany Friday afternoon at Long Field at Constitution Park.
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