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Girls Athlete of the Week: Amanda Kimbers, McDonogh, track and field

Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The junior enjoyed a banner week, capturing eight first places in helping the Eagles defeat Seton Keough in a dual meet Wednesday and then win Saturday's Clash of the Titans Invitational at New Town. On Wednesday, Kimbers took the 100 meters in 11.9 seconds, tying a school record, and also won the long jump (18 feet, 1 3/4 inches) and high jump (5 feet). In addition, she anchored the winning 800-meter relay team. With the team victory, the Eagles have a five-year dual-meet winning streak. On Saturday, Kimbers won the 100, 200 and high jump (school- and meet-record 18-4) and anchored the winning 400-meter relay team. Kimbers, who also plays field hockey and was a team captain in the fall, is undefeated this spring in the 100, 200 and long jump.

Boys Athlete of the Week: Matt Hillsinger, Archbishop Spalding, baseball

Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Hillsinger has been the Cavaliers' catalyst all season as they have risen to the top of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference and the No. 1 ranking in The Sun. Last week, Hillsinger helped them win three straight games by going 5-for-9 (.556) with six runs scored, two RBIs, a double, a home run and three stolen bases. The senior outfielder led off the game against then-No. 1 Calvert Hall with a homer and finished with two hits and three runs scored as Archbishop Spalding rolled, 10-3. The Radford-bound Hillsinger leads the Cavaliers in batting average (.469), runs (38) and stolen bases (22), and he has three homers.

Boys Athlete of the Week: Jack Doyle, Gilman, lacrosse

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Doyle, a junior midfielder, led the top-ranked Greyhounds to impressive victories over two top-five teams to keep Gilman undefeated in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference (7-0) and overall (14-0). He scored four goals, won six faceoffs and scooped up four ground balls in a 17-7 rout of No. 2 Loyola on April 22, and followed that with four goals, two assists and three ground balls in a 10-7 triumph over No. 3 Calvert Hall on Friday. Doyle, who entered the week off a fine performance (three goals, two assists, five ground balls) in a 14-8 win over then-No. 5 Boys' Latin, has orally committed to play lacrosse at Harvard.

Girls Athlete of the Week: Kristy Black, Glenelg, lacrosse

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Maryland-bound senior was at her best when it counted most Friday, scoring three of her six goals against Mount Hebron in overtime to lead the No. 15 Gladiators to a 14-11 win. It was the first time Glenelg had beaten its Howard County rival. In wins over Oakland Mills, Howard and Mount Hebron, Black, a midfielder who has played varsity for four years, totaled nine goals and seven assists. Entering the week, she leads the Gladiators this season in goals (37), assists (22), draw controls (41) and ground balls (35). Through Friday's game, which improved the Gladiators to 7-3 overall and 7-0 in Howard County, Black had 246 career points (139 goals, 107 assists) to place her third on the program's all-time list, just nine points from No. 1.

Boys Athlete of the Week: Steele Stanwick, Loyola, lacrosse

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Stanwick, The Sun's All-Metro Player of the Year as a junior in 2007, led the No. 2 Dons to a pair of big wins in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference last week. The victories kept the Dons (8-2) undefeated in the conference at 5-0 with No. 1 Gilman. On April 15, Stanwick had three goals and two assists to deal Calvert Hall (11-1, 4-1) its first league loss, 10-9. Then, the gritty senior, who last year led the Dons to a 13-2 record and their first A Conference title since 2001, scored his second goal of the game off a restart with 17.5 seconds left to nip then-No. 4 St. Mary's, 5-4. Stanwick has accepted a lacrosse scholarship to Virginia.

Girls Athlete of the Week: Lisa Bilski, Fallston, softball

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The senior played a major role in the Cougars' 4-0 week. In the four wins, Bilski went 9-for-16 with two game-winning hits, six RBIs and six runs while cleanly fielding all 16 chances at shortstop. In the team's 4-2, eight-inning win over previously undefeated North East on April 14, Bilski went 2-for-4, drove in the game-winning run and made a late-inning diving grab that she turned into a double play. The next day, in an 8-4 win over Harford Tech, she went 2-for-4 with a home run, double and two RBIs. Last Wednesday, Bilski's three-run homer was the difference in a 5-2 win over North Harford. She closed out the week by going 3-for-4 with three runs scored in an 8-4 win over Bohemia Manor. Bilski, an honor-roll student and team captain, is hitting .472 with 14 RBIs and 14 runs. She plans to play softball at Villa Julie next year.

Girls Athlete of the Week: Torrie Saunders, Annapolis, track and field

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Saunders, a four-year varsity performer, captured four gold medals at North County's Knights Invite on Friday and was chosen Athlete of the Meet.

Boys Athlete of the Week: Greg Dutton, Calvert Hall, lacrosse

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The sophomore starting goalkeeper had two outstanding games last week against ranked teams to keep the No. 2 Cardinals unbeaten overall (10-0) and in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference (3-0).

Boys Athlete of the Week: Eric Franklin, Archbishop Curley, track and field

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Franklin, a junior hurdler and sprinter for the No. 4 Friars, was involved in eight winning events last week in two meets. Last Wednesday, Franklin led a 90-56 victory over McDonogh by taking the 110 and 300 hurdles with times of 14.06 and 39.08 seconds, respectively, and also ran on the winning 800 and 1,600 relays. Then, at the Christopher Newport University Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Franklin led the Friars to victory in their section of 18 teams by winning more events. Franklin, who also plays football and basketball at Curley, won the 110 and 300 hurdles, and he ran a leg on the gold medal 400 and 1,600 relays. Academically, Franklin is ranked in the top 10 percent of his class.

Girls Athlete of the Week: Casey Ancarrow, John Carroll, lacrosse

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The senior attacker capped an exceptional week with five goals and two assists in one of the biggest wins in her team's history, an 18-9 victory over then-No. 1 Mount Hebron at Saturday's Maryland High School Lacrosse Showdown at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field. Her deceptive moves and terrific timing around the crease were key to the win that boosted the Patriots (7-0) to the No. 1 ranking. She also had a goal and an assist each in wins over No. 4 McDonogh, 14-9, and No. 10 Bryn Mawr, 10-9. Ancarrow, who also plays for the North East Maryland Select club team and played field hockey for John Carroll, has 16 goals, 11 assists and 18 draw controls this season. She has a 3.5 grade point average and plans to become a coach.