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Volume 2 Issue 43 - Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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TOME TITANS RECLAIM CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
By Kevin Phillips
NORTH EAST–One year after losing the Mid-Atlantic League championship game to Tri-State Chrisitan Academy, the Tome School looked to reverse the results in the 2022 edition of the title game against the Crusaders. The Titans used the
momentum created by a close victory in the first set to sweep (25-23, 25-17, 2519) Tri-State and win another MIL championship Saturday night at Cecil College. “Last year was tough when we lost. As the lone senior, it means so much to be just because it was my comeback year, and it’s how I’m leaving the school with
an MIL win,” Tome’s Alivia Carillo said. “I’m really excited to represent the school in that way, and it was great to play along with my sister (Ainsley Carrillo), it was my first and last year with her. It was great. I think winning the MIL was due to a lot of hustle and effort as a team.” Tri-State and Tome engaged in a back-and-forth
first set in which there were seven ties, and at one point, the Titans trailed 13-8 before surging to a 21-17 lead late in the frame. The Crusaders rallied to tie it at 23-23 before Tome scored two straight points on blocks to win the set 25-23 and take a 1-0 lead in the match, and Titan head coach Chris Spencer
says winning those final two points in the first set was critical for the remainder of the match. “That was huge. That set the tone for the rest of the match. You want to win that first one and put them on their heels a little bit,” Spencer, who won his 100th game at Tome, said. “I couldn’t believe we took it.
I thought it was a little touch and go.” The Titans led the second game from the start and took firm control of the frame with ten answered points to build an 18-7 lead before holding off a late surge from the Crusaders en route to a 25-17 victory continued on B-3
Golden Elks sweat out close win over Vikings in 1st round
photos by Susan Burkholder
By Victor Hensley
That was the message Feeney, Elkton’s head ELKTON - Not every win is coach, delivered to the Golden glamorous. Elks (5-5) last Friday in their Sometimes, despite narrow 7-6 victory over the losing the turnover battle, Cambridge-South Dorchester scoring single-digit points and Vikings (4-6) in the opening shooting yourself in the foot round of the MPSSAA 2A-1A with penalty after penalty, you playoffs. still find a way to get the job “We were our own done. worst enemy tonight, truly,” And in the wise words of Matt Feeney said after his team Feeney: a win is still a win. escaped with the win over the
Vikings. “That’s a good, athletic football team and they’ve got some guys over there, but we shot ourselves in the foot too many times. That game shouldn’t have been as close as it was, in my opinion. … We should’ve had it in hand, but it is what it is. We persevered, so that’s what matters.” When it comes to self-inflicted wounds, Feeney hit the nail on the head.
The Golden Elks likely should’ve – and would’ve – won by double digits, but a few ill-advised penalties wiped out a pair of potential game-changing scores, which prevented Elkton from breaking the game wide open. Just before the half, Elkton senior quarterback Eli Latshaw found junior wide re- By Victor Hensley
photos by Duane Goldsmith
Panthers trounce Kent County behind Ayers’ 3 TDs, advance to 2nd round
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PERRYVILLE - Of all the teams entering the postseason last week, few were on as steep of an upward trajectory as Perryville, having won its previous two games by a combined score of 61-0 to earn the region’s No. 3 seed. And, building off of that momentum, it took just one half for the Panthers to prove why they deserve a shot at a state title.
Perryville (6-4) proceeded to wallop the visiting Kent County Trojans (3-7) last Friday by putting up 44 points in the first half en route to an eventual 44-14 victory in the opening round of the MPSSAA 1A playoffs. “I told the kids, I was like, ‘We’ve got two choices we can make this week,’” said Sean Sandora, the Panthers’ head coach, after the blowout win. “‘We continued on A-7