Youth Sports
Softball
BBGC girls county 10U Navy team defeated the GORC Wildcats, 11-3. Ashley Aiple went 1 for 4 and Allie Degrouchy batted 4 for 4 and pitched two innings with a 1-2-3 strikeout result. Sarah Beitzell was 3 for 4 with a walk and pitched in the second and fourth innings. Cecily Jackson was 0 for 4 with a walk, Alexis Brock was 2 for 3 with two doubles, Krista Flores was 2 for 3, Taylor Delaney was 2 for 3 with a walk and Mckenzie Jackson was 1 for 3 with a walk. Samantha Beitzell was 1 for 3 in addition to providing strong pitching for two innings, and Ruthie Pala was 1 for 2 with a walk.
BBGC girls county 10U Red team defeated the Riva Red Hots, 16-4. Seven strikeouts from Kasey Stevens and six from Angela Barzanti helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to their first win of the season. Solid performances at the plate from Amanda Clore, Cassie LaTorre, Carli Trice, Alyssa Thompson, Elizabeth and Anna Voigt, Kelsey Adams, Katie Martin, Lexy Lange, Yvonne Romero and Rylee Nieman also helped propel the girls to victory.
BBGC 12U girls team is off to a 2-0 start with its latest victory over Crofton, 21-7, behind the pitching of Kelli Sullivan. Home runs from Morgan Pottinger and Sarah Coss, and a triple by Jaseph Smith, led Bowie to 21 runs in the game.
Soccer
The BSU U13 Screaming Eagles defeated the Prince William Soccer Club, 3-0, in NCSL Division-II action.
Led by Josh LeMaster's pair of goals and another from Herrison Ambe, the Eagles never looked back after taking the lead in the second half.
With a scoreless deadlock at halftime, keeper Brady Mazzei and the defense of Kevin McGowan, Wes Suggs, Kyle Jackson, Matt Kahn and Bonaventure Akinlosotu shut down the PWSC offense. The midfield of Claudius Taylor, Ryan Bliss, Bill Kerr, Andrew Klotz and Connor Bliss played strong at the median.
LeMaster began the scoring three minutes into the second half when he beat the PWSC defense and entered a one-on-one with the goalkeeper. LeMaster quickly dribbled around the keeper and tapped the score into the goal. Five minutes later, Ambe followed from 15 yards out. LeMaster's final goal was a blast from 18 yards out. Assists were contributed by Ryan Bliss, Rodrigo Villordo and Julien Baxter.
SBBGC boys county U8 Sharks dished out a major upset to the Marlboro No. 1 team by defeating the opposition, 6-1. The SBBGC team played extremely well together. Evan Carter scored four precision goals, accompanied by solo goals from Neerav Ganjoo and Akash Shetty.
Playing a man down in the first half and without any subs in the second, the BBGC boys U12 Strikers battled the St. Jane Soccer Association Badd Boyz in a hard-fought match, but ultimately came up short, 3-2. The Strikers fell behind by two goals early in the first half to a St. Jane club with a deep bench, which was used to maintain a pressing offense. Toward the end of the first half, the Striker offense, consisting of frontline players Bayode Malcom-Parker, Terrance Porter, Turner Roberts and Diran Balogun, along with midfielders Griffin Devlin, Alan Robinson and Kenneth Chigbue, began to challenge the St. Jane defense, resulting in a goal by Malcom-Parker. Playing full strength in the second half, the Strikers pushed the ball deep into their opponent's territory and came close several times to tying the game. The Badd Boyz were able to score once more before Malcom-Parker found the net again on an assist from Tyler Hicks. An excellent defensive effort by Hicks, Gabriel Higgs and Dosh Jackson and several key saves by keeper Alex Peltier kept the game close.
Flag football
The Holy Trinity Hawks won their third consecutive game of the season, knocking off Cornerstone, 51-35, in a very competitive game. Hawks quarterback Ben Medema started the scoring with a touchdown run on the first drive of the game. Shamir Dozia continued with three touchdown runs, two of which came from 75 yards out. Medema had a nearly flawless game throwing three touchdown passes and no interceptions. Forrest Staton caught two passes for touchdowns and Dale Russell hauled in a touchdown reception. Ian Jenkins and Jonathan Glover helped shut down the Cornerstone offense by each snagging an interception.
Baseball
The St. Pius X rookie boys team lost a close game to Holy Redeemer, 21-18. Redeemer led the entire game, but each time they began to pull away, the determined Pius team rallied to stay within striking distance. By the bottom of the sixth inning Pius had pulled to within a pair of runs, but then fell behind by three as the bottom of the seventh and final inning concluded. Pius ended the game with two runners on base.
Leading the way for St. Pius was Danny McCrea, who went 5 for 5 from the plate with four home runs and 11 RBI. McCrea also made several nice plays at shortstop. Also having good batting performances were Dominick DiMauro (4 for 5), Ryan Cox (4 for 4), Zach Nahmias, Andrew Robey and Gabe Marino (3 for 4).
In the field, Brendan Flaherty, playing shortstop for St. Pius, came up with a tough catch of a hard-hit line drive and then alertly tagged third, catching the lead runner off the base for the second St. Pius double play of the season.
