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Across the nation in high-school sports (September 2007)

Alabama
Jackie O’Neal, a 28-year coaching veteran who led Reeltown High to the Class 1A state football championship in 2001 and three other title games, has been named head coach for the Alabama team in the first Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Classic Dec. 17 in Mobile. O’Neal, 156-81 in 18 seasons at Reeltown, was an assistant in the 1992 classic won by Mississippi 17-14 and in the 2002 contest won by Alabama 21-17. Those games were played in June. Also named to the Alabama staff: Glenn Vickery of Daphne High, L.C. Cole of Montgomery Sidney Lanier High, Jack Hankins of Thomasville High, Dan Klages of Eufaula High, Jerry Hill of Brooks High and Brett Burnett of Pelham High.

Alaska
After splitting a pair of head-to-head races with senior teammate Shoshona Keegan this fall, Anchorage West High sophomore Letitia Luch edged Keegan on the Anchorage Bartlett High trails to capture the Cook Inlet Conference championship and spearhead West's team domination. The Eagles repeated as conference champions – the first such titles in the school’s cross-country history – on the strength of Luch's title and a fourth-place finish by Keegan, the two-time defending conference champion. West's five scoring runners finished in the top nine – sophomore Danielle Gerik finished seventh, freshman Annie Liotta eighth and sophomore Marcelyn Luch ninth – to give the Eagles 24 points.

Arizona
After hearing the news that Ryan Bousquet, a former Arizona State University cross country runner, died in a motorcycle accident on Aug. 27, the organizers of the Padre Invitational meet at Kiwanis Park event in Gilbert dedicated this year’s invitational in Bousquet’s memory. Bousquet was the nation’s fourth-ranked runner as a high school senior in 2000. Taylor Cole (19:53) of Chandler Hamilton High won the girls title. Chandler Basha High (72) won with three runners finishing in the top five. Mesa Dobson High sophomore sensation Carlos Martinez (16:20) nipped Phoenix Shadow Mountain High’s Cody Smith by one second to win the boys race, but Shadow Mountain won the team title.

Arkansas
Bentonville High’s new Tiger Stadium was a good-luck charm once again. The Tigers (3-1, 1-0 7A West) scored on their first six possessions and pounded Springdale High 45-14, their first win in a conference opener since 2002. Bentonville averaged 80 seconds on its six touchdown drives. Senior tailback Anthony Blackmon (15 carries, 140 yards) ran for four touchdowns and led a Bentonville offense that racked up 341 rushing yards and senior linebacker Ty Lewis recovered two fumbles, both leading to touchdowns. Springdale (2-2, 0-1) lost to Bentonville for the first time since 2001.

California
Brea Olinda High senior Erich Yanoschik braved wet, windy and sloppy conditions at the Dana Hills Invitational, winning the Division II senior boys race in 15:15, more than 12 seconds better than second-place finisher George Leon of Whittier California High. Jared Roush (16:00.5) and Danny Serna (16:15.8) also finished in the top 10, helping Olinda win the team title. Irvine Woodbridge High senior Christine Babcock (17:41), the defending state champion, won the Division I/II senior girls title in the Sunny Hills Wayne Walker Invitational in Fullerton. Shelby Buckley (18:14) and Allison Damon (18:51) finished second and third, respectively, to lift Newport Beach Corona del Mar High to the team title.

Colorado
Sophomore Nick Allen of Littleton Dakota Ridge High shot even-par 72 to win the Class 5A Metro-West boys golf regional. Allen shook off a slow start with four consecutive birdies midway through his round, good for a three-stroke victory. Dakota Ridge also won the team title, 229-232 over Littleton Columbine High, which also advanced to the state meet Oct. 1-2 at Collindale Golf Course in Fort Collins. Cody Vance shot 75 for Dakota Ridge, followed by Zack Tripp (82) and Andy McDowell (86). Columbine was led by Brandon Rikkers (75), The Rebels had two others, Joe Schmidt (78), Kyle Bock (79) and Andy Peterson (80).

Connecticut
John Rowley rushed for 149 yards on 20 carries and scored four touchdowns as host Hartford Weaver High (2-0) routed Hartford Bulkeley High 47-0 in Central Connecticut Conference crossover play. Rowley scored on a 45-yard run and added a pair of 4-yard touchdown runs as Weaver led 32-0 at halftime. Shawn Wright scored on a 22-yard run, Carl Maloney (8-for-11, 114 yards) threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Maurice Campbell and Andre Campbell scored on an 85-yard interception return. Avon High also improved to 2-0, 34-14 over Coventry High as Dave Wyrick threw two touchdown passes to Andrew Livingston and another to T.J. Stolzenberg.

Delaware
Nikki Kinnier, a 5-foot-10 junior middle hitter, racked up 11 kills and five blocks to lead Wilmington St. Mark's High’s girls volleyball team (6-2) past previously-unbeaten Charter School of Wilmington, 25-17, 25-9, 21-25, 25-11. Senior setter Kaitlyn Grasso had 26 assists and 11 digs for Charter (4-1), and Caitlin Miller led the offense with 10 kills and 14 digs. St. Mark’s setter Dana Griskowitz had 27 assists and three aces, while Samantha Hall had six kills, Jenny Murray three kills and three blocks and Roni Shaner three kills. Emily Rathmanner's three aces helped Charter rally to take Game 3, but the Spartans raced to a 17-5 lead in the final game.

Florida
Sun Sports and the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) announced an agreement that will make the Fox-owned and managed statewide regional sports network the exclusive statewide home of FHSAA Finals state championship events. The deal includes live coverage of all eight games in the 2007 Dodge FHSAA Football Finals for the first time. Sun Sports has broadcast the FHSAA Finals in football, basketball and girls volleyball for the last seven years. Sun Sports also will continue to provide statewide exposure for the “Dodge High School Sports Report,” a one-hour monthly magazine show produced on behalf of the FHSAA.

Georgia
Adam Shreiner, recovered from a groin and hip flexor strain in his team’s season opener, kicked two field goals, including a 58-yarder, Billy Burns returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown and defensive end Chase Thomas set the school sacks record as host Marietta Walton High (3-1) upset top-ranked and Class 5A defending champion Roswell High (3-1) 13-10. Thomas sacked Roswell quarterback Dustin Taliaferro (6-of-15, 92 yards) twice and Robert Harrison added an interception as Walton built a 13-3 lead early in the second quarter, then held on as Taliaferro’s TD run capped an 80-yard drive late in the fourth quarter. Jim Broadway’s 34-yard field goal in the first quarter tied the score at 3-3.

Hawaii
The Honolulu Kamehameha School’s girls cross country team (149 points) finished fourth in the Division 2 junior/senior division race at the Dana Hills Invitational in Dana Point, Calif. Dara Pagaduan (19:14, 22nd) was the first Kamehameha finisher. Kelly Opedal was 25th in 19:21.6, followed by Emma Broderick (27th, 19:36.7), Alana Meditz (32nd, 19:42.7) and Nonoi Maielua (51st, 20:11). San Juan Capistrano (Calif.) Capistrano Valley Christian School won the race with 74 points. Elizabeth Apgar of Los Angeles (Calif.) Abraham Lincoln High won the 256-runner race in 17:31. Dana Hills High returned the favor, competing in the Honolulu Kaiser Invitational at Patsy T. Mink Central O'ahu Regional Park.

Idaho
Nicole Nielsen, a junior at Boise Borah High, prevailed over a regional and national field to win the girls race in the 33rd annual Bob Firman Invitational cross country meet at Eagle Island State Park. Nielsen pulled away late to win in 18:18.4, just a second shy of the course record. Salt Lake City (Utah) Judge Memorial High senior Hailey Knettles finished second and Mountain Brook (Ala.) High junior Madeline Morgan third. Defending champion Candace Eddy of Kaysville (Utah) Davis High, who ran 18:17.2 to set the course record a year ago, finished fifth. Mountain Brook, ranked No. 21 nationally, won the event, 64-80 over Davis.

Illinois
Wheaton-Warrenville South High (12-2-1) stifled a high-powered offense to knock off New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central High 2-1 to win the Pepsi Showdown presented by the Chicago Sun-Times. It was the third time the Tigers have won the Midwest’s largest soccer tournament in its four-year history. Lincoln-Way Central (13-2-1), which had won 10 in a row and scored 65 goals this season, took an early 1-0 lead on Matt Ducci’s goal. The Tigers tied it on Ricardo Munguia’s goal just before halftime and Nico Galto scored the game-winner, his 12th goal of the season, early in the second half. Wheaton-Warrenville South goalkeeper Randall Babb, who made three saves, was named tournament MVP.

Indiana
They went to different events, but Noblesville High’s boys and girls cross country teams both brought home championships. The Miller boys, ranked 10th in the state, edged No. 8 Fort Wayne Carroll High 85-86 to win the New Haven Classic. Colin Dunlap (16:00) finished fifth, followed by Blake Dircksen (13th), Aaron Becker (20th), Cody Marowski (21st) and Collin Ginebaugh (26th). The No. 19 girls ran away with the Wabash Invitational, scoring 22 points to 97 for runner-up West Lafayette Harrison High. Tiffany Cange (20:00) and Taylor Bowles (20:08) posted a 1-2 finish. Jalynne Foley and Alex Kacer finished sixth and seventh and Caroline Bullough 10th.

Iowa
West Des Moines Valley High (4-0) ran its regular-season winning streak to 24 – the state’s second-longest active streak – by smashing Sioux City West High 56-0. The Tigers defense allowed just one first down and 15 total yards, including minus-7 rushing yards. The offense scored eight touchdowns in nine possessions in rolling up 401 total yards. Zack Cutkomp (18 carries, 97 yards) ran for three touchdowns and backup tailback Taylor Nelson, a sophomore, rushed for 88 yards and scored on a 4-yard run in the fourth quarter. Taylor Hilderbrand, Chris Reynolds, Mike Graen and Chris DeZorzi also scored for Valley. Only Harlan High (30) owns a longer winning streak statewide.

Kansas
Down 9-0 after the first quarter, Wichita East High (4-0) rallied to beat Wichita Bishop Carroll High 13-9 before a crowd fo 4,500. The Blue Aces, who haven’t had a winning season since 1992, made itself the favorite for its first Wichita City League title since 1983. Junior tailback Bryce Brown, who rushed for 143 yards, put the Aces in front on a 13-yard touchdown run with 1:22 left in the third quarter. A Brett Steven 42-yard option touchdown pass to Nick Johansen and a safety gave Bishop Carroll (3-1) its early lead. Selwyn Frazier’s interception set up a 62-yard East scoring drive in the second quarter, capped by Demonte Hill's 1-yard run that made it 9-7.

Kentucky
Freshman Justin Thomas of Louisville St. Xavier High shot a 2-over-par 74 to tie senior Michael McDade of Christian Academy of Louisville (CAL) for the top spot in the Region 7 boys golf tournament, then parred the first playoff hole to win medalist honors. Thomas' title led St. Xavier, coached by 2006 NHSCA National High School Boys Golf Coach of the Year Marty Donlon, to the team crown with a score of 306, six shots ahead of runner-up CAL. St. Xavier returns to the state tournament after failing to qualify last year for the first time in 15 years. Senior Daniel Iceman shot 76, sophomore David Payne 77 and seniors David Harper and Justin Wagner 79s for St. Xavier.

Louisiana
Baton Rouge St. Joseph’s Academy overcame a first-game loss to defeat defending state champion New Orleans Mount Carmel Academy in the championship match of its Red-Hot Sticker Classic. The Redstickers, led by sophomore Cori Martone, won 19-25, 25-18, 17-15. Mount Carmel took an early lead in the final game on a pair of kills by tournament MVP Caitlin Clark. But St. Joseph’s Academy clawed its way back, tying the score first at 6, then 11, and then 14 before pulling away for good. Martone finished with 10 kills and four blocks, while Clark led the Cubs with 11 kills and one block.

Maine
Mount Desert Island (MDI) High’s fifth runner, Mackenzie Curtis, provided the margin of victory as the Trojans won the girls team title, 43-44 over Caribou High, in the 58th annual Sectional Invitational at Old Town. Heather Spurling (19:23.59) won the individual title and Jessica Swanson finished sixth for MDI, which held off the individual power of Caribou’s four runners in the top eight. The Caribou boys won easily, 20-42 over Presque Isle High. Senior Spencer McElwain (17:21.48) finished second as the Vikings placed five runners in the top 10. Presque Isle’s Corey Park (17:01.37) was the boys individual winner.

Maryland
Greg McBride scored twice, once in each half, and host Baltimore Gilman School (6-2-2) upset Baltimore Calvert Hall College Prep, ranked No. 1 by the Baltimore Sun, 2-0. Sam Frank assisted on McBride’s second-half goal and senior defender George Gruner shut down Calvert Hall (6-4) striker Christian Barreiro. Second-ranked Baltimore Archbishop Curley High (11-1) overcame a 1-0 halftime deficit to beat Baltimore Mount St. Joseph High 2-1 as Mikias Teketele scored twice in the second half. Bosh Kamara set up Teketele’s game-winning goal with 12 minutes remaining.

Massachusetts
Senior striker Mike Kennedy scored a career-best four goals and assisted on another yesterday as host Lynnfield High (2-1-1), ranked No. 17 by the Boston Globe, came from behind to beat Rockport High 5-2. The goals boosted Kennedy's career total to 50, a school record. Lynnfield trailed 2-0 at halftime and was playing a man short due to a match penalty. But after Kennedy set up Phil Knox 11 minutes into the second half for Lynnfield's first goal, Knox assisted on Kennedy’s first goal, which the score gave Kennedy the school record. Kennedy’s final three goals came on assists from Dan Kearney, Tino Acierno and Steve Knox.

Michigan
Allen Park High senior Bobby Lowry fought through leg cramps to score his team’s only touchdown and also intercepted two passes as the defending Mega Red Conference champions prevailed 12-7 over Dearborn Fordson High in a battle of unbeatens. Leading 3-0 at halftime, Allen Park (5-0) drove 68 yards to start the second half, with Lowry taking a screen pass from quarterback Joe Battiatelli and rumbling 53 yards for a touchdown and a 10-0 lead. Hassan Amen’s 10-yard run capped an 81-yard drive on Fordson’s next possession to make it 10-7, but they got no closer. Fordson (4-1) was the last team to beat Allen Park in a Mega Conference game, 29-6 on Aug. 30, 2002.

Minnesota
For the second time in three years, The Blake School of Minneapolis won the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Class A Challenge Cup championship. The Blake School earned 503 points, winning state championships in girls hockey and boys Alpine skiing. Perham High finished second with 465 points, followed by 2006 winner St. Cloud Cathedral High (286). Plymouth Wayzata High edged 2006 winner Eden Prairie High by just six points, 695-689, to win its first Class AA Challenge Cup. The Trojans’ point total included championships in adapted bowling, dance team (jazz funk), debate and girls track and field. The award is sponsored by Wells Fargo, the MSHSL's premier corporate partner.

Mississippi
Jackson Provine High (4-0), ranked No. 9 in Class 5A by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, survived a 20-19 squeaker against Jackson Wingfield High at its own homecoming. Provine running back Willie Hawkins rushed 23 times for 100 yards, but failed to score against Wingfield’s defense. Quarterback Nickoe Whitley ran for all three of Provine’s touchdowns as he ran for 76 yards and passed for 51. Wingfield (2-2) amassed 280 total yards and had the ball inside the Provine red zone seven times, but managed just three touchdowns, missing the extra point after the last touchdown with less than three minutes remaining as Provine held on for the win.

Missouri
Kansas City Rockhurst High quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase had a game to remember, accounting for 304 total yards and seven touchdowns in Rockhurst’s 55-21 victory at Jefferson City High. The 6-foot-3 junior completed 11 of 20 passes for 234 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 70 yards, with touchdown runs of 1, 5 and 13 yards. Scheelhaase threw touchdown passes of 54 and 20 yards to Keith Langtry in the first half, then hit Drew Temple on a 36-yard touchdown strike and John Calhoun on a 74-yarder in the fourth quarter. Temple also rushed for 110 yards for Rockhurst (4-0). Jefferson City’s Desmond Wilson ran for two touchdowns, including a 72-yarder.

Montana
The showdown between the state’s top two Class AA volleyball teams went to top-rated Billings Senior High (16-0), which swept cross-town Billings West High 25-9, 25-22, 25-23. Senior racked up edges in kills (49-30), digs (76-42) and aces (7-1) behind the serving of Ashley Welborn, a 6-foot-1 senior middle blocker who finished the match with five aces, 15 kills, three blocks and 10 digs. Jillian Bates added 11 kills and Kylie Kufeld nine for the Broncs, while Ritter led the team with four blocks. Hannah Stroebe had a team-high 22 digs and setter Emily Carroll had 40 assists. Sarah James had eight of her 10 kills in the third game to lead West (15-3).

Nebraska
After beating four ranked teams in succession to climb to the top of the state rankings, Omaha Millard West High was knocked off the top of the mountain by No. 5 Omaha Central High, 42-30 before a crowd of 4,800. Central (5-0) rallied from a 24-14 third-quarter deficit as senior quarterback Chris Griffin (10-of-19, 210 yards) threw four touchdown passes, three to Shane Prater, and ran 16 yards for another score. Prater (six receptions, 138 yards) added a fourth touchdown on a 14-yard run. Jesse VerVelde threw a touchdown pass and had two touchdown runs and Jake Drwal scored twice for Millard West (4-1), which lost a pair of costly second-half fumbles that set up Central touchdowns.

Nevada
Mike Lommori, whose teams at Yerington High won 12 state wrestling titles and three state football championships, will be inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame Nov. 3 in Las Vegas. An All-State football player at Yerington, Lommori also played football and was a Far West Conference champion in the discus at the University of Nevada. Yerington's wrestling team won nine straight state titles, from 1970-1979, with teams that were often comprised of at least 60 wrestlers, and 12 in 13 years. Retired for the last 20 years, Lommori, 70, also has beaten back lymphoma, which he was diagnosed with a year ago.

New Hampshire
Host Manchester Central High (8-0-1) assumed control of a defensive battle, beating Londonderry High (6-2-1) 2-0 for its fifth shutout win of the season. Both Central scores came after Londonderry goalkeeper Elise Berry was knocked down after on-field collisions. Berry upended Central striker Cassie Muse on a breakaway chance in the 38th minute, but sophomore Abigail Wurtele scored on the rebound to make it 1-0. Early in the second half, Berry collided head-on with teammate Kelsey Wood while attempting to clear a Central crossing pass, Melissa Thibault scoring on the ensuing corner kick on a pass from Keily Funk. Central goalkeeper Alicia Doucet made six saves to earn the shutout.

New Jersey
Seniors Adam Rojas of Passaic High and Veronica McGorry of Rutherford High were named Male and Female Athletes of the Week, respectively, by the Bergen Record. Rojas, the quarterback of the football team, was involved in all five of his team’s touchdowns in Passaic’s 34-14 victory over Paramus Catholic High. Rojas ran for 158 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 91 yards and two more scores. McGorry had two goals and three assists in two games to become the all-time leading scorer, male or female, in Rutherford soccer history. A three-sport athlete, she also excels in basketball and softball.

New Mexico
Albuquerque La Cueva High (4-0-1) is starting to get a lot of notice after handing cross-town rival Albuquerque St. Pius X High one of its worst losses in recent memory, a 6-0 thumping. All this despite a young lineup that includes just one senior – the rest of the regular rotation includes seven juniors, a sophomore and three freshmen. Brandon Baca, Michael Wagner and Carson Baldinger each scored two goals to pace the Bears offense. Baca added two assists and Wagner had one. Goalkeeper Justus Adams earned the shutout.

New York
Freshman forward Kristina Maksuti scored twice, including the game-winner with 3:05 remaining in the first overtime, to help propel Bethehem High (8-0), ranked No. 1 in the state in Class AA, to a 2-1 victory over Shaker High. Senior midfielder Becca Lee’s strike beat the Shaker defense and found Maksuti, who headed it in for the go-ahead goal. Maksuti, who earned first-team Suburban Council honors and second-team Large School All-Area recognition from the Albany Times Union as a defender and midfield last year as the Eagles shared the Section II Class AA title with Niskayuna High, now has nine goals this season. Senior midfielder Becca Millock, who will attend Harvard next fall, scored for Shaker (7-1).

North Carolina
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced its Team Scholar-Athlete awards for the 2007 spring sports. The winners: Softball – Greensboro Southern Guilford High (3.735); Baseball – Oakboro West Stanly High (3.73); Boys Tennis - China Grove Jessie C. Carson High (3.75); Girls Soccer – Edenton John Holmes High (3.879); Boys Track – High Point Southwest Guilford High (3.53); Girls Track – Newland Avery County High (3.754); Boys Golf – Fayetteville Jack Britt High (3.61). A total of 3,190 student-athletes earned the individual Scholar-Athlete award, and 155 varsity teams in sports captured team honors.

North Dakota
Bismarck High ended cross-town rival Bismarck St. Mary's Central High’s nine-game soccer unbeaten streak in a 2-1 victory. Senior Grant Horntvedt’s goal, off a feed from Kyle Reis, broke a 1-1 tie with just 1:10 remaining, and Horntvedt’s last-minute tackle and clear preserved the win. Bismarck (8-5) dominated the first half, holding St. Mary’s without a shot, but the game remained scoreless for the first 67 minutes. But Mark Hovland poked in a Davis Beattie throw-in for a 1-0 Bismarck lead. With seven minutes remaining, Joe Fladeland sprung Josh Pape for a breakaway goal and a 1-1 tie. St. Mary’s (8-4-1) still leads Bismarck by one-half game in the West Region.

Ohio
The Peninsula Woodridge High boys cross country team, the defending its Division II state champion, won the Boardman Spartan Invitational. Senior Brian Himelright, who had a contact lens pop out twice during his race, still managed to win in 16:05.69, ahead of Perry High junior Daniel Jackisch (16:27.01) and Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (CVCA) junior Kyle Sullinger (16:30.46). Woodridge placed four runners in the top 15, with Uhrichsville Claymont High finished second and Mantua Crestwood High third. Junior Katie Gillespie's second-place finish (19:15.26) led the CVCA girls team to the title. Perry freshman Abbie Clifford won the race in 18:55.53.

Oklahoma
In a battle of District 6-2A unbeatens, Midwest City High (4-0) scored three quick touchdowns in the final half of the fourth quarter to break open a close game and beat Yukon High 49-28. A 51-yard touchdown pass from Vershon Moore to Dominique Barnes-Corn following Kevin Gaddis’ interception and Richard Reed’s 40-yard interception return for another touchdown helped the Bombers break the game open. Tailback Timothy Flanders rushed for 200 yards and touchdown runs of 56 and 19 yards and Antonio Brown ran for 114 yards and two scores. Yukon, off to its best start in a decade, was led offensively by Joey Davidson, who ran for 184 yards and two touchdowns.

Oregon
West Albany High prevailed in a matchup of undefeated Mid-Willamette Conference volleyball teams, sweeping Corvallis Crescent Valley High 25-18, 25-23, 25-23. With the victory, WA (5-0) remained the only team perfect in MWC play. The Bulldogs built leads of 17-10 in the first and second games, and 21-17 in the final game, to force the Raiders to play catch up each game – which they did, but came up just short each time. SEnior outsider hitter Abby Chambers led West Albany with 13 kills, while Mailii Trosper had 14 assists and Holly Goff recorded 13 digs.

Pennsylvania
Just two years after stepping aside following 25 successful years as Philipsburg-Osceola Junior High’s head wrestling coach, Tim McCamley will take the bench as a rookie high school head coach. He’ll take over the Philipsburg-Osceola (P-O) High program this year. McCamley had agreed to assist new head coach Mike Maney, who took over when longtime coach Dave Caslow retired in 2005 after more than 30 years at the helm. A 1973 P-O graduate who wrestled for Caslow, McCamley graduated from Lock Haven University. He inherits 10 returning lettermen from a team that went 8-10 last year.

Rhode Island
After winning just once in its first four games, North Ponaganset Scituate High won its third in a row, 5-2 over Division I South Conference leader Warwick Toll Gate High. Senior captain Ashley Choiniere, an All-State player a year ago, had a hand in all five goals, picking up a hat trick and adding two assists. She scored Scituate’s first two goals in the first half and also set up the first of two goals by Katie Birrell for a 3-0 halftime lead. Birrell also had two assists and Jaime Fortier and Kayla Sedgley one each. Kirsten Newton and Alissa Northcutt scored second-half goals for Toll Gate. Freshman goalkeeper Brianna Quattrocchi made eight saves for Scituate..

South Carolina
Claudia Nunez led the Chapin High girls cross country team to a sweep of honors at the Lake Murray Invitational. Nunez won the race in 19:46.54 and the Eagles, ranked No. 3 in Class 3A, edged Greer High 44-48 for the team title. Over the past two weekends, Chapin has outrun all of the top teams in the classification, including No. 1 Central Daniel High and then-No. 2 (at the time) Greenville J.L. Mann High at the Coaches Classic. Senior Ashlyn Ruczko finished eighth, eighth-grader Lannon McCoy ninth, senior Laura Hernandez 10th and sophomore Olivia Bueno 11th. Chapin’s Luke Lovelace followed up his winning Coaches Classic run by taking the boys race in 15:40 as the Eagles finished third.

South Dakota
Hilary Gorder's 14 kills and Kenzie Hamann's 16 assists, seven aces and five digs sparked Estelline High (13-1) 25-9, 25-19, 25-14 sweep over Oldham-Ramona-Rutland High in Dakota Valley Conference volleyball. As a team, the Redmen converted 75 of 82 serves with 15 aces, was perfect on 48 sets with 18 assists and 54 of 62 spikes with 30 kills and was perfect on 48 sets with 18 assists. Hamann went 22-of-24 serving and 37-of-37 setting. Gorder was 20-of-22 spiking and also made four digs. Also contributing for Estelline: Kelsey Begalka (15-15 serving, five aces; 9-9 setting, two assists), Kali Begalka (9-11 spiking, four kills) and Elaina Bruna (9-11 spiking with four kills).

Tennessee
Visiting Oak Ridge High (4-0, 2-0), ranked No. 2 statewide in Class 5A, stayed at the top of Region 2, getting 225 first-half passing yards from quarterbacks Jared Stephens and Tyler Clark in a 40-0 victory over Maryville Heritage High. Junior receiver Ralpheal Coffey picked up 186 of those yards, with two of his four catches going for touchdowns as the Wildcats built a 26-0 halftime lead. Jaraious Sykes, who rushed for a game-high 63 yards, ran for two second-half touchdowns as Oak Ridge racked up 397 total yards, holding the Mountaineers to just 108 yards rushing.

Texas
In a seesaw game that saw the lead change hands six times, host Longview High (2-1) upset nationally-ranked River Ridge (La.) John Curtis Christian School, 24-20 before a crowd of 9,000 and a national-television audience on Fox Sports Net. Johnny Garrett rushed for 114 yards two touchdowns, including the game-winner on a 7-yard run with 1:15 remaining. Garrett’s run capped an 86-yard drive set up by defensive end Drew Harden’s fourth-down stop. Fellow defensive end Marques Sparks stopped John Curtis’ final scoring drive, tackling running back Kenny Cain for one yard on fourth-and-five with 30 seconds remaining. John Curtis (3-1) had a 27-game winning streak snapped.

Utah
Utah runners were successful in the 33rd annual Bob Firman Invitational at Eagle, Idaho. Salt Lake City Judge Memorial High senior Luke Puskedra dashed to the early lead and never was challenged as he won the boys elite race in 14:49.16. Puskedra, second in the race a year ago, smashed the course record by more than 27 seconds. Orem High led Utah teams with a third-place finish. Judge Memorial senior Hailey Knettles finished second and defending champion Candace Eddy of Kaysville Davis High finished second and fifth, respectively, in the girls elite race. Eddy, who ran 18:17.2 to set the course record a year ago, led Davis to a second-place team finish.

Vermont
Four girls soccer teams stayed unbeaten, led by Oxbow High (7-0), which got two goals each from Anna Loschiavo and McKenzie Garone each scored twice in a 7-0 shutout of Winooski High. Clark, Hayle Lund, and Morgan Gendron also tallied for the Olympians. Katie Greene fired in two goals as Essex Junction (6-0-1) breezed by South Burlington Rice Memorial High 4-1. Tonya Conley’s second-half goal helped Burlington High (4-0-3) get past St. Albans Bellows Falls Academy 1-0. Lindsay Kingston scored in the first half to give Himesburg Champlain Valley High (4-0-4) a 1-0 lead, but South Burlington High’s Mimi Eckenstein converted a penalty kick in the second half to salvage a 1-1 tie.

Virginia
Thanks to a back-nine 37, Norfolk Norview High junior Matt Leon carded a 37 on the back nine for a second-round 79 to tie Norfolk Lake Taylor High’s Chris Jenkins and Portsmouth Churchland High’s John Stanek with two-day totals of 162 in the Eastern District golf tournament. Leon then won the ensuing playoff with a par 5 on the first extra hole. Churchland placed Stanek (162), Omar McDonald and Ryan Phelps (170) and Trey Phelps (171) in the top 10 individually to take the team title. Second-place Norfolk Maury High, led by John Garrett’s 163, and third-place Norfolk Granby High, led by Pat Callahan’s 166, also advanced to next week's Eastern Region tournament in Virginia Beach.

Washington
Host Puyallup High (4-0) won a South Puget Sound League South shootout, 44-31 over Spanaway Bethel High in a battle of unbeatens. Quarterback Alex Elliott backed up his team’s 243-yard rushing attack by competing 11 of 24 passes for 167 yards and three touchdowns, including a 31-yard scoring strike to Justin Veltung. James Shafer ran for a pair of Puyallup touchdowns and Elliott finished the game on a hot streak after missing on his first nine passes. Bethel quarterback Oliver Henry (20-of-30, 235 yards) threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to Robert Akeo-Orr (eight receptions, 136 yards) and ran for another score, and Jeremy Betschart added a pair of touchdown runs.

West Virginia
Winfield High didn’t get a win against Charleston Sissonville High, but the Generals (12-0-3) still clinched the Cardinal Conference girls soccer championship with a 1-1 tie. Senior forward Leann McKay’s goal late in the second half helped the Generals, No. 3 in the state coaches association rankings, forge the deadlock. Winfield outshot the No. 9 Indians (10-3-1) 12-3, but it was Sissonville that grabbed a 1-0 lead when forward Katie Harper converted a rebound of Autumn Martin’s shot just 1 minute, 33 seconds into the second half. Winfield couldn’t convert on several late opportunities, but Lexie Puterbaugh finally set up McKay’s tying goal.

Wisconsin
Wales Kettle Moraine High junior Jackie Shepherd missed her first eight fairways, but scrambled to a 5-over-par 77, good enough to win the Salem Westosha Central Regional girls golf tournament. Waukesha Catholic Memorial High's Marion Acosta (81) finished second. With Shepherd leading the way, Kettle Moraine, ranked No. 7 by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, shot 339 and leapfrogged No. 5 Waukesha High (350) and No. 6 Catholic Memorial (359). Mukwonago High edged Waterford High by two strokes, 408-410, for the fourth and final state qualifying spot when its final golfer on the course, Allison Scheidegger, saved the day with a 96.

Wyoming
The Wyoming High School Activities Association is determining whether to pursue holding the state football championship games at a neutral site. Currently, the higher seed hosts all playoff games, including the state championship, using a state-administered power-point system. Laramie, Casper and Riverton, all sites with artificial turf surfaces, have been mentioned as possible sites. Also under consideration is a proposal to scrap the power-point system in favor of conference standings for playoff seeding. Casper is currently the host for state championships in volleyball, boys and girls basketball, wrestling and track. Casper was awarded those events through the 2011 school year.