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9THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER1, 2011 | SPORTS | THE BALTIMORE SUN
2Consecutive
Maryland Inter-scholastic Ath-
letic Association cham-
pionships that Loyola haswon.
3Victories that Winters
Mill had in last year’spostseason. The Falcons
swept the Carroll County, Class
2A West regional and statetitles.
70Hereford’s
margin of victory
over Einstein in the
Class 3A state meet lastyear (63-133).
Boys cross countryBy Jeff Seidel | Special to The Baltimore Sun
4Century run-
ners in the top25 at the
Class 2A state title
race, which led to theKnights’ winning the
title.
5Margin of victory
for McDonoghover Spalding
(61-56) in the Interscho-
lastic Athletic Associa-tion of Maryland A Con-
ference title race.
22Winning margin — in
seconds — for EmilyRuppel of Loch
Raven at last year’s Class 1A state
title meet. She won in 20:30, whilesecond-place Jessica Peters from
Bohemia Manor ran in 20:52.
Girls cross countryBy Jeff Seidel | Special to The Baltimore Sun
Sam AndrewsOakland Mills, juniorAndrews quietly grew into one of Howard County’s best runnerslast year. He took fourth in the county meet — the highest finish foran underclassman — and went on to run a strong race in the states,finishing sixth in Class 2A.
Weston CarvalhoWinters Mill, juniorCarvalho is coming on fast and will make an already balancedWinters Mill team that much better. He finished 26th in the Class 2Astate race and had a strong summer that should make him one of the team’s top runners as well as one of the area’s best.
Kevin CobusierLoyola, senior
Previously overshadowed a bit by teammate Matt Jablonski,Corbusier should now step up and help lead the Dons. Corbusiertook third in last year’s MIAA championship and will likely be at thetop again.
Zach HopkinsWinters Mill, seniorHopkins played a big role in helping Winters Mill sweep the CarrollCounty, region and state titles last year. He finished ninth inClass 2A as the Falcons easily won the championship.
Alex LoveChesapeake-AA, juniorLove has done well running in the Class 4A-filled Anne ArundelCounty races. He placed fifth in the county and later finished 15th inthe state in Class 4A.
Will MeadowsGilman, seniorMeadows has been one of the area’s most consistent distancerunners the past few years in cross country and track. He tookfourth last year in the MIAA championship meet and will lead abalanced Greyhounds team this fall.
Dave Ozarowski Archbishop Curley, seniorOzarowski had a big season in outdoor track, winning the1,600-meter and 3,200-meter races at the MIAA championshipmeet in the spring. In addition, coach Gene Hoffman said the seniorhad a solid summer of running.
Ben Pickett John Carroll, seniorPickett suffered a collapsed lung during indoor track and slowlyworked his way back during the outdoor season to become a soliddistance runner again. Coach Rob Torres said Pickett should beready to go this fall.
Michael WegnerLoyola, freshmanA lot people might not have heard of him yet, but they will verysoon. He finished in 15 minutes, 17.9 seconds in the 5,000 at the JackGriffin Mid-Atlantic Prep Track & Field Classic this summer,breaking the national record for 14-year-olds by an astounding29 seconds.
Kody WilsonNorth Carroll, seniorThe fact that he gave up soccer this fall could be bad news for areadistance runners. He didn’t lose in the 800 all spring — winning aClass 2A state title — and could make some noise this fall.
OTHER NOTABLESWill Barbagallo, CatonsvilleHale Bullen, AnnapolisSam Caretti, Patterson MillVince Ciattei, Perry HallAlex Cooke, WestminsterCarus Cookman, DulaneyReilly Cox, Winters MillDuncan Enerson, Wilde LakeHenry Enerson, Wilde LakeRyan Forsyth, Severna ParkLuke Gilman, BroadneckMatt Hoerr, C.M. WrightEric Levin, McDonoghJon Luckin, HerefordKevin Payne, HerefordSam Pershall, Severna ParkJulian Rivera, Hereford
Patrick Rollo, McDonoghPeter Rowe, Calvert HallGary Smolyak, AtholtonQuick Stukes, Digital HarborTed Tibert, Chesapeake-AAWill Weisgerber, Winters MillAndrew Woodard, DulaneySam Zunkeler, Gilman
Runners to watchErin Causey Hereford, sophomoreCausey came on late last year as a freshman and caught some bysurprise. She won the Class 3A state title — helping the Bulls takethe team title — and had a successful track season as well.
Ellie GonzalezCatholic, sophomoreGonzalez didn’t look like a freshman last year, winning the IAAMB Conference championship with ease and finishing second overall(including the A Conference runners). She did more of the same inoutdoor track, winning the 1,600 and 3,200 at the springchampionship meet.
Isabel GriffithDulaney, sophomore
She ran well last year as a freshman in cross country and track. Inoutdoor track, Griffith took sixth in the state in the tough Class 4A3,200 meters, and she should give the Lions a boost this fall.
Michelle Nelson Severna Park, seniorNelson turned in several strong performances last fall, finishingthird in the Class 4A East and 12th in the state race. She won theSeverna Park-River Hill scrimmage in late August.
Hannah OnedaWinters Mill, seniorOneda won several big races last fall, including the Bull Run andSouth Carroll Invitational. She nearly won the state but faded at theend and finished second. Oneda followed that with solid seasons intrack.
Emily RuppelLoch Raven, seniorRuppel came up huge in the big races last year. She finished secondin the Baltimore County title race and later won the Class 1A statetitle by 22 seconds. In the spring, she finished second in the state inthe 3,200 meters.
Casey SullivanLiberty, seniorShe came a long way during outdoor track, improving a whopping35 seconds in the 3,200. She also ran on the 3,200 relay team thatwon the state title as Liberty won the Class 2A team crown.
Emily VandeWaterHereford, seniorVandeWater has been consistent throughout her first threeseasons, but this could be her big year. She was third at theBaltimore County meet last year and took 11th in the Class 3A statemeet as the Bulls won the t itle in both races.
Rachel YepMount Hebron, juniorYep came on strong in the back end of last fall, finishing second inthe Class 2A East Region and then fourth in the state. She alsoremained consistent throughout the track seasons and will beamong the state’s top distance runners.
LeAnne Young River Hill, seniorYoung had a solid season last fall and should help anchor theHawks again. She won the Howard County title and took third in theClass 3A East Region before finishing 11th in the state meet.
OTHER NOTABLESHollie Adejumo, HowardMiranda Beale, McDonoghErin Behrens, SpaldingSamantha Bingaman, S. CarrollSarah Brand, Oakland MillsSara Carter, HerefordJodie Clouser, Severna ParkMaddie Clouser, Severna ParkHolly Cook, John CarrollLahni Clifton, WesternNicole Dawson, HammondAmanda English, Bel AirTina Graf, South CarrollLauren Kennedy, HerefordTiffany Lang, Oakland MillsSummer Legambi, NDPCaragh MacDermott, Glenelg
Cara McNellis, SpaldingYanif Makoosa, FriendshipKatelyn Rilee, Chesapeake-AANicole Rutherford, Winters MillEllie Smith, BroadneckBrianna Stewart, St. Mary’sKatie Todd, CenturyChelsea Vane, Mount Hebron
Runners to watch
No. School Last year
1. Loyola 2
2. Hereford 1
3. Winters Mill 5
4. Chesapeake-AA 4
5. Gilman 6
6. Severna Park 3
7. Wilde Lake —
8. River Hill —
9. Calvert Hall 9
10. Dulaney —
OTHERS CONSIDERED: Archbishop Curley,McDonogh, Oakland Mills, Patterson Mill
Compiled by sports staff after consultingwith coaches
The pollNo. School Last year
1. Severna Park 2
2. Hereford 1
3. Dulaney 8
4. Century 3
5. Mount Hebron 5
6. River Hill 6
7. Archbishop Spalding 7
8. Broadneck 9
9. McDonogh 4
10. Bel Air 10
OTHERS CONSIDERED: John Carroll, Loch Ra-ven, South Carroll, Winters Mill
Compiled by sports staff after consultingwith coaches
The poll
VARSITY FALL PREVIEW
Dave Ozarowski Hannah Oneda
teaching how to block safely. That’s hard to
do without two-a-days.” Although some coaches, including Dun- bar’s Lawrence Smith and Edmondson’sDante Jones, don’t hold two-a-days, thedouble approach to preseason practice has been a “rite of passage since the dawn of football,” as Meade coach Rich Holzer putsit.
As most teams prepare for their firstgames Friday or Saturday, neither theMaryland Public Secondary Schools Ath-letic Association nor the Maryland Inter-scholastic Athletic Association has plans toeliminate two-a-days. Coaches in other fallsports, including soccer, field hockey and volleyball, also hold them, but with theexception of field hockey goalies, none of those players wear heavy padding.
Most local high school football coachessay they doubt the NFL ban, which is part of
the new collective bargaining agreement,will trickle down to the high schools, butsome fear it will.
White, who spent four years with the SanDiego Chargers, said high school playersneed two-a-days because most don’t cometo training camp prepared the way NFLplayers do.
“In the NFL, you get paid, so you’reexpected to come in in shape. You’reexpected to be at the top of your game,” hesaid, adding that NFL players have off-season workouts that public high schoolcoaches in Maryland are not allowed toconduct with their teams.
“The offseason regimen that they gothrough, it’s ridiculous,” White added. “Inhigh school, these kids are on summer vacation with Mom and Dad or working a
summer job, and you’ve got to get them back in shape. In Baltimore County, we haveonly seven days before our first scrimmage,and that’s not a lot. You’ve got to go througha lot before you put equipment on, and you’re not going to have enough time”without two-a-days. .
Ned Sparks, executive director of theMPSSAA, said coaches are better educatedthan ever before about safety issues. They understand the importance of curbing activities on hot days and moving theirplayers gradually into full padding whenpractice starts.
“There is not — that we know of — any medical research that shows this is inher-
ently bad for children,” Sparks said of two-a-days. “It’s been part of summerworkouts since there have been summerworkouts. To rush into abandoning that issomething I don’t think there is any appetite for. Obviously, there are boundsand you want to be safe, but by the sametoken, you’ve got to put in the work.”
The last thing coaches want is to haveone of their players get hurt or suffer illness because he was overworked in preseason.Like most coaches, McDonogh’s DomDamico runs two-a-days but limits contact.
“I’ve been a head coach over 22 years,and I’ve never been big on the old-school,kill-the-kids philosophy,” Damico said.
“I followed the current NFL model before the NFL picked it up, where we’realmost always shorts and helmets. Werarely hit in practice. We won’t have thekids tackle live until our first scrimmage. Iprotect the kids’ heads, I protect the kids’ bodies from any unnecessary contact atany time, especially during the first fourweeks.”
At the high school level, players aren’tsubject to the number of two-a-days that
NFL players were. In Anne Arundel County this fall, coaches could run only two days of double practices because of a Marylandpublic schools rule forbidding them onceteachers report to work.
Practice for the MPSSAA started Aug. 13,and Anne Arundel teachers reported Aug. 16. Other area counties and BaltimoreCity had a week more of two-a-days, whilethe private schools, which started practice Aug. 10, had up to four weeks.
In addition to the physical preparation of preseason, coaches point to the mentalpreparation, especially in football, in whichmany of the athletes play on both sides of the ball.
“Two-a-days are absolutely vital when itcomes to high school football,” said Joppa-towne coach Bill Waibel, noting that publicschool teams have only three weeks to
prepare for their first games.“Even in its simplest form, football is, by
far, the most complex game we play. Weneed the extra time to cover all of theseaspects: run offense, pass offense, goal-lineoffense, punt, punt return, kickoff, kickoff return, extra point/field goal, run defense,pass defense, short-yardage defense, threeor four secondary schemes, two to fourdefensive schemes, two to six offensiveformations … the list goes on.”
The one change that could make footballcoaches willingly give up two-a-days would be an earlier start to preseason workouts.
“I think eventually we will see the [NFL]rule come to us,” North Harford coach KenBrinkman said.
“I am all for it on one stipulation, that theMPSSAA allows us to begin five days
earlier. Instead of starting on a Saturday, letus begin on a Monday, and then all schoolshave equal an amount of preseason insteadof the way it currently stands. This way, wecould all have two weeks prior to the firstscrimmage.”
While Sparks said there has been nodiscussion about adopting that model, thereis one viewpoint that all the coaches agreeupon:
“You’ve got to give coaches time to getthese kids ready,” Atholton coach KyleSchmitt said. “When you don’t know what you’re doing, that’s when injuries happen.”
Milford Millfootball coachReggie White,
a graduate of the school,and his players
yell “Hardwork” before
launching intoanother drill.
JOE SORIERO/BALTIMORE SUN PHOTOS
Coaches hope2-a-days stay aroundTWO-A-DAYS, From page 1
White sayshigh school
players needmore drillsthan players in
the NFL, whichhas banned
two-a-days.