From football to field hockey, best photos from the fall sports season
Baltimore Sun Media Group photographers Brian Krista, Nicole Munchel and Jen Rynda cover dozens of high school and youth sports competitions in the fall season. Football, field hockey, cross country and soccer fields are where they have spent many evenings and weekends — sometimes in the rain and cold — over the past three months.
Here’s a selection of their best — and favorite — shots from the season.
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- St. Paul’s School football players walk back to the bus after the football game against Pallotti gets postponed due to weather at Fairland Regional Park in Laurel on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Towson’s Garrett Gischel, left, and Jose Moran, right, go up for a header during the soccer game at Catonsville High School in Catonsville on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Aberdeen’s Dante Warfield gains 22 yards while his pants were falling down in a Friday night game against Edgewood. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Reservior finishes the race during the Howard County Championship at Centennial HIgh School in Ellicott City on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Vijay Maheswaran, left, 6, of Laurel runs the football in for a touchdown during the flag football game at Maryland City Park in Laurel on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Fallston’s assistant coach Deana Burke, right, embraces player Becky Streett as the team receives their trophies following their 2-0 win over Crisfield during the 1A state field hockey championship at Washington College in Chestertown on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Glenelg’s David Brookhart carries the ball across the goal line while Howard’s Andrew Young, right, tries to stop him during the football game at Howard High School in Ellicott City on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Wilde Lake’s Tyler Silberberg reacts after he misses a putt on the seventh hole during the 2012 MPSSAA District V Golf Championship at Fairways Hills Golf Course in Columbia on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Fallston’s Brandon Weinhold gets tackled in a Saturday night game against Aberdeen. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- St. Paul’s seniors Jonathan Lucido, left, and Austin Maddox cheer on the football team at during a game at Boys’ Latin in Baltimore on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- River Hill’s Zach Riso, top, and Archbishop Curley’s Nick York, bottom, collide going for the ball during the boys varsity soccer game at River Hill High School in Clarksville on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Hereford’s Mary Claire Abbott, right, gets airborne in an attempt to stop a pass from Emily Edington of Dulaney during a field hockey game at Dulany High School in Timonium on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- St. Paul’s Ben Linkous congratulates John Carroll’s Paul Lorick after the MIAA Football Championship. St. Paul won 28-27. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Rachel Lee poses for a photo at Waverly Woods Golf Course in Marriottsville on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. She was the golf “Player to Watch.” (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Girls start the race during the Howard County Championship at Centennial HIgh School in Ellicott City on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- St. Paul’s Anthony Pino, center, hands the ball off to Dale Harris, left, during the football game against Pallotti at Fairland Regional Park in Laurel on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Winfield’s Brandon Faya stands for the National Anthem before the youth football league 6-8 championship game against Catonsville at Blandair Park in Columbia on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- North Harford’s Eric Bayer fights for extra yards during Saturday’s game against Milford Mill. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Gilman School’s Sam Wancowicz, center, takes a direct kick during the first half of the boys soccer game against St. Paul’s School at Gilman School in Baltimore on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Rachel Saks of Catonsville jumps into the arms of a teammate as the team celebrates their 2-1 win over Walter Johnson in the state semifinal field hockey game at Franklin High School in Reisterstown on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Catonsville advances to the state championship on Saturday, Nov. 10. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- C. Milton Wright’s Alyssa Horton sets the ball to a teammate in a Monday game against Bel Air. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Daniel Kim of Catonsville, left, gets his knee on the ball as he’s pushed from behind by Udo Udo of Parkville during a game at Catonsville High School in Catonsville on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Perryville’s Joe Peaker gets tripped by Edgewood’s Ray King in a Thursday night game. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Rachel Lee of Marriotts Ridge hits safely out of a sand trap during the Howard County girls golf championship at Hobbits Glen Golf Course in Columbia on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Bel Air’s Andrew Marinich heads the ball during a game against Gilman. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Fallston’s assistant coach Deana Burke, right, embraces player Becky Streett as the team receives their trophies following their 2-0 win over Crisfield during the 1A state field hockey championship at Washington College in Chestertown on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- North Harford’s Scott Angstadt goes head to head with a Milford Mill defender in Saturday’s game. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- North Harford’s Tyler Campbell flies through the air after getting tangled with a Milford Mill defender. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Donte Gross of New Town, left, makes a leaping catch on a ball out of the reach of Western Tech’s Blair Awkward during a football game played at Lansdowne High School in Baltimore, on Saturday, Oct. 27. Gross ran the ball in for a touchdown on the play. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Glenelg goal keeper Kelly Geist jumps up to bat away a shot on goal by a River Hill player during a game at Glenelg High School in Glenelg on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- Allan Koikoi of St. Paul’s, right, gets his hand on the ball in an attempt to strip it from Steven Black of Boys’ Latin during a football game at Boys’ Latin in Baltimore on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (Brian Krista/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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- North Harford’s Nic Hammer is pulled down after gaining a few yards in Saturday’s game against Milford Mill. (Nicole Munchel/Baltimore Sun Media Group)
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