Best of High School Sports: Spring Edition
Photographers in the Baltimore Sun Media Group shoot at dozens of high school sporting events in the spring. Softball, baseball and lacrosse are the most common team sports, but track and field and tennis are covered as well. Of all of their shutter clicks, photographers Jen Rynda, Brian Krista, Jon Sham, Gene Sweeney Jr., Karl Merton Ferron, Algerina Perna, Lloyd Fox and Kenneth K. Lam compiled some of their favorites from this season. It’s the Best of High School Sports: Spring Edition.
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- Calvert Hall’s Garrett Epple, center, plows through Gilman’s Taylor Swindell, right, during the boys lacrosse game at Gilman in Baltimore on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (Jen Rynda/BSMG)
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- Emily Speierman of Hammond kicks up dirt and chalk as she slides safely into home for a run during a game at Marriotts Ridge High School in Marriottsville on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Curley’s Tyler Coleman celebrates beating Gilman after the last out of the Baltimore President’s Cup baseball final game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Balitmore on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Jen Rynda/BSMG)
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- Jon Luckin of Hereford reacts to winning the 3A boys 1600 meter run during the Maryland state track and field championships at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Howard High’s Jake Vonella, center, is embraced by his teammates after hitting a home run out of the park in Wednesday’s game against Wilde Lake. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
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- Kelly Aquino of Howard, left, controls the ball as she’s pressured by Kendall Lutts of Glenelg during a game at Howard High School in Ellicott City on Thursday, April 25, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Laurel’s Jarvis McClam, right, kicks up some dust as he slides into third base. Northwestern’s Bryant Williams makes the tag. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
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- Marriotts Ridge players celebrate on field after defeating defending champion Century by score of 15 to 5 in the State Class 3A-2A girls lacrosse championship. (Kenneth K. Lam/BSMG)
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- Calvert Hall shortstop Richard Rodriguez comes up just short as he dives for a ground ball during the MIAA A Conference baseball championship game at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen on Sunday, May 19, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- McDonogh High’s #21 Olivia Jenner goes down, losing the ball , while being chased by a duo of Marriotts Ridge defenders, #4 Alexis Zadjura and #7 Caroline Corbliss. Marriotts Ridge girls took on the 87-0 McDonogh girls lacrosse team and lost 19-9, making McDonogh 88-0. (Gene Sweeney Jr./BSMG)
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- Centennial’s Emily Bowman delivers a pitch in the rain of a quickly passing storm during a regional playoff game at Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City on Thursday, May 9, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Boys’ Latin’s Devin Shewell, center, takes a shot on goal while Glenelg’s Matt Baxter, left, defends. Shewell missed by by a hair at a game on March, 27, 2013. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
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- Catonsville catcher Jeremy Davis catches the relay throw from an outfielder and puts the tag on Brandon Hubbard of Churchill who was out trying to score on a hit to centerfield during the 4A baseball state semifinal game at Univesity of Maryland’s Shipley Field in College Park on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Robert Carter of Long Reach, left, comes up just short behind Century’s Julian Wood as they come to the finish of the 2A boys 110 meter hurdles during the Maryland state track and field championships at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Century High School #1 Abby Remenapp keeps the ball away from C. Milton Wright #10 Maggie Gallagher in the first half. (Lloyd Fox/BSMG)
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- Carver third baseman #5 Ian Anderson makes a play on a ball hit to him during the game against Northwestern H.S. at Leon Day Park. (Lloyd Fox/BSMG)
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- Christine London of Howard clears a hurdle in the girls 3A girls 300 meter hurdles during the Maryland state track and field championships at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Broadneck High’s Michaela Cassidy, left, collides with and knocks the ball loose from Sherwood High’s Rebecca Dunwoody. Broadneck easily handled Sherwood, 21-5, to take the girls 4a-3A championship. (Gene Sweeney Jr./BSMG)
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- Seton Keough third baseman Lori Sena, left, prepares for some action while Hannah Tavik pitches. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
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- Boys Latin goalie Christian Knight, right, is consoled by assistant coach Tano Arrogancia after their stunning loss to Loyola 10-9. Loyola took on the undefeated Boys Latin team for the MIAA Championship. (Gene Sweeney Jr./BSMG)
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- South Rivers’ catcher #10 Jake Gratz (face towards camera) and others celebrate their 6-0 win over Catonsville to take the class 4A baseball final. (Gene Sweeney Jr./BSMG)
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- Marriotts Ridge celebrate beating Mount Hebron during the regional final girls lacrosse game at Marriotts Ridge High School in Marriottsville on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (Jen Rynda/BSMG)
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- Glenelg Country School teammates converge on the mound and pitcher Dylan Farnella after the final out is recorded in their 7-0 win over Boys’ Latin in the MIAA B Conference baseball championship game at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen on Sunday, May 19, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Reservoir’s Teddy LaFemina lays on the track after the boys 1600-meter run during the Howard County Outdoor Track & Field Championship at Reservoir High School in Fulton on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (Jen Rynda/BSMG)
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- Poly High’s #10 Dominic Goslee dives but can’t catch this single by Digital Harbor’s Tom Fortman in the first inning. (Lloyd Fox/BSMG)
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- Hammond celebrates its first win of the season. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
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- Perry Hall High’s Vincent Ciattei leaves the rest of the runners behind as he wins the Class 4A boys 1600 meter run at the 2013 Maryland State Class Track and Field Championships at Morgan State University. (Kenneth K. Lam/BSMG)
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- Sam Brookhart of Mount Hebron has her rush towards the goal halted by the double team efforts of Marriotts Ridge teammates Zoe Stukenberg, left, and Taylor Hensh during a game at Marriotts Ridge High School in Marriottsville on Friday, April 26, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Marriotts Ridge teammates pile up on the field as they celebrate their win over Queen Anne’s during the 3A/2A state semifinal girls lacrosse game at Annapolis High School in Annapolis on Friday, May 17, 2013. (Brian Krista/BSMG)
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- Calvert Hall’s Manny Rodriguez applies the brakes as he approaches celebrating teammates after the Cardinals beat Gilman, 4-2, at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen for their seventh MIAA A Conference championship in nine years under coach Lou Eckerl. Calvert Hall came out of the loser’s bracket for the second straight year to claim the program’s 30th crown since 1929. (Algerina Perna/BSMG)
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- Towson’s Maggie Schneidereith (18) and her sister Jamie Schneidereith, right, get rally with their team before the girls lacrosse game against Franklin at Franklin High School in Reisterstown on Friday, April 12, 2013. (Jen Rynda/BSMG)
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- Lansdowne’s Audrey Melcher pitches during the Class 2A softball state semifinal against Catoctin at Bachman Park in Glen Burnie on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Jen Rynda/BSMG)
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- Reservoir’s Biyik Akinshemoy lines up the ball to return it to River Hill’s during the boys singles county championship match at Wilde Lake Tennis Club in in Columbia on Tuesday, May 13, 2013. (Jen Rynda/BSMG)
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- Westminster’s #10 Justin Cohen was one of the team members that created the traditional “dog-pile” on their goalie #24 Ryan Aler after their win. Westminster beat South River 13-10 to take the Class 4A-3A boys lacrosse championship. (Gene Sweeney Jr./BSMG)
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- Carver #6 Davon Johnson dives safely head first into third base in a game against Forest Park. (Lloyd Fox/BSMG)
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- Brighton’s Lauren Smolensky, left, fires a shot past Roland Park goalie Riley Brager, center. Brighton’s McKenzie Harris is on the right. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
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- Poly High second baseman #2 Marquise Coleman makes a diving catch and then gets the double play on Digital Harbor’s #11 Keyon Bennett to end the first inning. (Lloyd Fox/BSMG)
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- Poly High’s Tabitha Pyatt, missed on an attempted jump but won the Class 4A girls high jump competition with a jump at 5’4″ in the Maryland State Class Track and Field Championships at Morgan State University. (Kenneth K. Lam/BSMG)
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- short stop Richard Rodriguez in the fourth inning of the MIAA varsity baseball playoffs. (Karl Merton Ferron/BSMG)
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- Marriotts Ridge’s Alexis Zadjura, left, and Mount Hebron’s Kieran Kelleher, right, battle for the ball during the regional final girls lacrosse game at Marriotts Ridge High School in Marriottsville on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (Jen Rynda/BSMG)
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- Curley players hold up the President’s Cup after beating Gilman in the baseball finals of the Baltimore President’s Cup at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Balitmore on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Jen Rynda/BSMG)
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- Bryn Mawr’s #20 Ellie Knott eyes the loose ball with Notre Dame Prep’s #13 Liz Haus doing the same. Notre Dame Prep (NDP) took on Bryn Mawr in girls lacrosse, with Bryn Mawr winning easily 13-3. (Gene Sweeney Jr./BSMG)
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- Winning Perry Hall pitcher, #8 Miranda Lobus winds up as she releases a pitch to a Mount De Sales batter. Perry Hall captured the 7-2 win. (Gene Sweeney Jr./BSMG)
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