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Washington Post
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Huntingtown muscles out a 1-0 win over Parkside in Maryland 2A baseball final
With Trevor Robbins on the mound, the outs ticked away quickly. The Huntingtown senior was efficient and barely hittable from Saturday's opening pitch, and even as he tired, any suggestion that his work was finished was quickly refuted by another scoreless frame. With six shutout innings already under his belt and three outs separating the Hurricanes from a state championship, Robbins headed back to the mound at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie, where an assistant coach was waiting to offer a few words.
Washington Post
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Huntingtown holds off Stephen Decatur to win Maryland 2A softball title
In the bottom of the sixth inning Friday night, Huntingtown senior pitcher Jordyn Greever found herself in a jam. Leading Stephen Decatur by one run in the Maryland Class 2A softball final, Greever and her team faced loaded bases with one out. She took a deep breath, looked into the stands at the University of Maryland Softball Complex and found her dad.
Washington Post
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Madisyn Williamson powers Huntingtown softball back to the title game
Madisyn Williamson is no stranger to delivering clutch hits for the Huntingtown softball team. Just a sophomore, the Hurricanes' catcher has put together an impressive résumé for the Maryland Class 2A contenders — including a towering home run as a freshman in last year's state title game that she fondly remembers as her favorite.
Washington Post
10-04-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Huntingtown topples No. 3 Leonardtown in a battle of SMAC softball powers
Mike Johnson has seen plenty iterations of a Huntingtown softball team over his 22-year tenure leading the southern Maryland program. The Hurricanes are perennial contenders, with five state championships in the last two decades. A trip to Bachman Sports Complex for the Maryland state semifinals has become an annual tradition for the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference powerhouse. Despite the program's winning history, Johnson feels something different about this year's group — something he hasn't felt in years. He heard it in the dugout Wednesday, when senior shortstop Kayla Ripple whipped a ball to first base for a pivotal out against Leonardtown and the Hurricanes erupted into cheers. He saw it in the smiling faces of his players as they circled together in left field after a 2-1 win over the No. 3 Raiders, defending Maryland Class 4A champions. 'This group, they're together,' Johnson said. 'They enjoy being together, they've got each other's back, they're pulling for each other…I haven't seen this in a while, it is a special group.' The Hurricanes (7-1), one season removed from a 4-2 loss to Rising Sun in the Maryland Class 2A title game, feel like they're closer than ever in their quest to return to College Park to compete for another state title. Maybe it's the collective desire to win that final game for the first time since 2019, Johnson said. Senior Jordyn Greever thinks it might be the bonds they've forged playing softball together over several seasons. Whatever it is, it's working. 'We're all working together as a team,' Greever said. 'I felt like, in past years we were this little group and this little group, but we're all a team…It's just better when you're a full team and we all get along [and] know how to work together.' With Huntingtown's one-run win over the Raiders Wednesday, Johnson's group is back atop the SMAC standings and primed for another run. The Hurricanes are undefeated in conference play and have scored double-digit runs in six of their seven wins. Their lone defeat came against No. 8 St. Mary's Ryken last week, 2-0. Much of that success has come from the arm and bat of Greever, an All-Met honorable mention last season. With Greever in the pitching circle, Huntingtown has ceded just five runs. Against Leonardtown (7-1), the Hurricanes' toughest conference test yet, Huntingtown needed another strong performance from Greever to pull out a statement win. The senior allowed just three Raiders hits on the afternoon as Johnson's team pulled themselves out of a late hole with a two-run sixth inning. 'This is what state caliber softball is all about, and I think we saw it in a regular season game,' Johnson said. 'This is sweet.' In the bottom of the sixth inning, after senior Morgan Cranford laid down a deftly placed bunt to reach base, Greever roped a single into center field to tie the game with two outs in the frame. Senior Olivia Kendrick drove in the eventual game-winning run on the next at-bat and the Hurricanes held on despite a 14-strikeout afternoon from Leonardtown senior Claire Radford. 'I feel like the team energy was really good, and even though we had some bad at-bats, we were still able to pick it up,' Ripple said. Greever collected the final out of the afternoon, flipping a ground ball to first base to clinch the victory. The Hurricanes' celebration was spirited but short. With postseason vengeance on their minds, Greever and her teammates quickly turned their attention to the road ahead. 'We definitely want to go back and win [the state title],' Greever said. 'That [loss] made us a little mad…we want to go get it.'
Washington Post
16-02-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Still perfect, Whitman wrestling outduels the rest of the state
The regular season battle of Bethesda was canceled because of inclement weather, but nothing could stop Whitman and Bethesda-Chevy Chase from tangling on the mat: The rivals found each other in the Maryland Class 4A dual meet championship match Saturday. The Whitmaniacs nearly blew the roof off North County High as their Vikings prevailed, 50-29, and repeated as Maryland Class 4A state champions. 'It's more personal than other teams because you know the people — and especially in the finals, it just adds that much more pressure but also reassurance that we know what energy we have to bring to the match,' Whitman senior captain Justin Rommel said. The title match capped a hectic stretch in which each team competed in five matches among the region tournament, Saturday morning's state semifinals and the championship matchup. Whitman survived to improve to 17-0 this season and 35-0 over the past two years — with two trophies to show for it. 'These are very special matches, and emotionally they're very draining,' Whitman Coach Derek Manon said. 'But this is a group that loves each other. They wrestle as a family. They wrestle for each other. And I think that, more than anything, helped them through these last not even 72 hours.' In its semifinal, Whitman beat Annapolis, 39-32. With the win in hand, the Vikings were so comfortable that they forfeited the final two bouts. 'We worked really hard this offseason. We had a good graduating class, but we had a lot of underclassmen who wanted it, and they came out to camps and practices all summer long, and now it's paying dividends,' junior captain Solomon Randall said. One of the new additions was senior Stephen Sloan. He had never wrestled, but seeing the 'hectic' events last year inspired him to join the team. 'It is a unique feeling, coming from other sports,' he said. 'Some sports have a very toxic environment, very competitive. Here, everybody's here to build each other up. We just want the best for each other and for the team.' This year's championship came 20 years after Whitman's first state title in 2005. Current junior varsity coach Will Sharbaugh was on that team. 'Back in 2005, we had great team chemistry, and I feel like it's the same here. They really love the sport, and they just want to get better and win for each other,' Sharbaugh said. 'We're not just a team — we're a family,' Randall said. On the other side of the gym in Class 2A, Huntingtown and Stephen Decatur traded the first two bouts before Huntingtown went on a 7-0 winning run that locked up the title with a 51-22 victory. At Severn Run High, Chesapeake narrowly defeated Linganore, 31-30, to win the Class 3A title, and South Carroll dominated Middletown, 58-12, in Class 1A.
