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Alco triumphs over Hancock while Fort Hill sweeps Southern

OAKLAND: On Wednesday, Jovie Breitfeller’s double-double helped No. 3 Fort Hill defeat Southern. The scores were 25-16, 25-21, and 25-22 for the Sentinels (8-2, 5-2 Western Maryland Athletic Conference). For Fort Hill, Breitfeller ended with a total of 18 digs, 12 points, and seven aces. Addison Furstenberg contributed 10 kills and 4 blocks, while Tatum

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East Hardy’s Teets win golf’s first state championship for the school

WHEELING— On Wednesday at the Jones Course, East Hardy senior Jordan Teets captured the Class A WVSSAC golf individual state championship, making school history as the first state champion. Teets defeated St. Mary’s Trent Renner by two shots at the end of the 14-over round with a 156. Teets shot 28 over for a 170

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Cooper scores twice as No. 1 Mountain Ridge rallies to overcome No. 3 Allegany, 2-1

CUMBERLAND: On Monday night, Tim Nightingale discovered the true nature of his undefeated Mountain Ridge team. After Allegany’s goal at halftime gave them a 1-0 lead and Mountain Ridge’s first setback of the season, the Miners were dealt a stomach punch.  At Greenway Avenue Stadium, top-ranked Mountain Ridge overcame a deficit to defeat third-ranked Allegany,

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The state poll’s top 15 stays the same, while Fort Hill drops to No. 24

FREDERICK — Fort Hill dropped eight spots to No. 24 in the Maryland state media poll, while the top 15 teams stayed the same.Despite losing to Briar Woods, Virginia, 28-7 previous week, the Sentinels (3-2) were still included in the poll, with a ranking of 16th.  Perry Hall appeared ready for another successful season in

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Rival Allegany is defeated by Fort Hill 4-1; the Miners sweep BW; Northern defeats Keyser 3-1; and Calvary swept 

CUMBERLAND — On Monday, No. 3 Fort Hill defeated rival Allegany 3-1 thanks in part to double-doubles from Tatum Bishop and Kamryn Rice. After winning the first set 25-21 and losing the second 25-23, the Sentinels (7-2 overall, 4-2 Western Maryland Athletic Conference, 2-0 City League) won the next two 25-23 and 25-16 to win

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Alex Rychwalski: The county’s first winless week in seventy-two years 

CUMBERLAND: St. James defeated First Allegany on Thursday, 37–33. On Friday, Frankfort (49-12) and Briar Woods (28-7) destroyed the area-high home streaks of Mountain Ridge and Fort Hill, respectively.  Since Mountain Ridge started playing football in 2007, the county has never seen a week ending in a loss. When Fort Hill fell to Martinsburg, Beall

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