Spring 2017 MoCo High School Sports Review

It is a rainy day here in MoCo and I finally got around to this long over due review of spring 2017 high school sports.  So let’s go…

High School student athletes in Montgomery County excelled in the spring state playoffs and in end of year acknowledgements of their achievements. In this quick wrap up of the season I will try to recognize all teams and who received local and statewide awards.

First let me begin by offering a sincere apology to both the 2017 State Champion Severna Park Falcons and the State Finalist Churchill Bulldog Boys Lacrosse teams for suggesting on May 24^th that their play was anything less than championship caliber.

Now on to the 2017 awards. Congratulations to

4A Baseball Champions – Northwest HS and to Coach Todd Varesco

3A Baseball Champions – Poolesville HS and to Coach Steve Orsini

4A Softball Champions – Northwest HS and to Coach Mike Horton

4A Softball State Finalist – Sherwood HS and to Coach Ashley Barber-Strunk

4A/3A Boys Lacrosse State Finalist – Churchill HS and to Coach Jeff Fritz

4A/3A Girls Lacrosse State Finalist – Sherwood HS and to Coach Kelly Hughes

4A/3A Girls Lacrosse – MPSSAA Sportsmanship Award – Sherwood HS

Boys Singles Champion – Joseph Brailovsky, Wootton HS

Boys Doubles Champions – William Karpinski & Michael Chen, Churchill HS

Girls Singles Champion – Ayana Akli, Wheaton HS

Mixed Doubles Champions – Anna Radeviciute & Ethan Kowalski, Walter Johnson HS

Girls Track & Field 2^nd Place Team – Northwest HS

Girls Track & Field 4×800 Relay – 3A – Damascus HS

Girls Track & Field 4×200 Relay – 3A – Blake HS

Girls Track & Field 3200 Meter Run – Abagail Green – Walter Johnson HS
Girls Track & Field Discus – Xanthi Limber – Clarksburg HS

Boys Track & Field – Team Champions – Northwest HS

Boys Track & Field 100 Meters – Raynard Bell – Kennedy HS

Boys Track & Field 200 Meters – Mayan McClain – Springbrook HS

Boys Track & Field 1600 & 3200 Meters – 3A – Ryan Lockett – Poolesville HS

Boys Track & Field 4×100 and 4×400 Relay – Springbrook HS

Boys Track & Field 4×200 and 4×800 Relay – Northwest HS

According to the final Washington Post – ALLMET Sports Metro Area Top 10 rankings that includes both private and public high school teams these following MoCo teams excelled in similar spring sports across the DMV

Boys Lacrosse – #1 Landon HS; #3 Bullis HS; #5 Churchill HS; and #8 Georgetown Prep

Girls Lacrosse – #7 Good Counsel HS

The following student athletes received first or second team ALL-MET honors from the high school sports writers at the Washington Post.

All-Met Players of the Year (POY)

1^st Team – Boys Lacrosse – Justin Shockey – Landon

1^st Team – Boys Tennis – Joseph Brailovsky – Wootton HS

Baseball

1^st Team – Ryan Kennington – Northwest HS

1^st Team – Eric Wayman – Whitman HS

2^nd Team – Brady Pearre – Poolesville HS

2^nd Team – Josh Seils – Sherwood HS

2^nd Team – Eric Lansinger – Damascus HS

2^nd Team – Randy Bednar – Landon

2^nd Team – Gerald Buchanan – Magruder HS
2^nd Team – Josh Netterville – Northwest HS

Coach of the Year – Northwest HS – Todd Varesco

Softball

1^st Team – Amanda Berkley – Sherwood HS

1^st Team – Karlie Stanford – Northwest HS

2^nd Team – Mel Firestone – Gaithersburg HS
2^nd Team – Courtney Wyche – Blair HS
2^nd Team – Alexa Bowen – Northwest HS

2^nd Team – Faith Hanrahan – Sherwood HS

Coach of the Year – Northwest HS – Mike Horton

Boys Lacrosse

1^st Team – Cam James – Landon

1^st Team – Reed Moshyedi – Churchill HS

1^st Team – Joey Epstein – Landon

1^st Team – Alex Trippi – Bullis

2^nd Team – Kyle Fairbanks – Bullis

2^nd Team – Mason Romm – Wootton HS

2^nd Team – Alex Smith – St. Andrew’s

2^nd Team – Nate Buller – Landon

Girls Lacrosse

1^st Team – Halle Graham – Good Counsel HS

1^st Team – Taylor McDaniels – Good Counsel HS

2^nd Team – Kelly Horning – Holy Cross Academy

Boys Track & Field (1^st Team Only)

Rohann Asfaw – Richard Montgomery HS

Eric Allen Jr. – Bullis

Ryan Lockett – Poolesville HS

Darnell Pratt – Good Counsel HS

Bullis – 4×400 Relay Team

Good Counsel 4×200 Relay Team

Coach of the Year – B. Eugene Neal – Good Counsel HS

Girls Track & Field (1^st Team Only)

Abbey Green – Walter Johnson HS

Masal Russell – Bullis

Taylor Wright – Northwest HS

Bullis – 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 Relay Teams

Gymnastics (1^st Team Only)

Lily Smith – Walter Johnson HS

Toni Williams – Sherwood HS

Rowing (1^st Team Only includes both Boys and Girls)

Freya Keto – Whitman HS

Quinlyn Spellmeyer – Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS

Henry Bellew – Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS

Ben Koenig – Walter Johnson HS

Boys Coach of the Year – Dan Engler – Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS

Girls Coach of the Year – Kirk Shipley – Whitman HS

Tennis (1^st Team Only includes both Boys and Girls)

Ricky Bell – Bullis

Evin McDonald – Whitman HS

Ayana Akli – Wheaton HS

Maya Das – Holton-Arms

Miranda Deng – Wootton HS

Ana Elhom – Bullis

Girls Coach of the Year – Lee Ingham – Good Counsel HS

Good Luck to those on the lists above that were graduating seniors. And to everyone else, we will see you next school year.

Phil Fabrizio

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