Top 10 Plays of the Week: March 23-29, 2009

Created by Phil Murphy
Senior Multimedia/Content Editor
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area

Top 10 Plays — March 23-29, 2009

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Honorable Mentions (in no order):
Bats Off — Yorktown CF Bill Edgar gets a bizarre ground out to the pitcher in the Patriots’ 8-4 win over the Generals.
Koko with the K.O., K.O. — Ram junior Alex “Koko” Makumbi scored back-to-back goals in the 66th and 69th minutes to cap a hat trick in Robinson’s 3-1 road victory over rival Westfield.
Zurn and Go — In the Montgomery County Publics vs. Privates All-Star Game, St. Andrews senior Alexander Zurn sinks a filthy and-one layup in traffic. But the Publics won the VOLi Sports All-Star Challenge, 108-97.

No. 10 — Seppi Slide
Prince George’s County, Maryland — In an 8-5 win for Eleanor Roosevelt over High Point, Raider 3B Luke Seppi goes all-out to catch this high pop-up in foul territory, sliding to retire the batter.

No. 9 –– Bryner Bases-Clearing Two-Bagger
S.M.A.C., Maryland — Calvert sophomore Ed Bryner unloads the bases with this two-out, three-run double to clinch a mercy-rule, 16-4 victory for the Cavaliers over the Hurricanes in a battle of previously-unbeaten teams in Frederick City.

No. 8 — K.C. Sunshine
Loudoun County, Virginia
— Park View junior K.C. Onyeador shows a nose for goal is genetic with back-to-back hat tricks for the Patriots. K.C. Onyeador’s cousin, Uche Onyeador, holds the Virginia high school record with 127 career goals, including a single-season record 42 as a junior, and plays at Georgetown. K.C. is on pace to obliterate the Park View school record for career goals.

No. 7 –– Meet in the Middel

Montgomery County, Maryland — Churchill senior Parker Middel gets back-to-back bone-shattering hits on would-be Wootton defenders. But the Patriots retaliated further down the countdown.

No. 6 –– Hurricane James
S.M.A.C., Maryland — This early-season match-up between Northern and Huntingtown, the winner was poised to put itself in the driver’s seat in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference. The Hurricanes called shotgun and put the Pats in the trunk. Huntingtown senior Peter Athens and Mike James scored five and six goals, respectively, in its 20-8 win to move to 3-0.

No. 5 –– Great Wahl
Northern Region, Virginia — West Springfield and Lake Braddock entered this Patriot District season-opener ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the Northern Region Baseball Coaches’ Association poll. Spartan junior Bobby Wahl made sure his squad would retain that top spot for another week with a complete game one-hitter, striking out 13 Bruins, while only walking one.

No. 4 –– Ladies’ Night
Powell Precision
Loudoun County, Virginia
— Broad Run striker Valerie Powell used the outside of her left foot to float this perfectly-placed shot over the Stone Bridge goalkeeper for the game-winning tally in the Spartans 2-1 road win. Broad Run is the defending Virginia AA state champion, returned 16 players from that unit and won its 26th-consecutive game thanks to Powell’s heroics.

Costello-Mays Caps Win
Prince William County, Virginia — Woodbridge and Battlefield met in a rematch of last year’s Northwest Region final, a 3-2 penalty-kick win for the Vikings. This time around, Woodbridge left little doubt, with a 4-0 win, highlighted by two goals from Kristen Lybert and capped by this 61st-minute free kick by Kellsey Costello-Mays.

No. 3 –– Doran Doran
Montgomery County, Maryland — Wootton sophomore attackman Christopher Doran gets revenge for Play No. 7 in the Top 10 with this behind-the-head goal as the Patriots locked up a 10-3 win over the Bulldogs.

No. 2 –– Double Lutz
Prince William County, Virginia — After Battlefield blew a three-goal lead at the start of the fourth period by allowing five Forest Park goals, Bobcat senior Chris Lutz scores the game-winning, double-overtime goal to beat the Bruins, 7-6. The home win avenges a 16-5 home loss for Battlefield to Forest Park last season, the Bobcats’ worst of the year.

No. 1 — Clay-Born to Run
Montgomery County, Maryland — Damascus sophomore Cassie Clayborne hit an inside-the-park grand slam as part of her team’s 10-2 win over Blair. The Hornets’ current No. 5-hitter was in the lead-off spot last season and demonstrated both her speed and power on this Play of the Week.

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