Top 10 Plays of the Week: May 4-10, 2009

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

Top 10 Plays — May 4-10, 2009

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Honorable Mentions (in no order):
Ward’ing Off Competition — DeMatha senior Eric Ward hits a beautiful passing shot
against Gonzaga’s Paul Mascola en route to a 10-4 win. Ward was undefeated over the past three
years, winning the WCAC singles title each season and helping DeMatha win the WCAC tennis championship this year.
Jose, Can You See? — Wakefield soccer features 15 seniors and just four underclassmen. But, on Senior Night, it was junior Jose Gonzalez that shined brightest, scoring twice, including this 80th-minute game-sealing strike after a long run through the defense. Tenth-ranked Wakefield beat Herndon, 2-0.
Mood Ring — With 1:40 remaining in the fourth quarter and the score tied, Robinson junior Rachel Moody scored what proved the game-winning goal to lift the Rmas over the previously-unbeaten Chargers, 9-8, for the Concorde District championship.
Latka Catch at Wall Preserves Win — Loudoun Valley led Battlefield, 4-3, in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Bobcats’ tying run on second. Virginia Tech recruit Courtney Liddle hit this 2-2 pitch from Caroline Williams (James Madison) deep to right-center, but sophomore Katlyn Latka drifted back to the fence to provide the final out and the pivotal win.
Fore Wood — Oxon Hill slugger Sean Woods went deep twice (here and here) in the Clippers’ 10-8, come-from-behind win over Parkdale in the 4A South first round. More from this game in the Top 10.

No. 10 –– Meyers Top-Shelf Winner
Northern Region, Virginia
— Oakton trailed No. 4 W.T. Woodson, 1-0, in the 69th minute on Wednesday at the Mott Center. But, after Cougar freshman Danielle Fitzgerald equalized, freshman Alex Meyers netted the game-winning goal in the 79th minute with this top-class, top-shelf strike. Oakton — which features six freshman starters — is 9-2-0.

No. 9 –– Crew’se Control
Prince William County, Virginia
— Woodbridge beat the field by :14 seconds in the Mens 1st 4 Event, finishing at 5:21.04, at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships on Saturday. The Vikings feature Tyler Dawson, three-seat Matt Doody, two-seat Val Stutz, bow J.C. Fisher and coxswain Katie Garrity.

No. 8 — Ningard Sparks Saxons
Northern Region, Virginia
— Langley senior attackman Ryan Ningard scored five times — three times in the opening quarter — as the Saxons avenged their only loss of the year in the Liberty District title game. Langley beat No. 10 Madison, 11-8, on Friday night at Marshall.

No. 7 –– Cook Pipe-to-Pipe

W.C.A.C., Maryland
— With one minute remaining, St. Mary’s Ryken led Good Counsel, 10-9, in the WCAC semifinals. But a missed shot led to a rebound by Falcon middie Luke Poulus with an open-cage — and a game-tying goal — mere feet away. Knight goalkeeper Mason Cook, though, dove across the goal to redirect the shot wide and preserve both Ryken’s 10-9 win and its berth in the league finals.

No. 6 –– Aryn’s Staff
Prince George’s County, Maryland
— After Oxon Hill turned a 5-0 deficit to an 8-8 tie with Parkdale in its 4A South first-round game, Clipper first baseman Aryn Morton crushed what proved the game-winning solo home run over the left-field fence. Oxon Hill won, 10-8, to advance to its second-round game with Laurel.

No. 5 –– Boy of Summers
W.C.A.C., Maryland
— In the WCAC semifinals against Gonzaga, DeMatha junior Hilly Summers sealed the 6-4 win — and berth in the league championship game — with this first-quarter hit and fourth-quarter goal. DeMatha will face St. Mary’s Ryken in the WCAC Finals on Tuesday at the University of Maryland at 7 p.m. The Knights defeated the Stags in the 2007 title game.

No. 4 –– Grand-Rule Double
S.M.A.C., Maryland — Ram junior Tyler Croson thought he had a grand slam after this pitch launched off his bat and over the wall in the bottom of the third inning in the 2A South first-round game between Oakland Mills and McDonough. But the umpires gathered and mistakenly ruled it a ground-rule double. No matter, though, Croson was driven in on a single later in the frame and the Rams won, 10-0, in a five-inning, combined no-hitter.

No. 3 –– Burdette Free Kick
Prince William County, Virginia
— Woodbridge played C.D. Hylton twice in a 19-hour span last week, winning both games, 4-0. Viking junior Kristin Lybert scored four times in the two games, giving her 17 goals this season and 72 for her career. But the most exhilarating goal came off the foot of Woodbridge senior defender Casey Burdette on this 35-yard free kick.

No. 2 –– Open Waters
Northern Region, Virginia
— Tied with rival Westfield, 4-4, in the Concorde District title game on Friday, defending state-champion Chantilly crashed the cage with :03 seconds left in double overtime. Charger junior middie Joey Marson had his shot stopped by a Bulldog defender, but junior attackman Brendan Waters had his stopped only by the back of the goal. Waters turned 17-years-old just 2 hours after scoring the district-winning goal.

No. 1 — Bounding Benton
S.M.A.C., Maryland — North Point senior Tristan Benton shattered the previous SMAC meet record in the high jump — which was 6-feet, 6-inches — by leaping 6’9″ on Saturday at Great Mills. He also finished second in the long jump and high jump. Benton, a University of Maryland commit, set his outdoor personal record on April 18 at the Waldorf Track Classic when he leapt 6’10”, the best mark in the state this year.

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