Alexander Dacy

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Sports Writer at Frederick News Post

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"This one hurts": Catoctin loses 1A softball final to Mardela on walk-off

1 week ago | fredericknewspost.com | Alexander Dacy

COLLEGE PARK – It couldn’t have been closer for Catoctin softball. The Cougars entered the bottom of the seventh inning at the University of Maryland Softball Complex three outs away from their first state title since 2011. But Mardela sent the heart of its order to the plate, making it a daunting final three outs. kAmr2E@4E:? @?=J >2?2865 EH@]k^AmkAm%96 (2CC:@CD E:65 E96 82>6 H96? ;F?:@C 42E496C yF=:2 (:D< D=:5 9@>6 @? 2?
Urbana baseball goes from brink of title to heartbreak as WJ walks off with 4A crown

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Alexander Dacy

BOWIE — Urbana baseball is used to a battle. It had survived one, a 13-inning epic against Broadneck, Tuesday just to reach Friday’s Class 4A state championship game. But the Hawks will remember no battle like the one it faced against Walter Johnson. kAmp?5 ?@ 32EE=6 DEF?8 BF:E6 2D 92C5]k^AmkAm(:E9 E96 D4@C6 5625=@4<65 :? E96 3@EE@> @7 E96 D6G6?E9[ (:=542ED D6?:@C 7:CDE 32D6>2? $92F? #F5:4< 5C:==65 2 a\a A:E49 E@ C:89E\46?E6C 7:6=5] yF?:@C A:?49 CF??6C vC2?E |2E2=:2 A2FD65 7@C 2 >@>6?E 36EH66?
Urbana baseball goes from brink of title to heartbreak as WJ walks off with 4A crown

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Alexander Dacy

BOWIE — Urbana baseball is used to a battle. It had survived one, a 13-inning epic against Broadneck, Tuesday just to reach Friday’s Class 4A state championship game. But the Hawks will remember no battle like the one it faced against Walter Johnson. AdvertisementAnd no battle stung quite as hard. With the score deadlocked in the bottom of the seventh, Wildcats senior first baseman Shaun Rudick drilled a 2-2 pitch to right-center field.
Staying alive is FCC baseball's theme as it enters NJCAA World Series

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Alexander Dacy

After dropping its first postseason game, Frederick Community College’s baseball team faced a daunting proposition. It had to win four consecutive games in three days to merely stay alive. If the Cougars managed that, they would have to turn around and win two more the following weekend. AdvertisementThis was the true test of the young but talented squad’s wherewithal to perform under immense pressure. And they aced it.
Staying alive is FCC baseball's theme as it enters NJCAA World Series

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Alexander Dacy

After dropping its first postseason game, Frederick Community College’s baseball team faced a daunting proposition. It had to win four consecutive games in three days to merely stay alive. If the Cougars managed that, they would have to turn around and win two more the following weekend. kAm%9:D H2D E96 ECF6 E6DE @7 E96 J@F?8 3FE E2=6?E65 DBF25’D H96C6H:E92= E@ A6C7@C> F?56C :>>6?D6 AC6DDFC6] p?5 E96J 2465 :E]k^AmkAmurr H@? D:I DEC2:89E 6=:>:?2E:@?
Class 4A baseball state final capsule: Urbana vs. Walter Johnson

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Alexander Dacy

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Class 4A girls lacrosse state final capsule: Urbana vs. Broadneck

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Alexander Dacy

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Class 4A boys lacrosse state final capsule: Urbana vs. Broadneck

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Alexander Dacy

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Middletown boys lax pulls off stunning 8-0 run to edge Fallston for first state title

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Alexander Dacy

OWINGS MILLS — For the last 24 minutes of Tuesday’s Class 1A boys lacrosse state final, Middletown remembered a mindset that’s become an apt descriptor of its season. “You can’t say, ‘Am I gonna do it or not?’” junior attack Myles Sontz said. “You just gotta go for it.”kAm%92E’D ?@ >2EE6C E96 4:C4F>DE2?46D[ H96E96C EC2:=:?8 3J D6G6? :? E96 D64@?5 92=7 @C E:65 :? E96 H2?:?8 D64@?5D] %96 z?:89ED 72465 3@E9 D:EF2E:@?D 282:?DE u2==DE@?] p?5 H:E9 =6DD E92? b_ D64@?5D =67E[ |:55=6E@H?
Middletown boys lax pulls of stunning 8-0 run to edge Fallston for first state title

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Alexander Dacy

OWINGS MILLS — For the last 24 minutes of Tuesday’s Class 1A boys lacrosse state final, Middletown remembered a mindset that’s become an apt descriptor of its season. “You can’t say, ‘Am I gonna do it or not?’” junior attack Myles Sontz said. “You just gotta go for it.”kAm%92E’D ?@ >2EE6C E96 4:C4F>DE2?46D[ H96E96C EC2:=:?8 3J D6G6? :? E96 D64@?5 92=7 @C E:65 :? E96 H2?:?8 D64@?5D] %96 z?:89ED 72465 3@E9 D:EF2E:@?D 282:?DE u2==DE@?] p?5 H:E9 =6DD E92? b_ D64@?5D =67E[ |:55=6E@H?