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Interesting news — 3 bigtime Bear v. Bear Div. I showdown. Alumnus makes saves and then later scores with normal stick Division I BEARS vs BEARS Michigan (Graham Hertzberg, Hunter Taylor) 16 Maryland (John Geppert) 11 Simply put, a huge upset in the Big Ten. Big Blue ran off five unanswered goals in the first quarter […]

BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 04/02/2023 HIGHLIGHTS Inside the White Rocks— Catching up on all Landon Varsity Athletes: All Spring seasons (except one lax) on spring break: golf is dominating; tennis 2-1; rugby undefeated; baseball 2-1-2; lacrosse 4-4; Alumni Bears playing all the next level(s)-pro, college Div. I & III, college club and developmental programs- BASEBALL– one […]

BEARS LAX TRAX FAX 03192023 Division I BEARS vs BEARS Dartmouth (Brendan Gallagher, Brett Gallagher, Cameron Brown, Zak Oehlerking) 10 OT Harvard (Joey Graham) 9 Dartmouth picked up their first Ivy League win in eight years. Both that win and this one were overtime games against Harvard. Dartmouth had an early 2-0 lead, but two short […]

BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 03/26/2023 HIGHLIGHTS Inside the White Rocks— Catching up on all Landon Varsity Athletes: All Spring seasons (except one Bear pro soccer player): golf is dominating; tennis 2-1; rugby undefeated; baseball 2-1-2; lacrosse 2-3; Alumni Bears playing all the next level(s)-pro, college Div. I & III, college club and developmental programs- BASEBALL– one Bear […]

These two schools have had a competitive history of back-and-forth battles. The 2023 contest repeated history for much of the dreary Friday, just before both schools headed for spring vacations. The Crusaders arrived in Bethesda riding the momentum of a win over the Hill School (PA not Canada) and a well-stocked roster (11 DI, 1 […]

DeMatha lacrosse was put on the DMV map by its alumnus, Paul Rabil (JHU AA, pro lacrosse star and founder of the PLL). The 2023 roster includes 4 Div. I, 1 Div. II and 4 Div. III recruits. Their season opening schedule was brutal—IMG, GP and Bullis. The Stags rebounded with wins over WCAC opponents- […]

BEARS LAX TRAX FAX 03192023 by John Nichols Division I We had three overtime games in D-I this week, with all three resolved in the favor of the teams with Bears on the roster. Notre Dame is the only undefeated team in D-I as Virginia lost to Maryland (John Geppert) and Dartmouth (Brendan Gallagher, Brett Gallagher, Cameron Brown, Zak […]

BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 03/19/2023 HIGHLIGHTS Inside the White Rocks— Catching up on all Landon Varsity Athletes: Winter moving to Spring seasons: lots of news—baseball 2-1; lacrosse 2-2 ; tennis 2-1; at National Track meet runner sets Bear record in the 60 M; fencing and frisbie no news; Alumni Bears playing all the next level(s)-pro, college Div. I […]

BEARS LAX TRAX FAX 03122023 Division I Our first three Bears vs. Bears games in DI Virginia, Notre Dame, and Dartmouth (Brendan Gallagher, Brett Gallagher, Cameron Brown, Zak Oehlerking)—the three DI teams that are still undefeated. BEARS vs BEARS Dartmouth (Brendan Gallagher, Brett Gallagher, Cameron Brown, Zak Oehlerking) 20 Hobart (Jackson Galiani) 16 Hobart rallied with six straight […]

On a cold and windy day (the pine trees were almost uprooted), all did not go well for the Bears. Landon shots hit opponents on their way toward their intended targets. Scrums for ground balls saw a purple/black emerge with the white, hard rubber spheres. Well-timed and accurate passes from Bear 1 to Bear […]

BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 03/12/2023 HIGHLIGHTS Inside the White Rocks— Catching up on all Landon Varsity Athletes: Winter moving to Spring seasons: lots of news—baseball 1-1; golf crushes MIAA opponent away; lacrosse beats The Heights; tennis 1-1; fencing, frisbie and track no news; WINTER IAC SEASON all three major sports have BEARS as Players of the Year […]

The Cavaliers of Potomac are moving on up. The visitors lost to MIAA Power (2-0) Mt. St. Joes 10-11 and has a talented roster. Their aspirations are shown by the 2023 schedule—SJCHS, Gonzaga, SSSA and DeMatha. A large, GP-like, visitors’ section was further evidence of how they saw this opportunity to set a new Cavalier […]

The Bears traveled to Severna Park to face the Admirals of the Severn School. The day was at least Gale 6 winds, which may have not affected the nautical home team, but likely impacted the young Bear roster (only 8 of 40+ are seniors). This was not the home team’s first match. Please note that […]

HIGHLIGHTS Inside the White Rocks— Catching up on all Landon Varsity Athletes: Landon racks up IAC POYs in Basketball and Hockey(wrestling already earned this accolade) , plus All IACs; Basketball advances in MD State Private School tourney. Sprinter mark makes national rank. Alumni Bears playing all the next level(s)-pro, college Div. I & III, college […]

BEARS LAX TRAX FAX 02262023 Division I Hunter Taylor got his first start in goal for Michigan against Canisius and Graham Hertzberg scored his first collegiate goal in the game. Lots of snow blowing around during Saturday’s games with Harvard’s field lightly covered with the white stuff by the time the game ended. The Ohio State/Virginia game in […]

BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 02/26/2023 HIGHLIGHTS Inside the White Rocks— Catching up on all Landon Varsity Athletes: Wrestlers place high in National Preps and a Bear reaches highest position: Basketball is finalist in IAC tournament and heads to Maryland tournament; Hockey has big quarterfinal MAPHL win and loses gallantly in semifinal Alumni Bears playing all […]

MAPHL Semifinal The MAPHL playoff rules set up a semifinal between 2 IAC teams and the other a match between 2 WCAC squads. This set up a 3rd contest between Landon, which is generally considered a tough challenge in all circumstances, but which is an even greater test between rivals. The play of the […]

It’s tough to play an opponent three times. The Bears have two victories against Bullis, the last was a double overtime win to capture the IAC tournament trophy. All the matches were physical and close, in fact, the Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead, but the home team came back to tie and then win in […]

Division I Lots of firsts for Bears from the class of 2022: Hunter Taylor saw his first D-I action, saving ten of the fifteen shots he faced and making a huge contribution to Michigan picking its first win of the season. Cameron Brown of Dartmouth scored his first collegiate goal, giving Big Green the lead late in […]

Coach Katz’s wrestlers place 3rd (field=28) In Maryland State Championships THE BEARS CONTINUE TO MAKE HISTORY IN OUR PROGRAM. Led by an amazing group of Seniors, this team PLACED 3RD OUT OF 28 TEAMS at States behind perennial powerhouse Mount Saint Joseph and top ranked St. Mary’s Ryken. We edged out new the new […]