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BEAR HOCKEY 3 KNIGHTS 2 IN OVERTIME The 2020 MAPHL tournament is filled with anomalies- the differences between the #1 seed and the #8 were small—i.e. #8 O’Connell beat #1 SJCHS 7-4 and #3 Bears tied #1 Cadets 3-3. In the 1st round of MAPHL #4 DeMatha lost to #5 MSJ. This is the tightest […]

Onto MAPHL semifinals against Prep tomorrow Full details when I get home. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone Get Outlook for Android

BLTF 021720 D-I The Ivies played their first games this weekend, so now all of the D-I lacrosse teams have gotten under weigh with the 2020 season. BEARS VS. BEARS Navy (Thomas Evans, Shane Corcoran) 19 Furman (Michael Abizaid) 3 Navy won […]

The Bears ended the season peaking at the right time. With 8 freshmen in the line-up, the team improved every week of the season. The team ended 12th out of 29 teams at the Maryland Independent State tournament. Seven wrestlers made it to the second day, […]

February 16, 2020, published at 5pm 2/15 revised at 7pm with swimming and Alumni Lacrosse breaking NEWS Bears WITHIN THE White Rocks Hockey in IACs beats StA and shuts out GP for Tournament Championship. Basketball finished its regular IAC season Wrestling has Bears earning their […]

Landon Hockey 5 Georgetown Prep 0 The 13-3-1 Little Hoyas earned the right based on their regular season IAC record, to claim the Rockville Ice Arena Rink #2 (a/k/ta the Bears’ Den) as home ice. [Bears 12-2-2]. That substantial advantage (right to put lines on ice last, short substitutions in periods […]

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BLTF 020320 by John Nichols D-I The pace has picked up in D-I men’s lacrosse with most of the teams that we follow having gotten their 2020 campaigns off and running. Maryland (Justin Shockey, John Geppert, Matthew Kopp) dodged and upset in […]

LANDON HOCKEY 4 ST. ALBANS 1 It was clear that the Bulldogs came to the Bears’ Den with the goal of extending their season for the 5 StA seniors. They played hard for all 45 minutes, but the home team’s speed, skill and solid structure were too much. The Bulldogs’ relied heavily on their goalie […]

IAC semifinal onto winner of Prep v. Bullis Thursday Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone Get Outlook for Android

February 7 & 8 ,2020 Thanks to the Alumni who have come to support the Bears over the last two weekends. Greg Gosnell ’77, Gurmail Thagad ’05, Alex Rhoads ’05, and John Greenwald ’04. Forgive me if I forgot someone. Your support is definitely appreciated. What an exciting weekend for […]

BearSportsNews Sunday Edition February 9, 2020 In Honor of the up-coming All-School Black History Assembly Bears WITHIN THE White Rocks Hockey on the way to tournaments shuts out an MAPHL opponent and then ties #1 St. John’s at 0:28.5 Basketball playing exciting, smart hoops Wrestling […]

Landon Hockey 3 St. John’s College High School 3 In a game reminiscent of the 1968 game between two undefeated Ivy League football teams. The boys from the Connecticut Community College of New Haven were heavily favored. It led the Commonwealth Community College of Cambridge 22-0, but the Cantabs, the Haarvaad moniker, fought back trailing […]

Landon Hockey 8 Calvert Hall 0 History lesson predicate: Calvert Hall College High School is named for Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, the first Proprietor of the Province of Maryland. The settlement was unique among the original thirteen colonies in that the Baron was Catholic and his “state” permitted religious freedom. The family crest reflects […]

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With the start of lacrosse season ten years ago, I began watching as many of the Landon teams as my schedule allowed. Over time, a recurring impression was formed. Yes, the Bears exhibited competitiveness, commitment to team, energy, fair play and sportsmanship. What slowly became apparent was the boys seemed more able to control the […]

BearSportsNews Sunday Edition February 2, 2020 Bears within the White Rocks Hockey is tied by O’Connell but beats StA Basketball playing exciting, smart hoops beats Potomac and then StA; Bear reaches 1,000 career points Wrestling places 8 on the podium on way to 2nd place, […]

Landon Hockey 3 St Albans 2 Whenever the Bears play the Bulldogs in any sport, the outcome matters. The Friday night game drew fans from 6101 and Mount StA to the Bears’ Den. At stake, if the visitors won, their nine points in ten games would tie the home team’s nine earned in only 8 […]

In a game in which the score was not indicative of the play, the Bears beat the Bulldogs 3 to 2. More later. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone Get Outlook for Android

LANDON HOCKEY 4 O’CONNELL 4 The ’19-’20 MAPHL season is proof that the transitive math principle applies to their teams, i.e. Bishop J. O’Connell lost to Mt. St. Joe’s 0-3 and Landon beat MSJ 8-2. Prep has not lost since its SJCHS game. \Landon should beat BJO 11-2. There are many other examples involving almost […]