BearSportsNews Sunday Edition 3.17.2019

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY

HIGHLIGHTS

• Bears within the White Rocks

  • Golf starts 2-0

  • Track & Field scores in sprints and field events for 3^rd at SSSA Early Bird

  • Baseball beats Sidwell

  • Tennis and Tennis have losses against MIAA teams

  • Rugby loses to WCAC side

• Tracking Bears OUTSIDE THE White Rocks

  • Aaron Byrd L15 is a Peach Belt hoops champion

  • Morgan Egloff led his Tars in their first spring tournament

  • A ’99 Bear is an NFL assistant coach

  • The Ruggers are back [perhaps the most difficult sport to track]

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

Spring Sports

Baseball (2-1) Landon baseball defeated Sidwell Friends 8-2 on Saturday to run its record to 2-1.  The Bears dispatched St. Anselm’s Abbey 15-0 earlier in the week following a loss to perennial powerhouse Bishop McNamara.

Against St. Anselm’s, pitchers Jed Rosenberg and Jake Davidson combined for a one-hit shutout.  Rosenberg started, pitched 3 innings, allowed 1 hit while striking out 4.  Davidson pitched the final two innings and struck out 4.  Mark Kalavritinos went 3 for 3 to lead the attack.  Sam Peraza had 2 hits, Jack Cope had one hit and scored 3 runs.

Against Sidwell, pitchers Jay Budin, Jack Cope and Will Barufka limited the Quakers to two hits and no earned runs.  They combined for 7 strikeouts.  Davidson had two hits and two RBI.  Barufka also had two hits, including a triple.  Jack Poston and Kalavritinos each contributed doubles, while Kit Dziak scored twice.

Golf Bears win their opening match of the 2019 season today, 209-224 against @GoodCounselGolf. Charles Nottingham (‘19) was low man for the match. Thanks to Bethesda CC, the Good Counsel Golf Team, and coach Jim Estes finish off the week 2-0 with a win over Paul VI, 204-234. Solid rounds by Charlie Bundy ‘21, Johnny Muller ‘20, and Charles Nottingham ‘19. Special thanks to Coach Tommy Smith and the PVI Panthers, and a fantastic job by Columbia CC and Mr. Dolan!

Lacrosse (2-2) Two losses to MIAA powerhouses, St. Paul’s and then St. Mary’s may be attributable to an unusually inexperienced team, but given the teaching abilities of the coaches, that lack of previous playing time may be are reason to believe that the Bears will grow as the schedule moves.

Outdoor Track and Field placed 3^rd SSSA Early Bird Classic; Erick Speight had a 12.0 in the 100 for 3^rd and a 24.91 in the 200 for 5^th; Kaleb Sparks was 3^rd in 400 with 59.22 followed by Nathaniel Castro in 5^th in 1:00.6; in the 1,600 John Mangino earned a 3^rd in 5:05. 14; Jelani Cross won the shotput at 34-03.00 with Shaun Lee back at 6^th with 28-04.75; Jelani won the discus with a 76-01 throw

Rugby (1-1) St John’s 39 Landon 17

Tennis  (0-2) lost to Gilman 1-8; Whitman?

BEAR TRACKS

Basketball (6)

Professional Basketball (1)

Darion Atkins (L 11) Hapoel Holon, 18-4 1st place Israeli Basketball Premier League; 23 games, 13.3 ppg, 7.1 reb., Champions League 7-6.

College Basketball (2)

Aaron Byrd (L’15) Augusta University (24-5) is a Champion. and his Jags won the Peach Belt Championships–He’s #3 in the below picture

College Coaching

Coach Christian Webster, (L09) #16 Va Tech (24-8) Assistant Coach

Professional Indoor Football (1)

Terrence Fullum (L11) DL San Diego Strike Force (0-3)–

Professional Football Coach

Mike Rutenberg ’99  Assistant Linebacker Coach   at Jacksonville Jaguars

Ice Hockey (7)

College (3)

Patrick Giles (L*18) Boston College (11-21-3), season stats— 32 GP, 1G 5 A; 41 shots 14 PIMs

College Club(2)

Alex Norwinski (’15) Liberty University 15-5-3 lost in finals of Southern regional tournament in O/T

AHL

Sam Anas (L11) Iowa Wild (33-18-7-5; 78 pts;2^nd in conference. Played 47 games, 13G, 20 A, 3 GWG; 2 G and 2A in last game

Spring Sports

Baseball (2)

Randy Bednar Jr., (L17) University of Maryland Terps, 10-7;  RB: hitting .261, 18 hits, 15 rbi’s, 11 runs, 3 hr’s, .969 fielding

Patrick Lightner, (L16) Marist College Red Foxes (5-10)

Golf (4)

John Kalavritinos, (L17) Bucknell University (0-0) JK: 3/23 1^ST MATCH

Evan Katz, (L17) Duke University.3/27 1^ST MATCH 3/14

Mike Blasey, (L15), Davidson College – won the Pinehurst Intercollegiate Mike’s 4 round total was 280.

Morgan Egloff (L15) Rollins was 8^th at the Southeastern Intercollegiate. ME was 2^nd with 208

Lacrosse

BLTF will be posted early in the week.

Rugby 🏉 (7)

[because these are all club teams, there is a dearth of information on their websites; ANYONE with any information, please email to sandy_murdock@yahoo.com]

Tommy Baldwin L18, Bucknell Bison no Spring Schedule published yet.

Joel Desroches L18, Ithaca College, Bombers, no Spring Schedule published yet.

Aiden Howe L18, St. Mary’s College of California Gaels –team is playing at Cal Poly SLO today

Wesley Pan L16 VA Tech Hokies 3-1

Parker Swensrud L18, Denver University, Pioneers, rostered, played in 2 fall matches

(got to love the picture from the Pioneers’ website)

Max Spiritos L17, University of Illinois no spring schedule yet

Trevor Wolf L15 Denver University, Pioneers, injured