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By Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer

Hundreds of Raiders fans packed the basketball gym in Leonardtown High School to watch their undefeated team take on the also perfect Great Mills Hornets in the Tip-Off Tourna-ment Saturday.

The Raiders are known as a strong outside shooting team, but as Hornets guard Cody Kohn pointed out after the game, of-fense sells tickets, but defense wins games.

Kohn and the Hornets proved it by burying the Raiders 54-25 and shutting down their shooters all night. They used a strong defensive third quarter, in which they gave up just three points, to run away with their fourth victory of the season.

“We shut them down, “ Kohn said. “We know Leonardtown’s a three-point team. You shut them down from three-point land, that’s all you got to do. They’re a good team, though, don’t get me wrong, they’re definitely a good team.”

Kohn scored 10 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and had seven steals in the win.

The Hornets’ game-plan de-fensively, was to give the Raiders just one look at the basket on each trip down the court, Great Mills head coach Frank Peck said.

“If you give them multiple looks, they’re going to eventu-ally knock down outside shots and we wanted to prevent that,” Peck said. “We did a good job on the defensive end throughout the game, especially on their shoot-ers. [Leonardtown] didn’t have a very good shooting night and that’s ultimately the key to the game.”

The Hornets, on the other hand, shot well most of the game and had strong contributions from their bench. Guard Zack Sawyer came into the game in the third quarter and swished two straight threes, one from each wing, and boosted the Hornets to a 19-point lead. By the end of the quarter, they were up 38-14.

Great Mills owned the glass as well, with center Trae Jacobs, racking up 11 boards.

Perfect Hornets Buzz by RaidersLeonardtown Drops First Game

By Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer

The St. Mary’s College Se-ahawks have learned to keep their cool. As a result, they broke a four-game skid and have won two in a row with a road win over Baruch College and a 74-62 home victory against Washington College Saturday.

The Seahawks worked the floor of-fensively against Washington, and maintained intense defensive pressure throughout the game. Most importantly, they kept their heads when the Shoremen made comeback threats.

St. Mary’s moved the ball and got the bench involved as well.

“It definitely feels good,” guard Valdez Preston said. “We moved the ball today. Sometimes we get too caught up in one-on-one because we’ve got some athletes on our team, we’ve got some scorers. But if we move the ball, make

the extra pass, we’ll score just about every time it seems like.”

Preston contributed 11 points for the Seahawks and went 4-for-4 from the charity stripe. Center Alex Irmer was the lead-

ing scorer for St. Mary’s with 14 points. Guard Dan Engelstad dropped in 10, point guard Mike Smelkinson had eight, and for-ward Calvin Wise scored seven.

“The points were spread out today and that’s the way it’s got to be,” guard Tyson Lesesne said. “We were just making the extra pass and it worked out well.”

Guard T.J. Jordan came off the bench and scored nine. Lesesne also contributed big points off the bench.

He did not play the first half, but came out of the gates strong in the sec-ond. He sunk a long three-pointer on his first shot and then made an acrobatic la-yup while getting fouled on just his second touch of the ball. With his free throw, Lesesne made it a three-point play and ex-tended the Seahawk lead to 47-34.

“I was just ready to get out there,” Lesesne said. He had 12 points and six rebounds in just 17 minutes of play.

The Seahawks’ lead grew to 18 points, but Washington crawled back into the game late in the

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By Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer

The Ryken girls’ basketball team suffered a crushing 84-27 loss to WCAC opponent St. John’s at home Friday.

St. John’s took a command-ing 21-7 lead in the first quar-ter and never looked back. The Knights struggled to keep up with St John’s quick pace, and

found themselves behind 30 points at halftime.

The devastation continued as St. John’s went on to build their lead to 42 going into the fi-nal quarter.

“I think we just got really tired,” Ryken coach Tara Pappas said. “We were trying to step up to their intensity, but we’re not quite there.”

The Knights are a young

team, with only two upperclass-men on the roster. Most of the team’s players are still getting acclimated to the fast pace of varsity basketball, Pappas said.

“Most of our underclassmen just aren’t used to that in-your-face pressure for 32 minutes of the game,” she said. “Just kind of getting them used to that pres-

By Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer

With two lopsided wins at the Aberdeen Tournament over the weekend, and a victory over

a nationally ranked team earlier in the month, the Ryken Knights are clearly staking their claim as one of the best basketball teams in the DC Metropolitan area.

On Friday, the Knights, led by John Flowers’ 24 points, flattened Reginald Lewis High School of Baltimore City 98-25. The following day, they beat CM Wright 68-51.

“We just jumped on them,” head coach Danny Sancomb said of the blowout against Reginald Lewis. “We played good de-fense, we moved the ball around, we took high percentage shots.”

Along with Flowers’ 24 spot, point guard Julius Brown scored 18 and Janko Kajtez scored 15. Brown was the lead scorer against CM Wright with 20 points, 12 of which were on three pointers.

The Knights are now 6-1 on the season and improving with every game. On Dec. 11, they took down Bishop O’Connell, who was ranked 21st in the nation by USA Today. With wins like that, the Knights can expect to move to the top of DC and Mary-land rankings. Wins against highly ranked teams also boost team morale, Brown said.

“That was a confidence booster because it told us that we can hang with the best,” Brown added.

The Knights recorded an-other blowout during a home game against Meade Dec. 13.

Flowers dominated that

Knight Life:Ryken Basketball Dominates DC Area

Point guard Cody Kohn, who scored 10 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and collected seven steals in a 54-25 win over Leonardtown in the Tip-Off Tournament, looks for an open teammate in the third quarter.See Hornets page 2

Photo by Andrew Knowlton

See Seahawks page 2

Photo by Andrew Knowlton

Point guard Dan Engelstad scores two of his 10 points on a fast break layup in the second half. The Seahawks beat Washington College Satur-day for their consecutive win.

Knights Crushed By St. Johns

Photo by Andrew Knowlton

John Flowers posts up on a Meade forward in the third quarter of Ryken’s 64-37 home win Dec. 13. Flowers dominated the inside with 17 points, 13 rebounds, eight blocks and four steals. See Ryken Guys page 3

See Knights page 3

Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer

Two nights after winning the Tip-Off Tournament 43-25 over Chopticon, the Great Mills girls’ basketball team was unable

to put together a solid 32 minutes of play against Lackey in their first home game of the season Monday.

The Hornets had the victory in sight throughout the evening, but were unable to consistently

put points on the board and the Chargers slipped away with a 48-42 win.

“We know we could have come back and beat them,”

Lady Hornets Win Tourney, Lose Home Opener

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second half. They were abletocut the lead to seven,butSt.Mary’sdidnotpanic.

“We were confident because we’vebeen in that situationbe-fore,” Lesesne said. “Normallywegetallfrustratedandloseourheads.Thatwasourbigprobleminthebeginning.”

“Wemakeitamainpointtokeepourcoolnow,”addedPres-ton.“Earlyintheseasonwegottoo rattled and everybody gaveup.Nowwe’rejustthinkingpos-itive,stayingundercontrol,leav-ing the referee’s alone and juststayingcalm.”

The Seahawks played astrong game defensively, espe-ciallyinearlypartsofthesecondhalf. In between three-point-ers from Smelkinson and T.J.

Jordan, the Seahawks defenseforcedWashington to takepoorshotsandmakebadpasses.

“Ifeellikewestoppedthemwhen we needed to tonight,”Preston said. “It wasn’t easy.They’re a tough team and theycanshoottheball,butsinceourmindset was defense the wholegame,itjustworkedoutforus.”

The Seahawks faced Col-legeofNewJerseylastnightontheroad.Awintherewouldputthe3-4Seahawksat.500.

“Oncewegetbackto.500,I’ll be fine,” Lesesne said. “We dug ourselves in a hole, nowwe’vegot todigbackupoutofit.”

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“We talked about the factthat they are a jump shootingteam.Whenyou’reajumpshoot-ing team, unless you’re reallyhot,there’sgoingtobealotofre-bounds,alotoflongrebounds,”Pecksaid.“Thatwasoneofourfocuses, to make sure that all five guys on the floor rebounded.”

TheHornetsdefeatedPatux-ent67-56thenightbeforetoad-vancetothechampionshipgameagainstLeonardtown.Whilethe

Raidersdropto3-1,theHornetsare now 4-0 (2-0 SMAC) andlooking to defend their confer-encechampionship.

“We’retryingtocomebackand win SMAC and hopefullywe’ll go undefeated,” said Hor-nets guard Joseph Brown, whoscored10pointsandpulleddownsevenreboundsinthevictory.

Leonardtown fansoutnum-beredGreatMillsfans,andtheyspentmostofthegameheckling

theHornetssquad.Kohnsaidhethrivedontheatmosphere.

“I love it, it’s fun. It mo-tivatesme toplay, itmakesmeplayharder,”hesaid.

By the end of the game, itwas thesectionofHornets fansat the top of the bleachers thatcould be heard most clearly, astheir chant, “Lost-by-thirty!”rattledthestands.

Photo by Andrew Knowlton

HornetsContinued from page B-1

SeahawksContinued from page B-1

forward Ashley Lindsey said.“Sometimesthingshappen.

With1:30 remaining in thegameanddownbyfour,Hornetguard Megan Matheny drovebaselineanddrewcontactwhilein the air. Her bank shot wentthroughthenetandshesunkherfoulshotforthethree-pointplay.TheHornetsweredownbyoneafter Matheny’s clutch basket,butLackeycamedownthecourtand buried a shot from down-towntoboosttheirleadbacktofour.

“Welookedgreatinstretch-es,”GreatMillsheadcoachBrianWeisner said. “Then therewereother stretches where we didn’tpullittogetherandyou’vegottopullafullgametogether.It’s32minutesforareason.You’vegottoput32minutestogether.”

The Hornets held a 14-10lead after the first quarter due tostrongreboundingandinsideplay. Forward Shawnese Taylorscored six points and grabbedfour rebounds in the first eight minutes of the game, whilecenter Jalecia King added fourpointsandthreeboards.

Lackey had the better sec-ond quarter, though, outscoringGreat Mills 15-10 and taking

theleadathalftime.Inthethird,Lackey used strong outsideshootingtoholdontothatlead,while the Hornets struggled tomakeanythingfromoutsidethepaint.

“You’regoingtomissshots,thathappenseverynight,”Weis-nersaid.“There’snowayyou’remakingallyourshots,butwhenwe don’t communicate, we justleteachotherdown.”

Great Mills applied full-court pressure in the fourthquarter and forced Lackey toturn the ball over early. GuardTyneishaBaker stepped up andsunkathree-pointerthattiedthegamewith4:15left,butpoorfreethrowshootingdownthestretchhalted the Hornets chances oftakingthelead.

Despitetheloss,theHornetsshowed strength in their insidegame, as they have all season.Taylorendedthegamewithnine-pointsand13rebounds.Lindseyscored10points andhad sevenrebounds.

“OurinsidegameIthinkiswonderful,” Lindsey said. “Aslongaswecanget theshotsupand go strong, we’re doing fine. Hopefully we can keep doingthat.”

After winning the Tip-OffTournament, Weisner said thatrebounding isoneof the team’sstrongestpoints.

“It’s something we reallyfocus on,” he said. “I hope itcontinuesthroughouttheseason.Ithasbeenoneof thehighlightpointsoftheseason.”

Against Chopticon, theHornets led wire-to-wire andspread the points evenly acrossthe board. Matheny was theleadingscorerwithninepoints.In the tournament, Great Millsdidthingstheyweren’tabletodoagainstLackey.

“We talked, communi-cated, boxed out,” Mathenysaid. “We played fundamentalbasketball…the teamwork wasunbelievable.”

The Hornets have all thepieces to the puzzle, now theywill need to put them togetherforafullgame.

“Wejustneedtoputevery-thing else aside and just gooutanddowhatweknowhowtodofor32minutes,”Weisnersaid.

Jennifer Allison was thehigh scorer for theBraveswith12 points. In the first quarter, she hadallsixofherteam’spoints.

BasketballContinued from page B-1

Valdez Preston sinks two in the second half.

Thursday December 21, 2006 The County Times Section B - �

In the KnowlZen Master Says ‘Pass The Ball’

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game as well, tallying 17 points, 13 rebounds, eight blocks and four steals in just three quarters of play. He sat most of the fourth quarter, allowing reserves to take the court.

In the third quarter of that 64-37 win, Flowers stole the ball at the top of the key, passed it off to Kajtez, then sprinted down court and when Kajtez’s layup rolled off the front of the rim, Flowers caught the ball in the palm of his hand and slammed it through emphatically. The 6’7’’ forward then ran back on defense and came up with a tremendous block that left Meade’s shooters afraid to go inside the paint the rest of the game.

Ryken’s defense held Meade to just three points in the second quarter and can be attributed for much of the team’s success this season.

“We work on defense almost everyday in practice,” Brown said. “That’s our number one pri-

ority. Defense wins games, that’s what our coaches tell us. When we play defense, we win games.”

The Knights also have a strong bond on and off the court.

“It’s good to have team chemistry like we do,” Flowers said. “We go out to eat before games, we hang out, we get to know how each other play, we know where everybody is on the court.”

“We are family,” add-ed Brown. “We don’t care about scoring, all we care about is that ‘W’. If we win, we’ll get a reputation and that’s what we’ll be known for, playing as a team, not individuals.”

The Knights “family” will return to action in a home game against Paul VI Friday.

By Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer

NBA Champion coach and Zen Master Phil Jackson once said: “The strength of the team is each individual member…the strength of each member is the team.” Jackson would know. His knuckles are covered with more bling than Lil Wayne and Birdman combined. He has one ring for each of his fingers mi-nus one (probably why he came out of retirement).

I’ll admit it. I am no Zen Master with gold rings decorat-ing my hands (well, I do have a college ring, but I had to pay for that). Though after watching several high school and college basketball games in the past couple of weeks, I have become a firm believer in Jackson’s phi-losophies on teamwork.

The Great Mills boys’ bas-ketball team won the Tip-Off Tournament Saturday not be-cause they have a player that can score; they beat Patuxent and Leonardtown because they have five players that can score, and if those five players can’t score, their bench will take care of it. No player on their team scored more than 10 points in the win against L-Town. Guard Joseph Brown had 10, Cody Kohn had 10, and after that, a handful of players had around 4-8.

“You get three or four play-ers in double digits in every game, you’re not going to lose,” Kohn said after the Leonard-town win.

Ryken’s boys’ team knows a thing or two about that. Ev-eryone recognizes John Flow-ers as a dominant player, but the Knights have several other scoring threats that can kill op-ponents, and they aren’t scared to use them. After Flowers’ 24 points against Reginald Lewis, Julius Brown dropped 18, Janko Kajtez scored 15, and R.J. Buck threw in nine for good measure. The Knights are the epitome of teamwork.

Now look at Saint Mary’s College. This weekend the Se-ahawks beat Washington Col-lege for their second straight win. In that game, the high-est scorer, Alex Irmer, had 14 points. The second highest scorer was Tyson Lesesne with 12, then Valdez Preston with 11, T.J. Jordan (9), Mike Smelkin-son (8), Calvin Wise (7).

The Seahawks spread the ball around offensively like but-ter on breakfast toast. Everyone and their grandma put points on the board in that game and that’s why they came out with the win.

I have no shiny gold rings, nor have I written any books about basketball, but I can say this: there is no I in team. It sounds so cliché, but it’s the truth. The most beautiful play in the game of basketball might be the extra pass.

If you don’t want to listen to me, take it from Phil Jackson, who once said, “If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.”

I couldn’t have put it any better.

Ryken GuysContinued from page B-1

Photo by Andrew Knowlton

sure takes a little bit of time.”The Knights, instead of

trying to play St. John’s game, focused on playing at their own pace and tried to stay relaxed throughout the game. When they were unable to relax, the Knights made turnovers that led the Cadets scoring on fast-break opportunities.

Ryken showed signs of strength offensively, but could not capitalize when they got the ball down low, Pappas said.

“I think, at times, we

worked our offense well,” she said. “[St. John’s] just made all of their shots. We got shots inside the paint, we just didn’t finish.”

Kristen Grater was the leading scorer for Ryken, with 10 points while Hillary Essing-ton added eight.

All nine of St. John’s play-ers, led by Teniesha Harrison, scored in the game.

“Everybody on their bench can play,” Pappas said of St. John’s. “So we were just trying

to change our mental attitudes towards that.”

The Knights are missing a key player in Laura Broomfield, who is out for the year with a knee injury. Also, guard Megan Matheny, a leader on last year’s team, is no longer on the roster, as she transferred to Great Mills to play for the Hornets.

Ryken took the court last night against Grace Brethren to try to improve on their 1-4 mark. Updated results can be found at www.somd.com.

KnightsContinued from page B-1

Photo by Andrew Knowlton

Ryken’s R.J. Buck applies tough pres-sure to a Meade forward. Ryken held the Mustangs to just three points in the second quarter of their 64-37 home win Dec. 13.

With a hand in her face, Ryken’s Ali Gore sinks a long two-pointer in the third quarter of the team’s 84-27 loss.

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Sheriff Timothy K. Cam-eron extends a personal invita-tion to attend the eighth Sheriff’s Office Citizens Academy which will commence Jan. 18th, 2007 at 6 p.m. The academy is de-signed to give an inside look into the day-to-day operation of the Sheriff’s Office.

Anyone over the age of 18 interested in attending the Sher-iff’s Office Citizens Academy is welcome to apply. Applications are accepted for all future acad-emies as well. Just complete an application form and deliver it to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office or drop it in the mail. The

application will be processed and you will be contacted when the class is scheduled to begin.

The free classes are held at the Sheriff’s Office Headquar-ters at 23150 Leonard Hall Drive in Leonardtown. The six-week course is held Thursdays, in 3-hour sessions. Currently, there are two academies offered each year – Winter and Fall.

So, come join the fun and reserve your seat to learn excit-ing facts about the K-9 Unit, Emergency Services Team, Crime Lab, Accreditation, Uni-form Patrol, Administration, Bu-reau of Criminal Investigations,

Communications/911, State’s At-torney’s Office, Parole and Pro-bation, Community Policing and Corrections to just name a few.

To apply, obtain a Citizens Academy application from the Sheriff’s Office Headquarters receptionist or by contacting Ms. Mary Ann Thompson, Execu-tive Coordinator, at (301) 475-4200 ext. 1922 or email mary-ann_thompson@co.saint-marys.md.us.

Applications may be re-turned to the Sheriff’s Office in person, mailed, or faxed:

Mailing address: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office 23150 Leonard Hall Drive Leonardtown, MD 20650 Attention: Citizens AcademyFax Number: (301) 475-6865

Winter Citizens Academy Around the Corner

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We are a congregation of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, a denomination committed to historic biblical Christianity expressed in ancient and reformed creeds.

Our Pastor, Rev. Edd Cathey will be preaching.Grace and Peace Presbyterian meets each Sunday, 10 AM at

The King’s Christian Academy in Callaway.

301 866 4009 www.GPPOPC.ORG

Join us for our Christmas Eve Service Trinity Church, St. Mary’s City

(Trinity Church Road, adjacent to St. Mary’s College of Maryland)

8:00 PM

Destination:HistoricSouthernMaryland

TotherightisanoverviewofthemanyhistoricsitestowhichSouthern Maryland is home.Thinkofthismapasaguide,afriend, here to help find the hid-dentreasuresfoundinthearea.

Southern Maryland wasone of the earliest areas settledin the country, and as suchhasseenmanyhistoricmoments.St.Mary’s City served as the first Capitolforthestate,andtheoldstatehousestillstandstoday.

In addition to being the first Capitol,St.Mary’sCitywasthesite of the first Catholic Mass heldinthecolonies.

St. Mary’s County wasfounded March 25, 1634, whenGovernor Lord Calvert had awooden cross erected on St.Clement’s Island following hispassage from England withabout140passengersaboardtheArkandtheDove.

St.Mary’swascreatedasasafehavenforthoseoftheCatho-licfaith,tiredofthepersecutioninflicted on them by Protestants inEngland.Oneof thecore te-netsoftheCountywasreligiousfreedom and tolerance, madelawin1644.Manyoftheseideasservedastheforerunnerfor theFirstAmendmenttotheConsti-tutionoftheUnitedStates.

This religious tolerancewasshortlived,however,asthePuritans overthrew the rightful

governmentandCatholicsagainfoundthemselvespersecuted.

In1692,theChurchofEng-land was established as the of-ficial religion of Maryland, and Catholicsfoundthemselvessec-

ond-class citizens. They wereunable toparticipate ingovern-ment andwere barred from as-sembling for worship. In addi-tion,highertaxeswereleviedonthoseoftheCatholicfaith.

After three quarters of acentury, the American Revo-lution sparked into motion theevents that would lead to theadoption of the Constitutionwe have today. The conditionsin Maryland prior to that time

paved the way for many of thefreedoms incorporated into itthatprotectourfreedomstoday.

Thisisasmallsamplinganda simplification of the history held in Southern Maryland. Totruly appreciate it, come down

andtakealookatallwehavetooffer.

For more information onSouthern Maryland, visit anyof the county websites for St.Mary’s Calvert and CharlesCounties.

The Old State House in History St. Mary’s County served as the hub for all governmental activity when St. Mary’s City was Maryland’s first Capitol. While it is closed for the winter season, there is a rich history to be discovered by visiting.

Photo by Bryan Jaffe

Photo by Bryan Jaffe

Those who broke the law or behaved in an inappropriate manner were disciplined harshly in the past.

The Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) recognized four local high school seniors Nov. 14 for their academic performance. The ninth annual book awards ceremony honored students Caitlin Brooks from Chopticon High; The-resa Trossbach from Great Mills High; Sophia Traven from St. Mary’s Ryken; and Allison Shafer from Leonardtown High.

Photo courtesy of St. Mary’s College

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