Notebook: Catholic Looks for Consistency

By: Brandon Goldner

Catholic High School is hoping for a few more wins in the second half of the season after the Cubs split their first 12.

The team started off their season with a 41-25 loss to Park School and then fell to Friends and Park before turning things around. Catholic scored impressive victories over Indian Creek (57-17) and Our Lady of Mount Carmel (71-22).

A 63-23 loss to Archbishop Spalding as well as losses to Ballou and Sidwell Friends ensued, but the Cubs answered with victories over Beth Tfiloh (50-49), Oldfields (52-36) and St. Timothy’s (50-34). The Cubs then lost a close one to Annapolis Area Christian
School, 45-44.

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Glenelg Country School also has struggled at times, getting off to a 5-6 start.

The Dragons began with a 66-30 loss to Maret in the Barrie Tournament. However, GCS did win its next game against Barrie, 37-29. The Dragons proceeded to lose to Garrison Forest, 42-25, before beating Friends in a close game.

GCS lost its next two games, to Catholic and St. Timothy’s (48-45). The latter was a game in which the Dragons tried to make a comeback in the final quarter, outscoring their opponents, 17-8. Kourtney Conyers scored a team-high 29 points followed by Sonia Swaray with 10.

The Dragons then had a two-game winning streak with wins against Mount Carmel (46-25) and AACS (45-40) to fare a little better.

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The Institute of Notre Dame is on pace for another losing season, dropping nine of its first 11 games.

IND started off its season with three straight losses to Towson Catholic (81-41), Mercy (73-23) and No. 1-ranked Seton Keough (77-27).

IND’s losing streak continued into the Breezy Bishop Classic and two more Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland games after that until the Indians finally pulled out a 40-39 victory against St. Mary’s.

However, the Indians would lose all of their games in the Milford Mill Holiday Mixer before their offense finally broke loose. IND rolled to a 69-22 victory over St. John’s Catholic Prep. But the Indians followed that with a 79-28 loss to McDonogh.

Posted Jan. 18, 2008