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BY JOSH LANDTIMES STAFF WRITER

BALTIMORE It was easytoforget where the Orioles weresix days ago, and the fact thattheyre missing their Nos. 1 and 3hitters, as they circled the basesin Wednesdays fourth inning.

One hit after another, one

walk after another, and one runafter another, Baltimore scoredeight times for its biggest inningin two years, and then cruised toa 9-2 win over the Kansas CityRoyals before 15,740 at CamdenYards.

TheOrioles (23-24) matched aseason high with their fourthstraight victory and have achance to get back to .500 forthe first time since May 1 withanother win today.

Adam Jones, who keyed Balti-mores big rally with a doubleand a two- run single in thefourth inning alone, was glad itcame with an offensive outburstlike that.

Its about damn time, Jonessaid. It was about time we getoneof those instanceswhere webat twice in an inning.

After Luke Hochevar (3-5)needed just 28 pitches to coastthrough the first three inningsfor the Royals (22-26), the Ori-oles rocked him in the fourth,scoring eight runs on six hits,three walks, a wild pitch and anerror.

The last time Baltimorescored eight runs in an inningwas June 26, 2009, against theWashington Nationals.

The Orioles sent 13 men to theplate in the fourth, starting witha Jones leadoff double. VladimiGuerrero drove in the first run

BY PATRICK STOETZERTIMES STAFF WRITER

CATONSVILLE Win-

ters Mills overachieversproduced another statechampionship, much to thedelight of their longt imecoach.

Who would have thoughtcome March 1that our sen-iors wouldlead and wewould followthem to thispoint? saidalcons coacho u r t n e y

aughn afterinters Mill

reezed past Loch Raven 13-on Wednesday to win a

second straight Class 2A-1Astate championship and thirditle in four seasons.I dont think anybody ex-ected us to be here,aughn said. We just gotetter and better and betters the year went on.After losing a wealth of

ollege-level talent from lastears state champion team,

inters Mill posted a 15-3

record and ended the springon a nine- game winningstreak. The Falcons playedthrough a challengingcounty schedule and sur-vived the 2A-1A West region

before getting past QueenAnnes in the state semifi-nals and a young LochRaven team at UMBC.

WMs defense f ielded afreshman and four sopho-

mores Laura Trilling andthe quartet of ShelbyTrentzsch, Sydney Trent-zsch, Maddie Bodden andCaitlyn McMunn andVaughn praised that unit forgrowing and improving allyear long.

Its just about confidencewith them, said MeghanSturgill, a senior defender.They get down on them-selves really easy, so re-minding them that theyredoing good is a big part of it.

Winters Mill scored thefirst four goals of the gameand ended the half on a five-goal run to go up 9- 1 at thebreak. Senior attack ErinMcMunn netted three goals

in the f irst half and juniorattack Madison Cyr handedout two assists.

When senior attack MandyBuell stuffed in a reboundwith 11 minutes, 36 secondsremaining, the Falcons led12-2 and were rewarded witha running clock. From thereit was time to celebrate an-other state crown for the

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BY PATRICK STOETZERTIMES STAFF WRITER

CATONSVILLE Alyssa Semones croucheddown and dipped her head, resting her stickagainst her knee.

Westminsters senior captain looked up and sawplenty of time remaining in Wednesdays Class 4A-3A state final, but she also saw a huge opportunityslipping away. The Owls opponent and old neme-

sis, Severna Park, was in the midstof a big turnaround. And Semonesand her teammates were almosthelpless to stop it.

Severna Park dominated the sec-ond half, erased an early Westmin-ster lead and ever looked back in a14-7 victory at UMBC.

The Falcons (1-4) beat the Owlsin the state tournament for thethird time in four seasons, the lasttwo coming in the championship game. They alsohanded Westminster its first loss of the year.

Severna Park took control of the game by win-ning the first nine draw controls of the second half.After senior attack Kate Haker netted a goal with22 minutes, 47 seconds to play, putting Westmin-ster ahead 6-5, Severna Park reeled off nine con-secutive goals.

The Falcons won draw after draw, worked theball around the perimeter and used speed to pen-etrate the Owls defense things they werentdoing in the early stages of Wednesdays state final.

After SPs Madison Thomas scored from KendylGardners assist with 17:21 remaining, the Falconsled 9-6 and Semones took a few seconds to collectherself.

I felt at that point that they got a lot of the mo-mentum, Semones said. We were starting to lose

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Winters Mill players celebrate their state final win over Loch Raven at UMBC in Catonsville Wednesday after-noon.

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Seniors help Falcons breeze past Loch Raven for state title

BY PATRICK STOETZERTIMES STAFF WRITER

A Carroll County trackand field team hasntwon an outdoor statechampionship in 14 years,

ut that could change

starting today at MorganState University.

Libertys girls roll intothe Class 2A state meetwith all sorts of momen-tum, which began twoweeks ago with a countychampionship (the firstin school history) andcontinued at the 2A Westmeet last weekend. Lib-erty plowed over the re-gional field, scoring 147points and capturing theteam crown by 20 points.

The Lions next chal-lenge begins today at 4p.m. at MSUs Hughes

Stadium. Liberty pos-sesses plenty of depth atthis years state meet,with athletes qualified in

15 of 18 events. The Lionshigh numbers can onlybolster their chance toearn Carrolls first out-door track state crown

since 1997 and the firstgirls title since 1989.Theyve set them-

selves up real well.Theyre excited about it,said co-coach BobbyWard. I like where weare right now.

Liberty has a pair ofreigning state championslooking for a title de-fense. Senior Sam McEl-roy won the 800-meterrun last spring and shesset to run in four eventsthis year. McElroy couldhelp the Lions startstrong in the 3,200 relay,the first event of todays

meet. Liberty has thefastest seed time in thefield.

The Lions have four

girls McElroy, BrittanyArndt, Ashley Ross, Tay-lor Stillings who qual-ified in four events. Plus,

junior Jamie Russell isback to defend her pole

What: State meetWhere: Morgan

State UniversityWhen: Today

through Saturday

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Os ride big inningto 4th-straight winBaltimore scores 8 runs during fourth

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Libertys Sam McElroy hands the baton off toRachel Tokar during the 4x800 meter relay atthe county track meet at Manchester ValleyMay 11.

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Westminsters Megan Pettine and SevernaParks Ryan Bathras pursue a ball in the sec-

ond half of the Owls state final loss inCatonsville.

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Madison Cyr drives the ball against Loch Ravens JuliaDavis in the first half of the Falcons Class 2A-1A statefinal win at UMBC in Catonsville Wednesday.

Severna Park uses secondhalf to erase lead, take win