Meade hangs on to beat Broadneck in Maryland 4A East final
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Version 0 of 1. Meade exhibited a flair for the dramatic in a campaign full of spirited comebacks and one-goal victories. Against Broadneck on Tuesday night in the Maryland 4A East boys’ soccer final, it looked like the Mustangs would buck the trend. A two-goal advantage swelled to three shortly after halftime as a clinical attack took its chances to build a comfortable lead. Meade survived a late-game scare for a 3-2 win in Fort Meade and a place in Saturday’s state semifinals against Blair at Richard Montgomery. “We knew they would come out with nothing to lose after we went ahead by three,” senior Samuel Dupuy said. “In the last seven minutes, we had to defend for the championship. Defense wins championships, and that’s what happened tonight.” Dupuy opened the scoring eight minutes into the game when he caught the Broadneck goalkeeper off his line and sent a looping header off a bouncing cross into the back of the net. Freshman Silas Baker doubled the hosts’ lead 20 minutes later with a 20-yard left-footed curler into the top corner. Ten minutes after the break, Meade (16-1) took a 3-0 lead when Paul Kayson fought off a defender to finish Samuel Solomon’s cross from point-blank range. “This was the most important game. Broadneck is the only team that beat us. They kept us from an undefeated season,” Solomon said. “We fell down 3-0 in that game before coming back, so we knew they were ready to do the same this time.” Broadneck (10-6-1) risked everything to throw numbers forward and crowd Meade’s box late in the second half, and the Bruins were rewarded on a pair of set pieces. Broadneck freshman Kevin Hertel headed home a throw-in at the near post before Ben Boone scored directly off a corner kick to cut the deficit to 3-2 with 12 minutes to play. Without starting goalkeeper Danny Castillo, who received a red card in the previous round, backup Christopher Marx made two of his four saves in the final minutes to seal Meade’s first region title since 1991. “When coach said that Chris would be the starter, we all believed in him,” Solomon said. “People in the school doubted us, Broadneck doubted us, but we believed, and we’re going to states.” ● BLAIR 3, WOOTTON 1: Senior midfielder Ronaldo Sotelo scored on either side of halftime before junior Jordy Long provided some insurance as the Blazers captured the 4A West title. Wootton’s goal came off a corner kick in the final minutes. ●ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 3, PARKDALE 2: After a red card reduced the Raiders to 10 players, Parkdale took a 2-0 lead in the second half the 4A South final. Baxter Hamilton scored twice as Roosevelt rallied from a two-goal deficit to win the 4A South title. The Raiders will face Perry Hall in the state semifinals. ● PERRY HALL 1, HOWARD 0 (OT): The Gators scored with seven minutes left in overtime to win the 4A North title. ●ATHOLTON 3, CENTENNIAL 0: Dylan Royalty scored a pair of first-half goals as the Raiders won the 3A East crown. ●HUNTINGTOWN vs. WATKINS MILL: The 3A South final was postponed until Wednesday because of heavy rain. ●LA PLATA 4, CROSSLAND 1: The Warriors scored twice in each half to win the 2A South title. La Plata will face Loch Raven in the state semifinals on Friday at Wilde Lake high school. PATTERSON MILL 6, MCDONOUGH 0: The Rams fell short in the 1A North final. All-Met Juliana Comer scored with 20 seconds left before halftime to send Churchill to a 1-0 win over Northwest in the 4A West final. The Bulldogs will face Broadneck on Saturday at Richard Montgomery in their first state semifinal. ●BROADNECK 2, ARUNDEL 0: The Bruins continued their undefeated season and advanced to the state semifinals for the first time since 1998. Broadneck scored both goals during the first half of Tuesday night’s 4A East final, with junior Hailey Small and freshman Talia Gabarra doing the damage. ●WILDE LAKE 2, HEREFORD 0: Senior Brynn Drury scored in the first half and senior Kristen Edwards provided an insurance goal late as the Wildecats won the 2A North final. ●LINGANORE 6, MAGRUDER 2: The Colonels gave the defending state finalist a scare when senior Deena DeSilva scored one minute into the 3A West final, but Linganore answered with four goals before halftime. ●RESERVOIR 2, WESTMINSTER 0: Junior Kylie Toler broke a scoreless tie less than 10 minutes into the second half to propel the Gators in the 3A South final. ●LEONARDTOWN 5, NORTHWESTERN 0: The SMAC regular season champions built a comfortable lead before halftime in the 4A South final. Leonardtown will face the winner of Wednesday’s game between Sherwood and Catonsville in the 4A semifinals this weekend. |