The Cardinals,
fresh off another undefeated regular season in league play, opened
Saturday’s championships with a 14-7 semifinal win over McDonogh,
before scoring 14 more in the championship game against the Dons and
claiming a 14-9 win.

Senior Mike Helou led Calvert Hall with
four goals in each game, while classmate Arny Warren had six scores,
including two in the finals.  Sophomore Archie Warren also had a huge
day, scoring once against McDonogh and netting a hat-trick in the
victory over Loyola.

John Stedding also contributed four goals,
including a hat-trick in the semifinal, while senior Josh Barnes had
two of his three goals in the championship game.

The Cardinals
played a pair of goalies in each contest, as junior Dave Kaun made
seven saves in each game, while sophomore Will McLennan had a two game
total of five stops.

“It was probably our most flawless game of
the season,” said Calvert Hall head coach Don Anderson of the Loyola
game.  “I felt we had been a little flat after our big win over the
Navy Aquatic Club.  I told our guys that I felt we were the best team
but we were going to have to put some fire in our hearts if we wanted
to win this weekend.  I believe we found the fire we needed”.

Loyola,
which defeated Mount St. Joseph in the other semifinal, entered the
final with hopes of ending Calvert Hall’s dominance, after taking the
Cardinals to the wire in an 11-10 loss last week.

Saints Peter & Paul jumped all over the
Obezags in first half, dominating much of the action and rushing out to
a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals by John Mlynarski.  Key, however, set the
stage for its comeback as Julian Maldonado scored a rebound goal as
time expired in the first half.

The Sabres continued to pepper
shots on the Obezag goal in the second half, but several fantastic
saves by sophomore Jake Maldonado kept the game close.  Charlie
Flanagan took a Maldonado pass and scored for the Obezags with 15
minutes remaining.  The game remained tied through the end of
regulation and the first overtime.  In the second overtime, senior
Glenn Gambrell of Key took the ball down the wing and sent a beautiful
cross to Maldonado who scored his second goal of the game and clinched
the playoff birth for the Obezags.

With the win, Key pulled even
with St. Mary’s, the defending B Conference champ, for third-place in
Division I.  By virtue of a win and a tie against the Saints, who have
completed their league play, Key owns the tie-breaker and will proceed
to the playoffs.  The Obezags can move into second-place and host a
quarterfinal playoff game, on Friday, if it can upset Division II
winner Boys’ Latin, today, in the regular season finale.

If Key
wins today, it will host Glenelg Country on Friday, while AACS would
travel to Park.  If the Obezags lose, they would go to Park, and
Glenelg Country would go to AACS.

Next Tuesday, Boys’ Latin will
host the winner of the game involving Glenelg Country, in one
semifinal, while Severn, which is unbeaten in league play this year and
the top seed in Division I, will host the winner of the game involving
Park, also on Tuesday.

Senior Jim Becker led Chapelgate
(10-2-1, 6-1-0) with a goal and an assist and junior Jin-Min Jeong also
scored as both Yellowjacket goals came in the first half.  Freshman
Mike Becker also added an assist and senior goalkeeper Nathan Edwards
had nine saves to record the shutout.

Baltimore Lutheran (7-7-0,
5-3-0), which lost to Chapelgate earlier this week, moved into
second-place yesterday with a 4-0 rout of Beth Tfiloh (5-5-2, 4-2-2).

Sophomore James Woods led Lutheran with a goal and two assists, while Ryan Kutchey made five stops to get the shutout.

The
Warriors (5-5-2, 4-2-2), who led the C Conference for much of this
season, are now 0-1-1 in their last two.  Towson Catholic (6-3-1,
3-3-1) still ramins in solid position to grab on the league’s four
playoff positions, as it leads fifth-place Mount Carmel by four points.

Chapelgate Christian 2, Towson Catholic 0
Goals: CC-J. Becker, Jeong.
Assists: CC-J. Becker, M. Becker.
Saves: CC-Edwards 9; TC-Ostendaro 9.
Half: Chapelgate Christian, 2-0.

The game-winning score was netted by St. Paulâ??s
freshman Mike Faby, with 12 minutes remaining in the second half, off
of a cross from George Banks, and goalkeeper Peter Windsor recorded
nine saves in the shutout.

In addition to overtime losses to #1
Archbishop Curley and #3 Calvert Hall, St. Paul’s (5-12-1, 4-11-1) owns
a win over #2 McDonogh and, now, a victory over fourth-place John
Carroll (8-6-1, 7-6-1).

The Patriots remain in solid position to
make the post season, as they sit in fourth-place, but a win yesterday
would have clinched a playoff spot.  With games left with Curley
(tomorrow) and Calvert Hall (Tuesday), John Carroll remains vulnerable
heading into the season’s final week.

With
the teams knotted at one, entering the second half, Curley senior Brent
Hooper netted the game winning goal, on a feed from senior Chris
Wright.  In the first half, Curley’s first goal was scored by senior
Sean Rothe and senior defenseman Vince Savarese provided the assist. 
McDonogh’s lone goal game off the foot of sophomore Chris Agorsor and
it was unassisted.

Calvert Hall, which entered the day in
third-place, also was in action as it played through the rain on its
synthetic turf field and routed visiting Gilman, 5-0.

For the
Cardinals, senior defenders Chris Williams and Rob Lehnhoff scored on
restarts, and captain Eddie Tejeda added one on an assist from Tyler
King, as Calvert Hall took a 3-0 lead at the half.  King then added his
own in the second half and Brendan Steele finished the Cardinals’
scoring, on an assist from Tejeda.  Marco Mangione had two assists on
the day, and three Calvert Hall goalkeepers (Kyle Wittman, Mike
Brashears and Gino Zazzetta) combined for the shutout.

With the
victory, Calvert Hall (9-4-2, 8-2-2) slipped past McDonogh (10-2-1,
8-2-1) into second-place.  Curley (15-3-0, 10-3-0) leads Calvert Hall
by four points and McDonogh by five.

Curley has just three
league games left, including a rematch with McDonogh, on Friday,
October 27 at McDonogh.  The Friars, who will play Perry Hall in a
non-conference game tomorrow, also play John Carroll on Saturday before
closing the regular season at Mount St. Joseph, next Tuesday.

McDonogh
still must sort through five league games, including a home match today
against Gilman.  The Eagles will also be at St. Joe on Friday, at home
against Loyola next Tuesday and, at Calvert Hall next Wednesday, before
finishing against Curley.

Calvert Hall hosts Loyola today and
St. Paul’s on Friday, before going to John Carroll on Tuesday and
welcoming McDonogh on Wednesday.

With so much action still to be played, the race remains wide open.

Archbishop Curley 2, McDonogh 1
Goals: McD-Agorser; AC-Rothe, Hooper.
Assists: AC-V. Savarese, Wright.
Saves: McD-Bartlett 3; AC-Connelly 6.
Half: 1-1.

Senior Jared Ricks got the show
rolling as he took the opening kick 90-yards to begin a 28-point first
quarter for the Gaels (2-5).  Junior safety Rod White followed with a
10-yard fumble return for a touchdown and Ricks added a 20-yard
touchdown run to push the lead to 21-0.

Sophomore quarterback
Chris Costabile then found classmate Chris Collins for a 41-yard
touchdown pass and then opened the second quarter with a 22-yard
scoring strike to junior Quentin Jones.

By halftime the Gaels,
which led both Loyola and Gilman in the fourth quarter over the last
two weeks, had completed their scoring and accomplished their objective.

Next
week, it’s back to the rigors of the MIAA A Conference as St. Joe hosts
Georgetown Prep and the following week it will travel to Ohio to face
national power Steubenville, before closing with a home game against
Calvert Hall on November 4.