Knights Notes-2/28: Busy day for former MHS athletes

By Ben Spector
Winning After MidKnight

                       

Welcome to Knights Notes, a daily recap and preview of all the stuff happening with Knights athletics and former Middletown athletes.

Compared to the craziness that was yesterday’s game, today will be rather calm with just one Middletown Athletic event but tons of former Middletown athletes in action.

Without further ado, here are your Knights Notes for February 28^th:

- The Boys Swimming and Diving team finished in a respectable 8^th place out of 54 teams of the 1A/2A/3A State Championship. (Link)

- The Girls Swimming and Diving team racked up 39 points to put themselves in 18^th place out of 54 teams at the 1A/2A/3A State Championship. (Link)

- Girls Basketball saw their season come to an end in the sectional quarterfinal round of the 2015 MPSSAA 2A Girls Basketball State Championship, losing to Boonsboro 39-35. (Link)

- Boys Basketball on the other hand took care of Boonsboro with ease, knocking off the Warriors 61-40 and advancing on to the next round of the playoffs. (Link)

- Robby Tucker and the Frostburg State baseball team would take down St. Joseph's of Maine easily with the Bobcats winning 14-2. Tucker would not play in the game. (Link)

- Conner Myers and the Old Dominion University baseball team took down Rutgers 3-0 in Myrtle Beach. Myers went 1-3 with an RBI single in the bottom of the 7^th inning. (Link)

- Nick Rabat and the VCU Baseball team had to go to extra innings but they got the job done taking down Pittsburgh 5-4 in 12 innings. Rabat did not play in the Rams win. (Link)

Knight of the Day-February 27^th: A lot of worthy candidates for this award tonight but it’s not every day that you can pick up two state championships in a day. Because of that the award goes to Middletown sophomore John Pressly who won the 100 yard butterfly and the 200 yard freestyle at the state championships.

Record of MHS teams and teams with former MHS athletes: 4-1, 1 8th place finish, 1 18th place finish

- Wrestling will start their run at a state championship as they participate in the 1A-2A Regional Meet at Manchester Valley High School starting at 9:30 a.m. (Link)

- Mitch Sgrignoli and the Mt. St. Mary’s baseball team will start their 2015 campaign in Punta Gorda, Florida when they take On North Dakota State at 11:00 a.m. (Link)

- Erin Doherty and the Shippensburg Women's Indoor Track and Field team will head to Edinboro, Pennsylvania to compete in the PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championship. The meet starts at 11:30 a.m. (Link)

- Johnny Gallaway and the Villanova men’s lacrosse team will look for their third straight win when they take on Delaware at 12:00 p.m. in Villanova. (Link)

- Mariah Ginebra and the Christopher Newport University women’s lacrosse team will face the Randolph-Macon Hornets in their first road test of the season. The game starts at 12:00 p.m. from Ashland, Virginia. (Link)

- Christian Ottenritter, Nick Yancey, and the rest of the Salisbury men’s lacrosse team will play as the #7 Seagulls take on Gettysburg on the shore at 1:00 p.m. (Link)

- Brittain Altomare and the Hofstra women’s lacrosse team will take on the University of Maryland at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. Altomare will look to continue her good form against the #1 Terrapins. (Link)

- Emily Boyce and the Richmond women’s lacrosse team will head across the state to take on Liberty in Lynchburg. The game starts at 1:00 p.m. in the foothills of Virginia. (Link)

- Erin Wein and the Delaware women’s lacrosse will take on Rutgers at home in Newark with a start time at 1:00 p.m. The Blue Hens are just outside the Top 25 in the NCAA Poll. (Link)

- Katie Breeze and the Robert Morris women’s lacrosse team will look to fly high when they head to Washington D.C. to take on Howard University. The Colonials have been blazing early in the season, coming off a 20-7 win over Cincinnati. (Link)

- Max Edelman and the CCBC-Essex men’s lacrosse team will start their campaign towards a NJCAA title when they start their season tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. in Essex against Delaware Technical CC-Terry. (Link)

- The Barbeito sisters of Sam and Danielle will travel across the state with the rest of their McDaniel women’s lacrosse team to take on Frostburg State at 2:00 p.m. (Link)

- Caitlin Roy and the Stevenson women’s basketball team will look to clinch a berth into the NCAA Division III tournament when they take on Albright at 4:00 p.m. (Link)

- Nick Rabat and the VCU Baseball team will continue their weekend series in Myrtle Beach against Pittsburgh at 6:30 p.m. VCU has already swiped one win from the Panthers on Friday, February 27^th. (Link)

- McKenzie Myers and the WVU gymnastics team will head north when they compete in a quad meet in Pittsburgh at 7:00 p.m. They’ll go up against Pitt, North Carolina, and Temple. (Link)

- Her brother Conner Myers will look for his ODU baseball team to continue their hot streak when they take on Rutgers in Myrtle Beach with first pitch slated for 7:30 p.m. (Link)