Knights Notes-9/14: Ahalt Wins Knight of the Day; Doing Pockets a Point

By Ben Spector
Winning After MidKnight

                         

We have a little bit of a down day today, Wednesday September 14^th as the only Middletown Athletics teams in action are the Golf team and the Junior Varsity Football team leaving us with a light day of action. But, we have plenty of recaps from yesterday so buckle up and stay tuned as we get into the Knights Notes for September 14^th.

Yesterday’s News-9/13

- The Junior Varsity Field Hockey team would fall at home again as this time they were dispatched by the Manchester Valley Mavericks 2-0 on Tuesday. You can read all about the game here. (Link)

- The Varsity Field Hockey team would also take on the Mavericks at home and similar to their Junior Varsity counterparts the Knights would fall to the Mavericks by a 2-0 score from the Happy Valley. (Link)

- The Junior Varsity Boy’s Soccer team would make the trip up to North Hagerstown High School and would make it well worth their while by taking down the Hubs by a 4-0 score. (Link)

- The Varsity Boy’s Soccer team would also find their stride against the North Hagerstown Hubs as they would take down the Hubs by a score of 7-0 on the strength of two goals by Luke Ahalt. (Link)

- The Junior Varsity Girl’s Soccer team would play host to the North Hagerstown Hubs and would take down the Hubs by a 3-0 score as the Knights improved to a 2-0 record so far this season. (Link)

- The Varsity Girl’s Soccer team would fall in a heartbreaker as twice the Knights battled back from one goal deficits but were unable to close things out as they fell to North Hagerstown in double overtime by a score of 3-2. (Link)

- The Junior Varsity Volleyball team played their closest match of the season against Maryland School for the Deaf and the Knights would fall in a tight 3^rd set to give MSD the two sets to one win. (Link)

- The Varsity Volleyball team would also lose a close one to Maryland School for the Deaf as the Knights battled back from the brink of defeat winning two sets when they had to, evening the match up at two sets a piece from a 2-0 deficit but then would fall in the fifth and deciding set. (Link)

- Erik Williams (’12), Nick DeSimone (’16) and Shepherd Golf would compete in the second day of the Glade Springs Intercollegiate in Daniels, West Virginia. The Rams would finish in 11^th place out of the 19 teams in the tournament as Erik Williams would finish the tournament tied for 52^nd place out of 95 golfers. (Link)

- It was a good day for the Middletown trio of Sharnette Gonzalez (’14), Victoria Doing (’15), MacKenzie Farran (’16) and the Frederick Community College Women’s Soccer team as the Cougars beat CCBC-Catonsville, 3-1. Doing would record five shots with two of them on goal and an assist on the Cougars third goal of the game while Gonzalez would record two shots. (Link)

Alumni and High School Record: 4-5, 1-0 alumni, 52^nd place alumni

Knight of the Day: There were a ton of worthy performances for Middletown and their alumni but two goals for Luke Ahalt in the Varsity Boy’s Soccer team’s 7-0 win over North Hagerstown was plenty enough to snag the award.

 

Today’s Happenings-9/14

- The Golf team will look to head to the Districts on a high note when they take on the Governor Thomas Johnson Patriots at Maryland National Golf Course at 4:00 p.m. (Link)

- The Junior Varsity Football team will look to start their season at 2-0 when they head East on Interstate 70 to Mount Airy to take on the Linganore Lancers from Linganore at 6:00 p.m. (Link)

- Abigail Provost (’14) and the Stevenson Field Hockey team will head down to Charm City, just a short trip from their Owings Mills campus, to take on Goucher at 7:00 p.m. The Mustangs will look for their second win of the season against their local rival. (Link)

- Clay Smith (’16) and the Hood College Men’s Soccer team will look to have an opportunity to prove that they are the real deal when they play host to #10 Rowan at 4:00 p.m. The Profs are #10 in Division III in the country and the Blazers are searching for a Division III tournament berth. (Link)

- MacKenzie Noel (’13) and the Salisbury Women’s Soccer team will continue their five game road trip as they hit the halfway point when they head to Roanoke to take on Roanoke College. The Sea Gulls have tied their past two matches and will be looking to get off the schneid. (Link)

- Haley Dalphon (’15) and the Frostburg State Women’s Soccer team will get a chance to get back in the win column when they play host to their own local rival, in the form of Shenandoah. The Bobcats and Hornets will kick off from Bobcat Stadium in Western Maryland at 7:00 p.m. (Link)

- Lauren Neary (’15) and the Washington College Women’s Soccer will be another Middletown alumni to take on a Goucher team except this time it’ll be on the pitch as the Shorewomen will take on the Gophers from Chestertown at 7:00 p.m. (Link)