Knights Notes-9/6: Another day, another home run for Myers

By Ben Spector

Winning After MidKnight

                         

It’ll be a busy day of activity for the Middletown High School Athletics community as many teams of Knights will be in action with a smattering of alumni sprinkled in as well. So sit back and enjoy the Knights Notes for September 6^th.

Yesterday’s News

- Rick Leonard (’14) and the Florida State football team had an impressive come from behind victory as they took down the Ole Miss Rebels by a score of 45-34 in Orlando. Leonard started and played the majority of the game at right tackle for the ‘Noles as they picked up a big win over the Rebels. (Link)

- Erik Williams (’12) and Nick DeSimone (’16) and the Shepherd Golf team got their season started off by completing Day #1 of the California (PA) Vulcan Invitational from Belle Vernon, PA. DeSimone did not play in Day #1 but Williams shot two 77’s in his first two rounds of the tournament on Monday to sit at 154 which means he’s tied for 34^th individually. The Rams as a team sit in 9^th place overall out of 13 teams.

- Connor Myers (’12) finished up his first regular season in professional baseball with a bang as he hit his 3^rd home run of the season for the South Bend Cubs as they took a 3-0 decision over the Dayton Dragons to close out the regular season. Myers would go 1-4 with the home run and three strikeouts to his ledger as the Cubs move on to the playoffs starting on Wednesday. (Link)

Knight of the Day: Yep, a homerun in your final game of the regular season will pretty much lock you in for the Knight of the Day as Connor Myers wraps this award up for September 5^th.

Today’s Happenings

- The Junior Varsity Field Hockey team will start their season at 5:15 from the Happy Valley as they take on the Westminster Owls in the season opener. ()

- Playing before Junior Varsity, will be the Varsity Field Hockey team who is also making their season debut at Westminster with the time of this one starting from Middletown at 4:00 p.m. Read our season and game previews for both JV and Varsity on the links to the right and above.

- The Golf team will be in a taking care of business mood from Maryland National Golf Course when they take on the Tuscarora High School Titans at 4:00 p.m. ()

- The Middletown High School Junior Varsity Girl’s Soccer team will open their season with a contest against the Brunswick Railroaders from the Potomac River city at 5:30 p.m. () ()

- Following that the Middletown High School Varsity Girl’s Soccer team will be taking on the Railroaders with first kickoff of their match-up going off at 7:00 p.m. ()

- The Junior Varsity Volleyball team will start their season when they take on the Liberty High School Lions at 6:00 p.m. from Ron Engle Court. You can read the season and game previews below. () ()

- The Varsity Volleyball team will finish things off for the day when they play host to the Lions in the season opener at Ron Engle Court as the Jamie Pryor era gets underway. You can read about the start of that era and  the game preview to the right. () ()

- Erik Williams (’12) and Nick DeSimone (’16) will look to make up ground in Day #2 of the California (PA) Vuclan Invitational from Belle Vernon, PA at 9:00 a.m. as Shepherd sits in 9^th place of 13^th. (Link)

- Brittney George (’12) and Erin Scarborough (’16) and the Hood College Women’s Soccer team will as they take on Shenandoah on the road at 7:00 p.m. (Link)

- Victoria Doing (’15) and MacKenzie Farran (’16) will get the Frederick Community College Women’s Soccer team’s conference schedule underway as they head down the Beltway to take on CCBC-Essex from Essex at 4:30 p.m. (Link)