Tuesday, March 1, 2011
When the Scorpions needed someone to take over, senior Joe Kiely stepped up, scoring a game-high 26 points and grabbing eight steals.
The Oakland Mills Scorpions needed someone else to step up. Greg Whittington, the team’s leading scorer all season, found himself on the bench early with two fouls while his Scorpions were in a close battle with the Central High School Falcons. And when he was on the court he was played tough, with Central pressuring him when he was away from the ball and throwing extra defenders on him when the ball was in his hands. With Whittington neutralized and his team needing a spark, Joe Kiely answered the call. His coach calls the senior point guard “Playoff Joe” for a reason. During Monday night’s 2A South regional playoff game, Kiely showed why. Kiely was unstoppable early, scoring 19 of his game-high 26 points in the first half and helping …
Friday, February 11, 2011
Greg Whittington (20 points), James Peters (14), and Joe Kiely (10) all hit key fourth-quarter shots to help the Scorpions move past the second place Gladiators, 57-53, in a dramatic wire-to-wire victory Thursday night. And a key player is about to return
The Glenelg Gladiators' record stood at 13-6 overall, 13-3 in Howard County, placing them in second place Thursday night with just three games remaining in the season. They had no realistic chance at catching up in the standings with the undefeated Oakland Mills Scorpions, who were 19-0, including 16-0 in-county. They still had plenty of motivation. It was senior night at Glenelg High School, and the Gladiators wanted nothing more than to send their nine graduating players off not only with a win, but with a win that would both snap Oakland Mills’ perfect season and avenge Glenelg’s Dec. 20 loss to the Scorpions. Oakland Mills had a different result in mind. James Peters scored the Scorpions’ first basket just 12 seconds into the game to …
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Greg Whittington (21 points), James Peters (17), Nick Zayatz (10), and Joe Kiely (7) helped the Scorpions rally back after blowing a 17-point lead. With the 62-55 win, Oakland Mills improved to 19-0.
North Carolina versus Duke. Ravens versus Steelers. Oakland Mills versus Centennial. Sports thrive on great rivalries – games between teams that bring out the best in each other. Be it out of respect, hatred or the shear will to win, rivals always manage to play their best when facing one another, a point that Centennial and Oakland Mills prove time and time again. The Scorpions had narrowly escaped Centennial High School earlier this season with a 61-58 victory. In that game, Oakland Mills was down by eight points entering the fourth quarter before mounting a furious comeback behind the stellar play of junior forward Kerry Bethea, who scored 13 of his team-high 18 points in that game’s final eight minutes. The Scorpions are now without …
Saturday, January 15, 2011
The Oakland Mills High School Scorpions improve to 14-0, but they find themselves without one of their leading scorers for the rest of the season.
As the saying goes, winning heals all wounds. The Oakland Mills Scorpions were hoping that old cliché was right – as they were recently hurt by the abrupt departure of one of their own. On Friday night the Scorpions found themselves without the player that Coach Jon Browne once called the team’s “emotional leader,” Kerry Bethea, who left the team earlier this week. “He had issues Wednesday at the Wilde Lake game and he decided that he couldn’t do this anymore,” Browne said. “It was his decision.” As a result, Oakland Mills unveiled their new-look Scorpions against one of the top teams in Howard County, the 8-5 River Hill Hawks. But Browne was confident in his team’s ability to overcome adversity. “I am not concerned about who we were,” …
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Oakland Mills High School Scorpions, behind the stellar play of senior forward Greg Whittington (22 points), scored 29 points in the third quarter to take the lead and, eventually, the 68-49 win.
It was a return home, so to speak, for Marcellus Ajiboye, an Oakland Mills senior who had transferred there from Mt. Hebron following his freshman year. But it was not a welcome home. Three years later, the Vikings' faithful still have not forgiven Ajiboye for leaving. Oakland Mills traveled Wednesday to Mt. Hebron, where the fans singled out the Scorpions' forward, chanting Ajiboye's name every time he touched the ball. The Mt. Hebron students even went as far as to fashion Ajiboye masks, which they were waving throughout the game. "I guess they were kind of salty," Ajiboye said with a smile. Yet nothing could shake Ajiboye, who scored 15 points. And the rest of the Oakland Mills team came on strong in the second half, outscoring the …
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Bobby Lubaszewski
2:41 pm on Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Yea, we were keeping up with the score while we were at the OM game. I am definitely rooting for Wilde Lake. They have a solid team - nothing flashy, but they can play. And I was at that football game against River Hill in the postseason...simply awesome. more ›