SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2016 | THE FREDERICK NEWS-POST SPORTS | C5

Player of the Year ERIKA PRITCHARD MIDDLETOWN SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER Q At er winning Player of the Year honors last season, she continued to dominate for the Knights. Standing 6-foot-3 and being able to outjump most players in the area, she piled up kills at the net. She wasn’t one-dimensional, either, showing an ability to get low for digs.

QShe led all Frederick County hitters by averaging 4.42 kills per set and notched her 1,000th career kill this season. She was also a force on defense, getting 2.28 digs per set.

Q She will continue her career at the University of Maryland.

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DARIAN DIMATTEO MADDIE FRANCE KARITA LEWIS NATALIE PEREZ EVA ROWAN ELEANOR SAYLOR JUNIOR OUTSIDE HITTER JUNIOR SETTER SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER JUNIOR LIBERO SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER URBANA LINGANORE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF URBANA LINGANORE OAKDALE Q Top hitter and captain for a Hawks team Q In just two seasons as a varsity setter, Q An all-around player who helped the Q At er suf ering an ACL tear in March, Q The top hitter for one of Frederick Q She was the latest in a line of standout that won the Central Maryland Conference she piled up 1,054 assists, including 438 Orioles win IPSL and MIAC titles as well as she bounced back to lead Urbana’s stellar County’s top teams. Showing strength and Oakdale hitters, following former team- title. She averaged 2.8 kills and 2.35 digs for a county-best 7.42 per set this year. She two tournaments. She ranked high on the defense. With her ability to read the ball, she consistency at the net, she was among mates Liz Twilley and Abbie Harry. She had a per set and had a serving percentage of 97. could get her own kills, and her ability to see county kills leaders list with 4.43 per set had a team-high 3.17 digs per set. Her 22 digs county kills leaders with 3.28 a set. She team-high 3.95 kills per set, ranking high on the court so well helped her contribute on and averaged 2.01 digs. Also had 110 aces. in the CMC title match helped a Hawks team was just as tough in the back row, averaging the county leaders list, and 1.98 digs to help defense with blocks and digs. with no seniors win the league title. 2.67 digs a set. the Bears remain a county power.

JESS TWILLEY ZARAH WHITE FRESHMAN OUTSIDE HITTER SENIOR LIBERO SECONDSECOND TEAMTEAM HHONORABLEONORABLE OAKDALE TUSCARORA Q Made an immediate impact for an Q At er earning All-County  rst-team Pos. Name School Grade MENTIONMENTION Oakdale team that went unbeaten against honors last season, she was once again a OH-MH VICTORIA BRYANT CATOCTIN SOPHOMORE Frederick County teams during the regular premier defender for the Titans. She ranked S KELSEY BUCKLEY MIDDLETOWN SENIOR season. She was Oakdale’s second-leading high on the Frederick County digs leaders Brunswick—Hannah Buhr, Makenzie Schnur hitter, averaging 2.3 kills per set, and its list with 6.02 a set. S-OP TRINITY BURGE URBANA FRESHMAN Catoctin—Becca Thomson, Grace Mazaleski, Kylie Norwood digs leader with 2.79 per set. OH RYLEE DUNCAN WALKERSVILLE SENIOR Frederick—Delaney Irwin, Hannah Whang OH ATHENA FREAM CATOCTIN SENIOR Linganore—Claire Coupard OH COLLEEN GEARY BRUNSWICK JUNIOR Middletown—Megan Cleverly, Olivia Collins, Erin O’Connor OH MACKENZIE GLADHILL LINGANORE SENIOR Maryland School for the Deaf—Brooke Bonheyo, S SYDNEY KATZ OAKDALE FRESHMAN Emelia Beldon, Rajena Guettler L ANISSA LYONS TJ SENIOR Oakdale—Megan Ray, Caroline Paroby S KARENNA LYONS TJ SOPHOMORE St. John’s Catholic Prep—Savannah Hinson, Haylee Orlowski, MB CASSIDY PERRY MSD SOPHOMORE Erika Bealmear, Julianne Ghiorzi. S AMANI WALKER OAKDALE JUNIOR Thomas Johnson—Graylie Icard, Taylor Fleagle, Angel Scheetz OH MOLLY WEAVER TUSCARORA SOPHOMORE Tuscarora—Heather Winkler, Kiara Correa Urbana—Jenny Root, Hannah Bowers Walkersville—Taylor Stair, Autumn Parson

NFL Individual Leaders (through Week 14) Q NFC K. Britt, LA 63 937 14.9 66 5 Kicko Returners Jo. Nelson, GBY 75 913 12.2 58 12 No Yds Avg LG TD Replacing long snappers Olsen, CAR 65 907 14.0 78t 3 Patterson, MIN 20 633 31.6 104t 1 Att Com Yds TD Int D. Adams, GBY 63 897 14.2 66t 9 Cunningham, LA 22 599 27.2 61 0 Brees, NOR 541 382 4170 30 14 Fitzgerald, ARI 91 892 9.8 32 5 Lockett, SEA 20 530 26.5 46 0 M. Ryan, ATL 442 302 4050 30 7 Baldwin, SEA 74 878 11.9 59 5 Dw. Harris, NYG 18 450 25.0 46 0 Cousins, WAS 495 334 4045 23 9 Cooks, NOR 63 870 13.8 98t 6 Weems, ATL 17 391 23.0 42 0 Roberts, DET 26 579 22.3 42 0 is tough in-game task A. Rodgers, GBY 502 327 3529 32 7 Punters Ginn, CAR 18 391 21.7 59 0 Staf ord, DET 468 312 3447 22 7 No Yds Lg Avg By ROB MAADDI R. Wilson, SEA 443 286 3382 13 10 A. Lee, CAR 36 1769 76 49.1 De. Thompson, CHI 26 563 21.7 40 0 snapper is backup Colt Mc- Palmer, ARI 493 300 3376 20 13 S. Martin, DET 48 2339 63 48.7 Scoring Touchdowns AP Pro Football Writer Coy. He doesn’t  t the pro le for the posi- Winston, TAM 462 285 3364 23 12 Morstead, NOR 49 2373 66 48.4 TD Rush Rec Ret Pts tion, but McCoy volunteered for the job in Manning, NYG 480 302 3290 23 13 Bosher, ATL 35 1681 68 48.0 Da. Johnson, ARI 15 11 4 0 92 PHILADELPHIA — Long snappers are the summer. Wentz, PHL 498 317 3215 13 12 Hekker, LA 79 3759 78 47.6 E. Elliott, DAL 13 12 1 0 78 Jo. Nelson, GBY 12 0 12 0 72 the most overlooked starters in the NFL un- Rushers Wing, NYG 75 3491 63 46.5 “I told them I could do it, which was a Mi. Evans, TAM 10 0 10 0 64 Att Yds Avg LG TD Anger, TAM 58 2662 59 45.9 til they mess up or get hurt. lie,” McCoy said. “I’ve never done it before. Chris Jones, DAL 48 2195 63 45.7 D. Adams, GBY 9 0 9 0 54 E. Elliott, DAL 287 1392 4.8 60t 12 Beckham, NYG 9 0 9 0 54 h e were down to But when I went out to do it, I was good at Da. Johnson, ARI 248 1085 4.4 58t 11 Do. Jones, PHL 52 2357 72 45.3 the No. 3 guy on their depth chart after Jon Jo. Ryan, SEA 60 2690 62 44.8 T. Coleman, ATL 9 7 2 0 54 it. I was serviceable. I’ve gotten a lot better Howard, CHI 194 969 5.0 69 5 D. Freeman, ATL 9 7 2 0 54 Dorenbos broke his wrist and backup Brent ever since, and if they need me, I’ll step in C. Hyde, SNF 191 879 4.6 47 6 Punt Returners C. Hyde, SNF 8 6 2 0 50 D. Freeman, ATL 182 791 4.3 48 7 No Yds Avg Long TD Mathews, PHL 8 7 1 0 50 Celek suf ered a stinger in a 27-22 loss to and do it.” Ingram, NOR 150 772 5.1 75t 3 Crowder, WAS 19 274 14.4 85t 1 Kicking Washington last Sunday. McCoy also is the backup and Gurley, LA 227 740 3.3 24t 5 Sherels, MIN 17 227 13.4 79t 2 PAT FG LG Pts h ings got comical at that point. Sproles, PHL 17 224 13.2 66 0 holder. Kelley, WAS 128 587 4.6 66 5 Hopkins, WAS 30/32 28/35 53 114 decided “We tried everybody who had shoul- Stewart, CAR 162 577 3.6 47 8 A. Humphries, TAM 20 206 10.3 25 0 Prater, DET 25/27 28/31 58 109 Mathews, PHL 117 487 4.2 30 7 Weems, ATL 18 181 10.1 73 0 Sturgis, PHL 24/25 28/33 55 108 to try out for the job on the sideline. De- der pads — everybody who was dressed,” Receivers Austin, LA 36 334 9.3 47 0 Hauschka, SEA 23/27 27/30 53 104 fensive end Bryan Braman also attempted Redskins coach Jay Gruden said. “He’s No Yds Avg LG TD Lockett, SEA 25 220 8.8 62 0 Lutz, NOR 39/40 21/27 57 102 a few snaps. pretty good actually. Not much of a blocker, J. Jones, ATL 72 1253 17.4 75t 5 L. Whitehead, DAL 19 167 8.8 39 0 Bailey, DAL 37/37 21/24 56 100 Beckham, NYG 79 1109 14.0 75t 9 Royal, CHI 19 166 8.7 65t 1 Crosby, GBY 34/36 21/25 46 97 But versatile got but he’s pretty good.” Mi. Evans, TAM 80 1100 13.8 45t 10 Kerley, SNF 17 141 8.3 26 0 Gano, CAR 27/30 22/26 54 93 the call in a clutch spot in the fourth quar- h e Ravens once turned to star defen- ter. Burton’s snap sailed high, punter Don- sive tackle Haloti Ngata after Morgan Cox nie Jones reached up to make the catch and tore his right ACL in a game in 2014. Nga- Q AFC A. Cooper, OAK 73 1010 13.8 64t 4 Amendola, NE 18 121 6.7 30 0 A. Green, CIN 66 964 14.6 54t 4 Du. Johnson, CLE 17 112 6.6 18 0 put it down in time for to stut- ta’s snap on an extra point was successful. Quarterbacks Sanders, DEN 75 958 12.8 64 5 Kicko Returners ter-step and kick a 41-yard  eld goal that Baltimore almost used Wil- Att Com Yds TD Int Dem. Thomas, DEN 76 925 12.2 55t 5 No Yds Avg LG TD gave the Eagles a short-lived lead. lis McGahee when Cox tore his left ACL in Rivers, SD 464 287 3589 27 17 Landry, MIA 79 923 11.7 71 2 Erickson, CIN 19 523 27.5 84 0 Flacco, BAL 549 358 3582 17 12 Kelce, KC 70 916 13.1 44 3 Hester, BAL 19 466 24.5 60 0 “Donnie made an unbelievable play,” a game in 2010, but Cox  nished the game Dalton, CIN 467 302 3555 16 6 Ty. Williams, SD 55 905 16.5 51t 6 Tate, BUF 22 498 22.6 45 0 Burton said. “He’s obviously really good at out. Carr, OAK 499 317 3492 24 5 M. Wallace, BAL 62 903 14.6 95t 4 Mariani, TEN 22 478 21.7 37 0 what he does.” Most teams have more traditional back- Luck, IND 448 282 3381 25 10 Punters Scoring Touchdowns Roethlisberger, PIT 440 283 3254 25 11 No Yds Lg Avg TD Rush Rec Ret Pts Celek’s only snap on a 50-yard  eld goal ups — linemen, tight ends, . Bortles, JAC 520 305 3187 21 15 McAfee, IND 46 2281 74 49.6 Blount, NE 14 14 0 0 84 try was low and Jones couldn’t handle it. Travis Kelce, a 2015 tight end, Mariota, TEN 398 249 3086 25 8 Lechler, HOU 56 2684 62 47.9 Gordon, SD 12 10 2 0 72 Neither Celek nor Burton knew kicking is one of Kansas City’s backups. His broth- Tannehill, MIA 389 261 2995 19 12 M. King, OAK 65 3097 72 47.6 D. Murray, TEN 12 9 3 0 72 balls aren’t the same as game balls. h ey’re er, , is Philadelphia’s start- Brady, NE 340 233 2876 22 2 Koch, BAL 69 3184 68 46.1 L. Murray, OAK 12 12 0 0 72 Rushers Huber, CIN 62 2859 72 46.1 McCoy, BUF 11 10 1 0 68 much slicker. ing center. But snapping the ball on punts Att Yds Avg LG TD Nortman, JAC 64 2943 78 46.0 An. Brown, PIT 11 0 11 0 66 “I don’t know why they do that, but it and kicks is a dif erent, tougher task. h at’s D. Murray, TEN 250 1135 4.5 75t 9 J. Berry, PIT 56 2555 63 45.6 T. Hill, KC 9 1 6 2 54 was real waxy,” Celek said. why Travis Kelce is the Chiefs’ No. 2 guy on Bell, PIT 218 1053 4.8 44 6 R. Dixon, DEN 70 3193 68 45.6 Forte, NYJ 8 7 1 0 48 Blount, NE 248 1029 4.1 44 14 B. Colquitt, CLE 68 3091 65 45.5 Gore, IND 8 4 4 0 48 h e Eagles signed to replace punts and fullback Anthony Sherman is the L. Miller, HOU 246 1010 4.1 45 4 D. Colquitt, KC 65 2946 64 45.3 Je. Hill, CIN 8 8 0 0 48 Dorenbos, who had played in 162 straight backup on kicks. Gordon, SD 254 997 3.9 48 10 Punt Returners Kicking games since 2006. Celek and Burton now “h e idea behind using both guys is McCoy, BUF 186 976 5.2 75t 10 No Yds Avg Long TD PAT FG LG Pts plan to snap a little more in practice. h ey that it’s so hard to be a snapper, to do a Ajayi, MIA 193 956 5.0 62t 7 T. Hill, KC 31 473 15.3 78t 1 Tucker, BAL 22/22 31/32 57 115 Forte, NYJ 214 792 3.7 32 7 Tate, BUF 19 208 10.9 43 0 Janikowski, OAK 33/33 25/31 56 108 may even use kicking balls. long snap and then shift to a short snap so Gore, IND 208 790 3.8 22 4 Ervin, HOU 21 223 10.6 57 0 McManus, DEN 28/29 26/30 55 106 “I haven’t done it since training camp,” I just wanted Kelce to focus on long snap- S. Ware, KC 183 790 4.3 46 3 Richard, OAK 29 269 9.3 47 0 Novak, HOU 19/21 28/33 53 103 Burton said. ping and then Sherman is another guy Receivers Norwood, DEN 23 199 8.7 17 0 Lambo, SD 36/39 22/26 47 102 that we can use in a short snapping situ- No Yds Avg LG TD Erickson, CIN 21 179 8.5 24 0 Santos, KC 27/29 25/28 54 102 Lovato played two games for the Hilton, IND 78 1203 15.4 63t 6 Mariani, TEN 23 174 7.6 17 0 Gostkowski, NE 37/40 20/24 53 97 Redskins last month after Nick Sundberg ation,” Chiefs special teams coach Dave An. Brown, PIT 93 1130 12.2 51 11 Hester, BAL 25 180 7.2 28 0 Nugent, CIN 23/29 23/29 47 92 was injured. Washington’s emergency long Toub said.