C6 | SPORTS THE FREDERICK NEWS-POST | SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2015 ALL-AREA GIRLS

Player of the Year KENDALL BRESEE URBANA Junior Forward Q Top player for an Urbana team that reached the Class 3A state champi- onship game, where it came close to the program’s i rst state crown before falling to Milford Mill, 74-70.

Q Versatile player who has committed to Division I George Washington University. She could hit 3-pointers, drive hard to the hoop, run fast breaks, battle for rebounds, hassle on defense and dish out passes. She was Urbana’s top scorer with 20.1 points a game and its top rebounder with 9.7 boards a game. She also averaged 3 assists and 2 steals a game.

Q She teamed up with Regan Lohr to form a powerful 1-2 punch for the Hawks. She had a typically strong game in the 3A state championship game, scoring 25 points.

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TYRAE BYRD MARIAMA KEITA CHRISTI LABELLA REGAN LOHR MCKENZIE MATHIS LIZ MOORMANN JUNIOR GUARD JUNIOR FORWARD SENIOR GUARD JUNIOR GUARD JUNIOR GUARD SENIOR FORWARD THOMAS JOHNSON ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC PREP OAKDALE URBANA WALKERSVILLE OAKDALE Q One of Frederick County’s top distribu- Q A force on the boards who i nished atop Q Standout who helped the Bears reach Q One of the county’s top o ensive Q Already a proven distributor, she tied for Q This Shepherd-bound player’s hard play tors, averaging six assists a game. She also Frederick County’s leaders list with the Class 2A state title game. She was threats, averaging 15.2 points a game and the team lead in scoring (11.8 points a game) in the paint helped the Bears reach the 2A was a scoring threat, averaging 10.5 points 12 a game. She also averaged 10 points a Oakdale’s top 3-point shooter and its shooting 48 percent from 3-point range. while ranking high on the county state title game. She grabbed 7 rebounds a game, and she had 4 steals a game to game, helping the Vikings to a 24-2 season. second-leading scorer. She also was among She also averaged 2 steals a game to help leaders list with 4.8 a game. Shot 30 percent a game and averaged 7 points a game in bolster TJ’s defense. the county’s assist leaders with 3.7 a game. fuel Urbana’s defense. from the 3-point arc (hitting 46) and also Oakdale’s spread-the-wealth o ense. was 2nd on team in steals and blocks.

CAMERON PITTS NICOLE RICKETTS JUNIOR FORWARD JUNIOR GUARD SECONDSECOND TEAMTEAM HHONORABLEONORABLE MENTIMENTIONON OAKDALE ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC PREP Pos. Name School Grade Brunswick—Erin Fisher, Katelyn Allen, Jana Phillips, Katy Miller, Q Top scorer (11.3 points per game) and Q Ranked No. 1 on Frederick County’s top rebounder (8.9) for a team that reached assist leaders list with 7.5 a game. She was Makenzie Schnur. the 2A state title game. She had a knack one of the main reasons the Vikings went G EMMA BOWMAN OAKDALE JUNIOR Catoctin—Courtney Topper, Sophia Eureka. for getting to the foul line, ot en making 24-2. G MADDIE CEDERDAHL URBANA JUNIOR Frederick—Alijah Gee, Adriana Washington. three-point plays. She also had a knack for Frederick Force—McKenzie Quick, Joanna Hughes. grabbing steals and blocking shots. G NATALIE GALAVIZ OAKDALE SENIOR Linganore—Danielle Ferris, Madi Ambush, Caroline Ward, Sarah Roerty. F HANNAH GRAY CATOCTIN JUNIOR MSD—Adele Daniels. Middletown—Paige Bussard, Peyton Weaver. C ARIONA JOHNSON WALKERSVILLE JUNIOR New Life—Tirza Vick, Kelsi Stopyra. G MEGAN KELLY LINGANORE SENIOR Oakdale—Jackie Lamont, Mackenzie Grove, Nadia Mirich. St. John’s Catholic Prep—Tayler Hill. G TESSA LEWIS MSD SENIOR Thomas Johnson—Darlene King, Chante Weedon, Jasmin Tirado, Makenna McSweeney, Mollie McSweeney. F ALEXIS MOORE ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC PREP SOPHOMORE Tuscarora—Kimmy Hammond, Marley Tierney. G ANDREA MWANDO FREDERICK JUNIOR Urbana—Alyssa McCaskill, Kendal Hether. Walkersville—Auri Dixon-Brown, MacKenzie White, Ana Taylor, G-F CARISSA SHEPKO THOMAS JOHNSON SENIOR Maia Harper. G TAYLOR STAFFORD ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC PREP SOPHOMORE F CARLY TOLINO MIDDLETOWN SENIOR ShortTakes

from wire reports

cohesion, but under her leadership the recovered. 1:49.77 under jockey John Velazquez. Stewart and Semrau are AP group became the best team in Florida Player, Coach of Year State history. Dortmund pulls away to easy Frosted wins Wood Memorial TAMPA, Fla. — has win in Santa Anita Derby NEW YORK — Frosted took the lead joined another exclusive club, and she is Stults, Braves beat Orioles from long shot Tencendur in midstretch only a junior. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Eric Stults celebrat- ARCADIA, Calif. — Dortmund opened and won the $1 million Wood Memorial by Connecticut’s versatile star is the winner up leaving the i nal turn and romped to a ed his return to the major leagues, allowing two lengths in a key prep race on the road to of h e Associated Press Player of the Year one run in i ve innings to lead the Atlanta 4¼-length win in the $1 million Santa Anita award for the second consecutive year, be- Derby, keeping the colt unbeaten heading the Kentucky Derby. Braves past the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Satur- With his i rst win in more than i ve coming just the i fth player to accomplish day in a spring training wrapup. into the Kentucky Derby. the feat. Florida State’s Sue Semrau was se- Ridden by Martin Garcia, Dortmund ran months on Saturday at Aqueduct Race- Stults has pitched for three other ma- track, Frosted earned 100 Derby qualifying lected as Coach of the Year for the i rst time. jor league teams and was brought to Braves 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.73 on Saturday and paid h e pair accepted their awards at the camp as a non-roster invitee. He was 8-17 $3.20 to win as the 3-5 favorite in the six- points to secure a starting spot in the Run women’s Final Four on Saturday in front for the San Diego Padres last season. horse i eld. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baf- for the Roses on May 2. of a crowd that included the entire UConn Braves closer Craig Kimbrel allowed his fert earned his record seventh victory in the Ridden by Joel Rosario, Frosted covered team. Stewart was honored to receive the i rst run of the spring when Chris Parmelee West Coast’s major prep for the Kentucky the 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.31, and returned award with Semrau, who coached her on homered o him in the ninth. Derby. $6.40, $4.50 and $3. Tencendur, sent o at the USA Basketball under-19 world cham- Freddie Freeman hit his third home run One Lucky Dane, also trained by Ba ert, 21-1, paid $15.40 and $5.60. El Kabeir was pionship team in 2011. for the Braves and i nished exhibition play i nished second. Bolo was third, and Pros- third and paid $2.70. Stewart, a unanimous All-American for with a .339 batting average. A.J. Pierzynski pect Park took fourth. Tencendur earned 40 Derby points for the second straight season, got 20 votes had two more hits to end the spring at .366. Dortmund bobbled slightly coming out second and likely earned enough points to from the 35-member national media pan- of the starting gate in the No. 1 post, but he qualify for the Derby. el that selects the weekly Top 25. Notre quickly went to the lead. He improved to El Kabeir, who came into the race o a Dame’s received the other 15 Serena wins 8th Key Biscayne 6-0. win in the Gotham, already had enough votes. It was the closest race since 2007, points to make the Derby i eld set at a max- when Courtney Paris edged Candace Park- title by beating Navarro er and Lindsey Harding by two votes. KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Serena Williams Carpe Diem gets 3-length imum of 20 starters. Stewart joined , Maya won her eighth Key Biscayne title Saturday victory in Blue Grass Moore, and Chamique and remained unbeaten this year by drub- U.S. women dominate in 4-0 Holdsclaw as the only two-time winners. bing Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-0 in the i - LEXINGTON, Ky. — Carpe Diem seized No player has won the award three times. nal of the Miami Open. the lead near the top of the stretch after victory over New Zealand While this is somewhat old hat for Stew- Williams became the fourth woman stalking early leader Ocho Ocho Ocho and ST. LOUIS — Meghan Klingenberg drawing away to a 3-length victory in Satur- art, Semrau earned her i rst AP coach of the to win the same WTA event at least eight scored an early goal and the United States day’s $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass, cement- year honor. times. Martina Navratilova won Chicago women’s team busted the exhibition Semrau guided the Seminoles to their 12 times, the most titles by a woman at any ing his place as one of the top contenders against New Zealand wide open with three best season ever. Florida State made it to tournament. for next month’s Kentucky Derby. the regional i nals of the NCAA tournament Navratilova was on hand to present the h e heavy favorite at 2-5 in the i eld of more in the second half for a dominating before losing to South Carolina. It also won top-ranked Williams with her latest trophy. eight improved his lifetime record to four 4-0 victory Saturday. a school-record 32 games, including 14 in Williams claimed her second title this wins in i ve starts and paid $2.80, $2.40 and Lori Chalupny, Julie Johnston and Mor- the Atlantic Coast Conference, and reached year. She won her 19th Grand Slam cham- $2.10. gan Brian all scored in a span of i ve min- the conference tournament i nal for the pionship at the Australian Open in January, Danzig Moon ran late for second and re- utes in the second half for the U.S. in the i rst time in school history. and has now won 12 consecutive i nals. turned $7.80 and $5. Ocho Ocho Ocho was World Cup warmup. Semrau deftly handled a roster that fea- Williams improved to 18-0 this year. She another 2 1/2 lengths back and paid $3.20 U.S. goalie Hope Solo had a light work- tured i ve Division I transfers. All the new withdrew before the Indian Wells semii nal to show. load, as New Zealand was limited to two faces could have resulted in very little team last month with a knee injury but quickly Carpe Diem i nished the 1 1/8 miles in harmless corner kicks.