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Keeley Imel
********************************************************************** Columbia Ravens Girls 14AAU Website********************************************************************** Columbia Ravens 9U Girls Sweep Falmes Tournament********************************************************************** Columbia Ravens 10U Girls Website********************************************************************** Congratulations to the Columbia Ravens 13U Girls. The Columbia Ravens Girls AAU U13 team competed in the Division II National Championship Tournament in Kingsport, July 17. They finished in the top 10 in the Nation, completing the season with a 29- 14 record, and was one of 3 teams from the State of Maryland to receive and accept a bid to the Division II Nationals. The team is made up of girls from the Columbia area and was making their 4th appearance in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Nationals. This was the first year of AAU play for the Columbia Ravens. The girls names and schools they will be playing for in the fall, from left to right, are: Brittney Davis (Pallotti High School), Michaela Battle (Good Counsel High School), Adrienne Flowers (Pallotti High School), Sydney Tommins (Notre Dame Prep), Mary Kittleman (Glenelg High School), Jodi Schneider (Mount de Sales Academy), Alauna Jackson (Howard High School), and Chizzie Ekedigwe (Pallotti High School).
********************************************************************** Dennis Kelliher's 7th grade girls team win the ********************************************************************** Congratulations to the Columbia Ravens 15U Boys. They were the AAU Super Regional Runners-up to the Baltimore Stars
********************************************************************** Congratulations to the Columbia Ravens 13U Girls. They were the Ironhorse Tournament Champs!
********************************************************************** Congratulations to the Columbia Ravens 14U Boys. They finished 2nd in the Culpeper Wolverines Tournament.
********************************************************************** 7th Grade Girls John Miller's 7th grade girls team won their 2nd consecutive holiday Tournament. They competed in the Maryland Flames Holiday Tournament and Rising Stars Holiday Tournament.
********************************************************************** Former Ravens Left to Right: Jackson Feroe - River Hill; Josh Martin - Atholton; Dan Kaplan - Howard; David Kaiser - River Hill; Elijah Harris - Long Reach; PJ Kinkead - River Hill; (IN REAR) Luke Schurman - Oakland Mills; Jordan Lawrence - Chapelgate Academy; Cameron Bailey - Palotti; Danny Bezold - Atholton; Storm Wallpher - Mt Hebron; Adrian Evans - Long Reach; Chris Peterson - Centennial; Not pictured: Amon Jones - Glenelg Country
********************************************************************** 15U BOYS The Columbia Ravens Boys 15U team are D2 State Champs.
********************************************************************* 11U BOYS The Columbia Ravens Boys 11U team took 2nd Place in the Maryland
********************************************************************* 15U BOYS Columbia Ravens 15U finished second in the recent Philadelphia Urban Youth Invitational Tournament. The team also played in AAU Super Regional Tournaments in Bethlehem, PA and Hockesin, DE finishing second and third respectively. They have qualified for the AAU National Division I tournament
********************************************************************* 14AAU GIRLS At the AAU 14U National Championships in Salem, VA, the Ravens 14U National Team became the 11th ranked team in the Nation. The tournament started out with the Ravens defeating the 5th seeded team going into the Tournament, the Tennessee Hustle, 54-44. The Ravens completed pool play in second place, beating the Acadiana Stars of Louisiana (56-53) and losing to a strong Boo Williams out of Hampton, VA (70-62). This showing earned them a berth in the Championship bracket. In bracket play, the Ravens opened up with the eventual National Champions, the Indy Gym Rats. After keeping a close game, down only by 8 at the half, the Gym Rats went on to win, 72-52. The Ravens next defeated the Wisconsin Prestige 74-63. The Ravens run in the tournament ended with a loss to the Orlando Comets, 45-44. We are extremely proud of how well the girls competed against the best national competition AAU had to offer.
********************************************************************* 15AAU BOYS The Columbia Ravens U15 Boys AAU team won the AAU West Coast Division II Nationals on July 29, 2009 in Las Vegas Nevada. The is the first National title for the Ravens. They won the championship game 73 - 71 against the Bulls from Seattle, Washington
********************************************************************* Congratulations to the 12U Boys Team! They won the MD Flames
********************************************************************* The Columbia Ravens finished 2nd in the Rising Star Holiday Tournament, losing to the Maryland Flames 34 - 30 in the final. We advanced to the final game by defeating the K-Town Hoyas (who was the 1st place team in pool A) 28 - 27. During the tournament the Ravens defeated Olney, The Torrent, and the K-Town Hoyas over the four day event.
********************************************************************* “Overcoming the elements, Columbia Ravens – 5th grade – Campbell team won the Maryland Flames Holiday 10U tournament held at Georgetown Prep January 2 and 3 by sweeping the competition of Cecil Slam, Olney Magic, and Classics and scoring an average of 42 points per game. All out effort was shown on the defensive side too. Congratulations boys for a great team performance!”
************************************************************************ The Ravens 12U Boys team used stifling team defense and an overall superb team effort to go 4-0 and capture the Santa Slam tournament championship in Mt. Airy this past weekend. Congratulations to all the boys for putting forth championship level effort the entire weekend.
********************************************************************* 12U GIRLS Columbia Ravens 12U Girls finished second in the Arbutus League.
********************************************************************* 10U GIRLS Coach Scott's 5th grade girls won their Arbutus League Championship (B division) against a much bigger and physical Harundale team on Sunday. ********************************************************************* 13U GIRLS Coach Miller's 8th grade girls are runner ups in the ********************************************************************* 13U GIRLS Congratulations to Coach Webster's 8th grade girls for winning the
********************************************************************* 12U Boys This past weekend, the 12U Boys team scored an impressive 42-34 win in the championship game of the District Heights Super Regional to qualify for Nationals. Kneeling: Cole Mason, Caleb Hightower, Joshua Hightower, ********************************************************************* 13U Girl's The 8th grade Ravens Girl's team coached by John Miller ********************************************************************* 10U Boys The 4th grade Ravens team coached by Dan Ingersoll won the Carroll County League Championship. They were regular season champs and won the post season tourney today beating North Carroll 36-11 in the finals.
********************************************************************* 14U Boys The 8th grade Ravens Boy's team won the Rising Star tournament 49-42 in a double-overtime victory over the Blizzard. It was a 35 team tournament. ********************************************************************* 12U Boys The Columbia Ravens 12U Boys went 5-0 this past weekend at the ********************************************************************* 12U Boys The Columbia Ravens 12U Boys team took second place in the D2 State Championships this past weekend. Considering that this was their first year competing in this event the boys did a tremendous job and should be very proud of themselves. ********************************************************************* 9U Girls The Columbia Ravens 9U Girls went 3-1 to claim Runner Up at the 2010 Battle of the Balls Bluff Tournament in Leesburg, VA. The team knocked off Frederick Wildcats 22-12, Loudon Triple Threat 36-10 and avenged an early season loss to the Maryland Hoopsters with a 30-18 win in the tournament semi-finals. After leading most of the championship game and into the 4th quarter The Ravens were unable to close out a very tough Virginia Hurricanes team, losing 24-17.
Bottom line from left to right: #20 Emma Schettig, #2 Ava Dennis, #3 Cecelia Bartley, #5 Madison Furr, #13 Jessica Foster
Back line from left to right: #42 Kelsey Ellis, #32 Selina Robinson, #14 Grace Underhill, #11 Kelly Simons, #1 Courtney Furr
********************************************************************* 10U Girls
The Charm City 2010 Adidas National Invitational Tournament had over 110 teams participate from Mid-Atlantic and Northeast areas. It is one the areas largest youth basketball tournaments, in the area. Games were played at the new Meadowbrook Sports Complex in Ellicott City and the Glenwood Community Complex in Glenwood. The names of the Columbia Ravens Girls 10U AAU Basketball Team are:
Victoria Munro
Grace Butera
Sofia Harrison
Meghan Fitzpatrick
Erin Cutroneo
Gabriella Sanchez-Henry
Sydney Carnock
Natalie Lybrook
Gabrielle Rachuba
********************************************************************* 9U Girls
Columbia Ravens 9U Girls followed up their Battle of the Balls Bluff Runner-Up finish last weekend with yet another 2nd place finish at YBOA State Championships this weekend. The YBOA States were played at The McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Md. The Ravens beat their first 3 opponents of the weekend 39-14, 19-2 and 38-22 before being knocked off by the Maryland Flames 9U National team in the Championship Game. That is two weekends in a row with a 2nd place finish and combined record for the season of 15-6 for our 9U Ravens. The girls hope to move up to Tournament Champs in their next tournament on June 5th and 6th.
Bottom line from left to right: #20 Emma Schettig, #2 Ava Dennis, #3 Cecelia Bartley, #5 Madison Furr, #13 Jessica Foster
Back line from left to right: #42 Kelsey Ellis, #32 Selina Robinson, #14 Grace Underhill, #11 Kelly Simons, #1 Courtney Furr
********************************************************************* 10U Girls
Ravens Girls 10U AAU team went 3 & 0 to win Urban The names of the Columbia Ravens Girls 10U AAU Basketball Team are:
Victoria Munro
Grace Butera
Sofia Harrison
Meghan Fitzpatrick
Erin Cutroneo
Gabriella Sanchez-Henry
Sydney Carnock
Natalie Lybrook
Gabrielle Rachuba
********************************************************************* 13U Girls
The Columbia Ravens U13 Girls basketball team win the Maryland State YBOA Championships for the second year in a row.
In the first game the Ravens edged a talented MD Lady Clippers team 56-54. Down 3 with 13 seconds left in the game Imani Sanders was fouled on a three point shot and calmly made all three free throws to tie the game 54-54. Ann Kinsey rebounded a Clipper miss and was fouled with 5 seconds left in regulation and went to the line shooting 1 and 1 and made both to give the Ravens the victory. The second game the Ravens beat the Owings Mills Lady Tigers 54-34 behind strong defensive from Jenna Bergquist, Blair Bonner, Denise Whye, Amanda Miller and a excellent shooting performances from Lilli Robb, Sam Mocniak and Eve Lukowski. The Championship game was against perennial AAU Division 1 powerhouse the Maryland Flames-Baker team. The Ravens were noticeable undersized but their defensive intensity and determination was too much for the Flames to overcome. The Ravens were let by Anne Kinsey's 16 second half points including 7 of 8 from the free throw line down the stretch. Tremendous efforts were put in by Imani Sanders, Lilli Robb, Brittany Anderson, Nicolette Jennings, Katie Cheuvront, Eve Lukowski and Amanda Miller. Fans commented after the game that this was one of the best basketball games they have ever witnessed. The Ravens won by a final score of 59-52. The Ravens now look forward to representing the State of Maryland in the YBOA National Championship Tournament in Kissimmee, FL. in July.
Back Row:
Darren Sanders (asst coach), Imani Sanders, Samantha Mocniak, Amanda Miller, Katie Cheuvront, Brittany Anderson, Nicolette Jennings, John Miller (head coach), Larry Kinsey (asst coach)
********************************************************************* 9U Girls
The Columbia Ravens 9U Girls went 5-0 this week in league and tournament play. The Ravens were 3-0 at the Maryland Flames Summer Challenge claiming 1st place in the tournament held in Boyds, Maryland. The young Ravens defeated Queens Express of New York in the Championship game 21-6. Earlier in the tournament the Ravens beat Matrix of Virginia (27-4) and another Queens Express team (30-20). Selina Robinson-Clipper lead the way in the semi final game with a career high 13 points. In Sunday's Championship Game Jessica Foster and Courtney Furr had 9 and 10 points respectively to help the Ravens roll past the Express. The real story however was the stellar defense played by Emma Shettig, Ava Dennis and Bobbie Haney who swarmed the ball the entire game. Kelly Simons and Kelsey Ellis cleaned the boards to help get the fast breaking Ravens easy baskets with great outlet passing. The Ravens have another full calendar of games this week as they prepare for the Mid Atlantic Nationals held in Richmond, VA.
Bottom line from left to right: #20 Emma Schettig, #2 Ava Dennis, #3 Cecelia Bartley, #5 Madison Furr, #13 Jessica Foster
Back line from left to right: #42 Kelsey Ellis, #32 Selina Robinson, #14 Grace Underhill, #11 Kelly Simons, #1 Courtney Furr
********************************************************************* 13U Boys
The Columbia Ravens Boys 13U team went 3 -0 to win the The names of the Columbia Ravens Boys 13U Basketball Team are:
Back Row: Cleon Dickerson Sr.( Asst Coach), Cory Gholston, Richard Paul, Mike Beckett ( Head Coach)
Second Row: Joey Mance, Marquise Beckett, Sean Updike
Front Row: Nick Oates, Martez Beckett, Cleon Dickerson Jr.
********************************************************************* 13U Girls
Dennis Kellier's 13u team - undefeated this past weekend at Dennis Kelliher's team went undefeated in the Coaches Choice Inner Harbour Challenge which was a DII and DIII scouting event. On Saturday they defeated the Coaches Choice 13u team from New Jersey as well as the Bronx Lady Hawks 13u team from Bronx, NY. Sunday they defeated the B'More Hoopsters 13u team and our last game we defeated the Gaithersburg Lady Panther's in a nail bitter. The Score was 31-33 with 11.5 seconds on the clock. Zee got fowled and nailed both free throws to send the game into OT. Emma came through scoring the one and only basket in OT to win the game.
********************************************************************* 13U Girls Place 1st and 2nd in Ravens Spring League
Seated for Dennis' team: Zelor Massaquoi, Shannon Tyler, Allison Bluhm, Breya Wallace, Leah Hurst and Erika Faas (not pictured for Dennis' teams are Shannon Kelliher, Lindsey Williams, Emma Hoesman and Symrin Greenhow).
********************************************************************* 10U GIRLS
The Columbia Ravens Girls are champions of the MD Flames Thanksgiving Tournament 10U division played at Georgetown Prep in Bethesda, MD November 20 and 21. The Ravens were 2-1 in pool play. In back to back games Saturday, the Ravens defeated MD Flames (Yeager) 24-6 and then fell to MD Flames (Rahman) in a hard fought game 20-18. Sunday, the Ravens defeated Westminster ATTITUDE 50-16 to earn a rematch with MD Flames (Rahman). In the championship game, the Ravens extinguished the Flames 15-10 to capture the title. The team was lead with tough rebounding by Grace Underhill and Sarah Hauk as well as great defense by Peighton Stone, Kelly Simons, Ava Dennis and Cecelia Bartley. Hannah Berquist, Madison Burris, Courtney Furr and Jessica Foster lead the team in scoring and combined for 6 left handed layups. In December, the Ravens start league play in the Arbutus and Central Maryland leagues. ********************************************************************* |
