Each week throughout the season, The Aegis will select players of the week in each spring sport. The public will then have the opportunity to vote which of the individual sport selections will earn the honor of overall Harford County Player of the Week. Voting will run through the end of the day Tuesday and readers can vote once per hour.
Here are the Athletes of the Week for April 7-13.
Boys lacrosse
Ethan Smith, North Harford
The freshman goalie had career-high 21 saves in just his second start of the season in a 7-4 win over Harford Tech last week to push the Hawks to 4-2 on the season.
Girls lacrosse
Emily Tapley, Patterson Mill
Tapley lit it up in a 18-7 win over Aberdeen, scoring eight goals in the Huskies’ victory.
Baseball
Bryce Bauer, Havre de Grace
Bauer dominated on the mound and batter’s box last week, going 9-for-12 with four doubles and one home run at the plate, then tossing a scoreless complete game (four unearned runs) with seven strikeouts. Havre de Grace went 2-1 on the week.
Softball
Mandi Redmiles, Patterson Mill
In two impressive starts in the circle last week, Redmiles tossed a perfect game in a 16-0 win over Joppatowne, then a scoreless one-hitter in a 6-0 victory over Bel Air. She tallied 17 strikeouts to just four walks across 12 innings on the week as the Huskies reached 9-0 in conference play.
Boys track and field
Justin Naylor, Joppatowne
The reigning Class 1A state champion in the 1,600 meters ran his best times of the season to win the 800 (2:07.6) and 1,600 (4:43.3) at a tri-meet against Bohemia Manor and Harford Tech.
Girls track and field
Winter Evans, Harford Tech
At Saturday’s Park Invite, Evans won the high jump, clearing 5 feet. She also won the 100 hurdles (14.42) and ran on the winning 4×100 relay.
Tennis
Juliana Kovalets, Fallston
Kovalets avenged an early-season loss to rival Alexa Benedict of Patterson Mill with a 6-4, 6-3 win on Wednesday.
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Last week’s results
In a close vote, Harford Tech girls lacrosse’s Jordyn Sears beat out John Carroll baseball’s Brooks Mueller with 38.4% of the vote. Mueller finished with 22.6%.
Patterson Mill tennis’ Alexa Benedict was third with 16.8% of the vote. Harford Tech girls track and field thrower London Youngblood followed with 10.5%.
Sears was originally selected for tallying six goals across two games — one win and one loss for the Cobras — on nine shots on goal. She backed her scoring with three assists and seven ground balls.
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