Montgomery County — Field Hockey standings (2026-W36)
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UCBAC — Field Hockey standings (2026-W36)
Poolesville High School 0 - 2 Walter Johnson High School
Southern High School 2 - 1 Century High School
Southern High School 0 - 5 Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School 8 - 0 Richard Montgomery High School
Sherwood High School 4 - 5 Damascus High School
Sherwood High School 4 - 5 Damascus High School
Northwood High School 0 - 9 Seneca Valley High School
Huntingtown High School 3 - 1 Southern High School
Edgewood High School 0 - 4 Patterson Mill High School
Parkside High School 3 - 4 Easton High School
Great Mills High School 0 - 1 Chopticon High School
Towson High School 7 - 1 Roland Park Country School
Harford Technical High School 1 - 4 Elkton High School
Dream Crazy for Greta Foundation is Sponsoring The Mariners Field Hockey Team! Dream Crazy for Greta Foundation is sponsoring the Mariners Field Hockey Team and has donated shin guards, mouth guards, and socks for the entire team, plus extras for students who might want to join. Please contact the school if you have any interest on playing.
Recipient: Sophia (Sophie) Liew Baltimore, MD — CSZ Network is proud to announce Sophia (Sophie) Liew, a junior at The Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, as the recipient of the 2025 Scholar-Athlete Leader Award for the State of Maryland. Sophie is a starting player on Bryn Mawr’s varsity field hockey team, a dominant program that won consecutive IAAM Championships in 2024 & 2025 under the guidance of IAAM 2025 Coach of the Year, Carey Fetting-Smith. The Scholar-Athlete Leader Award recognizes an outstanding high school student-athlete who demonstrates exceptional promise in building stronger communities while excelling both in athletics and in the classroom. Sophie was selected for her academic excellence, sustained athletic performance, and deeply rooted commitment to mentorship, community engagement, and expanding access to technology education, particularly artificial intelligence for girls. Sophie, 17, has played varsity field hockey since her freshman year and is widely recognized for her leadership both on and off the field. Her commitment to service and education began in eighth grade, when she designed and delivered an introductory computer science curriculum for fourth- and fifth-grade students as her capstone project through Bridges at Bryn Mawr, a year-round partnership program supporting Baltimore City youth through academic enrichment and long-term success strategies. Sophie formally presented her curriculum to peers, faculty, and parents, marking the beginning of her ongoing dedication to mentorship. She continued this work in ninth grade by volunteering at youth field hockey clinics and returned to Bridges in tenth grade to mentor younger students, demonstrating a sustained pattern of leadership across both academic and athletic communities. In addition to her academic achievements, Sophie serves as Co-Director of Bryn Mawr’s Writing Center, where she mentors fellow students and supports academic excellence schoolwide. Beyond school, Sophie is applying her programming and AI engineering skills to a mission rooted in her family’s history. She is currently developing an AI-powered interactive chat tool for KoreanAmericanStory.org, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Korean American immigrant histories. The tool enables users to explore personal narratives dynamically and discover how individual histories connect to the present. This same belief—that technology should help communities preserve, understand, and share what matters—also informs SheBuilds AI, an initiative Sophie is developing to provide hands-on AI education to middle and high school girls in Baltimore. The first cohort of SheBuilds AI is planned for spring 2026. “I keep meeting girls who are smart and curious but convinced that computer science isn’t for them,” Sophie says. “I want to show them that there are many paths to becoming confident technology builders—especially in AI—and that it’s critical that girls from all communities help shape how AI is built and used.” For more information about SheBuilds AI, contact Sophia Liew at [email protected]. About the Scholar-Athlete Leader Award The County Sports Zone Scholar-Athlete Leader Award honors high school student-athletes who exemplify excellence in academics and athletics while demonstrating sustained, meaningful leadership and community impact. Recipients leverage their talents, initiative, and integrity to expand opportunity, strengthen communities, and create lasting social value. Photos by Anne Stuzin Carey Fetting-Smith Coach of the Year : iaamsports.com/field-hockey-coach-of-the-year-carey-fetti… Bryn Mawr School: www.brynmawrschool.org/
Field Hockey is far and away Baltimore County’s smallest sport, with just half of the teams throughout the county participating. In 2024, Sparrows Point, Hereford, and Dulaney were the three schools that won regional championships, but none made it past the regional quarterfinals. This fall, Baltimore County teams looked to bring home the first state championship by a county team since the Hereford Bulls almost a decade ago. Here is how each Baltimore County field hockey season unfolded in the fall of 2025: Carver (8-4) The Wildcats’ team consisted of eight senior athletes plus a manager. Despite starting the season 0-2 with losses to Catonsville and Sparrows Point, Carver finished the season with the best record in Baltimore County at 7-3. Carver scored at least seven goals in six of the eight wins on the way to a regional championship birth after an early playoff exit in 2024. Sparrows Point (8-6) With two all-county selections, senior attack Arianna Perry and freshman goalie Caroline Weaver, on their way to being the only 1A team from BCPS to reach the state playoffs. Their key to winning was their defense, as the Pointers allowed just three totals goals in their six regular season wins and none in their two playoff victories. Graduating just three athletes will be key to a potentially strong 2026 campaign. Towson (8-6) Out of any Baltimore County team, the Generals reached the farthest in the state playoffs, advancing to the state semifinals after taking down the Wootton Patriots 4-2 in the quarterfinals. Rhodes College commit Lily Franklin is one of seven athletes who will not return next season, but Appalachian State commit Lilyann Richard is set to lead the team to back to back deep playoff runs next fall. Eastern Tech (7-4) After a 9-1 regular season last fall, the east side magnet program finished the regular season with just three loses. Out of three all-county selections, Payton Lentz, Bella Wexler, and Riley Ruhling, only the latter will not come back to the team next season. Only losing five total seniors will be a benefit to the Mavericks as they hope for a playoff push into the state rounds. Dulaney (7-7) The Lions finished the regular season with a losing record at 5-6, but went on to score 18 goals in their two regional playoff games while not surrendering one. The Baltimore County champions fell in the state quarterfinals against Churchill in their fifth consecutive appearance (2021-2025). Dulaney will be losing seven total seniors, but will be led by Northeastern University commit Sara Sugarman in 2026 as they search for their first state playoff win since 2022. Hereford (6-7) After starting the season on a four-game losing streak, none of which against Baltimore County opponents, the Bulls found themselves in both the County championship and the state playoffs. With two losses coming against Dulaney and five more coming in non-BCPS games, Hereford proved that when they are in the county, they are certainly a force to be reckoned with. The Bulls will be losing seven seniors, but they hope to make it back to the state playoffs for the fifteenth consecutive year (2011) next fall. Franklin (5-6) The Indians had three consecutive tough losses in the middle of their season against Towson, Dulaney, and Franklin, but that didn’t stop them from going on to win a playoff game despite a losing regular season record. American University commit Nora Tromble and Polina Markelova are the only two departing athletes, setting up all county selections Mady Eisenberg and Hayden Meloy in a good spot to lead the team farther in the playoffs next fall Pikesville (5-6) The Panthers had a solid regular season, finishing at an even 5-5, but fell in an unfortunate first round match on the road against Sparrows Point. Midfielder Jillian Modell and Defense Sarah Fung were selected to the all-county team along with the team’s three seniors Sophia Fung, Casey Robb, and Lennon Wollman. Pikesville will look to get on the other side of .500 in 2026. Catonsville (2-12) The Comets started their season 2-2 with wins coming against Carver, on the road, and Catoctin, at home, and later fell to one of the best teams in the county, the Towson Generals, by just one goal in the first round of the playoffs. Thirteen years ago, Catonsville reached the state championship, and they will look to continue building to get back into a deep playoff run in the coming years. Loch Raven (1-8-1) Just one win in the Raiders’ 2025 campaign came in their third game on the road against the Patapsco Patriots. Five seniors will be departing from the squad of just eleven athletes, giving Loch Raven an opportunity to bring in plenty of new talent next fall. Patapsco (0-8-1) Five seniors led the team this fall along with two juniors that were named captains. The Patriots’ most recent winning season came in the Fall of 2018, when they finished the regular season with a 5-4-2 record, and Patapsco will look to return to winning ways in 2026.
Photo courtesy of Churchill field hockey Instagram. There was some solid parity in Montgomery County field hockey this season. Quince Orchard may have surprised the most this season, however. The Cougars went just 8-7 during the regular season, and its 1-4 record in a supremely tough West Division probably accounted for most of that rocky record. That division included the likes of 14-2 Churchill, 11-3 B-CC, 10-3 Whitman and 11-4 Wootton. But that didn’t mean that Quince Orchard couldn’t vie for a postseason title. Instead, it steamrolled to 5-0 and 2-0 victories over Gaithersburg and Seneca Valley, respectively, to earn a 4A Regional Championship. Being seeded at No. 6 in the state tournament, it lost 8-1 to the eventual state champions in Severna Park. As for Churchill, the team with the best record in the county, its only regular season loss was a 2-1 defeat at the hands of James Madison — and that was on opening night. It was taken down tightly in the second round of the 4A state tournament to Severna Park, 2-1. Richard Montgomery, Blair and Wootton all made the state tournament, but all three teams bowed out in the first round.
Howard County boasted another field hockey state championship and three regional winners this year. Glenelg went all the way again this year and two others, Long Reach and Marriotts Ridge, made it to the state bracket. The Gladiators and Lightning raced all season to take the county crown, making for a thrilling rivalry. The title came all the way down to the last game of the season. Facing then 8-5 Mt. Hebron, Glenelg needed a win to outright secure first place in the county. They took the Vikings down 6-0 and have now finished first in each of the last three seasons. Here are CSZ's awards for the best of the county this season: Team of the Year - Glenelg Gladiators Glenelg fired on all cylinders throughout the regular season and the postseason. The Gladiators finished the regular season with a +88 goal differential and played elite defense across five playoff games. They won their last three games by one goal and saved their best for last in the championship. In the last three seasons, including each postseason, Manchester Valley has only allowed 16 goals in 49 games. Glenelg has been their defense’s kryptonite in that stretch as the Gladiators scored seven of those goals in only three games. In overtime and tied 1-1, Glenelg found its hero in Lakshmi Almli ‘28, who scored the game-winning goal. Most Improved Team - Atholton Atholton boosted its record by two wins this year and finished the regular season at 7-5. The Raiders won their first three games of the season in a start that got the county’s attention. Atholton finished above .500 for the first time since 2021. They battled through a mid-season stretch against the county’s best teams and earned a playoff win against Guilford Park. The offense helped the team finish undefeated after scoring two goals. Best Game of the Season - Long Reach (1) vs. Glenelg (2), Quarterfinals on Oct. 31 The highly anticipated rematch of Howard County’s two best teams did not disappoint. After Glenelg won their regular season game 2-1 on Sept. 22, the two faced off again with the county championship on the line. Samantha Legge ‘26 scored Long Reach’s only goal, ending a historic campaign for the Lightning midfielder. The Gladiators powered their way to the end with shutdown second-half defense and two critical goals. Kareena Blackwell ‘27 provided the game-winner late in the second quarter. Glenelg did not look back after this game and took down Kent Island and Manchester Valley as Howard County’s top team.