Blue Devils earn post-season honors
June 13 - The following Springbrook athletes received all-Gazette recognition for their outstanding performances in spring sports. 

Boys track - Jordan Sawadogo, 1st team All-Gazette.

Boys lacrosse - Ben Simmons, 1st team All-Gazette; David Abramson, 2nd team All-Gazette; Adam Brizendine, 2nd team All-Gazette; Tim Roe, honorable mention All-Gazette.

Girls lacrosse - Lauren Kessler, 2nd team All-Gazette; Han Nguyen, honorable mention All-Gazette.

Baseball - Keith Hessler, honorable mention All-Met, 2nd team All-Gazette, 1st team All-Division; Danny Martinez, 1st team All-Division. 

Softball - Kelly Callan, 1st team All-Examiner, 1st team All-Gazette.

Track and field regionals
May 23 - Springbrook competitors excelled in the Maryland 4A North regional meet. Jordan Sawadogo matched the county’s best 400-meter dash time of the season, winning the event in 49.60 seconds. He also took second in the 800 run to qualify for states in that event, as well. Other Blue Devils event winners were Joffrey Alcidor (long jump) and Uchenna Ahaghotu (shot put).  Ahaghotu also took fourth in the discus throw to qualify for states in a second event. more . . .

Boys lacrosse falls to Wootton in regional final
May 17 - Wootton won the 4A/3A West Region title, 15-8, against Springbrook, which entered with just one loss. Wootton went up 10-2 in the first half on three goals and were dominating every facet of the game. But Springbrook, which rallied to beat Whitman and Churchill to reach the region final, netted five straight goals to cut the margin to 12-8 with 7 minutes 30 seconds remaining. more . . .

Spring playoff updates

Boys Lacrosse - May 16 - It wasn’t supposed to end like this for Churchill. Not in the 4A-3A West Region boys lacrosse semifinals, and not to a team they had just manhandled by double digits a little over a week earlier.  The third-seeded Bulldogs’ 11-10 loss at No. 2 Springbrook Monday was made all the more difficult by their belief that they not only let a big lead slip away, but didn’t do what they set out to do this spring.  Springbrook (13-1) advances to face unbeaten top-seed Wootton in Wednesday’s regional final. The game will be played at 7 p.m. at Wootton.  more . . .

Girls Lacrosse - May 16 - Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but the Springbrook girls lacrosse team took theirs hot and muggy. On a warm Saturday morning, the Blue Devils cashed in on a chance to pay back Bethesda-Chevy Chase for eliminating them from last year’s playoffs by winning a rematch in the 4A-3A West Region quarterfinals, 14-11, in Bethesda. Senior Lauren Kessler scored five goals, and junior Shannon Connolly tacked on four more in the victory.  more . . .

Softball - May 16 - After avenging last year’s first-round loss to Parkville Friday, the Springbook softball team’s postseason run ended Monday in a 10-0, Class 4A North Region quarterfinal loss to defending Maryland state champion C. Milton Wright. Senior pitcher Kelly Callan led Springbrook offensively with a .489 batting average and five home runs, along with senior shortstop Danica Gordon (.386). But the Blue Devils (11-7) were unable to put any pressure on the third-seeded Mustangs Monday.  more . . .

Volleyball - May 8 - With its win over Walt Whitman Tuesday night, the boy’s volleyball team (under the direction of Springbrook graduate Warren Deng) will play at Sherwood starting at 5:15 Thursday evening in the next round of the County Championship. Good luck team. 

Tennis - April 23 - Congratulations to Coach White and Springbrook's boys varsity tennis team for winning their division title. 

Track and field - April 19 - Congratulations to the coaches and members of the Springbrook track and field team. For first time in 15 years, the boy’s team has captured the division title. more . . .

 

Boys Volleyball	May 8, 5:15 @ Whitman
Gymnastics	May 8, 5:30 @ Blake
Track B Meet	May 9, 3:00 @ Whitman
Track A Meet	May 10, 4:00 @ Churchill
Baseball	May 11,  4:00 @ Perry Hall (time tentative)
Softball	May 11,  4:00 home versus Parkville
Tennis	see Coach White
Lacrosse Girls	May 12,  10:00  @ B-CC
Lacrosse Boys	May 12, TBD home vs winner Whitman @ PB

Springbrook takes its best shot - April 27 - With one game left against divisional rivals, the Blue Devils' senior-laden boys lacrosse team remains undefeated and has plans to make significant post-season noise.  more . . .

Blue Devils earn divisional title - April 25 - After beating Blake 17-4, earning their eighth victory in as many tries this season, the team's seniors allowed themselves a moment to enjoy something they had never accomplished before.  In the last three years, Springbrook finished second, third and tied for second in the Montgomery 4A East Division.  But the win over their Northeast Consortium rivals meant the Blue Devils have clinched the title for the first time since any of their players have been in high school.  Gazette

Spring sports previews

Softball -Springbrook (11-5) suffered two big personnel losses last year in 25-year coach John Haberman and catcher Avian Spiller, who batted .321 with 21 RBI and boasted a .965 fielding percentage.  But, the Blue Devils, under the leadership of first-year coach Michael Miller, do return their starting pitcher, Kelly Callan. And they’ll also rely on returning seniors Lauren Reed, at first base, and Melaney Cox in the outfield for strong performances.  Gazette

Baseball - The county’s most notable performers include Springbrook pitcher Keith Hessler.  Hessler finished last year with just a 5-4 record, but he had an excellent 2.42 ERA and struck out 78 batters in 52 1/3 innings as the Blue Devils’ ace.  ‘‘We need to continue to improve defensively to be successful this season,” Blue Devils coach Kevin Andre said. ‘‘Also, taking advantage of run-scoring opportunities will be a key to our success.”   Seniors Danny Green (.3-4, 4.83 ERA) and Nathan Evans (.286 BA, 7 RBI) and junior Ryan Richman (.318 BA, 13 runs) will help Hessler execute that winning formula.  more . . .

Boys lacrosse - Springbrook's boys lacrosse team is coming off a 6-6 campaign but have only lost two seniors who received significant playing time.  The strength of the team may lie in its aggressive midfielders, Ben Simmons and David Abramson.  But its most potent scorer is also returning, attacker Adam Brizendine (29 goals, 17 assists), as is fellow attacker Tim Roe (30 points) - more at team website.

Girls lacrosse - The girls lacrosse team, which suffered a close and disappointing loss to B-CC in the quarterfinals of last year's 4A-3A West Region playoffs, will return its leading scorer in Lauren Kessler.  She will be a beacon of stability that graduated several seniors last season, but returns a large junior class looking for experience.  First-year coach Emily Benson will take over for the departed Koula Strosnider - more at team website.

Winter sports awards
Mar. 15 - The winter athletic award night was held on Thursday, March 15th.  The hosts this year were seniors Taryn Christian and Jordan Sawadogo.  Highlights of the evening included the recognition of our 11 student-athletes for attaining a 4.0 GPA, the introduction of 35 students for their individual achievement at the state level, and the saluting of the wrestling and boys basketball teams for winning their respective division championships.  The evening closed with all of the students being awarded certificates and being honored for winning over 70 percent of their games while maintaining over a 3.0 GPA overall.  The athletic department wishes to thank all of the parents for their support and for the food they brought with a special thanks going to Mrs. Robbins for her organizing this event.  Click here for award winners.

Basketball playoff updates

Mar. 3 - Springbrook's girls basketball team fell to Blake, 52-44, in the Maryland 4A North regional championship game.  The girls had previously defeated Thomas Johnson, 57-50, in the regional semi-finals.  Many thanks to the players and coaches for a truely outstanding 2006-07season. more . . .

Feb. 28 - The boys varsity's phenomenal season ended with a 59-53 loss to Sherwood in the Maryland 4A North regional semi-finals.  The team finished the season with an overall record of 19-4 and raked 17 in the metro area by the Washington Post.  Congratulations to the team and coaches for a job very well done!   more , . .

Feb. 26 - Both the boys and girls teams are highly regarded in the Maryland 4A basketball playoffs.  So far the boys team has defeated Perry Hall 80-48 in the second round of the northern regional bracket, and will next face Sherwood in the regional semi-finals.  The girls team beat Sherwood in its second round game and also advanced to the regional semi-finals.  Check the boys team website and the girls team website for published previews and updates as post season play develops.  For complete playoff brackets and the latest game results and news, go to the MPSSAA.org website - boys playoffs here and girls playoffs here.

Taryn Christian signs with Northeastern
Feb. 21 - Point guard Taryn Christian, whose fantastic all-around play has led the Springbrook Blue Devils to a Division 4A East's best record this season, has given a verbal commitment to play basketball at NCAA Division I Northeastern, in Boston.  more . . .

Coach Milloy named to Maryland football hall of fame
Long time Springbrook football coach Bob Milloy was inducted into the Maryland Coaches Football Hall of Fame this past weekend.  Coach Milloy was Springbrook’s football coach from 1974 to 1991. During that time Coach Milloy’s teams had a record of 168-38 including trips to 11 state championships while winning 6 of them.  Current Springbrook football coaches Rob Wendel and Adam Bahr played for Coach Milloy.  It was also announced at the induction that the following Springbrook players were named Maryland All State Honorable Mention:  Darius Hill, Nick Oates, and Ben Simmons.

Blue Devils host Grapple @ the Brook IX, finish second
Jan. 19-20 - Springbrook placed second at the ninth annual Grapple @ the Brook wrestling tournament, one of the area's premier wrestling events hosted annually by the Blue Devils.  This year's tournament team champion, Northwest, led Springbrook by just 23 1/2 points.  In individual match-ups, three Springbrook wrestlers placed first in their weight classes - Joffrey Alcidor took first place in the 140 pound class, Jordan Dow won at 160, and Paul Milano won at 215.  more . . .

Basketball teams win consortium honors
Jan. 12 - Springbrook's boys and girls varsity basketball teams both defeated Blake, one of the Blue Devils' two Northeast Consortium rivals.  The boys team won 79-59 and the girls won 44-39.  Both Blue Devils teams had previously beaten the other consortium school, Paint Branch, allowing Springbrook to claim this season's informal consortium championship.

Basketball teams sweep holiday tornament
Dec. 18 - Both the boys and girls varsity basketball teams went undefeated at the annual Springbrook Holiday Tournament.  The boys team won the tournament championship by defeating Northwest 71-45.  The girls team did likewise by edging  Northwest 41-39.  More at the boys basketball webpage and the girls basketball webpage.

Springbrook athletes earn post-season honors
Dec. 15 -  The Washington Post named four Springbrook football players to the All-Montgomery 4A team - running back Adou Kouadio, wide receiver Nick Oates, kicker Ben Simmons, and linebacker Darius Hill.  The Post also listed Lauren Kessler as honorable mention on the All-Met field hockey team, and Ritchie Steinwand made honorable mention on the All-Gazette golf team.  Three Springbrook athletes were named All-Gazette in field hockey - senior defenders Kelly Callan and Hanh Nguyen, and senior goalkeeper Lauren Kessler. more . . .

Girls basketball preview
In his first year as the girls varsity coach, Oliver Riggs inherits a team that has won back-to-back region championships, so he knows he has the talent to work with.  But he’s ambitious -- Riggs wants more than just a regional title. He wants to build a legacy.  Riggs is talking about a state championship, something that the Blue Devils have been within reach of in the past two years, in which they won a combined 43 games, but couldn’t get.  more . . .

Boys basketball preview
Second-year Springbrook coach Tom Crowell looks out on the practice floor and sees a gaggle of new, unfamiliar faces. In his debut season with the Blue Devils, he led a team that surged near the prominence of the 2003-2004 squad that won a regional title, finishing 18-6 before falling in the 4A North region semifinals.  But nine seniors from last year’s team are gone, so Crowell has to rebuild from the ground up. ‘‘We’re starting mostly seniors, but these kids were behind our other kids last year,” said Crowell.  more . . .

Three Blue Devils althletes sign
Dec. 5 - The Springbrook High athletic community took advantage of the early college signing period as three student-athletes either signed or committed to play their chosen sport at the next level starting next fall. Lauren Kessler will head north to Rhode Island to play field hockey at Brown University. Nick Oates, a wide receiver and defensive back in football, will stay nearby and continue his gridiron career at Towson University, while left-handed pitcher Keith Hessler is headed south to play baseball for Coastal Carolina (S.C.).  more . . .

Wresting season preview
Springbrook wrestling is getting ready to build on last season's success.  Last year, the team posted a regular-season record of 12-2, completing one of their best records in school history, but just missed qualifying for the Regional Dual-meet championships. ‘‘We have a pretty good group of returners,” said head coach Rob Wendel, entering his 13th year as the Blue Devils’ coach. ‘‘Though it will be hard to fill some of the weights left by seniors last year.”  more . . .

Fall athletes honored 
Nov. 21 - Springbrook's fall sports participants and coaches were honored at the 2006 Fall Athletic Banquet.  The following Outstanding Athletes were honored: 
 

Field Hockey V - Kelly Callan  Field Hockey JV - Mirielle Encarnacion  Girls Soccer V - Beth Hagler Girls Soccer JV - Samantha Hitt  Girls Tennis - Victorine Ngang  Girls Volleyball V - Ariel Hsu  Girls Volleyball JV - Siani Wong

Girls Cross Country - Emily Blecker  Boys Cross Country - Jordan Sawadago Football V - Adou Kouadio  Football JV - Joey Daniels  Golf - Richie Steinwand  Boys Soccer V - Augustine Vandy  Boys Soccer JV - Edwin Hernandez

Special Recognition to the following scholar-athletes with 4.0 GPAs: Diana Daisey, Kathryn Dharmara, Angelica Eng, Esther French, Carly Gordon, Danica Gordon, George Greenhow, Pavithra Jaisankar, Grace Kim, Gowry Kulandaivel, Megan Lewis, Elizabeth Lowman, Giridhar Sankar, Christine Sweigart, Christopher Swier, Dennis Tran, Eirene Wang, Ruth Young. 

Field hockey playoffs:

Blue Devils' fall to Whitman
Oct. 31 - Springbrook field hockey ended its playoff run with a 2-1 loss to Whitman.  The varsity team completed the 2006 season with a 6-1 divisional record and 10-4 overall record.  Congratulations to the team for an outstanding season.  Examiner

Springbrook defeats Wootton in round one
Oct. 26 - Springbrook's varsity field hockey team defeated Wootton, 1-0, in the first round of the state 4A playoffs.  In the next round, the Blue Devils take on Walt Whitman, on Tuesday, October 31 at 3:00 pm at Cannon Road. Gazette

Support needed for JV Lacrosse 
Oct. 4 - On Thursday, October 12th there will be a public forum on the Montgomery County Public Schools FY 2008 Operating Budget.  Amy Knobloch, a student at Richard Montgomery, will be giving testimony in support of adding JV lacrosse to all MCPS high schools for the spring of 2008.  The meeting will start at 7:00 pm in the auditorium of the Carver Center located at 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville.  The exact time of the testimony will be published on Thursday, October 12.  Each testimony is limited to 3 minutes.  It is extremely important that we get a lot of parents, students and coaches at the meeting to show their support of starting JV lacrosse. 

Fall sports week two highlights
Sept. 16 - Springbrook football - Devils avenge last year's first ever loss to Blair, winning 28-0.  Field hockey teams dominate Einstein - varsity wins 2-0, JV 4-0.

Football scheduling changes
Sept. 1 - Starting with the home opener September 9 against Sherwood, all of Springbrook's home games will now be played on the Blue Devils' home field.  The games had previously been scheduled to be played at alternative sites due to work being done on our field. 

2006 fall sports previews:

Field hockey - Springbrook had the best season, in teerms of playoff success, of any public-school field hockey team in 2005, reaching the 4A state final before losing, 3-0, to South River. The Blue Devils (14-3 last year) lost nine seniors from that squad but 13 seniors will step up to take their place, including All-Gazette first-team selections Lauren Kessler and Hanh Nguyen. . . Other key players are center midfielder Danica Gordon, senior forward Yuri Sin, and senior defender Carly Gordon, Danica’s twin sister. more . . .

Football - Varsity head coach Rob Wendel seeks to build on last season's 5-5 record.  The Blue Devils feature seven starters returning to the offense and eight to the defense.  Junior LB Darius Hill was the team's leader in sacks last season, and will get a boost from senior LB Kevin Robinson, who transferred from Blake.  more . . .

Boys soccer - Springbrook will build from the back tthis season, with three returning starters on defense. Senior Augustine Vandy will also likely be pulled back into defense from the forward role he played last year, further strengthening an already experienced unit.  ‘‘Our defense looks to be pretty strong, so I think we’ll be in good shape,” coach John Haigh said. ‘‘Overall, I think things will be really good. They really look like a team, and I think they’re going to perform much better this year.‘‘  more . . .

Girls soccer - Springbrook has won only one game in tthe last two seasons, but coach Maria Ciasca is confident the Blue Devils are ready to make their move. They graduated only one senior from last year’s squad and will look to senior Allison Bundock and junior Joanna Garcia for scoring production. Senior Beth Hagler will lead the team’s back line.  more . . .

Girls volleyball - Springbrook coach Melissa Truman may bbe in her first year, but she is not without experience.  As a senior at Delaware State University, Truman served as an assistant coach on the women’s volleyball team, and hopes to bring some of that skill to the Blue Devils.  ‘‘We have a lot of veteran players that have played well in our early scrimmages,” Truman said. ‘‘Considering that the varsity is [made up of] mostly juniors, there is a lot of potential. . .  ‘We feel like we’re ready to have a great year,” Truman said.  more . . .

Haberman retires from coaching
June 21 - John Haberman has become synonymous with Springbrook High athletics in the last 25 years. Though he has coached at various schools during his 37-year Montgomery County coaching tenure, he has spent most of his time with the Blue Devils. more . . .

Great thanks to Laurie and Larry Checco, 
out-going but irreplaceable Booster Club co-presidents 
June 10 - Over the past four years, Laurie and Larry Checco have provided fantastic leadership of Springbrook's Booster Club.  Through their energetic and unflagging dedication to Springbrook athletics, the Booster Club has helped to support a period of incredible success for all Springbrook's sports programs, including a state champion field hockey team (2003); a state championship in gymnastics (2003); a boys basketball team in the state finals (2004); hugely successful girls basketball teams (regional finalists or titles 2003 - 05); a regional cross-country title (2004); and a divisional title in swim & dive (2004).  The Checcos' tremendous committment and efforts have brought about great improvements in athletics facilities and resources, not least of which are the school's new stadium lights.  Now that sons Brian and Peter have graduated (classes of 04 and 06 respectively), the Checcos will be stepping down and turning over things over to David and Terry Pena.  Thanks Laurie and Larry, from all of the members of the Booster Club for a great four years at the helm!

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2006 - 07 Co-Presidents: David Pena and Theresa McKenna