Thursday, October 27, 2011
The Knights run of consecutive Region XX titles ends at four after losing to the College of Southern Maryland Wednesday on penalty kicks.
CCBC Essex's hope of getting back to the NJCAA Division I national tournament came to an abrupt end on Wednesday. College of Southern Maryland upset the Knights in the Region XX semifinals at Anne Arundel Community College. The two teams tied 0-0 after two overtimes, but College of Southern Maryland advanced to the championship match after outscoring CCBC Essex 4-2 on penalty kicks. The loss put the Knights in unfamiliar territory as they had won the Region XX title every year from 2007-10 and advanced to the national tournament twice. CCBC Essex ended its season at 12-2-3. Despite the loss, sophomores Jacob Gladden (Perry Hall), defender, and Daniel Baxter (Calvert Hall), midfielder, were named to the NJCAA Region XX Division I Men's …
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Head coach Larry Williams has several new faces, including Loch Raven grad Mary Gauvin and former Kenwood standout Bethany Anderson.
Last year, the CCBC Essex women’s cross country team placed third in the Maryland JUCO Region XX championships, behind the performance of Joanna Barranco (fifth), Erin Williams (11th), Barbara Henschel (13th) and Amanda Foble (15th). Barranco is now an assistant coach with the team this season. Williams is attending Bloomsburg (PA) University. Henschel is attending Towson University. And Foble, who like the other three got a two-year degree at the school, is working in the area. That left head coach Larry Williams, the father of Erin, with seven freshmen going into a scrimmage with Anne Arundel Community College last week. “That was our dominant team last year,” said coach Williams, who began the program four years ago. "We are a total …
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Knights, who won the Region XX title last year, open their season Thursday at Chesapeake College.
CCBC Essex came within one win of making the NJCAA national tournament for the third time in four seasons in 2010. However, that bid ended with a 3-1 loss to Cincinnati State Technical & Community College at Xavier University in Ohio in the 2010 NJCAA Division I Men's Soccer North Central District Championship. CCBC Essex forward Mikias Teketele—a NJCAA Division I All Region XX Second Team selection in 2010—remembers how he felt after that loss and is confident that if the Knights get another shot at nationals, the result will be different. “I know what it takes to play at the college level now,” said Teketele, a former Archbishop Curley standout who had 15 goals and eight assists last season. Whether the rest of the Knights understand …
