20070907 Francis Scott Key vs Westminster High Game Video Clips

Westminster High School – Francis Scott Key football game at Ruby Field on Friday, Sept. 7 in Carroll County Maryland. www.kevindayhoff.net

Francis Scott Key vs Westminster High Game Video Clips

September 7, 2007

I took three quick videos at the Westminster – Francis Scott Key football game on Friday, Sept. 7 in Carroll County Maryland.

I had the pleasure to attend the “rededication” of the “Ruby Field” sign under the scoreboard at the Westminster High School football field right before the Westminster – Francis Scott Key football game on Friday, Sept. 7.

After the rededication ceremonies, I stayed to watch some of the game and took several short videos…

Update: Steve Jones, writing in the Westminster Eagle, wrote about the game on September 12, 2007:

“The Eagles utilized a standout defense that limited Westminster to just 53 yards on the ground and big plays from two unlikely heroes to record a 14-9 win over the host Westminster Owls in the season opener for both teams Friday night.”

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20070907 Francis Scott Key vs Westminster High Video Clip 1

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Kevin Dayhoff September 7^th, 2007 www.kevindayhoff.net

20070907 Francis Scott Key vs Westminster High Game Video Clips

20070905 Westminster Eagle Week in Review

Westminster Eagle Week in Review

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 - Posted Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Kevin E. Dayhoff

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Day at State Fair fills us with Carroll County pride
What better way to spend one of the last hoorahs of summer than enjoying a day at the Maryland State Fair?

The fair, which ended its run on Monday, is always a sensory overload of lights, sounds, smells, food and the people watching, not to mention the traditional fair favorites such as the animal...
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Local News Saturday, September 08

Recreation

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LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

Balance is theme in Carroll County as 2007 football campaign begins

Two years ago, football teams at Westminster and South Carroll high schools reached Maryland state championship games in their respective classifications.

That same year, Francis Scott Key and Winters Mill also made postseason appearances as Carroll County placed four of its seven schools in the MPSSAA state playoffs.

It's possible that same scenario could happen in 2007.

While several teams were depleted by graduation, the quality of football in the county appears to be at an all-time high. Consider th...
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Test scores are in, but warrant a closer look
The results are in, but county education officials last week weren't quite sure whether they warranted a cheer ... or a more subdued pat on the back.

Just as students were settling back into school, Carroll County Public Schools staffers were diving last week into a detailed analysis of new High S...
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Family treasures at HSCC
Appraisal Day taps into history and family pride

It's interesting to see what people have in their attics, basements and stored away in closets.

For Timmi Pierce, executive director of the Historical Society of Carroll County, one of the most interesting "finds" during last year's HSCC Antiques ...
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Focus on People

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Focus on People
Venturing Crew earns environmental honor

Representatives of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Boy Scouts of America this month presented the youth of Venturing Crew 202 with the William T. Hornaday Award for significant service in the field of natural resource conservation.

To ear...
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Business Briefs

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Business Briefs
Primm takes new position at New Windsor

New Windsor State Bank has announced that Louna S. Primm recently joined the bank in the position of executive vice president and chief lending officer.

In the new role, she is responsible for NWSB's commercial, residential and consumer lending.

Primm h...
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Opinion

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Commuter service trial run might be a way to test transit waters
Editorial

The Board of County Commissioners raised a few eyebrows recently with a reported discussion of the future of transit service in Carroll County and whether there's any desire to connect with neighborhoods closer to, or even in, Baltimore city.

In the wake of that discussion, a longtime ...
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Wolf at the Door

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Commuters could milk the railway lines for all they're worth
I'm always fascinated about the words or sayings we use.

I once heard a man at a gathering say, "Well, I waited and took the milk train down to Baltimore."

I couldn't help but ask him if he knew where or how that expression started. I then had an opportunity to use some stored up facts.

Farmer...
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Culleton on Carroll

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Taxpayers support those who spend in the wrong places
I think Ebenezer Scrooge must have been a Republican. And if he lived today, he would buy a McMansion in Carroll County.

Scanning the local papers I find that the wealthier people get the stingier they are. For example, our commissioners get paid about the same as the beginning salary for a comput...
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YMCA weighing options

Walking through the Westminster Inn last week, Jeff Sprinkle couldn't help but remember his days in the building as a student.

Both he and his father, Sprinkle said, attended school at the Inn when it was a schoolhouse. Despite the fact that the classrooms have been converted to bedrooms and the d...
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Test scores are in, but warrant a closer look
The results are in, but county education officials last week weren't quite sure whether they warranted a cheer ... or a more subdued pat on the back.

Just as students were settling back into school, Carroll County Public Schools staffers were diving last week into a detailed analysis of new High S...
[Read full story]

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Teens' creativity reaps reward from library
For the fifth year, middle school and high school youth of Carroll County were given an opportunity to show off their writing chops during the Carroll County Public Library's Summer Shorts contest.

The five county library branches collected a total of 70 entries over the course of the summer.

La...
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News Briefs
Steam and Gas show at Farm Museum, Sept. 7-9

The Mason Dixon Historical Society Inc. will host its 45th annual Steam and Gas Round-Up at the Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center St., Friday-Sunday, Sept. 7, 8 and 9, 7 a.m. to dusk each day. The day starts with breakfast, 7-10 a.m., and a flag...
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Fun and games for a good cause: Youth Services Bureau
The second annual Day to Play on Saturday, Sept. 8, in Westminster promises a fun time for children and adults alike, but also has a serious mission in mind -- helping raise money for the Carroll County Youth Services Bureau.

The Day to Play fund-raiser calls on teams of participants to scour the ...
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Family treasures at HSCC

Education Notes

Education Notes

09/05/07
By Heidi Schroeder

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Mad about Monarchs at Bear Branch

Carroll County Outdoor School and Bear Branch Nature Center will sponsor "Monarch Madness" on Sunday, Sept. 23, noon to 4 p.m. at Bear Branch Nature Center.

Participants will celebrate the arrival of autumn by learning about the annual migration of Monarch butterflies to and from Mexico. They will also have the chance to meet a life-sized Monarch butterfly and caterpillar while enjoying butterfly and native plant walks, a monarch life cycle exhibit, monarch migration tag and release, native plants and butterfly items for sale. Discussions during the day will include monarch "stations," native gardening and Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly restoration.

There will also be crafts, games, face painting and butterfly storytelling. Food, beverages and souvenirs will be for sale.

Call 410-848-2517 or e-mail bbnc@carr.org for more information. Bear Branch Nature Center is located at 300 John Owings Road in Westminster.

> The Carroll County Board of Education will meet on Monday, Sept. 10, 5 p.m., in room 007 of the board offices, 125 N. Court St., Westminster. The public is invited to attend. The agenda and back-up materials for the meeting will be available for review on BoardDocs at the CCPS Web site at www.carrollk12.org.

> The Westminster Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization will meet at the school on Monday, Sept. 17, 3:30 p.m. For more information, e-mail WestminsterPTO@yahoo.com.

> Westminster High School's Instrumental Music Boosters will hold an indoor-outdoor Craft Fair, Flea Market and Yard Sale on Saturday, Sept. 8, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Westminster High School, 1225 Washington Road in Westminster. There will be food and door prizes, as well as a children's corner with baby sitting.

For more information, call Annette at 410-857-9673. Proceeds benefit Westminster High Instrumental Music.

> A public hearing on the boundary line changes for Ebb Valley Elementary School and the new northeast high school will be held Monday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m. at North Carroll High School, 1400 Panther Drive, Hampstead.

I want to hear about upcoming events and achievements at your school. Share items with me by phone at 410-386-0334 or by e-mail at hschroeder AT patuxent.com.

Sports Notes

'Beastlax' seeking players for grades 10-12

The Beastlax 7-on-7 Fall Lacrosse League is looking for high school age players in 10th, 11th and 12th grades.

All games will be held in Westminster on Saturday afternoons, Sept. 15-Oct. 20. E-mail or call for information, at [Read full story]

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Reporter's Notebook

* BIG SHOES TO FILL ... Graduation took many top players from 2006. Just two of the county's top five rushers and two of the top 10 receivers return, so this could be a rebuilding year for several teams. Also, only two regular quarterbacks are back for 2007: Liberty's Colton Weaver and North Carroll...
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Key Games to Watch
From cross-county road trips to cross-town rivalries, the 2007 Carroll County high school football schedule has several critical matches at key times. For some, these contests could set the tone of the 2007 campaign early on; for others, a late-season road game or poor weather could make the differe...
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Coffee, doughnuts and ice cream in Boston by Kevin Dayhoff
My wife and I recently spent our annual "history week trek" in Boston, Mass.

We had already completed our obligatory family vacation at the beach. For the additional annual week away, often in the past we have headed south to the "grits belt" for a "history-and-working" vacation. Williamsburg, Va....
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20070405 Sports Hall of Fame preps for 2007 class

Sports Hall of Fame preps for 2007 class

Westminster Eagle

04/05/07

The Rotary Club of Westminster has announced the inductees for the class of 2007 Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame.

This year's members of the hall will be honored at the annual Sports Hall of Fame Banquet on Friday, April 13, at Carroll Community College, beginning at 6 p.m.

There are currently 54 persons honored in the hall of fame. The five inductees for 2007 are:

*Amber Clutter Hunter -- a soccer All-American, All-South Region, All-State and All-County player, Baltimore Metro Athlete of the Year and 12-letter winner at South Carroll High School;

*Tom Reese -- a football and wrestling standout at North Carroll High, All-County and All-Monocacy Valley League player in football, two-time county, regional and state champion and All-American in wrestling, three-time Atlantic Coast Conference champion and three-time NCAA qualifier in Division One.

*Charles Robert Barnhart -- the first quarterback on Westminster High School's inaugural football team. He also played basketball and played shortstop on one of Westminster's best baseball teams.

*Dwight Dingle -- has served many years as sports voice of WTTR-Radio. He has promoted and developed the station's Athlete of the Week Award, and covered nearly every sport played in Carroll County, following teams all over the region; and

*Paul "Pete" Widener -- played football, basketball and ran track at Westminster High, played football and lacrosse at Duke.

He was an All American, All-Conference and All-Metro player at Westminster. At the college level, he played football in the Cotton Bowl and the Blue-Gray Classic.

The unveiling ceremony of the plaques on the Sports Hall of Fame Wall will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the induction banquet in the college atrium.

Tickets for the evening are $30, and are available at The Boston Inn, 533 Baltimore Blvd., and branches of The New Windsor State Bank.

For more information, call 410-848-9095.

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20051130 Westminster, City College set to renew old football ties

Aerial photo of Westminster High School on Longwell Avenue in 1950

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11/30/2005 By Kevin E. Dayhoff

This Friday at 7 p.m., City College of Baltimore and Westminster High School will face off in the state football semifinals - at Westminster.

The only other time these two teams played each other on the gridiron was 54 years ago, in September 1951.

Two prominent local physicians remember that '51 game well - from opposite sides of the field.

Dr. John Steers Sr., City College class of 1952, played end for the City College Black Knights.

Dr. Dean Griffin, WHS class of 1952, was the team manager for the Westminster Owls.

In September 1951, the Westminster football program was only four years old. Herb Ruby first started Westminster High School football in 1947.

Fortunately, the lights for the field (later named Ruby Field) had been installed the year before or the game may never have happened.

According to Steers, as the bus driver was bringing the City College team up Old Baltimore Pike, (four years before Route 140 opened), "he got lost, and we followed the lights to the school."

It may have been just as well if City had gotten lost, as the Owls came up short in the contest, 20-6, in a game marred by too many fumbles, according to an account by The Sun.

(The 1952 Owl Yearbook notes that the Owls lost 22-6. Whatever ... Westminster lost.)

In 1951, head coach Herb Ruby, backfield coach Fern Hitchcock and line coach Nate Weinstock mentored the Westminster Owls, according to Griffin.

For City, Andy DiFassio was head coach. Steers still keeps in touch with Difassio after all these years, and will have dinner with him this week. Steers is considering inviting him up for this Friday's game, but may re-consider "due to [DiFassio's] age," he said.

Griffin noted that Ruby and Hitchcock were later recognized by the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame, sponsored by the Rotary Club, for contributions to sports in Carroll County. Nathan Weinstock was a volunteer coach.

Many will remember that Weinstock also owned "Weinstock's Dress Shop" on Westminster's Main Street.

A member of the Owls 1951 football team, Charlie Havens Jr., was also later inducted into the Hall of Fame. (So was his dad, Charlie Havens Sr., a Western Maryland College coach who also played professional football and was an active volunteer in the Westminster Fire Company. Griffin referred to him as a "one-man ambulance crew.")

Both Griffin and Steers remember the game as if it were yesterday.

Early in the first quarter Steers, playing end for the Knights, gathered up a fumble on the Westminster 15-yard line. Two plays later, Dick Whedbee, of City scored on a 13-yard run.

In the September 1951 Sun account, staff writer Edwin H. Brandt wrote: "City scored again after two minutes of the second quarter had gone by when Gene [sic Ð Carl] Fisher, Westminster quarterback, fumbled ... twice in a row. City recovered the second on the 9-yard line and [two plays later] Chuck Doering plunged over É"

"Westminster made its bid to get back into the game," Brandt continued, when "Fullback Al Kelbaugh got his shoulders over the goal line É"

In the third and final score of the game, "Quarterback Jerry Sisson then went around end on the initial play of the last period for the touchdown."

In this year's rematch, Westminster is ranked second in the state, according to a Nov. 23 poll by The Sun, while City is ranked 11th.

Griffin pondered that the 2005 Owl football team, coached by Brad Wilson, may be one of the three best ever fielded by Westminster. The other two teams he mentioned were the 1976 team and 1950 squad, which went 9-1 for the season. (This writer would add the 1981 squad.)

In 1950, Quarterback Jack Bowersox was named "All-Maryland" and halfback Bob Settle and tackle Calvin Dutterer were named "All-County."

The 1951 Owl yearbook notes that the success of the team "was the culmination of a great deal of work on the part of civic-minded citizens of WestminsterÉ"

Today, many "civic-minded" citizens who know their football expect Westminster to go on to win the state championship after they settle a 54-year old score with City College.

Dr. Steers said he is looking forward to the game this Friday, and asked that The Westminster Eagle spread the word for 1951 team members to get in touch with him, so that they may meet at the VFW at 4:40 p.m. for dinner and attend the game together.

It's a shame they'll all witness City College lose.

Go Owls.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

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