A shoulder injury would end his pro career. Drafted by Youse and the Angels in the 17th round in June 1975, Boyd signed in August. Youse and scores of scouts would follow Boyd through the spring as he went 10-2 with a county-record 0.52 ERA and two no-hitters, including a perfect game in the playoffs. The upstart visitors will get a big test in Pasadena when they face Lauren Hart and the perennial contending Eagles.īobby Boyd threw hard for Brooklyn Park in a practice game at Loyola on a cold March day and impressed a California Angels scout, who reported to his supervisor, the legendary Walter Youse. Two of the county’s top teams meet in the first week of the 16-game league schedule. The girls have won 11 titles (Severna Park leads with six) and the boys nine (Broadneck leads with four). State lacrosse championships won by Anne Arundel County teams since the sport was sanctioned for such status in 1990. There is no other player that I’ve had here that I would want to come up in that situation, especially when I knew she was feeling like she may have let her team down.” Jeff Shepherd, coach of the top-ranked Severna Park softball team, on standout junior pitcher/hitter Kaila Jenkins, after she atoned for giving up three runs in the top of the fifth by tripling in two runs in the bottom of the inning to give the Falcons a 5-3 victory over Northeast. “His family is extremely supportive of him and our program, and believe me, that means a lot,” Smith said. His father, Jerry, is a lobbyist, and his mother, Kathy, is a former assistant States’ Attorney. Smith attributes Evans’ positive makeup to his parents. Mike has the team concept down.”Įvans led his Sports Management Club at school to a first-place finish in a countywide oral presentation competition and plans to major in political science, attend law school and one day take over his father’s law firm. He knows everybody else’s responsibilities and is always talking to them and telling them where to go. He knows you can’t do it alone and knows how to utilize his teammates. “A sense of the game is hard to coach and while most kids are still learning it, Mike knows it. “We made Mike a team captain and that was easy because of his sense of lacrosse that is well beyond most kids,” Smith said. Smith said Evans is as smart on the field as he is in the classroom, where he has a 4.0 grade point average this semester and a 3.3 mark overall. And I’ve learned to be a vocal leader on defense.” I’ve learned to stop balls, get take-aways and focus on my opponents trying to score. “My stickwork was OK when I was little,” Evans said, “but I loved to hit people, so they gave me a long stick, and I’ve been using it ever since. Smith has watched Evans grow as a defenseman, a position he started playing as a 10-year-old after moving from Prince George’s County to the South River district. But Evans is more than just physical on defense. Although he enjoys boxing for the exercise and says The Contender is one of his favorite TV shows, he has no intention of competing in that sport. “We could see early on that Mike had speed and strength and a great head on his shoulders far beyond most players his age.”Įvans has gotten stronger through weightlifting and boxing. “Mike started on JV with me, but after three games it was obvious that he belonged on the varsity,” said Smith, who played for Carroll and graduated from South River in 1991. Those sentiments were echoed by Seahawks coach Troy Smith, who has been at the Edgewater high school for five years after a three-year stint as coach at Parkside High in Wicomico County. “Mike is a good physical specimen with very good speed and a good head for the big step up, and should do well,” said Carroll, who also coached Chick. Greg Carroll, the longtime South River coach who retired after the 2003 season but stayed on as an assistant athletic director, says Evans has what it takes to succeed at the next level. “I was really excited because I wanted to stay in the area and Hopkins was where I wanted to go.” “On July 1, the first day college coaches could call, Hopkins was the first to call,” said Evans, who heard from Pietramala himself. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menu
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