IAAM News
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The IAAM Spring Sportsmanship Award goes to St. Timothy’s standout Katie Smolka
June 10, 2025Being honored with the IAAM Spring Sportsmanship Award doesn’t mean that Katie Smolka’s only contributions to her softball team are of the intangible variety. Yes, the St. Timothy’s School senior did a great job of encouraging and supporting her teammates throughout the program’s inaugural B Conference season. -
IAAM Softball Coach of the Year Phillip Tomlin guided Pallotti’s huge turnaround
June 07, 2025Prior to this season, the last time St. Vincent Pallotti softball challenged for a conference title was in the pre-pandemic year of 2019. Since that appearance in the B Conference final against eventual champion St. Paul’s School for Girls, the Panthers won a total of eight games — a figure matched by this year’s squad under first-year coach Phillip Tomlin.
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Maryvale’s Chris Compton Tees Off Inaugural Golf Season & Lands Coach of the Year Honors
June 05, 2025Building an athletic program from ground zero can take time, with grace given as new personnel and players get acclimated to a new sports offering. No one would even blink twice if a first-ever golf season produced a proverbial “mulligan”…. a do-over of sorts where each subsequent season would be a bit stronger than the last.
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AACS’s Madelyn Smith Runs Away with Track & Field Coach of the Year Title
June 05, 2025Madelyn Smith was just 6 years old and living in Michigan when she first hit the ground running. What initially began as a young girl using sports to come out of her shell, has morphed into a high school coach who mentors other girls to gain lessons and values competing in track & field.
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Brian Reese honored as IAAM Lacrosse Coach of the Year
May 31, 2025Four years after taking over the lacrosse program at Maryvale, Brian Reese found the right formula to help the program earn its first A Conference championship since 2002. To finally emerge with the coveted title, the Lions’ recent legacy of playoff disappointments had to be overcome and the 2025 IAAM Lacrosse Coach of the Year was up to the challenge.
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Photos: IAAM Golf Championship (Day 2)
May 27, 2025
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IAAM Senior Athletes Share the Best of Their Year in Sports
May 23, 2025Memory Highlight Reels - IAAM Senior Athletes Share the Best of Their Year in Sports
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Notre Dame Prep Wins the IAAM B Conference Softball Title Behind Big Bats & Power Pitching
May 17, 2025Following an undefeated sweep in conference play during the regular season, Notre Dame Prep stepped up to the postseason plate and aimed for the fences. It was more than a title they were swinging for, it was also redemption.
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John Carroll holds off Spalding in eight innings to repeat in A Conference softball
May 16, 2025By definition, John Carroll’s softball team produced a mediocre regular season, splitting 10 games against A Conference competition. The Patriots (14-6, 8-5 league) were swept by Archbishop Spalding (14-4, 11-1) and Mount de Sales Academy (10-6, 8-3) while also dropping one of two encounters with McDonogh (8-10, 4-7). The playoffs, on the other hand, were an entirely different matter for coach Sherry Hudson’s squad.
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"C" Conference Title Game, top-seeded Bryn Mawr outlasts St. Vincent Pallotti in an 11-10 softball thriller
May 16, 2025Devin Hanson was a sophomore when top-seeded Bryn Mawr was upset in the C Conference championship game in 2023. Two years later, Hanson stepped forward as a senior to accept the first-place trophy after the top-seeded Mawrtians outlasted Pallotti, 11-10, in a thrilling C Conference title game that ended on a walk-off single by Bryn Mawr freshman pitcher Violet Schanbacher in the bottom of the seventh inning.
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Bryn Mawr, Maryvale prevail in A and B golf, Ishii claims individual A crown
May 15, 2025Bryn Mawr found its comfort zone while claiming a third straight A Conference championship on Wednesday afternoon at Fox Hollow Golf Course in Timonium. The Mawrtians, paced by individual champion Julianna Ishii (71), finished five strokes in front of runner-up Roland Park Country School (142) to earn the three-peat and fifth outright title (co-champs with Archbishop Spalding in 2018). The neighborhood rivals were tied after the first round before Bryn Mawr pulled away on the final day.
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Today's Conference Softball Championships are postponed until Thursday
May 13, 2025The "A", "B" and "C Conference Championship Softball games are postponed for today .... Games set for Thursday
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McDonogh Eagles capture 4th consecutive title in track and field
May 12, 2025It was déjà vu all over again and again and again atop both the A and B conferences team scores at the conclusion of the IAAM Track and Field Championships at Archbishop Spalding on May 10.
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Mount de Sales sails past the Mercy Magic with a 15-8 win to notch the "B" Conference lacrosse title
May 11, 2025What a difference a year made for Mount de Sales lacrosse. After a last place finish in 2024, the Sailors flipped the script, claiming the IAAM B Conference crown Saturday evfening with a 15-8 victory over Mercy at USA Lacrosse’s Tierney Field.
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Dominating the draws, AACS claims first C Conference lacrosse title since 2016
May 11, 2025Senior Skylar Sensenbrenner and junior Ava Linnell took the C Conference championship game by storm at USA Lacrosse’s Tierney Field in Sparks on Saturday. The talented Annapolis Area Christian School midfielders combined for a dozen goals and a whopping 22 draw controls as the top-seeded Eagles downed second-seeded Catholic High, 20-11, to earn the program’s first title since going back-to-back in 2015-16.
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Minderlein’s moment carries fourth-seeded Maryvale past No. 2 Spalding in A Conference lacrosse final
May 10, 2025The moment was not too big for Lainey Minderlein. Although she was not one of the 11 Maryvale starters announced by veteran public address announcer Chris Ely before the A Conference championship game Friday night at USA Lacrosse’s Tierney Field, the junior midfielder was unquestionably front and center during the contest.
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The Lineup is Set for IAAM Softball Championships
May 09, 2025With semifinals play complete, the field has been narrowed, and six teams will step up to the plate for a crack at an IAAM softball title. In the “A” Conference semifinals action, top seed Archbishop Spalding, who ran the table with a 10-0 conference record in-season, faced #4 seed McDonogh. The Cavaliers advanced with a 3-0 sweep.
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IAAM Track and Field Championship on course to break records
May 09, 2025With the aid of near perfect weather and a fast track at McDonogh School on May 7th, John Carroll took a team points 49-to-32 lead over Roland Park its current main B Conference competitor. McDonogh is favored among the A’s and holds a 68-t0-50.5 lead over Maryvale. The final day of competition is Saturday, May 10, 8:30 am, at Archbishop Spalding.
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Photos: IAAM Track & Field Championships - Day 1
May 08, 2025Photos: IAAM Track & Field Championships - Day 1
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John Carroll’s Hannah Roy Named IAAM Badminton Coach of the Year
May 07, 2025The John Carroll School’s Hannah Roy was nominated by her peers, earning the pinnacle of coaching accolades as the IAAM named her the 2025 Badminton Coach of the Year. The honor illustrated that an award’s significance can extend beyond what’s tallied in the win/loss columns. Roy’s prestigious pat on the back highlighted the lasting impact she made on her players, a light so bright that even her competitors applauded the effort.
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Moran’s overtime goal propels Maryvale past McDonogh to reach Friday’s A Conference lacrosse final against Spalding
May 07, 2025Flipping the script was the order of the day for the Maryvale lacrosse team against McDonogh in an A Conference semifinal Tuesday afternoon in Owings Mills. The fourth-seeded Lions, who fell to the Eagles, 11-10, in mid-April despite building a commanding 6-1 advantage, roared back from a 6-2 halftime deficit to knock of the top seeds, 9-8, on freshman Maddie Moran’s free-position goal with 2:03 remaining in the first overtime period.
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Bryn Mawr Caps Perfect Badminton Season with a Title & Wins Doubles. Garrison Forest Clinches Singles
May 03, 2025The three-day IAAM Badminton Tournament concluded on Friday, with Bryn Mawr taking the championship title, putting an exclamation point on an undefeated regular season run. Garrison Forest’s Gracie Kothari battled to earn the singles championship, while Bryn Mawr’s Liana Kai and Aashna Thadani won the doubles crown.
