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Pressure Is Not Getting To Gonzaga
Donne Lucas and Loudoun County enter the Dulles District tourney on a four-game winning streak.
(By Tracy A. Woodward -- The Washington Post)
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Boasting the last three Liberty District defensive players of the year, including this year's selection -- senior guard Drew Smerdzinski -- Madison has held opponents to a Northern Virginia-best 46.4 points per game.
"When teams score on us, it makes us angry," said Smerdzinski, a quick and scrappy defender who has shut down the area's best scorers.
Lackey Finding the Road Friendly
During a lackadaisical practice near the end of December, Lackey Coach Tony Mast banned his team from using the phrase, "We, not me." But on Friday, after beating three of Southern Maryland's toughest teams, all on the road, Mast granted his players freedom of speech.
The run started on Feb. 8 in Thomas Stone's rowdy gym, where the Cougars (17-2) hadn't lost. Then the Chargers went to Huntingtown (17-2) on Wednesday and dealt the Hurricanes their first home loss. They wrapped things up Friday at McDonough (12-7), the only team to beat Lackey in conference play this season.
The three wins moved the 19th-ranked Chargers to 17-3 overall, 13-1 in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference and ran their win streak to 11.
"As coaches, we looked for different reasons in each game to get them motivated," Mast said. "With this group, it's not hard."
Staff writer Paul Tenorio and special correspondents B.J. Koubaroulis and Ryan Mink contributed to this report.
