The 2015 MIAC Fall Volleyball and Soccer Playoffs will be held from Oct.19-24, 2015. Playoff Brackets will be posted soon.
MSD Girls Win Varsity Basketball Championship
As Maryland School for the Deaf girls varsity basketball team participated in the MIAC Playoffs for the first time this year, the team defeated Perry Hall before meeting their rival in Greater Grace Christian Academy in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, MSD earned a strong, solid 53-40 win to advance to the MIAC championship game for the first time.
Rockbridge Academy opened playoffs with a win over Arlington Baptist. Rockbridge Academy defeated Mount Airy Christian School, 60-53, in the semi-finals to advance to the MIAC championship game.
In the championship game, Maryland then went on to defeat Rockbridge Academy with a dominating 57-15 win to pull away for the school’s first MIAC Championship for girls varsity basketball.
The first quarter saw slow play from both teams with MSD leading 13 to 4. At the start of the second quarter, MSD pulled away with a 24-0 run to go into halftime with a 37-4 lead.
Senior guard Tessa Lewis led the team with 21 points, 4 steals, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and 2 rebounds. Junior sidekick Adele Daniels contributed to the win with 14 points, 10 steals, 3 rebounds, and 5 assists. Senior forward Monique Johnson scored 11 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in the paint. Sophomore forward Karita Lewis also had a hand in the win with 7 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals.
MSD was able to contain Rockbridge Academy freshman standout Mayowa Taiwo, who holds the highest points scored in a game in the county, to just seven points in the championship game. Rockbridge Academy was also without senior guard Olivia McCarrick as she sat out with an injury.
MSD finished the season undefeated in regular-season conference play, 12-0.
Adele Daniels (MSD), Juliana Bahan (MSD), Mayowa Taiwo (Rockbridge), and Olivia McCarrick (Rockbridge) were selected to the All-Tournament Team. Tessa Lewis (MSD) was named the MVP of the tournament.
Greater Grace Wins MIAC Varsity Boys Basketball Championship
What was originally planned for a championship Saturday at Park school had to be rescheduled to a neutral site on Monday, February 23rd. Greater Grace and Mt. Airy came into the finals after winning hard fought battles in the semi’s (GGCA over MSD 58-52 and Mt. Airy over CHEN 71-63).
Neither team could have anticipated that the first quarter would take nearly an hour to complete, and the game would go on to be played, thanks in large part to to New Life’s AD Darren Borg who successfully stopped the roof leak which threatened to cancel this championship game for the second time.
Mt. Airy jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the first 4 minutes, but after the long interruption, it was Greater Grace that went on a 12-0 run to end the quarter. GG continued their run to end the half at 34-20.
Mt. Airy made runs in the 2nd half to pull within six led by senior Bailey Finch who finished the game with 24 points. The final score 70-60. GGCA was led by the all tournament MVP junior point guard Alvin Lewis (26 points), freshman Sam Phillips (18 points), and junior Zane Turk (14 points and 9 rebounds).
The All Tournament Team includes: Alvin Lewis, Sam Phillips, and Zane Turk from Greater Grace, Bailey Finch and Emmitt Miller from Mt. Airy and Yave Sanchez from Maryland School for the Deaf, and Joseph Chase from CHEN.
New Life Takes First MIAC Varsity Volleyball Crown
New Life won it’s first volleyball championship since 1992 defeating MSD 3-0. New Life capped off a season in which the Lady Ram’s won a school record 20 matches, the first MIAC title and the school’s first Volleyball MCST State title on their way to a record of 22-2.Tori Bryant, Kelsi Stopyra, Amy Gust were named to the MIAC All-Tournament Team and Tirza Vick was the Tournament MVP
Greater Grace Wins MIAC Varsity Soccer Title
This year’s MIAC varsity boys’ soccer final was the first ever, yet it was a rematch for the two finalists: in last year’s MCAL finals, the Rockbridge Academy Scots defeated the Greater Grace Eagles 1-0. This year after splitting in the regular season (3-1 GG victory and 3-2 OT Rockbridge victory), Greater Grace came out on top in Friday’s MIAC championship.
The fans packed the bleachers at the new turf field at Ballenger Creek Park in Frederick on Fridaynight. After a hard-fought first half the Scots led 1-0 after James Mackes scored a beautiful goal off an assist from Nifemi Taiwo 15 minutes into the game). Greater Grace’s Emmanuel Pankey answered on a through ball from Zane Turk in the first minute of the second half. With 15 minutes left in the game, Zane Turk scored his 17th goal of the season from 22 yards out to win the game for the Eagles.
The All-Tournament Team included the following Rockbridge players: Andrew Burkhardt (goalie), Jay Wallen, Eben Mitchell and James Mackes. Greater Grace’s players included: Zane Turk, Dan Veader, Ryan Heidenreich, and Nick Plunkett. The Tournament MVP was Greater Grace defender, Alvin Lewis.
5 Champions Crowned at First MIAC Soccer and Volleyball Finals
The Maryland Independent Athletic Conference held it’s first Fall Sports Finals this weekend with five different schools walking away with championship banners.
On Friday, the Boys Middle School and Varsity Soccer Finals were held in Frederick, MD. Redeemer Classical Christian School defeated #1 seed Perry Hall Christian 4-1 to take home the Middle School title held at New Life Christian School. Following the Middle School contest, #1 seed Greater Grace won a 2-1 thriller over Rockbridge Academy in the Varsity final held under the lights at Ballenger Creek Park’s turf field – the first championship game held on the new field which opened 1 month ago.
Saturday’s volleyball action was held at Greater Grace Christian Academy. The day started with two undefeated Middle School teams meeting in the finals. The #1 seed from the East division, Grace Christian School of Bowie, won 2-0 over the #1 seed from the West, Visitation Academy of Frederick. The JV Final saw #1 seed Maryland School for the Deaf winning 2-0 over host Greater Grace Christian Academy. The day’s action concluded with the 1 and 2 seeds from the West meeting in the Varsity Final. New Life Christian School (#2 seed) won 3-0 over Maryland School for the Deaf (#1 seed) to take home the Varsity title.
One more conference final will be held on Monday as Mount Airy Christian Academy hosts MIAC’s first Middle School Cross Country Championship.
Detailed stories on all MIAC Fall Finals will be posted later this week.
MIAC Volleyball/Soccer Playoff Brackets Posted
The Maryland Independent Athletic Conference will hold it’s first Fall Volleyball and Boys Soccer Tournament on October 20-25. The Middle School and Varsity Soccer Finals will be held on Friday, October 24. The Middle School, JV, and Varsity Volleyball Finals will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25.
Click the links below for playoff brackets.
MIAC 2014 Varsity Boys Soccer Playoff Bracket
MIAC 2014 Middle School Boys Soccer Playoff Bracket
MIAC 2014 Varsity Volleyball Playoff Bracket
MIAC 2014 JV Volleyball Playoff Bracket
MIAC 2014 Middle School Volleyball Playoff Bracket
MIAC Baseball/Girls Soccer Tournament
The Maryland Independent Athletic Conference will crown its first champions this May as it holds its Spring Baseball and Girls Soccer Tournaments from May 12-19.
Established November 2013
The Maryland Independent Athletic Conference was established in November 2013 with these 11 Charter Schools:
- Arlington Baptist School
- Christian Home Educators Network
- Grace Christian School of Bowie
- Greater Grace Christian Academy
- Maryland School for the Deaf
- Mount Airy Christian Academy
- New Life Christian School
- Open Bible Christian Academy
- Perry Hall Christian School
- Redeemer Classical Christian School
- Rockbridge Academy
The MIAC will begin play in the Spring of 2014 with Varsity and Middle School Girls Soccer and Boys Baseball. Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, the MIAC will begin to crown champions in all three sports seasons at the Middle School and Varsity levels in Girls Volleyball and Boys Soccer in the Fall, Girls and Boys Basketball in the Winter, and Girls Soccer and Boys Baseball in the Spring.