With everyone starting with a clean slate in the playoffs, Severna Park girls basketball coach Lisa Magness had to make sure her team knew it could be knocked off by Glen Burnie on Saturday.

Now, she has to get her team to believe the same thing could happen against Old Mill.

Sophomore guard Jessica Giblin scored 12 of her team-high 15 points in the second half and added six rebounds and three steals to help the Falcons hold off, then eventually pull away from Glen Burnie in a 54-33 victory in a Class 4A East Section I quarterfinal.

Severna Park (13-10) advances to play at top-seeded and unbeaten Old Mill in Tuesday's section semifinals.

“We told them that you have to take every opponent seriously because everybody comes differently in the playoffs,” Magness said.

“I do think we have a shot [against Old Mill] if we play well. We're basically going to have to play flawlessly. If we believe in each other — and I think we're starting to — I think we can bring it to them.”

Giblin came off the bench and hit a 3-pointer three minutes into the second quarter to give the Falcons a 26-8 lead. Glen Burnie made a run and cut the lead to nine at the half, but Giblin added 12 more points in the second half to help the Falcons pull away.

Wrestling

Glenelg wins 4A-3A: In a sense, it was the changing of the guard at the 4A-3A East regional wrestling tournament at Northeast on Saturday night.

After all was said and done, it was fitting that former River Hill coach Brandon Lauer, who led the Hawks to the previous four region tournament crowns, handed the tournament trophy over to Glenelg coach Matt Bichner and his team in just their third year in the 4A-3A classification.

The Gladiators outscored Old Mill 136 points to 113 to add a region tournament championship to their regional dual title in early February and county tournament title a week ago.

“Coming from the 1A/2A South, which was a little bit of a weaker region back then, to now being in what's considered one of the toughest regions in the state, it's always great to see that we're getting better,” Bichner said.

“It's always nice to keep the region title in county, too, because River Hill won it four years in a row. Keeping it in the county is awesome.”

—Tim Schwartz,

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