Elizabeth "Betsy" Weisman, Horsewoman
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Weisman, Horsewoman
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Women's Rec Leagues
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Women's Rec Leagues
Title IX, Allegany County, Part II
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Title IX, Allegany County, Part II
Title IX ‘made all the difference in the world’
Two championship coaches recall how the 1972 legislation changed girls sports
CUMBERLAND — There are lasting, vivid images of every sports season.
Who will soon forget the joy on the faces of state champions, like the Mountain Ridge softball team?
Title IX. Allegany County, Part I
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Title IX, Allegany County: Part I, Dawn Sloan
Marsha Williams-Vickers
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Marsha Williams-Vickers
On December 17, 2010, Marsha Williams-Vickers became the sixth African-American voted into the Allegany High School Sports Hall of Fame.
Westmar High State Basketball Champions, 1990
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Allegany (2000), Mt. Savage (1977) and Westmar (1990, 1991) are the three Allegany County high schools that have won the State Girls Basketball championship.
From: Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association (MPSSAA) website.
The photograph is of the 1990 Westmar team.
Front row: Coach Joan Fitzpatrick, Lisa Green, Jennifer Davis, Amy Moore, Becky Llewellyn, Asst. Coach Vallery Broadwater.
Three Women Referees Make History
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Three Women Referees Make History
The following is an excerpt from an article by Mike Mathews entitled, “Historic night came as easy as 1-2-3," and which appeared in the February 19, 2018 edition of the Cumberland Times-News. It tells the story of the first three-woman crew to referee a local high school basketball game, this being on February 15, 2018:
“It was a pretty impressive sight, Thursday evening at Bishop Walsh. And that was before Kyara Bible scored her 1,000th career point.
"Old German Hermanettes"
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The Queen City Brewing Company was founded in 1901 and located at 208 Market Street in Cumberland. It was famous for its "Original Old German" Premium Lager Beer”. Originally known as the German Brewing Company the company’s name was changed to Queen City in 1941 and remained such until the brewery’s closure in 1974.
Joanne Nickel (1932-2021)
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Joanne Nickel (1932-2021)
The photograph and following excerpt are from the Durst Funeral Home of Frostburg Maryland obituary for Joanne (Farrell) Nickel. It focuses upon her career as an educator, coach and “instrumental role” in the development of women’s sports in the area:
Mountain Ridge State Softball Champions, 2012
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Mountain Ridge State Softball Champions, 2012
On Saturday, May 26, 2012 the Mountain Ridge High School Girls Softball team won the Maryland Class 1A State Championship.