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Sat, November 7, 2009

Cougars' playoff run ends

Catoctin's field hockey team still had a shot at capturing its first regional championship in 27 years.

With a little under seven minutes left, the Cougars trailed Manchester Valley -- a team they beat during the regular season -- by just one goal.

SLIDE SHOW: Catoctin takes on Manchester Valley in field hockey playoffs

Story by John Cannon/Photo by Graham Cullen

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Town office: 300A S. Seton Ave, Emmitsburg, MD 21727 Mayor: James E. Hoover Board of Commissioners: Christopher Staiger, Denise Etris, Glenn Blanchard, Joyce Rosensteel, Clifford L. Sweeney Population: 2,365 (est. pop. 2008; Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau) Year founded: 1785 Town meetings are held in the town office on the first and third Monday of the month at 7:30 pm. Number to Know: Town office: 240-629-6300 On the web: emmitsburg.net/towngov/index.htm Landmarks: Mount St. Mary's University, National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park Discuss EMMITSBURG in our forums

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Elected officials, a mayor and a five-member Board of Commissioners, serve three-year terms and are elected at-large Median sales price of recent home sales: From Jul-Sept '09 - $220,000 (Source: trulia.com) Mount St. Mary's University, one of two four-year colleges in FredCo, is located in Emmitsburg The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is located in Emmitsburg. Mother Seton was proclaimed a Saint by Pope Paul VI in 1975. Emmitsburg was the site the Union originally fortified to stop the Confederate invasion of the north in June of 1863 The Great Fire of Emmitsburg in 1863 left 28 houses and 9 businesses damaged or destroyed

EMMITSBURG SCHOOLS

Elementary: Emmitsburg, Sabillasville Middle: Thurmont High: Catoctin Private: Mother Seton Elementary

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