Havre de Grace football player Hakeem Hines

Havre de Grace football player Hakeem Hines is the high school boys Athlete of the Week. (Baltimore Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam / September 8, 2008)

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September 9, 2008
The senior tailback-outside linebacker made an impact in all three phases of the game to lead Havre de Grace to a 26-20 win Friday over Fallston. Hines, 5 feet 9, 185 pounds, had 307 yards of total offense, rushing 27 times for 272 yards, scoring two TDs and catching three passes for 55 yards. On defense, Hines had eight tackles. After Fallston tied the score in the fourth quarter, Hines blocked the extra point, then scored the winning touchdown on an 8-yard run. He opened Havre de Grace's scoring with a 65-yard TD run. A three-year starter, Hines ran for 1,100 yards as a sophomore and 1,600 last year. He also runs on the track and field team.

OTHERS CONSIDERED: Billy Cosh, Arundel, football; Carlos Crossland, Douglass, football; Tavon Henley, Joppatowne, football; Dominic Welsh, Fallston, soccer
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