Capital Gazette staff

Former McDonogh High and Loyola Maryland standout Baylee DeSmit led the way as the Christos FC women’s team made its USL W debut by winning two games last week.

Christos FC made a triumphant debut in the United Soccer League this past Saturday, winning on its new home field at the Moose Athletic Center in Glen Burnie. Former Dulaney High and Penn State star Peter Mangione scored a goal and assisted another as Christos defeated Patuxent FA in its inaugural USA Division II contest.

Navy doubles teams of Derrick Thompson and Sasha Panyan, and Jack Dabek and Luke Garner won matches during Navy's NCAA Tournament match against North Carolina, giving the Midshipmen a point. However, the Tar Heels won the match, 4-1.

Leadership Anne Arundel, a leadership training and networking institute in Anne Arundel County, has announced its 2022 New Leaders Honorees.

First-team all-conference pick Taylor O’Brien scored 21 points and fourth-seeded Bucknell women’s basketball held No. 8 seed Navy to just seven points in the first and third quarters on the way to a 64-44 victory in the semifinals of the Patriot League tournament Thursday night.

A roundup of high school sports action on Tuesday, March 8.

Jennifer Coleman was recognized by the Patriot League for putting together one of the strongest statistical seasons in Navy women’s basketball history.

The eighth Wendi Winters Memorial Blood Drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 12 in Annapolis. The drive comes as the American Red Cross says blood supply is dangerously low in Maryland and across the country.

Former state senator and Capital Gazette environmental columnist Gerald Winegrad will give a virtual presentation on “The 6th Great Extinction: Devastating Wildlife and Biodiversity” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

Anne Arundel County police have charged a Glen Burnie man with the possession and distribution of child pornography, the department announced.

A raccoon found this week in Severna Park tested positive for rabies, and the Anne Arundel County Health Department is asking anyone who may have come in contact with it to call them.

Ten people will receive various awards at the 41st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast on Monday morning.

Fourteen people and organizations will be honored for their contributions to Anne Arundel County on March 11 at the 34th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Dinner.

Due to lingering issues with road and travel conditions from the inclement weather, all Anne Arundel County Public Schools will open two hours late Wednesday.

A Baltimore man who dragged an Anne Arundel County detective from a vehicle while attempting to flee from police in May was sentenced to 16 years in prison, according to the Office of the State’s Attorney for Anne Arundel County.