National Academy Foundation was founded in 2002 as a public magnet program. In 2010, the school’s athletics program began. Now, after going 1-7 last season, former Woodlawn head coach Elwood Townsend will take over the reigns at the budding program.
Recovering from chemotherapy is one thing, but having to deal with that, the outbreak of the coronavirus, while managing my job as a high school sports reporter has been intriguing to say the least.
Mount Saint Joseph wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr. was selected to the 2021 All-American Bowl, which is set to be played Jan. 9, 2021, in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
On Thursday night, after seven lead changes in the final eight minutes, the Poets were crowned 2A North Region II champions with a 61-60 victory over Patterson.
The best and brightest high school football players and their coaches, friends and family packed into Martin’s West’s ballroom for the 57th Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner on Wednesday night.
Sometimes a team needs a fire lit under them when they struggle. Mount Saint Joe head coach Pat Clatchey blew a blow torch under them with the Gaels defeating the Mount Carmel Cougars 73-60 in the Baltimore Catholic League semifinals on Friday.
Jason Edokpayi scored nine points in the fourth quarter and junior guard D’Angelo Stines finished with a game-high 20 points to lead Mount Saint Joseph to victory.
Twan Carter took over for the New Town boys basketball team Tuesday night, scoring 20 points from the second quarter on to help the Titans win the Baltimore County title.
An offseason of hard work resulted in a win for Curley in Sunday’s Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference championship game, as the Friars defeated St. John’s Catholic Prep, 64-54.
Ausar Crawley hit two late free throws to lift the Mount Saint Joseph basketball team over visiting St. Vincent Pallotti, 65-63, in Tuesday night’s Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference quarterfinal.
Students and parents entered Dunbar’s gym on Thursday night to watch the Poets boys basketball team take on Forest Park, just two days after coach Keith Booth was fired during his first season.
Freshman Emily Knapp and senior Claire Neff led the Maryvale basketball team to a 58-42 victory over Glenelg Country in the quarterfinals of the IAAM B Conference tournament.
St. Frances star Angel Reese, the No. 2 overall recruit in the country, has had several role models throughout her basketball career, but her first one was her mother.
Wednesday marked national signing day, and many Baltimore-area athletes put their pens to paper to sign with Division I and Division II programs in the NCAA.
Senior Night is often a game that is magical for departing players. St. Frances showed up big for their seniors with a 79-57 win over St. John’s Catholic on Friday night.
St. Paul’s took on Maryvale in a home Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference basketball game Tuesday night and pulled away for a 57-43 win.
Mitch Fischer scored 23 points and Jordan Moore added 17 to lead the Dons to a victory in Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference play.
The girls and boys McDonald’s All-American teams were announced on Thursday at 3 p.m. with three area basketball players making the list: Mir McLean (Roland Park), Angel Reese (St. Frances) and Eniya Russell (St. Vincent Pallotti).
Standing at 6’2, Maryvale’s Claire Neff has the ability to back opponents down and score with her height or to draw them out past the 3-point arc for a triple, averaging 18.9 points per game this season.
St. Timothy’s led the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference coming into Wednesday night’s matchup against Maryvale, but the Lions came away looking like the top team after a 52-29 victory.
One of the best nights in basketball is the night that you can’t miss. For Woodlawn’s Tyray Cooper, he epitomized being hot in Friday evening’s 61-47 win over Dunbar in the Baltimore Basketball Academy at Morgan State.
After grabbing a victory narrowly from the jaws of defeat against Mount Saint Joe less than 24 hours prior, Boys Latin looked to reel off their second consecutive versus Mervo. By the strong play of their senior duo, Boys Latin (5-6) defeated Mervo 70-61 (4-4).
St. Frances’ boys basketball team proved why they are the number 22-ranked team in the nation in the weekend and Saturday evening, they defeated Milford Mill with authority by a score of 94-57.
Oakland Mills and Milford Mill took on one another on Friday afternoon in a physical matchup. The Scorpions claimed victory over the Millers in a 57-41 game.
As a senior from Gilman, Danny Rosenfield is a multi-faceted athlete. He follows the footsteps of his father, Jimmy, who also was a multi-sport athlete at Pikesville.
St. Paul’s and Archbishop Spalding faced off in an IAAM basketball matchup Monday, and the B Conference Gators took down the A Conference Cavaliers, 63-61.
On Jan. 2, seven area high school players will participate in the Under Armour All-America Game. Six of the players are from St. Frances Academy and one is from McDonogh.
St. Vincent Pallotti came into Thursday night’s game against a 4-0 McDonogh team would be a tough matchup. Pallotti took the 56-53 win in IAAM “A” Conference play.
Gilman and Boys’ Latin squared off in an early-season MIAA “A” Conference match-up on Wednesday, with the Greyhounds reigning victorious in a close game, 48-43.
