As a member of the 12th annual Baltimore Sun for Anne Arundel County Academic-Athletic Team last year, Broadneck's Rachel Lenzi played three sports (field hockey, indoor track and softball) while maintaining a 3.6 grade-point average.
Lenzi hasn't changed much as a freshman at Chatham College in Pittsburgh, except that she is playing her fourth varsity sport at the Division III school.
In the fall, Lenzi played soccer and volleyball at Chatham, a college of 600 women. She just finished basketball and is into softball now, while maintaining a 3.6 GPA and working as a sportswriter for the school newspaper, The Communique.
A communications/journalism major, Lenzi was an intern this winter for Pittsburgh TV weekend anchor Lori Savitch.
Recently, Lenzi has worked for Guy Junker, a producer for the Pittsburgh Penguins' cable TV origination.
"Hockey is my first love and is something I would love to get into down the road," said Lenzi, who had perfect attendance in high school.
Broadneck art department chairman Lawrence V. Lynch Jr. pegged Lenzi's ambition in a letter of recommendation for the Academic-Athletic Team.
"Rachel's strengths are perseverance, self-motivation and strong interest in succeeding," wrote Lynch.
Blue-chipper visits Severn
Louis Bullock, considered to be one of Maryland's top senior basketball players, leads the Washington Post's No. 5-ranked Laurel Baptist (32-4) into No. 14 Severn School (19-7) for a 4 p.m. game today with free admission.
Bullock, a 6-foot-2 guard who is averaging 25.8 points, 7.0 assists, 7.0 rebounds and 5.0 steals, is a rarity in many ways.
He has the ability to play point guard or shooting guard at the Division I level and is one of only a handful of Marylanders to play five years of high school basketball.
Bullock, who sank a Charm City Classic-record 22 of 22 free throws while scoring 32 points in a 77-74 win over No. 4 St. Frances (20-4) at Loyola College in January, played his freshman year at Bishop McNamara in the Washington area.
Put back a year at Canterbury School in Accokeek, Md., Bullock played three years there, the first two under Chris Chaney. Chaney, who played at Southern of Harwood and was an assistant at his alma mater last season after Canterbury de-emphasized basketball, is the Laurel Baptist coach.
Mids on ice
Navy's ice hockey club team had a rough weekend in Tucson, Ariz., as coach Jim Barry's worse fears became reality.
The Mids (13-6-2) got hammered twice by the University of Arizona, 7-1 and 6-2. After winning their Crab Pot Tournament a couple of weeks ago, the Mids dropped their next game to Towson State, 7-5, before taking off for Tucson.
"We didn't play well against Towson State and I had a feeling it would carry over to Arizona, but still it was a great trip for the team," said Barry, whose Mids played in front of crowds in excess of 6,500.
Mids in the ring
Three Navy boxers fared better than the hockey team last weekend in a trip to Lock Haven (Pa.). Coach Jim McNally's trio were individual winners over three Nittany Lions in the Lock Haven Invitational that included mostly boxers from Eastern schools.
"Our guys drew all Penn State boxers, and they stood out," said McNally.
Defending National Eastern Collegiate Boxing Association Champion Todd Alexander defeated Preston Pickett in his 156-pound bout. Alexander was one of two Mid sophomores to win.
Jon Bradley was the other, winning the 180-pound bout over Jay Schultz, and senior captain Chandler Comerford defeated Jim Briener at 172 pounds.
Alexander, Bradley and Comerford will compete in Friday's 54th annual Navy Brigade Boxing Championships beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Halsey Field House.
Friday's winners advance to the Southeast Regional at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., March 24-25, with the goal being the Nationals at the Air Force Academy, April 6-7.