Tim Schwartz
Tim Schwartz is a sports reporter for the Howard County Times and Baltimore Sun Media Group, where he has covered a variety of high school athetics since 2014. Tim considers himself a "backpack journalist" with the ability to write stories, keep his own stats and shoot and edit his own videos. He has been the high school wrestling beat reporter for The Baltimore Sun since 2014, in which he is in charge of putting together the wrestling preview, weekly rankings and All-Metro teams. Tim grew up in Fulton and he attended the University of Maryland, where he majored in Journalism and graduated in May 2014. He has also worked at the sports desk for The Washington Post.
Recent Articles
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Centennial wrestling falls to Winters Mill, 48-21
Winters Mill coach John Lowe said his team was anxious to take the mats Thursday at Centennial. The Falcons went 3-0 on the first day of their own Grindstone Duals but faltered on the second day and lost all four matches, including two by six points or less. Safe to say, it left a bad taste in...
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Oakland Mills wrestling rolls over River Hill, Long Reach
Oakland Mills took down Howard County rival River Hill and Long Reach to sweep a tri-meet Tuesday in Columbia. The Scorpions won eight of their 14 bouts against the Hawks and each came via fall in a 48-30 victory to avenge a one-point defeat last season. They rolled past the Lightning, 54-21, in...
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Another successful building season for Howard County fall JV programs
There’s no perfect formula when it comes to building a successful high school varsity athletic program. A unique combination of skill, team chemistry and coaching — among other things — helps contribute to results on the scoreboard. But it could be argued that the foundation for any school hoping...
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Glenelg wrestling takes down Mt. Hebron in season opener
Glenelg knows what it’s going to get from its top wrestlers Kevin Hansberger, Jared Thomas, Jacob Jones, Drew Sotka and Sam Alsheimer. Pins mostly, but almost always wins, which will carry the Gladiators to victories in most of its matches this winter. But there are nine other matches each time...
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Glenelg favorites again entering 2018-19 Howard County wrestling season
Glenelg did everything it could last year to be the first team to defeat Damascus since 2012. The Gladiators went to the Swarmin’ Hornets’ holiday tournament to get a closer look at their wrestlers, and they matched up several times again at the War on the Shore tournament at Stephen Decatur. It...
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Baltimore-area high school wrestlers to watch in 2018-19
Cooper Flynn, McDonogh 113 pounds, sophomore A 2018 All-Metro first-team selection from Tennessee, Flynn wrestled his best at the right time last season and avenged a loss against Wil Guida of St. Paul’s to win the Maryland Independent Schools tournament and beat him again in the National Preps...
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'Our wrestling room used to be in a basement': Historic rivalries elevating MIAA programs
Harry Barnabae graduated from Mount Saint Joseph more than 40 years ago, but his first time experiencing the rivalry with McDonogh is still fresh in his mind. He can’t remember why exactly, but there were a lot of bragging rights on the line when the Gaels and Eagles squared off during Barnabae’s...
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Key numbers for the 2018-19 Baltimore-area high school wrestling season
Here are some key numbers to know for the 2018-19 Baltimore-area high school wrestling season: 0 Number of state champions from Carroll County last season. 7 Number of Baltimore area wrestlers ranked in the top 20 of their respective weight classes by FloWrestling. 425 Career wins for brothers...