The AMA Arenacross Series returns to 1st Mariner Arena this weekend for the second stop of its 12-race season. About 150 truckloads of dirt will be sculpted into a course for dirt-bike racers. Action begins Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. Tickets may be purchased at the box office, at Ticketmaster outlets and by phone at 800-551-SEAT. For series information, go to arenacross.com.
Women's college basketball: Maryland (13-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) will put its program-record 47-game home winning streak on the line when it plays Boston College (10-6, 1-0) at 7 tonight. The Terps, 11-0 at Comcast Center this season, haven't lost at home since Duke beat them, 69-57, on Feb. 18, 2007.
College baseball: Ira "Dude" Smith, who won NCAA Division I batting championships at UMES in 1989 and 1990 with .488 and .519 averages, respectively, was named to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. Rickie Weeks, now with the Milwaukee Brewers, is the only other Division I player with consecutive titles, doing it in 2002-2003.
College track and field: Navy sophomore weight thrower Amanda Phelps was named Patriot League athletic field event Athlete of the Week.
Soccer: Penn State central midfielder Christine Nairn (Archbishop Spalding) was called up to train this week with the United States' Under-20 World Cup qualifying team.
Indoor football: Wide receiver Robbie Robinson (Wilde Lake), who ran track at Morgan State and was a football walk-on at Maryland, signed with the Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association.
- From Sun staff and news services