Maryland football
South Carolina QB Rowe signs on to play for Terps
After competing in nine camps in 10 days, Caleb Rowe finally found what he was looking for Wednesday. The quarterback, from Blue Ridge High in Greer, S.C., traveled to College Park, impressed the Maryland coaching staff during camp, earned a scholarship offer and promptly committed to the Terps. "I'm really excited," Rowe said Thursday. "It's a relief knowing I'm going to Maryland. … We don't have to worry about where I'm going and who's calling." Rowe assumed the starting quarterback job as a sophomore and never looked back. He was especially prolific as a junior in Blue Ridge coach Wade Cooper's spread offense, passing for 2,680 yards and throwing 27 touchdown passes and just four interceptions. "What impressed me the most was his maturity, his overall grasp of the game, and the boy's a worker," Cooper said. Before coming to Maryland, Rowe also worked out at Clemson, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest, in addition to camping at several Football Championship Subdivision schools. The Terps, however, were the first FBS program to offer him a scholarship. "Other ones, I think, were forthcoming," Cooper said. Programs that didn't offer Rowe "screwed up. They waited too long. He'll make them pay for that later on, I promise you."
Men's college lacrosse: Former Towson defenseman Dan Cocchi, who led the school to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances, was named a Tigers assistant coach. … Duke senior attackman-midfielder Stephen Coyle (Georgetown Prep) and freshman attackman Christian Walsh (Boys' Latin) were named to the Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic team. … Lehigh defensive midfielder Brian Hess (McDonogh) was named to the Patriot League academic honor roll.
College tennis: Maryland junior Maros Horny and sophomore Jesse Kiuru were named to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic team. From the Terps women's team, junior Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar and freshman Jordaan Sanford were selected.
Minor league basketball: The Bay Area Shuckers added Gregory Purnell (Morgan State) as an assistant coach. Purnell is the junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant coach at Archbishop Spalding.
Men's college soccer: Navy rising senior midfielder Sam Miller will serve as the 2011 team captain.
Varsity track and field: Ronald Darby of Potomac was named the Gatorade Maryland Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year.
Harness racing: Driver Ray Robinson Jr. won three races Thursday at Ocean Downs, capturing the first race with Elvis Blue Chip ($13.40), the fourth with Metropole ($3.40) and the feature race of the evening, the $6,300 conditioned pace for Maryland-bred horses, with Whose Bright Idea, who finished in 1 minute, 57 seconds. Racing will resume at 7 p.m. Sunday.
—From Sun staff and news services