Dave Lanham has left the Severna Park athletic department in good shape just in time for Kevin Rutledge to take over. For Rutledge, this isn’t the first time he’s following Lanham. Rutledge will lead the Severna Park athletic department once Lanham departs for Florida. Rutledge comes from Meade,...
A day before he was to make his official visit to Maryland, River Hill safety Beau Brade announced Thursday on Twitter that he is “100% committed” to the Terps. Brade, a three-year starter who also played on offense and is a two-time All-Metro selection, becomes the ninth player to commit to Maryland’s...
Dont’e Thornton Jr. rose up between a pair of defenders and with one hand secured the looping pass for a touchdown. It was just one play, during a competitive but relatively meaningless 7-on-7 showcase at Archbishop Spalding High School on May 30, but for Mount Saint Joseph football coach Rich...
In April, the sports talk at Calvert Hall and Loyola Blakefield is typically centered around the promising lacrosse season. But Monday afternoon was different. It’s never too early to talk Turkey Bowl when one of the most storied high school football rivalries gets set to play its 100th game on...
Check out The Baltimore Sun's Player of the Year, co-Coaches of the Year and first- and second-team All-Metro selections for the 2018 high school girls soccer season.
First team Phoebe Canoles Perry Hall, forward, senior » Four-year starter, repeat All-Metro pick and two-year captain finished with 25 goals and seven assists in leading No. 5 Gators (17-3) to first Class 4A state crown » Finished with seven multigoal games, three game-winners and an assist in...
Harry Canellakis, McDonogh The challenges were plentiful for the defending Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland’s A Conference champion No. 1 Eagles, and none were bigger than the title game against then-No. 2 Archbishop Spalding. Going in, the teams had identical 14-0-2 marks, having...
The repeat All-Metro Player of the Year closed out her senior season the same way she did every other in her stellar four-year career — leading the No. 3 Pointers to a Class 1A state championship. This time, she scored two goals, including the game-winner, as Sparrows Point claimed a 4-2 win over...
River Hill soccer star Justin Harris won’t be going far to play college ball and will be joining a championship team with familiar faces, committing to NCAA Division I College Cup champion Maryland this week. Harris, a three-year starting midfielder and captain, finished with 14 goals and 10 assists...
Check out The Baltimore Sun's Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and All-Metro first- and second-team selections for the 2018 high school field hockey season.
First team Samantha Aljets C. Milton Wright, forward, senior » Standout forward finished with 16 goals and seven assists, leading the Mustangs to the Class 3A state title » Led an offense that outscored opponents 28-0 in five playoff victories » Had a goal and an assist in the state final, helping...
Want to know Ross’ effect on the Blazers’ program? Just look at the standings. In the three years before her arrival, NDP finished a combined 6-24-4, including two winless seasons. In the three years since, the Blazers are 52-6, including 25 straight wins in the ultra-competitive Interscholastic...
Don’t let the senior’s eye-popping offensive numbers fool you. Yes, Friedman finished this season with 27 goals and 35 assists to lead the Blazers to their second straight — and second ever — Interscholastic Association of Maryland A Conference title. But it’s her complete game, including her tenacious...
Liberty field hockey did not play Glenelg during the regular season, yet ahead of the 2A state semifinals on Wednesday night, the Lions felt the need to prove themselves against the defending state champion Gladiators. That’s because in a 25-minute preseason scrimmage between the two teams, Glenelg...
High school volleyball has changed drastically over the years. Centennial’s dynasty in the 1990s and 2000s can be credited to the fact that many of its players competed on club teams year-round when most other high schools teams were lucky to have any. Now, it’s more likely that a high school team...
Check out The Baltimore Sun's Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and first- and second-team All-Metro selections for the 2018 high school girls volleyball season.
Winning might or might not come easy for Atholton girls volleyball player Lisa Zoch, but she sure makes it look as if it does. The senior, who has been on the varsity team all four years, led the Raiders to a 19-0 record and the school’s second state championship in three years to earn The Baltimore...
To say that the 2018 season has been magical for McCourt and the Bel Air girls volleyball team might be an understatement. After being promoted to the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference’s upper division before the season, McCourt led the Bobcats to an 18-3 record and an appearance in the...
First team Mary Grace Goyena Mount de Sales, outside hitter, sophomore » Provided most of the power on offense for the IAAM A Conference champion and second-ranked Sailors » Finished the year with 322 kills » Pitched in with 139 digs » Also had 51 aces Mackenzie Meehan Arundel, middle hitter, senior...
Check out The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro Runner of the Year, Coach of the Year and first- and second-team selections for the 2018 high school girls cross country season.
Check out The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro Runner of the Year, Coach of the Year and first- and second-team selections for the 2018 high school boys cross country season.
Anna Coffin Annapolis, senior » Finished her high school cross country career with a strong senior season » Took third in the Class 4A state meet as Bronwyn Patterson of South River made a late kick to win it » The previous week, Coffin beat Patterson while taking second in the East Region meet...
This was Weber’s 10th season guiding the Sailors, and everything came up big for them this fall. Mount de Sales truly functioned as a team and easily won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference regular-season title (6-0) and crushed the field with a record-setting 29 points...
Patterson capped off a strong sophomore season by winning in the tough Class 4A state title meet in November, taking first in 19 minutes, 06.19 of a second on a cold and windy day at Hereford. She came on late, making her move with about 1,000 yards left and then scoring an impressive victory over...
Raleigh “Rollo” Brent, a retired insurance company executive who was a partner in the firm of Maury Donnelly & Parr Inc. and was known as “Mr. Boys’ Latin School,” died May 21 from heart failure at his Blakehurst Retirement Community home in Towson. He was 93. “I admired him as a lacrosse player...
Male youths who play lacrosse suffer more injuries and concussions than their counterparts in high school and college, a recently published national study comparing injury rates and their causes found. The study, which was published online this month and in the June issue of Pediatrics, “Injury...
The polls through Sunday’s events: BOYS LACROSSE No. School, Record 1. Calvert Hall, 17-1 2. St. Mary’s, 13-6 3. Boys’ Latin, 12-7 4. Loyola Blakefield, 10-7 5. McDonogh, 12-5 6. Westminster, 19-06 7. St. Paul’s, 10-6 8. Severna Park, 19-1 9. Gilman, 9-7 10. Glenelg, 13-6 11. Broadneck, 13-4 12....
Jalen Stanton Century, lacrosse, track and field The four-sport star capped his illustrious high school career in typical busy and impressive fashion last week. On May 21, with the Knights playing in their first Class 2A state championship lacrosse game, he scored a team-high three goals in an...
South Carroll waited 26 years to play in another girls lacrosse state championship game, so why not add some overtime to the scenario? The Cavaliers fought off Hereford all night in Tuesday’s Class 2A final at Paint Branch High School, and didn’t grab their first lead until less than 2 minutes...
The polls through Sunday’s events: BOYS LACROSSE No. School, Record 1. Calvert Hall, 17-1 2. St. Mary’s, 13-6 3. Boys’ Latin, 12-7 4. Loyola Blakefield, 10-7 5. McDonogh, 12-5 6. St. Paul’s, 10-6 7. Westminster, 18-0 8. Severna Park, 18-1 9. Gilman, 9-7 10. Glenelg, 12-6 11. Broadneck, 13-4 12....
Westminster’s girls lacrosse team danced to the tune of “YMCA” on the sidelines prior to the start of the second half. The Owls had plenty of reasons to dance — they were back in the state championship game for a second straight year, and they didn’t waste any time proving why they deserved to...
There was a time this season when playing for a state title seemed like a distant dream for the Loch Ravens girls lacrosse team. After opening the season with six straight losses, the Raiders simply wanted to win a game. “We started off really rough,” junior Tatum Joyce said. “Then we had one game...
Chesapeake-Anne Arundel’s Tyler Shadle never expected that he’d one day have to face Dylan Young, a pitcher from his own team. He definitely didn’t think he’d ever stroke a single to Camden Yard’s right field off him. “It felt a little weird. First time ever hitting against him in my life,” Shadle...
Many say that the best way to win a championship is through pitching and defense. Bohemia Manor did just that, winning its third straight Class 1A state championship title with an 8-0 victory over Sparrows Point on Saturday. Bohemia Manor’s Madison Penta, an Auburn commit, pitched no-hitter and...
C. Milton Wright scored three runs in the first inning against Northern Calvert in the 3A state semifinals Tuesday, and that’s all starting pitcher Hunter Wright needed. Zach Stiars hit a three-run double in his team’s first at bat, and Wright stymied Northern’s bats in a 4-2 victory that secures...
To win a championship, preparation has to meet opportunity. If you call Jerry Torrence anything, call him prepared. Torrence used his opportunity to hit a bases-loaded triple in the bottom of the fifth to give Gerstell its first baseball title with a 6-4 win over three-time defending champion Boys’...
Many say that the best way to win a championship is through pitching and defense. Bohemia Manor did just that, winning its third straight Class 1A state championship title with an 8-0 victory over Sparrows Point on Saturday. Bohemia Manor’s Madison Penta, an Auburn commit, pitched a no-hitter and...
Wynter Radcliffe Glen Burnie, softball The sophomore pitcher earned three wins last week in leading the Gophers to the Class 4A East region championship, the program’s first since 2013. Radcliffe’s best work came in Saturday’s 7-2 win over Leonardtown for the crown. She allowed three hits, finished...
With Shaianne Turner on second base, sophomore pitcher Wynter Radcliffe had the ticket to the state final in her sights. Once, she clubbed a single to plate her senior infielder. The other time, she drilled a home run into the sunset. From the plate and the mound, Radcliffe booked the Gophers their...
As time goes on, teams begin to come together for one for one common goal — a state championship. That camaraderie was apparent for Sparrows Point softball on Tuesday in the 1A state semifinals, with the Pointers prevailing in a back-and-forth contest for a 5-4 victory over Henry E. Lackey. Sparrows...
Mt. Hebron’s girls sprinters led the Vikings to a tie for second place in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association Class 3A championships on Saturday. The Vikings also finished the three-day state championships at Morgan State University’s Hughes Stadium as the top team from Howard...
The No. 3 Hereford girls track and field team waited a long time for this moment. With all of the program’s success in cross country and indoor track (17 state titles combined), the Bulls never won a state crown in outdoor track and field. Until Saturday. The Bulls fought off a furious late comeback...
Mt. Hebron sprinter Jaiden Ritter was one of several Howard County athletes to take home a medal on Friday, which served as the opening day for 3A/4A schools at the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association track and field championships. The six Howard County schools in Class 3A and...
The No. 3 Dulaney boys are usually competitive and a force to be reckoned with at the highest levels of outdoor track and field. The Lions just haven’t won a state title in 50 years and would like to end that drought. Dulaney started well on the first day of competition for the Class 3A and 4A...
Howard County athletes won six medals on Day 1 of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association track and field championships. The six Howard County schools in Class 2A competed on Thursday at Morgan State University’s Hughes Stadium, with River Hill taking home five of the six medals....
Funeral arrangements are set for Gerald Brown, a former basketball player at Frederick Douglass and what was then Loyola College. Brown was shot and killed June 7 in Northwest Baltimore in the 3700 block of W. Forest Park Ave. Born and raised in Baltimore, the 34-year-old played basketball in Europe...
Baltimore County police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Owings Mills. The department wrote in a news release that Daveyon Jakin Barnes, 21, of Owings Mills, died just before 7 a.m. Saturday after being struck by two vehicles on Reisterstown...
Friends and family on Saturday were mourning the fatal shooting of Gerald Brown, 34, a popular former basketball star known for his humor and love of his community. Brown, who led an undefeated team at Frederick Douglass High School and played at Providence and Loyola University Maryland, was shot...
Keith Booth's return to Dunbar High School as its boys basketball coach has the feel of both a reunion and revival — a sense of what used to be when he played there and what could be again at the East Baltimore school. There is also a sobering reality: As much of a force as the Poets were locally...
Minutes before being formally introduced as the boys basketball coach at Dunbar, Keith Booth was huddled with some of his new players at the school’s library early Thursday afternoon. Poet Pride was being discussed. Afterward, the 1993 alumnus, who went on to have a standout career at Maryland...
Throughout her time coaching at Long Reach, Kelli Cofield has stated many times that her leadership role has never gotten in the way of her being a fan of the game. She likes to think she’s had a front row seat to watch some of the best high school girls basketball in the state over the last decade....
The Baltimore Sun makes its selections for Player and Coach of the Year and All-Metro first and second team for the 2018-19 girls basketball season.
Pikesville won four games in the 2016-17 season and rarely had been any kind of a force in girls basketball since the school opened in the mid-1960s. But Michael Dukes changed everything when he took over as coach before last season. The Panthers won 22 games in 2017-18 and made it to the Class...
First team Emily Dorn Reservoir, forward, senior » Four-year starter was the team’s top scorer each of the past three seasons » Averaged 19 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.3 steals per game this season as a multidimensional threat who helped the Gators go 17-7 » Averaged a double double in her career:...
St. Frances junior guard-forward Angel Reese led No. 1 St. Frances to a fourth consecutive Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship this season by averaging 22.6 points and 19.3 rebounds per game. She can play all five positions and gives St. Frances versatility....
The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association has unanimously approved an officially sanctioned girls high school state championship for the 2019-20 academic year. Maryland is the 16th state to approve a girls state tournament. The decision was approved in late April at the MPSSAA...
Three seasons ago, South River assistant coach David Hicks told everyone he had the No. 2 heavyweight in the state on the junior varsity team. Ka’Ron Lewis just had that much brimming potential. “I kept saying it over and over again,” Hicks said. “I told Ka'Ron over and over again.” With the graduation...
Everything Centennial senior Jason Kraisser does when he laces up his wrestling shoes is business like. His practice habits that include staying beyond the required hours or trekking across the region on holidays, weekends or off days to find quality opponents are unlike almost anyone else. His...
Owings Mills junior Phil Smith, McDonogh sophomore Cooper Flynn and Dunbar senior Jordan Pryor took home national titles at the National High School Coaches Association tournament in Virginia Beach, Va. on March 31. McDonogh freshman Richard Fedalen (113) placed third, C. Milton Wright sophomore...
The Baltimore Sun makes its selections for Wrestler and Coach of the Year and All-Metro first and second team for the 2018-19 wrestling season.