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Gerry L. Brewster said Spencer Road's loss in last year's race made winning the 2014 Grand National that much sweeter.

Rounding up local high school sports scores in the Baltimore area

The Baltimore Sun's girls indoor track All-Metro first-team

Archaeologists this week have been probing Patterson Park with radar and other technology for signs the a War of 1812 Battle of Baltimore in preparation for digs in April and May.

Pride of Baltimore II brings replica of the Star Spangled Banner flag to Annapolis

Senior attackman Matt Gregoire (South River) recorded career highs in goals (six) and points (eight) and sophomore linemate Nate Lewnes (St. Mary's) added a career-best five goals as UMBC defeated Mount St. Mary's, 17-7, in men's lacrosse.

Baltimore are softball preseason poll

Carroll County high school students on campus

Jordan Wolf's goal at the 2:34 mark of the first overtime period lifted host No. 6 Duke to a 9-8 win over No. 7 North Carolina on Saturday at Koskinen Stadium.

New artistic director Arian Khaefi programs music reflecting city's history, diversity

In Carroll County, Winters Mill built an early lead and hung on to defeat No. 11 South Carroll, 189-183, to retain the Carroll County wrestling championship.

When Matt Strackbein was seeking inspiration for the United State's Olympic Alpine Ski Team's uniforms, he thought back to his Maryland roots.

Mary L. Booker, who rose through the ranks from teacher to become principal of Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary School, died Jan. 9 of multiple myeloma at her Hamilton home. She was 57.

Don't forget the importance of the Battle of North Point

this summer, the original manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the poem Francis Scott Key wrote about a certain inspiring morning in September of 1814, will be the centerpiece of a sprawling, multimillion-dollar statewide celebration.

Comedy Central's "Drunk History," which features inebriated storytellers recounting historical events, filmed at Mother's Federal Hill Grille on Jan. 9, 2014. The show's creator/host, Derek Waters, is a Lutherville native.

Exhibit timed to bicentennial of Battle of Baltimore

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be celebrated in Anne Arundel County with an awards dinner, an awards breakfast, a concert and a day of service.

Lions get career-high 18 points from Bryce Shuart on way to overtime victory over Chopticon.

The Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse selected midfielder Cameron Holding (Grand Valley State) second overall in the Major League Lacrosse supplemental draft Wednesday afternoon.

Marylanders had a special affinity for John F. Kennedy, who we memorialize this week on the 50th anniversary of his assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas.

Marylanders had a special affinity for John F. Kennedy, who we memorialize this week on the 50th anniversary of his assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas. That affinity is more than the fact that Kennedy was a Democrat in a state weighted toward Democrats.

Maryland's heritage of progressive public policy (it was the first state to declare religious tolerance) shares much with JFK's vision, known generally under the rubric, the New Frontier.

Polls for football, boys and girls soccer, and volleyball.

Polls for football, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, volleyball, and boys and girls cross country.

Polls for football, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, volleyball, and boys and girls cross country.

D.C.-area QBs best Baltimore-area players for Maryland state high school football passing records

Polls for football, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, volleyball, and boys and girls cross country.

In addition to a fake punt and a bizarre kickoff return touchdown, Westminster Owls senior quarterback Duke Etchison threw for five touchdowns, completing 15-of-20 passes for 142 yards to lead host Westminster to a 42-6 victory in a showdown of two of the three teams that began Friday undefeated in Carroll County.

North Carroll has won more games this season than the last three years combined and is assured of its second winning season in a decade. The last time the Panthers got off to a 7-0 start was 2007, and that's the last time they beat Westminster, too.

Baltimore high school football By the Numbers for Week 7

Carroll County Public Schools is in the midst of a comprehensive facilities study to determine whether the school system needs to close, combine or restructure schools and programs throughout the county.

Baltimore-area high school football By the Numbers for Week 6.

Friday's heavy rain has forced the postponement of all of tonight's football games in Carroll County as well as a change of venue for one Baltimore County game.

The family of a Baltimore school student was awarded a $50,000 settlement after their son was severely injured on a faulty playground at Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School last year.

Polls for football, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, volleyball, and boys and girls cross country.

A new quarter depicting fireworks over Fort McHenry was officially launched during a ceremony Friday at the Baltimore landmark as part of the Defenders' Day celebrations.

Fort McHenry celebrates 199th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore this weekend

Polls for football, boys and girls soccer, field hockey, volleyball, and boys and girls cross country in the Baltimore area.

Saturday morning (Sept. 7) rise and shine to the Havre de Grace Farmer's Market, 450 Pennington Avenue. Booths set up 9 a.m. to noon.

A modernization project for Charles Carroll Elementary School in Westminster tops the list of capital improvement project funding sought by Carroll County Public Schools for fiscal year 2015.

Maryland Historical Society invited public to come in and help sew reproduction of Star Spangled Banner

Two businesses in Bel Air recently teamed up to get a special edition Old Glory flying again.

On Independence Day, let's sing more about fruited plains and less about rockets