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Since winning the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference championship in 2005, Glenelg Country has struggled to get past the quarterfinals. Monday¿s 11-6 victory over St. John¿s Catholic Prep makes the next game on the Dragons¿ schedule a conference semifinal appearance.

Raiders shut out Mustangs for fifth win in the last six games as regular season is drawing to a close.

The Warriors, two days removed from clinching the Chesapeake Division, was whitewashed 7-0 in a Monday contest with North Harford

C. Milton Wright's girls and Bel Air's boys won Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference lacrosse titles at James R. Harris Stadium in Havre de Grace Monday evening.

The Bel Air Bobcats captured the UCBAC's Chesapeake Division championship in boys lacrosse Thursday night, knocking off red-hot and host Havre de Grace, 12-6.

C. Milton Wright put the finishing touches on an unbeaten UCBSC Chesapeake Division season Thursday night. The Mustangs (6-0 league, 9-4 overall) celebrated their seniors with a 20-10 win over neighboring Harford Tech. The Mustangs led 11-3 at half.

A roundup of local high school sports results in the Baltimore metro area for May 5, 2014.

Claire Ford, who switched from shooting guard to point guard her senior year of basketball, and Matt Stambaugh, who excelled as a guard in football despite his 5-foot-9, 165-pound frame, each were named winners of the event's crowning prize, the Charles Perry McCormick Scholarship, worth $36,000 over four years.

With current backup Tyrod Taylor displaying mixed results in spot action and entering the final year of his rookie contract, the Ravens are exploring the possibility of drafting a quarterback this year.

Franklin overcame a three-run deficit, scoring single runs in the fifth and sixth innings before scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh to seal a 5-4 win over the No. 13 Mavericks.

More than a month after announcing that the contract of longtime men's basketball coach Fang Mitchell would not be renewed, Coppin State athletic director Derrick Ramsey is expected to introduce Michael Grant as Mitchell's successor at a news conference Tuesday.

Left-hander T.J. McFarland has been scratched from his scheduled start at Triple-A Norfolk on Monday night, and he likely will join the Orioles for their series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Tuesday, according to an industry source.

Orioles right-hander Tommy Hunter knows that the first step in being a good closer is realizing that there's no such thing as a perfect one.

Taylor and Troy Hensh share one year as members of the girls and boys lacrosse programs.

In the Maryland state girls lacrosse draw, Mount Hebron got the top seeded spots in the super section, Class 3A-2A Section I, which includes teams that have won 29 state championship.

High school sports polls by The Baltimore Sun staff for May 5, 2014.

Left-hander Johan Santana, who is recovering from his second shoulder surgery in a three-year span, threw two innings in his first extended spring training game Monday afternoon at the Orioles' complex in Sarasota, Fla.

Now, all the dates and kickoff times for the Ravens' preseason games have been finalized and announced by the NFL.

Loyola Maryland's women's lacrosse team jumps back into the media poll Top 10 in the final regular

Here are a few options the Orioles can call up from the Norfolk bullpen should the need arise.

Chris Davis is improving from his oblique injury and the NFL Draft is almost here.

The Ravens have little hope of getting one of their top targets to fall to them with the 17th overall pick if there isn't a run on quarterbacks ahead of them.

After the Orioles' 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, there was definitely a rare tone of concern in manager Buck Showalter's voice.

While playing for the University of Maryland after leaving Century High School, where she was a member of three state championship teams in 2006, 2007 and 2009, Katie Schwarzmann was:

Sykesville native traded in her mouth guard and lacrosse stick for a whistle and a clipboard as a graduate assistant coach at Mount St. Mary's University.

With 35 seconds left in overtime, Towson midfielder Michelle Gildea scored to lift the Tigers over James Madison, 12-11, on Sunday at William & Mary for the Colonial Athletic Association title.

Unlike a year ago when the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team was left out of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1971, nerves were not an issue when the 18-team field was unveiled Sunday night.

The Atlantic Coast Conference, led by overall No. 1 seed Maryland, dominated the top spots in the NCAA Division I women's championship bracket announced Sunday night, with six teams among the eight seeded spots in the 26-team field.

In their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins this weekend at Target Field, the Orioles scored just six total runs -- and four of those came on a pair of mammoth two-run home runs by left fielder Nelson Cruz.

An interactive Q&A with Oakland Mills freshman attackman Evan Riss

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is pleased with the progress he has made since going on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle, and he said Sunday that he believes he's slightly ahead of schedule in his recovery.

MINNEAPOLIS ¿ The Orioles have outrighted infielder David Adams to Double-A Bowie, the team announced on Sunday morning, creating roster space on the club¿s 40-man roster.

With two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Centennial Conference softball tournament's first elimination game on Saturday in Allentown, Pa., McDaniel had the winning run on second base with Manchester resident Olivia Kipe at the plate.

Extra days of rest have helped right-hander Miguel Gonzalez. On regular four days rest, he¿s 12-6 with a 4.30 ERA in 23 career starts. But when he receives more than four days rest, he¿s 9-7 with a 2.97 ERA in 24 career starts.

With double-header sweep of Reservoir, Lions secure this spring's softball county title outright

MINNEAPOLIS -- In Manny Machado¿s second game back from offseason left knee surgery on Friday night, he recorded his first hit, scored his first run and made his first diving play at third base in the Orioles¿ 3-0 win over the Twins.

Ravens running back Ray Rice is the last player the Ravens drafted that made a Pro Bowl. Only the Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets have gone through a longer drought.

Hereford defense shines in county lacrosse title win

Hereford coach Anne Ensor should market the advice she gave to her players that helped them score four straight goals early in the second half to take control on the way to 12-8 victory over Towson in the Baltimore County championship game at Franklin High Saturday night.

On the Chesapeake Bayhawks' second possession in overtime, midfielder Stephen Peyser dodged down the middle of the New York Lizards defense and hit the back of the net to give the Bayhawks their first win of the season, 12-11.

A year ago, his horse, Golden Soul, finished second in the Kentucky Derby as a 34-1 underdog. On Saturday, the Kentucky-based trainer pulled off another second-place finish, this time with 38-1 underdog Commanding Curve.

All winter and spring, California Chrome kept getting better.

When Baltimore City baseball players took the field Saturday at Camden Yards, they were supposed to have been playing for the city high school championship.

Wei-Yin Chen did not last past the sixth inning as the Orioles fell, 6-1, to the Minnesota Twins.

There was only one big winner at the Kentucky Derby, but the outcome of the race -- which included California Chrome and top contenders Danza and Wicked Strong among the top four finishers -- looks like a big win for Baltimore.

Home is where the Maryland men's lacrosse team wants to be for the first round of the NCAA tournament, and the No. 7 Terps might have ensured that scenario with a 12-6 victory over visiting Navy on Saturday.

A regional All-American in lacrosse last season, the senior midfielder has 45 goals and 25 assists this spring and more than 100 career goals. She was All-State honorable mention for two years in field hockey. Kaulius, who has a 4.2 GPA, has signed to play lacrosse at Penn State.

Joel J. "Buddy" Finkelstein, a semi-retired businessman who earlier had been the official scorer at the Civic Center for the Baltimore Bullets, died April 24 in Florida of complications from Parkinson's disease at Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Florida. He was 81.

The Ravens devote a considerable amount of resources into scouting small-school draft prospects.

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis, on the disabled list with a left oblique strain, did some light exercises ¿ including work with a resistance band -- before this afternoon¿s game with strength coach Joe Hogarty and manager Buck Showalter is pleased with his quick progress.