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Diane Geppi-Aikens, the late women's lacrosse coach at what was then Loyola College, and former Johns Hopkins men's player Brian Voelker were among nine people elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. - You could almost say Casey Wong was born to play squash.
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- Nolan H. Rogers, a former lacrosse star who later became a Maryland assistant attorney general and the official tour guide and historian of Oriole Park at Camden Yards and Ravens Stadium, died Friday of complications from cancer at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Mount Washington resident was 82.
- Ellicott City residents are among the nation's top-ranked ballroom competitors in their age division, having won a national title in 2012 and gaining international experience and accolades along the way.
- Denison has announced the hiring of former Loyola University and Loyola High player Keith Euker and former Maryland assistant and player Fran Gormley as assistant coaches.
- The Ohio Machine of Major League Lacrosse announced Monday that Archbishop Spalding boys lacrosse coach Bear Davis will take over as head coach.
- Honorary inductee Michael Phelps part of first Towson High Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony
- Syracuse defenseman Brandon Mullins will miss the rest of the season because of a right knee injury that will require surgery, the team announced Thursday.
- Hereford High graduate Josh Asper has been anxious to do something this summer that he couldn't the past two — workout.
- Several students of the U.S. Taekwondo Academy in Bel Air won a total of 24 medals at the 2012 USA Taekwondo National Championships. This year's USA Taekwondo National Championships, commonly referred to as Nationals to those in the Taekwondo world, attracted over 6,000 competitors to Dallas, Texas from June 29 - July 4.
- There was a time when John Worley could keep up with his boys. They'd run together and as Worley slowed with age, his twin boys, Mark and Bruce, kept on running, accelerating out of the back of the pack, striding on to Special Olympics Maryland medals and into manhood.
- There was a time when John Worley could keep up with his boys. They'd run together and as Worley slowed with age, his twin boys, Mark and Bruce, kept on running, accelerating out of the back of the pack, striding on to Special Olympics Maryland medals and into manhood.
- Mike Massey, who went from being a pool shark in his little Tennessee town to the sport's Hall of Fame, will be performing in Baltimore most of this week.
