Lake Clifton boys basketball coach Herman Harried, who is serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. under-16 national team, returned to the United States from Argentina earlier this week with a gold medal and lasting impressions.

The U.S. captured the 2009 FIBA Americas U-16 Championship with a 101-87 win over host Argentina in the title game, posting a 5-0 record in the tournament.

"There's nothing like being in a different country and hearing your national anthem, seeing your flag raised and having a gold medal placed around your neck," Harried said.

The team was in Argentina for nine days, following a seven-day camp in Colorado Springs. Harried said the biggest challenge for the players and coaches was getting comfortable in a foreign country.

"Here we are in a different country -- 12 players, three coaches and the training staff. Our goal as a coaching staff emphasized on dealing with adversity. Argentina loves basketball. All throughout the game they whistled and had noise makers. We had to make sure the kids put that aside and dealt with the basics of basketball," said Harried.

The basketball tour doesn't stop there for Harried this summer. He is currently in Dallas assisting Utah Jazz star guard Deron Williams at his summer camp and also will help run camps for Phoenix Suns star Amare Stoudamire and NBA MVP LeBron James.

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The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association released its all-MIAA teams last week in baseball, golf, tennis and lacrosse, which you can see below. The league's rugby team will be released at a later date.

The Baltimore Sun will release its all-metro and all-county teams Sunday.

The MIAA coaches selections for All-MIAA TEAMS:

BASEBALL
“A” Conference
Stephen Cooke Archbishop Curley
Brandon Franke Archbishop Curley
Teddy Gross Archbishop Curley
Austin Neary Archbishop Spalding
Eddie Palmer Archbishop Spalding
Pat Blair Calvert Hall
Blake Geiger Calvert Hall
Mike Trionfo Calvert Hall
Robbie Harris Cardinal Gibbons
Andrew Parker Cardinal Gibbons
Blake Thompson Cardinal Gibbons
Max Cooke Gilman
K.J. Hockaday John Carroll
Christian Wolfe John Carroll
Kevin Shields Loyola Blakefield
Harry Slade Loyola Blakefield
Ryan Taylor Loyola Blakefield
Zach Fitzpatrick McDonogh
Mike Draper Mt. St. Joe
Zach Spahn Mt. St. Joe
Jake Williams Mt. St. Joe
Jack Carey St. Paul’s
Collin Majev St. Paul’s

“B” Conference
John Lentz AACS
Aaron Marshall AACS
Alex Hosier Baltimore Lutheran
Tim Parks Baltimore Lutheran
Billy Seymour Baltimore Lutheran
Spencer Unick Baltimore Lutheran
Paul Mellinger Boys’ Latin
Huntley Mitchell Boys’ Latin
Josh Sachs Chapelgate
Kelly Dayton Friends
Wick Eisenberg Friends
Austin Lasky Friends
Leland Nislow Friends
Sean Eitze Glenelg Country School
Bobby Sanzone Mt. Carmel
Jonathan Hettleman Park
Andrew Keiser Park
Cameron Caldwell St. Mary’s
P.J. Martindale St. Vincent Pallotti
Kevin Murphy St. Vincent Pallotti
Sam Stefanelli St. Vincent Pallotti
Joe Kotler Severn
Chase Strom Severn

“C” Conference

Eric Chason Beth Tfiloh
Josh Flax Beth Tfiloh
Aaron Gillette Beth Tfiloh
Harrison Barton Key
Anthony Fusco Key
Chris Fusco Key
Darrell Anderson St. Frances
Davante Brown St. Frances
Avon Coleman St. Frances
Kris Dixon St. Frances
Devan Hill St. Frances
Sean Connole St. John’s Catholic
Derek Macierowski St. John’s Catholic
Kevin Baron Towson Catholic
Brandon Lukoski Towson Catholic
Mark Rodgers Towson Catholic
Patrick Williams Towson Catholic

GOLF
“A” Conference
Kaitlyn Rohrback Archbishop Spalding
Will Guy Boys’ Latin
Justin Hughes Calvert Hall College
Jason Burton Calvert Hall College
Hunter Reif Gilman
Church Waesche Loyola
Ben Shields Loyola
Sean Bannantine McDonogh
Jay Sapperstein McDonogh
Andrew Lawton Mt. St. Joseph
Steven Albright St. Paul’s
Kris Wilcoxon Sts Peter & Paul

“B” Conference
Richard Bechtold Baltimore Lutheran
Sam Farley Beth TFiloh
Donald Erdman Cardinal Gibbons
Taylor Crampton Chapelgate CA
Tyler Leatherwood Chapelgate CA
Ben Max Friends School
Brian Gibbons Glenelg CS
Ben Lukehart Mt. Carmel
Harrison Max Park School
Jason Clatworthy St. Vincent Pallotti
Kevin Poole St. Vincent Pallotti
Dan Wayson Severn

LACROSSE
“A” Conference
Boys’ Latin Christian Walsh
RG Keenan
Calvert Hall Chris Lightner
Patrick Fanshaw
Tony Rossi
Friends Ryan DeSmit
Gilman Jack Doyle
Greg McBride
Marcus Holman
Harry Prevas
Loyola Rob Fitzpatrick
Alex Bement
McDonogh Sam Ford
Curtis Holmes
Mt. St. Joe Chris Costabile
St. Mary’s Neill Lewnes
Jason Gonos
St. Paul’s Pat Powderly

“B” Conference
Annapolis Area CS Matt Soldano
Cody Thomas
Sam Ramatowski
Archbishop Curley Pete Lee
Alex Kelly
Chapelgate CA Zach Bruce
Glenelg CS Bryan Arnold
Joe Clark
Matt Lewis
John Carroll Dave Pons
Tom Murphy
Luke Phipps
Tom Huff
Key Jake Maldonado
Park Andrew Duberg
St. Vincent Pallotti Mike Marks
Sts Peter & Paul John Kaestner
Conner Effinger

“C” Conference
Baltimore Lutheran Jim Woods
Mike Steppe
Sam Coulter
John Jenkins
Robbie Rupp
Beth TFiloh Jacob Wilkowski

Cardinal Gibbons Christian Klimczyk
Will Foy
Mike Dougherty
Indian Creek Morgan Hall
Mt. Carmel Mark Concordia
Alex Brylske
St. Frances Dominique Spence
St. John’s Cath Prep Mike Russo
Jon Kubala
Conlin Pierce
Towson Cath Eric Dougan Luke Hahn

TENNIS
“A” Conference
Gideon Wolf - Beth Tfiloh
Michael Katz - Gilman
James Wieler - Gilman
Alec Hoblitzell - Gilman
Tyler Hoblitzell - Gilman
Tim Lozniak - John Carroll
Ben Galloway - Loyola
Alex Sidney - McDonogh
Chris Bell - McDonogh
Tommy Gates - Mt. St. Joe’s
Joe LaBate - Mt. St. Joe’s
Anand Parikh - St. Paul’s
Jack Allen - Severn
Felix Hong - Severn

“B” Conference
Sammy Larsen - Spalding
Patrick O’Friel - Spalding
Benton Davis - Spalding
Ryan Kent - Glenelg
Vikram Kumar - Glenelg
Ryan Mullen - Glenelg
Ajit Gill - Glenelg
Josh Altschuler - Key
James Luttrell - St. John’s

TRACK & FIELD
George Chambers Archbishop Curley
Josh Peery Archbishop Curley
Erik Franklin Archbishop Curley
Zach Sullivan Archbishop Spalding
Nick Rowe Calvert Hall
Sean Caskey Calvert Hall
Nick Pasko Calvert Hall
Chris Swisko Calvert Hall
Derek Mitchell Cardinal Gibbons
Jabulani Blyden Gilman
Will Fenwick Gilman
Brandon Copeland Gilman
Que Attenoukon Gilman
Chris McMaster Gilman
Taaz Amin Gilman
Darrius Jennings Gilman
Malik Compton Gilman
Andrew Mighty Gilman
Matt Jablonski Loyola Blakefield
John Davenport Loyola Blakefield
Demitrios Pagonis McDonogh
Justin Gross McDonogh
Mikal McClain Mt. St. Joe
Phil August Mt. St. Joe
Duane Parker Mt. St. Joe

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Long-time Glenelg Gladiators coach Tom Thrasher, 58, is stepping down as the team's head baseball coach. His assistant, Dave Boteler, will move into the head coaching job.

Thrasher said he will coach the Gladiators' junior varsity next season.

"I coached Dave when he went to high school here, now he is back teaching at Glenelg and worthy to coach," said Thrasher, who has been the head coach since 1997 and took the team to state titles in 1998 and 1999. He was also the assistant coch on the 1995 team that won the state championship.

"I don't have one reservation about this," Thrasher said. "Dave is at the school, he took care of the field this season. He'd have to call me when it was too wet to play. It's just going to make it easier all the way around."

Thrasher, who teaches U.S. History to eighth graders at the Glenwood Middle School, said he will continue in that role.

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