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Milford Mill senior point guard Anthony Goode, a second-team All-Metro selection after helping the Millers claim the Class 3A state title, will sign a national letter of intent to play at Saint Francis (Pa.) University.
Goode, a three-year varsity player, averaged 13 points and six assists in his first year as a starter.
This spring, Sears is sponsoring a "More Green Across America" campaign that is offering a $30,000 makeover for parks/fields to a community in need of upgrades. Southern High of Harwood sent in an essay and is one of the finalists, currently second in the voting process, which ends May 5. Fun Forest, Va., is in first place with 40,506 votes with Southern in second with 11,937. Voting can be done every day, so there is still time for Southern to make up ground. If you're interested in supporting the school, click here.
Patterson freshman point guard Aquille Carr, who earned first-team All-Metro honors in his first varsity basketball season, was named the National Freshman of the Year by MaxPreps.com.
The website released its 2009-10 Boys Basketball Freshmen All-American Team today with Carr taking top honors.
The electrifying 5-foot-6 guard averaged 25.5 points, eight assists and 5.3 steals in leading the Clippers to a 16-7 mark.
The girls lacrosse game between No. 1 McDonogh and No. 5 Bryn Mawr has postponed for the second time. It will be made up on May 3 at McDonogh at 4 p.m.
The game was first rained out on March 26 and rescheduled for today. Next week is the final week of the IAAM regular season with the tournament scheduled to begin on May 7.
The undefeated Eagles will fit the Mawrtians in between two non-conference games -- Good Counsel on May 1 and Liberty on May 6. The rescheduled contest will be the final of the regular season for the Mawrtians -- if there is no more rain, that is.
Former McDonogh soccer goalkeeper Alex Horwath, a 2005 grad who helped the Eagles capture the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship in his senior year, has signed a contract with Major League Soccer as a pool goalkeeper.
Horwath, who was a three-year starter at Wisconsin after starting his college career at Connecticut, is based in Kansas City training with the Wizards although he's not on the team's 24-man roster.
The MLS signs pool goalkeepers to ensure that teams have backup goalies for emergency situations such as injury or suspension. Although he is in Kansas City, any other MLS team can pick him if needed.
Horwath completed his college career at Wisconsin last fall, registering 17 shutouts and posting a 1.19 goals-against average.
The Digital Harbor and Poly baseball teams will get a rare treat when they play their regularly scheduled game at Camden Yards this afternoon. Game time is set for 3:45 p.m.
Admission is free and parking is available in Lot A.
Fans should go to the Schaefer Entrance to get inside the ballpark.
Former Oakland Mills soccer star Cory Marcon, who will soon be completing his second year at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, was looking for a summer job last year and didn't want to flip burgers.
The alternative he came up with has become its own brand: The Scholar Athlete Academy.
The program offers individual or small group training sessions for young players of any age in soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, basketball, football, track and wrestling with some of Howard County High School's top former scholar athletes providing instruction.
In addition to Marcon specializing in soccer training, the other instructors include Rick Go (football and track), Colin Orr (boys lacrosse), David Pearman (basketball), Kristen Bilney (girls lacrosse) and Bryce Harley (wrestling).
Marcon's original idea last year was a 10-week soccer camp on Saturdays through the summer months -- providing a more extensive and longterm experience than the typical week-long summer camps.
But he quickly learned how difficult it was for perspective campers to commit to the extended program, so he decided on a program that was more convenient to the kids with more one-on-one attention.
He finished with 10 clients -- ages ranging from 7 to 17 and the goal for this summer is to have a combined 50 to 60 clients among all the different sports that are now being offered. To learn more, go to www.scholarathleteacademy.com
Lacrosse continues to gain popularity in Baltimore City and one of the important starting points is the Parks & People Foundation’s Baltimore Middle School Lacrosse League. On Sunday afternoon, the BMSLL will kick off its spring season with a skills clinic taking place at the Baltimore City Public Safety Training Center (formerly Pimlico Middle School) located at 3500 Northern Parkway from 1 to 3 p.m.
The league, which will open its season April 14, has grown from six teams last year to 10 with 150 middle school players expected to participate.
On Sunday, Baltimore City Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld III will make opening remarks and National Lacrosse Hall of Famer Tom Marechek will conduct a shooting exhibition.
Players and coaches from some of Baltimore’s best high school teams -- Calvert Hall, McDonogh, Gilman, St. Paul, Boys Latin, Forest Park, Edmonson, Carver, Northwestern and Walbrook -- will also be at the clinic to work with the middle school players.
The league’s current participating schools include: Dickey Hill, Bluford Drew, Jemison East and West, Franklin Square, Kipp Ujima, Cross Country, Francis Scott Key, Booker T. Washington, Calverton and Roland Park.
“We want to bring this great sport to schools that could never afford it otherwise and hopefully impact families and communities through the players’ participation,” Commissioner Bealefeld said.
Members of the Baltimore police department will provide mentoring and assist with coaching and recruiting for the expanded league with the goal of improving the relationship between the Police Department and the teams’ communities.
The Parks & People Foundation has run the lacrosse league since 2000, serving over 1,000 young people, many of whom would never have had the opportunity to play lacrosse without the BMSLL.
“Our hope is to expand the Parks & People league from 10 teams to 24 teams in the next three years,” said Parks & People Director of Youth Programs Monica Logan.
Ongoing funding for the BMSLL is provided by the US Lacrosse Foundation. The Foundation founded the league almost 20 years ago and remains its biggest supporter .
For more information on the Parks & People Foundation’s sports programs, click here or call (410) 448-5663.
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