Loyola and Notre Dame Prep scored a double victory at this past weekend's National Catholic High School Swimming Championships at Villanova and La Salle universities in Philadelphia, bringing home the boys and the girls team titles.

The Dons won their fourth straight championship, paced by Oliver Bennett, who won the 100-yard butterfly and swam on the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays. For NDP, gold medals went to Kendall Krumenacker (100 freestyle) and Erin Dunseith (100 backstroke), who each also swam on a winning relay.

For the Dons, Kendrick McDonald, JP Clancy and Aaron Jones joined Bennett on the 200 medley relay while Alex Porter, Connor McGarvey and Cameron James swam on the 400 freestyle relay.

Other swimmers who finished in the top six for the Dons: James (100 freestyle, 200 individual medley), Porter (50 and 200 freestyle), Michael Feihe (100 butterfly, 100 backstroke), Jones (100 freestyle), Bennett (500 freestyle), McDonald (100 breaststroke, 200 IM), Kevin Blum (100 breaststroke, 200 IM), Tommy Brennan (100 butterfly) and Ian Silverman (200 and 500 freestyle).

For NDP, Summer Legambi, Maryellen Mangione and Leigh Musselman joined Dunseith on the winning 200 medley relay. Krumenacker, Dani Potis, Nana Salvatori and Melissa Dorsch won the 200 freestyle relay.

Top six finishers for the Blazers: Krumenacker (50 and 100 freestyle), Salvatori (100 and 200 freestyle), Potis (200 and 500 freestyle), Mangione (100 breaststroke and 200 IM), Emily Hoelting (100 breaststroke) and Mussleman (200 IM).

Loyola rolled up 448 points to outdistance second-place Gonzaga with 371 points and third-place Malvern Prep with 203. NDP scored 443 points to beat Good Counsel with 297 and third-place Holy Cross with 203.

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When the nominees for the 2011 McDonald's All-American High School Basketball Games were announced last week, one player was inadvertently left off the list -- Seton Keough forward Achiri Ade.

Ade, a 6-foot-1 All-Metro forward, joins 15 other local boys and girls nominated for the game which will be played March 30 at the United Center in Chicago. The final rosters of 24 boys and 24 girls -- chosen from among the 2,000 nominees -- will be announced Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m. on the McDonald's All-American Selection Show on ESPNU.

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The lingering effects of Wednesday's snow storm have closed most area schools for a third straight day and postponed most athletics contests, including the girls basketball game between No. 1 Archbishop Spalding and No. 2 Seton Keough which will be made up on Sunday.

Schools were closed in Baltimore City and Baltimore, Carroll and Harford counties Friday postponing all events in those jurisdictions and in many private and parochial schools that follow their lead. Seton Keough is closed because it follows Baltimore County's lead.

Spalding will travel to Seton Keough Sunday at 3:30 p.m. for their second meeting of the season after their December game was decided in double overtime. The game is Seton Keough's Playing 4 The Cure breast cancer awareness fundraiser to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Schools in Anne Arundel and Howard counties opened late Friday, so games there will be played as scheduled.

Howard and Glenelg will make up their basketball games postponed from Wednesday on Feb. 7. The girls will play at Glenelg at 5:30 p.m. and the boys, at Howard at 5:30.

Catonsville's girls basketball team has two make-up games rescheduled: Perry Hall at Catonsville, Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and Kenwood at Catonsville, Monday at 5:15.

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Gilman lineman Hunter Goodwin has been selected for the 2011 U.S. Under -19 National Team and will play in the second annual Team USA vs. The World game Wednesday in Austin, Texas.

Goodwin, a 6-foot-6, 285-pound tackle plowed holes for a Gilman offense that scored 311 points more than the opposition last fall as the Greyhounds finished No. 2. He has committed to Wake Forest and plans to sign his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday when the signing period for football opens.

Goodwin said he found out about his selection last night after helping his little brother build a snowman.

“When I came in, I had like three calls and a few texts, one from my coach saying, ‘You’re about to get a good call,’” Goodwin said. “I called one of the numbers back and it was the head of the game, Matt Ferrara. He told me that the Gonzaga (high school) coach had recommended me and they looked at my film and they really like it and basically to come on down.”

Goodwin, 17, is one of 46 players chosen from around the country. He knows only two of his teammates, Gonzaga quarterback Kevin Hogan and St. John’s-DC defensive tackle Kevin McReynolds.

This experience, he said, will build on the ones he took away from playing in the Crab Bowl and the Chesapeake Bowl.

“Both of the all-star games I was in gave me a glimpse of what college is going to be like because you’ve only got the top of the top [players]. Now I’m going to be going against the best and I think it’s really going to help me level out my game, because Gilman’s all running and in a lot of these all-star games, they do a lot more passing. It will give me a chance to work on everything.”

Although high school players are limited by the NCAA to two all-star games, an exemption is granted for the USA vs. The World game in which all of the USA players are high school seniors. The World team includes players from four continents and coaches from Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Japan, Mexico and Sweden.

The game will be played in Austin Westlake Stadium and televised live on Fox College Sports Central. It also will be streamed live at www.HighSchoolSports.net at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Goodwin, who hopes to help the USA take a second victory after winning 17-0 last year, said he is looking forward to the entire experience.

“I’m looking forward to flying down to Austin. I know the quarterback from Gonzage and the D tackle from St. John’s are in it, so I’m looking forward to playing with them. I’ll be able to work with a lot of top guys in our nation and the world. and they’re doing a big signing day thing. We’ll sign in front of all the cameras, so it’s going to be pretty cool.”

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The season's biggest snowstorm canceled schools throughout the metro area, once again postponing all athletic events for a second consecutive day. Check with your respective schools for make-up dates.

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The top boys basketball team in the Metro area will face one of the best from Philadelphia when Baltimore City Community College hosts the first BCCC High School Showcase starting Saturday at noon. The inaugural game will feature No. 1 Patterson (12-1) and the Philadelphia Electrical Technology and Charter School (15-3). Admission to the game is $5. Doors open at 11 a.m.

Philadelphia Electrical, which is ranked sixth in the city of Philadelphia and is on a 10-game winning streak, is led by senior guard Carrington Ward with 18.9 points per game. Senior guard Devante Chance is averaging 14.7 points per game.

The Clippers' offense starts with sophomore point guard Aquille Carr, who is averaging 30.4 points and 6.7 assists. Carr earned All-Metro honors as a freshman last year and was named Maxpreps National Freshman of the Year after averaging 25.5 points, eight assists and 5.3 steals.

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Friends senior guard/forward Jon Schmidt surpassed the 1,000 career point plateau with a 31-point performance in a 70-50 loss against St. Mary's on Monday. Schmidt is averaging nearly 25 points and 10 rebounds this season for the Quakers. He is being recruited by a number of Division I basketball programs, including Cornell and Richmond.

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Today's inclement weather canceled schools throughout the metro area, thus postponing all athletic events that were scheduled. Check with your respective schools for make-up dates.

The girls basketball game between No. 12 Glenelg and Howard will be made up Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Glenelg. The Gladiators (13-1) are undefeated in Howard County (12-2) while the Lions have two county losses but have won 12 straight games.

The Glenelg-Howard boys basketball game also will be made up on Monday.

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Archbishop Spalding senior Charlie Lynch will continue his wrestling career at the University of Pennsylvania, said Cavaliers wrestling coach Mike Laidley.

Lynch, who is ranked No. 15 in the country at his 145-pound weight class, has been offered a financial aid package that will pay for most of his education.

Before signing with Penn, Lynch considered Maryland, Virginia, Old Dominion and others.

Laidley said 112-pound senior Cole Gallagher is considering several schools, while 189-pounder KK Smith is looking for a football scholarship and 135-pound Brady Gaynor is "on the fence" about whether to continue wrestling in college.

No. 1 Spalding is 25-0 going in to Tuesday's match at Severna Park. The Cavaliers have what could be their most exciting match of the regular season Wednesday, 6 p.m., at No. 2 McDonogh.

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Fifteen local girls and boys basketball players have been nominated for the 2011 McDonald's All-American Games on March 30. The final rosters -- chosen from among the 2,000 nominees -- will be announced next month.

The boys nominees are Kendrick Anderson and Nick Faust, City; Greg Lewis and R.J. Williams, St. Frances; Greg Whittington, Oakland Mills; Eric Savage, Old Mill; and James Milton, Parkville;

The girls nominees are Maggie Morrison, Archbishop Spalding; Amber Singletary and Liz Brown, Seton Keough; Ciara Webb, Patterson; Taryn Durant and Candice Hendricks, McDonogh; Brielle Ward, Western; and Indigo Dickens, Wilde Lake.

The final 24 boys and 24 girls will be named Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m. on the McDonald's All-American Selection Show on ESPNU. The games will be played at the United Center in Chicago.

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When Ellen Fitzkee took over the Hereford girls’ basketball program this winter, she knew most of her players were more focused on other sports, but they were athletic and that fit right into the former Towson University coach’s style, emphasizing full-court defense and rebounding.

The combination has the Bulls off to one of the best starts in school history at 11-1.

“Basketball for most of them is not the first sport, but they’re athletes and so they understand competitiveness and they understand grittiness and I think they were always a scrappy-type team, so I’m just taking that and using it on the full court. You can bring defense and you can rebound every night with heart and hustle," Fitzkee said.

Having eight seniors, including seven who return, also has been key, said Fitzkee, who coached the Randallstown girls for three years and took them to the Baltimore County title game in 2007 and 2008.

Although the Bulls fell to Catonsville, 54-43, in the third game of the season, they have beaten some of their toughest rivals in the county’s Class 4A-3A Division, including tight wins over Dulaney, 31-30, and Milford Mill, 50-46 in the last two weeks. Before that, they edged Maryvale, 54-52.

Four seniors start – Marieke Oosterwijk (9.9 points per game), Rebecca Silver (7.2 points), Megan Bell and Michelle Oosterwijk. Their top scorer is a junior, Julia McLaughlin, a 5-foot-11 forward playing center with 12.7 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.7 blocks a game.

The bench also gets a good share of playing time, adding 10.9 points, 9.4 rebounds and 4.8 steals a game.

The statistic that really stands out on the team, however, is steals. The Bulls average 25. Marieke Oosterwijk leads the way, averaging 4.9 while Bell has 4.4 per game. Fitzkee also keeps track of the tips and deflections that lead to steals.

With that swarming defense, Fitzkee said, “the idea is regardless of our shooting percentage – if we just shoot OK – we should win most of the games and that’s really been what’s driven the team.”

The chair of the guidance department at Hereford, Fitzkee moved from Randallstown to Hereford in 2009 but didn’t take over the Bulls program until former coach Dave Schreiner decided not to coach this winter. She coached the last of her 13 seasons at Towson in the winter of 2000-2001, having been named all-conference Coach of the Year twice.

Now, she is preparing the Bulls for a second half that includes a game against No. 12 Woodlawn as well as a rematch with Catonsville.

“We’ll hopefully have more in terms of systems in -- in terms of offense and defense -- toward the end of the year,” Fitzkee said. “Hopefully, players will have developed fundamentally and that’s the other thing we’re working on, getting these players developed fundamentally from top to bottom so that we get better as a team.”

The Bulls next play host to Patapsco on Friday night at 7 p.m. for their annual Think Pink breast cancer awareness and fundraiser night. The teams will wear commemorative shirts and pink shoelaces. Gate receipts will be donated to breast cancer research.

“When I said I was going to be coach back in the fall," Fitzkee said, "the kids came to me and said, ‘This a real important event for us. We’ve done something but it’s not been organized,’ and so Marieke is kind of the organizer with the rest of the seniors. They went out and got sponsors, so we have some corporate sponsors. It’s something the kids really, really wanted to do and they’ve done all the work on it.”

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Tryouts for the 2011 Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic Underclassmen Tournament have been scheduled for May 21 for girls and June 1-2 for boys.

The tournament will be held July 1-3 at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium and features some of the top players from around the country and draws many of the top men's and women's college coaches. The Baltimore-area girls team has won the last two titles. The boys fell last summer to Long Island in the championship game.

The tournament will expand to 10 teams with the West and South regions joining Baltimore, Long Island, Midwest, New England, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Upstate New York and Washington, D.C.

Girls tryouts will be held May 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at McDonogh. Boys tryouts will run June 1 and 2 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at McDonogh.

Players must be current juniors, sophomores or freshmen to try out. Each team will include 22 players. The girls will be coached by Bryn Mawr coach Wendy Kridel and the boys by Hereford coach Brian King.

For more information click here to go to the Under Armour Underclassmen Tryouts site.

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This morning's inclement weather canceled schools throughout the metro area, thus postponing all athletics events.

Among the postponements was the boys basketball doubleheader at Morgan State University featuring Lake Clifton vs. Digital Harbor and Patterson vs. Dunbar. The four schools involved are trying to coordinate a date with Morgan State in hopes of rescheduling the games once again as a doubleheader.

Check with your respective schools for any make-up dates invloving teams of interest.

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Harford Tech has been bringing its wrestling team to the Mount Mat Madness tournament even before it was the Mount Mat Madness tournament.

“It used to be the Hammond Tournament, and we came to that,” said Harford Tech coach Gary Siler, who saw his 171-pounder Dillon Brush advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals. “Then it became Mount Mat Madness and we kept coming.”

Crosstown rival John Carroll started to come to the tournament a few years ago, and this year, Bel Air has joined in.

“I think it is exciting for our community to have three teams here,” Bel Air coach Craig Reddish said. “I bet we have more teams here from our little town than any other area.”

Yesterday, the three teams combined to advance seven wrestlers to Saturday’s quarterfinal round, and John Carroll scored well enough to go into today’s matches in eighth place among the 29 competing teams, with Scott Strappelli (119), George Weber (130) and Mathew Miller (171) still in the main draw.

“I’ve heard about this tournament for years,” said Bel Air senior Tom Kuegler (189), who advanced with teammates Steve Cross (140) and Jeff Taylor (112). “A couple of my friends have won it. It’s such a big deal because every match is hard, with tough guys wrestling throughout.”

Reddish said he decided to bring his team because it has had success the past three or four years, including winning a state championship. This season, his team is younger, with three freshmen and four sophomores in the lineup.

“But it doesn’t hurt us to come, and they were excited about it when I suggested it,” Reddish said. “I know being here with nearly 30 teams, all of them top competitors, it could be overwhelming. But it exposes them to be stronger competition, and I think will make them better.”

Kuegler said he and his teammates are young but that they are all hoping “that we can bring home something.”

For Kuegler, that would be a podium finish -- top six among 29 competing teams. He’s a senior with a 16-0 record this season and is hoping that seeing the strong competition at this meet will help him next month at the state tournament, where he finished fourth a year ago.

“Our team won state’s last year,” said Kuegler, who plans to study film in college. “But I’ve had a little chip on my shoulder because I was unhappy with fourth place.

“This year the pressure is off. Why? Mostly because I’ve accepted the idea that if I lose, it’s fine -- as long as I do my very best. My expectations here are that I want to get to the finals, but I’m not going to load myself down with expectations. I’m wrestling one match at a time.”

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St. Mary's officials have named Russell Croteau football coach succeeding Brad Best, who resigned in November.

Croteau, a Michigan native who had been an assistant coach at Bladensburg, Oxon Hill and Cambridge-South Dorchester high schools, plans to meet with the Saints Tuesday.

A government and world history teacher at Bladensburg, he coached the team's running backs, but he has also coached wide receivers, quarterbacks and linebackers. He played wide receiver at Bay City Central High School and defensive back at Albion College. He is a graduate of American University.

"I am honored to be asked to lead the program at St.Mary’s, a school that has a long tradition of athletic and academic excellence,” Croteau said in a news release.

Although the Saints finished 3-7 in the MIAA B Conference last fall, they won four league championships under Best and were ranked No. 1 in 1996 after winning the MIAA A Conference title.

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The big boy on the local wrestling tournament stage, Mount Mat Madness gets under way tomorrow with 29 teams from five states and the District of Columbia competing on six mats at the Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville.

In the field are:

Three Maryland wrestlers with national Top 10 rankings in their weight classes by Intermat: Centennial's Nathan Kraisser at 119; Southern Garrett's Lex Ozias at 145; and Southern Garrett's Bubba Scheffel at 171.

Eight returning weight-class champions, including Sussex Central's Codey Combs going for an amazing fourth straight title.

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The Franklin Indians wrestling team is ready to welcome 16 teams to tomorrow's Invitational Tournament in Reisterstown. And, said coach Mike Slaughter, they're also ready to compete against them better this year than in the past five years.

"The last time we actually won our tournament was somewhere around 2003 or 2006," sais Slalughter. "This year, we have a very young team, with four freshmen starters, but they're all doing very well and I think we have a very strong chance of being in the Top 3. A better chance than in the last five years that I've been here."

To be among the Top 3, Franklin (4-2) will have to knock off some strong challengers - undefeated and No. 6 ranked Owings Mills, who returns as the defending champion, Hereford, who placed second last year, and North Carroll, who was third and is off to a strong 9-4 start this season.

Also in the field are City College, Perry Hall, Overlea, North Harford, Eastern Tech, Northwestern, Mount Airy Christian Academy, Western Tech, Glen Burnie, Towson, Northeast, Randallstown, Joppatowne.

The two-day tournament begins Friday with championship preliminaries at 4 p.m. on four mats, continue with championship quarterfinals at 7 p.m. and a consolation elimination round at 8:30.

Saturday the event gets going with consolation preliminaries at 9:30 a.m., followed by the championship semis and consolation quarters at 11 a.m, the consolation semis at 1:30 p.m., place matches for third and fifth at 2:30 p.m. and the championship finals at 5 p.m.

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Glenelg junior field hockey midfielder Alyssa Parker has committed to the University of Maryland for a field hockey scholarship, her coach Ginger Kincaid said.

Parker had been pursued by both Maryland and North Carolina before Parker made her decision.

The junior scored an amazing 38 goals and 38 assists this past season. She led the Gladiators and Howard County in scoring, while leading her team to a 19-1 record and its first state championship.

After the season, she was the only player in the greater Baltimore area (and one of just two in the state) named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association’s High School All- South Region team.

She is also a Junior Olympian and Futures Elite Player.

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Tuesday's boys basketball game between No. 1 Patterson and No. 8 Dunbar has been moved to Morgan State University, set for 7 p.m., as part of a double header.

At 5 p.m. No. 10 Lake Clifton will take on Digital Harbor.

The Patterson-Dunbar game was originally scheduled to be played at Patterson, but the venue was changed because a large crowd is expected. Tickets for the doubleheader will be $5.

The junior varsity games will remain at the respective host schools — Dunbar at Patterson and Digital Harbor at Lake Clifton — set for 3:45 p.m.

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The threat of snow Tuesday afternoon has postponed athletic events at all public schools in the Baltimore-metro area.

Schools in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties will close an hour or two early while Baltimore City officials have postponed their events as well, including a key boys basketball game, Digital Harbor at No. 8 and undefeated Dunbar.

The wrestling tri-meet with Glenelg, Howard and Hammond is rescheduled for Jan. 22 at 3 p.m.

The No. 3 Joppatowne girls basketball team will make up its game against Elkton as part of a varsity double-header with the boys on Friday. The girls will play at 5:15 p.m. with the boys to follow at 6:45. The JV girls game will not be made up.

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Moving in to the New Year, Centennial's Nathan Kraisser leads a very short list of local state wrestlers in the national rankings set fourth by InterMatwrestling.com and theopenmat.com

Kraisser, a junior, is ranked No. 15 in the 125-pound class by InterMat and No. 8 by theopenmat. Meanwhile, Charlie Lynch, who wrestles at 145 for No. 1 Archbishop Spalding, is at No. 16 on the InterMat site and No. 13 on theopenmat.

For Kraisser, it has been business as usual. The junior went into this season with a 75-3 record and two state titles, and now has 10 more wins and no additional losses. Of those 10 wins, nine of them have come on pins. The one that wasn't was a 1-0 decision in the championship match at the War On the Shore.

All of this season's achievements have come despite moving up two weight classes to 125. Centennial coach Dave Roogow said Kraisser is likely to stay at the higher weight most of the season, though he could wrestle at 119 next weekend at the Mount Mat Madness tournament held at Catonsville Community College.

Out of the local area, Lex Ozias of Southern Garrett is nationally ranked at No. 6 at 145 by InterMat and No. 7 by theopenmat, while Good Counsel's Kyle Snyder is InterMat's No. 15 wrestler at the 215-pound class, and theopenmat's No. 14 wrestler.

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The two-day Iron Horse Duals Wrestling Tournament hosted by C. MIlton Wright gets started today with three ranked teams among the nine schools going for the title, in this the 11th year of the tournament.

No. 7 Bel Air, No. 10 John Carroll, which finished third here last year, and No. 12 Loyola, which was second, will join Joppatowne, Towson, Gwynn Park, Nanuet, Parkville and host C.M. Wright when the event begins at 4 p.m. There will be four rounds on four mats, with the last match of the night scheduled for 8:30 p.m.

The tournament will continue Saturday with the first of five rounds scheduled for 9:30 a.m. The last round is at 4:30 p.m.

A year ago, Georgetown Prep took first place but has not returned, assuring a new champion

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Former Annapolis wrestler Patrick "Bubby" Graham had a big weekend at the 48th Midlands Championships wrestling for American University.

Graham, an AU sophomore, wrestling in the 165-pound class, upset the country's No. 3 ranked competitor. His 7-6 win came at the expense of another local high school graduate, Maryland's Josh Asper, the Hereford grad who won four state titles in four different weight classes while wrestling for the Bulls.

The result meant Asper dropped from No. 3 to No. 5 in the InterMat College Rankings, while Graham, who finished eighth at the Dec. 30 tournament in Chicago, is still trying to crack the Top 20.

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The boys basketball showdown featuring No. 1 St. Frances at No. 6 John Carroll -- originally scheduled for 7:15 p.m. Friday in Bel Air -- has been moved to 5:45 p.m. The junior varsity game will take place first at 4 p.m.

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The 15th annual Basketball Academy — featuring boys and girls basketball teams from Baltimore City, Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Harford counties, and special-invited teams from New Jersey and North Carolina — is set to take place on Jan. 20-22 at Coppin State University.

Tickets cost $10 per day with children under five admitted free. Tickets will be available at Coppin State one hour prior to the start of the first game. Advanced tickets can be purchased at participating schools or by calling 410-396-8569. More information about the event can be found at www.bballacademy.com.

Here's a look at the three-day schedule:

Thursday, Jan. 20

3:30 pm Poly vs. Woodlawn (G)

5:00 pm Western vs. Milford Mill (G)

6:30 pm Perry Hall vs. Archbishop Spalding (B)

8:00 pm Edmondson/Westside vs. Parkville (B)

9:30 pm Patterson vs. Milford Mill (B)

Friday, Jan 21

2:15 pm Douglass vs. Archbishop Spalding (B)

3:45 pm City College vs. Willingboro, NJ (G)

5:15 pm Perry Hall vs. Havre de Grace’ (B)

6:45 pm Dunbar vs. Owings Mills (B)

8:15 pm Lake Clifton vs. Aberdeen (B)

9:45 pm City College vs. Rocky Mount Prep, NC (B)

Saturday, Jan. 22

9:30 am Woodlawn vs. City College (G)

11:00 am Havre de Grace vs. Douglass (B)

12:30 pm Milford Mill vs. Poly (G)

2:00 pm Willingboro, NJ vs. Western (G)

3:30 pm Aberdeen vs. Edmondson (B)

5:00 pm Owings Mills vs. Lake Clifton (B)

6:30 pm Rocky Mount Prep, NC vs. Patterson (B)

8:00 pm Parkville vs. Dunbar (B)

9:30 pm Milford Mill vs. City College (B

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While most of the top boys basketball teams were traveling to the various holiday tournaments, No. 1 St. Frances (7-0) took a low-key approach the past two weeks.

Since an 81-66 win over D.C.-based Friendship Academy on Dec. 20, the Panthers only time with the basketball has been among themselves at practice.

Talking with senior standouts Greg Lewis and R.J. Williams late last week, the team is chomping at the bit to get back on the floor. Coach Mark Karcher planned it that way.

"I want them rested and hungry," he said, looking ahead to the rest of the demanding season competing in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference and the Baltimore Catholic League.

The Panthers and their No. 1 ranking will be tested immediately this week. On Tuesday, they travel to No. 3 Mount St. Joseph (12-3) for a 7 p.m. start before visiting No. 6 John Carroll (16-1) at 7:15 Friday night.

The Gaels, led by Trey Clinton, David Windsor and Brian Morton, went 2-1 in Virginia last week at the Benedictine Capital City Classic.

John Carroll traveled to New York last week and went 2-1 at the Stop DWI Holiday Classic. The Patriots, who have been led by guards Malcolm McMillan and Ronald Scott, came away with two wins before losing their first game of the season, 49-48, to New York's Thomas Jefferson on Thursday.

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