Men's college basketball
Reggie Williams named coach of Chesapeake College
Former Dunbar High and Georgetown star Reggie Williams has been named coach at Chesapeake College, a community college in Wye Mills in Talbot County. Williams, 45, was hired Monday to replace John Mappas, who guided the Skipjacks to an NJCAA Region XX championship in 2008 but retired last week because of family considerations. Williams became available when Towson Catholic closed in July; he had been hired as boys coach in May. Williams, who played 10 NBA seasons, coached the Washington Justice of the National Rookie League - at that time an unaffiliated minor league for the NBA - to the 2000 championship. He coached Jericho Christian to a conference title in 2008-09.
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AD Boylan to retire in July after 19th year at Loyola
Joseph Boylan, Loyola University's athletic director since 1991, will retire in July, the university announced Thursday. He will continue as athletic director emeritus. A Baltimore native, Boylan played basketball and soccer at Lafayette and holds a master's degree from Johns Hopkins. He began his coaching career at Lansdowne, where he also taught history. In 1970, he became coach of American's freshman basketball team and in 1974 moved to Rutgers, where he was an associate men's basketball coach and assistant athletic director.
Men's soccer: : Levi Houapeu had a goal and an assist as 25th-ranked UMBC (10-1-0, 1-1-0 America East) earned a 2-0 win against visiting Stony Brook (1-9-2, 0-2-0) on Wednesday night.
Field hockey: : No. 1 Maryland beat No. 5 Princeton, 3-2, on an overtime goal by Nicole Muracco on Wednesday night in College Park.
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Ziggly shaves .02 off record; Markakis a Hutch finalist
Ziggly set a course record for a mile on the turf when she galloped to a 5 1/4 -length victory Thursday at Laurel Park. The winner, under Rosemary Homeister, swept to the lead against optional/claiming runners as the field straightened for home and finished in 1 minute, 34.24 seconds, knocking .02 off the previous mark, set by Tune of the Spirit on Nov. 13, 2005. In other Laurel news, jockey Luis Garcia picked up career win No. 999 before Thursday's opening race when the Maryland Racing Commission stewards ruled that Midwatch, who won the Sept. 23 opener, had too much phenylbutazone in his system. Garcia, and his mount, Rescigno, were elevated from second to first.
Orioles: : Right fielder Nick Markakis was one of 10 finalists for the Hutch Award, which goes to the major league player who best exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication of the late Fred Hutchinson, who played and managed in the majors before dying in 1964 of cancer at the age of 45. The award has been given since 1965, with Eric Davis, in 1997, the only player to have won while with the Orioles.
