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Ryan Cole (Pikesville) had a banner tennis season as an Amherst sophomore.Cole helped Amherst reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III championships for the first time in school history, compiling a 10-4 regular-season record at No. 4 singles and winning two of his three singles matches at the NCAA final eight zTC in Atlanta. Amherst finished seventh. Cole's regular-season career record is 23-6.LacrosseIn his second season as a Haverford attackman, Brian Bean (Loyola) surpassed the 100 career points plateau, finishing with 117. He was the team's No. 2 scorer with 24 goals and 20 assists for 44 points.

In her end-of-season program note, Bay Theatre Company co-founder and artistic director Janet Luby refers to "the astonishing success of Bay Theatre's 2011-2012 season," and promised that this season's final production would do justice to the preceding three performances. Bay's current production is William Luce's 1976 biographical play "The Belle of Amherst," a one-woman depiction of the life of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson from about age 15 until her death in 1886.

DAVID WALPERT arrives for lunch via the Gilman School and Amherst College and a year of law school, none precisely known for nurturing television sitcom writers. He picks at a salad that looks appropriately Californian, toying with a piece of lettuce, not wishing to overindulge. You imagine his mother, Fern Walpert of Pikesville, or his father, accountant Fred Walpert, declaring, "Eat, David, eat." He chuckles at the image. Life is a smile, even when your last two jobs were shot out from under you. He's a delightful young man -- and why not?

Severna Park boys soccer coach Roy Dunshee has resigned from his position to take a coaching job at Amherst College, the school announced in a press release. Coaches interested in the vacancy are asked to contact athletic director Wayne Mook at 410-544-7462 or wmook@aacps.org. Only teachers or NFHS credentialed coaches will be considered.  

Middlebury's Betsy Wheeler had to look no further than the sideline for inspiration yesterday. Wheeler's overtime goal capped the top-ranked Panthers' rally from a six-goal deficit - one of the biggest comebacks in tournament history - to defeat No. 2 Amherst, 11-10, in the Division III women's lacrosse championship game at Johns Hopkins Homewood field. That motivation came from former Panthers goalie and current assistant coach Katie Samson. Samson helped the Panthers win the title in 1999, but a spinal cord injury in a January 2000 sledding accident confined her to a wheelchair.

With 47 seconds left in regulation in yesterday's NCAA Division III women's lacrosse semifinal, defending champion College of New Jersey had a one-goal lead and the ball, but one quick turnover dashed any hope for a repeat. Amherst used the turnover - a misdirected pass in the Lions' attacking end with 23 seconds left - to tie the game and go on to win 11-10 in overtime at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field. Abigail Ouimet finished off a transition goal with 12 seconds left to tie it at 10-10.

In a clash of defensive styles, No. 2 Middlebury broke through first and rode an early four-goal lead to a 10-9 victory over No. 5 Amherst in the Division III women's lacrosse national championship yesterday at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field.The Panthers, who finished 17-0 and won their second title in three years, slipped free against Amherst's tight-marking man-to-man defense to pump in four goals in the first nine minutes.The Jeffs (14-3) had trouble executing against the Panthers' zone defense early, although they climbed back to within one by halftime.

Tara Prindible paced the College of New Jersey with two goals as it advanced to the Division III women's national championship game with a 10-7 victory over Amherst at Rowan (N.J.) University yesterday. The Lions (17-0) trailed 5-4 going into halftime, but opened the scoring less than two minutes into the second half when Liz O'Connor sent a free-position shot through Brooke Diamond's legs. Moments later, Laura Schifter threaded a feed to Erin Beaumont, who scored to put the Jeffs (14-3)

In its first trip to the final four, Amherst pulled off one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Division III women's lacrosse history yesterday.The fifth-ranked Jeffs scored three goals in the first 2 1/2 minutes and went on to stun No. 1 and defending champ College of New Jersey, 11-8, in a Division III semifinal at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field.The Massachusetts team dealt the College of New Jersey its second loss in its past 133 games. The Lions (14-1) had won six of the past eight Division III crowns.

Heather Cole is suddenly becoming something of a tennis celebrity around Amherst College. The former McDonogh School standout has been so strong this fall in singles and doubles play that she is featured in a school newspaper ad. The ad, taken out by a local restaurant, headlines Cole as the key to Amherst's chances of winning the NCAA Division III women's championship next spring. Cole, a senior, did not get a chance to participate in the Massachusetts school's run to the national Division III title her freshman year, because she came down with mononucleosis right before the championships.

Philip Cushman Smith, a retired printing industry executive and World War II veteran who served in two branches of the service, died of respiratory failure Oct. 1 at Friend's Nursing Home in Sandy Spring. He was 90 and lived in Brinklow. Mr. Smith, the son of a University of Massachusetts-Amherst professor and a homemaker who was a Mayflower descendant, was born and raised in Amherst, Mass. He was a 1937 graduate of Amherst High School and a 1938 graduate of Williston Academy in Williston, Mass.

Scribbling this week's sports media notebook while wondering how soon ESPN will have to get separate desks for Stephen A. Smith and Bill Walton: On Tuesday at 10:30 p.m., four days before the annual renewal of a football series that began in 1897, HBO debuts Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry. It's yet another compelling sports documentary by the network that produces one after another. But that's just my opinion. Let's hear from someone who actually played in some of those games, former Buckeye Stan White: "Like Jim Valvano said, I had a good time.

AMHERST, Mass. -- Towson's special teams were anything but special in yesterday's Colonial Athletic Association opener at the University of Massachusetts. But that wasn't the only reason the Tigers suffered a 36-13 loss. Delaware @Towson Saturday, 7 p.m., 1570 AM

Free vehicle identification etching will be offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 22 at Amherst House in Kings Contrivance village. The Howard County Police Department will engrave a unique Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on all the major pieces of glass in each vehicle. Those who attend can also register in the Watch Your Car Program, a national vehicle theft prevention program. Information: Janet Stabile, 410-313-3337. `Kids' Clothes Swap' to be held April 22 The Long Reach Community Association will sponsor a "Kids' Clothes Swap" from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 22 on the village center parking lot. The outdoor sale includes gently used children's clothes, toys, books and furniture.

James E. Ostendarp, a Baltimore native and former Amherst College football coach and running back for the New York Giants, died Thursday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the Soldier's Home in Holyoke, Mass. He was 82. A graduate of Polytechnic Institute, Mr. Ostendarp earned a degree in education from Bucknell University and a master's degree in counseling from Columbia University. At Amherst, he led the football team for 33 seasons, retiring in 1992 with a record of 168-91-5.

On February MARQUERITE SHEPARD HOOD, long time resident of Severna Park, MD. Beloved wife of the late Calvin Henry Hood, Jr. Loving mother of Carol and her husband Jay Baker and Calvin and his wife Tena Hood. Cherished grandmother of Miles, Howard and Joseph. Services and Interment in Amherst, MA with a memorial service for her Maryland friends at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Pelham Community Hall 351 Amhurst Rd., Pelham, MA 01002.

At the end of Ravens practice yesterday, rookie free agent Alex Bernstein sauntered toward a goal post, Gatorade in hand. He passed a few autograph seekers, ran a hand through his carrot-colored hair and recalled a conversation he and his best friend had four years ago."We were sitting down real late at night, just having a heart-to-heart, and I told him I was going to be the first player in JTC years to come out of the NESCAC [New England Small College Athletic Conference] to play in the NFL," Bernstein said.

On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, CLAIRE BAECHLE, 98, of Amherst Oh. Miss Baechle worked for Martin Marietta Air Craft Co, now Lockheed Martin in Baltimore. Survivors include many nieces and nephews including her niece Dorothy Street who was her care giver. A graveside service will be held Saturday, November 29. Arrangements by Hempel Funeral Home, Amherst, OH.

Want to know how Claire Edelen and her unbeaten Middlebury College teammates celebrated Sunday afternoon's NCAA Division III women's lacrosse championship overtime victory over the College of New Jersey? Don't ask. "That's a secret," said Edelen who was still on cloud nine after the team's fifth national championship in the past eight years. Not to mention a 70-1 record over the past four seasons and a 131-7 mark in the past eight years. It was Edelen, a freshman attacker from St. Paul's, who set up the game-winning goal in the first overtime of a 13-11 victory.

On March 26, 2004, BRADLEY L. CARPENTER, lifelong resident of Laurel, MD. He is survived by his wife Patricia M. Carpenter; son, Dale Carpenter; daughter Crystal Marshall and her husband (Ken); granddaughter Katie Marshall and a host of other relatives and friends. Family will receive friends on Monday, March 29 at Fleck Funeral Home, 7601 Sandy Spring Road, Laurel, MD 20707 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9, where funeral service will held on Tuesday at 11 A.M. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD. In lieu of flowers, family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society, 11331 Amherst Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20902.