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The 41st annual Baltimore Catholic League tournament will take place at Stevenson University, making the move from its recent home, Loyola University. The tournament begins on Feb. 24 with quarterfinal-round play and runs through the championship game on Feb. 26. Quarterfinal-round games will start at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 24, followed by semifinal games at 5 and 7 p.m., Feb. 25, with the championship game slated for 1 p.m. Feb. 26. All the games will take place at the school's new athletic complex located on Owings Mills Blvd.

There's no question that the No. 3 Mount St. Joseph boys basketball team has revolved around the All-Metro guard tandem of Kameron Williams and Phil Booth the past two seasons. But behind them has been a steady group of contributors. In Monday's 42nd Baltimore Catholic League championship game against No. 6 Archbishop Spalding, Mount St. Joseph's contributors stepped up in an even bigger way. Senior forward Charlie Jones, junior forward Kyle Doran and junior guard Jaylen Adams all made big baskets and other important plays.

There's no question that the No. 3 Mount St. Joseph boys basketball team has revolved around the All-Metro guard tandem of Kameron Williams and Phil Booth the past two seasons. But behind them has been a steady group of contributors. In Monday's 42nd Baltimore Catholic League championship game against No. 6 Archbishop Spalding, Mount St. Joseph's contributors stepped up in an even bigger way. Senior forward Charlie Jones, junior forward Kyle Doran and junior guard Jaylen Adams all made big baskets and other important plays.

The Mount St. Joseph boys basketball team took care of two things in Sunday's Baltimore Catholic League semifinal against John Carroll at Loyola University's Reitz Arena. With junior guard Phil Booth leading the way with 16 points, the No. 3 Gaels came away with a 62-53 win over the No. 7 Patriots that gave coach Pat Clatchey his 500th career win and sends them into the final to defend last year's championship. Mount St. Joseph (29-6) will meet No. 7 Archbishop Spalding in Monday's championship game.

Last year, Mount St. Joseph guard Kameron Williams opened eyes with a breakthrough sophomore season that earned him first-team All-Baltimore Catholic League honors. This season, he has done even more in leading the No. 5 Gaels (24-6) to a first-place finish in the BCL and the top seed in the upcoming playoffs. Averaging 18 points, four rebounds and two assists in his second year on varsity, the 6-foot-2 Williams was named the BCL Player of the Year at the league's annual banquet Monday night at Snyder's Restaurant in Linthicum.

The Baltimore Catholic League boys basketball quarterfinal game between Mount Carmel, the eighth seed, and host No. 1 St. Frances, the top seed, has been moved to Thursday night at 7 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, but preparations for a Saturday event at the school prompted the date change. The remaining quarterfinal games will be played on Friday. The semifinals are scheduled for Sunday at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Loyola University, while the championship game is set for Monday at 7 p.m. at the university.

The 42nd Baltimore Catholic League tournament opened Thursday night with an absolute stunner -- eighth-seeded Mount Carmel, who only won one league game in 14 during the regular season, claimed a 59-50 win at No. 1 and top-seeded St. Frances. It was the same St. Frances team that dominated the regular season -- going 13-1 in league play with its only hiccup a one-point loss to John Carroll in the final seconds. The same Panthers continued to separate themselves from the rest of the pack when they won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A championship on Sunday -- comfortably handling then-No.

The Baltimore Catholic League, in the midst of its 39th boys basketball season, is expected to undergo changes next year in regular-season and postseason scheduling, along with the possibility of expansion. Administrators among the league's seven schools - six of which also compete in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference - met Wednesday night to discuss the issues, which were first brought up in November at an impromptu meeting among representatives of five of the seven schools.

Sophomore guard Phil Booth scored 10 of his team-high 19 points in the third quarter and added a last-minute blocked shot as No. 5 Mount St. Joseph fended off Archbishop Spalding, 54-49, in the Baltimore Catholic League semfinals at Stevenson University. Junior guard Kameron Williams added 13 points and Phil Lawrence provided 12 as the Gaels' balance offset a 29-point effort from Spalding senior guard Greg Brown. Mount St. Joseph improved to 26-6 on the season and will seek the program's fourth BCL championship Sunday.

An opportunity to repeat as Baltimore Catholic League champion didn't come easy to the John Carroll boys basketball team. In Friday's quarterfinal against St. Maria Goretti, the No. 3 Patriots needed three overtime periods to advance. In Saturday's semifinal against St. Frances, they got a free throw from senior forward Jarred Jones with .3 of a second on the clock to come away with a controversial 42-41 win over the No. 10 Panthers at Stevenson University in Owings Mills. It's the eighth straight time John Carroll has gotten the better of St. Frances over the past two seasons.

The 42nd Baltimore Catholic League tournament opened Thursday night with an absolute stunner -- eighth-seeded Mount Carmel, who only won one league game in 14 during the regular season, claimed a 59-50 win at No. 1 and top-seeded St. Frances. It was the same St. Frances team that dominated the regular season -- going 13-1 in league play with its only hiccup a one-point loss to John Carroll in the final seconds. The same Panthers continued to separate themselves from the rest of the pack when they won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A championship on Sunday -- comfortably handling then-No.

Four days after winning the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship, St. Frances is no longer in the Baltimore Catholic League playoffs. Mount Carmel upset the No. 1 Panthers, 59-50, in the BCL quarterfinals on Thursday night. Junior guards Johnny Rhodes and Brian Cunningham led the visiting Cougars offensively, while coach Tom Rose attributed the victory to great team defense. "We just had an outstanding team effort tonight," Rose said. "I mean, we had eight guys who scored tonight for us. We really spread the ball out well.

The Baltimore Catholic League boys basketball quarterfinal game between Mount Carmel, the eighth seed, and host No. 1 St. Frances, the top seed, has been moved to Thursday night at 7 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, but preparations for a Saturday event at the school prompted the date change. The remaining quarterfinal games will be played on Friday. The semifinals are scheduled for Sunday at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Loyola University, while the championship game is set for Monday at 7 p.m. at the university.

The St. Maria Goretti boys basketball team won three of the top awards at the Baltimore Catholic League's awards banquet Monday night at Snyder's Willow Grove Restaurant in Linthicum. The league's coaches selected the Gaels' Martin Geben, a 6-foot-7 junior forward at the Hagerstown school, as the Jerry Savage Player of the Year, while St. Maria Goretti coach Amrit Rayfield earned the O. Ray Mullis Coach of the Year award. St. Maria Goretti senior guard Tyrus Fleetwood was chosen as the Cokey Robertson Most Improved Player.

John Carroll senior guard Rodney Elliott passed the buzzer-beating torch to sophomore Elijah Long against Archbishop Spalding on Monday, producing the same positive result that is fast becoming the norm for the Patriots. Coming out of a timeout with 18 seconds left and the scored tied, the visiting Cavaliers put extra attention on Elliott, who swiftly swung the ball over to the right side for Long to nail a 3-pointer as time expired to give No. 7 John Carroll a thrilling 53-50 win over No. 5 Spalding.

A promising boys basketball season is upon us, so let's take a closer look at some of the finest teams in the area and what we can expect from each. Our detailed daily roll of the area's top five teams concludes today with No. 1. Here is a look at our No. 5 team, the Edmondson Red Storm . Here is a look at our No. 4 team, the John Carroll Patriots . Here is a look at our No. 3 team, the St. Frances Panthers . Here is a look at our No. 2 team, the Dunbar Poets . 1. Mount St. Joseph Coach: Pat Clatchey Last season: 28-8, ranked No. 3 Postseason:  BCL champion; MIAA A finalist Outlook:  With plenty of talented boys basketball teams in the area, arguments could be made for some others to stake claim to the top spot at the start of the season.  But no team has a more settled situation than Mount St. Joseph, which captured the Baltimore Catholic League title and reached the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference title game last season, and brings most of their players back.   It starts in the backcourt with the All-Metro tandem of Kameron Williams (also the BCL Player of the Year)

The St. Maria Goretti boys basketball team won three of the top awards at the Baltimore Catholic League's awards banquet Monday night at Snyder's Willow Grove Restaurant in Linthicum. The league's coaches selected the Gaels' Martin Geben, a 6-foot-7 junior forward at the Hagerstown school, as the Jerry Savage Player of the Year, while St. Maria Goretti coach Amrit Rayfield earned the O. Ray Mullis Coach of the Year award. St. Maria Goretti senior guard Tyrus Fleetwood was chosen as the Cokey Robertson Most Improved Player.

The second-ranked John Carroll Patriots were frustrated heading into halftime Sunday at Mount St. Joseph. After leading most of the first half, the Patriots found themselves on the receiving end of two technical fouls and on the wrong end of a three-point game. After the half, they decided to get defensive. Real defensive. The visiting Patriots used a tight man-to-man defense — and the offense created off of the pressure — to turn their halftime deficit into a 63-47 win in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference and Baltimore Catholic League game.

The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and affiliated Baltimore Catholic League have adopted a 35-second shot clock for the upcoming basketball season. The shot clock will be in place this season for all three of the MIAA conferences and the BCL at the varsity and junior varsity levels. After years of consideration, the addition of the shot clock was approved in April at an annual meeting among MIAA athletic directors after the leagues' coaches made a formal proposal following the conclusion of last season.

Things weren't looking good for the Mount St. Joseph basketball team in Sunday's 41st Baltimore Catholic League title game. Against defending champion John Carroll, a poor first half had the Gaels frustrated and down by nine points. Standout junior guard Kameron Williams already had three fouls at the break and the Patriots' zone defense had the Gaels shooting 33 percent from the field and getting to the foul line just once. Already disappointed with the way the team played in losing to the Patriots in last weekend's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference title game, Mount St. Joseph coach Pat Clatchey opened up his bag of tricks at the halftime break.