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Boys lacrosse No. School Record Prev.  1.Loyola 13-8 4 2. Boys' Latin 19-1 1 3. Calvert Hall 11-6 3 4. McDonogh 14-4 2 5. Hereford 18-2 5 6. St. Paul's 15-5 6 7. Gilman 12-4 7 8. Westminster 18-0 8 9. South River 17-3 10  10. Glenelg 16-2 11 11. Arch. Spalding 12-9 9 12. St. Mary's 6-9 12 13. Chesapeake-AA 15-3 13 14. Arundel 15-2 14 15. Fallston 15-4 - Other teams considered: Bel Air (12-4)

When the call came from Maryland coach Cathy Reese, Kasey Howard was sitting in senior English class at Broadneck High pretty well convinced her days as a lacrosse goalie were just about over. Howard, who led Anne Arundel County in save percentage her last two seasons at Broadneck, figured she wasn't meant to be a college athlete when things didn't work out with another Division I program. Instead, she would go to Maryland for the education. Then her cell phone rang with an opportunity Howard had never imagined.

A week into the new school year, Broadneck center midfielder Emily Lord is loving her senior gig. She's quick to say it's completely different. She's finished with her classes at 10:30 a.m. every day. In her third year on varsity, she is a captain for the No. 6 Bruins. And she's learning a new position after playing her first two years at forward. It has been a lot to take in, and Lord is excited and primed for a banner year. Lord showed a fine ability to distribute the ball last season - finishing with eight assists to go with three goals - and she'll have the chance to set up teammates even more this fall with the ball at her feet more in the middle.

Broadneck's No. 10 girls lacrosse team didn't need much time to assert its dominance in Wednesday night's Class 4A-3A state championship at UMBC. After five minutes of back-and-forth play, the Bruins reeled off 12 straight goals and ran away with their first title in 11 years, 21-5 over previously-undefeated Sherwood, the first Montgomery County girls team to reach the title game. Ellie McNulty scored four goals and Aislinn Probst added three, all in the 12-goal run. By the time Zoe Ernest's free-position goal gave the Bruins a 13-3 lead and kicked in the running clock for good with 6 minutes, 08 seconds left in the first half, coach Karen Tengwall already had subbed for her starting attackers.

The sophomore standout became Broadneck's first two-time state wrestling champion when he won the Class 4A-3A crown in the 132-pound weight class on Saturday at Maryland's Cole Field House. Harrell, who won the state title in the 120-pound class at the end of his freshman season, completed a dominating tournament with a first-period pin over Reservoir's Mason Kilcarr, needing 54 seconds to come away with the title. It was his third pin of the tournament to go with a major decision. In finishing the season with a 32-1 record, Harrell also won Anne Arundel County and Class 4A-3A East regional titles for a second straight year.

With both of their defenses allowing little breathing room, the season-opening showdown between sixth-ranked Old Mill and No. 15 Broadneck came down to one big play. That moment arrived early in the third quarter, when Old Mill recovered a fumbled punt on Broadneck's 34-yard line and scored nine plays later. Patriots running back Rob Chesson then wore down the Bruins in the fourth quarter for a 10-0 victory. With that, Old Mill avenged last season's loss in the Class 4A East regional semifinal and picked up a key win in Anne Arundel league play.

Even though top-ranked Broadneck returned 12 players from last season's undefeated, Class 4A state championship team, the Bruins are still a work in progress, according to coach Reese Kiple. In Saturday's Archbishop Spalding's Cavalier Classic, Broadneck faced two of the top pitchers in the state with mixed results. The Bruins lost to Easton, 2-0, and its ace Shelby Taylor in their first game, but beat No. 3 Spalding's Emily Weiman in the second game, 3-1. Facing top-notch pitching was a good test for Broadneck as it gets ready to continue its Anne Arundel schedule, which also has more of the top arms in the area.

All through its undefeated regular season, the Oakland Mills boys basketball team was decidely superior against its Howard County competition. Nothing changed when Anne Arundel County's best, No. 13 Broadneck, challenged the No. 4 Scorpions in Wednesday night's District V championship game at Mount Hebron. The Howard County champions brought more size, quickness and athleticisim to the title game, and it was apparent early. Behind a pestering zone trap and a 23-point performance from 6-foot-9 senior Greg Whittington, Oakland Mills scored the game's first 20 points to come away with a 58-24 win over the Bruins.

The two best field hockey teams never met at the Archbishop Spalding Invitational on Saturday. No. 5 Broadneck (5-1) and host No. 11 Cavaliers (5-2) both went 2-0 on shutouts. The Bruins beat Seton Keough, 1-0, and Chesapeake-AA, 2-0. And Spalding beat the same two opponents, Chesapeake-AA, 5-0, and Seton Keough, 1-0. Spalding's Anna Kennedy scored twice against the Cougars and Katie Kreis had the game-winner against the Gators. Soccer Meade 1, Long Reach 0, OT: Freshman Colette Pierce scored the game-winner to lift the host Mustangs (3-0)

The Bruins' All-Metro catcher had another great day at the state final, going 4-for-4 with four RBIs and tying a state record with three doubles as the No. 1 Bruins defeated Sherwood, 11-1, for their second straight Class 4A crown. In last year's state final, she hit a three-run homer in the first inning that powered a 5-2 win over North Carroll for the Bruins' first title. This season, the junior batted .440 with three home runs and 14 RBIs. A steadying force behind the plate since she transferred to Broadneck from Michigan as a sophomore, she had an arm opponents were reluctant to challenge.

Boys lacrosse No. School Record Prev.  1.Loyola 13-8 4 2. Boys' Latin 19-1 1 3. Calvert Hall 11-6 3 4. McDonogh 14-4 2 5. Hereford 18-2 5 6. St. Paul's 15-5 6 7. Gilman 12-4 7 8. Westminster 18-0 8 9. South River 17-3 10  10. Glenelg 16-2 11 11. Arch. Spalding 12-9 9 12. St. Mary's 6-9 12 13. Chesapeake-AA 15-3 13 14. Arundel 15-2 14 15. Fallston 15-4 - Other teams considered: Bel Air (12-4)

Broadneck's Ellen McNulty had seven goals and an assist and Aislinn Probst scored four goals and added two assists to lead the No. 12 Bruins (17-3) to a 15-5 win over No. 15 Catonsville (16-3) in the Class 4A-3A state semifinals at Franklin on Saturday afternoon. Probst scored 10 seconds after winning the opening draw, and the Bruins had nine of the first 10 goals in the game on the way to a 10-3 lead at halftime. "We just were trying to stay patient and play our game and score early so we didn't have to fight back at the end," McNulty said.

Jake Brown and Sully Gerety each had four goals and two assists to lead the host John Carroll boys lacrosse team past Friends, 15-9, in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference semifinal Tuesday. The Patriots (12-5, 11-1) advance to Friday's championship and face Sts. Peter & Paul, a 10-9 winner over Archbishop Curley, at 5:30 p.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium. The Quakers finish 7-10, 7-5. John Carroll's last won the championship in 2010. Baseball St. Vincent Pallotti 5, Severn 4: The host Panthers (17-7, 10-4)

With the ball in his stick in overtime of Monday's Anne Arundel County boys lacrosse championship, Arundel junior midfielder Aaron Snyder kept the plan simple. The result was much more than that. Snyder scored 50 seconds into extra play to give the No. 10 Wildcats a 7-6 win over No. 8 South River at Northeast High to capture the program's second county championship - its first since 1999. South River came into the game as the defending county, region and Class 4A-3A state champions, with a 10-6 win over the Wildcats already in the books from the regular season.

The battle for the Anne Arundel County baseball championship will likely come down to the final week of the regular season. On Wednesday, 10th-ranked North County made sure that it stayed in the thick of the race with a 5-1 victory over No. 6 Broadneck. The host Knights, who ran their winning streak to three games, got a complete-game performance from senior pitcher Gregg Hauck and timely hitting to beat the visiting Bruins. In just his second start of the season, Hauck scattered four hits and struck out seven.

Anne Arundel County prosecutors have dropped the more serious of two charges against a former Broadneck High School teacher and basketball coach that were related to an alleged relationship with a male student. A charge of soliciting child pornography was dropped Friday against Erin Nicole Thorne, 28, of Arnold. The remaining count is displaying obscene material to a minor. "As the investigation continued after charges were filed, it was determined that the misdemeanor charge was the more appropriate count on which to move forward," said Kristin Fleckenstein, spokeswoman for the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office.

No. 5 Broadneck (8-2) at No. 4 Old Mill (9-1) When: Friday, 7 p.m. Coaches: Damian Ferragamo, Old Mill; Jeff Herrick, Broadneck Last meeting: Old Mill, 31-7, last Friday Classification: Class 4A East, regional semifinal Key players to watch Old Mill — Demond Brown, Sr., RB (196 carries for 1,457 yards and 25 TDs); Rob Chesson, Jr., RB (1,435 all-purpose yards and 14 TDs, 132 carries for 904 yards and 11 TDs)

Severna Park and Broadneck have developed one of the area's top girls lacrosse rivalries. Close games have been the norm between the Anne Arundel County powers, including last year's one-goal Severna Park victory. But on Friday, it was Broadneck that won. Sparked by a five-goal run, the host Bruins turned a three-goal second-half deficit into a 9-8 victory over the defending Class 4A-3A state champions. Senior midfielder Ellie McNulty's four-goal effort led the Bruins (8-2, 6-1)