Calvert Hall

Eight Calvert Hall College High School students and nine students from Notre Dame Preparatory School — along with three chaperones — took part in a trip to the eastern shore of Virginia last month, where they spent five days helping build a house. Much of the house's framework had been built and siding was in place, but during the week students tackled jobs including assembling framework for walls, guiding electrical wiring, mounting trim around the outside of the house, installing a roof on a front porch and assembling railings and spindles around the porch.

Looking for some great high school football this week? Beginning Thursday night at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, you can find terrific matchups at the 9/11 Patriot Classic, which includes top teams from Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Three of our state's best teams, The Baltimore Sun's No. 1 Gilman and No. 2 Calvert Hall, as well as Good Counsel, highlight a three-day slate that includes No. 6 McDonogh, Archbishop Spalding and St. Mary's, as well as three of the top teams in New Jersey and the fifth-ranked team in Pennsylvania, according to the USA Today high school football rankings.

Williams caught 10 passes for 123 yards and scored the decisive touchdown in the No. 2 Cardinals' third straight Turkey Bowl victory over archrival Loyola. After Loyola pulled within 21-17 in the fourth quarter, the senior wide receiver outran a pair of defenders and made a terrific catch on a 34-yard pass from quarterback Thomas Stuart with 11:54 remaining in the game to give the Cardinals the lead for good in their 34-17 Thanksgiving Day victory. Williams, 6-feet-2, 190 pounds, finished the season with 99 catches for 1,180 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Brendan Butler went 3-for-4 with four RBIs as the John Carroll baseball team upset host No. 5 Calvert Hall, 14-12, in nine innings Friday. The win marks a first for the Patriots (8-4) over the Cardinals (6-5) in 10 years. Broadneck 11, No. 9 Chesapeake-AA 0: Scott Nickerson (1-0) pitched five innings, gave up four hits, walked two and struck out four as the host Bruins (2-3) upset the Cougars (5-3). Softball No. 6 Glen Burnie 6, No. 2 Arundel 3: Winner Melanie Slowinski struck out 13 for the visiting Gophers (4-1)

Et cetera Calvert Hall boys run past Loyola, 55-38 Sean Mayberry (10 points) sparked a 20-5 run in the second quarter as the host Calvert Hall boys basketball team beat Loyola, 55-38, on Sunday. The Dons (9-12, 2-6 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference) played a very composed, confident first quarter. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Mitch Cross and Dan Vigus led to a 16-10 Loyola lead. In the second quarter, the Cardinals (9-12, 4-6) used a full-court defense to hold Loyola scoreless until a layup by Jordan Floyd with 1:42 left in the half.

So far this season, the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference in boys lacrosse has been a week-by-week ride of unpredictability with one major exception: No. 1 Boys' Latin. While the rest of the teams in the demanding league have taken turns knocking each other off in a pool of talented parity, the Lakers have remained the lone constant. More proof came on Friday when the Lakers were able to wear down determined Calvert Hall with a dominating second half to come away with a sturdy 15-11 home win. Junior attackman Wells Stanwick led the way with three-goals and six assists while senior Kevin O'Neil adding five goals.

Mike Gamble scored 15 minutes into the game and Julian Griggs scored five minutes later, and top-ranked McDonogh held on for a 2-1 win at Calvert Hall in soccer on Thursday. The Eagles improved to 9-1. All the scoring took place in the first half, with the Cardinals' John Tune stealing the ball and beating McDonogh goalie Matt Sanchez (five saves) to cut the lead to one. "We had most of the play and they had counters. We just kept the ball and knocked it around," McDonogh coach Steve Nichols said.

One of the adjectives most used to describe the Calvert Hall lacrosse team at the start of the season was "talented. " The second one that always quickly followed was "young. " With one game left in the season, the more appropriate words are "polished" and "primed. " The No. 1 Cardinals continued their season-long roll Tuesday, comfortably taking out defending Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference champion and No. 3 St. Paul's in the league tournament semifinals, 11-4, at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium.