Calvert Hall

No. 15 Mount St. Joseph's baseball team has been playing much bigger than its ranking. After upsetting No. 1 Calvert Hall on Tuesday, the Gaels beat No. 2 Gilman, 4-3, on Thursday. The Gaels (12-9, 7-5 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference) defeated the Cardinals, 6-2. Joel Kenney pitched seven innings, gave up seven hits and one walk and struck out four against the Greyhounds (19-8, 10-3). Peter Solomon (1-for-3) had a double and an RBI to lead the Mount St. Joseph offense.

Boys lacrosse No. School Record Prev.  1. Boys' Latin 13-0 1 2. St. Paul's 13-1 3 3. McDonogh 9-3 4 4. Calvert Hall 7-3 2 5. Gilman 8-2 5 6. Hereford 7-2 6 7. St. Mary's 6-5 7 8. Loyola 8-5 8 9. Archbishop Spalding 10-6 9 10. South River 8-2 10 11. Arundel ...

The No. 4 McDonogh boys lacrosse team and host No. 2 Calvert Hall were only able to get in 3:42 of play Friday before the game was suspended because of rain. When play resumed Saturday, the Eagles (9-3, 3-1 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference) got off to a sluggish start, but they played lockdown defense in the second half to win, 9-6. "Calvert Hall outplayed us in the second quarter," McDonogh coach Andy Hilgartner said. "But our defense stepped it up in the second half and only gave up one goal.

No. 4 Stevenson has won two consecutive games without Dimitri Pecunes, but the freshman goalkeeper could return for Saturday's road contest at Middle Atlantic Conference rival Widener. Coach Paul Cantabene said the sprained AC joint in Pecunes' shoulder that he sustained in the first quarter of the Mustangs' eventual 14-13 overtime loss to No. 13 Roanoke on April 9 is improving. He is expected to test his shoulder in practice Thursday afternoon, and Cantabene said he is “optimistic” that Pecunes could play against the Pride.

The top-ranked Boys' Latin lacrosse team beat St. Mary's on the road, 17-9, Tuesday, keeping its perfect season and No. 1 ranking intact. The Lakers (12-0, 3-0) were led by Colin Heacock's five-goal performance. Shack Stanwick contributed a goal and three assists. Boys' Latin dominated throughout, leading 9-2 at halftime. The No. 7 Saints (6-4, 1-2) were led by Cole Robertson's three goals. No. 2 Calvert Hall 9, No. 9 Archbishop Spalding 8, OT: Tim Kelly had two goals and three assists to lead the visiting Cardinals (7-2)

The first time Archbishop Spalding played Calvert Hall this season, the Cardinals' bats caught fire en route to a 10-run victory. On Wednesday, in the rematch between the two teams, Spalding left-handed pitcher Joey Benitez was determined to make sure the outcome was different. Benitez, a senior who will attend Old Dominion, led the Cavaliers to a 3-2 upset of the No. 1 Cardinals. Despite rolling his right ankle in the top of the fourth inning on an errant pitch, Benitez managed to throw five scoreless innings, striking out four and allowing two hits.

After top-ranked Calvert Hall suffered its first league loss earlier in the week with several uncharacteristic errors, coach Lou Eckerl held a rare team meeting, urging his players to not only refocus but to stop putting so much pressure on themselves as the area's top-ranked team. The message resonated as host Calvert Hall bounced back Thursday with 7-0 victory over No. 6 Loyola. This time, it was the Cardinals who took advantage of several miscues and pitcher Ben Deaver pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings.

Five Baltimore area boys basketball players were recently selected to participate in the U.S. Elite Select Basketball Tour in Italy this week. St. Frances senior forward Tevon Saddler , The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro Player of the Year, will be joined by Glenelg Country junior forward Chancellor Barnard , St. Vincent Pallotti junior center Tariq Owens , Calvert Hall sophomore guard Drew Edwards and Mount St. Joseph sophomore guard-forward...