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Forest Park defensive lineman Dominic Boyd probably best summed up his team's 26-0 victory over Carver yesterday."As far as we're concerned, this is the beginning of the season," said Boyd. "We're 1-0, looking to finish 4-0."The Foresters (4-3) remained in contention for the state 2A East region title with the win over Carver (4-3), which saw its state 3A postseason hopes dealt a blow.Forest Park (6.13 avg.) is in first place, followed by Parkside of Wicomico County (4-2, 5.66), which plays North Caroline this afternoon and No. 9 City (4-2, 4.88)

One thing Boys' Latin junior heavyweight Brandon Carver did not want to do yesterday in his Dundalk Tournament title bout against Patapsco's Bill Hook was get thrown to his back.The 275-pound Hook had pinned 38 of his previous 39 opponents.Carver, at 235 pounds, was tossed, but he also was lucky.Hook, a defending Baltimore County champ, tossed Carver for a two-point takedown in the first period. But Carver's shoulders landed out of bounds, so near-fall points were not awarded."They don't usually get up from that, but this time, I missed it," said Hook.

At the beginning of the season, Carver coach Durce Jackson said that season's squad wasn't as talented as the one that won last year's Maryland Scholastic Association B Conference championship.But yesterday, the No. 17 Bears won their second consecutive MSA B Conference title, defeating Edmondson, 67-53, in the final at the Baltimore Arena.The championship was the fifth straight for Jackson. He coached Carver to three consecutive junior varsity titles before taking over the varsity last year.

Centennial put on a show in the fourth quarter last night at Carver. Led by Matt Laycock, the Eagles scored 27 points, grabbed 10 offensive rebounds and held the Bears to only three baskets.But the Centennial rally could not overcome the hole it dug in the first three quarters. Nate Wingo scored 21 points while Gabriel Brooks added 15 with nine assists as Carver upset Centennial, 73-72, in a Class 3A East region semifinal.Carver (4-18), which will play host to Dunbar in the region final tomorrow at 1 p.m., led from the start and its pressure on defense seemed to throw Centennial (18-6)

With five of its six victors gaining falls, visiting Dunba overcame three forfeit losses against Carver yesterday for a 36-36 season-opening tie.The draw ended a two-year, 16-match losing streak against Maryland Scholastic Association B Conference wrestling foes."

ANNAPOLIS -- John Brady is not an easy man to please.Even after watching his No. 5 Annapolis boys basketball team run and gun its way past No. 11 Carver last night, 90-82, the veteran coach found it difficult to relish the moment."

CITY COPS rounded up some truant Northern High School students last week, cited them for curfew violations and then herded them back to school. So this is news? A Northwestern District officer was doing the same thing in Pimlico. In one week, he handed out 37 curfew citations to students who were supposed to have their butts in either Pimlico Middle School or Northwestern High School. One kid got four citations. One 13-year-old -- a strapping 80-pounder -- had about nine bags of crack on him. Such is the news we are used to getting about city public schools these days.

After losing twice to Carver during the regular season, the Northwestern girls basketball team got off to a quick start and stayed on top to beat Carver, 67-31, in a Class 3A, Region III semifinal game last night.The game was rescheduled from Thursday night because of a water problem in the gym that resulted from Thursday's rain, Northwestern coach Lillian Brown said.Northwestern (13-4) will play host to Howard in the region final tomorrow at 6 p.m. Howard beat Walbrook, a team that has also beaten Northwestern twice this season, Thursday night.

The City Knights didn't pick a bad night to play their best game of the season.Facing a Carver team that they barely squeaked by earlier in the season, the host Knights shot 59 percent from the field and out-rebounded the Bears, 49-20, in fashioning a 91-64 rout last night in the Class 3A East region final."

Adrienne Watson Carver, Mrs. Maryland 2007, has just returned from Tucson, Ariz., where she placed among the top 10 in this year's Mrs. America pageant. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, theToday show, Cafe B-more, Grace and Glory at Midnight and Baltimore 2night. A former Ravens cheerleader, she is the owner of Studio "A" Modeling, Etiquette and Dance Academy in Randallstown and is the founder of the Studio "A" Foundation, which for the past three years has awarded nearly $30,000 in scholarships to Baltimore-area high school juniors and seniors.