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If the editors of The Sun believe that a recently-issued apology by the Howard County school board ("Howard school board apologizes for segregation," Nov. 16) that relates to treatment of African-American students 49 years ago warrants front page above the fold coverage, it cannot be considered to be a serious newspaper. Philip G. Enstice, Ellicott City

As a freshman, Century's Hannah Warther hasn't hesitated to take the big shots, and she hit the biggest one so far Friday night to give the No. 5 Knights a 10-9 double-overtime victory over No. 2 C. Milton Wright in a Class 3A-2A girls lacrosse state semifinal at Franklin. After the defending state champs won the draw in sudden-death overtime, they settled the ball to look for the best shot. Senior Haley Bordner, who has 38 assists this spring, set up Warther for the game winner in the Knights' second straight comeback win over C. Milton Wright in the state semifinals.

Ryan Throndset Century, football In his first season as starting quarterback, Throndset rallied the Knights from a 28-6 deficit going into the third quarter to a 35-34 overtime victory over Tuscarora on Friday night. The 6-foot, 175-pound senior hit 20 of 28 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns in the final 18 minutes of regulation. He finished 26-for-48 for 340 yards and three touchdowns. An All-Carroll County safety last season while backing up All-Metro quarterback Josh Bordner , Throndset completed 35 of 70 passes for 476 yards and five touchdowns in the first two games.

The schedules have been set for this weekend's state boys and girls lacrosse semifinals. Five teams will try to defend their titles: South River, Hereford and Century boys and Century and Fallston girls. The winners will advance to Tuesday's and Wednesday's state title games at UMBC. Friday Class 3A-2A At Franklin C. Milton Wright vs. Century girls, 6 Hereford vs. Century boys, 8 At Annapolis Kent Island vs. Glenelg boys, 6 Queen Anne's vs. Marriotts Ridge girls, 8 Class 2A-1A At Bel Air Fallston vs. Northwestern boys, 6 Loch Raven vs. Winters Mill girls, 8 Saturday Class 4A-3A At Franklin Broadneck vs. Catonsville girls, noon Westminster vs. Churchill boys, 2 At Annapolis South River vs. Howard boys, noon Howard vs. Sherwood girls, 2:30 Class 2A-1A At Bel Air Patterson Mill vs.

Becky Groves Century When the junior varsity coach at Century quit just before the 2008 season, athletic director Randy Pentz knew just where to find a worthy replacement. That choice eventually led to the school's first state title in volleyball. After just a year on the JV level, Groves was promoted to the varsity job, where she has compiled a 47-6 record in three years for the No. 3 Knights (18-1). The team improved each year under her leadership and almost had an undefeated season this year before dropping the final regular-season match to Williamsport.

The junior goalie led the No. 3 Knights to two wins over ranked opponents at Saturday's Notre Dame Prep mixer. In the tournament opener against No. 4 Notre Dame Prep, Remenapp made 14 saves to lift Century to a 9-4 win and hold the Blazers to nine goals below their season average. Later in the day, she recorded 10 saves in a 17-8 win over then-No. 9 South River. Quick, mobile and an excellent distributor, Remenapp has saved 60 percent of the shots her way this season (55 saves, 37 goals allowed)

katherine.dunn@baltsun.com Goals: MR---Grote 2, Thompson, Stukenberg, DiAntonio, Diffendal; C—Mercer 4, Flister 3, Bordner, Quigg, Remenapp. Assists: MR—Stukenberg; C—Quigg, Remenapp. Saves: MR—Clipp 3; C—Pentz 4. Half: C, 5-2.

Tony Griner Century With a dominating effort this winter, the Knights won their fourth overall Class 2A state championship under Griner. The boys also won a state title in 2011, while the girls finished first in 2010 and 2011. How good were the Century boys this season? The numbers really do tell the story. Thanks to their talent and depth, the Knights won four major championships by a large margin this winter -- Monocacy Valley Athletic League's Piedmont Conference (39 points)

The South Carroll boys basketball team takes few secrets to the hardwood. The Cavaliers' clear priority is playing strong team defense and boxing out for rebounds, and they're confident all the other stuff will work out. The formula worked again Friday night against Century, as South Carroll wrapped up a second straight Carroll County championship with a dominating 57-31 home win in Winfield. Junior center Gavin McTavish scored 19 points, and senior guards Dan Mullen and Ethan McBryde each added 10 as the Cavaliers improved to 17-4 overall and 13-1 in county play.

At a time when a fellow Baltimorean named George Ruth was barely in knickers, Joe Gans was the biggest star in town. Along with Cardinal James Gibbons — the Cardinal Gibbons — Gans was one of the most famous people in the country. Maybe even the world. Boxing fans knew Gans, who died a century ago Tuesday, as the world's first African-American champion, but he was more than that. Those in Baltimore knew Gans as the proprietor of the city's hottest nightclub who tooled around the cobblestone streets in Henry Ford's newfangled automobile.

Century controlled play for much of the first 20 minutes against visiting McDonogh in girls lacrosse Monday night. The Knights scored the first three goals, won the first four draws and often kept possession. But top-ranked McDonogh slowly turned things around. The Eagles began to win the draws, gain possession and manufacture scoring chances, all of which helped McDonogh rally for a 10-7 victory over No. 5 Century. The Eagles improved to 18-0 and now have won 87 consecutive games.

Denver's Jill Remenapp had no idea she was on her way to a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation record when she handed out nine assists in the No. 15 Pioneers' 20-9 win over St. Mary's (Cal.) on Sunday afternoon. “I didn't realize I was on such a roll,” the Century graduate said. “At halftime, Josie Owen, our grad assistant coach, said, 'Jill, you have six assists.' I was like, 'What?' because when I'm in the game I'm not thinking, 'Oh I had another assist.' Plus, you don't know whether you're going to get recorded for it. But [the St. Mary's defenders]

When she thinks of Fort Carroll, the abandoned 19th-century military installation in the Patapsco River, Beverly Eisenberg thinks of her grandfather - and of duckpin bowling balls. She visited the six-sided artificial island as a little girl, just a few years after her grandfather bought the place in 1958 hoping to turn it into a destination with a slots casino, hotel and restaurants. He was making cast-iron facsimiles of the cannons that once armed the fort, and the cannons needed cannon balls - duckpin balls that she would paint black and set up at the guns to help Benjamin N. Eisenberg nurture a dream.

The Century boys showed their depth at Saturday's Pikesville Track Classic. Julian Woods won three different events, and Jake Stefanick finished first in another, but it was Chandler Kennell's late win in the pole vault - the last event to finish - that pushed No. 2 Century past No. 6 Digital Harbor at Pikesville. Kennell set a meet record with his effort of 14 feet, one inch. Nicholas Neral added a fourth-place finish in the event, and those 13 points let Century (69) top Digital Harbor (60)

katherine.dunn@baltsun.com The Notre Dame Prep Girls Lacrosse Tournament wasn't set up to crown an overall winner, but the Century players certainly left Towson at least feeling like champions. And, with county opponents Liberty (April 2), Urbana (April 4) and Walkersville (April 9) on the horizon, it was a good thing to be challenged by such an ambitious non-league schedule. In the second annual three-team, round-robin event on March 30, the No. 10 Knights came way with wins over No. 3 Notre Dame Prep, 12-9, and No. 4 South River, 17-5.

The senior midfielder led the Knights to wins over then-No. 3 Notre Dame Prep and then-No. 4 South River Saturday with seven goals and four assists. Bordner scored three goals on three shots and had two assists and two ground balls in a 12-9 win over NDP, and had four goals on five shots as well as two assists, four draw controls and two ground balls in the 18-7 win over South River to help boost the defending state Class 3A-2A champion Knights (3-1) from No. 10 to No. 4 in this week's Baltimore Sun Top 15. Bordner, who was also on Century's volleyball and indoor track teams, plays for the M&D Lacrosse club.

No. 3 Century's girls lacrosse team used four multi-goal scorers, led by Haley Bord-ner with five, to stay unbeaten Thursday by beating Winters Mill, 13-5. The host Knights (12-0) opened with a 5-0 run and led 8-2 at the break. No. 4 Marriotts Ridge 21, Oakland Mills 2: Marissa Davey and Taylor Hensh each scored four goals for the visiting Mustangs (11-0). Boys lacrosse No. 11 Winters Mill 10, Century 5: Spenser Love scored a game-high five goals and added two assists to power the visiting Falcons (10-1)

Two students from Century High School received awards in the 2013 AAA Annual Traffic Safety Poster Contest for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Karah Yates, a junior, won Honorable Mention, and Amy Elberfeld, a sophomore, won third prize in the high school age division. Yates was presented with a certificate and an entertainment prize pack, while Elberfeld received a $100 Visa gift card. High school students were invited to compete in subject categories relevant to teen driver safety, such as alcohol awareness and distracted driving.

The Notre Dame Prep Girls Lacrosse Tournament wasn't set up to crown an overall winner, but the Century players certainly left Towson on Saturday afternoon feeling like champions. In the second annual three-team, round-robin event, the No. 10 Knights came way with wins over No. 3 Notre Dame Prep, 12-9, and No. 4 South River, 17-5. Playing their second and third ranked opponents in eight days, the Knights wanted to make up for an 11-7 loss to then-No. 10 C. Milton Wright on March 23. In that game, they fell behind, 4-0, when the Mustangs started off with four extra-man goals in two minutes and Century never caught up. This time, the Knights, the defending Class 3A-2A state champions, used their own extra-man goals to get the jump on the Seahawks in the final game of the tournament.