Championships

Good morning--Dave Pietramala--Keep winning lacrosse championships and Hopkins will keep you around forever.

The No. 1-ranked Mount Hebron girls lacrosse team routed Wilde Lake, 22-1, in the regional quarterfinals yesterday. The host Vikings (15-1), whose 103-game winning streak ended late in the season, advanced to the regional semifinals for the 11th straight year. Jackie Doherty scored four goals to lead Mount Hebron. Alicia Krause scored a goal and had three assists for the Vikings, who led 10-0 at the half. Baseball Perry Hall Christian 8, Harford Christian 0 -- The Panthers (9-1) used strong pitching to defeat the visiting Eagles (11-5)

Former Arundel wrestler Nicole Woody, the first girl to reach a state final while competing against boys, has signed to wrestle at Oklahoma City University. Woody, who made her decision Monday, will join a women's program that is just getting started. The Stars' first dual meet will be against the University of the Cumberlands of Kentucky on Oct. 13. Woody, who was the Class 4A-3A state runner-up at 103 pounds last March, was America's lone junior world champion - male or female - in Guatemala last August.

It has been eight days since North Carroll's top wrestler, Tom Goretsas, was sidelined by a weigh-in interpretation at the state duals, taking down with him the Panthers' plans for a state championship. Despite the setback, Goretsas and his teammates are doing their best to look ahead to next weekend's county individual championships, and then to the state individual championships, secure in the knowledge that they have played a role in reviving a sport that is important in the North Carroll community.

After three days of overall tough fishing, the Maryland team finished third in the B.A.S.S. National Federation Eastern Divisional Championships held recently on the Ohio River near New Martinsville, W.Va.Russell Smarr, who runs a tackle business, led the West Virginia team to first place by catching a total of six bass weighing 10 pounds, 14 ounces.The West Virginia team caught a total of 38 pounds, 13 ounces. The Maryland team weighed in at 35-10.The fishing was so tough that no five-bass limits were weighed in during the tournament.

SEVILLE, Spain -- With his churning legs a blur and his feet flashing gold, Michael Johnson did it again.Johnson shattered another world record last night -- this time, breaking the 400-meter mark with a sensational clocking of 43.18 seconds at the world championships.In clipping 0.11 of a second off the record of 43.29 set by Butch Reynolds in 1988, the confident, highly focused Johnson gave a performance reminiscent of his 200-meter triumph at the 1996 Olympics. With his all-gold shoes flashing on the Atlanta track, he clocked an astounding 19.32, cracking his 200 world record by 0.34.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Home sites -- a subject of discussion during this year's championships -- could be phased out in the future, though the women's game is years away from neutral sites.Bernadette McGlade, chair of the NCAA's tournament committee, said the committee is considering having colleges bid in advance for sites for the championships. Though a college could be host for first- and second-round games regardless of seeding, it could only do so for two consecutive years.The results of the opening two rounds opened eyes, with the top four teams in each region advancing to the regionals after playing two tournament games at home.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Six days ago, the Duke women's basketball team was the toast of its sport, summarily ending Tennessee's three-year reign atop women's basketball.But last night, 17,773 fans and a nationwide audience saw the Blue Devils go ablaze under the heat of top-ranked Purdue's blistering second-half performance that got the Boilermakers a 62-45 win in the national championship game.And the thing that seemed to catch Duke coach Gail Goestenkors by surprise was that the Blue Devils collapsed under the weight of the Purdue pressure after handling the vaunted Tennessee press.

St. Paul's senior Jenny Landsman wants to finish her high school field hockey career with bookend championships -- the one the Gators won when she was a freshman and the one she hopes to win tomorrow.Landsman did her part yesterday to boost the Gators into the title game, contributing an insurance goal, in the No. 4 Gators' 2-0 victory over No. 5 St. Mary's in the inaugural Independent Athletic Association of Maryland tournament semifinal. Now, the Gators (12-2-1) move on to meet No. 1 Bryn Mawr for the title at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Towson University.

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3 Straight MIAA A Conference championships for Loyola, including a tie with Mount St. Joseph in 2007. 9 Times since 1974 that Baltimore-area teams have won two state titles in the same year, including the past three years. 28 Straight victories for River Hill, which has won the past two Class 2A state championships. 30 State playoff victories for Dunbar - the most for a team that reached the tournament for the first time later than 1981. 148 Tackles last season by Catonsville linebacker Tyler Weedon - an average of 16.4 in the nine games he played in before suffering a broken hand.

Each spring, a week or two after the boys lacrosse season ends, Mike Siegert sits down to reflect. He evaluates the previous couple of months, taking time to remember the moments that have kept him coming back as Centennial's coach for more than three decades. In recent years, those sit-downs have come to include deciding on whether he will return the following spring to do it all again. And this year, after 32 seasons leading the Eagles, Siegert has decided it's time to walk away. "When I sat down and finally let myself think about it in detail, I really felt like it was the right time," Siegert said.

NCAA wrestling 7 p.m. [ESPN2] While some guys playing in the basketball tournament are wrestling with a decision on whether to enter the NBA draft, other athletes are wrestling, period. ESPN2 is carrying coverage of the Division I championships (left), perfect for those of you who have a wrestling mania, as opposed to WrestleMania.

2 Consecutive years Broadneck has beaten Chesapeake in the regular-season and Anne Arundel County championships. Chesapeake responded by beating Broadneck twice in the regional final. 5 Freshmen who started last season for Century, which won the Carroll County and Class 2A West regional championships. 8 Consecutive wins for McDonogh at the end of last season, which culminated in its first Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference championship. 9 No-hitters Stephanie Speierman of Hammond threw last season, accounting for half of her 18 wins.

8 -- Meet records broken at last week's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association/Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland indoor track championships 16 -- Second-half points scored by Lake Clifton's Jason Sharp in the Lakers' 63-54 upset of then-No. 1 St. Frances at the Basketball Academy 127.5 -- Margin of victory in points for McDonogh's girls indoor track team over Seton Keough at the IAAM championships

3 Consecutive MIAA and state private school championships McDonogh has won entering the season. 11 State championships won by Owings Mills under coach Guy Pritzker, who has seven tournament titles and four dual-meet championships. 12 Consecutive dual-meet Anne Arundel County championships for Old Mill if the Patriots win again this season. 18 Points Archbishop Spalding gave away during each match last season because it was three wrestlers short of a full lineup. 38 Consecutive victories Owings Mills senior Avi Friedman had while going undefeated last season.

3 Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference championships the Fallston field hockey team has won. The latest came when the Cougars edged Perryville, 2-1, recently. 72 Score that both Ryan Triller and Nick Mafale of North Harford shot to tie for first place at the Harford County golf championship. The Hawks won the team title.

BOYS TEAM Jason Clatworthy St. Vincent Pallotti He shot slightly more than 36 per round for the season and only lost half of a point during the regular season. The junior had an impressive showing at the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association individual championships, where he finished third behind Patrick Hohman of Boys Latin and Brad Miller of Gilman. Josh Eure South River Eure finished fourth in the state and was two birdie putts from gaining at least a tie for the title.

Paul Burgin Pikesville Burgin is part of a Pikesville team that has won 13 consecutive Baltimore County championships. The junior won the individual county and regional championship. Burgin also advanced to the state tournament in College Park, where he was the No. 2 seed behind eventual champion Chris Goodwin of Rockville. Ben Fass Friends Fass, a senior, was undefeated in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association except for a loss to Alexander Centenari of McDonogh, and then in the individual championships to Tim Lozinak of John Carroll.

Matt Lamon scored the game-winner 1:30 into overtime to lift the visiting No. 4 St. Mary's boys lacrosse team to an 11-10 victory over No. 10 Severn last night in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference game. Lamon and Matt Bell each scored three goals to lead the Saints (15-5) in a game in which neither team led by more than a goal. Mark McNeill (two goals) of St. Mary's scored with five seconds left in regulation to force overtime. The Admirals fell to 11-9. Annapolis 12, Stephen Decatur 11, OT -- Nate Poerstel scored an unassisted goal with 2:53 left in overtime to lead the Panthers (9-6)