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Boys lacrosse No. 1 Gilman @ No. 3 St. Mary's WHEN: Friday, 4 p.m. OUTLOOK: The visiting Greyhounds have the area's finest midfield, led by seniors Jack Doyle and Greg McBride, to go with standout attackmen Marcus Holman and Davey Emala. The Saints counter with midfielder Mark McNeill and attackman Nick Doub. Gilman has a decided edge in depth and experience. THE BALTIMORE SUN'S PICK: Gilman Girls lacrosse No. 7 Archbishop Spalding @ No. 3 Notre Dame Prep WHEN: Thursday, 4 p.m. OUTLOOK: Spalding has lost All-Metro goalie Cosette Larash to a season-ending knee injury, but Mackenzie Jones has stepped in. The Cavaliers' Danielle Kirk and NDP's Erin Laschinger, an All-Metro selection, are two of the toughest players in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference to contain.

A hat trick by team captain Jen Biscoe propelled No. 2-ranked John Carroll over No. 5 Notre Dame Prep, 4-1, and re-positioned the Patriots on a path to the No. 1 spot yesterday at Notre Dame Prep.The Patriots' offense paid dividends 22 minutes into the game when Biscoe headed a corner kick from Kourtney Porcella over goalie Lauren Stone for a 1-0 lead.Megan Schwartz scored for the Pirates at the beginning of the second half.Notre Dame Prep defender Marissa Giannerini, who assisted Schwartz's goal, tried to stop a surge by Biscoe, but tripped her in the penalty box. Biscoe's penalty goal gave her team a 2-1 lead and also smothered NDP's momentum.

Behind Betsy Gaines' four goals, defending titlist and No. 3 Roland Park routed St. Paul's, 11-2, in an Association of Independent Schools A Division Tournament quarterfinal yesterday.The host Reds (13-1-2) also got two goals each from Elizabeth Ryan and Whitney Jamison. Micah Cunningham made 13 saves for the Gators (6-4-2).In a rematch of last year's title game, the Reds will play host to No. 4 Notre Dame Prep in a 4 p.m. semifinal tomorrow. They tied during the regular season.Other A Division quarterfinals:No.

Bryn Mawr freshman Nyam Kagwima said she's been fortunate to have Tess Deanehan as a teammate. The two cross country standouts, who often have found themselves alone at the head of the pack this fall, work to push each other.Yesterday, the two helped push the Mawrtians to an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championship.Kagwima won in 20 minutes, 9 seconds, and Deanehan took second, three seconds back, as Bryn Mawr's 37 team points bettered defending champion Notre Dame Prep by 10 at St. Timothy's.

A hat trick by team captain Jen Biscoe propelled No. 2-ranked John Carroll over No. 5 Notre Dame Prep, 4-1, and re-positioned the Patriots on a path to the No. 1 spot yesterday at Notre Dame Prep.Some fearless moves from ninth-grader Shannon Seipp and the team's overall snappy footwork, passing and shooting proved enough as well to preserve the Patriots' undefeated record (11-1-1) against Maryland teams.The Patriots' offense finally paid dividends 22 minutes into the game when Biscoe headed a corner kick from Kourtney Porcella over goalie Lauren Stone for a 1-0 lead.

Bryn Mawr already saw one lead slip away this season and it wasn't about to let another one go yesterday.The third-ranked Mawrtians scored the game's first six goals on their home field against No. 4 Notre Dame Prep before hitting cruise control and finishing with a 13-6 victory.Elizabeth Martin led the Mawrtians (2-1) with four goals and two assists. Miles Whitman had three goals, as did Meridith Goodall. All of Goodall's goals came in the first eight minutes, when Bryn Mawr seemed unstoppable, seldom relinquishing the ball in jumping to its early lead.

After suffering significant losses to graduation, Notre Dame Prep started this season with a question mark on defense.As the No. 4-ranked Pirates showed again yesterday in the finals of the Mount de Sales Friendship Tournament, they seem to have found the answer.Notre Dame Prep held the host Sailors to three shots in the first half and without a goal for a mid-game stretch of 18: 44 en route to a 9-6 non-conference win.The win came hours after the Pirates posted a 9-7 first-round victory over No. 15 Maryvale.

After a first half dominated by No. 3 Notre Dame Prep's high-powered offense, No. 14 Franklin, trailing by two goals, returned to the field determined to salvage the game.The host Indians needed just 14 minutes to tie the score at 2-2. Then, their defense held off NDP for the final 46 minutes -- including 20 minutes of overtime -- to end in a deadlock.After a difficult first half, in which they were outshot 11-2, the Indians (2-0-3) were pleased with the outcome."This is a very good tie for us," said Indians defender Lindsay Sproul.

Mary Carol Eisenhut jumped in the air with both arms raised high. Colleen Morris and Kate Laschinger ran to her first, before the rest of the Notre Dame Prep players on the field piled around her.That picture of Eisenhut, a sophomore and one of Notre Dame Prep's many unheralded players, symbolized what the fourth-ranked Pirates became yesterday -- champions.They did it by capturing the Association of Independent Schools A Division title with a 12-11 win in double overtime over No. 2 Bryn Mawr at Towson University.

A hat trick by team captain Jen Biscoe propelled No. 2-ranked John Carroll over No. 5 Notre Dame Prep, 4-1, and re-positioned the Patriots on a path to the No. 1 spot yesterday at Notre Dame Prep.Some fearless moves from ninth-grader Shannon Seipp and the team's overall snappy footwork, passing and shooting proved enough as well to preserve the Patriots' undefeated record (11-1-1) against Maryland teams."Our players showed how much they wanted to win by the way they fought for every ball," said John Carroll coach Gary Lynch, whose sole loss was to Pennsylvania's Conestoga High School last week.

As strong, cold winds whipped across the grass playing field at Notre Dame Prep on Wednesday, the No. 8 Blazers field hockey team did all it could to get the home team victory. But No. 2 Garrison Forest refused to give way. In the end, after regulation and a 10-minute overtime, the sides settled for a scoreless tie. "It was a hard game," said Grizzlies goalie Emily Cain, who was under heavy attack most of the contest. "In overtime, you can put the most heart into it. It's a big field.

McDonogh's girls lacrosse team won most of its regular-season games pretty handily, but once the playoffs arrived, the scores got closer. That was just fine with Ali Brennan, as long as her Eagles kept winning - and they did. Brennan's five goals, and McDonogh's late-game defensive stand, put the finishing touches on a wire-to-wire run as No. 1 with a 13-10 win over No. 2 Notre Dame Prep on Sunday at Gerstell Academy in Finksburg. It's the Eagles' first Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference crown "It is really hard [to stay No. 1 all season]

All-Metro midfielder Erin Laschinger has helped No. 2 Notre Dame Prep to a 12-1 record with 45 goals, 17 assists and an exceptional all-around game. Laschinger, 18, was also an All-Metro performer in indoor track. She won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters this winter at the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland finals. A 4.0 student, she is president of the school's Habitat for Humanity Club and has signed with Virginia, where she will play lacrosse and might major in business.

Boys lacrosse No. 1 Gilman @ No. 3 St. Mary's WHEN: Friday, 4 p.m. OUTLOOK: The visiting Greyhounds have the area's finest midfield, led by seniors Jack Doyle and Greg McBride, to go with standout attackmen Marcus Holman and Davey Emala. The Saints counter with midfielder Mark McNeill and attackman Nick Doub. Gilman has a decided edge in depth and experience. THE BALTIMORE SUN'S PICK: Gilman Girls lacrosse No. 7 Archbishop Spalding @ No. 3 Notre Dame Prep WHEN: Thursday, 4 p.m. OUTLOOK: Spalding has lost All-Metro goalie Cosette Larash to a season-ending knee injury, but Mackenzie Jones has stepped in. The Cavaliers' Danielle Kirk and NDP's Erin Laschinger, an All-Metro selection, are two of the toughest players in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference to contain.

Hanna M. Crafton, an outdoorswoman, writer and Celtic musician, died March 12 after being injured in an automobile accident near Laurel. The former longtime Reisterstown resident, who recently moved to Severna Park, was 20. The auto in which Ms. Crafton was a passenger was traveling near Laurel when it drifted off Route 198 and struck a tree. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Ms. Crafton was born in Baltimore and raised in Reisterstown. During her seven years at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, she made a lasting impression on teachers and students.

field hockey Player of the Year Liza Blue, Garrison Forest The junior earned her second straight Baltimore County Player of the Year honor for taking on a different role this season. A midfielder last fall, Blue moved back to bolster a defense riddled by injuries. She was still involved in just about every aspect of the game. Able to make the big play on defense, she could also move around the field to work in transition or finish, contributing eight goals and 14 assists for the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference champion.

Coach Rob Torres was disappointed when his John Carroll girls cross country team finished second in last year's Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship run. The Patriots were the defending champions and had two of the area's top runners. But when John Carroll finished second again this year, Torres and the Patriots weren't upset at all. In fact, they were delighted, because John Carroll lost its top three runners from last year but turned in a strong performance at Oregon Ridge Park.

Mount de Sales senior Katy Buck knows what it's like to play against a legend. After yesterday, she knows how to beat one, too. Buck and her Mount de Sales teammates out-hit, out-dug and out-worked second-ranked and previously undefeated St. Paul's, 25-21, 20-25, 25-19, 25-22 to win the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship at Roland Park. In the process, the third-ranked Sailors (15-2) ended the IAAM career of Bailey Webster (22 kills, three blocks)

The Notre Dame Prep and Severn girls both used the team concept to win titles in yesterday's Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championship at Oregon Ridge Park. Notre Dame Prep won its second straight A Conference crown with five runners finishing within 33 seconds of one another on a cold and blustery afternoon. Liz Schiavone (sixth place) was the first Pirate, and Notre Dame Prep then took four of the next six spots for 47 points to beat out No. 9 John Carroll (62). Schiavone finished in 20 minutes, 48 seconds, with teammates Kate Dunseith (eighth, 20:56)

Softball Player of the Year Jordan Eades Franklin Overpowering on the mound as well at the plate, the junior pitcher was a significant part of a record-breaking season for the Indians, who went undefeated in the regular season before winning their first county championship and then claiming the Class 3A North crown. Eades, a second-team selection last year, finished the season 21-1 -- losing for the only time against Atholton in the state semifinals -- and allowed just 10 earned runs with 236 strikeouts in 133 innings.