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By Katherine Dunn, The Baltimore Sun | October 28, 2010
Dunbar (7-1, 5-1 Baltimore City Division I) vs. Poly (6-2, 5-1) at Mervo When : Saturday, 6 p.m. Coaches : Lawrence Smith, Dunbar; Roger Wrenn, Poly Last meeting : Dunbar 22-18, 2009 regular season Key players to watch : Dunbar — DeonTay McManus, Jr., WR/FS (seven TDs — two on punt returns, one on an INT return, three receiving and one rushing, 17 catches for 329 yards); Travon Garrett, Sr., TE/LB (73 tackles); Aaron Haynes, Jr., DB (four INT, one returned for a TD)
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By Sandra McKee, The Baltimore Sun | July 6, 2011
After 14 years as Dunbar's baseball coach, Don Gilbert has decided to take a break. "I have decided to leave now and watch my son, who is a rising senior baseball college prospect player at Glen Burnie High School," Gilbert said. "I have not had the opportunity to see him play that much, so I need to leave coaching at Dunbar to do so. " The Poets went 17-1 this past season and ranked No. 15 in The Baltimore Sun's final baseball poll. Gilbert said it was his best "team" because it had "a little less talent, but great chemistry.
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By David Selig and The Baltimore Sun | May 17, 2012
After playing almost all of its games on the road in recent years, Dunbar's football team will finally get a chance to protect its own house. Under Armour announced Thursday that it will fund the construction of a new football field at the Baltimore City school, which has developed into a state powerhouse despite having to play most of its “home” games at Poly. “I don't have words [to describe my excitement],” first-year Dunbar principal Kristina Kyles said. “It still hasn't hit me how excited I'll be to tell our kids.” Kyles said the school was among five in Baltimore that the Locust Point-based apparel company was considering to award with such renovations.
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By Katherine Dunn and The Baltimore Sun | August 27, 2012
Friday night lights will turn on at high school football fields all over the Baltimore area this week as public school teams play their first games. A few private schools already have opened their seasons, but a full slate of games will kick off Friday night, so it's time to see which teams are projected to be the area's best. From today through the rest of the week, we'll count down to No. 1 with a daily roll out of The Baltimore Sun's Top 5 preseason teams. The entire Top 15 poll, along with a look at the top players to watch, will be published Friday in The Baltimore Sun and on baltimoresun.com Today we start with a look at our No. 5 team, two-time defending Class 1A state champion Dunbar.
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December 7, 2010
The senior running back played a huge role in No. 12 Dunbar's come-from-behind 22-12 victory over Havre de Grace for the state Class 1A football championship Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium. He sparked the Poets from 12 points down with an 81-yard touchdown strike to Andre Garrett late in the third quarter. Six minutes later, his conversion run after Kevin Estep's touchdown gave the Poets the lead for good. Then he added a 38-yard touchdown run to close out the Poets' seventh state title and their fourth in five years.
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By Katherine Dunn and The Baltimore Sun | March 13, 2012
The 5-foot-9 senior forward led the No. 4 Poets to their second straight state Class 1A championship with a pair of dominating post performances, including 33 points and 15 rebounds in the 50-42 title-game victory over Western Tech. She also had 30 points and seven rebounds in an 84-43 semifinal win over Kent County despite sitting out 14 minutes after picking up two early fouls. In two years at states, Wright has averaged 32.3 points - which may be the highest four-game average in state tournament history.