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With nearly every eye at Pimlico fixated on either the uncatchable leader, Oxbow, or the Kentucky Derby winner and heavy betting favorite, Orb, Itsmyluckyday cruised under the radar to earn a little bit of redemption in Saturday's Preakness. After failing to challenge Orb on the muddy track at Churchill Downs two weeks ago and finishing near the back of the pack, Itsmyluckyday finished in second place in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. "We did run our race, but we just weren't lucky enough to win," trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. said.

Varsity lacrosse McDonogh girls finish No. 1 in national poll Unbeaten McDonogh won its fifth straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championship and extended its winning streak to 91 games to finish its season as the unanimous No. 1 team in the Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls' Lacrosse National Top 25 poll, released Tuesday by US Lacrosse. The poll appears as part of Lacrosse Magazine's bi-weekly report on high school girls' lacrosse. The Eagles finish as the nation's top-ranked team for the fourth consecutive season after knocking off then-No.

(NOTE: To download Liam's full cheat sheet for all of Saturday's races, click here . Following is his analysis on the Preakness Stakes.)   There are always lots of hard luck stories in the Kentucky Derby, and some of those hard luck horses come to the Preakness looking to set the record straight. Several of those guys are here to take on Orb. And a handful more Derby grumblers are skipping the Preakness to set their sights on the Belmont. However, recent history shows that the Derby winner tends to back up the Derby win and beat most if not all of those Derby finishers again.

Jacoby Jones entered tonight's “Dancing with the Stars” finale in fourth place. Bruno Tonioli reiterates the concern that Jacoby's freestyle, with its large-scale production, overshadowed Jacoby himself. Len Goodman, however, has nothing but kind things to say about Jacoby. Host Tom Bergeron explains that because abc.com went down during the East Coast broadcast of last night's show, none of the votes cast through the ABC website were counted. The calls, texts and Facebook votes were the votes used to determine tonight's results.

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Bob Baffert strode into the Preakness stakes barn Friday morning, shouting toward Orb's trainer Shug McGaughey loud enough so all could hear. "OK, Shug, I'm here to take away that media spotlight for you," he said. Baffert, indeed, is one of the few people in the sport who could have swiped some of the attention from McGaughey and his heavily favored colt this week . Baffert has won the Preakness five times, and on three occasions he's moved on to Belmont with a chance at the Triple Crown.

The Westminster boys and girls cross country team both finished second Wednesday in the Westminster Invitational at Western Maryland College.It was the sixth straight year the Owl boys finished second in the race. Oakland Mills, which finished fourth this year, had won the race the five previous years.It was Glenelg, also of Howard County, who came away winners of the boys race this year, edging the Owls, 77-93, while Frederick captured the girls race, 84-103, over Westminster.In the boys race, Francis Scott Key finished eighth with 198 points, North Carroll was 10th with 241 points while South Carroll was 13th with 318 points and Liberty 14th with 337.North Carroll's Matt Davis was the top county runner, finishing sixth with a time of 16:54.

Anne Arundel accountant Steve Dannenmann, who finished second in the World Series of Poker main event in July, winning $4.25 million, just missed another poker payday yesterday. Dannenmann, playing in the World Poker Tour's stop at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J., was eliminated in 50th place - five spots shy of making it into the money. The 45th-place finisher earns $12,489 and the top prize is nearly $1.5 million. The Borgata Poker Open, scheduled to conclude today, started with 516 players, and Dannenmann outlasted pros such as Chris Ferguson, Eric Seidel and Cyndy Violette.

Harford County swimmers representing Maryland in last weekend's Eastern Zone All-Star Swimming Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., earned some excellent times, bringing home two gold medals and several top-three finishes.Overall, the team finished runner-up to Mid-Atlantic, composed mostly of New York City teams. Twelve regional zone teams, including Maine, Connecticut, New Jersey, New England and Virginia, competed in the championships.In the 13-14 bracket, Katy Novotny won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.48 seconds and placed second in the 100 freestyle (53.06)

In the Baltimore Road Runners Club five-mile foot race held yesterday in Druid Hill Park, victory went not to the swiftest but rather to the runner with the most self-awareness. A prize of a Timex sports watch goes to the runner who most accurately predicts his or her finishing time. This year, Jamie Kaizer and Tyler Bray tied for first place in the men's category, finishing within a second of their predicted times. Both won watches. In the women's category, Jeanette Novak and Robin Goodwin finished with the most accurate times, garnering watches for both of them.

After Winters Mill's girls lacrosse team started the season 2-4, coach Courtney Vaughn told her players that if the seniors led and the youngsters followed they would "do good things down the road. " The road for the Falcons' five leaders ended Tuesday with a third state championship in four years after an 8-7 victory over Easton in the Class 2A-1A final at UMBC Stadium. The seniors - twin midfielders Shelby and Sydney Trentzsch and defenders Maddie Bodden, Emily Horn and Delaney Norris - led their younger teammates to a big finish, winning 13 of their last 14 games with the only loss a 12-10 setback to No. 2 Century on April 30. "I told them after that game, the only team that can beat you is yourselves," Vaughn said.

Attackman Ryan Boyle (Gilman) scored 1:26 into overtime to give the Boston Cannons an 15-14 victory over the Chesapeake Bayhawks on Saturday night at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Mass. Boyle used an inside spin move to beat defenseman Michael Evans (Johns Hopkins, South River) from behind and fired a short shot past goalkeeper Kip Turner (Severn) to bring an end to a wild, back-and-forth affair. Boyle, the all-time leading scorer in Major League Lacrosse with 410 points, finished with three goals and two assists.

With nearly every eye at Pimlico fixated on either the uncatchable leader, Oxbow, or the Kentucky Derby winner and heavy betting favorite, Orb, Itsmyluckyday cruised under the radar to earn a little bit of redemption in Saturday's Preakness. After failing to challenge Orb on the muddy track at Churchill Downs two weeks ago and finishing near the back of the pack, Itsmyluckyday finished in second place in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. "We did run our race, but we just weren't lucky enough to win," trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. said.

John Velazquez's run of misfortune began when he broke a rib and his right wrist during a tumble at Aqueduct Racetrack in April. When the 41-year-old jockey returned for the Kentucky Derby, it was not aboard the victorious Orb - the horse he had ridden to victories at the Florida Derby and Fountain of Youth Stakes - but rather on Verrazano, which finished 14th. Velazquez was trying to reverse his hard luck Saturday when he rode Itsmyluckyday in the Preakness Stakes. And he nearly did. After winning two preliminary races Saturday, Velasquez and his horse had a solid showing in the Preakness, finishing second to Oxbow.

MIAA A Conference lacrosse championship No. 1 Boys' Latin (19-0) vs. No. 4 Loyola (12-8) When: Friday, 8 p.m. Where: Johnny Unitas Stadium, Towson University Coaches: Bob Shriver, Boys' Latin; Jack Crawford, Loyola PLAYERS TO WATCH Boys' Latin: Colin Heacock, Sr., A; Shack Stanwick, Jr., A; Mac Pons, Sr., D; Christian Knight, Sr., G Loyola: Devin McNamara, Sr., A; Alex Roesner, Soph., A;...

One of the colts entered in Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness Stakes can lay claim to a distinction not shared by seven others:  He's actually finished ahead of the expected favorite Orb in a race. Titletown Five, one of three Preakness entries trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, and Orb were both entered in a seven-furlong, maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds at Saratoga last Aug. 18. Maiden special weights are for horses that have never won a race in their career.

Every day since school began, Josh Davis has been training with Westminster teammate and No. 1 runner Jason Santucci. Yesterday, Davis proved that he has been a quick learner.Bettering last year's finish by 11 spots, Davis finished one second behind Santucci's time of 16: 45 as they captured the top two spots at the Bull Run Invitational at Hereford High School.And with teammate Jesse O'Connell finishing 10th in 17: 36, they helped the two-time defending Class 4A state cross country champion Owls hold off Gaithersburg, 60-75, and snare the boys seeded title.

1. Tabasco Cat* Horse: Was sixth in the Kentucky Derby. Finished second in the Santa Anita Derby on April 9. Won the San Rafael Stakes by one length over Powis Castle on March 6. Also won the El Camino Real by one length on Jan. 22. Jockey Pat Day has won three of six starts. Likes to race on the lead.* Owner: W.T. Young. Young, 77, is a former Army officer and peanut butter manufacturer. His best Preakness entry, Corporate Report, finished second to Hansel two years ago.* Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas.

Johns Hopkins-bound Shack Stanwick had five points (two goals, three assists) and No. 1 Boys' Latin completed a perfect regular season in boys lacrosse Tuesday with a 13-8 win over No. 5 St.Paul's. The Lakers finish the regular season with an overall record of 18-0 and a 9-0 mark in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association AConference. The last time Boys' Latin had a perfect season was 2006; there have been only five undefeated teams in the MIAA since plastic sticks were introduced into the sport.

Itsmyluckyday will get another shot at Orb. The Eddie Plesa Jr.-trained colt will train toward a Preakness run, his connections told Pimlico officials Tuesday. They'd been mulling over whether or not to go to the gate for the 138th running of the second leg of the Triple Crown. Itsmyluckyday was the favorite in the Florida Derby, which Orb won to become an early Kentucky Derby favorite. Then, Itsmyluckyday became a popular betting choice to beat Orb in the Derby, partly because he had run well over a sloppy track.