Five Minutes

In their relatively brief history, the S.C. Baltimore Bays under-15 boys have established an enviable record. So it was no surprise that they won their age group at the 24th Annual Columbia Invitational Soccer Tournament this weekend at Fort Meade.The Bays won five matches over the tournament's three days, culminating with a 3-1 decision over the Massbay Blazers of Massachusetts yesterday. Four other Baltimore-area boys teams won titles, but no girls teams were represented in yesterday's championship matches.

FiresWestminster: Firefighters responded at 2: 16 a.m. Saturday to a cleanup detail in the 200 block of W. Main St. Units were out 20 minutes.Westminster: Firefighters from Westminster and Manchester responded at 9: 28 a.m. Friday to a house fire in the 1500 block of Manchester Road. Units were out five minutes.Westminster: Firefighters responded at 6: 40 a.m. Friday to an auto fire on Route 97 near Route 32. Units were out 20 minutes.Pub Date: 4/20/99

FireHampstead: Firefighters responded at 6: 37 p.m. Friday to wash the roadway at Route 30 and Upper Beckleysville Road. Units were out five minutes.Pub Date: 6/28/99

FiresMount Airy: Firefighters responded at 3: 44 p.m. Monday to a house fire in the 2900 block of Lock Haven Court. Units were out five minutes.Winfield: Firefighters from Winfield and New Windsor responded at 4: 32 p.m. Sunday to a chimney fire in the 2700 block of Sams Creek Road. Units were out 46 minutes.Pub Date: 2/10/99

FiresWinfield: Firefighters responded at 8: 37 p.m. Monday to a fire alarm sounding in the 1200 block of W. Old Liberty Road. Units were canceled after two minutes.Mount Airy: Firefighters provided mutual aid at 12: 01 p.m. Monday to Montgomery County, responding to a fire alarm in the 10100 block of Ridge Manor Terrace. Units were out five minutes.Winfield: Firefighters responded at 6 a.m. Monday to a fire alarm in the 5200 block of Klees Mill Road. Units were out five minutes.Pub Date: 2/17/99

FiresUnion Bridge: Firefighters responded at 12: 45 p.m. Sunday to a fire alarm on Good Intent Road. Units were out five minutes.Taneytown: Firefighters responded at 7: 10 p.m. Friday to an auto fire in the 4800 block of Ruggles Road. Units were out 30 minutes.Pub Date: 2/10/99

NEW YORK -- Orioles right-hander Scott Kamieniecki, who hasn't pitched since March 15 because of a strained left hamstring, threw off a mound in Baltimore for five minutes Monday, then took a flight to the club's minor-league complex in Sarasota, Fla., and repeated the session for 10 minutes yesterday morning.He's scheduled to throw for another 10 minutes today and continue doing some leg exercises before taking two days off and pitching in a simulated game later this month.Kamieniecki logged only six innings this spring, pushing back the timetable for his return.

Though Towson's 59-56 loss last night wasn't as shameful as the previous setback against Drexel, there is little doubt that it was every bit as painful.Playing against a team tied for first place in America East, the Tigers (3-12, 2-5) kept after the Dragons (10-4, 7-1) for nearly every minute of the game only to fall after watching possible game-tying three-pointers by Pete Mauro and Raul dePablo go short in the final five seconds.The last time these two teams met, in Philadelphia, Towson took a 16-point lead only to lose it in the final five minutes.

Although it had been a first-half team all season, Dulaney rallied with two goals in the final five minutes to pull out a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Perry Hall in a Class 4A North region field hockey quarterfinal yesterday.The victory, clinched on Nicole Govignon's precision goal with 3: 39 to go, seemed a long way off after Perry Hall's Lori Baran scored on a penalty stroke with 17: 45 left in the game."We've always been know as a first-half team," said Lions midfielder Christine Jacoby.

FirePleasant Valley: Firefighters from Westminster and Reese assisted Pleasant Valley at 11: 48 a.m. Wednesday, responding to a burning riding mower inside a garage in the 1100 block of Hughes Shop Road. Units were out five minutes.Pub Date: 5/08/98

Several MARC service schedule changes will begin on the Penn and Camden lines, starting Monday. On the Penn Line, southbound to Washington: * Train 503 will leave Perryville at 4:40 a.m.; all other stops will be seven minutes earlier. * Amtrak Train A151 will leave Perryville at 6:52 a.m., two minutes later. * Train 419 will stop at Seabrook at 9:40 a.m., new Carrollton at 9:45 a.m. and arrive in Washington at 10:06 a.m. * Train 521 will depart Baltimore at 9:45 a.m.; all stops south of the city will be 10 minutes earlier.

When the Institute of Notre Dame and Mercy square off in "The Game," their annual girls basketball meeting at the Towson Center, rankings and records don't usually mean much. This time, however, they did. In a rarity for the 42 years of The Game, everything last night went as many would have predicted. No. 7 Mercy, proving too much for an IND squad with only one starter back from last season, took a 44-28 victory before a near sellout crowd of just over 3,700 (down from about 4,300 capacity because a section of bleachers was removed)

With its 18-point, third-quarter lead cut to two with five minutes left last night at Oakland Mills, No. 11 Mount Hebron got back to what provided the early advantage: scrappy, in-your-face defense and timely offense. Sophomore forward Megan Schaaf and junior guard Brittany Bowen supplied the late offense, and senior guard Qiana Coleman led the defensive charge that gave the Vikings a 45-37 win in Howard County play. Schaaf finished with a team-high 16 points - hitting a short turnaround jumper near the foul line to give the Vikings (6-0)

Calvert Hall senior forward Joe Jones has had his share of moments on the soccer field, but nothing to compare with the five minutes he enjoyed midway through the second half yesterday against No. 1 McDonogh. With the No. 5 Cardinals down a goal and still trying to figure out the Eagles' defense, Jones placed a perfect short cross to the near post for fellow senior Christian Barreiro, who volleyed home the tying goal from 6 yards. Five minutes later, Jones unleashed a shot from 20 yards that found the back of the net after going off McDonogh goalkeeper Tom Caso, who had come out of the goal.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- For No. 14 seed Pennsylvania, the Ivy League champion that has been to the NCAA tournament three of the past four years, but not won a game, there will always be that one moment in the second half with 13 minutes to play yesterday. Senior Ibrahim Jaaber, the Ivy League Player of the Year, hit a jumper to give Penn the lead and sudden dreams of upsetting No. 3 seed Texas A&M. The moment didn't hold, however, and the Aggies won as expected, 68-52. But the game certainly didn't play out as expected.

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COLLEGE PARK -- A different kind of yell resonated from Maryland's bench yesterday as forward Ekene Ibekwe made a long jump shot from just in front of the Terps' sideline. Coach Gary Williams gave the lanky junior a pat on the back as his shot swished through, and sent him on his way down the court with a shout of encouragement. With nearly a 40-point lead less than five minutes into the second half yesterday, it seemed as if the fans at Comcast Center were getting a peek at one of Maryland's closed practice sessions instead of a Division I game against Virginia Military Institute.

A study released last month by Advertising Age claims that 35 million American workers spend an average of 3 1/2 hours a week shirking their work duties to read blogs. That's a 40-minute blog break a day for one-fourth of the nation's workforce. Today's column is dedicated to those 40 minutes. The only thing worse than wasting your boss' time would be to waste company time on the wrong blogs. So here's a guided tour guaranteed to lower your productivity even further, but try to keep up. We're on a schedule.

Courtney Reardon scored her third sudden-death goal of the season with 1:47 left in the 10-minute, seven-on-seven overtime period to lead the No. 5 Mount Hebron field hockey team past No. 6 Century, 1-0, yesterday. Megan Bosica started the play with a perfectly paced free hit from the top of the circle that Sarah Cates redirected to Reardon off the right post. Left unmarked, Reardon easily slipped the ball past keeper Hope Ellis. The visiting Vikings (7-0) outshot the Knights 10-3 in regulation, but the Knights (7-2)

The No. 2-ranked Roland Park field hockey team inched ahead of No. 8 Bryn Mawr with the help of lead scorer Brittany Kalkstein in a 2-1 victory yesterday. Tigh Hutchins pushed the Mawrtians (1-2-1) into a 1-0 lead seven minutes into the second half. Kalkstein scored twice for the Reds (4-0), tying the game with 11 minutes to go in the second half and then hitting the game-winner with five minutes left. No. 8 Archbishop Spalding 1, Severn 1: Christine Roth scored the game-tying goal with 10:40 left in the first half as the Cavaliers (4-2-1)