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The Laurel Football Association failed to win reinstatement into Anne Arundel County's youth football league last night, months after being banned for allegedly falsifying documents so that ineligible children could play. The county's Department of Recreation and Parks threw the association out of its league in January, saying that association board members, coaches, parents and players had repeatedly falsified documents over the past two seasons. Last night, the five-member county Board of Appeals issued the equivalent of a rainout - if there were such a thing in football.

Rich Daniel knows the world may not be ready for the football team he manages. "There are people in this world that are still skeptical of women in certain roles, occupations and adventures in life," he said. As general manager of the D.C. Divas, Washington's National Women's Football Association team, he certainly doesn't buy into the skepticism. "I've never been around a harder working bunch of football players," Daniel said. In an effort to get the word out about women's football, an exhibit of photography and art titled Whose House?

Imagine a pro football team without holdouts, agents, egotistical owners and multimillion-dollar salaries. Now imagine a league in which one of the teams has to forfeit its season because most of its players are members of the armed forces and had to go fight a war in Iraq. Welcome to the National Women's Football Association and the Baltimore Burn, where players actually play for free and game plans are implemented via e-mail and on team buses. The women's game will never reach the popularity of its male counterpart, but it seems to have planted some roots in America.

Rick Peacock, the new president of the Anne Arundel Youth Football Association, is eager to face the challenge of leading one of the state's biggest football recreation programs. The association expects to field 22 programs and about 4,000 players for the fall season. Peacock wants to make some changes to help the program. "Our thing is that everything's been great up to this point," said Peacock, a Crofton resident. "The last two presidents have done a great job bringing it along, [but]

The Laurel Football Association - which failed last week to win reinstatement into Anne Arundel County's youth football league - has filed another appeal of the ban that was imposed after association officials allegedly falsified player documents. The county's Department of Recreation and Parks threw the association out of its league in January, saying that association board members, coaches, parents and players had repeatedly falsified paperwork during the past two seasons so ineligible players could compete.

The former treasurer of a Columbia-based youth football club accused in a civil proceeding of taking club money and creating false financial statements to hide the activity has denied the allegations in a filing in Howard Circuit Court. Harriet A. Williams of Ellicott City was treasurer from at least 1999 until early this year for Columbia Football Association Inc., which competed for years as the Columbia Bulldogs. Williams entered the denial in a suit filed against her last month by Columbia Ravens Football Inc. Meanwhile, lawyers on both sides in the case have agreed to delay until Sept.

The Laurel Football Association has enrolled in the Maryland Football Association, ending a dispute with the Anne Arundel County recreation department over the falsification of player documents. In January, the county's Department of Recreation and Parks threw the association out of its league. County officials said association board members, coaches, parents and players repeatedly falsified documents over the past two seasons. The county blamed league officials. Laurel appealed the decision to the county Board of Appeals, was rebuffed and filed a second appeal with the recreation department.

The Laurel Football Association failed to win reinstatement into Anne Arundel County's youth football league last night, months after being banned for allegedly falsifying documents so that ineligible children could play. The county's Department of Recreation and Parks threw the association out of its league in January, saying that association board members, coaches, parents and players had repeatedly falsified documents over the past two seasons. Last night, the five-member county Board of Appeals issued the equivalent of a rainout - if there were such a thing in football.

The 51-year-old former volunteer treasurer of a Columbia youth football club pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing thousands of dollars from the organization and from her former employer. Harriet Williams of Ellicott City pleaded guilty to two counts of felony theft by scheme even though prosecutors said they intend to ask for significant jail time - five to seven years - at her June 11 sentencing in front of Howard Circuit Judge Diane O. Leasure. Williams' attorney, Steven A. Allen, is expected to ask Leasure for a more lenient sentence.

It can't exactly be called divine intervention that got Howard County's newest youth football program up and running, though the Warriors did get financial and moral support from Columbia Community Church. "Churches explore all ways to reach out to youth," said the pastor, the Rev. Reginald Elliott. "The impact we're trying to have is to provide a wholesome activity for young people and at the same time expose them to the influence of adults and mentors. "We introduce them to the fact that church life involves more than coming to Sunday school or reading the Bible.

The 51-year-old former volunteer treasurer of a Columbia youth football club pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing thousands of dollars from the organization and from her former employer. Harriet Williams of Ellicott City pleaded guilty to two counts of felony theft by scheme even though prosecutors said they intend to ask for significant jail time - five to seven years - at her June 11 sentencing in front of Howard Circuit Judge Diane O. Leasure. Williams' attorney, Steven A. Allen, is expected to ask Leasure for a more lenient sentence.

The former treasurer of a Columbia-based youth football club accused in a civil proceeding of taking club money and creating false financial statements to hide the activity has denied the allegations in a filing in Howard Circuit Court. Harriet A. Williams of Ellicott City was treasurer from at least 1999 until early this year for Columbia Football Association Inc., which competed for years as the Columbia Bulldogs. Williams entered the denial in a suit filed against her last month by Columbia Ravens Football Inc. Meanwhile, lawyers on both sides in the case have agreed to delay until Sept.

A new youth football club has filed a civil proceeding against the treasurer of its predecessor organization, accusing her in court documents of taking at least $78,750 and creating "false financial statements to conceal her misdeed." Columbia Ravens Football Inc., which was formed this year after splitting from the older Columbia Football Association Inc., filed the proceedings in Howard County Circuit Court on June 13 against Harriet A. Williams of Ellicott City. The filing asserts that "between May 2000, if not earlier, and continuing through January 2003" Williams "covertly wrote checks payable to herself or to `cash' on [football club]

Imagine a pro football team without holdouts, agents, egotistical owners and multimillion-dollar salaries. Now imagine a league in which one of the teams has to forfeit its season because most of its players are members of the armed forces and had to go fight a war in Iraq. Welcome to the National Women's Football Association and the Baltimore Burn, where players actually play for free and game plans are implemented via e-mail and on team buses. The women's game will never reach the popularity of its male counterpart, but it seems to have planted some roots in America.

The Laurel Football Association has enrolled in the Maryland Football Association, ending a dispute with the Anne Arundel County recreation department over the falsification of player documents. In January, the county's Department of Recreation and Parks threw the association out of its league. County officials said association board members, coaches, parents and players repeatedly falsified documents over the past two seasons. The county blamed league officials. Laurel appealed the decision to the county Board of Appeals, was rebuffed and filed a second appeal with the recreation department.

The Laurel Football Association - which failed last week to win reinstatement into Anne Arundel County's youth football league - has filed another appeal of the ban that was imposed after association officials allegedly falsified player documents. The county's Department of Recreation and Parks threw the association out of its league in January, saying that association board members, coaches, parents and players had repeatedly falsified paperwork during the past two seasons so ineligible players could compete.

A new youth football club has filed a civil proceeding against the treasurer of its predecessor organization, accusing her in court documents of taking at least $78,750 and creating "false financial statements to conceal her misdeed." Columbia Ravens Football Inc., which was formed this year after splitting from the older Columbia Football Association Inc., filed the proceedings in Howard County Circuit Court on June 13 against Harriet A. Williams of Ellicott City. The filing asserts that "between May 2000, if not earlier, and continuing through January 2003" Williams "covertly wrote checks payable to herself or to `cash' on [football club]

Head coach Fred Brooks thought they'd be a .500 team. Assistant Ed Sanford pegged them a couple of notches below his team of a year ago.Nobody, not even the coaches, expected this year's 11-13 Columbia Bulldogs to be much of a force on the football field. Some questioned their conditioning, others their desire.Three months later, the Bulldogs answered, completing an undefeated season with a win over Lacey, N.J., in the Pop Warner Mid-Atlantic championship game.For a program that doesn't recruit athletes, unlike many of its opponents, the win was the culmination of a storybook season for Brooks, Sanford and assistant Joe Bross.

The Laurel Football Association failed to win reinstatement into Anne Arundel County's youth football league last night, months after being banned for allegedly falsifying documents so that ineligible children could play. The county's Department of Recreation and Parks threw the association out of its league in January, saying that association board members, coaches, parents and players had repeatedly falsified documents over the past two seasons. Last night, the five-member county Board of Appeals issued the equivalent of a rainout - if there were such a thing in football.

The Laurel Football Association failed to win reinstatement into Anne Arundel County's youth football league last night, months after being banned for allegedly falsifying documents so that ineligible children could play. The county's Department of Recreation and Parks threw the association out of its league in January, saying that association board members, coaches, parents and players had repeatedly falsified documents over the past two seasons. Last night, the five-member county Board of Appeals issued the equivalent of a rainout - if there were such a thing in football.