Forest Park

A Forest Park teen-ager was convicted in Carroll County Circuit Court yesterday of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in Westminster.Prosecutors said Gary L. Hayes, 19, who had pleaded not guilty, was arrested May 17, 1996, after Westminster police received an anonymous tip that occupants of a silver-colored foreign car would be delivering drugs to an apartment on Washington Road.A surveillance was set up, and police stopped a silver Toyota.During a search with a police dog, officers found a plastic bag containing 5.7 grams of marijuana in Hayes' pocket and plastic bags containing 26 grams of cocaine in his shoe, prosecutors said.

If there has been one constant about Dunbar this season, it is its inconsistency. Mental lapses. Uninspired play in spots. Breakdowns on offense and defense.Another trait is the Poets' ability to win despite it.The No. 2 Poets (8-1), seeking a second consecutive state championship, maintained their hold on first place in the state 3A East region with a 24-12 victory over Forest Park yesterday.Dunbar can clinch the region title and a home game in the state quarterfinals with a victory at Edmondson Friday.

Forest Park defensive lineman Dominic Boyd probably best summed up his team's 26-0 victory over Carver yesterday."As far as we're concerned, this is the beginning of the season," said Boyd. "We're 1-0, looking to finish 4-0."The Foresters (4-3) remained in contention for the state 2A East region title with the win over Carver (4-3), which saw its state 3A postseason hopes dealt a blow.Forest Park (6.13 avg.) is in first place, followed by Parkside of Wicomico County (4-2, 5.66), which plays North Caroline this afternoon and No. 9 City (4-2, 4.88)

Deep within the trenches of yesterday's Maryland Scholastic Association A Conference game between host No. 19 Gilman and No. 15 Forest Park, a battle took place that proved a microcosm of the game.Gilman's 5-foot-10, 207-pound center David Shapiro drew the assignment of blocking 6-2, 340-pound Eric Conaway. Though smaller, Shapiro eventually wore down his man rendering him ineffective.For the undersized Greyhounds, facing a defensive line that averaged 289 pounds, it was this kind of play that made the difference in their 6-0 win."

The big-beef era in lacrosse at Forest Park High ended in glorious fashion yesterday at UMBC.Huge senior defensemen Lonnie Smith (6 feet 1, 260 pounds), Eric Conaway (6-2, 340) and Raynard Bankins (5-8, 250) virtually shut down a frustrated Cardinal Gibbons team on the way to a 7-2 victory in the Maryland Scholastic Association B Conference championship game.Smith and Conaway were especially tough on Gibbons attackman Keith Gucwa, who had trouble just getting off a shot.Gucwa, who was the B Conference C. Markland Kelly award winner Wednesday night as the outstanding player in the conference, didn't have a goal or assist in the loss.

All season, Loyola coach Joe Brune has alternated Brad Hoag and Jeff Rhimes in the backfield. Yesterday, he started both, and they helped No. 10 Loyola claim at least a share of second place in the Maryland Scholastic Association A Conference, holding off host and No. 8 Forest Park, 21-20.The victory kept alive Loyola's hopes of tying for first in the conference. The Dons will have to beat Calvert Hall on Thanksgiving, and need Gilman (6-1 in the conference) to lose today to McDonogh, and Poly (5-1)

Obie Barnes Sr. made a plea to Obie Barnes Jr. late in yesterday's Maryland Scholastic Association C Conference lacrosse championship game at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. All it did was help Forest Park High School to an 8-6 victory over Lake Clifton."I told him, 'Please, son, don't leave me these kinds of memories after four years,' " Barnes Sr., the Forest Park coach, said.The junior Barnes, a senior midfielder, had played sluggishly early on. He had no words for his father's plea, but his actions spoke volumes.

Joseph L. Henley Sr., a Northwest Baltimore community leader and retired architect, died Friday of cancer complications and heart disease at Sinai Hospital. He was 67 and lived in Forest Park. For 25 years before retiring in 1996, he was the city public schools' senior architect. He was also a founder of the Greater Northwest Community Coalition in the mid-1970s and worked doggedly to keep his neighborhood stable and safe for more than 35 years. "He was everywhere .... the granddad of his neighborhood," said Odette Ramos, director of the Baltimore Neighborhoods Indicators Alliance, where he was a board member.

It was supposed to be a showdown for first place in the Maryland Scholastic Association A Conference, but Gilman running back Ed Trusty decided to turn yesterday's game against host Forest Park into his personal showcase.Trusty rushed for 194 yards and four touchdowns on just 16 carries, as No. 5 Gilman (6-2, 6-1) stunned No. 6 Forest Park (7-2, 5-2), 39-0, and clinched at least a tie for second place in the conference.Gilman needs a win over McDonogh next week to get at least a share of the conference crown.

It was billed as the battle of the backs: Forest Park's Obie Barnes Jr., the Maryland Scholastic Association A Conference's leading rusher, facing off against the conference's second-place rusher, Cardinal Gibbons' Eugene Marshall.Give this round to Barnes, with a little help from his friends.Sixth-ranked Forest Park (7-1, 5-1) used three touchdowns by Barnes to rally from a one-point halftime deficit and defeat host and No. 11 Cardinal Gibbons (4-4, 4-3), 20-7, yesterday."It was on my mind when I heard about it," Barnes said of his meeting with Marshall, "but I give the credit to my line.