Fourth Quarter

Midfielder Cameron Flint sprinted 40 yards down the field off a faceoff and scored on a low shot 16 seconds into overtime as No. 1 Denver defeated No. 8 Loyola, 13-12, before an announced 2,478 Saturday at Ridley Field. The goal spoiled a furious comeback by Loyola (9-3, 5-1 ECAC) which trailed 8-3 at the half and had tied the game on a goal from senior midfielder Sean O'Sullivan from 15 yards out with 2:39 left in regulation. After Flint connected in the sudden-death OT, he was swarmed by teammates near the back of the goal as the Pioneers (10-2, 5-0)

The man-up unit put the Stevenson men's lacrosse team up for good. Just 11 seconds after No. 8 Lynchburg was flagged for a slashing penalty, the No. 5 Mustangs took advantage of their extra-man opportunity when junior attackman Chris Dashiell found sophomore midfielder Michael Crowe wide open on the left side of the crease for a 12-11 win in overtime at Mustang Stadium on Saturday night. Crowe's first goal of the game, with 2:43 left in the extra four-minute period, occurred as a result of the Hornets' defensive focus on sophomore attackman Mark Pannenton, who leads Stevenson with six man-up goals.

The Randallstown boys basketball team had the ultimate fourth-quarter test of character. The Rams saw their 15-point lead dwindle to nothing with five minutes to play in Tuesday's Class 2A North region semifinal. The opponent was No. 13 Lake Clifton, defending state champions and the same Lakers who rallied past them earlier in the season. Instead of folding, Randallstown stayed poised. The Rams executed on offense and clamped down on defense, scoring the next eight points to restore order and claim a hard-fought 59-55 win on their home court.

Central Maryland's rate of homeownership, the proportion of households that are owner-occupied, was slightly lower in the fourth quarter of 2012 than during the same time a year earlier, according to data recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Just over 65 percent of occupied homes in Baltimore and six surrounding counties - Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and Queen Anne's - were owned by someone who lived there, the Census Bureau reported. In the fourth quarter of 2011, the homeownership rate in the region was 67.5 percent.

Navy's first 3-0 start since 2007 didn't come to fruition as No. 18 Fairfield nipped the Midshipmen, 10-9, on Tuesday evening on a goal by Sam Snow with 4.1 seconds left. The program's first loss of the season served as a reminder coach Rick Sowell of the progress still awaiting the team. “It was a good battle for both teams,” he said Wednesday afternoon. “It was nice to see that fourth quarter when we refused to give in. Unfortunately though, they made one more play than we did, and that's really what it boils down to. But what I took away from it is, we still have a lot of work to do, to get to the level that we seek.

Preseason All-American midfielder Sam Snow scored Fairfield's last three goals of the contest, including the game-winner with 4.1 seconds left, leading the No. 18 Stags to a 10-9 victory over the Navy men's lacrosse team (2-1) on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in Fairfield, Conn. The game featured seven ties, including five in the fourth quarter. After a scoreless third period, the two teams headed into the final quarter  even at 4. Neither team was able to get more than a one-goal lead in the final stanza.

Shawn Nadelen wasn't happy about Towson's 12-6 loss to No. 5 Johns Hopkins Saturday night, but he reserved a good portion of his anger for the behavior of some of the players representing his alma mater. The Tigers coach was visibly enraged after Blue Jays senior defenseman Chris Lightner was flagged with 2:43 left in the fourth quarter for an illegal body check that was a non-releasable, one-minute penalty. During a timeout, Nadelen and Johns Hopkins coach Dave Pietramala exchanged some words, and Nadelen said after the contest that he was irked by the way several of Pietramala's players were reacting to Lightner's hit. “I was very upset they were celebrating a very potentially lethal hit,” said Nadelen, a former defenseman who played for Pietramala in 2001, his senior year.

The visiting Blast needed a five-goal fourth quarter to beat the Wichita Wings, 17-11, in a Major Indoor Soccer League game Friday night. Ptah Myers led the way with three goals as the Blast fought back from an 11-6 deficit. Myers scored two goals in the last quarter and J.T. Noone and Max Ferdinand also scored during Baltimore's five-minute five-goal run to end the game. The Blast got off to a slow start, as two goals by Freddy Moojen, who finished with a hat trick, contributed to a 7-0 Wings lead.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said profits soared in the fourth quarter, capping a presidential election year in which the Hunt Valley TV station owner saw record levels of political advertising, a rebound in auto advertising sales and rapid growth through acquisitions. Net income rose to $59 million, or 73 cents per share, from $22.7 million, or 28 cents per share, in the fourth quarter that ended Dec. 31, the company reported Wednesday. Earnings beat analysts' expectations of 59 cents per share.

The Blast was able to sneak away with two wins this weekend, sweeping the Syracuse Silver Knights in a home-and-home series that concluded with an 11-6 victory Saturday night. Stephen DeRoux snapped a 6-6 game with a goal coming with 5:03 left in the fourth quarter, and Ptah Myers added a 3-point goal in the closing seconds to seal the win before an announced crowd of 6,316 at 1st Mariner Arena . The Blast improves to 17-5 on the season and remains in second place in the Major Indoor Soccer League, one game behind the Milwaukee Wave (16-2)