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By Camille Powell | August 25, 2009
Navy senior Bobby Doyle knows that every time he and his fellow slotbacks take the practice field, their performances are being analyzed and graded. The competition at the position this fall is tight. "If you have a bad day and you don't push through it, potentially you could lose your spot," said Doyle, Navy's most experienced slotback. "That's one thing that [slotbacks coach Joe DuPaix] tells us: We compete day to day, week to week." Unlike the previous three seasons - when the Midshipmen relied heavily on Reggie Campbell and Shun White, a pair of speedsters - Navy does not have one clear-cut standout at slotback.
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By From Sun staff reports | February 11, 2009
The old saying "Less is more" ought to be the theme for the Loch Raven girls indoor track team. The No. 9 Raiders are getting used to accomplishing more with nine girls than most teams accomplish with three or four times that many. At the Baltimore County championships two weeks ago, the Raiders finished second behind a huge Hereford team, but they only lost 89-72. Hereford picked up 18 points in the pole vault and the Raiders have no pole vaulters. "We don't have depth or a lot of backups," Raiders coach Adam Hittner said.
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By Cassandra A. Fortin | August 24, 2008
As kids head back to school tomorrow, freshmen at Aberdeen High School may find the first day a little less daunting. During the summer, more than 100 incoming ninth graders got a look at the school, the upperclassmen and their peers, when they participated in the school's first freshman field day. With more than 400 new freshmen expected to attend the school this year, the event was part of a multipronged approach to improve freshman transition, said...
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By Stephen Kiehl | August 24, 2008
Freshman move-in officially began at 9 a.m. yesterday at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. But Karin Readel, a faculty member who has supervised seven of these things, knew to show up early. "Will they wait until 9?" she asked. "Nooooo." Sure enough, at 8:20 a.m., families began arriving at UMBC's Patapsco Hall in their minivans and SUVs stuffed with suitcases, computers, flat-panel TVs, toilet paper, bedding supplies, refrigerators and cases of bottled water. Readel, a senior lecturer in the geography department, stood in the center of it all. She has been the faculty mentor at Patapsco Hall for seven years, meaning she has weekly office hours at the dorm, takes students to plays and cultural events, and counsels them when they miss home or are going through a breakup.
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By Don Markus | January 12, 2008
Blacksburg, Va. -- Maryland men's basketball coach Gary Williams has pleaded all season for patience - from the fans, from the media, even from himself. It has to do with the fact that he is working with the youngest team he has had during his 19 years in College Park and three decades as a Division I head coach. One thing is clear as the Terps return to Atlantic Coast Conference play this afternoon here against Virginia Tech: Williams has plenty of company in coaching such neophytes. In fact, the Terps (10-6, 0-1 ACC)
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By Gadi Dechter | December 8, 2007
Morgan State University police have arrested two male freshmen in connection with the on-campus stabbings early Wednesday of three other male freshmen, officials said yesterday. None of the wounds was considered life-threatening, but campus officials said they did not have an update on the victims' conditions yesterday. Richard A. Gibbs Jr., 20, of East Baltimore and Anthony Showell, 20, of Atlantic City, N.J., were both charged yesterday with attempted second-degree murder as well as assault and deadly weapons violations, said university spokesman Jarrett Carter.
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By Gadi Dechter | December 7, 2007
Morgan State University police think that at least two freshmen were involved in the stabbings of three other freshmen early yesterday outside a residence hall, a college spokesman said. Two of the male victims were treated and released from Good Samaritan Hospital. A third male victim was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he remained yesterday evening with injuries not believed to be life-threatening, said spokesman Clinton Coleman. Shortly after midnight, a female freshman left a dorm-room party and was harassed by at least two men outside the Thurgood Marshall residence hall, Coleman said.
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By Jeff Barker | November 21, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For the second night in a row, the work-in-progress Maryland Terrapins showed promise and grit but didn't quite seem ready to succeed on a shiny new stage against a well-balanced, more experienced opponent. Maryland, occasionally playing three freshmen at once, lost to Missouri, 84-70, in the consolation game of the CBE Classic on the second night of basketball at the just-opened Sprint Center. Lehigh@Maryland Friday, 4 p.m., Comcast SportsNet, 1300 AM
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By SANDRA MCKEE | August 31, 2007
Matchup -- Navy (0-0) at Temple (0-0) Time -- 7:30 p.m. Site -- Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia TV -- ESPNU Radio -- 1090 AM Series -- Temple leads 4-3 Navy offense vs. Temple defense -- Navy's offense led the nation in rushing last season for the second year in a row and will be going for an NCAA-record three straight. The offense, led by junior quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada, is strengthened by the return of its top two rushers, fullback Adam Ballard and slotback Reggie Campbell.
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By Susan Gvozdas | August 26, 2007
On Friday morning, Zachary Taylor, 14, said he knew only a half-dozen other teenagers who were going to Archbishop Spalding High School. By the end of a two-day retreat for freshmen at the co-ed Catholic school in Severn, he knew a lot more. "It's really easy to make friends here," Zachary said. For the past decade, Spalding has held a retreat for ninth-graders -- who come from dozens of middle schools throughout the area -- to acclimate them to a new environment. A few years ago, the school switched from an off-site event held mid-year to an event on campus at the start of the school year.