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Kevin Carder scored with six seconds left in the second overtime as No. 13 Loyola upset top-ranked Mount St. Joseph, 1-0, in soccer Wednesday. The visiting Dons (5-3-2) got a free kick, which Elliott Andelman played into the box. Jamie Duboski passed to Carder for the score. "We created a lot of chances. And Mount St. Joe was very dangerous on counterattacks," Loyola coach Lee Tschantret said. "Neither team could get the shots on target." Mount St. Joseph's Brad Benzing had nine saves; Loyola's Tim Peitsch had five.

The Calvert Hall boys basketball team had every key facet of the game covered last night at Mount St. Joseph: relentless rebounding, sound help on defense and sharing the ball for balanced offense. It was all necessary as the No. 3 Cardinals were able to hold off the No. 5 Gaels, coming away with a solid 65-57 win. The Cardinals, led by 20 points from junior forward Damion Lee, improved to 19-2 overall, 7-1 in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference and 8-1 in the Baltimore Catholic League.

In the first meeting with Mount St. Joseph, No. 8 Towson Catholic found out that moving the ball inside led to victory. In yesterday's rematch in Irvington, the Owls' inside game was not only successful, it was also dominant. Juniors James Burrell and Sharif Butler combined for 45 points in a 63-49 Catholic League victory.The win keeps the Owls (12-10, 7-3) in second place in the Catholic League, two games behind leader Cardinal Gibbons. The Gaels (8-14 overall) dropped to 4-6 in the league.

Defending champion and No. 2-ranked Mount St. Joseph led Loyola by 74 points after yesterday's Maryland Scholastic Association tournament semifinals, and appears on the verge of wrapping up its 17th crown.The Gaels racked up 240 points, advancing seven wrestlers into today's 3:30 p.m. championship finals at Gilman. Loyola, in second with 166 points, had three finalists, as did third-place Gilman (145)."In the first round, we had 12 pins out of 13," said Mount St. Joseph coach Paul Triplett.

'TC POTOMAC -- Both of Paul Triplett's wishes were satisfied yesterday.The coach's desire for his Mount St. Joseph's wrestling squad to knock off Maryland's No. 1 team, Riverdale Baptist, became reality. After that high-octane win, he hoped the Gaels wouldn't suffer a letdown against remaining competition in the quad meet at Bullis Prep.Again, Triplett and his wrestlers were fortunate. After a 42-21 victory over the Crusaders, Mount St. Joseph completed a sweep, topping Bullis, 48-21, and Altoona (Pa.)

Gilman is the last Maryland team to have beaten Mount St. Joseph in wrestling -- a 29-28 victory in 1988.And after last night's 44-18 loss at top-ranked Mount St. Joseph, the No. 11 Greyhounds (11-4, 8-1) will have to wait another year for their next shot.Seth St. Vincent (160) got his 20th victory in the first period as the homestanding Gaels (8-0 league and overall) put the match mathematically out of reach, 32-12, all but securing their 19th Maryland Scholastic Association A Conference crown -- their sixth in seven seasons under coach Paul Triplett.

Last year, Mike Working inherited a Mount St. Joseph squad that returned just three starters from a team that was 3-7 the year before, with a sophomore quarterback, Lucas Phillips, being the only returning offensive player.But despite facing six ranked teams over their nine-game schedule, the Gaels averaged just under 40 points in going 8-1, losing only to 1993 MIAA champ McDonogh, 21-18, and sharing the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association title with Gilman.This year, Working's got 16 starters back, nine of whom return on offense with Phillips, who comes off a 1,776 yard, 17-touchdown campaign.

Mount St. Joseph's 125-pound wrestler, Russell Fecteau, was the epitome of his team's season yesterday.After finishing second to Riverdale Baptist in the Curley and Annapolis tournaments, the top-ranked, 17-time defending Maryland Scholastic Association champion Gaels (235 points) blew away the 16-team field at yesterday's Cougar Invitational at Chesapeake (Anne Arundel)."It's incredible. I feel like I'm on top of the world tonight," said Fecteau, a junior who improved to 11-2 with his 7-1 decision over Frederick's Tim Fields and joined four teammates on the victory stand.