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Broadneck softball player Kourney Salvarola, who was a Baltimore Sun 2010 nominee for high school athlete of the year and helped the Bruins win their second straight 4A state championship, has been named the state's Gatorade softball player of the year. Salvarola had a 14-2 record with a 1.17 ERA and logged 125 strikeouts with 33 walks. She pitched three no-hitters and one perfect game, giving up only 37 hits in 102 innings. She was also an offensive standout. She batted .531, had eight doubles, four home runs and scored 30 runs in the spring for the Bruins.

McDonogh junior midfielder George Campbell, an All-Metro first-team selection, has been named the 2012-13 Gatorade Maryland Boys Soccer Player of the Year.  In his third varsity season, Campbell finished with six goals and nine assists as the playmaking catalyst for the Eagles. Campbell becomes the fifth McDonogh standout to win the award, joining Jon Cole (1998-99), Mike Marchiano (2004-05), Chris Agorsor (2007-08) and Marquez Fernandez (twice in 2008-09 and 2009-10). Agorsor went on to to be named the Gatorade National Player of the Year.  Campbell is still weighing his college options and has narrowed his choices to North Carolina, Maryland, Wake Forest, Louisville and Duke.

Gilman senior goalkeeper Andrew Harris has been chosen as the Maryland Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year for boys, according to an email from Tim Holley, the school's director of athletics. Harris, the 2010 All-Metro Player of the Year, recorded 15 shutouts this fall in leading the Greyhounds to the MIAA A Conference final. He is a two-time All-American, has trained with the national team and will attend Wake Forest on a soccer scholarship. In his email to Harris -- which was also sent to The Baltimore Sun -- Holley calls the keeper "without question, the best player in Gilman School history.

Vandals hit 18 different cars in a Fountain Green neighborhood Thursday night. Between about midnight last Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday, tires were punctured on at least 18 vehicles in the 1400 and 1500 block of Redfield Road off Route 543, according to Monica Worrell, spokesperson for the Harford County Sheriff's Office. They also stole sunglasses, a GPS and a case of Gatorade from one vehicle. Police have no suspect information. Anyone with information can call the tipline, 410-836-7788, or the southern precinct, 410-612-1717.

The folks at Gatorade think they can knock Baltimore's eyes wide open in the morning.Baltimore is one of four test markets, all in the Northeast, for SunBolt, a new drink aimed at taking morning market share away from coffee and orange juice. It marks a departure from the sports-related market for Gatorade, as it moves to keep up in the highly segmented, hotly competitive beverage business."We thought the Northeast was the best first for this," Gatorade spokeswoman Patti Jo Sinopoli said, adding that the product was announced in June but is only now being marketed.

Gibbons' All-Metro guard Steve Wojciechowski, who averaged 19.1 points, 6.5 assists, 4.5 steals and 4.0 rebounds for the Catholic League regular-season and tournament champs, has been chosen Maryland's Player of the Year by Gatorade.Wojciechowski is now eligible for Gatorade's national Player of the Year award.Wojciechowski, who has signed with Duke, also was chosen recently among the nation's 12 best as a McDonald's All-American and will play in the April 7 Capital Classic game at the University of Maryland.

CHICAGO -- For Todd Magazine, it's as if the Super Bowl, the World Series and the Olympics are rolled into one this winter. Magazine is head of Gatorade, and the sports-drink titan is in the thick of launching G2, its biggest new beverage in six years. A caffeinated version of Gatorade's Propel enhanced water also just hit the market, and in March the company plans to bring the ballyhooed Gatorade Tiger to store shelves. Golfing star Tiger Woods helped choose three new Gatorade flavors and will lend his name to the product, which was unveiled in October.

CHICAGO - Quaker Oats Co. shares rose 9 percent yesterday on expectations that the company will receive more takeover offers, after published reports said the maker of Gatorade rejected a $14 billion bid from PepsiCo Inc. While either PepsiCo or rival Coca-Cola Co. could use its marketing muscle to boost sales of Gatorade, some analysts identified Nestle SA as a more likely buyer because of its interest in Quaker's foods. Quaker's other products range from oatmeal to Cap'n Crunch cereal to Aunt Jemima syrup.

After a monthlong takeover struggle for Quaker Oats Co., PepsiCo Inc. agreed yesterday to acquire the company for about $13.4 billion in stock, executives close to the deal said. The transaction, which gives Pepsi control of Quaker's much-coveted Gatorade sports drink brand, is expected to be announced today, the executives said. The agreement for Quaker, based in Chicago, has been approved by the boards of both companies. It comes after a corporate contest that included the rejection of a first offer from PepsiCo, a preliminary bid from the Coca-Cola Co. that was rescinded after Coke's board blocked the deal, and maneuvers by Danone of France that were eventually abandoned.

J. ROBERT CADE, 80 Creator of Gatorade Dr. J. Robert Cade, who created the sports drink Gatorade and launched an industry that the beverage continues to dominate, died yesterday in Jacksonville, Fla., of kidney failure. His death was announced by the University of Florida, where he and other researchers created Gatorade in 1965 to help the school's football players replace carbohydrates and electrolytes. Now sold in 80 countries in dozens of flavors, Gatorade was born thanks to a question from then-Gators Coach Dwayne Douglas about why players don't urinate after games, Dr. Cade said in a 2005 interview with the Associated Press.

Varsity baseball N. Harford's Mooney is top player in state North Harford senior pitcher Kevin Mooney was named the Gatorade Maryland Baseball Player of the Year on Wednesday. Mooney, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound right-hander who has signed a letter of intent to play at Maryland, was 9-1 with a 0.30 ERA and 114 strikeouts in 64 innings, leading the Hawks (23-3) to the Class 3A state final. A Maryland High School Coaches Association Pre-Season All-State selection, Mooney also batted .361 with 30 RBIs and a 1.191 OPS. He has a 4.06 GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society.

Gilman senior goalkeeper Andrew Harris has been chosen as the Maryland Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year for boys, according to an email from Tim Holley, the school's director of athletics. Harris, the 2010 All-Metro Player of the Year, recorded 15 shutouts this fall in leading the Greyhounds to the MIAA A Conference final. He is a two-time All-American, has trained with the national team and will attend Wake Forest on a soccer scholarship. In his email to Harris -- which was also sent to The Baltimore Sun -- Holley calls the keeper "without question, the best player in Gilman School history.

Varsity Oneda named Md. Runner of the Year The Gatorade Co., in collaboration with ESPNHS, announced Hannah Oneda (Winters Mill) as the Maryland Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year on Thursday. The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the course. The first Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from the school, Oneda is now a finalist for the Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year award, to be announced this month.

Varsity softball Northern's Schmeiser named Gatorade Md. Player of Year The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, announced senior pitcher Kaitlyn Schmeiser (Northern) as its Gatorade Maryland Softball Player of the Year on Thursday. The award recognizes athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. She is now a finalist for the Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year award, announced later this month.

Colleges Terps' Catalino makes Face-Off preseason first team Maryland senior attackman Grant Catalino , who led Maryland in goals (34) and points (54) last season, was named to the 2011 Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook preseason All-America first team. Terps senior defenseman Brett Schmidt made the second team, and the third team includes Maryland senior attackman Ryan Young , Johns Hopkins sophomore defenseman Tucker Durkin and Navy senior defenseman Michael Hirsch . Baseball: Shepherd announced that it has received a letter of intent from shortstop-pitcher Brian Martin (Winters Mill)

A FRIEND recently returned from a run grumbling about drinks. He said that water doesn't rejuvenate, Gatorade doesn't satisfy, PowerAde tastes like colored water and All-Sport might as well be called "All-Soda." He then set off in search of 10K, a beverage meant to heal him from the 10K he'd just completed.What's going on here? Not too long ago, the choices were obvious. If you got your kicks playing basketball for nine hours or biking up the Rockies, the beverage industry had a drink just for you. Gatorade, introduced in the early 1970s by the Quaker Oats company, was the first nationally recognized "sports beverage."

ISSUE: -- It's graduation time for county high school seniors. What's your best advice? Turn life's lemons into lemonade When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Should you encounter an alligator, make Gatorade. Thomas Ponton Columbia Be a problem solver; seek help, advice The advice: Always try your best to solve your problems - but if you can't, don't let your ego, pride or economic situation stop you from asking for help or advice. Donald B. Treadwells Severn