Gwynn Park

William Little's 2-yard run in the second overtime lifted Gwynn Park of Prince George's County to a 20-14 Class 3A state championship victory over No. 2 Westminster last night at M&T Bank Stadium, ending the Owls' bid to win Carroll County's first state title and earning the Yellow Jackets their first in two appearances. The loss ended a storybook season for the Owls (12-2), who had won eight straight in their first playoff berth in 24 years and earned their first title-game berth since 1976.

COLLEGE PARK -- City, making its third consecutive trip to the state semifinals, was disappointed again yesterday, losing to sub-.500 Gwynn Park of Prince George's County, 62-60, in a Class 3A state semifinal at Cole Field House.Gwynn Park, which evened its season record at 13-13 with the victory, will play Frederick's Thomas Johnson for the Class 3A title at Cole at 3 p.m. tomorrow.City, ranked No. 6 in metro Baltimore, saw its season end at the hands of a Prince George's County team for the third time.

The curse of Prince George's County has struck the ninth-ranked River Hill girls basketball team again. In the past four years, four different Prince George's schools have ended the Lady Hawks' season in the regional tournament. Last night, second-seeded Gwynn Park did the honors, as senior forward Charmaine Carr scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high 18 rebounds to lead the visiting Yellow Jackets to a 58-49 victory in a Class 3A East Regional quarterfinal in Clarksville. The Yellow Jackets (21-2)

Averaging 80.5 points a game, No. 1 Dunbar went into the state girls basketball tournament as the highest-scoring team, but the Poets' defense earned them the victory yesterday. The Poets used a 2-3 zone in the second half to stop Gwynn Park's running game en route to a 54-45 win in a state Class 2A semifinal at UMBC. LaKesha Wills and Tiffany Jones combined for 10 points in a 12-0 run that pushed the Poets' lead as high as 14 with three minutes left in the game. In the title game at 1 p.m. today at UMBC, the Baltimore City champs will meet Linganore, a 45-42 winner over defending champion Parkside in the other semifinal.

Boys basketball state semifinals (All games at University of Maryland's Comcast Center) TODAY Class 1A Allegany (23-0) vs. No. 8 Dunbar (17-5) Time: 3 p.m. Outlook: Dunbar is battle-tested, having played in the demanding Baltimore City league, and the scars proved worthwhile in making it out of the South region. Senior PG Corey Spence is the team's spark plug and emotional leader, while fellow senior G Derrell Edwards is the team's primary scorer, averaging 19 points.

Milford Mill has been the surprise team in this season's girls basketball playoffs, but that doesn't make losing another championship game any easier. Last night, an overachieving Millers team that starts two freshmen and three juniors, fell to Gwynn Park of Prince George's County, 59-43, in the Class 3A championship game before an estimated crowd of 2,000 at UMBC's RAC Arena. It marked the fifth straight season Milford Mill has reached - and lost - the 3A final. In the 30-year history of the girls basketball tournament, no other school has lost more than two consecutive championship games.

Different year, same result. For the fifth consecutive season, the River Hill girls basketball team's quest to win its first regional championship was halted by a Prince George's County team. Visiting Gwynn Park, which beat the Hawks in a Class 3A East quarterfinal last year, played spoiler again last night and humbled the No. 5 Hawks, 58-44, in a Class 3A East region final in Clarksville. The Yellow Jackets - ranked No. 2 by The Washington Post - advanced to a state semifinal on Thursday at 7 p.m. at UMBC to defend the championship they collected last season.

COLLEGE PARK - Two years ago, Troy Smith cheered on older brother Tyler from the Cole Field House stands as the senior led Douglass to a Class 3A state championship victory - the school's first crown - over Gwynn Park of Prince George's County. "They went 28-0 and he was All-Metro Player of the Year," said Troy Smith, now a junior at Douglass. "I remember how excited he was, and I remember thinking back then that I wanted to be a part of something like that one day." Last night, the 6-foot-2 forward made his own history against Gwynn Park in another 3A title game, this one at Comcast Center.

Boys Class 4A Thomas Johnson 70, Magruder 61 Eleanor Roosevelt 74, Mervo 41 Class 3A Gwynn Park 64, South Carroll 36 Douglass-B 105, Chopticon 74 Girls Class 4A Churchill 72, Chesapeake-AA 58 Oxon Hill 63, Woodlawn 40 Class 3A Milford Mill 66, Westlake 46 Gwynn Park 62, Urbana 44 (Coverage: Pages 8-9d)

BOYS SEMIFINALS CLASS 4A Northwestern 58 Glen Burnie 56 Springbrook 59 Woodlawn 58 CLASS 3A Douglass 72 Linganore 58 Gwynn Park 73 McDonough 44 GIRLS SEMIFINALS CLASS 4A Arundel 60 Oxon Hill 38 Woodlawn 55 Damascus 53 CLASS 3A Gwynn Park 56 Westlake 38 Paint Branch 51 Western 42