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Severna Park girls basketball coach Kevin McGrath said his team played its best game of the year yesterday.The Falcons' timing was odd, to say the least.Despite losing its third starter to a season-ending injury last week and being a decided underdog to a North County team two spots higher in the Class 4A Region IV standings, Severna Park led most of theway in winning, 56-41.Ten Falcons scored, led by sophomore guardAmy Carnaggio with 13 points. Carnaggio is subbing for Tami Riley, out with a knee injury since early in the year.

One thing Mike St. Martin won't have to worry about as the replacement for Steve Malone as boys soccer coach at North County is getting his team in the playoffs.That will happen no matter who is in charge. It's not exactly a pressure-filled task.Under a new state rule, any team registering by Oct. 1 is eligible for the region tournament. Records don't matter. Just fill out the paperwork and show up on time.And with the seedings determined through a random draw, the number of wins that a team accumulates is even less important.

Suddenly, sadly yet mercifully on Saturday November 14, 2009, Ruth J. Habicht Ruth's children will receive friends and family at the Ruck Funeral Home in Towson on Friday November 20th from 6 to 9 in the evening. A private (family) graveside service will be held Saturday the 21st at Moreland Park Cemetery on Taylor Avenue at 9:30 in the morning. Friends and family please join us for a celebration of Ruth's life at a memorial service at 11:00 A.M. at the Ruck Funeral Home Chapel in Towson.

Centennial's club hockey team finished 10-0 to capture the Central Conference of the Maryland Scholastic Hockey League and will play St. Albans at 4: 25 p.m. Monday at Fort Dupont in a first-round playoff game.Centennial opened the season with a 7-6 win over Glenelg and a 5-4 triumph over Mount Hebron. The Eagles sailed after that, outscoring their opponents, 67-21. They defeated Glenelg and Mount Hebron by identical 6-3 scores later in the season."Our manager [Mary Habicht] has always told me don't becocky," said Centennial coach Steve Berman, a 1988 Atholton graduate.

On December 2, 2003 BERNARD H. MYERS, beloved husband of Clara J. Myers; devoted father of Bernice Habicht and her husband Rich; stepfather of Marsha McConnell and her husband Walter, Wesley Christensen Jr. and Donald Christensen and his wife Patricia; loving grandfather of Sandra, Debbie, Stephen, Gary Jr., Nicole and John, Angela, Candice, Wesley III, Donald and Christopher. Also survived by eight great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. A Catholic Burial Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Ave, on Saturday at 11 a.m. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery.

Class 4A girlsNo. 6 Westminster (13-2-1)vs. No. 9 Parkville (14-2-1)When: 5 tonight, UMBC StadiumOutlook: This championship pits two newcomers to the final stage.Parkville had never even won a regional title until edging Dulaney, 3-2, on Nov. 9. In last Saturday's semifinal, junior F Kristen Habicht and senior M Stephanie Curnoles scored in Parkville's convincing 2-0 win over Bowie.Habicht leads the Knights with 18 goals and eight assists. Sophomore GK Heather Rock, with 11 shutouts, has allowed just 11 goals.

The clock struck midnight on Parkville's Cinderella season.Westminster senior midfielder Mandy Komar dashed the ninth-ranked Knights' hopes of capturing their first state girls soccer crown in school history by scoring a goal and adding two assists to lead the Owls to a 3-1 win in the Class 4A state championship game at UMBC last night.With the victory, No. 6 Westminster (14-2-1) claimed the school's first state title for girls soccer.Before this season, Parkville (14-3-1) had never made it past the regional finals.

Severna Park boys soccer coach Don Gregg knows what it's like to lose a big game on penalty kicks.In 1979, Gregg's Falcons were eliminated from the state playoffs when they lost a five-man shootout to Walt Whitman.In an effort to avoid that happening again, Gregg has required his players to make three penalty kicks before they leave practice.Last night at Arundel High, the extra kicks paid off, as second-seeded Severna Park defeated No. 3 seed Northwestern of Prince George's County, 6-2, in a shootout after the teams had played to a 1-1 tie in regulation, to advance to the Class 4A state championship.

GOOD MORNING --Rich Gossage -- When it comes to the Hall of Fame, to quote Bob Dylan, you can't get no relief. Question of the day Does Miguel Tejada's changed stance on being traded matter, or should the Orioles still try to deal him? See Miguel vent. See Miguel relent. Now see Miguel repent by coming out and having a season like no other. Patrick R. Lynch Parkville Players change their stances in the batting box all the time. So why not accept Miguel's changed trade request? Meanwhile, all parties concerned can reconcile his $12 million-a-year salary.

On November 9, 2005, ALVINA M. Beloved wife of the late Joseph F. Schuler. Devoted mother of Gwendalynne G. Corkran and her husband Robert of Bel Air. Loving grandmother of A. Blythe Strub and her husband Charles. Dear sister of Helen Rosenberger and her husband William and the late Eberhard Martin, Marie Martin, Katherine Martin, Ann Ebericus, Minnie Habicht, Elizabeth Hoffmann, Margaret Martin and Naomi Rattaliatta. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Schuler was born December 18, 1910 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Adam and Elizabeth Martin of Baltimore.