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Hereford senior quarterback Ryan Jones rushed for three touchdowns, and senior running backs Ted Neubauer and John Bauer each added a pair of touchdown runs to lead the host Bulls (4-1) to a 56-12 victory over No. 9 Catonsville. Hereford outgained Catonsville, 161 yards to 59, in the first half when the Comets lost Maryland-bound running back DeAndre' Lane to a hamstring injury. No. 4 Arundel 53, North County 20: Jack Gordon completed 16 of 19 passes for 293 yards and six touchdown passes to power the visiting Wildcats (5-0)

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Eagles - the Ravens' next opponent this Sunday - have yet to take the practice field here at the organization's training facility, but coach Andy Reid has already informed the media that wide receivers DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin will not take part in Thursday's practice. Reid announced that Jackson is dealing with a sore hamstring. Maclin did not practice Wednesday after suffering a hip pointer in the team's 17-16 win against the Cleveland Browns Sunday.

Dannell Ellerbe thought about the question for a moment and then respectfully requested a minute to think about an appropriate answer. The truth was that it had been a long time since the Ravens' inside linebacker had last felt 100 percent, but he smiled when he finally recalled the day. "Oh, [it was] St. Louis last year," Ellerbe said following the Ravens' practice at Stevenson University. Ellerbe, 26, hurt his hamstring in the Ravens' Week 3 blowout of the Rams last season.

The Ravens just wrapped up another padded training camp practice at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills, and head coach John Harbaugh had nothing new to report on offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie, who has not been cleared to practice, and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, who has a hamstring injury. However, Harbaugh confirmed what has already been reported: tight end Dennis Pitta broke his right hand. “We'll be shooting for the first regular season game,” Harbaugh said.

The Ravens were hoping Bryant McKinnie would show up for the start of training camp slimmed down and in better shape. Instead, the troubled left tackle didn't show up at all and it's unclear when or if he will. Given little choice, the Ravens placed McKinnie on the reserve/did not report list after he didn't show up for Thursday's first full-squad practice of training camp. His absence cast his future with the Ravens very much in doubt and added even more questions for an offensive line that is in flux as camp opens.

Wilson Betemit's surging bat is moving up the Orioles lineup He's hitting fifth in tonight's game against the Indians at Camden Yards. Betemit, who has mostly hit in the sixth and seven spots this season, is part of a lineup shuffle that includes Matt Wieters moving to seventh. Betemit enters tonight's game with an eight-game hitting streak -- including four multi-hit games -- and is batting an eye-popping .542 (13-for-24) over his last eight games. In late May, Betemit was hitting just .214, but he's hitting .383 (23-for-60)

Orioles outfielder Endy Chavez, his strained right hamstring still sore after pulling up lame rounding first base last night, is out of the lineup for tonight's game against the Pirates and is currently day-to-day. Chavez said he didn't believe he would have been able to play tonight but said he didn't think the injury would force him onto the disabled list for the second time this season. He spent 19 days on the DL month with an oblique strain. "I feel better today," Chavez said. "It's still sore.

Swimming UMBC's Hussein qualifies for Olympics UMBC junior Mohamed Hussein took first place, broke the Egyptian national record and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 200-meter individual medley Sunday afternoon at the Auburn Classic at the Martin Aquatics Center. Hussein, who has already qualified for the Summer Games in the 100 freestyle, becomes the first Egyptian swimmer to ever make the cut for two events at a single Olympic Games. He is the second UMBC swimmer to make the Olympics, joining Mehdi Addadi , who qualified for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney for his native Algeria.

Don Zimmerman figured it would take Scott Hopmann some time before he began to re-discover his footing in UMBC's offense. The coach's patience has been rewarded as the junior midfielder has recorded 11 points in his last three contests after posting five points in his first five games since returning from a hamstring injury. The Annapolis native and St. Mary's graduate amassed three goals and one assist in the Retrivers' 11-8 victory over America East foe Vermont Saturday.

The hamstring that sidelined Scott Hopmann is no longer an issue as the UMBC junior midfielder has registered an assist in each of his last two contests. But the Annapolis native and St. Mary's graduate has taken four shots with zero goals, and coach Don Zimmerman said Hopmann is working off the rust. “Scott's looking pretty good,” Zimmerman said Monday. “I don't think he's fully back to where he needs to be. I think his hamstring is fine, but because he missed so much time, he's not in the kind of shape that he needs to be in. But it's good to see him out there, and he's contributing in practice.