Honorable Mention

Members of the Class of '92 took their final bows last Saturday at graduation ceremonies at Northeast and Chesapeake high schools. But before they did, some of Pasadena's best and brightest sons and daughters were honored during the recent Senior Awards Nights.At Northeast, Benjamin Anderson and Matthew Sexton were recognized as finalists in the National Merit Scholars program, with Damian Griffie receiving commended scholar status from the program.Ernest Levroney was recognized as a commended scholar in the National Merit program for outstanding black students.

GLENELG HIGH School students are a talented bunch. Four seniors at the school are finalists in the Maryland Distinguished Scholar Program, giving them a chance to get a four-year scholarship at a Maryland college or university. Matt Ashmore, John Habert, Frederick Kramer and Chris Seymour, also a finalist in the instrumental music category, were selected as finalists.Semifinalists include Lauren Brown, Aaron Fallon, Michaelean Ferguson, Brendan Gallagher, Suzanne Mundy, Michele Renehan and Patrick Tvarkunas.

Baseball MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Red Sox IF Mike Lansing filed for free agency after Boston declined his $6 million option and chose to pay $1.25 million buyout. ANGELS: Exercised $400,000 option on contract of IF Benji Gil. Activated 1B Mo Vaughn from 60-day DL. BRAVES: Agreed to $75 million, six-year contract with OF Andruw Jones. DODGERS: Named Bill Bavasi director of player development and John Boles senior adviser for baseball operations. RANGERS: Named Terry Francona bench coach and Dom Chiti and Jay Robertson special assistants to GM. Will not exercise $2.5 million contract option on P Justin Thompson and will pay him $1 million buyout instead.

BaseballCardinals: Optioned P Cliff Politte and C Eli Marrero to Triple-A Memphis. Recalled P Sean Lowe and P Curtis King from Memphis. Will recall P Brady Raggio from Memphis today.Devil Rays: Purchased contract of former Orioles minor-league 3B Scott McClain from Triple-A Durham. Designated P Dan Carlson for assignment.Marlins: Placed P Antonio Alfonseca (pulled right groin) on 15-day DL. Recalled P Manuel Barrios from Triple-A Charlotte.Reds: Recalled P Danny Graves from Triple-A Indianapolis.

Baltimore Sun staff members won first-place prizes in 11 of the 26 categories in the 1993 Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association competition for major daily newspapers, including citations for public service and general news reporting.The Sun and Evening Sun won 25 prizes in the competition for reporting, editorials, commentary, photography, art and graphic design among daily newspapers with a daily circulation of 75,000 or more.The Washington Post won 21 prizes, including eight first-place honors; The Washington Times received 16 awards, five of them for first place; and the Wilmington News Journal received eight awards, one of them a first-place honor.

Three Howard County students have earned top awards in the national American Automobile Association's 50th anniversary poster contest.Peng Wu, 14, of Mount Hebron High School, and Felice Sun, 17, and James Hsu, 14, both of Centennial High School, last month won U.S. Savings Bonds, collectively worth $275, and certificates for their posters depicting traffic safety tips. All are students of Ellicott City art teacher May-Fong Tsay.Four other students of Ms. Tsay's won honorable mentioncitations.

Graduation ceremonies symbolize a student's advancement to a new life stage. Wednesday, 240 Glenelg High School seniors will step forward and move ahead.Glenelg High School Principal Jim McGregor characterizes the class of 1995 as a group that displayed excellence in four significant areas. This group showed outstanding academic performance. The class boasts four National Merit Scholarship finalists and 11 commended National Merit Scholarship students, an exceptionally high number for a class and school of this size.

MANY PHELPS LUCK Elementary School students began 1996 focusing attention on the Howard County "Reflections" arts program.Kindergarten through second-graders who entered the visual arts division are Samantha Esposito, Rebecca Perbetsky, Max Pettis and Laura Swann. The third- through fifth-grade visual artists are Sarah Brown, Jaime Fields, Katie Connelly and Rebecca Switzer. Lykara Charters entered the music competition.Photography was popular with students in all grades, including Kenny Bahr, Kiarra Graves, Jacqueline Snyder, Sarah Ward, Amanda Brady, April Douville and Autumn Goad.

BaseballAngels: Placed P Mike James on the 15-day DL. Recalled P Jarrod Washburn from Triple-A Vancouver.Mariners: Obtained C Raul Chavez from the Montreal Expos for OF Robert Perez. Assigned Chavez to Triple-A Tacoma.Rockies: Placed P Mark Thompson on the 15-day DL. Activated P Kevin Ritz from the 15-day DL.Royals: Placed 1B Hal Morris on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Jermaine Dye from Triple-A Omaha.CollegeIvy League: Announced the All-League women's lacrosse team. Included are Player of the Year Cristi Samaras (Princeton, Annapolis)

City College's success this season has not been the work of any one player.The Knights (6-0) are the area's second-ranked team and rank fifth in scoring (30.0) and fourth in points allowed (6.7), as they prepare for Friday's showdown with No. 1 Calvert Hall, because of a host of players.However, if there is a key to this team, it is quarterback Terrence Suber.This season Suber, a junior, has emerged as a steadying force for the Knights' run-oriented offense, and he has been an accurate passer, completing 31 of 51 for 755 yards and nine touchdowns.