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Boys lacrosse No. School  Record  Prev.  1. Loyola  12-3  2  2. St. Paul's  11-3  3  3. Boys' Latin  12-3  1  4. McDonogh  12-5  6  5. St. Mary's  9-6  5  6. Calvert Hall  7-5  7  7. Archbishop Spalding ...

Right-hander Austin Clark worked wonders in the rain and visiting Archbishop Spalding took the lead in the fourth inning and stayed ahead to upset No. 2 Calvert Hall, 5-4, in a rain-shortened baseball game Wednesday. In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Cavaliers (17-13) led 7-5 and the Cardinals (25-5) had two runners on and two outs when the umpire called the game because of sloppy field conditions. The rules state that the score reverts to the last complete inning, the sixth.

Boys basketball No. School   Record   Prev.   1. Patterson  2-0  1  2. Mount St. Joseph  8-0  2  3. St. Frances  2-1  3  4. Dunbar  2-0  4  5. Milford Mill  0-0  5  6. John Carroll  9-1  6  7. Lake Clifton  2-0  7  8. City  ...

Maryland junior midfielder Katie Schwarzmann (Century), who has 63goals this season, the 10th-highest mark in school history, was named Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player on Friday. Boston College attacker Covie Stanwick (Notre Dame Prep) was named Freshman of the Year. Big East: Loyola's Marlee Paton was named Midfielder of the Year and the Greyhounds' Kellye Gallagher was selected as Defensive Player of the Year. Ana Heneberry (Dulaney)

Boys lacrosse No. School  Record  Prev.  1. Boys' Latin  15-3  1  2. St. Paul's  13-4  2  3. McDonogh  16-5  3  4. St. Mary's  12-7  6  5. Loyola  13-6  4  6. Hereford  15-1  7  7. Calvert...

John Carroll scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat St. Vincent Pallotti, 4-3, in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference tournament quarterfinal Wednesday. In the seventh, Rebekah Alban singled and Clare Puopolo walked before Kayleight Allender had an RBI bunt. Amanda Norris followed with a two-run single to left field to lift the Patriots (11-9) over the Vikings. Puopolo got the win. Pallotti's Kelly Trimble, who signed with the University of Maryland, had a season total of 12 singles, four home runs and 23 RBIs.

The John Carroll boys basketball team is teaming up with St. Margaret School to raise money for the American Heart Association.  When the Patriots take on Calvert Hall Friday - junior varsity is set for 5:15 p.m. with the varsity to follow at 7 - admission will be waived in lieu of a donation with all proceeds going to the AHA.  During halftime of the varsity game, the St. Margaret cheerleaders will perform and there will be a contest for...

Brendan Butler went 3-for-4 with four RBIs as the John Carroll baseball team upset host No. 5 Calvert Hall, 14-12, in nine innings Friday. The win marks a first for the Patriots (8-4) over the Cardinals (6-5) in 10 years. Broadneck 11, No. 9 Chesapeake-AA 0: Scott Nickerson (1-0) pitched five innings, gave up four hits, walked two and struck out four as the host Bruins (2-3) upset the Cougars (5-3). Softball No. 6 Glen Burnie 6, No. 2 Arundel 3: Winner Melanie Slowinski struck out 13 for the visiting Gophers (4-1)

The late-blooming and stellar volleyball career of John Carroll grad Andrew Cranford began with a watchful eye and a positive push. A three-sport athlete who grew up taking turns among soccer, basketball and lacrosse, Cranford was unexpectedly cut from the soccer team in 2002, his sophomore year. It opened the door for volleyball, a sport he had never played until he stepped onto the court in his junior year. Cranford, a 6-foot-5 middle hitter, went on to enjoy a stellar four-year career at Stevens Institute of Technology before getting a taste of professional volleyball in Germany, from which he recently returned after a month with a team in Rottenburg.

Last-minute heorics is nothing new when No. 3 Archbishop Spalding and No. 4 John Carroll get together in girls soccer. That was again the case Friday afternoon in Bel Air, where the host Patriots got a goal from sophomore Susie Snee with under two minutes remaining in regulation play, salvaging a 1-1 overtime tie against the defending Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference champion Cavaliers. Spalding got the game's first goal with 16 minutes to play when senior Maggie Morrison finished off a chance in front after Samantha Kirk's shot went off the top crossbar.

No. 3 Century was coming off a 15-8 loss to No. 1 McDonogh in girls lacrosse Monday and fell behind by five goals to host Westminster on senior night. But the Knights (13-1) ignited a second-half rally by winning draw controls and doubling the ball on defense Thursday and went on to gain a 14-8 victory in the regular-season finale. The Owls opened with a 6-1 lead before the Knights cut the lead to 6-4 at the half. Century's Madi Hall led all scorers with four goals. Boys lacrosse No. 14 Broadneck 8, St. Mary's-Ryken 7, 2OT: Kevin Malenich scored his second goal and the game-winner with a minute left in the second overtime as the host Bruins (12-1)

David S. Sedney, Class of 1969, is the recipient of John Carroll School's Charles K. Riepe Alumni Award. Sedney exemplifies the four outcomes of a John Carroll education: a strong sense of self, excellence in achievement of personal and professional aspirations, a moral compass and a global perspective. Sedney demonstrates outstanding service to our country as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia. His role in managing defense relationships in this area is critical to achieving national and global security interests.

In the only girls lacrosse game Monday that had UCBAC division meaning, Joppatowne was an easy winner at Bo Manor, 15-4, in a Susquehanna Division match. The Mariners led at the half, 10-2. Emma McDougall led the Mariners (4-3/5-4) with five goals and three assists. Christina Miller added four goals and one assist and Emily Murphy had two goals. Julie Sands finished with a goal and three assists. Cara Chishom, April Kinyua and Samantha Soul each also scored a goal. Alexa Cover scored two of Bo Manor's four goals.

Et cetera LaMonica named top women's lacrosse coach in CAA Towson's Sonia LaMonica was named Colonial Athletic Association women's lacrosse Coach of the Year for the second year in a row after leading the Tigers to a 13-3 overall record and a 7-0 conference mark. Sophomore attacker Andi Raymond , junior midfielder Kelly Custer , junior defender Alexa Demski (Loch Raven) and senior goalkeeper Mary Teeters (Centennial) made the All-CAA first team.

When James Madison's women's lacrosse team comes to Towson this weekend to defend its Colonial Athletic Association tournament title, the Dukes will be without their best attacker, John Carroll graduate Casey Ancarrow who is sidelined for the second time in her college career with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Ancarrow, a third-team All-American last season, redshirted her freshman year with an ACL tear but was the CAA Rookie of the Year the following season. She is tied for the Dukes lead in goals with 34 and draw controls with 35 and is second in points with 43 despite missing the last three and a half games.

Each week, The Baltimore Sun publishes a Q&A with an area college lacrosse player to help you become more acquainted with the player and his/her team. Today's guest is Vanderbilt senior midfielder Ally Carey, a John Carroll graduate and The Sun's 2008 Female Athlete of the Year. She leads the No. 18 Commodores (7-5) in goals (22), points (31), draw controls (60) and caused turnovers (12) and is their all-time leader in draw controls with 223. The All-American is a member of the U.S. national team.

John Carroll coach Keith Watson recalls a story in Greek mythology in which a kid is given a baby bull. Every day, the kid picks up the bull. By the time the kid is 16 and the bull is 2,000 pounds, the kid is unimaginably strong. When Watson thinks about Mathew Miller, his 152-pound wrestler, he thinks about the strength Miller has developed over years of wrestling, the past three in Watson's program at John Carroll. "We do 100 to 200 sit-ups a day," Watson said. "Matt does those, and he is constantly working to get stronger.

Joe Rivera pitched a three-hitter with eight strikeouts and the No. 7 Northeast baseball team beat visiting Century, 4-1, in the title game of the Harry Lentz Memorial Tournament on Saturday. Rivera and Eric Grantland each collected RBIs, and the Eagles improved to 7-1. Northeast beat Annapolis Area Christian School to advance to the championship. No. 6 Glenelg 10, Thomas Johnson 6: Winner Tyler Hoeflich limited the host Patriots to three hits, and the Gladiators (7-0)

No. 1 Calvert Hall could simply play it's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference schedule and be considered great in the greater Baltimore area. But Cardinal's coach Lou Eckerl says that's not enough. "I don't think that's where Calvert Hall wants to be," Eckerl said Tuesday. "We want to represent our school and our state on a bigger level. We want national recognition. " Calvert Hall is no stranger to national rankings. For much of the decade that began in 2000, the team was ranked in the top 10 by one national organization or another.