Lake Clifton

The 16th Annual Basketball Academy has been moved for a second time and will now be played at Lake Clifton High School. All 20 games - featuring boys and girls teams - will still be played Thursday through Saturday, although there are some time changes. Tickets already sold will be honored. The Academy had been originally scheduled for Coppin State University, but new NCAA regulations caused some confusion and resulted in the tournament being moved to Morgan State University on Tuesday.

For his final year of college basketball, Terence Jones knew exactly what he wanted in a program. The former Lake Clifton guard wanted to play for a school that would offer more exposure for him than he received at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He wanted to step into a situation where playing time was available from Day One. And he wanted to play for a coaching staff that knew how to win. In the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Jones found all that and more. The 6-foot-2, 187-pound player committed to the Blazers at the end of a visit to the Conference USA school Saturday night.

Josh Selby had a game-high 28 points and eight assists as No. 10 Lake Clifton beat host Northwestern-Prince George's, 60-48, Thursday. The Lakers (9-3) are on a six-game winning streak. "We kept them at a distance once we got up," Lake Clifton coach Herman Harried said. "When they made baskets, we just pulled away again." The Lakers led 15-9 after the first quarter before stretching the advantage to 34-20 at the half. The Wildcats fell to 6-4. Wrestling No. 10 Hereford 72, Woodlawn 4: The host Bulls (17-1)

Kevin Norris was in the Lake Clifton stands Jan. 27 when Patterson battled Largo in a Basketball Academy matchup. On the court that night for the Clippers was a 6-foot-10 shot-blocking machine that quickly caught the Florida Gulf Coast assistant's eye. “I had a pretty good game,” said Patterson senior Leonard Livingston . “Norris, he just said that they were interested. They wanted to see how the rest of our season would go. [He wanted to] try to get [me] down there anytime.” Livingston wasn't familiar with Florida Gulf Coast, but he liked Norris - a Lake Clifton grad and former Miami point guard - and continued on with his senior season.

Two teenage boys were stabbed near Lake Clifton school campus on St. Lo Drive around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, said Baltimore police spokesman Agent Donny Moses. A 17-year-old was stabbed in the upper body and a 16-year-old was cut in the left arm. Both were taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where they were treated and released, Moses said. The teens told police they were walking across the parking lot from the Lake Clifton golf course when they were approached by five unknown males who "picked a fight."

The senior was all over the court for the Lakers in victories over No. 13 Poly and No. 10 City. The back-to-back wins propelled Lake Clifton from No. 5 to the top spot in this week's poll. Parks had 16 points and 13 rebounds against Poly and 10 points and 11 rebounds against City. He averages 14.5 points and 10 rebounds for the season, and coach Herman "Tree" Harried said it is the rebounding that makes Parks so important to his team. The 6-foot-2 guard uses his strength to control the boards and to often guard the opposing team's top scorer.

Trae Summers had 20 points to power host No. 11 Lake Clifton past No. 12 Forest Park, 70-65, on Tuesday. The Lakers (3-0) used pressure defense to build a 10-point lead in the first half. The Foresters (3-1) came as close as four points in the second quarter. Aaron Parks added 17 points for Lake Clifton. No. 3 Digital Harbor 76, Northwestern 64: Antonio Manns scored 28 points and Nyme Manns had 16 to power the host Rams (3-1) past the Wildcats. No. 9 Dunbar 61, National Academy Foundation 28: Donte Pretlo and Evan Singletary each scored 13 points to lead the host Poets (3-0)

The Lake Clifton boys basketball team has something special going on these days. It starts with a flustering zone defense, continues with responsible work on the boards and is rounded out with unselfish play on offense. The No. 5 Lakers had each facet working at a high level against No. 13 Poly on Friday, particularly in a dominating first half that sent them to a comfortable 61-45 home win over the Engineers. The Lakers (16-2) won their ninth straight game and improved to 6-1 in Baltimore City's Division I. Just how good are things going for them?

For his final year of college basketball, Terence Jones knew exactly what he wanted in a program. The former Lake Clifton guard wanted to play for a school that would offer more exposure for him than he received at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He wanted to step into a situation where playing time was available from Day One. And he wanted to play for a coaching staff that knew how to win. In the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Jones found all that and more. The 6-foot-2, 187-pound player committed to the Blazers at the end of a visit to the Conference USA school Saturday night.

Lake Clifton boys basketball coach Herman "Tree" Harried was conducting morning practice on Martin Luther King Jr. Day when a visitor stopped by. It was one of his former players who just wanted to tell Harried that he was doing well with a good job and family. He also said 'Thanks.' Harried, a Dunbar and Syracuse grad who went on to play professional basketball overseas, has piled up 256 wins in his 15 years as coach at Lake Clifton....

Greg Brown Archbishop Spalding, senior, guard •Four-year varsity player led Cavaliers to a 17-15 record and their first trip to the BCL semifinals since 2004 •Averaged 18.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.2 steals per game •Ended career with a game-high 29 points in a 54-49 loss to Mount St. Joseph in BCL semifinals to finish with 1,092 career points •Still undecided on college choice ...

Boys basketball No. School   Record   Prev.   1. Dunbar  24-3  1  2. Patterson  21-7  2  3. Mount St. Joseph 28-8 3  4. Lake Clifton 24-3  4  5. John Carroll  30-8  5  6. Milford Mill  21-3 6 7. Edmondson  18-5  7  ...

Sixteen basketball players from the Baltimore area took part in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. After the first weekend of play, how many remain? Here's a look at how all 16 players fared. Still alive * C.J. Fair 's top-seeded Syracuse squad got a scare from UNC-Asheville in the first round, but survived with a 72-65 win. Fair (City) contributed three points (1-for-7 from the field), three rebounds and two assists against the Bulldogs. In the Orange's 75-59 win over eighth-seeded Kansas State, Fair scored three points and grabbed three rebounds.

The junior point guard led the Clippers to their first state championship, scoring 28 points with 8 assists and 6 steals in an 86-75 victory over Thomas Stone in Saturday's Class 3A final. On Thursday night,Carr scored 24 points in a 70-46 semifinal win over Tuscarora, 70-46. He has averaged 24.5 points and 5 assists this season. Coach Harry Martin says his 5-foot-6 dynamo is "one of the quickest players in the country with the ball in his hands. " Carr has verbally committed to Seton Hall.

COLLEGE PARK - After the final buzzer sounded in Saturday's Class 2A state title game, Lake Clifton guard Aaron Parks immediately dropped to the floor. He remained there, face-down, for several seconds until a teammate yanked him up and coach Herman "Tree" Harried met both with outstretched arms and a huge grin. "We worked so hard all year, and this was just a relief," Parks said. "I just had to collapse. " Parks and the Lakers desperately wanted a state title, and they got their wish.

The South Carroll boys' basketball team had been to the Comcast Center before. But they had never been part of such an unusual strategy. On Friday night, the Cavaliers' third state semifinal appearance in four years ended with a 46-34 loss to Baltimore City power Lake Clifton. Coach Doug Goff's squad came out ready to run against the Lakers, but that wasn't Lake Clifton's idea. After taking a 14-11 lead into the second quarter, the Lakers held the ball for nearly an entire quarter, content to wait until the Cavaliers pulled out of its 2-3 zone defense.

The Edmondson boys basketball team made a halftime adjustment on defense Tuesday against visiting Lake Clifton, going man-to-man after playing zone most of a tight first half. Red Storm coach Darnell Dantzler's instructions to the offense were both simple and familiar: Get the ball to senior guards Rodney Pratcher and Kavon Pyatt. The two responded as they had many times before, Pratcher scoring 15 of his game-high 26 points in the second half and Pyatt adding 16 of his 18 points after intermission to lead the No. 5 Red Storm to a 72-58 win over the No. 10 Lakers.

Aaron Overton went 8-for-13 for 180 yards and threw four touchdown passes and two two-point conversion passes to lead No. 13 Patterson past visiting Lake Clifton, 46-8, Thursday. The Clippers improved to 6-1, and the Lakers fell to 0-7. Overton also had four rushes for 46 yards, including a two-point conversion run. Deonta Winston caught one touchdown pass and rushed for another, and Donta Dewitt caught one touchdown pass and two two-point conversion passes. Forest Park 49, Maritime Academy 0: Patrick Makell had six carries for 110 yards and two touchdowns as the host Foresters (7-0)

COLLEGE PARK - With six minutes left in Friday night's Class 2A state semifinal game, the Lake Clifton boys basketball team finally got what it wanted. For most of the game, including seven-plus minutes of the second quarter, the No. 4 Lakers challenged No. 12 South Carroll to get out of its zone defense by holding onto the ball. Protecting a seven-point lead at that time in the fourth quarter, the Lakers finally got their wish, and a few moments later they were celebrating a berth in Saturday's championship game with a 46-34 win over the Cavaliers at Comcast Center.

By winning the 126-pound state championship in Class 4A-3A on Saturday, Kraisser became only the fifth wrestler to win four individual titles over a career. The senior went 36-3 this season to finish with a 152-6 record. His coach, Dave Roogow, says Kraisser "doesn't really feel the pressure because he really does treat every match like his opponent is in the state finals. " Through four years Kraisser has won every match in the state tournament by major decision, technical fall or pin. He carries a 3.5 GPA and has signed to wrestle at North Carolina.