Lake Clifton

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)

Lake Clifton boys basketball coach Herman "Tree" Harried has been selected to USA Basketball's 2013-16 Developmental National Team Committee. The seven-member committee is charged with selecting and developing teams for the 2013 and 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championships, 2014 and 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championships, Developmental Minicamps each October and Nike Hoop Summit each April over the next four years. Harried, who has coached Lake Clifton for 16 years, has previously served as a USA Basketball assistant coach.

For the defending Class 3A state champion Lake Clifton boys basketball team, a largely new mix of talent, the early part of the season has been a time to grow with bumps along the way. On Wednesday, in the opening night of the second annual IAABO/290 Holiday Mixer at Northwestern High, the No. 4 Lakers were hit with one of those tough stretches against a talented Kennedy team from the Bronx, N.Y. In the fourth quarter of a close game, Kennedy...

Former Lake Clifton star Josh Selby was named co-MVP of the Las Vegas Summer League, the NBAannounced Sunday. The second-year Memphis Grizzlies guard averaged 24.2 points on 55.7-percent shooting in five summer-league games. He shot 64.3 percent on 3-pointers, and exploded for a summer league-best 35 points last Tuesday against Washington. It was a notable stretch for a player who has struggled to find a steady NBA role. Selby, 21, averaged just 2.3 points in 8.5 minutes his rookie season.

Lake Clifton guard Leron Fisher set the tone in Tuesday's game against No. 13 Old Mill, deftly cutting through defenders for layups and leading a swarming defense that allowed the Patriots mere seconds to set their offense. Fisher's play helped the tenth-ranked Lakers bounce back from last week's loss to arch-rival Dunbar with a 66-54 victory over Old Mill in the IAABO Board 290 Memorial Mixer hosted by Northwestern. Fisher finished with a game-high 17 points, but gave the Lakers a scare when he crumbled to the court with 34.7 seconds left in the game after banging knees with an opponent.

Former Lake Clifton point guard Josh Selby faces a misdemeanor possession of marijuana charge in Prince George's County. Selby, the 2010 Baltimore Sun Male Athlete of the Year, was cited Oct. 5. The Memphis Grizzlies rookie is scheduled to appear in Prince George's County district court on Jan. 25 at 8:45 a.m. Selby told the Memphis Commercial Appeal on Saturday that he had "no comment about it. It is what it is. " One day after...

Evan Singletary helped the Dunbar offense awaken at just the right time Monday night. Singletary scored 10 of his game-high 21 points in the fourth quarter as No. 4 Dunbar rallied from an early 11-point deficit and pulled out a 60-56 victory over No. 13 Lake Clifton. The Poets scored just 36 points in the first three quarters but still held a one-point lead over the host Lakers heading into the fourth. That's when Singletary and Dunbar began to click, as the Poets notched 24 points in the final quarter.

The Lake Clifton boys basketball team received a four-quarter test from visiting Edmondson on Tuesday night, staying the course to find the necessary answers during the game's most important moments. Getting double digits in points from five players and holding the No. 9 Red Storm to just two free throws in the final 3:12, the No. 11 Lakers pulled out a satisfying 60-50 win. Senior center Rodney Hawkins, who spent major minutes on the bench with foul trouble, scored a team-high 14 points; senior forward Aaron Parks scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half; and guard James Boone (11 points)

Since the first day of basketball practice at Lake Clifton, the Lakers' new and highly celebrated senior point guard Josh Selby has showed his coach something different every time out. A couple of days before Thanksgiving, during a scrimmage at Archbishop Curley, it was a determined scowl. "We were down a couple points and I just watched his whole facial expression change," Lake Clifton coach Herman "Tree" Harried said. "I saw a determined player who decided we weren't going to lose.

Western coach Breezy Bishop referred to yesterday's game against Lake Clifton as a "wake-up call" for her team.It was probably an awakening for both teams.For the first time this season, top-ranked Western was challenged. But Girls basketballthe Doves were able to overcome an early 13-point deficit and defeat host and No. 14 Lake Clifton, 71-60, in a City-Wide 4A League game.Sophomores Chanel Wright (24 points, eight rebounds, four steals) and Kimberly Smith (18 points, seven assists) led Western (17-0, 12-0)