Largo

Timothy Dean Burger is open. I couldn't find a website for the new burger joint, which is at the Boulevard at the Capital Center in Largo. But the opening is featured on the shopping center's website . There's a link to a menu , too. What's on the menu? Burgers, pizzas, a handful of sandwiches and sides. There's a TD Classic Burger with American cheese, bibb lettuce, tomatoes and red onion; a Timothy Blue Burger with organic blue cheese, maple bacon, lettuce and tomato.

No. 6 Oakland Mills went ahead by as many as 16 points in the second half before having to hold off a late comeback attempt by Largo. The Scorpions finally put the visiting Lions away, 64-58, in a Class 2A South regional boys basketball semifinal game Tuesday night. Junior guard Deshawn Willis scored a team-high 17 points, including an alley-oop dunk off an assist from Nekhi Bradley that thrilled a packed gym. Loyola-bound forward Lavon Long added 16 points and 11 rebounds for Oakland Mills (24-0)

LARGO -- Last night's sixth Largo Lions Holiday Classic final is not one either Largo or Arundel likely will remember fondly. The hosts won the sloppy affair by making key plays down the stretch, while the Falcons failed in similar situations.Ronte Britton's baseline drive with 3:47 gave the Lions the lead for good and Terrance Clark and Shawn Johnson each came through with a pair of clutch plays in the last 1 minute, 29 seconds, as Largo surprised 13th-ranked Arundel, 62-58."We didn't close the game out," said Falcons coach Gerald Moore loud enough for his entire team to hear.

Timothy Dean Burger is open. I couldn't find a website for the new burger joint, which is at the Boulevard at the Capital Center in Largo. But the opening is featured on the shopping center's website . There's a link to a menu , too. What's on the menu? Burgers, pizzas, a handful of sandwiches and sides. There's a TD Classic Burger with American cheese, bibb lettuce, tomatoes and red onion; a Timothy Blue Burger with organic blue cheese, maple bacon, lettuce and tomato.

No. 6 Oakland Mills went ahead by as many as 16 points in the second half before having to hold off a late comeback attempt by Largo. The Scorpions finally put the visiting Lions away, 64-58, in a Class 2A South regional boys basketball semifinal game Tuesday night. Junior guard Deshawn Willis scored a team-high 17 points, including an alley-oop dunk off an assist from Nekhi Bradley that thrilled a packed gym. Loyola-bound forward Lavon Long added 16 points and 11 rebounds for Oakland Mills (24-0)

The hole Largo dug in its Class 2A South regional semifinal game at Glenelg on Wednesday night was just too deep to climb out of. There would be no come-from-behind victory like the one the Lions enjoyed against Oakland Mills on Monday night, as the No. 6 Gladiators cruised to a 75-45 victory. Glenelg will host Calvert in the regional final Friday at 7 p.m. The Gladiators focused on setting the tone in the first few minutes of Wednesday's semifial, pushing the ball on offense or kicking it out for a 3-point attempt, all the while playing smothering defense.

Denise Zellers remembers sitting in Catonsville Community College's field house as a seventh-grader and watching intently as Old Mill wonits first state championship in girls basketball.Five years later, the senior guard is hoping history will repeat itself.The Patriots (22-2) are seeded second heading into tomorrow afternoon's Class 4A state semifinal game with third-seeded Largo (19-5) of Prince George's County, an opponent Zellers admits she knows littleabout."They have some girls who play street ball, and they'll shoot from anywhere and they hustle," she said during a Monday afternoon practice in Old Mill's gymnasium.

Carroll County firefighters and state police hoisted an extra-large catch out of Liberty Reservoir yesterday morning - a 2002 Ford Taurus reported stolen the night before. Authorities said the vehicle had been reported stolen from a Largo restaurant in Prince George's County on Wednesday night. The gray four-door was found partially submerged in the water near the reservoir's boat dock shortly before 8 a.m. Sykesville firefighters sent their dive team into the water. After determining that there was no one to rescue from the car, a towing service was called to drag it out of the water.

Don't be late for tonight's 4A state football championship in Annapolis as No. 2 North County takes on Largo of Prince George's County at 7:30.Topper Ellis ran back the opening kickoff for 93 yards and a touchdown for North County in a 39-15 quarterfinal win over No. 5 Arundel, and he darted 90 yards with 2:15 left to enable the Knights to upset then-No. 1 Patterson, 18-15, in the semifinals.Largo's Jason Shupe stunned No. 6 Severna Park in the quarterfinals by returning the opening kick 86 yards for a touchdown on the way to a 32-14 romp, and Shupe averaged 63 yards on three punt returns in a 21-13 triumph over Springbrook in their semifinal.

ANNAPOLIS -- State officials unanimously approved last week the purchase of more land for Watkins Regional Park in Largo.The $821,846 award by the Board of Public Works will enable officials to buy a 155-acre addition to the 437-acre park to house a community center.Among the other 38 "open space" projects approved Wednesday:* $11,250 for a 10-acre project at Frederick County's Emmitsburg Community Park, to buy and renovate an antique railroad caboose and purchase playground equipment and materials for a ball field.

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 hole Largo dug in its Class 2A South regional semifinal game at Glenelg on Wednesday night was just too deep to climb out of. There would be no come-from-behind victory like the one the Lions enjoyed against Oakland Mills on Monday night, as the No. 6 Gladiators cruised to a 75-45 victory. Glenelg will host Calvert in the regional final Friday at 7 p.m. The Gladiators focused on setting the tone in the first few minutes of Wednesday's semifial, pushing the ball on offense or kicking it out for a 3-point attempt, all the while playing smothering defense.

Aberdeen center Bri Jones picked a great time to have a career night. The 6-foot-3 sophomore scored 35 points to lead the No. 2 Eagles to a 73-62 victory over a speedy but smaller Largo team in a state Class 3A girls basketball semifinal Thursday night at UMBC's RAC Arena. The Eagles (24-1) will play for their first state title Saturday at 8 p.m. at UMBC against Frederick, a 61-56 winner over Howard in the other semifinal. Jones used a combination of position, post moves and putbacks to help the Eagles break away every time the Lions (25-2)

Nick Rosati threw for nearly 300 yards and completed five touchdown passes for No. 1 Arundel in its 53-29 road win against Northeast on Friday. Tyler Washington caught three of Rosati's touchdown passes and had six receptions for 161 yards for the Wildcats (8-0). Joseph Blackwell rushed 12 times, gaining 161 yards and two touchdowns, including a 76-yard run for Arundel. The Wildcats are averaging 43.9 points per game this year. Rosati has thrown for 1,885 yards and 29 touchdown passes on the season, and Washington has caught 15 touchdown passes.

On November 18, 2008 KEVIN D. QUARLES. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday November 25, 2008 in the Sanctuary of Mount Ephraim Baptist Church, 610 Largo Road, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Wake 10 to 11 A.M. Service will follow. Interment Meadowridge Cemetery. Inquiries 301-604-0101.

COLLEGE PARK -- When you're young, it doesn't take long to go from elation to frustration. For Long Reach, it took about 48 hours. On Thursday, the ninth-ranked Lightning boys basketball team capped an improbable comeback with a victory over top-ranked Lake Clifton. Yesterday, it couldn't get going early before falling to Prince George's County's Largo, 84-58, in the Class 3A state championship at Comcast Center. Klevin Pollard led Largo - ranked ninth in the Washington area - with 21 points.

Police arrested a Largo man Tuesday and charged him with using a stolen credit card to purchase nearly $4,000 worth of computer equipment from an Annapolis electronics store and clothing from Annapolis Mall, county police said.Luke Junius Baugh Jr., 45, of the 10000 block of Campus Way South was charged with felony theft.Gordon Landis, a Nordstrom security guard, called police to the store shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday after he caught a man who tried to use a stolen Visa credit card to purchase a $310 sweater, police said.

LARGO -- After losing its first game of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials tournament, the St. Frances girls basketball team could have easily mailed in its last two games. But the Panthers rose to the occasion, routing Blake of Montgomery County, 63-35, yesterday at Prince George's Community College. The victory came after a 20-point win over Largo of Prince George's County the night before. "We played two good games together," St. Frances coach Jerome Shelton said.

Arundel girls basketball coach Lee Rogers said Thursday that his team was young, and, though improving, would have to play better to defeat elite teams. Rogers' words proved prophetic last night. The fourth-ranked Wildcats fell, 50-43, to Riverdale Baptist of Prince George's Country in the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials tournament semifinals. "I expect more from them," Rogers said. "I'm disappointed. I think we should play better than we're playing. We're not stepping up, and I don't know where we're going to go from here."