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After seeing the game dramatically change when visiting Mount St. Joseph dominated the third quarter, the St. Frances boys basketball team dug in and did what it does best in the final frame. The No. 1 Panthers hit clutch shots, got key defensive stops and, most importantly, leaned on their senior leadership when it was needed most to come away with a thrilling 58-57 win over the No. 2 Gaels. Senior guard Tevon Saddler scored a team-high 19 points and fellow senior guard Maurice White scored nine of his 16 points in the fourth quarter - including five in the final minute - to help the Panthers improve to 14-1 overall, 6-0 in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference and 5-0 in the Baltimore Catholic League.

There is a whole generation of Baltimoreans who have grown up without knowing that, somewhere deep in its DNA, this is a baseball town. The Ravens, yes; the Colts, certainly - they occupy a big chunk of the municipal imagination. But for so long, there were Brooks, Frank, Eddie, Palmer, Cal and Earl, with Wild Bill in the stands on 33rd Street. The Oriole Way was the Baltimore Way: Show up, do your job. Not flashy, just good, year in and year out. For 14 miserable, losing years, we locked that away.

Stony Brook's evening began when the Seawolves were mistakenly introduced by the public address announcer at Comcast Center as the "Seahawks. " The reception was just as rude for the New York school when the game started and host Maryland converted its first five field-goal attempts, and 15 of its first 20. But the visitors were undeterred. The Terps had wanted a test and they got one, as Stony Brook cut a 20-point deficit to two in the final minute before Maryland prevailed, 76-69, before an announced 10,721.

Mychal Stefanides (13 points) hit an 8-foot bank shot to give C. Milton Wright boys basketball a two-point lead with 2.7 seconds left, but Aberdeen answered with a 60-foot buzzer-beater by Anthony Bennett to win, 57-56, Thursday night in Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference action. Bennett finished with a game-high 22points for the Eagles (4-3) as they handed the Mustangs (6-1) their first loss of the season. Tyril Rozier added 19points for Aberdeen. No. 9 Arundel 68, Meade 43: The host Wildcats (5-0)

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St. Frances' Dwayne Morgan soared above a pack of defenders and tipped in the winning basket in the final seconds against No. 6 John Carroll in an early-season showdown between the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference powers. The play was a metaphor for how high the second-ranked Panthers are flying to start this season. Just two days after beating Aquille Carr and a talented Princeton Day Academy, St. Frances overcame an early deficit to end an eight-game losing streak against the Patriots with the 40-39 victory and improved to 8-0 this season.

Anthony Winbush scored a career-high 16points and grabbed eight rebounds and Dylon Cormier (Cardinal Gibbons) added 15 points as Loyola (8-3, 1-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) edged Saint Peter's, 61-55, Saturday at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J. Winbush played all but 21 seconds of the contest. The Greyhounds held the Peacocks to 22first-half points and 38.8 percent from the field for the game. Saint Peter's scored the first 11 points of the second half. A 3-pointer from Desi Washington, who led all scorers with 18 points for the Peacocks (4-5, 1-1)

Ravens safety Ed Reed said that he was grateful that his one-game suspension for repeated violations of the rule prohibiting hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players was lifted Tuesday after his appeal. As a result, Reed will be on the field Sunday against the San Diego Chargers. However Reed was assessed a $50,000 fine for his hit on Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders in the third quarter of the Ravens 13-10 victory. defended his style of play, acknowledged that there is a “fine line” between protecting players and not taking away from the game and said the new rules and fines are creating a “flag football thing.” “The rules of the game have changed a whole lot since I got in the league,” said Reed after distributing turkeys to families of Booker T. Washington Middle School along with teammates Cary Williams and Anquan Boldin.

Colleges Davis' late 3 lifts Morgan women past Stony Brook Senior Moneshia Davis hit what proved to be the game-winning 3-pointer from the left corner with 10.1 seconds remaining Sunday to help the Morgan State women's basketball team escape with a 66-63 nonconference overtime win over visiting Stony Brook. The victory was the Bears' first over the Seawolves in four meetings and avenged last season's 65-48 loss. Davis' basket helped the Bears (2-2) improve to 2-0 at home and prevented what would have been a disappointing loss for Morgan State, which led by as much as 15 points and never trailed in regulation.

College soccer Terps men top UNC, 2-1, for ACC title Top-seeded Maryland picked up goals from freshmen Dakota Edwards and Schillo Tshuma to defeat No. 2 seed North Carolina, 2-1, for its third Atlantic Coast Conference title in five seasons in front of an announced 9,341 Sunday afternoon at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds. The Terps (17-1-2), ranked No. 2 in the nation, won their fifth overall conference tournament crown (1996, 2002, 2008, 2010 and 2012). In the 11th minute, Edwards grabbed a corner kick from Dan Metzger and muscled his way to a goal to the lower left from 2 yards.