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PASSING Att. Com. Pct. Yds. TD Int. Lg. Rat. Stafford 377 201 53.3 2267 13 20 75t 61.0 Culpepper 65 37 56.9 433 1 2 38 69.6 Stanton 11 5 45.5 57 0 2 22 22.0 Team 453 243 53.6 2757 ...

It was one of the most improbable endings in the history of the state softball tournament. Liberty let several crucial scoring opportunities slip away in the first six innings of Friday's Class 2A state championship against McDonough at Maryland's Robert E. Taylor Stadium. The Lions, however, refused to quit and loaded the bases in the seventh with no outs and trailing by two runs. Rebecca Oneto tied the game with a single up the middle. Sammy Bost then stole third, but slid past the bag. The third baseman missed the tag, allowing Bost to get to her feet, and instead of trying to get back to the bag, she just took off for home, sliding safely for the walk-off 3-2 victory as three McDonough players scrambled around her. The Lions, who were appearing in their first championship game in 29 years, clinched their first-ever softball title.

When the Ravens have the ball Ravens offense WR: 15 K. Washington LT: 71 Gaither LG: 66 Grubbs C: 77 Birk RG: 73 Yanda RT: 74 Oher TE: 86 Heap QB: 5 Flacco FB: 33 L. McClain RB: 27 Rice WR: 85 Mason Lions defense DE: 97 Hunter DT: 90 Jackson DT: 79 Hill DE: 99 White OLB: 59 Peterson MLB: 55 Foote OLB: 50 Sims LCB: 41 James ...

Spring is often associated with a sense of rebirth and resurgence and in Carroll County, no sports program has seen that come to life like Liberty High School. Liberty's softball team, which won just one game in 2008, completed its resurgence with a county championship and the best season in school history — and is still playing, beating Catoctin High on Friday, 7-1, at home to advance to the state semifinals for the first time since 1983. The softball team will play Lansdowne in the Class 2A state semifinals on Tuesday, May 22, at 4 p.m., at Bachman Park in Glen Burnie.

Kevin Cowherd Ravens 27, Lions 6 C'mon, it's the Lions. This will be like hunting cows - no sport to it. Jamison Hensley Ravens 34, Lions 9 Beating up on the NFL's bottom feeders has never been a problem for the Ravens under John Harbaugh. Edward Lee Ravens 20, Lions 12 The Ravens can't possibly lose to a team with two wins over the past two seasons. Or can they? Ken Murray Ravens 24, Lions 13 Nothing comes easy for the Ravens this season.

Every time I put out one of my mock drafts, readers tell me they think things would play out differently (chances are we'll both end up being wrong). Well, now you get a chance to play GM in my first-ever reader NFL mock draft. Here's how it works. I'll post a daily poll where you can vote to decide what the team that's on the clock should do with its pick. To keep it simple, I'll give you five options for each pick. If you think I missed somebody, let me know in the comments section.

After a game like Sunday's, all you can do is keep it in perspective. Baltimore fans should not book any travel to Miami or make any hotel reservations. No one should think about hiring a baby sitter for the first week of February yet because there is still so much football left. Take a few deep breaths and repeat: It was only the Lions. It was only the Lions. It was only the Lions. Don't get me wrong. There were some good things to come out of Sunday's beat down of Detroit, but the best thing is that the Ravens spanked the Lions.

Site: RFK Stadium, WashingtonTime: 1 p.mTV/Radio: Ch. 5/WLIF (101.9 FM)Line: Lions by 1 1/2 .Last week: The Redskins lost to the Arizona Cardinals, 24-20, and the Lions lost to the Green Bay Packers, 30-21.The series: The Redskins hold a 22-8 regular-season edge and have won the two playoff meetings. The Redskins have won 16 straight -- including the playoff games -- in the series and are 17-0 against the Lions in Washington.On the sidelines: Norv Turner is 5-18 in his second season with the Redskins, including a 2-9 home mark.

The B.C. Lions had the home-field and home-country advantage, and, combined with a little trickery and the kicking of a native Canadian, they kept the Baltimore CFLs from bringing the Grey Cup to the United States last night.Lui Passaglia kicked a 38-yard field goal on the last play of the game to give the Lions a 26-23 victory and the Canadian Football League championship before 55,097 fans at Vancouver's B.C. Place.The CFLs were attempting a couple of firsts: winning a league title in an established professional league as a first-year expansion club and becoming the first U.S. team to capture the Grey Cup.When this game was played last year, Baltimore had yet to be awarded a CFL team.

PONTIAC, Mich. -- Barry Foster scored the game's only touchdown and Gary Anderson kicked three field goals as Pittsburgh ended a two-game exhibition losing streak.The Steelers (2-2) intercepted four passes and recovered two fumbles against the Lions (2-3), who lost their third straight.Foster scored from 3 yards out in the second quarter and Anderson kicked field goals of 51, 36 and 40 yards. Eddie Murray's 44-yard field goal accounted for all Detroit's points.The Lions played without quarterback Rodney Peete, running back Barry Sanders and linebacker Chris Spielman, all of whom were injured.

Straight from the “What else is new” department, Penn State was severely disappointed by the selection committee's decision to exclude the Nittany Lions from the 16-team NCAA tournament, which was unveiled late Sunday night. And 12 hours after that news dropped, coach Jeff Tambroni still had questions about his team's omission. “Usually, you finish games, and you can pinpoint a couple reasons why you didn't have success - whether it was faceoffs or groundballs or shooting or defense.

Pat Boyle , a former Calvert Hall football standout who went on to play at Temple, has signed as an undrafted free agent with the Detroit Lions . The 6-foot-5 left tackle was part of the winningest four-year class in Temple history. He played in at least seven games each of his four years with the Owls. He helped open holes for running back Bernard Pierce, whom the Ravens drafted in the third round Friday . In high school, Boyle was also an All-Metro track and field selection who ranked among the best in the state in the shot put. His twin brother Sean also plays on the offensive line for Temple.

Samantha O'Connor was perfect times two. She went five innings and struck out nine to register her second perfect game of the softball season as host No.7 Howard won, 10-0, over Mount Hebron on Thursday. Her first perfect game was a 15-0 win over Centennial on March 28. Taylor McGrann hit the go-ahead run to left field in the fifth inning to invoke the 10-run rule. No. 3 Seton Keough 10, Mercy 0: Winner Robi Zimmerman pitched a six-inning one-hitter and Bridget O'Malley hit a leadoff homer in the fourth inning for the host Gators (9-2)

Howard softball coach Chuck Rice couldn't single out any one player or particular aspect of Friday's win at No. 1 Reservoir. Everybody contributed, and everything seemed to be working well. The No. 7 Lions hit the ball hard, got strong pitching from Kensey O'Neill and made defensive plays at key times to stun the previously undefeated Gators, 6-0. Shortstop Jules Natoli was the catalyst at the plate, hitting a run-scoring double and a home run as she drove in four runs and scored twice.

Towson is 13-5 in the all-time series between Colonial Athletic Association foes, but the sides have split the past four meetings. No. 11 Penn State (6-5) followed a three-game winning streak with a three-game losing skid, but the Nittany Lions have won their last two contests. Meanwhile, the Tigers (7-4) had a five-game winning streak end at the hands of No. 3 Massachusetts. With identical 2-1 records in the conference, this game is extremely important for both teams. Here are a few factors that could play a role in the outcome at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson Saturday night.

In the early innings of Wednesday's baseball game between No. 6 Westminster and No. 7 Liberty, the wind was blowing, a cold rain was falling off and on and the temperature sat in the mid 50s. It was a perfectly miserable day for baseball, but when Westminster senior third baseman Eric Deitz came to the plate in the first inning with his teammate Ryan Ruff already on base, all he saw was the baseball leaving the hand of Liberty pitcher Andrew Massey....

Site: RFK Stadium, Washington, 4 p.m.TV: Channels 11, 9Radio: WTEM (570 AM); WBAL (1090 AM) (joined in progress)Line: Redskins by 9Last week: The Redskins beat the Atlanta Falcons, 24-17, and the Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings, 31-17.Last meeting: The Redskins routed the Lions, 41-10, in the NFC title game last January. In the last regular-season meeting, the Redskins beat them in last year's opener, 45-0. Mark Rypien threw only nine incomplete passes in each game, hitting on 15 of 19 in the first game and 12 of 17 in the second.

The last time the Lions started a season 0-12, they avoided 0-16 infamy with a Week 14 victory over the Vikings at the Pontiac Silverdome. Seven years later to the week, Detroit is 0-12 once again and welcomes Minnesota to Ford Field today with a chance to repeat history. The outlook is so grim that Lions coach Rod Marinelli showed players a team photo Monday and said they didn't want to wind up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the first team to go 0-16. The Lions came from behind in 2001 to beat the Vikings, 27-24, on Cory Schlesinger's touchdown with 10 minutes left.

The Ravens' 2012 regular-season schedule won't be released until later this month, but the team's preseason slate is now set. They'll face the Detroit Lions and the Jacksonville Jaguars at M&T Bank Stadium, and play road preseason games against the Atlanta Falcons andSt. Louis Rams. The Ravens open preseason play at Atlanta on Thursday, Aug. 9, and conclude it on Thursday, Aug. 30 in St. Louis. Their preseason home opener against the Lions, which will serve as a homecoming for Detroit coach Jim Schwartz, who is a Mount St. Joseph alum, will take place on Friday, Aug. 17 at 8 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on FOX. Jacksonville will visit M&T Bank Stadium for the third preseason game on Thursday, Aug. 23. Only the Lions' game has a set time as of now because it will be nationally televised.

After losing to No. 14 John Carroll by one goal in overtime of Wednesday's season opener, Maryvale's girls lacrosse players must have felt stuck in a Groundhog Day funk. The No. 12 Lions had suffered three of their past four losses by one goal - two in overtime - and they realized they needed to wake up and stop repeating that outcome or they could pretty quickly fall out of contention in the highly competitive Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference. Friday afternoon, the Lions broke the pattern, turning a tie game with 16 minutes left into a 16-10 win at No. 5 St. Paul's.