Manhattan

Jamal Barney (Southwestern) scored 24 points, including nine during a key second-half run, to lead host Loyola past Manhattan, 71-59. Andrew Gabriel 's two free throws brought the Jaspers (10-19, 4-13 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) within 55-54 with 7:33 to go, but Barney sparked a 12-0 run for the Greyhounds (13-16, 6-12 ), capped by his 3-pointer at the shot-clock buzzer with 2:06 left. Loyola ended a four-game losing streak and earned the No. 8 seed in the conference tournament, which starts Friday; Loyola will face the No. 9-seeded Jaspers.

Richard and Julia Dimmick of Jarrettsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara, to David Burya, son of Ida Stratton of Mohave Valley, Ariz., and Eugene Burya of Spokane, Wash. Dimmick, a graduate of North Harford High School and Florida State University, is owner and operator of Physical Equilibrium in Manhattan. Burya graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is employed as an architectural lighting designer with Tirschwell & Company Inc. in Manhattan. The couple is planning an October wedding in Central Park.

Brett Schmidt had three goals and two assists, and goalie T.C. DiBartolo made 20 saves to lead Mount St. Mary's to a come-from-behind, 10-6 victory over Manhattan in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference semifinal Friday at Marist's Tanney Stadium in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Playing in its first title game since 2006, the Mount will face Siena, a 9-7 winner over Marist, on Sunday at noon. Mount St. Mary's (11-4) trailed 6-4 late in the third quarter before scoring the game's final six goals.

T.J. Hanzsche, Sam Jones (Severna Park) and Gabe Voumard had hat tricks and long pole Pat Kiernan posted a career-high seven caused turnovers and picked up seven ground balls Saturday to lead host Navy to a 12-11 victory over Lafayette in men's lacrosse at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Mids (3-3, 1-1 Patriot League) and the Leopards (2-5, 0-1) traded goals in every quarter except the second, when Navy took a 4-3 halftime lead. In the fourth quarter, Jones put Navy up 12-9 with 2 minutes, 18 seconds to play.

Et cetera Pitcher Harman, Terps take Manhattan, 9-0 Brett Harman pitched seven strong innings, Maryland's offense churned out 14 hits and the Terrapins completed a four-game sweep of Manhattan with a 9-0 victory Sunday afternoon. Maryland (9-1) outscored the Jaspers 26-4 in the series and controlled the finale, with Harman in command throughout. The senior struck out five and allowed just three hits in seven innings. It was the fourth dominant performance by a Maryland starting pitcher in as many games — the starting rotation of Brady Kirkpatrick , David Carroll , Sander Beck and Harman allowed just two earned runs in 27 innings of work on the weekend.

Steven Boyle had six goals and two assists to power the host Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team past Manhattan, 14-3, in its season opener Friday at Homewood Field. Boyle, a senior, had a hand in seven of the fifth-ranked Blue Jays' first nine goals, as he scored five and handed out both of his assists in the first 32 minutes. He scored back-to-back unassisted goals in the first seven minutes to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead. Mike Maydick and Michael Kimmel (Loyola High)

Patty Stoffey scored 29 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, leading host Loyola to a 61-55 victory over Manhattan in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball game yesterday.Loyola (5-8, 3-1) led 30-20 at halftime and built as much as an 11-point advantage twice in the second half. After Manhattan (4-10, 0-2) cut the Loyola lead to 56-55 with 1:05 remaining, Loyola scored the game's last five points, including a three-point play by Stoffey with 50 seconds left for a 59-55 lead.

For Loyola, only two positive developments came out of its game against Manhattan last night.First, the Greyhounds won't have to face Manhattan in the quarterfinals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament. And second, B.J. Pendleton scored the 1,000th point of his career.The Greyhounds were pounded by the defending champions of the MAAC, as Manhattan built a 14-point lead at the half and rolled to an 84-71 victory at Reitz Arena.Manhattan (16-9, 9-4) is most likely headed to the No. 2 seed for the MAAC tournament, next weekend in Albany, N.Y. Loyola (13-12, 5-8)

ELMONT, N.Y. -- It isn't the Triple Crown, but Better Talk Now, the 9-year-old veteran gelding who trains at the Fair Hill Training Center, will be going for his own prestigious feat tomorrow when he attempts to win the $400,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap about an hour before Big Brown is to run in the Belmont Stakes. A Manhattan double hasn't been accomplished in nearly two decades, not since Milesius swept the race in 1988 and 1989. Better Talk Now is the 2004 Breeders' Cup Turf champion and has five Grade I victories.

Johns Hopkins made history with its 11-0 victory over Manhattan in a Tuesday matinee at Homewood Field. It was the Blue Jays' first shutout since a 9-0 victory at Princeton on March 26, 1988. Coach Dave Pietramala and associate coach Bill Dwan both played on defense that day. "I remember that [game]," Pietramala said. "[But] this is great. I'm pleased that we didn't give up any goals, but I think the more important thing is that it's a good team win. We didn't give up a lot of quality opportunities.

Leading wire-to-wire, sixth-seeded Manhattan held off a furious Loyola charge and defeated the Greyhounds, 55-52, to advance to the semifinals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament in a game that started Saturday night and ended Sunday morning. The Jaspers (13-17) moved on to face No. 7 Fairfield, which upset No. 2 Rider before the third-seeded Greyhounds, the defending tournament champions, also went down. No. 1 Niagara and No. 4 Iona will play in the other semifinal.

Despite shooting 32 percent from the field, host UMBC pulled away from Binghamton for a 59-49 win Sunday to clinch the sixth seed in the America East tournament. The Retrievers' Ryan Cook (St. Vincent Pallotti) led all scorers with 24 points. Brian Neller, who made five 3-pointers to move into second on the school's career list with 252, added 17 points. The Bearcats (3-26, 1-15), led by Taylor Johnston's 16 points, shot 34 percent from the field (19-for-56) and were 6-for-23 on 3-pointers.

There's a chance, and a good one at that, Loyola forward Erik Etherly played his final game at Reitz Arena on Sunday. He certainly made it memorable. Etherly scored a career-high 30 points, including a game-sealing dunk in the final minute, to lead the Greyhounds to a 63-61 victory over Manhattan to clinch the No. 3 seed in next weekend's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament. "I knew this would possibly be the last home game we'd have here, and I didn't want to go out with a loss," Etherly said.

Moonshine. It's whiskey in its raw form, unaged, pure white lightning in a jar. The mystique surrounding the rogue spirit is undeniable and with a resurgence of interest and a commercial presence of legal "moonshine" on the market, Moonshine Tavern in Canton has come to capitalize on the theme. With 22 varieties of legal tender moonshine available for consumption and a cocktail list full of the stuff, one entry in particular stands out as an item of interest: the White Manhattan.

Old is new, new was old two weeks ago. For what it's worth, this is nothing ... new. Whether it be the churning tides of fashion, music - or in our case, alcohol - the contributions of shows (well, really just one show) like "Mad Men" have renewed an interest in the classics. Without exception, especially classic cocktails. The Harvey Wallbanger, the Old Fashioned, Box Car, Rob Roy and the granddaddy of them all: The Manhattan. The Manhattan is the very definition of "classic cocktail.

DeShawn Painter, Nick Wright and Keenan Palmore led six players in double figures with 12 points apiece as Old Dominion held off visiting Morgan State in the Liberty Tax Classic, 72-61, Saturday night. Leading 50-49 with 7:04 left, Painter started an 8-0 run that gave the Monarchs (1-1) a cushion. The Bears (1-1) never got closer than seven the rest of the way. Justin Black had 16 points to lead the Bears. Anthony Hubbard and DeWayne Jackson scored 13 points apiece. Southern California 87, Coppin State 73: Byron Wesley and J.T. Terrell scored 17 points each to offset freshman guard Patrick Cole's 25 as the host Trojans beat the Eagles in the season opener for both teams in the Maui Invitational.

Rock fans in New York are a tough, dedicated bunch. They have figured out how to snap up tickets for concerts that sell out the day they're announced. They adapt to great variations between announced and actual show times; they brave frisking, metal detectors, overcrowded halls, belligerent bouncers and exorbitant drink prices.Just about every band in the known universe looks forward to a showcase in New York, where audiences are both discerning and diverse. But where will they play? Often, at places that would be outshone by the dives back home.

A lot of women I know take day trips to New York City to see a Broadway show, go shopping, or dine at a fine restaurant on a special occasion. But I prefer to take my expensive 24-hour city jaunts to move my daughter in and out of various dormitories in the neighborhoods around Washington Square. Actually, I'm writing this on the Amtrak now, returning home to Baltimore after moving her back into the city for a mandatory summer session just 10 days after we picked her up from her freshman year.

Johns Hopkins made history with its 11-0 victory over Manhattan in a Tuesday matinee at Homewood Field. It was the Blue Jays' first shutout since a 9-0 victory at Princeton on March 26, 1988. Coach Dave Pietramala and associate coach Bill Dwan both played on defense that day. "I remember that [game]," Pietramala said. "[But] this is great. I'm pleased that we didn't give up any goals, but I think the more important thing is that it's a good team win. We didn't give up a lot of quality opportunities.