NEWS
By Sara Neufeld | November 3, 2007
Two students at Mergenthaler-Vocational Technical High School have been arrested in connection with fires set at the school, police said. Five small fires have been set in bathrooms and hallways at Mervo in the past two weeks, said schools police Chief Marshall "Toby" Goodwin. The two students, whose names were not released because they are juveniles, were caught on the school's surveillance cameras setting two of the fires, Goodwin said. They have been charged with first-degree arson and second-degree malicious burning.
NEWS
By Stephen Whyno | March 3, 2007
Erasing an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit, Mervo beat City, 53-52, last night to capture the Class 3A North regional title. After the Knights routed the Mustangs by 30 points earlier this season, Mervo coach Daryl Wade wasn't hesitant to call his team's victory an upset. "This is definitely a David and Goliath story," he said. Trailing 50-39 with four minutes left, the Mustangs went on a 14-2 run, helped by sophomore guard Tyrone Smothers' six points in that stretch. With 31.7 seconds left, Mustangs junior forward Byron Westmoreland hit two free throws to tie the game.
NEWS
By Jeff Seidel | January 31, 2007
The fourth-ranked Western girls kept their long winning streak alive while Poly's boys started a new one in last night's Baltimore City championship meet at the 5th Regiment Armory. Western edged Mervo and won the city crown for the 15th consecutive year. The Doves have finished first each year since the event started in 1993. But this was Western's closest call as the Doves finished with 119 points, just getting past Mervo (116.5) in a competition that came down to the final event, which turned out to be the high jump.
SPORTS
By Derek Toney | February 10, 1999
Riding a nine-game winning streak, Mervo has been one of the area's best teams in the second half.All season, Lake Clifton has been streaky. But the No. 13-ranked Lakers have begun to show signs of consistency, and yesterday they upset the host and No. 5 Mustangs, 70-58, in a Baltimore City East Division contest.The win clinches second place in the East for the Lakers (10-5, 5-1), whose only league setback was to No. 1 Dunbar last month. Mervo's last loss came against City on Dec. 22.Junior guard Teoine Carroll scored 20 points to lead Lake Clifton and Andre Mouzone added 17. Marcus Hatten led all scorers with 33 points for Mervo (15-3, 1-3)
SPORTS
By Derek Toney | May 16, 1999
A familiar theme played again at the decade's final Baltimore City track and field championship yesterday.Mervo's boys and Western's girls outdistanced the field at Poly's Lumsden-Scott Stadium to claim team titles.The Doves placed the top two finishers in four of the first six events on their way to 239 points and their 11th straight title. Mervo (70) and Northern (48), finished second and third, respectively.After being dethroned by City last year, Mervo's boys (162 points) reclaimed the crown, followed by Poly (102)
SPORTS
By FROM STAFF REPORTS | February 5, 1999
Western High's girls won their seventh straight Baltimore indoor championship at the 5th Regiment Armory yesterday, and Mervo, having lost last winter, won its sixth city boys title.All Western did, while piling up 195 points, was quadruple the score of its nearest competitor, winning all but one of the 11 events.Western took the title for the seventh time, the same number of times the title has been up for grabs.Mervo was nearly as impressive on the boys' side, gaining revenge for losing to City College last year, the only time it hasn't come out on top in the meet's history.
SPORTS
By Lem Satterfield | May 27, 1999
All-Metro basketball Player of the Year Marcus Hatten of Mervo, a high-scoring combination guard, signed yesterday to attend Tallahassee (Fla.) Community College.A two-time All-Baltimore City/County and All-Metro pick, Hatten had attracted such programs as American, Stanford, Xavier, Tennessee State, Richmond, Temple and Virginia Commonwealth."Those schools wanted me to come and sit out a year [due to Proposition 16 academic standards], but I felt I wanted to get my grades straight," said Hatten, 6 feet 2, who averaged 25.0 points, 9.1 rebounds and 12.5 assists over 23 games last winter.
SPORTS
By Phil Jackman | December 21, 1999
Well, at least this time it wasn't a walkover for Mervo.A week ago, the city high schools got together for an indoor track meet at the 5th Regiment Armory and Mervo's boys racked up 168 points. It equaled the combined total of the next nine teams in the competition.Mervo, with its usual point-scorers Colby Smith, Cory Clark, Kelly Jackson and Kevin Merrick taking care of business in the individual events and dominating the relays, was "held" to 110 points last night. This bested only the combined total of the next four teams in the scoring.
SPORTS
By Derek Toney | February 17, 1999
After watching their team play an uninspired and sloppy first half yesterday, Southern-Baltimore coaches challenged Melvin Scott and Isaiah Johnson to bring the No. 7 Bulldogs back from a 15-point halftime deficit against Mervo.They answered the call, and then some.Johnson and Scott combined for 47 points to carry host Southern to an 87-75 victory over No. 6 Mervo in a Baltimore City East league matchup.Scott led all scorers with 34 points, 28 in the second half. Johnson, a 6-foot-7 junior forward, finished with 29 points and a game-best 14 rebounds.
SPORTS
February 12, 1999
Mervo upset previously-unbeaten and two-time defending city champion Patterson yesterday in a dual meet, 33-30.Coach Dwight Warren's Mustangs (11-1) can clinch this season's city championship with a win on Wednesday against visiting Poly.Pub Date: 2/12/99