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On a day in which the chilly wind numbed the fingers of many in attendance, Curley's offensive intensity was hot and cold, while McDonogh's generally was heartwarming to its coach.The end result was a 2-2 double-overtime tie between the third-ranked Friars and fourth-ranked Eagles in Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference action at McDonogh.Curley (17-1-3, 11-0-3) -- an earlier 1-0 winner against McDonogh -- already has clinched a No. 1 seed heading into next Wednesday's conference playoffs.

In their relatively brief history, the S.C. Baltimore Bays under-15 boys have established an enviable record. So it was no surprise that they won their age group at the 24th Annual Columbia Invitational Soccer Tournament this weekend at Fort Meade.The Bays won five matches over the tournament's three days, culminating with a 3-1 decision over the Massbay Blazers of Massachusetts yesterday. Four other Baltimore-area boys teams won titles, but no girls teams were represented in yesterday's championship matches.

Glancing quickly at the statistics, BayRunners coach Herb Brown confirmed what he suspected as the final horn sounded in the team's 109-100 win over the Las Vegas Silver Bandits yesterday in front of 3,687 at Baltimore Arena.His team did not shoot many three-pointers. Fourteen to be exact, a low number for the BayRunners considering that Lloyd Daniels shot 13 alone in the previous game against the Silver Bandits (1-6).Brown knows that if the three-point attempts were down, the BayRunners (4-4)

River Hill's top-ranked boys and girls soccer teams went down to defeat yesterday for the first time this season.The boys team, a two-time Class 2A state champion and owner of an 18-game winning streak, was beaten at Centennial, 2-1, on Ryan Myers' goal five minutes into overtime.At River Hill, Eagles sophomore Samantha Test scored on a breakaway with 13 minutes left, and goalie Erica Niemann and the Centennial defense made it hold up for the 1-0 victory.River Hill boys coach Bill Stara, who produced seven state champions in his 14-year career at Centennial before going to the Clarksville school, was ejected for the first time in his career with 16 minutes left and his team ahead.

When it comes to McDonogh, nothing has come easy for John Carroll in recent years.So when the No. 3 Patriots saw their seemingly comfortable three-goal lead slip to one with a little more than a minute left in the McDonogh Invitational's girls soccer championship game yesterday, a final stand proved necessary. No problem.John Carroll held off the top-ranked Eagles, 3-2, going 3-0 in the two-day tournament to come away with the top prize in the talented eight-team field.Kourtney Porcella, Erica Korecki and Kate Saul scored the goals and Jen Biscoe had another strong game at midfield to lead the Patriots, who took over in the middle of the first half with constant pressure on the ball.

Sophomore Matt Downs scored an extra-man goal with 4: 12 left in the game to give Mount St. Mary's the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's championship yesterday with a 6-5 win over three-time defending champion Fairfield at Fairfield, Conn.The Stags (8-7, 6-2) jumped to a two-goal lead in the third period before Trevor Harvey scored to pull the Mountaineers (10-5, 8-0) within one 10 seconds before the quarter break. Brian Cox's goal tied the game at 5 with 4: 50 left, setting the scene for Downs' game-winner.

The St. Mary's Saints began this season searching for ways to fill the void left by the graduation of four four-year starters.They will end it about the farthest place from where most thought they would -- in the Catholic League championship game.Sophomore Melissa Anderson's goal with just over two minutes left in overtime gave the unranked Saints a thrilling 3-2 win over host top-ranked John Carroll yesterday in the semifinals.St. Mary's (10-9-1) advanced to tomorrow's 1 p.m. Catholic League final at Goucher College, where it will face No. 2-ranked McDonogh, a 3-0 winner over Notre Dame Prep.

If yesterday afternoon's 1-1 draw between St. Mary's and visiting John Carroll is any indication of what's to come in the Catholic League Tournament, who knows what to expect?Unbeaten Catholic, which has maintained the metro area's No. 1 ranking for the majority of the season, is certainly the clear favorite.After that, it's anyone's guess.A goal from freshman Athena Gramates with eight minutes left provided the No. 3-ranked Saints with the equalizer against No. 12 John Carroll at Weems-Whelan Field in Annapolis.

His team had just won the Class 1A boys soccer championship just 10 minutes earlier, but Glenelg head coach Peter Klisas was already on his cellular phone, calling for the score he cared about most.His Gladiators had outlasted St. Michaels, 1-0, yesterday at Old Mill High to win their first state title since 1992, but Klisas was more concerned about a game at Dundalk Community College, where his daughter, Natalie, a stopper for River Hill, was playing for the 2A-3A girls title against South River.

It has become the one certainty in the Association of Independent Schools this season: St. Paul's with a one-goal lead equals victory. But Roland Park has a growing reputation of its own -- late-game heroics.Sophomore forward Elizabeth Ryan re-directed a long pass from Tammy Passano with 29.3 seconds remaining in the game as No. 6 and host Roland Park tied No. 4 St. Paul's, 1-1, yesterday, starting a midfield celebration by the Reds.The game-tying goal ended a season-long 10-game shutout streak for the Gators (7-0-4)

Jeremy Kirkwood scored his second game-winner of the week as the top-ranked McDonogh boys soccer team beat Centennial, 2-1, on Friday at the McDonogh Challenge. In the first game, Archbishop Curley beat Perry Hall, 1-0. On Wednesday, Kirkwood scored the game-winner in double overtime against No. 2 Mount St. Joseph, and the Eagles (5-0) won 1-0. Mamadou Kansaye gave McDonogh a 1-0 lead at the 25-minute mark of the first half Friday. Centennial cleared the ball with three minutes left in the game, and McDonogh goalie Matt Sanchez knocked the shot down and was charged with an own goal.

Unable to finish off any chances to take a lead in the first half, the River Hill girls soccer team had to rally yesterday at Centennial, getting a goal from sophomore defender Katherine Schaffer to salvage a 1-1 tie after 100 minutes of Howard County play. Schaffer was stationed at the far post to finish off a long throw by senior defender Amy Song with 9:35 remaining in regulation. The host Eagles took a 1-0 lead when senior forward Alyssa Vorce scored in the 55th minute. The visiting Hawks had the ball much of the game to create scoring chances, but the Eagles' defense, led by senior sweeper Leanne Catalano, wasn't budging.

GENEVA, N.Y. -- Robyn Bishop scored on a free-position shot with 33 seconds left in the game to lift Salisbury to an 8-7 win over Middlebury, sending the Sea Gulls to their second NCAA Division III women's national championship game in three years. The Sea Gulls (21-1) will have a chance to avenge their only loss of the season today at noon, when they face Franklin & Marshall (20-0) at William Smith College's McCooey Field. The Diplomats defeated Gettysburg in the first semifinal game, 13-7, to advance to the title game.

With two goals and one assist from junior standout Wils Alpern and a sturdy defensive front throughout, the visiting Towson boys soccer team shut out No. 14 Franklin, 3-0, yesterday in a Class 3A North semifinal. The Generals, who shared last year's state crown with River Hill, improved to 11-3-1 and advanced to their eighth straight regional title game, set for Tuesday at home against Patapsco or City. During the regular season, the Indians (10-3-1) held on to beat the Generals, 4-3, after building a 3-0 halftime lead.

The Blast struggled mightily to score last night and nearly suffered an embarrassing defeat against the worst team in the Major Indoor Soccer League. But in the final 70 seconds, after going nearly 22 minutes without a goal, the Blast scored twice to pull out a dramatic, come-from-behind, 6-5 victory over the California Cougars - and got the benefit of a controversial play to make it happen. Blast forward Giuliano Celenza scored on a breakaway goal with 1.6 seconds left to stun the last-place Cougars before 3,211 at 1st Mariner Arena.

Courtney Reardon scored her third sudden-death goal of the season with 1:47 left in the 10-minute, seven-on-seven overtime period to lead the No. 5 Mount Hebron field hockey team past No. 6 Century, 1-0, yesterday. Megan Bosica started the play with a perfectly paced free hit from the top of the circle that Sarah Cates redirected to Reardon off the right post. Left unmarked, Reardon easily slipped the ball past keeper Hope Ellis. The visiting Vikings (7-0) outshot the Knights 10-3 in regulation, but the Knights (7-2)

The No. 2-ranked Roland Park field hockey team inched ahead of No. 8 Bryn Mawr with the help of lead scorer Brittany Kalkstein in a 2-1 victory yesterday. Tigh Hutchins pushed the Mawrtians (1-2-1) into a 1-0 lead seven minutes into the second half. Kalkstein scored twice for the Reds (4-0), tying the game with 11 minutes to go in the second half and then hitting the game-winner with five minutes left. No. 8 Archbishop Spalding 1, Severn 1: Christine Roth scored the game-tying goal with 10:40 left in the first half as the Cavaliers (4-2-1)

Down a goal and frustrated on offense all afternoon against No. 4 Archbishop Curley yesterday, the visiting No. 6 Loyola boys soccer team could have easily been a step slow in the final minutes. Instead, the Dons were quick and eager. Junior midfielder Mike Deasel made a run to goal and found the ball there at the same time as Eric Noto flicked ahead a long throw-in from Tim Dubyoski. Deasel finished off the chance in the left corner with just under three minutes left in regulation and, after two 10-minute overtime periods ended scoreless, the Dons had themselves a satisfying, 1-1 draw with their Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference opponent.

Nothing ever comes easy when the Randallstown boys basketball team meets up with Douglass, an annual event the past four years in the Class 3A North region championship game. So it was seemingly appropriate the deciding basket of last night's title game at Randallstown came after not one, two or three chances in close, but four. Randallstown senior forward Andre Houndshell tapped in a fourth try with 14 seconds left and the No. 6 Rams held on for a 64-63 win over No. 8 Douglass. The visiting Ducks, who battled back all game to take a 58-52 lead with 3:27 left, had one last chance at the buzzer, but Davon Gardner's three-point try from the left side rimmed off. The Rams move on to the state semifinals with a 24-1 mark, while the Ducks' season ends at 19-7.

SEATTLE - It figured a guy named Okafor was going to make noise in the NCAA tournament. But Okeson? Connecticut's Emeka Okafor might stick around longer, but Nevada's Todd Okeson is the gamer of a guard who helped lead Nevada to a 72-66 upset of Michigan State, with plenty of help from Kirk Snyder. Michigan State (18-12) was 0-9 against ranked teams this season, and 1-8 against teams that made the NCAA tournament. Make that 1-9, after 10th-seeded Nevada's victory over the seventh-seeded Spartans in a first-round game in front of 15,827 at Key Arena.