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A District Court judge in Washington, D.C., delayed ruling yesterday on whether the city should be held in contempt for continued overcrowding at its maximum-security juvenile detention center in Laurel.Both sides in the case are negotiating a settlement, said David Reiser, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, who won a consent decree in 1986 that limited the number of inmates at Oak Hill to 150.The consent decree, signed by Superior Court Judge Ricardo Urbina, still is being monitored by attorneys.

The schedule for next weekend's girls basketball Beast of the East Showcase has been revised after a few teams dropped out. The event features some of the best local teams -- Archbishop Spalding, Aberdeen, Digital Harbor, Fallston, McDonogh, Roland Park, St. Vincent Pallotti, South River, Meade and host St. Frances -- as well as teams from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington, New York, New Jersey and Colorado. Following is the revised schedule: Beast of the East Showcase Friday, Dec. 9 At St. Frances Meade vs. Woodlawn, 5 Aberdeen vs. Peddie, NJ, 6:45 MATHS vs. Oak Hill, Va., 8:15 Riverdale Baptist vs. Regis Jesuit, Col., 9:45 At Carmelo Anthony Center Hill School, Pa. vs. Princeton Day, 6:30 Coolidge, DC vs. West Branch, Va., 8 Germantown Academy, Pa.  vs. Grassfield, Va., 9:30 Saturday, Dec. 10 At St. Frances Elizabeth Seton vs. Grassfield, Va., 8:30 a.m. Archbishop Carroll, D.C. vs. Damascus, Va., 10 a.m. Holy Cross vs. Robert E. Lee, Va., 11:30 a.m. Forest Park, Va. vs. St. John's-CP, 1 Frederick vs. Regis Jesuit, Col., 2:30 Oak Hill, Va. vs. H.D. Woodson, D.C., 4 Digital Harbor vs. Riverdale Baptist, 5:30 At Carmelo Anthony Center MATHS vs. Hill School, Pa., 9 a.m. South River vs. John Carroll, 11 a.m. City vs. West Branch, Va., 1 Fallston vs. Princeton Day, 3 National Christian vs. Peddie,...

WASHINGTON -- A District of Columbia judge significantly increased yesterday the fines Washington must pay for overcrowding at its youth detention center in Laurel, but he gave city officials more time to reduce the inmate population before they must pay.Superior Court Judge Ricardo M. Urbina ordered the city to get the population at the Oak Hill Youth Detention Center below 150 by Aug. 19 or pay $500 a day for each child over that number. The fine would increase to $1,000 per child per day on Oct. 18.As of April 12, Oak Hill had 202 inmates.

The Breezy Bishop Schowcase has a new name and a new location, but the girls basketball competition should be just as fierce in the Beast of the East Showcase scheduled for the second weekend in December at St. Frances and at the Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center. This year's event features 44 teams, mostly from Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania, competing in 33 games over three days. Among the top local teams participating: Archbishop Spalding, Aberdeen, Digital Harbor, McDonogh, Roland Park, St. Vincent Pallotti, South River, Meade and host St. Frances.

Dunbar High School's basketball team will have no trouble keeping its No. 1 ranking in the nation after annihilating Loyola, 93-47, this week, but the Poets are in for a much more severe test tomorrow night.That's when Dunbar travels to Erie, Pa., to meet Oak Hill Academy, which may sound like something from the country day school circuit but is actually good enough to hand the Baltimoreans their first defeat."I'm really pulling for Dunbar to get by this one," says Bill Spotts, promoter of the Charm City Classic to be played at the Towson Center Jan. 17-18.

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin told Anne Arundel County government, civic and business leaders yesterday that he has not abandoned hope of moving the District of Columbia's juvenile detention center to the city, even as D.C. officials push for reconstruction near the existing site abutting Fort Meade. In the closed-door meeting at the Maryland City fire station, according to several people who attended, Cardin said he is soliciting the help of the O'Malley administration and congressional colleagues to revive his stalled legislation to eject the Oak Hill Youth Center from the 888-acre site in Laurel and split the land between Anne Arundel County and the National Security Agency.

Eighth-ranked Calvert Hall ventured into the land of the giants yesterday afternoon at the Charm City Classic.On this day, however, despite a diligent effort, the Cardinals found no magic beanstalk.Facing defending national champion Oak Hill Academy of Virginia -- the top-ranked team in the country according to USA Today -- the Cardinals found a more experienced and taller squad.And after staying with the Warriors for the first 11 minutes -- frustrating the fast-breaking team with multiple traps and a slower tempo -- Calvert Hall was put away en route to a 74-43 loss in the opening game of the Northwest bracket at Loyola College's Reitz Arena.

The Rev. James Edward Thomas had a simple way of communicating with troubled youths at the Oak Hill center in Laurel. He would sit them down, look them straight in the eye and listen to them."

An 18-year-old being held at the District of Columbia's Oak Hill youth detention center died Sunday after a fight last week with two others at the center in Laurel. The teenager was lucid when he was sent to Prince George's Hospital Center on Wednesday, said LaShon Seastrunk, spokeswoman for the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, which runs Oak Hill. But he lost consciousness Friday and was declared brain dead at 4 p.m. Saturday. He was removed from life support at 6 p.m. Sunday, she said.

For St. John's at Prospect Hall from Frederick, the mix of good inside and outside basketball proved the winning recipe nTC against the No. 1 team in the country last night.Joe Fowlkes scored 21 points -- 15 on three-pointers -- and Nate James added 19 points with 12 rebounds to help St. John's at Prospect Hall, ranked fifth in the nation by USA Today, defeat No. 1 Oak Hill (Va.), 65-46, in the championship game of the Charm City Classic's Northwest Bracket before a crowd of 3,200 Loyola College.

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Coppin State's Physical Education Complex will host the ESPN Rise National High School Invitational basketball tournaments, which tip off today. The eight-team boys tournament starts at 2 p.m. with a matchup between top-seeded Montverde (Fla.) Academy and eighth-seeded Montrose Christian of Rockville. The 4 p.m. game pits No. 4 Christ School of North Carolina against No. 5 Winter Park (Fla.). At 6 p.m., third-seeded Oak Hill (Va.) Academy faces sixth-seeded Mountain State Academy of West Virginia.

College basketball O'Neill, former interim coach at Arizona, takes over at USC Kevin O'Neill returned to the college ranks Saturday when he was announced as Southern California's basketball coach, taking over from Tim Floyd. Floyd suddenly resigned June 9 amid allegations that he paid to have O.J. Mayo delivered to the Trojans. O'Neill, 52, a defense-oriented coach, was an assistant this season with Mayo's NBA, the Memphis Grizzlies. O'Neill led the Toronto Raptors to a 33-49 record in 2004 and had stints with the New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers.

ROCKVILLE -Seton Keough and St. Frances were the top two girls basketball teams in the Baltimore metro area this season, and in Saturday's inaugural ESPN RISE National High School Invitational, the Gators and Panthers showed they can also compete with some of the best programs in the nation. In the first game, No. 4 seed St. Frances led No. 1 seed Riverdale Baptist for more than three quarters before the Crusaders made a late run and escaped with a 57-51 victory at Georgetown Prep's Hanley Center.

It's two weeks into spring, but the winter sports season is still going for three area basketball teams. The No. 2 St. Frances boys and the No. 1 Seton Keough and No. 2 St. Frances girls will polish off their seasons with appearances in the ESPN Rise National High School Invitational this weekend at Georgetown Prep's Hanley Center. St. Frances is one of only two schools with boys and girls in the tournament; the other is Virginia's Oak Hill. Jerome Shelton, the Panthers' athletic director and girls basketball coach, welcomed the chance to play in such a high-profile event, the first of its kind.

ERIE, Pa. -- It isn't difficult for Cyrus Jones to get lost on Dunbar High's basketball team with three All-Americans. And it doesn't help that Jones is quiet and unassuming and goes by the first name Cyrus after using Diego last season.However, last night he stepped into the limelight, sparking the nationally top-ranked Poets late as they held off No. 4 Oak Hill (Va.) Academy, 66-57, in a semifinal of the McDonald's Classic.The victory, before a sellout crowd of 3,000 at Gannon University, advanced Dunbar to tonight's 8:30 final vs. Dunbar of Dayton, Ohio, which beat Cathedral Prep of Erie, 71-66.

Former Towson Catholic star Carmelo Anthony leads the nation's top-ranked team to Baltimore to play in the State Farm Roundball Classic at the Towson Center Sunday. Anthony, The Sun's All-Metro Player of the Year last season and a Syracuse recruit, and the Oak Hill Warriors, the four-time reigning national champions who are undefeated at 19-0, will meet Towson Catholic at 8:30 p.m. The Owls (5-10) are led by second-team All-Metro guard Darnell Hopkins. The 4:45 game pits the Miller School of Virginia (10-1)

1.9 Seconds by which Loyola's John Davenport broke his home track's record in the 500 meters last week. His record: 69.0 seconds. 4 Oak Hill (Va.) girls basketball players who are 6 feet 3 or taller. Still, Western stayed close before losing, 59-53, at Saturday's Breezy Bishop Showcase. 8 Three-pointers scored by Lake Clifton's Jason Sharp in Saturday's 65-47 win over Woodlawn at the City College Alumni Mixer.

Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold yesterday urged the state attorney general to halt the District of Columbia's construction of a $42 million juvenile detention center in Laurel, arguing that the city did not get state permission to proceed. Noting the conclusion of his legal staff, Leopold said in a news release that the District of Columbia is prohibited from rebuilding Oak Hill Youth Center without written consent from the secretary of juvenile services, and that could be grounds to sue. Construction on the 888-acre wooded tract just south of Fort Meade began in September.