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Bowie 28, Hyattsville Northwestern 21 Catonsville 28, Parkville 16 C.H. Flowers 33, Laurel 6 DeMatha 21, Bishop McNamara 8 DuVal 10, Parkdale 6 Eleanor Roosevelt 27, Suitland 20 Forestville 37, Fairmont Heights 6 Fort Hill 50, Alleghany 7 Georgetown Prep 28, Landon 7 Gilman 31, McDonogh 21 Gwynn Park 33, Surrattsville 6 Henry Wise 40, Bladensburg 8 Linganore 33, Urbana 6 New Town...

Quarterback Nick Elko threw four touchdown passes to tie the state public school season record of 38, but it was the Arundel defense that sparkled even more last night as the No. 4 Wildcats won their first regional title in 24 years. Host Arundel won the Class 4A East crown with a 49-20 victory over defending regional champion No. 6 Broadneck at John Puglise Stadium in Gambrills last night. With linebacker Arinze Obiako - the Wildcats' best defensive player, according to coach Chuck Markiewicz - out because he was ejected last week and was suspended for one game, linebacker Michael Inyang stepped up. Inyang intercepted two passes and returned a fumble 54 yards for a touchdown to give the Wildcats a 27-14 lead.

Casey Clayton, Milford Mill SPORT WRESTLING BOYS STATS -- The 135-pound senior enters this weekend's Baltimore County tournament having won 22 of his first 24 bouts, and as a returning state tournament qualifier. Clayton has won titles in tournaments at Overlea, Parkdale and Smithsburg high schools. SIDELINES -- Clayton, who has a 3.75 grade point average, takes Advanced Placement English, calculus and economics. Clayton is an intern for the Kenny Porter and Associates engineering firm, and would like to major in engineering in college.

A man who was shot while trying to rob a business Wednesday was later located by police at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said. Officers responded to the hospital at 9:10 p.m. after receiving word that a man with a gunshot wound to the chest had walked in. An investigation showed the man had been shot while attempting to rob a store in the 3600 block of Parkdale Drive, just north of Druid Hill Park, police said. No further details were immediately available.

`Young B.A.s of Baltimore' Mary Jo Gordon, who owns Galerie Francoise et Ses Freres in Lutherville, recently decided to convert storage area into a second gallery in Baltimore. The reason? A large chandelier made of macaroni. When Gordon saw the piece, by Alia Diaz, she yearned to show it, but didn't have the room in Lutherville. Then she thought of her storage space in the city. "I said, `If I cleared it out, it would be so great," Gordon said. Galerie Francoise II, at 3500 Parkdale Ave., Suite 22, will officially open Sunday.

Maryland claimed 98 spots on Newsweek's annual list of top high schools in the country, and no other state had a higher percentage of its schools make the list. More than half of the state's 185 high schools were considered good enough to be ranked, according to state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick. The rating system, developed by Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews, includes an index that measures the number of graduates who take challenging Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes and exams.

It was almost a second straight perfect week for the Prophet, but asthose of us in sports know, almost counts only in horseshoes.Your rage of a sage picked the winner in every game he handicapped last week, but two of them didn't cover the Prophet's exclusive point spread.In the big Class 4A Region IV boys basketball, Annapolis held offBroadneck, 71-69, but the Prophet had picked the Fighting Panthers to win by five points. With just under six minutes to go and Annapolisup by 14, the Prophet's pick looked like a lock.

COLLEGE PARK -- In an attempt to duplicate the atmosphere of the University of Maryland's Cole Field House, top-ranked Southwestern practiced this week at Coppin State for its Class 4A state semifinal game against Paint Branch of Montgomery County.Apparently the move paid off.Cornelius McMurray (28 points, seven rebounds, three assists) tied a state record with seven three-pointers -- his last coming with 2: 57 to play. Robert Gray had 16 points and six rebounds, and sophomore Earl Carr (13 points)

Mark Karcher scored 19 points and had 10 rebounds to lead No. 2 St. Frances (10-2) over St. Mark's of Delaware in the third-place consolation game of the Power Series of the Slam Dunk to the Beach Tournament in Lewes, Del., yesterday.The Panthers held St. Mark's leading scorer, Alex Karlsen, scoreless the entire game.* Dunbar 92, Wilmington 70: Tommy Polley scored 32, Tim Lyles added 25 and No. 8 Dunbar (3-2) advanced to the fifth-place consolation game of the premier division of the Slam Dunk to the Beach Tournament in Lewes, Del.Dunbar will play today at 2:15 vs. Archbishop Carroll (D.C.

Atholton boys basketball coach Jim Albert had been telling his players that despite their tough start - they were 1-5 in the league - he thought they could beat anyone. "You can always tell the kids that they're capable of getting a big win, but until it happens, they don't really believe," Albert said. It's probably fair to say they believe now. Atholton (2-5, 4-7) pulled off the early league surprise of the season Friday, knocking off No. 20 Long Reach, 58-53. Coming into the game, the Lightning (7-1, 10-2)