Randallstown

The Lake Clifton boys basketball team is mostly quick and small, and the Lakers are well-aware there will be games when they have to scrap for everything to get a win. Against bigger and stronger Randallstown at the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials Board 290 Memorial Mixer at Northwestern on Thursday, the Lakers faced one of those games. Lake Clifton found a way to beat the No.12 Rams' press just enough times, hit just enough shots, grab just enough rebounds and tirelessly defend to earn a 60-53 win. Senior guard Daquan Ross had a game-high 18 points and junior forward Tavon Coleman added 12 for the Lakers.

A man was pistol-whipped in the head in Randallstown on Wednesday evening, according to Baltimore County police. Officers responded about 6:40 p.m. to the 8800 block of Meadow Heights Road and found the man wounded, a police dispatcher said. He was assessed briefly on the scene before being taken to Northwest Hospital, the dispatcher said. No one was shot in the incident, police said. No further information was immediately available. krector@baltsun.com twitter.com/rectorsun

No. 7 City thought it had the boys basketball game well in hand Thursday with a 12-point lead after three quarters, but No. 12 Randallstown had other ideas. The Rams (2-1) scored 22 points in a furious fourth-quarter rally, but the Knights (4-0) held on to win, 55-50. Randallstown used four 3-pointers to spark the 22-15 run in the fourth. City got double-digit scoring from Omari George (16), Juwan Grant (16) and Tim Bond (12). No. 4 Edmondson 77, Woodlawn 44: The host Red Storm (4-0)

Baltimore County wants to sell three government properties to developers to raise money for air conditioning and better technology at schools in Dundalk, Randallstown and Towson. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is expected to announce a plan Tuesday to put the public facilities up for bid and find better spots for the government services located there. The buildings are the North Point Government Center on Wise Avenue in Dundalk, the Towson fire station on York Road, and the Randallstown police substation on Liberty Road.

A Crips gang member lured a former associate and his 17-year-old girlfriend to a secluded Randallstown cul-de-sac where he and another man gunned down the couple, killing the girl. Darnell Hill, 23, testified in court about how Elrich Smith, 19, and another man drove Hill and his girlfriend, Katelyn Messina, who worked at a local pizza shop, to a housing development under construction off Chapeldale Road in Randallstown before they were shot. On Friday, Smith, of the 900 block of Joshua Tree Court in Owings Mills, was found guilty by a Baltimore County jury.

Judith M. "Judy" Connolly, a former educator who later worked for H&R Block, died Sunday of cancer at Northwest Hospital. She was 59. Judith Marie Connolly was born in Baltimore and raised in Rockdale, where she lived her entire life. Ms. Connolly was a 1971 graduate of Archbishop Keough High School and earned a bachelor's degree in 1975 from what is now Towson University. She taught mathematics for several years and later was principal of Holy Family Elementary School in Randallstown.

Ahmaad Wilson "didn't really know anything" about Central Connecticut State when coaches from the Northeast Conference program began recruiting him. The Randallstown senior wasn't familiar with the Blue Devils' roster or any particulars about the university. But after a good bit of research into the school, almost daily conversations with his recruiter, and the realization that CCSU has become a popular place for Baltimore and D.C.-area basketball players, Wilson was sold on spending the next four years of his life in New Britain, Conn.

Walmart is continuing to grow in Baltimore, opening its newest store Wednesday in Randallstown and planning to unveil an expansion of its Ellicott City store later this month. The retailer has hired 300 workers to staff the 150,000-square foot Randallstown location, at 8730 Liberty Road, which will offer a full line of groceries, including a bakery, a deli, meat and dairy products and a produce department. Subway restaurant and SmartStyle Family Hair Salon are leasing space in the 24-hour-a-day location.

The state's highest court has overturned the second-degree murder conviction of Thomas B. Harris, convicted of fatally stabbing Karim Cross in a Randallstown bar in 2006, and ordered a new trial. The Court of Appeals agreed with a decision by the lower appeals court. Harris was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger said prosecutors would make a decision on "whether we can go forward" with retrying Harris, as they would have to find witnesses from six years ago. The court agreed with the lower appeals court ruling that the trial judge should have declared a mistrial.

A Walmart Supercenter is scheduled to open Oct. 17 on Liberty Road in Randallstown, and Baltimore County officials hope it will give a boost to a corridor targeted for revitalization. County officials and community leaders expect that the store at Liberty Plaza will attract attention from other major chains to the area. Consumers in Randallstown have high levels of education and income, they say, but the area has struggled to draw national retailers and restaurants. Residents complain that there are too many fast-food restaurants and low-quality stores.