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Backed against a wall of 4-4 mediocrity, the Ravens will come out fighting Monday night in Cleveland. But will they come out scoring? A fast start would alleviate growing concern about the state of the offense and provide a much-needed breather for the overworked defense. As trends go, this one is glaring: The Ravens haven't scored an offensive touchdown in the first half in their past four games. A scoreless first half in Cincinnati stretched the drought to nine quarters and 25 possessions, going back to a touchdown catch Oct. 4 by Derrick Mason in New England.

A pair of racing aficionados from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., spent Saturday watching the early races at Pimlico, then they put their observations to use to score a massive payday in the Preakness. Joe Cavallo, 26, and Stephanie Rafferty, 21, hit the Pick 4 with Preakness winner Oxbow, Itsmyluckyday, Mylute, and Orb. One of their 72 50-cent Pick 4 bets netted $4,883.05, and Rafferty fought back tears as she saw the payout. “What am I going to do with $5,000?” Rafferty said. “It hasn't set in yet.” While the couple spends countless summer days at the track in Saratoga, Rafferty, who works in construction, said she only gambles on the big race days.

Atholton senior guard Julie Taylor became the school's all-time leading scorer as she helped the No. 10 Raiders defeat host Marriotts Ridge, 53-37, last night. Taylor scored 11 points to give her 1,342 for her career, surpassing 1990 graduate Sherri Orlosky's mark of 1,339. "She's played all four years, started on varsity as a freshman. She's been an impact player since she stepped into the program," Atholton coach Maureen Shacreaw said of Taylor. Brittany Coughlan scored 14 to lead the Raiders (18-3)

Dylan Donahue scored just one goal, but it might have been the most important one of the season for the Syracuse men's lacrosse team. The redshirt freshman attackman converted a feed from senior midfielder JoJo Marasco with 13 seconds left in the fourth quarter to help the top-seeded Orange escape past Yale, 7-6, in an NCAA tournament quarterfinal before an announced 3,939 at Byrd Stadium on Saturday. Syracuse, which has captured more Division I national championships (10) than any other program, improved to 15-3.

D'Andre Hiers scored 21 points to help Severn trip Meade Village, 40-27, in a 14-17 David Robinson basketball league matchup Sunday.Jeff Green and Jeremy Martin each added five points for Severn (4-4). Chris Saulter and Ashon Nelson scored five and two, respectively.Tyrone Lane led Meade with seven points, and Jamaar Thomas and Carlos Brown added six each. Vatrone Foote and Dewayne Dorsey scored three each.* 11-12 boys -- The Linthicum-Ferndale Hornets split two games last week to take second place in the Linthicum-Ferndale Intramural Tournament at Brooklyn Park Middle School.

Great performances from Patty Stoffey became routine long ago. Last night, the best player in Loyola women's basketball history found yet another way to be extraordinary.Stoffey, the senior forward who seems to set a record each night she steps on the floor, scored a game-high 35 points to lead the Greyhounds to an 86-74 victory over visiting Manhattan before 675.In the process, Stoffey set her 15th school record, and this mark was the tallest of all. By making a layup with 14:52 left in the game, she became the all-time leading scorer in Loyola basketball history, men's and women's combined.

Heavy rains washed away the championship rounds of yesterday's North County Holiday Tournament, but they couldn't dampen Old Mill's enthusiasm.The Patriots' softball team was one out away from dropping to the consolation game in Division I, but rallied for four unearned runs to shock No. 2 Archbishop Spalding, 4-3.North County upset No. 6 Arundel, 9-3, in the other semifinal game in Division I, but never got a chance to play No. 3 Old Mill for the title...

SALISBURY -- Midfielder Jake Bergey scored three of his career-high six goals on extra-man situations to help defending national champion Salisbury State rout Hampden-Sydney, 23-8, in a Division III first-round game before 357 at Sea Gull Stadium.Bergey's six goals tied him with six others for the second-highest total scored in a Division III first-round game.The Sea Gulls (15-0) advanced to Saturday's semifinals against Gettysburg. The victory extended Salisbury State's win streak to 31 games and gave coach Jim Berkman his 100th career coaching win.Salisbury State scored five goals in the opening 7 1/2 minutes.

Michael Heary scored a season-high 28 points to lead the Navy men's team to a 78-64 victory over Gettysburg yesterday at Alumni Hall in Annapolis.Gettysburg trailed by two points at halftime and was within six with 13 minutes remaining, but Navy put the game away with a 19-5 run.Navy (6-2) opened an 11-2 lead and was ahead 37-24 with 2: 51 left in the opening half. Then Gettysburg (5-2) scored 11 straight points before halftime.A three-pointer by Scott Hildenbrand at 18: 25 of the second half gave Gettysburg its only lead, 38-37.

Along with breaking a record, the Maryland Bays broke th Penn-Jersey Spirit, 5-0, last night at Cedar Lane Park.Midfielder Bruce Murray's second-half goal at 46 minutes, 45 seconds, gave Maryland a 5-0 lead and set a Bays record for most goals scored in a game.The win was the Bays' fourth shutout of the season."The biggest thing was trying to get the shutout," Bays coach Gary Hindley said. "We've given up 10 goals in the last four games."L Forward Brian Haynes led the Bays in scoring with two goals.

Major League Lacrosse Streaking Rubeor scores 4 as Bayhawks rout Machine, 14-5 Attackman Ben Rubeor (Loyola High) had another big game as the Chesapeake Bayhawks manhandled the Ohio Machine, 14-5, in a game shortened to three quarters Saturday night because of lightning around Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Rubeor, who scored seven goals in a win over the New York Lizards last weekend, scored four goals and assisted another against the Machine. He now has at least one point in 32 consecutive games, and was named Player of the Game for the second straight time Saturday.

MINNEAPOLIS - There are no secrets as far as Orioles right-hander Tommy Hunter is concerned. He figures he's been a good pitcher in the past - he went 13-4 with a 3.73 ERA for the Texas Rangers in 2010 - and he'll be a good pitcher in the future. So he's not even slightly surprised that he's currently a good pitcher - in fact he's arguably the Orioles' most effective one right now. He hasn't been scored on in his last nine appearances out of the bullpen, a span of 14 2/3 innings.

Denver coach Bill Tierney jokes that it took only four years for college coaches, including himself, to put Eric Law in the best position to succeed. Law has gone from being a backup at Salisbury as a freshman to - after transferring to the Pioneers - a sophomore midfielder to a junior wing attackman to the quarterback of the offense in 2013. And Law has thrived in his latest role, setting both team and personal bests in assists (31) and points (64). “So finally, after three years of playing - one at Division III, one at midfield and one at not his most comfortable position - in his fourth year of college, he gets to do what he does best, and you've seen the results,” Tierney said with a chuckle.

Scoring goals behind his back or behind his head comes naturally for Maryland's Jay Carlson. He was taught to shoot every way possible by his father Chip, who played at Johns Hopkins. “When I was younger, my dad told me to score however you can,” the sophomore attackman recalled Tuesday afternoon. “I remember playing in the backyard and my dad just fed me and I was just kind of having fun with it and it ended up working pretty well for me. So I just kept it going. It can be risky, but I just try to get it in the goal when I can.” As the No. 9 and sixth-seeded Terps (10-3)

Ben Rubeor plays attack for the Chesapeake Bayhawks and also serves as the high school lacrosse coach at St. Mary's in Annapolis. If he wants, Rubeor's got some interesting video to show his players this week. Rubeor finished with a career-high seven goals as Chesapeake defeated the New York Lizards, 9-3, in front of an announced 11,125 in a Major League Lacrosse game at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Saturday night. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound attackman from Virginia carried the Bayhawks (2-0)

Eleven different players scored a goal in No. 4 Stevenson's 23-7 shellacking of Lebanon Valley in a Middle Atlantic Conference tournament semifinal Wednesday night. That kind of diversity has not been limited to just one game. For the second year in a row, the Mustangs have 10 players who have each scored 10 goals this season and boast an offense that entered the week ranked sixth in Division III in scoring with a 15.6 goals-per-game average. (That average was raised to 16.0 after the victory over the Dutchmen.)

Thirteen players scored as ninth-ranked Loyola defeated St. Joseph's, 26-6, yesterday at Curley Field in men's lacrosse.Gewas Schindler and Chris Georgalas each had three goals and two assists in helping the Greyhounds (4-4) end a three-game losing streak.Mark O'Brien and Mike Keeney also scored three times for Loyola. Five Greyhounds scored twice.Chris McIsaac's three goals led the Hawks (2-7).After St. Joseph's Bill Oakes scored the first goal, Loyola scored 10 of the next 11 goals to take a 10-2 lead with 13: 35 left in the second quarter.

McDonogh's Miranda McCoy said her No. 1 Eagles learned an important lesson in Monday's scare at No. 5 Century - they don't want to get off to a slow start. The Eagles applied that lesson in Thursday's clash of the area's only two undefeated girls lacrosse teams, scoring three goals in the first two and a half minutes to spark a 19-9 victory over No. 6 Marriotts Ridge for their 88 t h straight victory. Those three early goals from Megan Whittle, Casey Black and Grace Muller were the opposite of what happened Monday at Century, when the Knights scored the first three goals and the Eagles had to rally for a 10-7 win. "We came out flat mentally against Century," McCoy said.

Ben McCarty (South Carroll) scored a career-best six goals to lead Towson to an 11-8 victory over Drexel in a Colonial Athletic Association men's lacrosse semifinal Wednesday night at the Penn State Lacrosse Field. The Tigers (9-7) face the host, top-seeded and No. 9 Penn State, in Friday's championship at 3 p.m. McCarty's six goals led all scorers. Andrew Hodgson scored twice and Justin Mabus had three assists. Andrew Wascavage made 14 saves for Towson. Robert Church led Drexel (11-4)