Second Place

With nearly every eye at Pimlico fixated on either the uncatchable leader, Oxbow, or the Kentucky Derby winner and heavy betting favorite, Orb, Itsmyluckyday cruised under the radar to earn a little bit of redemption in Saturday's Preakness. After failing to challenge Orb on the muddy track at Churchill Downs two weeks ago and finishing near the back of the pack, Itsmyluckyday finished in second place in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. "We did run our race, but we just weren't lucky enough to win," trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. said.

The Laurel Leader won six awards, including a first-place award for photography, in the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association's 2012 editorial contest. The awards were for newspapers in Division D, non-dailies with a circulation more than 20,000, and were announced at the annual MDDC luncheon Friday, May 17. The newspaper's 2012 awards include: • First place Feature Photo for Phil Grout's cover photo "Flip Dip," of Laurel Municipal Pool lifeguard Bubba Mullins and his dog, Rusty, playing at Doggy Dip Day at the pool.

It was a day of almosts for Howard County indoor track teams.Six competitors from Howard County finished second and two )) relay teams took third, but nobody could capture the top prize at the Class 3A state indoor track championships yesterday at the Fifth Regiment Armory.DuVal of Prince George's County won the boys meet with 47 points, and Linganore of Frederick County routed with field on the girls side with 86 points. The Centennial girls finished fourth with 25 points, and the boys took fifth with 33.Most of Howard County's big efforts came from Centennial.

Despite their winning record, the Bryn Mawr girls have struggled much of this season to put together a full 50 minutes of solid lacrosse. That changed Tuesday at Maryvale. The No. 6 Mawrtians won most of the draws, worked a patient settled offense and play stifling defense to take a 10-5 victory over the No. 4 Lions in a critical Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference game. "We definitely wanted this win - and a little revenge too for last year," Mawrtians senior Kate Snouffer said, referencing her team's loss to Maryvale in the A Conference semifinals last season.

With 253 boats from all over the east coast fishing the renown White Marlin Open Tournament in Ocean City, Jane, Tom and Lance Smith, of Bel Air, and crew on board their 43-foot custom Carolina boat, Longfin, were fortunate to get to the weigh scales and post a category win for the third time. They had consecutive winning years with a second place white marlin, and this year they took a second place in the shark division with a 126-pound mako shark. It was caught trolling in 300 fathoms in the Baltimore Canyon on an artificially molded chugger.

Coach Rob Torres was disappointed when his John Carroll girls cross country team finished second in last year's Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship run. The Patriots were the defending champions and had two of the area's top runners. But when John Carroll finished second again this year, Torres and the Patriots weren't upset at all. In fact, they were delighted, because John Carroll lost its top three runners from last year but turned in a strong performance at Oregon Ridge Park.

Meade's boys track team couldn't pull off its third straight National Guard meet title, but it did manage to avenge its 101-86.5 loss to Old Mill in a meet earlier this season.Meade's pole-vaulting Miller twins, Jeff and Eric, finished first and third, respectively. Highjumper Derrick Barr and 800-meter runner Ray Burleson each took second place to lead the Mustangs (37.5 points) to a runner-up finish behind Eleanor Roosevelt (40).Old Mill (35 points) finished in third place."We scored basically what we thought we could have.

Hammond's Daushawn Dillahunt made only one basket last night, but it was a winner.His 12-foot, pull-up jumper off a fast break with six seconds left handed Hammond a 53-52 victory at Oakland Mills last night, and along with it, undisputed possession of second place in the county league."

Carroll County athletes who participated in the Maryland Special Olympics Summer Games last weekend at the University of Maryland, College Park, received these awards.Carrie Billings: English equitation, eighth place; team relays, second place; working trails, fourth place.Ray Clark: 50-meter dash and 100-meter dash, second place.Kristen Davis: 4x25-meter free relay, third place; 50-meter backstroke, second place; 50-meter breaststroke, participation ribbon; 50-meter freestyle, sixth place.

A number of Carroll County youths participated in the 1998 Special Olympics Summer Games held June 5-7 at the University of Maryland, College Park.Local athletes and their awards were:Stephanie Carpegna: standing long jump, first place; 400-meter dash and softball throw, second place.Ralph Gemmill: working trails, first place; English equitation and team relays, second place.Danny Klein: softball throw, first place; running long jump, second place.Shawn Reiter: running long jump, first place.

The Howard Community College Track & Field program competed at the Green & White Invitational April 6 at York College, PA. The Dragons had a strong showing with the men placing third as a team, while the women were seventh. Tamarra Okoya scored for the women earning second in the 200-meters with a time of 27.02. The women's 4x100 relay also had a second place finish with a time of 53.36. Jahil Petgrave won the 200 in 22.26 — holding off second place by two-hundredths of a second.

UMBC's 13-12 win at Stony Brook last Saturday propelled the team closer to its 10th consecutive appearance in the America East tournament. The Retrievers improved to 5-6 overall, but - more importantly - 2-1 in the conference and a second-place tie with Hartford (6-5). Both teams trail No. 14 Albany (9-3 overall and 3-0 in the league), but are one game ahead of the Seawolves (6-6, 1-2) and Binghamton (5-6, 1-2). “It was a big win for us in a number of ways,” coach Don Zimmerman said Monday afternoon.

One week after placing second place overall at the Mid-Atlantic Dance Team Championships at Towson University, which included first-place soloists Paige Quill (senior division) and Ashlea Boseck (junior division), second place soloist Monica Nolan (senior division) and third place soloist Nicole Eppig (senior division), the C. Milton Wright Dance Team took it up notch by winning the Maryland State Championships at the Baltimore Convention Center on Feb. 2.

Blast @Silver Knights Friday, 7p.m. Josh Rife scored a power-play goal 40seconds into overtime to give the Milwaukee Wave a 10-8 victory over the visiting Blast in a first-place Major Indoor Soccer League showdown Saturday. The loss was the second straight for the Blast (12-4), which lost Friday night to the Soul, 13-8, in Chicago. The Wave improved to 11-2. Baltimore took a 4-0 lead on goals by Tony Donatelli and leading scorer Machel Millwood at 7:27 and 9:02 of the first quarter, but the Wave got on the board 21:43 into the game, then tied it less than two minutes later.

Missouri Comets (5-3) at Blast (8-0) When: Saturday, 7:35 p.m. Site: 1 s t Mariner Arena Video: mislnation.com Outlook: The 26-game Major Indoor Soccer League season is nearly one-third complete, and the Blast has yet to hit a snag. With the second-place Comets visiting Baltimore, the Blast has a chance to add to its three-game lead. Coming off a 10-6 home win over Wichita on Dec. 7, the Blast simply has to keep doing what it's been doing: get balanced scoring and play strong team defense.

At the Raymond B. Oliver Invitational at McDonogh this weekend, teams and wrestlers checked out the competition to get a read on how everyone looks. What everyone at the tournament confirmed is the Eagles are the team to beat this winter. McDonogh dominated the overall scoring among the 20 schools, rolling up 261 points, with Jack Clark (145 pounds), Toby Hague (152) and Tyler Patrick (182) winning their respective weight class. "For the most part, we performed well," McDonogh coach Pete Welch said.

One week after placing second place overall at the Mid-Atlantic Dance Team Championships at Towson University, which included first-place soloists Paige Quill (senior division) and Ashlea Boseck (junior division), second place soloist Monica Nolan (senior division) and third place soloist Nicole Eppig (senior division), the C. Milton Wright Dance Team took it up notch by winning the Maryland State Championships at the Baltimore Convention Center on Feb. 2.

The Carroll County Volunteer Firemen's Association will present awards for its annual fire prevention poster contest at 2 p.m. today at the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company's open house. The contest is sponsored by the Prevention and Life Safety Committee for children in grades one through five. The grand prize winner in each grade will receive a certificate. Other winners will receive ribbons. Schools that had entries will receive a participant ribbons and certificates. Winners are: Faith Christian School: First grade, Chloe Pavuk, first place and grand prize winner.

The 11-horse field in the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park was packed with strong sprinters from New York and New Jersey, but when the competitors in the six-furlong race reached the wire, it was Maryland-bred Action Andy, the sixth betting choice, by a literal whisker. In a photo finish, Action Andy edged Kentucky-bred and second choice Il Villano, officially by a nose. The 5-year-old son of Gators N Bears came into the race off a win in the Maryland Million Sprint, but went off at 10-to-1 odds, paying $22.00, $9.20 and $6.60 after covering the dirt course in 1:10.61.

With 253 boats from all over the east coast fishing the renown White Marlin Open Tournament in Ocean City, Jane, Tom and Lance Smith, of Bel Air, and crew on board their 43-foot custom Carolina boat, Longfin, were fortunate to get to the weigh scales and post a category win for the third time. They had consecutive winning years with a second place white marlin, and this year they took a second place in the shark division with a 126-pound mako shark. It was caught trolling in 300 fathoms in the Baltimore Canyon on an artificially molded chugger.