NEWS
By Bonita Formwalt and Bonita Formwalt,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | May 29, 1996
"It's official. With the final payment on the cap and gown, we haven't any money left."My friend shared this information with a note of awe in her voice.Easing her toward the living room, I murmured words of sympathy."Stop that!" she cried. "You don't have a clue what awaits you. Your child isn't a. " She choked on the word "senior.""First, it's senior pictures. Photos so poor you question the DNA evidence that this could be your child. Then it's SATs -- payment for the privilege of proving your child's career goals are best suited for refilling a Slurpee machine."
SPORTS
By John W. Stewart and John W. Stewart,Staff writer | November 29, 1992
Brad Fordyce believes a player's senior year should be his best one.A two-way starter in football, he backed this thinking with action in helping C. Milton Wright to its third straight unbeaten regular season.In the process, his work earned him the honor of The Baltimore Sun's Harford County Football Player of the Year.That work included leading the county in tackles and finishing among the leaders in pass receiving. For 10 games, the 6-foot, 185-pound player had 203 defensive hits, including 103 solo tackles, and caught 16 passes for a county-high 393 yards and four touchdowns.
SPORTS
By Kent Baker and Kent Baker,SUN STAFF | September 26, 2002
One way or another, Ben Whitacre was determined to get his kicks in college. In either style of football, the European kind Americans call soccer or on the gridiron, Whitacre was passionately devoted to the goal of playing a Division I sport. Early on in his high school career, soccer appeared the favorite. Slightly built physically, he had the aim to join the midfield at the University of Virginia - and that did not mean the 50-yard line. But times changed when he began performing for the more publicized Sherando (Va.)
NEWS
By John-John Williams IV and John-John Williams IV,sun reporter | February 11, 2007
Senior skip days are seen by some as a right of passage for teens. But with the importance that attendance plays in school funding and assessments, and the skills that are taught during the last year of high school, many educators are warning their students against skipping school. On Monday - as predicted - some seniors at area high schools followed a nationally organized trend and skipped school. Some school officials sent home letters condemning the practice.
SPORTS
August 7, 1996
Dante DePaolaPos.: SafetyHeight: 5-10Weight: 190Age: 23College: CaliforniaYear: RookieHow acquired: 1996 free agentHighlights: Finished college career with 183 tackles (122 solos), four tackles for losses, three interceptions and nine pass break-ups. As a senior in 1995, he started all 11 games and finished second on the team with 90 tackles, including 66 solo stops. Consistent performer who never had fewer than five tackles a game his senior year.Personal: Graduated from El Molino High School in Villa Grande, Calif.
SPORTS
By Glenn P. Graham and Glenn P. Graham,Staff Writer | January 14, 1993
Westminster wrestling coach Solomon Carr still remembers returning home after competing in his first official wrestling tournament.He was in the second grade at the time and ended up going against a cousin who was in the fourth grade.He said he got "crushed," and when he got home, all of his brothers and sisters made him do extra chores for losing."I wanted to get out of wrestling then and there. They gave me no slack at all," Carr said.He did, but only until the fifth grade. When you're a Carr brother in Erie, Pa., it's almost a given you are going to wrestle and wrestle well.