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The Archbishop Spalding girls ice hockey team will play the Holton Arms School of Bethesda in the Maryland Scholastic Hockey League championship Friday at 6:20 p.m. at the Gardens Ice House in Laurel. It will be Spalding's first appearance in a championship game. Under coach Mike Stapleton, the team has 49 girls playing at the varsity level. The Spalding boys' team recently won its first MIAA A Conerence title in the league's 17-year history.

When Jeff Kemp got the call from Chris Gale with the Orioles' baseball operations and scouting team, he had a couch in hand. “I was actually helping a few friends move,” said Kemp, a Bowie native speaking in his Aberdeen IronBirds jersey during a media event Thursday at Ripken Stadium.  After being drafted in the 33rd round of this month's MLB draft out of Radford, the Archbishop Spalding graduate won't have to move himself far to start...

As a defender, Jacksonville junior Rachel Hannon doesn't contribute the big scoring numbers that make headlines, but she draws the spotlight in another way. Hannon set a NCAA record this spring for draw controls in a season. She won 131 to break the record of 126 set by Maryland's Dana Dobbie in 2008. She also broke the record for draw controls per game, averaging 6.89 to best the 6.29 of Towson's Hillary Fratzke in 2006. In addition, Hannon set a Dolphins record for most draw controls in a game with 13, just two off the all-time mark of 15 set by Virginia Tech's Allie Emala (Bryn Mawr)

The top-ranked Boys' Latin lacrosse team beat St. Mary's on the road, 17-9, Tuesday, keeping its perfect season and No. 1 ranking intact. The Lakers (12-0, 3-0) were led by Colin Heacock's five-goal performance. Shack Stanwick contributed a goal and three assists. Boys' Latin dominated throughout, leading 9-2 at halftime. The No. 7 Saints (6-4, 1-2) were led by Cole Robertson's three goals. No. 2 Calvert Hall 9, No. 9 Archbishop Spalding 8, OT: Tim Kelly had two goals and three assists to lead the visiting Cardinals (7-2)

On March 20, 2003; JAMES B. SPALDING; beloved son of Augusta Spalding and the late Francis Spalding; loving brother of Janet Balcer and Robert and Ronald Spalding. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi Church Monday at 10 AM. Interment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Leonard J. Ruck Funeral Home, Inc.

Members of the Archbishop Spalding boys basketball team will travel to Russia Aug. 1-10.Spalding students, accompanied by varsity coach Lee Dove and assistant Ed Bittner, will travel at their own expense as guests of the Russian Ministry of Education.

Archbishop Spalding boys basketball coach Mike Glick resigned one day after the school announced that he was taking a leave of absence. Spalding president Michael Murphy released a statement yesterday saying that Glick had resigned "to pursue coaching opportunities at the collegiate level." Murphy said in his release that the school would conduct a search for a new coach. Assistant Ralph Burley will coach the team in this weekend's Baltimore Catholic League tournament.

Tom Lind has been named the new baseball coach at Archbishop Spalding, effective Monday.Lind took over for Steve Miller, who had coached the Cavaliers for one season and was forced to resign due to an increase of work hours in his full-time sales job."It's really an unfortunate situation, because Steve Miller was an excellent coach," said Spalding athletic director Domenic Pachence."However, everyone is moving into this coaching change very smoothly."The Cavaliers went 8-12 last year and dropped a 5-4 decision toGilman in their opener yesterday.

St. Mary's couldn't put away girls lacrosse rival Archbishop Spalding in the first half yesterday, but the second half was a different story.The Saints took a quick four-goal, but Spalding cut the deficit to one by the end of the first half.But in the second half, the sixth-ranked Saints (3-0) had everything going, scoring five unanswered goals in the first 14 minutes to pull away en route to a 14-7 victory over Spalding (3-2).The game was was played at Spalding because of the poor field conditions on the Saints' home field.

The No. 3-ranked Spalding Cavaliers advanced to today's Maryland Independent Schools State Championship game with a 3-1 win over St. Mary's-Ryken in a semifinal yesterday at Randazzo Park.The Catholic League champion Cavaliers (24-7) will meet Pallotti at 5: 30 p.m. at Riverdale Baptist.Freshman pitcher Jessica Saunders allowed four hits and had eight strikeouts to get the win. The Cavs took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when senior shortstop Sabrina Ryals led off with a double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Julie Bahus and scored on a wild pitch.

The first time Archbishop Spalding played Calvert Hall this season, the Cardinals' bats caught fire en route to a 10-run victory. On Wednesday, in the rematch between the two teams, Spalding left-handed pitcher Joey Benitez was determined to make sure the outcome was different. Benitez, a senior who will attend Old Dominion, led the Cavaliers to a 3-2 upset of the No. 1 Cardinals. Despite rolling his right ankle in the top of the fourth inning on an errant pitch, Benitez managed to throw five scoreless innings, striking out four and allowing two hits.

Archbishop Spalding fell behind early to No. 6 South River (3-2), but the Cavaliers (5-4) regrouped behind a four-goal effort by Maggie Kaulius and upset the Seahawks, 13-10, in girls lacrosse Saturday night. Spalding trailed 2-0 before taking a 10-4 lead at the break. No. 8 Severn 17, St. Mary's 7: Annie Igler had six goals and Cami Whiteford had five for the host Admirals (5-3). No. 9 Marriotts Ridge wins two: The Mustangs beat Lassiter (Ga.), 24-6, and Winters Mill, 7-6. Maggie Brooks and Marrissa Davey each had four goals against the Trojans, and Zoe Stukenberg had four goals against the Falcons.

Jade Scaife Archbishop Spalding, senior, forward The toughest player to defend on the No. 1 team, Scaife led the Cavaliers to a 29-2 record and the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship. "She rose to the occasion in the biggest games," Archbishop Spalding coach Bookie Rosemond said. The 6-foot forward averaged 13.5 points and 10.5 rebounds and had 18 double doubles. She had 28 points and 18 rebounds in a double-overtime win, 70-57, over nationally ranked Riverdale Baptist.

Archbishop Spalding's girls basketball season will last another three weeks because the No. 1 Cavaliers are headed to the National High School Invitational on April 4-6 at Georgetown Prep in Bethesda. The Cavaliers (29-2), who won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship last month, join three other teams in the field: Dr. Phillips, from Orlando; Life Center Academy from Burlington, N.J.; and Dillard from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “We're very excited,” Spalding coach Bookie Rosemond said.

The No. 1 Archbishop Spalding girls basketball team led for most of the game, but St. John's (D.C.) slowly began coming back. And in the fourth quarter, the Cadets (31-1) had a scoring breakout to win, 54-44, in the championship game of the Bishop Walsh Invitational tournament in Cumberland on Saturday night. The Cavaliers (29-2) led 14-8 after the first quarter, but St. John's won the next two quarters, 9-6 and 17-16. Spalding's 36-34 lead at the start of the fourth quarter quickly evaporated during a 20-8 scoring onslaught.

The No. 10 Arundel boys basketball team knew the Class 4A East regional final at North Point was going to be a tough, physical game and it was. Both teams had a player foul out in a game that featured 68 fouls, but the one-two scoring combination of Matt Bonds (26 points) and Anthony Williams (21) was too much for the Wildcats, who fell, 89-64, Friday night. "Their pressure tired our guys out," Arundel coach Jeff Starr said. "We eventually broke the press, but our shots weren't falling.

ELIZABETH ANN SPALDING, 67, of Baltimore, left this life on Monday, November 10, 2003. She was the beloved wife of the late Carroll Spalding; loving mother to Mary Daniels, Jessup, MD, Michael A. Conner, Laurel, MD, Terence Conner, Garner, NC, James Conner, St. Petersburg, Russia and the late Paul Conner; loving sister of Michael Lannon, New Carrollton, MD and the late Joseph Lannon; loving grandmother of six grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the Witzke Funeral Homes, Inc., of Columbia, 5555 Twin Knolls Road, Columbia, MD 21045 on Saturday, November 15, 2003, from 12 noon to 2 PM, where a Memorial Service celebrating her life will begin at 2 PM. Burial will be private.

Seton Keough conceded its final three outs of Wednesday's Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference Tournament semifinal against Spalding, thus awarding the top-ranked Cavaliers a 5-0 win in a game called after six innings due to lightning and rain at Randazzo Park. The visiting Gators originally wanted to return to Randazzo Park yesterday afternoon to play the final inning, but Seton Keough athletic director Jim Stromberg decided otherwise late Wednesday night. The Cavaliers (22-0)

The Mount St. Joseph boys basketball team took care of two things in Sunday's Baltimore Catholic League semifinal against John Carroll at Loyola University's Reitz Arena. With junior guard Phil Booth leading the way with 16 points, the No. 3 Gaels came away with a 62-53 win over the No. 7 Patriots that gave coach Pat Clatchey his 500th career win and sends them into the final to defend last year's championship. Mount St. Joseph (29-6) will meet No. 7 Archbishop Spalding in Monday's championship game.

Heading into today's semifinal round, local wrestlers are still in contention for titles at the National Prep championships in 12 of the 14 weight classes. With six wrestlers advancing to the semifinals, No. 1 McDonogh is in fourth place with 86 points after the first day of the tournament at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. No. 3 John Carroll is tied for fifth place with 65 points, while No. 6 Archbishop Spalding is seventh with 59.5 points. The leader after the first day is Blair Academy (N.J.)