Spalding

The smile on John Carroll coach Keith Watson's face was apparent. He had plenty of reason for wearing it, too. Watson's third-ranked Patriots used a dominant effort in the middle weights and five pins to defeat host Archbishop Spalding in the finals and win the Spalding Cavalier Duals. The Patriots went 5-0 in the tournament to take the crown. South River finished third in the tournament, defeating Loudon County High School from Northern Virginia, 52-9, in the third-place match.

After falling to No. 1 Archbishop Spalding by 19 points last month, the No. 3 McDonogh girls basketball players knew to avenge that loss, they had to successfully battle the powerful Cavaliers in the paint. In Friday night's rematch, Brianna Jacobs set the tone with eight rebounds in the first quarter and Jamiera Johnson scored the game-winning layup on a feed from Danielle Edwards with 10 seconds left to give the host Eagles a 41-40 upset and deal the Cavaliers their first loss of the season.

College soccer Terps ' Mullins wins Hermann; Nairn 2nd in women's vote Maryland junior forward Patrick Mullins won the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, given to the best male player in NCAA Division I soccer, on Friday night. Mullins led the Terps with 17 goals and 10 assists. He scored seven game-winners to lead Maryland to a 20-1-3 record and a College Cup berth. Mullins is the second Terp to win the award, joining fellow New Orleans resident Jason Garey (2005)

With her team clinging to a four-point lead and an undefeated season hanging in the balance, Archbishop Spalding's Jade Scaife muscled her way through a pack of St. Frances defenders and made a layup to provide some cushion. Scaife then grabbed a defensive rebound on the next possession and fired an outlet pass that led to another layup by Torri Chestnut. Those crucial plays helped the No. 1 Cavaliers escape with a 64-54 victory over the No. 7 Panthers on Wednesday night. Spalding improved to 15-0 on the season and sits atop the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference.

Archbishop Spalding flexed its new No. 1 status with tough defense in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference game Thursday night, holding No. 7 St.Vincent Pallotti to single-digit scores in the first two quarters en route to a 55-34 victory. Aleah Epps scored a game-high 12points for the Cavaliers (12-0, 5-0), who led 28-11 at the break. Spalding's defense limited Beverly Ogunride to a team-best nine points for the Panthers (8-5, 2-2). No. 2 Aberdeen 77, North Harford 23: The holiday season was rough for the Eagles (7-2)

Although Archbishop Spalding hadn't wrestled in the Mount Mat Madness since 2006, the Cavaliers made the most of their return to the prestigious tournament by producing a pair of individual champions and one runner-up on the way to the team title Saturday night at UMBC. Spalding finished with 172.5 points, ahead of second-place Georgetown Prep (146.5) and third-place Urbana (141.5). The Cavaliers are the first Baltimore-area school since McDonogh in 2008 to win the 26-team event - which included teams from four states.

Nine days removed from its shocking upset of then-No. 1 Mount St. Joseph, No. 6 Archbishop Spalding took to its home court Friday night looking to topple another giant. This time, however, unbeaten St. Frances proved to be too big of an obstacle for the Cavaliers. The top-ranked Panthers dominated the glass, nabbing eight offensive rebounds in the second half, to break open a tight game for a 61-51 win. Junior guard Maurice White had 23 points and eight rebounds, 6-foot-8 junior forward Dwayne Morgan added 17 points and senior guard Tevon Saddler contributed 15 points and six rebounds for St. Frances (12-0, 5-0 in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference, 4-0 in the Catholic League)

John Carroll's No. 8 boys basketball team used a 32-0 run in the third quarter to beat Hilo (Hawaii), 69-26, in Wednesday's opening round of the Iolani Classic in Honolulu. The Patriots (9-3) were led by Kimbal Mackenzie with a game-high 15 points. Kamuela Patnaude had seven for the Vikings. Eleven Patriots scored, including Rodney Elliott and Trystan Pratapas with 11 points each. John Carroll is headed for an all-Maryland showdown in tonight's second-round game at 11:30.

David Harmon,17, has been swimming for eight years for Spy Swimming at the Severna Park Community Center and is in his fourth season on the Archbishop Spalding swim team. In that time he has become a three-time YMCA district champion, a multiple YMCA state and national finalist, an annual Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championship finalist, and, most recently, a participant at the Junior National Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., where he set personal best times in the 100 (50.16 seconds)