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On May 28, 2005 WILLIAM LUTHER STITZ of Pikesville; father of Pat Kuchta and Robert Stitz; also survived by many loving relatives and friends Family will receive friends Tuesday 7 to 9 P.M. at HARRY H. WITZKE'S FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City where a funeral service will be held Wednesday 10 A.M. Entombment Woodlawn Cemetery.

Archbishop Curley boys soccer standout Bash Kamara, a first-team All-Metro sophomore forward, was dismissed from the school for "violating one of the school rules," according to Curley coach Barry Stitz. Kamara, who completed his second varsity season this past fall, scored 25 goals and added eight assists to lead the No. 2 Friars (20-6) to a runner-up finish in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference. As a freshman, he finished with 13 goals in helping the team win the conference championship.

On February 12, 2006, ALBERT R. STITZ SR.; beloved husband of the late Mary E. Stitz; devoted father of Albert R. Stitz Jr. and his wife Joan and Toni M. Hamilton and her husband Kent; loving grandfather of Barry, Roxanne, Justin and Joshua; great-grandfather of Benjamin, Samuel, Molly and Joshua. A Catholic Prayer service will be held at the family owned owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc,. 7922 Wise Avenue, on Friday, at 10 A.M. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call on Thursday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.

4 -- Goals allowed by Loch Raven in the team's 12 regular season games against Baltimore County competition last season. 11 -- Starters for McDonogh who have won a national championship at the club level in the past two years. 46 -- Combined points that McDonogh's dynamic one-two punch of striker Chris Agorsor and midfielder Andrew Bulls accounted for in the 2006 season. Agorsor scored 16 goals and added eight assists, with Bulls totaling 15 goals and seven assists. 100 -- Career wins Archbishop Curley coach Barry Stitz (100-59-7)

Barry Stitz is the first winner of the Spirit's Anita Nall Award for the team's Rookie of the Year.Stitz, a graduate of Archbishop Curley and Towson State, is one of Notebookeight Spirit rookies. He finished the regular season as the No. 2 rookie scorer in the NPSL with 63 points, trailing only the Denver Thunder's Andy Crawford, who had 66."Barry stepped in as a starter and proved his durability by playing in all 40 games," coach Kenny Cooper said, noting that Eric Dade and Joe Koziol were the only others who played in every game.

Curley graduate Barry Stitz, who is completing his final season with the Baltimore Blast, has been hired to be head coach at his alma mater, replacing retired coach Pep Perrella. "I've been looking to get into coaching for a while, and coming back to Curley is a dream come true," said Stitz, a 1987 graduate.

The Spirit's Barry Stitz, who had career highs in goals (32), assists (22), points (85) and blocks (47) in his third season with the club, has signed a three-year contract, terms of which are unavailable."

Barry Stitz's second season with the Spirit is one he would like to banish from memory. That was last season, when he was the man who spelled Paul Wright, the team's main offensive weapon. Stitz sat more than he played, scoring only 30 points.That was a sharp departure from his first season when he scored 63 and was second in the voting for the National Professional Soccer League's Rookie of the Year."I wasn't on the field much and I wasn't real happy about that, but we started the season 17-3, so what can you say?"

If the Spirit was going to unravel, last night was the time. But it didn't.Twenty-four hours after clinching the National Professional Soccer League's American Division championship, the Spirit fell behind the Detroit Rockers 24-13 early in the fourth period. Baltimore then ran off five straight goals to tie it with 40 seconds left and won in overtime, 26-24, on Joe Koziol's goal 2:57 into sudden death.The third-largest crowd of the season, 7,110, watched the Spirit's stunning comeback. The victory stretched the Spirit's home winning streak to seven and raised its home record to 17-2.

In all the years of playing with and against Barry Stitz, th Spirit's Jason Dieter never had seen such a shot by his old friend."Sixteen years," Dieter said. "I've never seen him hit a ball that hard."Dieter kicked a hard one himself, unleashing a shot for the game's first goal, but it was Stitz's that captured the imagination. His three-point goal-- the team's second this season -- provided the final impetus for the Spirit's 13-4 victory over the Canton Invaders yesterday before 4,075 at the Baltimore Arena.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR B.J. Quigley Archbishop Curley, forward In leading the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference in scoring for a second straight year, Quigley made the most of his 27 goals this fall, concluding with the game-winner in the Friars' 1-0 win over McDonogh for the league championship. It gave Quigley eight game-winning goals in the team's final 11 games, as the senior finished his career with 59 goals and 17 assists. Fast, skilled and determined in the offensive third of the field, Quigley was able to run past defenders or set up inside the penalty area with the ability to finish with both feet.

On February 12, 2006, ALBERT R. STITZ SR.; beloved husband of the late Mary E. Stitz; devoted father of Albert R. Stitz Jr. and his wife Joan and Toni M. Hamilton and her husband Kent; loving grandfather of Barry, Roxanne, Justin and Joshua; great-grandfather of Benjamin, Samuel, Molly and Joshua. A Catholic Prayer service will be held at the family owned owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc,. 7922 Wise Avenue, on Friday, at 10 A.M. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call on Thursday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.

Patricia K. Sauers, an executive secretary and Linthicum resident, died of leukemia Thursday at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. She was 35. Patricia Kelly Stitz was born in Baltimore and raised in Glen Burnie. She was a 1988 graduate of Andover High School and worked in property management for Allfirst Bank from 1987 to 2003. For the past two years, she had been an executive secretary at Rome Technologies in Millersville. She was an active member of the North Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.

On May 28, 2005 WILLIAM LUTHER STITZ of Pikesville; father of Pat Kuchta and Robert Stitz; also survived by many loving relatives and friends Family will receive friends Tuesday 7 to 9 P.M. at HARRY H. WITZKE'S FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City where a funeral service will be held Wednesday 10 A.M. Entombment Woodlawn Cemetery.

On March 1, 2005, RUTH S. (nee Smith), wife of the late Francis I. Coppage Sr.; mother of Francis I. Coppage, Jr.; grandmother of Christopher S. Coppage (and Joanna S. Mazziott) and Julie A. Fisher and husband Jeff Fisher; great-grandmother of Daniel W. Fisher and Kyrsten A. Coppage; former mother-in-law of Diana Coppage Stitz (and husband Le Roy H. Stitz). A Memorial Service will be held at St. Michaels and All Angels on Saturday, March 5th at 5 P.M., 2013 St. Paul Street. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Nurses Alumnae Association of Sinai Hospital, 2401 W. Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215, Attn: Nursing Office @ Sinai Hospital.

It's an attractive scenario: a free ride to potential soccer fame with a possible pro contract waiting in the wings. That's what is facing 16-year-old Drew Yates as he prepares to spend the next 16 months absorbed in soccer in Bradenton, Fla., instead of finishing the last two years of his All-Metro career at Archbishop Curley. Yates was selected by the U.S. Soccer Federation June 6 after tryouts to take part in an all-expenses-paid Under-17 national team residency program. Yates will be a pool player in selected matches.

Loyola's 12th man showed up at yesterday's game with No. 3-ranked Archbishop Curley and helped the No. 7 Dons earn a 1-1 tie with the visiting Friars. Both teams entered the game unbeaten. A raucous sideline gathering of 100 or so Loyola students, augmented by about 200 other fans, made its presence felt by booming a drum and screaming at the top of its lungs whenever a Curley player came near. "We weren't quite prepared for this big atmosphere," said Curley coach Barry Stitz, whose team needed a goal with five minutes left in the game to avoid defeat.

Blast coach Kevin Healey said he should not have to do a whole lot to keep his team focused for tonight's regular-season home finale against Buffalo at 7: 35 at Baltimore Arena. That should be taken care of before the game, when National Professional Soccer League commissioner Steve Paxos presents the Blast with the East Division title trophy. It will be a taste of what Healey hopes will be another presentation by the same man with an NPSL title trophy at the end of the season. "I think the biggest thing is -- and guys who have won the championship before, like Paul [Wright]