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After two seasons at Connecticut, Roscoe Smith   is headed west to finish out his college basketball career. The former All-Metro forward from Walbook has committed to UNLV, according to CBSSports.com's Jeff Goodman . Smith should be eligible to play for the Runnin' Rebels immediately because of UConn's NCAA postseason ban for academic reasons . Smith had a promising freshman year for the national-champion Huskies during the...

A man was shot and killed in the Walbrook neighborhood Friday night, police said, and another was shot, but not fatally, on East North Avenue early Saturday. Officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 3000 block of Elgin Avevnue at 10:12 p.m. and found a man, not named by police, suffering mutliple gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene minutes later, according to police. Police believe the victim was walking on the street, approached by another person and shot.

Learning the game of lacrosse in Baltimore City and playing for Walbrook during his high school days, Limestone College freshman Jamar Peete has come a long way. On Sunday, lacrosse will take him to Gillette Stadium as the Saints (17-1) take on Dowlin College in the NCAA Division II championship game set for 1 p.m. Seeing time at midfield for Limestone, which is located in Goffrey, S.C., Peete has scored one goal and added five assists in a reserve role this season. Limestone is making its first title game appearance since 2005.

A 35-year-old man died after he was shot in Southwest Baltimore on Monday night, according to police. Homicide detectives responded to an apartment in the 3200 block of Walbrook Avenue, in the Walbrook neighborhood, shortly after 9 p.m., police said. According to a police report, the detectives found a man shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:11 p.m., and his body was taken by investigating officers with the state's Chief Medical Examiner. The identity of the victim has not been released.

The $15.9 million asbestos-removal and reconstruction project at Walbrook High School is continuing, with a contractor now replacing heating, ventilation, water and other mechanical systems.The school is due to reopen on schedule Sept. 1, 1991, when Walbrook students who have been temporarily sharing Southwestern High School are to move back into their own building.The building, designed for 2,500 students, was the subject of a major asbestos-removal project that got under way in March 1989.

Despite winning on Thursday, Walbrook coach Gus Herrington was a little worried about his team's level of intensity going into last night's game at Calvert Hall.But the No. 4 Warriors (4-1, 3-1) put to rest Herrington's doubts, defeating the Cardinals (2-3, 1-2), 49-37, in a Maryland Scholastic A Conference Division I contest.Stevie Thomas continued his consistent play for Walbrook, scoring a game-high 24 points and pulling down six rebounds.Tuesday, the Warriors were upset at Mount St. Joseph (82-75)

Steve Thomas, an All-Metro forward at Walbrook High who is spending this school year at New Hampton (N.H.) Prep, says he will sign a basketball letter of intent with Towson State when the late-signing period begins Wednesday.Thomas, a four-year varsity player at Walbrook, was recruited by the Tigers as a senior, but did not meet the NCAA academic requirements for freshman eligibility. He has raised his Scholastic Aptitude Test score to 740 and will have four years of eligibility at Towson State.

Mervo wants to win the Maryland Scholastic Association B Conference championship. And since the first day of practice, one subject has been repeatedly discussed -- the need to defeat two-time defending champion Walbrook."

About a year ago, Walbrook coach Gus Herrington was standing in an office in the school's gymnasium collecting basketballs after a season-ending loss to Lake Clifton, which ensured his first losing season as varsity coach.After the Warriors' regular-season finale yesterday against Southwestern, Herrington was putting his team uniforms in the dryer. Only this time, it wasn't to put them into storage, but to have them ready for next week's state 4A playoffs.The No. 4 Warriors secured at least a top three spot in the state 4A North regionals with an 82-70 victory over the visiting and No. 10 Sabers in a Baltimore City 4A League contest.

One road to the state Class 3A semifinals at Cole Field House will be going through Walbrook.The No. 3 Warriors all but assured themselves of the home-court edge for the Region III playoffs and wrapped up first place in the Maryland Scholastic Association Gamper Conference 3A-2A Division with a 66-63 victory over visiting and No. 6 Southwestern yesterday.Sophomore forward Travone Broadway scored 17 points, including a free throw with 32 seconds remaining in regulation to give Walbrook (16-2, 13-1)

After two seasons at Connecticut, Roscoe Smith   is headed west to finish out his college basketball career. The former All-Metro forward from Walbook has committed to UNLV, according to CBSSports.com's Jeff Goodman . Smith should be eligible to play for the Runnin' Rebels immediately because of UConn's NCAA postseason ban for academic reasons . Smith had a promising freshman year for the national-champion Huskies during the...

Learning the game of lacrosse in Baltimore City and playing for Walbrook during his high school days, Limestone College freshman Jamar Peete has come a long way. On Sunday, lacrosse will take him to Gillette Stadium as the Saints (17-1) take on Dowlin College in the NCAA Division II championship game set for 1 p.m. Seeing time at midfield for Limestone, which is located in Goffrey, S.C., Peete has scored one goal and added five assists in a reserve role this season. Limestone is making its first title game appearance since 2005.

Wayne Hill left Walbrook two years ago as a 5-foot-7 freshman. When Hill returned to Baltimore last fall after a year in North Carolina, Forest Park coach Greate White  was struck by a fairly obvious change in the combo guard's appearance. “He was 5-7 when he left and he came back 6-4,” said White, who coached Hill on Walbrook's junior varsity during the 2009-10 season. “I recognized him, but I was like, 'Wow, he has grown.' Once he got on the court, you could tell his game had grown and matured also.

A firehouse built on North Avenue when Alcaeus Hooper was Baltimore's mayor in 1896 reopened Saturday after being shuttered for a year for renovations, allowing firefighters to return to a building described as the historic cornerstone of Walbrook. The city's latest mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, greeted neighborhood civic leaders and thanked residents for their patience. She applauded firefighters, too, noting that there has been just one fire death in the city this year after last year's 17, which was the lowest annual number of fatal fires since the department started keeping track in 1938.

The problem: A storm drain in the Walbrook neighborhood of West Baltimore remained clogged for years. The back story: Mae Grady called just about everyone about a blocked inlet on her street — "everyone but Channel 13," she said. The drain, across the street from her house in the middle of the 3300 block of Walbrook Ave., had been stopped up for years, Grady said, and giant puddles formed. "The water is so deep, it would catch a child," she said. According to Grady, she and others reported the problem several times.

Six people were shot Thursday in Baltimore over a span of less than seven hours, according to police. A 21-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy were shot in the 1800 block of N. Rosedale St. about 10:50 p.m., police said. The two had been standing in front of a convenience store when someone approached from the alley and began firing, according to police. The teen suffered minor wounds and was treated at a hospital and released, but the woman was admitted to an area hospital, police said.

Senior Donte Stuckey scored a season-high 25 points as host Walbrook defeated Dunbar, 64-57, in boys basketball last night for its fifth consecutive victory. The Warriors (9-7) received double doubles from Roscoe Smith (16 points, 12 rebounds), George Johnson (10 points, 14 rebounds) and Stuckey, who had 10 rebounds. The game marked the first time this season that Walbrook had more assists (17) than turnovers (eight). The Warriors took a lead they would not relinquish in the second quarter and led 34-32 at halftime.

Jovan Stanley rushed for 104 yards and scored a touchdown on six carries, leading Walbrook to a 20-0 win over visiting Mervo (3-5, 1-3) in a Baltimore City 4A League football game yesterday.Norris Johnson had a 78-yard punt return for a touchdown, and Richard Harris caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from Maurice Selby.Linebacker Dorian Christian led Walbrook (3-5, 3-3) with 12 solo tackles.* Loyola 35, Severn 6: Junior quarterback Brian Nicholas threw for a touchdown and ran for another, leading host Loyola (2-4)

Roscoe Smith is calling from the noisy University of Connecticut team bus that is headed to the airport for the flight to Houston and today's Final Four meeting with Kentucky in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. His cell phone crackles as the 6-foot-8 freshman forward from Baltimore talks about his first year playing for coach Jim Calhoun and this magical run the Huskies are on. But when asked about the state of mind of this UConn team, which has won nine games in 19 days — five to win the grueling Big East tournament and four in the NCAA West regional — Smith's voice comes in loud and clear.