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No. 5 Francis Scott Key got pins from three of its seven champions last night to dethrone No. 2 Old Mill, 212-186.5, in Key's 27th annual eight-team Christmas tournament.The visiting Patriots, who led 180.5-177 entering the championship round, lost all four of their title bouts to the Eagles' Matt Yinger (112 pounds, 8-3), three-time winner Steve Lessard (135, 10-1), defending state champ Zac Yinger (152, 9-0) and Robert Buntin (171, 8-1).Matt Yinger pinned Jarod Marquardt in 1:03, Lessard outmuscled Old Mill's Paul Hultgren, 7-4; Zac Yinger pinned Old Mill's Mike Hines (11-2)

Stacey Greene is taking her fast-paced, high-powered field hockey game to four European countries this summer.Greene, the 1994 Carroll County Player of the Year, has been chosen to play with 29 other athletes on a U.S. Continental All-Star team that will tour England, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands from June 20 to July 5.The Francis Scott Key junior and her teammates will participate in four games and three tournaments in 16 days, with the London International...

COACH OF THE YEAR* Bill Hyson, Francis Scott Key -- When Hyson reflects back on a season in which he won his first county tournament championship in his 15 seasons at Key, he prefers to talk about the wrestlers themselves. "What's more satisfying than anything else is how well the kids got along and supported one another. It's very rewarding," he said. Hyson's group finished the season 13-2 overall and ranked fifth in the metro area. After a number of successful seasons only to finish second behind traditional county power North Carroll, this season belonged to the Eagles.

Francis Scott Key's 33-31 victory over Northern-Garrett in the Class 1A-2A West regional dual-meet finals still played second fiddle to what occurred earlier in the night in Hampstead.The crowd that filled the North Carroll gym mostly was there to see whether the defending state dual-meet champion and host Panthers could solve their season-long puzzle against county rival Key.It didn't happen as No. 2 Key rolled to the finals with a 47-15 win behind pins from Matt Yinger (112 pounds), Randy Owings (140)

HAGERSTOWN -- The second day of the Class 1A-2A West regional was just half over when the talk started focusing on the battle for second place."Yeah, it's been a pretty good day so far," said Francis Scott Key coach Bill Hyson, after his Eagles took a comfortable lead through the consolation semifinals.It got better yesterday at North Hagerstown High.The Eagles had the region clinched before the championship round began.They finished with three individual titles and two runner-ups, will send 10 wrestlers and an alternate to the state tournament next weekend at Western Maryland College and won, 150.5-105, margin over second-place Northern Garrett.

With only a Jan. 30 meeting against unheralded Middletown remaining, Francis Scott Key all but clinched the Monocacy Valley League crown with Saturday's 48-18 rout of Smithsburg.The Eagles, ranked No. 2 in the area and No. 5 by the Maryland State Wrestling Association, improved to 10-0 overall and 7-0 in the league.The Bill Hyson-coached Eagles are 2-0 in the Carroll County League, with their toughest matches remaining tomorrow against South Carroll, ranked No. 9 in the area, and North Carroll (Feb.

Francis Scott Key Eagles1993-94 record: 10-1-1. Coach: Bill Hyson.Top wrestlers: Randy Owings, Sr., 145; Zac Yinger, Sr., 152; Steve Lessard, Sr., 135; Ryan Etzler, Jr., 119; Tony Cahoon, Jr., 140; Jason Hooper, Jr., 125.Outlook: Hyson isn't ready just yet to stake claim as the county favorite, but the Eagles are looking as good as any. State champs Owings and Yinger are only the start of what the Eagles have returning from last year's squad. Etzler, Lessard and Hooper all had 20 or more wins last season.

Matt Yinger made it four straight titles and Francis Scott Key teammates Chris Putman and Jason Wiles came through with late victories to help the No. 9 Eagles win the team title in their 30th annual Christmas tournament last night.Yinger, who missed the early part of the season with a shoulder injury, then opened with a win in the school's dual meet with Westminster 10 days ago, pinned Dave Hicks of Old Mill in the semifinals, and put down Catoctin's Chad Dewees with one second to spare in their 135-pound final.

State troopers and town police carry pistols as part of their job, but do Carroll County liquor inspectors need to? Should the county liquor board develop a policy that allows its inspectors to carry firearms on their rounds? If so, under what conditions are these firearms to be used?In light of testimony at the last liquor board meeting, all of these questions deserve answers. County liquor inspector Charles Kaizer, a retired state trooper licensed to carry a pistol, arms himself when he makes his rounds.

Carroll County had the lowest serious crime rate in the state last year - despite a declining number of police officers in the growing metropolitan county, the Westminster state police barracks commander said yesterday. Using charts and graphs, State Police Capt. Scott Yinger presented a report at the county commissioners' request, showing 2,980 serious crimes last year, down from 3,001 in 2002. The serious crimes from which the rate is computed are murder, rape, robbery, serious assault, burglaries, theft and automobile theft.