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The Glenelg girls' 57-55 overtime win over Centennial in the North Carroll Holiday Tournament opener yesterday in Hampstead appeared to be a tough act to follow.But it turned out to be just a warm-up on the tournament's first day.Centennial's boys followed with a 60-58 win over Fallston on a Denny Chapman jumper at the buzzer -- it was Centennial's first lead since the opening basket.The North Carroll girls avenged an early-season loss to Francis Scott Key in their 66-57 win, and the North Carroll boys matched that feat, managing a a 67-64 victory over Key.Glenelg will face North Carroll in the girls championship game today at 6. The boys championship will follow at 8, with Centennial taking on the surprise Panthers.

The Glenelg girls' 57-55 overtime win over Centennial in the North Carroll Holiday Tournament opener yesterday in Hampstead appeared to be a tough act to follow.But it turned out to be just a warm-up on the tournament's first day.Centennial's boys followed with a 60-58 win over Fallston on a Denny Chapman jumper at the buzzer -- it was Centennial's first lead since the opening basket.The North Carroll girls avenged an early-season loss to Francis Scott Key in their 66-57 win, and the North Carroll boys matched that feat, managing a a 67-64 victory over Key.Glenelg will face North Carroll in the girls championship game today at 6. The boys championship will follow at 8, with Centennial taking on the surprise Panthers.

Three players from the 1996 All-Howard County girls basketball team - Mount Hebron's Alisha Mosley, Hammond's Kellye Townsend and Glenelg's Jill Younce - will participate in the alumnae game that will proceed tomorrow night's induction of three new members into the Howard County Women's Athletics Hall of Fame. The alumnae game will tip off at 5:30 p.m. and start the festivities at Wilde Lake High. The inductions of Arlene Rhodes, Laurie Governor Curtis, and Carolyn Forde Buresh into the Hall of Fame is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., followed an hour later by the girls basketball game between Atholton and Wilde Lake.

It began with Jill Younce. Jamie Beale and Jessie Roy-Harrison followed. Then Tia Richardson entered the picture. All four had successful high school basketball careers in Howard County. Now, they are an integral part on the women's team at Longwood College in Farmville, Va. "They're making a major contribution to our program," said Longwood coach Shirley Duncan. "They're all good people and also very good students." Younce is a senior from Glenelg. Beale and Roy-Harrison are sophomores from Oakland Mills and Wilde Lake, respectively.

A group of Southeast Baltimore residents marched through Highlandtown yesterday, chanting, carrying signs and vowing to combat crime in their neighborhood. "We're tired of it, and we're going to be on the lookout for it, and we're going to report any illegal activities," said Pat Younce, a board member of the Highlandtown Community Association. Highlandtown, Baltimore Highlands and the South Ellwood area have suffered from a series of violent crimes recently, Younce said. "We've got elderly people who are being mugged, people who are coming up to people with guns and saying, `Give me all your money,'" Younce said.

On September 20, 2007, KATHY WYATT of Edgewood, MD. Beloved wife of Richard Wyatt. Devoted mother of Jessica Kathryn Wyatt. Loving daughter of Marlene Frances Kotras Parks and the late James Jay Younce. Also survived by three siblings, a step sister and step parents. Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Monday, September 24, 2007 at 11 A.M. Friends may call on Monday, at the funeral home from 10-11 A.M., prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Jessica Wyatt Education Fund, c/o GDLD, 1 South Street, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21202.

Athletic directors are hoping that this week's performance by their schools doesn't top what happened last week at Ohio State, Washington State and at other campuses throughout the country. It's not the heroics by their respective football teams that have college officials concerned, but the histrionics of their fans. Post-game celebrations have gone from tearing down goal posts to other, more dangerous activities. After a 14-9 victory over Michigan that secured a 12-0 record and a spot in the Bowl Championship Series national title game for the Buckeyes, fans burned cars and set at least a dozen fires in Columbus.

Send Glenelg's Christina Flowers to the free-throw line enough and she will make you regret it.Oakland Mills gave Flowers one chance too many last night and it cost the Scorpions more than just the two points that sent the game into overtime.Flowers, who had not scored a point, hit both ends of her third straight one-and-one to tie the game at 44 with 13 seconds left. In overtime, No. 18 Glenelg (15-5 overall, 8-4 league) went on to avenge an earlier loss to the Scorpions with a 53-47 win.The visiting Scorpions (9-9, 6-6)

North Carroll made just one mistake. Glenelg made at least a half dozen.And that difference decided the Region I, Class 2A softball championship Saturday at Glenelg.The Panthers won their fourth straight regional title, 6-5, in a thriller that saw Glenelg rally from a 4-0 second-inning deficit. But in the end, base-running blunders and fielding mistakes proved Glenelg's undoing.Take the fourth inning, when Glenelg scored three runs on three hits to pull within a run, 4-3.Glenelg's Karyn Duff led off the inning with a walk.

No. 19 Mount Hebron wore down No. 17 Glenelg in a hurry last night en route to a 67-45 Howard County league victory.Visiting Glenelg took a six-point lead midway through the second quarter. But trying to keep up defensively with the Vikings' high-scoring duo of Alisha Mosley and Kathy Doyle took its toll."We just ran out of gas," said Glenelg coach Randy Wallenhorst, who sat veterans Jill Younce (16 points) and Kim Brown (eight points) with about 2 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter."Kim and Jill were tired.