Youth Soccer

He took 16 advanced placement or gifted and talented courses while earning a 3.94 grade-point average.His senior year he played three sports and was All-County first team in soccer as the team he co-captained last fall won a regional title. The year before it had won the school's first state soccer title.His lacrosse team, on which he played midfield, this spring won its first county championship since 1985.Chris Schaefer of Glenelg is the Baltimore Sun's Howard County Scholar-Athlete for 1993-1994.

HELLO, NEIGHBOR! Beginning today, I'll be filling this space every Thursday with information about the people and events that give Northwest Carroll its character.Even though new housing developments have been sprouting up around Taneytown and New Windsor -- and Union Bridge is next on the list -- Northwest remains the most rural part of the county, and I hope this column reflects that.A little about myself: I am no stranger to journalism or the community.I was sports editor of the Carroll County Times for two years in the early 1980s, and then was a sportswriter for the old Carroll County Sun -- the tabloid insert into this paper from 1986 until 1992.

If being a soccer fan in America is wrong, I don't want to be right. It's shameful that sports fans in this country huddle behind the provincial boundaries of a few America-centric professional sports. There's a big world out there, and most of it is focused on the World Cup right now. While you were carving out time to watch the fourth-place Orioles play the fourth-place Minnesota Twins over the weekend, you probably missed much of the drama that was playing out in Germany. Take Saturday, for instance, when Paraguay scored the only goal of the game against England and lost, 1-0 ... or when Trinidad and Tobago took a raucous victory lap after playing heavily favored Sweden to a 0-0 tie. England won on an "own goal" when a Paraguayan defender accidentally headed David Beckham's free kick past his own goalie.

Severna Park Middle School eighth-grader Michael Daugard said he waspretty excited about trying out for the Olympic Development Program state select boys soccer team.Imagine how he feels now that he's made it.Daugard and five other members of the 1977 Severna Park Blazers youth soccer team recently were chosen after taking part in four tryouts, including two at Anne Arundel Community College.Also picked was Scott Vane, a member of the 1978 Severna Park Stingers.The locals are among a group of 25 who will travel to a regional selection camp in Binghamton, N.Y., during the summer in hopes of making the Region I team, something 13-year-old Crofton resident Tim Main accomplished last year.

Soccer AC St. Louis withstands heat, Palace Baltimore, 1-0 With temperatures reaching 106 degrees Saturday at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, AC St.Louis (4-10-4) used a goal by Mike Ambersley in the 74th minute to earn a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace Baltimore (5-9-4) in the USSF 2nd Division. Palace Baltimore's two shots on goal were by Japanese midfielder Tsuyoshi Yoshitake . Palace's next game will be Saturday against the Montreal Impact in Boyds. D.C. United: Danny Allsopp scored three times to help D.C. United beat second-tier English team Portsmouth, 4-0, at RFK Stadium.

Adam Shavitz AtholtonClass: JuniorGPA: 3.92, SAT: 1,140Sports: Soccer, indoor track, lacrosseOther activities: Lorien Nursing Home volunteer, Student Government Association class representative, National Honor Society, Special Olympics, prom committee, youth soccer referee.Profile: He has achieved honor roll status every quarter of his high school career while taking many gifted and talented courses. He captained the soccer team to the regional finals last season. And he finds time to volunteer at a nursing home, work with Special Olympians and referee youth soccer.

Bays under-19 team earns 2-1 win in 2nd round of nationals The Baltimore Bays under-19 team used goals by J.J. Raley and Gary Weisbaum in the final four minutes to top Pike Indy Burn from Indiana, 2-1, on Thursday in the second round of the U.S. Youth National Soccer championship at Lancaster, Mass. The Bays will advance to Sunday's national championship game with a win or a tie against the Colorado Rush today. The Bays under-15 team earned a 1-1 tie with Blast FC from Ohio and will qualify for the championship game with a victory over South Charlotte Gold from North Carolina today.

The Greater Laurel United Soccer Club, an all-volunteer organization, is currently registering players online for the spring soccer season, which begins late March/early April. Those who register by Nov. 5 pay only $60. The league is for players ages 4-18, and offers single-gender teams. Players play at least half of each game. Teams practice once or twice weekly, and games are on Saturday, with occasional Sundays and weeknight evenings. Practices and games are on fields in the greater Laurel area.

The Greater Laurel United Soccer Club is holding registration for winter and spring programs. The GLUSC will donate $10 from each registration to an effort to build a classroom library being spearheaded by GLUSC coach and Eisenhower teacher Nulty Lynch. Winter registration includes training with coaches from Challenger Professional British Soccer. Cost is $80 for eight training sessions. Sessions are 45 minutes of technical training followed by 30 minutes of fun, free-form indoor soccer.

Soccer SCYA Storm 5, Maryland City Mustangs U-9 girls 2 (Samantha Ferrer, Sophia Bellofatto, Zoe Butler) U-12 Mustangs 3 (Sara Crouch, Brittany Johnson, Jaila Canzater), Storm 0 5-6 Mustangs Mini-Kicks: Blue Jays (Luke Dahlen, Jaidyn Alford, Maurice Ray Jr.) played Green Dragons (Cristian Sosa-Rodriguez, Jose Quintanilla) Mustangs U-14 boys 4 (Caleb Likekele, Jay Venit, Danny Castillo), Bayshore Cosmos 2 Mustangs U-8 Super Strikers 5 (Elias Jones)