<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Sports</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/md/howard/sports?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><description>Sports</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[In Mount Hebron, a Dynasty to Behold]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5639-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5639-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Here is what I remember about May 15, 2000: It was a sunny afternoon when I entered Centennial High School's stadium with my notebook in one pocket, a cassette recorder and pen in the other. The bleachers were beginning to fill with spectators as 3:30 grew closer. Now, almost five years later, I have a confession: I have never felt more out of place.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Diamond Is Forever]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49832-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49832-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Centennial's Kate Hobson made quite an impression during her first three weeks on the high school softball team. The freshman pitcher entered yesterday's game against Atholton 3-0, with a shutout of two-time defending county champion Glenelg.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crowded Pool at County Title Meet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49833-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49833-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Atholton senior Molly McNeil was amazed at how far her swim team had come as she celebrated winning the county championship meet Sunday.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth Sports]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49835-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49835-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Soccer  <br>    U-9 GIRLS <br>   SAC Team Axenfeld 4 <br>   SAC Team Alison 1 ]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senior Rises to No. 1 On Mound for Vikings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49831-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49831-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Mount Hebron first-year baseball coach John Sunderdick knew it would take  time to find a quality No. 1 starting pitcher, but he was pleased that the wait was short.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Kinds of Saves  For Lacrosse Goalie]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49834-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49834-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Three firetrucks arrived on Joe Drive in Ellicott City last month as smoke billowed from the back of a house. Danny Walker, an 18-year-old volunteer firefighter from Station No. 2, pressed ladders to windows to create escape routes for firefighters if the blaze  --  a grease fire that began in the kitchen  --  could not be controlled. Walker then grabbed a hose, entered the house with several other firefighters and extinguished the fire.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving Nothing to Chance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49830-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49830-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ David Walters's game-day routine does not vary. Before school, the River Hill senior takes a new baseball from its box and keeps it with him for nine hours  --  until he throws his first practice pitch. It is on his desk during classes to keep the game on his mind. He won't discuss the afternoon event with anybody.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOYS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31254-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31254-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     TREVOR ANDERSON, River Hill, Sr.:  Starts at No. 2 singles after posting a 14-3 regular season record last season. In the postseason, he teamed with Scott Burtzlaff to win the county and Region III boys' doubles titles before placing fourth at the state tournament.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kasmir Looks to Get Back on the Course]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31257-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31257-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Howard senior golfer Kenny Kasmir is tired of putting in his basement and chipping into a net in his back yard.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spector: More Than Net Gains]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31256-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31256-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ What if? It's a question Reservoir's Ally Spector occasionally asks herself.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GIRLS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31255-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31255-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    EMILY ADAMS, Centennial, Soph.:  Returns to No. 1 singles, but will likely play doubles in the postseason again with Erin Edmonds after the pair won the Region III tournament last spring.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Games to Watch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13048-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13048-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Long Reach at River Hill, April 13, 4 <br>The county's two best shortstops  --  Long Reach's Kenny King and River Hill's David Walters  --  meet in a game between two of the league's top teams. They also play May 9 at Long Reach.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Players to Watch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13051-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13051-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ALISON BAITZ, Reservoir, Sr.:  Center fielder hit .380 with seven doubles last spring. Should spark Reservoir team that looks to improve on 4-win season of '04.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Games to Watch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13050-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13050-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Long Reach at Howard, Wednesday, 4 <br>Mound duel between Long Reach's Amy Guyton and Howard's Jessie O'Neill might go a long way toward showing which team will be a contender at the end of the season.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shillingburg Is Talk of the Team]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13047-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13047-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As Centennial's baseball players gathered near the dugout with their heads hung  after suffering a season-opening, 11-1 loss to Mount Hebron, their coach, Denis Ahearn, witnessed something he had never seen.]]></description><author> Jon Gallo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guyton Comes Into Her Own]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13052-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13052-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  When Amy Guyton was in middle school, she spent spring afternoons watching Long Reach High's softball team, often led by her older sister Nicole on the mound. And while she was watching, one thought always filled her mind: Get me on this team.]]></description><author> Dave Yanovitz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[youth sports]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13053-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13053-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Soccer <br>   U-9 Boys <br>   SAC United <br>SAC United were finalists in the recent CMSSL tournament and took first in the Freestate tournament in Bowie.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Players to Watch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13049-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13049-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ED BACH, Atholton, Sr.:  Left-hander went 6-3 with a 2.97 ERA and had 57 strikeouts in 59 innings to lead his team to the final of the 2A South Region tournament last spring.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys' Indoor Track &#38; Field]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60361-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60361-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Athlete of the Year <br>    TIM BURT, Glenelg , Sr. <br>A two-time All-County athlete, Burt accounted for 11 of his team's 46 points at the 2A/1A state meet. He was third in the 1,600, fourth in the pole vault and sixth in the 800-meter run to lead his team to its...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrestling]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60357-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60357-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard/sports</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Wrestler of the Year <br>   VINCE TAWEEL, HAMMOND <br>Taweel is the first Howard County wrestler to begin his high school career with two state titles, winning the 125-pound 2A/1A title as a freshman and the 130-pound championship this season. He also is a two-time...]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>