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    BB-SP-VSN-4-Causes-4-Champions-Girls-Lacrosse--Liberty's #4 of Julia Lucas pumping up the team prior to the start of the game.
    Liberty prevails in the 4 Causes 4 Champions girls lacrosse tournament
    In a battle of the four reigning girls lacrosse state champions, the smallest school in the field defeats the two largest to capture the title
    The Baltimore Banner/VSN Week 2 Baseball & Softball Top 15
    Curley jumps six spots in baseball poll to No. 7; John Carroll, Arundel and Perry Hall all claim places in Softball Top 15
    The Baltimore Banner/VSN Boys & Girls Week 3 Lacrosse Top 15
    Westminster earns a spot in the Boys Top 15; Century wins its way into the girls rankings
    SPRINGVILLE, UT - JUNE 17: This picture of an AR-15 (B) and a Ruger 10-22 (T), both semi-automatic guns at Action Target on June 17, 2016 in Springville, Utah. Semi-automatics are in the news again after the nightclub shooting in Orlando F;lord last week.
    Over 500 sign petition against raffle of AR-15 in Carroll County
    Signers expressed concern the event comes just days after a shooter entered a Nashville school with the same assault-style rifle and killed six people.
    Manchester Valley celebrate after a goal by Haylee Bittinger in Thursday's Carroll County girls lacrosse match. The No. 11 Mavericks scored the game's first 9 goals en route to a 13-6 victory over 13th-ranked Liberty in Manchester.
    Manchester Valley strikes first in Carroll County girls lacrosse
    Big first half push No. 11 Mavericks past Liberty; Bittinger and Penczek combine for 7 goals
    John Klessinger of South River, despite graduating five state place winners from the year before, navigated the Seahawks through some early struggles before surging to the team's second consecutive Class 4A State Dual Meet championship. He is the 2022-23 Baltimore Banner/VSN Wrestling Co-Coach of the Year.
    2022-23 Baltimore Banner/VSN Wrestling Co-Coach of the Year: John Klessinger, South River
    In his 23rd year, Klessinger led the Seahawks to their second consecutive Class 4A state dual meet championship
    Taking over a first year program at St. Frances, head coach Doug McClain led his Panthers to immediate success, earning recognition as our 2022-23 Baltimore Banner/VSN Coach of the Year.
    2022-23 Baltimore Banner/VSN Wrestling Co-Coach of the Year: Doug McClain, St. Frances
    After years of leading a successful program at Dunbar, McClain took St. Frances to unprecedented heights as a first year program last winter
    One of the center pieces of the South Carroll wrestling team, which was one of the public school programs in state history during the 2022-23 season, AJ Rodrigues won the third state championship of his career. He is the 2022-23 Baltimore Banner/VSN Upper Weight Wrestler of the Year.
    2022-23 Baltimore Banner/VSN Upper Weight Wrestler of the Year: AJ Rodrigues, South Carroll
    Dual-sport star has made the decision to give up football to continue his wrestling career in the Big 10, one the nation’s premier wrestling conferences, at the University of Maryland
    Mount St. Joseph senior Coleman Nogle faced many challenges during his high school career but he kept improving. He saved his best for a brilliant senior season, establishing himself as one of the top-ranked national wrestlers in his weight class and earning the title of 2022-23 Baltimore Banner/VSN Lower Weight Wrestler of the Year.
    2022-23 Baltimore Banner/VSN Lower Weight Wrestler of the Year: Coleman Nogle, Mount St. Joseph
    Gael star capped a brilliant four-year career with his best season yet, establishing himself as one of the top-ranked wrestlers in his weight class as he prepares for a college career at Harvard University
    The Baltimore Banner/VSN Week 1 Baseball & Softball Top 15
    Archbishop Spalding holds down the top spot in both our baseball and softball polls
    The Baltimore Banner/VSN Boys & Girls Week 2 Lacrosse Top 15
    John Carroll enters the boys poll at No. 15; Spalding moves to No. 2 in girls poll while Maryvale Prep climbs four spots to No. 4; Dulaney and Westminster also enter girls rankings
    A Baltimore City Police car sits parked on North Calvert St.
    Maryland attorney general’s office investigates fatal crash that followed Baltimore police pursuit
    An elderly female passenger was killed in the crash in the city’s Roland Park neighborhood.
    The Baltimore Banner/VSN Boys & Girls Week 1 Lacrosse Top 15
    A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
    The Baltimore area’s highest-rated schools on the Maryland School Report Card
    Use these searchable tables to compare the highest- and lowest-performing schools in the Baltimore region.
    6/10/22—Ash Tough, 13, holds a Pride flag up in front of Northwest Middle School in Taneytown.
    A Maryland bill could change who controls what’s taught in schools
    What started as a health education bill could end up giving the Maryland schools superintendent broad power to withhold funding from school districts who don't follow curriculum guidance.
    In the elite MIAA A Conference, little separates the top lacrosse team from the bottom, defending champion McDonogh, led by coach Andy Hilgartner (center) appears to have the pieces to once again top a league with a  bevy of national powers.
    McDonogh’s deep talent gives it the nod as Baltimore’s No. 1 boys lacrosse team
    The Baltimore Banner/Varsity Sports Network boys lacrosse preseason Top 15 preview
    After a second straight No. 1 ranking by Varsity Sports Network and the top ranking nationally by Inside Lacrosse, the St. Paul's School for Girls lacrosse team enters 2023 as the team to beat once again.
    St. Paul’s School remains No. 1; Gators aiming for an IAAM A Conference lacrosse three-peat
    The Baltimore Banner/Varsity Sports Network girls lacrosse preseason Top 15 preview
    The 60th annual editor of the Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Awards return to an in-person format for the first time since the pandemic, on March 15th at Martin's West.
    National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Awards set to return to in-person format
    Seventy scholar athletes to be honored at Martin’s West on March 15th with $20,000 in scholarship money going to regional winners; top area high school and college football teams also to be recognized
    Boys basketball
    The Baltimore Banner/VSN Boys & Girls Week 13 Basketball Top 15
    BCL Tournament title propels Mount St. Joe back to No. 1 in the boys poll; Western climbs four spots into the Top 10 of the girls rankings
    Liberty's girls basketball team saw its season end in the Class 2A state quarterfinals this past weekend. The Lions lost to undefeated Kent Island from Queen Anne's County.
    Road ends for Liberty and Eastern Tech in 2A state girls basketball playoffs
    Lions fade late at Kent Island; Mavericks have few answers in loss to Lackey
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