Category archives for: Sports

Super Fans to Travel for Less

Super Fans to Travel for Less

There are certain givens when people think about football fans in general and super fans in particular. For example, football fans will wear the team colors or shirts, but super fans will strip their clothing and paint themselves with the team logos. Football fans will scream at games, but super fans will create little dances [...]

Indoor Football League (IFL) Announces New Team

Indoor Football League (IFL) Announces New Team

Co-Written by Matt Custer and Chip Barnes Binghamton, NY will join the IFL in 2012 Season The Indoor Football League is extremely pleased to announce that the league will be expanding into Binghamton, NY in 2012.  This geographically sound venue will help the league fill out the east coast, and bring in fierce competition to [...]

Fresh Start Science and the DC Divas – Promoting Women’s Accomplishment

Fresh Start Science and the DC Divas – Promoting Women’s Accomplishment

It’s pro-football playoff time this week. But instead of a local NFL team, it is the D.C. Divas playing the Boston Militia in the first round of the Women’s Football Association playoffs. That’s right: this is real tackle football. The Divas (www.DCDivas.com) play in Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex, which is part of the [...]

Jemicy and Gerstell on the Court

Jemicy and Gerstell on the Court

It was a game of effort for girls and boys on both basketball teams at the Gerstell Academy game last week.  As many of us who are parents know “It’s the integrity and spirit on which the games are won or lost both on and off the court by players, coaches, teachers and fans”.  As [...]

Jemicy Upper School Wins Soccer Championship

Jemicy Upper School Wins Soccer Championship

Co-written by Arlo Matz, Zach Bowers and Zach Ashtran – Jemicy Upper School Students This past soccer season, Jemicy Upper School had its first champion team in school history. Along with winning the first soccer championship of the school’s career, we also did it maintaining an undefeated regular season. We were the first undefeated team [...]

Howard Football Thanks their Sponsors

Howard Football Thanks their Sponsors

Before every Friday Night home game the Howard High Football Team comes together and enjoys a delicious Spaghetti Dinner meal that is complete with pasta, salad, bread, bananas, and oatmeal cookies. It has become part of the Howard Football tradition and one that many football players and coaches look forward to every Friday afternoon. There [...]

Hurricanes Undefeated!

Hurricanes Undefeated!

The Elkridge Hurricanes have had a great season this year and hope to win the league championship in the coming weeks. This year the 10-12 American team has scored more than 210 points in eight games. This success has much to do with the unsung hero’s known as the offensive line. Without them we couldn’t [...]

Marriotts Ridge Defeats Centennial 2-1 in Nail-Biter!

Marriotts Ridge Defeats Centennial 2-1 in Nail-Biter!

In a hard fought and exciting match Tuesday evening, the Marriotts Ridge Girls Soccer Team defeated visiting Centennial 2-1 to remain undefeated on the season at 3-0-1. Only a 0-0 double-overtime tie against perennial state powerhouse Century in the season opener mars their record. Following wins over Howard and Wilde Lake, Centennial promised to be [...]

5th Annual Brian’s Baseball Bash

5th Annual Brian’s Baseball Bash

Sunday, August 22, 2010 at Dave & Buster’s, Arundel Mills Mall.  The evening will be hosted by Baltimore Orioles second baseman, Brian Roberts from 6pm – 9pm. Fans can mingle with Brian, other Orioles players and local sports stars while enjoying a night of games and great food! Once again this year, BBB will support UMHC’s Pediatric [...]

Community Swim Team Swims Raises Over $3,200 for Light House Shelter

Community Swim Team Swims Raises Over $3,200 for Light House Shelter

Over 36 members of the Downs Community swim team, the Devil Rays, participated in a swim-a-thon to benefit the Light House shelter in Annapolis, MD. Swimmers of all ages, 6 yrs to 18 yrs, swam for four hours on July 15th, 2010.   A group of swimmers recently came by the shelter to donate the money [...]

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