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Charles swimmers set for divisional championships
One week before many of them will compete in their respective Prince-Mont divisional championships seeking to earn a berth in the annual all-star meet the following Saturday at Temple Hills, swimmers from across Charles County dove into the pools for their final dual meets of the summer. Hawthorne Country Club (4-1) suffered a 323-270 setback to Kingfish in a clash of previously undefeated Division A teams on Saturday morning. Even in defeat the Gators got a bevy of superb efforts from female and males swimmers...
Forever Souper Soaks Competition in Prince George’s County
LAUREL, Md. – Live Oak Plantation homebred Forever Souper, third as the favorite in his previous two starts, rediscovered his multiple stakes-winning form with a popular front-running 4 ¾-length triumph in Sunday’s listed $100,000 Prince George’s County at Laurel Park. Forever Souper ($3.60) completed 1 1/8...
Regency Furniture Stadium - Southern Maryland Senators
Regency Furniture Stadium 11765 Saint Linus Dr Waldorf, MD 20602. The Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball League is a summer collegiate baseball league featuring eight teams in the Washington, D.C. metro area. The newest club in this league is the Southern Maryland Senators, who play their home games at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Maryland, also home of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the Atlantic League.
Maryland high school rodeo champion competes in national competition
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A 17-year-old from Prince George’s County who once made history as the first Black Miss Maryland High School Rodeo Queen is now heading to one of the biggest national rodeo competitions in the world. “This is what you want to do, this is who you are, you […]
These DC Little League teams need help getting to the World Series
WASHINGTON — It's been a historic year for Capitol Hill Little League. All three teams (12U, 11U and 10U) won their respective divisions and are DC champs. Now, Capitol Hill Little League is trying to represent the District at the Little League World Series. The younger teams are heading to Massachusetts and Rhode Island to play in regional tournaments, while the 12U team goes to Bristol, Connecticut.
2 Alexandrians in Paris for the Summer Olympics
Alexandria native and T.C. Williams (now Alexandria City High School) grad Noah Lyles is heading to the Olympics, again. Lyles already has an Olympic medal (Bronze in the 200m in the 2020 Toyko Olympics, which were in 2021 due to the global coronavirus pandemic). This year's Summer Olympics in Paris start Friday, July 26.
Local Youth All-Star Baseball Team Plays in Regional Tourney for First Time Beginning July 16; Winner Advances to Cal Ripken World Series
ALEXANDRIA, VA-Watching kids play baseball is watching the sport in its purest form. Beginning this Tuesday (July 16), the Pioneer Youth Baseball League will host the All-Star Southeast Regional Tournament. The league is part of the Cal Ripken Division of the Babe Ruth League. This tournament is the largest for the 10-year-old age group in the Southeastern US. Games will be played through July 21 in the Fairfax County part of Alexandria at Clermont Park (4100 Franconia Rd).
La Plata tops Western Charles in CHASM baseball
Following a brief respite for the July 4 holiday that marks the traditional midway point of the Charles and St. Mary's County Baseball League season, the La Plata Twins picked up precisely where they left off before the break by upending Western Charles 10-5 on Sunday afternoon at Rainbow Construction Field. La Plata (7-2) had downed Western Charles 8-4 three weeks earlier when the two teams met on a very sunny, hot afternoon at Lackey High School and the Twins opened this occasion as if...
Syracuse Basketball: Sizing up the recruiting battle for 4-star D.C. guard Acaden Lewis
Syracuse basketball coaches are in for a big-time recruiting battle as they aim to ultimately prevail for 2025 four-star guard Acaden Lewis from Washington, D.C. There's just no other way to slice it. The 6-foot-3 Lewis, who in recent months has proven one of the hottest prospects nationwide in the...
Trainer Ramsey Gets First Stakes Win in $75,000 Ben’s Cat
LAUREL, MD – Ken Ramsey’s Whenigettoheaven dueled with stubborn pacesetter Tidewater the length of the stretch before sticking his neck out at the wire and providing trainer Nolan Ramsey with his first career stakes victory in the $75,000 Ben’s Cat. It was the second straight win for...
Five-star prospect offered by Eric Musselman and USC basketball
According to 247Sports, five-star sophomore small forward Babatunde Oladotun, a 6-foot-8, 200-pound wing at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville (Maryland), was extended an offer by Eric Musselman and USC basketball. In his freshman season Oladotun attended James Hubert Blake High School in nearby Silver Springs, Maryland. The class of 2027 recruit also plays for plays for Team Durant on the EYBL circuit. Oladotun also holds offers from his father’s alma mater, Virginia Tech, along with Louisville, West Virginia, Tennessee, Cincinnati, Rutgers, Creighton, UCLA and Maryland. “I’m skilled and pretty tall for how I play,” Oladotun told On3. “I can defend all positions. Shooting, I...
Wahoo Breaks 38-Year-Old Colonial Swim League Breaststroke Record
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Jonathan Ramsdell of the Chinquapin Wahoos smashed a Colonial Swim League (CSL) record in the boys 15-18 50-yard breaststroke that had stood since 1986. Ramsdell set the new mark at 27.94 seconds, toppling the previous record of 28.16 seconds, as Alexandria’s public swim team faced the Fort Myer Squids on July 13, 2024.
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