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Howard County 2024 boys tennis All-County: Marriotts Ridge senior Mukundh Boopathi named Player of the Year
Marriotts Ridge senior Mukundh Boopathi always planned on returning to the Mustangs for his final high school tennis season. As a sophomore, Boopathi starred for Marriotts Ridge and was named the 2022 Howard County Times boys tennis player of the year. However, after that season, Boopathi and Mustangs coach Scott Dingman had an open and honest discussion. After weighing the pros and cons, ...
Remembering John Sothoron: Lacrosse Legacy and Coaching Triumphs
John Sothoron, an All-American lacrosse goalkeeper for Towson University in the 1970s, passed away at 74 due to leukemia. He had a successful coaching career, leading Towson to a 36-9 record as a player and later coaching St. Mary's College and St. Mary's Ryken High School. Towson's varsity career record...
It's fast, calculated, complex: Fencing blends mental, physical strength
TOWSON, Md. — Only six sports have been a part of every Olympic Games, including fencing, a sport that blends mental and physical strength. But if you blink, you might miss all the action. Inside Chesapeake Fencing Club in Towson, you hear weapons, buzzers and Jacob Gordon. "It looks...
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