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Orioles Acquire Chesapeake Native Colin Selby
NORFOLK, VA. (Release via Tides)- The Baltimore Orioles announced on July 11 that they acquired Chesapeake, Va., native Colin Selby from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for cash considerations. The Orioles optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk today. Selby had been designated for assignment by the Royals on June 6. Selby graduated from Western Branch High School […]
Catonsville dojo looking for support as they prepare for competition in Argentina
Martial arts competitors from Baltimore County have a goal to head to a worldwide tournament in Argentina this fall. They will need some help to get there, and 11 News explains how people can help. At their dojo on Frederick Road in Catonsville, Baltimore Taekwondo team members are training for...
Morgan State Reveals 2024 Volleyball Schedule
BALTIMORE, Md. (July 19, 2024)--Morgan State University's third-year head volleyball coach, Xiomara Ortiz, has unveiled the eagerly anticipated schedule for the 2024 season. The 27-match schedule features 11 homes contests, four tournaments, as well as the traditional Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) home-and-away slate, which consists of 14 matchups. The annual...
Orioles' Creed Willems: On shelf at High-A
High-A Aberdeen placed Willems (hamstring) on its 7-day injured list July 9. Willems was removed from a July 6 game against Greensboro with a left hamstring injury and was placed on the IL three days later. The 21-year-old backstop slashed .232/.316/.452 over 276 plate appearances with Aberdeen before being shut down with the injury.
Carroll County Times 2024 boys tennis All-County: Liberty’s ‘dominant’ doubles team of Hayden Speace, Arjun Mistry named Players of the Year
After graduating from Liberty, Hayden Speace has a simple message he wants to leave behind for those following in his footsteps on the Lions’ tennis team: “Hard work takes you places.” Speace raved about the work ethic of his doubles partner, Arjun Mistry, calling the junior “one of the hardest workers I’ve ever seen.” Fortunately, Speace had a work ethic to match, and as a result, the team ...
Track stars, sisters Isabella and Juliette Whittaker charted unique paths from Mount de Sales to Olympics
When Isabella and Juliette Whittaker take the track for their respective Olympic debuts later this month, it might seem like they’ve done this kind of thing before. They sort of have. Growing up, the sisters competed in egg relays and soccer games, representing different countries against their two older brothers. The Whittaker family Olympics featured a race that required downing a Pop-Tart ...
Virginia roommates O’Ferrall, Anderson together again with Orioles
Seemed only fitting that former Virginia stars Griff O’Ferrall and Ethan Anderson were seated together in Baltimore Orioles uniforms for their first interview post college careers. O’Ferrall, rated the top shortstop in college baseball this past season, was selected as the 32nd pick of the Major League Baseball draft,...
Miss Harriett Chasing Third Stakes Win in $75,000 Miss Disco
LAUREL, MD – Multiple stakes winner Miss Harriett, bred and owned by David Baxter’s Narrow Leaf Farms, steps out of open company for the first time since her stunning upset of the 2023 Maryland Million Lassie in Sunday’s $75,000 Miss Disco at Laurel Park. The seventh running...
Declan Wucherpfennig Receives Offers from New Hampshire and Loyola Maryland Men’s Basketball Programs
Class of 2025 Bergen Catholic High School (N.J.) wing/forward Declan Wucherpfennig has received an offer from Division I University of New Hampshire Wildcats and Loyola University Maryland Men’s basketball programs, yesterday he wrote on x. Additionally, the 6-foot-7 rising senior holds offers from D-1 NJIT, Hofstra, Fairfield, Siena, Bryant,...
Philly boys named to compete in National Team Development Program Combine
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 7/19/24 – From USA Lacrosse. USA Lacrosse has selected more than 150 of the nation’s best high school boys’ lacrosse players to compete in the National Team Development Program Combine. Representing high schools from 28 states and the District of Columbia, the players (listed below)...
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