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LA CRESCENTA — With both Crescenta Valley High track and field Coach Mark Evans and his Hoover counterpart Jack Sallakian giving many of their athletes the freedom to choose what events they would compete in, Thursday's Pacific League dual meet...

The weather for last weekend’s KSHSAA State Track & Field Championships wasn’t the usual hot, windy days we’ve come to expect for late May and the state meet, especially Saturday’s cool, damp conditions. And while the cooler...

Thursday, August 11, 2011 GOLF Chuck Thatcher, of Boonsboro, won the Lamp’s/Chi-Chi’s Shootout at Beaver Creek Country Club on Thursday as part of the WACO week festivities. Thatcher and Ken Lampard each posted par on the final hole,...

Jordan Carr Howard, jr. •Versatile performer who can compete in jumps, hurdles, runs, relays •Stood out in high jump, where he won Class 3A with leap of 6feet, 6 inches Won Howard County and region in high jumps to complete his hat trick...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Australian Rules Football-Geelong vs. Hawthorn, 4 a.m. (ESPN2) College Baseball-NCAA Division I Playoffs, Super Regionals, 11 a.m., 2 and 6 p.m. (ESPN), 5 and 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Track and Field-NCAA Division I, Men's and Women's...

To experience the diversity of the USA Track and Field Dakota Junior Olympic meet, all you had to do was watch the shot put Saturday at Swisher Field. Competitors ranged from age 6 to 48 with numerous individuals in between. Regardless of the generation...

A freshman sensation last year, Abby Duncan experienced anything but a sophomore slump this spring. The Boonsboro sprinter successfully defended her Class 1A titles in the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the Maryland state championships while leading the...

Track and field is more than just a sport to Boonsboro’s Coby Gussio. It’s his way of life. “Track is my heart and soul. I put everything I have into it,” he said. “Everything that I do is for the sport.” If any...

Friday, July 1, 2011 YOUTH TRACK & FIELD Several members of the local Mountain Express club team qualified for nationals at last week’s AAU Area 4 Junior Olympic National Qualifier at South Hagerstown High School. The national championships...

The second-annual Mike Miller Classic Dec. 29-30 at the Mitchell Corn Palace will produce a first-time meeting between coaching legends. Coach Larry Luitjens and his Custer Wildcats will play coach Gary Munsen and his Mitchell Kernels at 9 p.m. Dec. 29....

Bill Hardcastle has been there and done that. He wants to get there again. The Mobridge graduate has qualified for the NCAA Division I track and field nationals twice. Now as a senior, he not only wants to get there again, but be in the top eight....

Boonsboro proved to be The Program at the 41st Washington County Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday at South Hagerstown, sweeping the boys and girls team titles. North Hagerstown senior Anthony Winter proved to be The Man, setting a county...