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With a victory at Dana White’s Contender Series in November, Tucker Lutz has earned a contract to fight professionally in the Ultimate Fighting Championship — Lutz’s dream since he was at Franklin High School.
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Former Roland Park hoops star Mir McLean is ready for a new challenge at a new level with UConn, which is now slated to start its season in December after a staffer tested positive for COVID-19. “I just want to put myself and my teammates in a position to win,” she said.
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Eight months after his final college basketball game, Maryland’s Jalen Smith finally knows his next destination, as the Phoenix Suns selected the Terrapin big man with the 10th overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.
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Former University of Maryland baseball standout and Catonsville High School grad Adam Kolarek recently became the first Terp to win a World Series title in more than 50 years. “It’s starting to set in,” Kolarek said. “I think it’s still going to take a bit more time.”
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Glenn Clark shares his thoughts on HBO’s “The Cost of Winning” documentary about St. Frances Academy football, and even though the series didn’t focus on the MIAA controversy, he says it may have helped him understand it.
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Several MIAA football programs are back in action for a pandemic-altered open season. “I just think the main goal was to give our players a chance to have a season,” Archbishop Spalding coach Kyle Schmitt said. “… During this, I really wanted to play.”
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Woodlawn High School senior Kiera Hicks talked with PressBox about what she likes most about playing point guard, how she’s staying active during the pandemic and more.
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Maryland women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese is already seeing the impact of St. Frances grad Angel Reese as a player and a leader. “Angel Reese is as good as advertised, if not better,” Frese said. “She’s playing at a level that’s pretty special as a freshman coming in.”
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Walkersville High School softball head coach Randy Hinkelman describes senior second baseman Abbie Peterson as “a joy to have at practice” and “a leader on and off the field.”
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Mia Smith, a junior combo guard for the Clarksburg High School girls’ basketball team, talked with PressBox about how she got started in the sport, what it means to have a chance to become the first player in program history to score 1,000 points and more.
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