Baltimore’s Jalen Rucker, Gavin Walsh Enjoying Successful Seasons With Army, Binghamton
Baltimore natives Jalen Rucker (Gilman) and Gavin Walsh (Loyola Blakefield) have found success on the hardwood at Army and Binghamton.
Read moreBaltimore natives Jalen Rucker (Gilman) and Gavin Walsh (Loyola Blakefield) have found success on the hardwood at Army and Binghamton.
Read more“Perfection is impossible. There are so many things you can do [with golf] and so many different ways to play it,” said Gilman’s Bennett Espenshade, a top junior golfer. “That has always just really intrigued me.”
Read more2023 marks PressBox’s seventh annual Best Of edition celebrating the top people, performances and moments of the year.
Read moreFor Gilman’s Dejuan Lane, moving from cornerback to safety changed everything. And now he is one of the most dynamic high school football players in the state and following in his brother’s footsteps.
Read moreGavin Sheets is off to a solid start in his second full year in the majors, and the Gilman grad is enjoying MLB’s new rules. “It’s nice coming up and not seeing a guy in shallow right field and a third baseman at second base and a shortstop across,” Sheets said. “It frees you up to use the whole field.”
Read moreGilman grad Brandon Copeland, who was elevated to the Ravens’ active roster against the Patriots and Bills, says it’s extra special to play for his hometown team. “I’m soaking in all the little details and just enjoying it all,” Copeland said. “Hopefully it leads to the best season of my career.”
Read moreTony La Russa has caught a lot of flak from baseball fans since he stepped back into the dugout last year, but Gilman grad and White Sox OF Gavin Sheets doesn’t want to hear it. “I enjoy playing for him,” Sheets said. “He’s been tremendous to me. We’ve got a great relationship.”
Read moreRayuan Lane III is a sophomore on the Navy football team — only four years removed from being a basketball-first high school athlete — and entered his second preseason camp atop the free safety depth chart. It all started at Gilman.
Read moreMarty and Maxwell Costes were multi-sport athletes in high school, Marty at Archbishop Curley and Maxwell at Gilman, but baseball worked out best for both. Now Marty is chasing big league aspirations, while Maxwell is looking to lead Maryland to its best season in program history.
Read moreAs he awaits the NFL Draft, Stanford DE Thomas Booker credits his time at Gilman for helping him develop his versatility. “My parents sent me to Gilman so I could become everything,” Booker said. “I could become the scholar, the athlete, the person in the community.”
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