Category: High School

It didn’t take long for Austin Rivers to become the top prep basketball player in the country—it just took hard work. The 6-foot, 3-inch guard has been working on his game since he was a toddler, shooting three-pointers since third grade and locking down on defense since little league. Under the guidance of his father, […]

It doesn’t take much to change the outcome of a championship game: one less turnover here, a made free throw there, just a little more to the right on a long range jump shot, any of that can change a game instantly. Just ask Quinn Cook. The star senior guard for Oak Hill Academy saw […]

The opening day of the ESPN Rise National High School Invitational saw a mixture of competitive games, and the action continued April 1. Down to four teams, all nationally ranked high school powers, the second round opened with a blowout and finished with a nail-biter. No. 3 Montrose Christian Academy (Rockville, Md.) 83 vs. No. […]

There was no shortage of talent on display at the third annual ESPN Rise National High School Invitational basketball tournament on March 31. Hosted at one of the most prestigious schools in the area, Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Md., the growing basketball tourney saw top prep star guards Austin Rivers, Myck Kabongo, Quinn […]

“Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you cant do things in your own creative way!” That’s advice from Jordan White, a 13-year-old nationally ranked junior amateur boxer from Waldorf, Md. White has had an independent spirit since birth and it led a string of successes in his budding boxing career. In five years, White […]

If the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders want to brag about being the best high school basketball team in Washington, D.C., then they’ve certainly earned the right to do so. This past season, Roosevelt (25-6) went 10-2 in league play for the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA) conference before edging Eastern High School in […]

It wasn’t a perfect season for the DeMatha Stags, but the Hyattsville, Md private school ended the year on a high note. DeMatha made the nearly three-hour trek to Frostburg State University to cap their season by claiming the Alhambra Catholic Invitational Basketball Tournament (ACIT) title with a 53-43 win over Benedictine High School of […]

Zakiya Chikwendu, shown with Coach Don Clark of Clark’s Gymnastics, participated in the Maryland USAG Level 8 State Meet in the Junior D Division on March 19. She placed 4th on vault, 2nd on uneven parallel bars, 3rd on balance beam and 4th all-around. She qualified to compete at the regional level and earned a […]

Black sports history was made in Virginia March 13 when four African-American boys became the first all-Black polo team to capture the U.S. Polo Association Interscholastic Championship at the Virginia Polo Center. According to reports, Cowtown-Work to Ride (Cowtown-WTR), based in Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pa. knocked off a Baltimore, Md.-based polo team, 24-17, in the […]

Baltimore City’s Patterson Clippers could be called an unconventional basketball team. They attack from the outside instead of the inside, they launch three-pointers instead of layups and their biggest star is actually their smallest player. Behind 5-foot, 7-inch guard Aquille Carr, Patterson took the court at the University of Maryland’s Comcast Center on March 10 […]

The Friendly Patriots had mounted comebacks before, but never against this caliber of opponent. After erasing an 18-point margin last week to fight their way into the Maryland State finals, Friendly, of Ft. Washington, Md., hoped to recreate that late-game magic against an even tougher opponent. The Milford Mill Millers, of Baltimore County, on the […]

A brief shoving match late in the fourth quarter appeared to be the most visible resistance Gwynn Park’s Yellow Jackets put up in their 75-45 loss to the Digital Harbor Rams on March 11. The Maryland State 2A semifinal game at the University of Maryland’s Comcast Center was over before it even had a chance […]