Catch up with news and notes from around the local preps football scene.

John Carroll girls soccer coach Gary Lynch said he always has a lot of young players. But this year, he’s going to need them to help out a little more.

After a loss in penalty kicks in the semifinals of the MIAA A Conference tournament to McDonogh, the Loyola Blakefield Dons and soccer coach Lee Tschantret are ready for the 2008 season.

Blake Thompson has just begun his final summer football training camp as the starting quarterback of the Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders, but it was a trip to Israel last month that he says has changed his life.

Mount St. Joseph graduate Mark Teixeira and Towson Catholic alumnus Donte Greene both have something in common -- they've been traded in their respective professional sports recently.