Meade High School in Odenton has a new starting quarterback. Raymond Cotton Jr. moved into the area two months ago from Mobile, Ala., with an imposing reputation and an impressive resume.

Art Modell Field at Mervo was dedicated last week, triggering memories of a promise Modell made to the city when he moved his Browns in November 1995.

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.

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.

Since joining the Ravens in 1996, Jonathan Ogden has helped send hundreds of local student athletes to college, the most from Patterson High School in East Baltimore.

Local football talent was on display in the area last weekend, as both St. Paul's and Mount Hebron hosted 7-on-7 passing tournaments.

The Super 22 all-star team is now the Super 66, 30 rising senior offensive players and 36 defensive standouts who are heading into their final season of high school football.

Eight years ago, when Branden Albert was a sophomore at Glen Burnie High School, he wasn't even a member of the Gophers football team, much less a potential first-round NFL draft pick.

Former Gilman star quarterback Ambrose Wooden, who was once hotly recruited by many major college programs, recently finished his college career at Notre Dame.