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.

Box office record breaker “Batman” has nothing on real life hero Marc Burkom, coach of Beth Tfiloh boys varsity soccer.

The Baltimore Bays Under-18 boys soccer team won the inaugural National Soccer Academy championship last weekend in California, beating Los Angeles Football Club, 4-2, in overtime.

Chris Agorsor, McDonogh School’s lightning-fast forward, was named the 2007-08 Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year.

John Karpovich and Jeff Nattans of Calvert Hall, Barry Stitz of Archbishop Curley and Laurie Schwoy of McDonogh were recently inducted into the Old Timers Soccer Association Hall of Fame.