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A REVIEW OF WHAT THE YEAR BROUGHT US

Record snow tops the weather in 2016 Majority of months were warmer than normal By E.B. Furgurson III pfurgurson@capgaznews.com

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Cole Kesselring, 12, slides down a huge mound of snow dumped into the parking lot of the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in late January after being cleared off of the streets of Annapolis. At left is Nina Lindquist, 12, and Owen McCaleb, 8.

The weather in 2016 will likely be remembered by January’s snowstorm bull’s-eye and tropical storm near-misses. There were also heat waves, cold snaps, and periods of too much rain and not enough, much like a typical year. The bull’s-eye — the record-breaking Jan. 22-23 snowstorm — dumped 29.2 inches on the county, breaking the old two-day snowfall record. Jan. 23rd’s 25.5 inches also set the one-day record. The storm broke the previous one- and

two-day records set in the infamous “Knickerbocker” storm of 1922, so named after the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater in Washington, D.C., collapsed under the weight of the snow, killing 98 people. This year’s big storm did damage the roof of the Annapolis branch of the Anne Arundel County Library, forcing it to be shut down after the snow melt produced leaks. It didn’t reopen until April. The tropical storm season started early in 2016 with the first named storm, Hurricane Alex, stirring up in the Northern Atlantic in mid-January. That was five months ahead of the typical Atlantic tropical season, June through November. It didn’t affect the area, and neither did the rest of the storms. Not directly, anyway.

The tropical season came as the El Niño/La Niña weather patterns shifted to La Niña, usually a precursor of more tropical storm activity. The season produced 15 named storms and seven hurricanes, three of them major hurricanes. The most damaging of the storms was Hurricane Matthew. For a while, it seemed the county might see high winds and rain from the storm as it bashed Haiti, then the Bahamas, reaching classification as a Category 5 storm at one point. Organizers of the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis prepared for the worst, installing extra pilings to shore up the temporary docking built for the millions of dollars worth of boats pulling in. By the time Matthew made land in South See WEATHER, page A8

Kwanzaa traditions, lessons passed down in Annapolis

Monday was first day of weeklong celebration By Megan Brockett

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bout two dozen people stood in a circle inside St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Annapolis on Monday and, pair by pair, joined hands with their neighbor. “I give you my hand,” the first person said. “My hand in your hand,” replied the second. Around the circle went the exchange, shared between young and old, men and women, black and white, until the entire formation was linked. The group had gathered at the church for a presentation on Kwanzaa by Cheryl A. McLeod, a member of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. Monday marked the first day of the weeklong celebration, when the center black candle in the candleholder known as a Kinara is lit, representing unity. This year is the 50th anniversary of Kwanzaa. “It’s always very important for us to know where … we came (from), so we know who we are and where we’re going,” McLeod told See KWANZAA, page A8

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Marion Wenn lights the candles of the Kinara in a Kwanzaa program at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Annapolis.

TEENS OF THE WEEK WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Athletics and academics part of Vernon Williams’ path in life By Wendi Winters

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Nineteen years ago, Vernon T. Williams received a belated Christmas present — the tall Annapolis High senior was profiled as The Capital’s Teen of the Week. He was a member of the Annapolis High varsity basketball team during the 1997-98 season and graduated with the Class of1998. “We went to the state semifinals,” he said, “and lost to Gaithersburg who went on and won it all.” Williams played the sport again in his final undergraduate year at Morgan State, when he walked on to earn a spot as a point

guard for the Bears. The team was winless that year, and its chances for success seemed to improve once he graduated in 2002 with a degree in Information Sciences and Systems. “I got on the team when Butch Beard was in first year as coach my senior year. I actually considered going overseas to try out after I graduated.” While an undergraduate, his life did not revolve entirely around sports. Williams was also a member of two Greek organizations and two honors societies, including Beta Gamma Sigma, a business honors society. See WILLIAMS, page A6

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Dr. Vernon Williams, a 1998 graduate of Annapolis High School, was profiled as a Teen of the Week on Dec. 27, 1997. He is an assistant dean, division of student affairs, at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, and is an avid basketball player.

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Russia doubts terror in crash But some say size of debris field, no distress call may indicate attack By Vladimir Isachenkov and Veronika Silchenko The Associated Press

SOCHI, Russia — The Kremlin on Monday played down the possibility that a terror attack might have downed a Syria-bound Russian plane, killing all 92 people aboard, as the nation observed a day of mourning for victims, including most members of a world famous military choir. The Tu-154 owned by the Russian Defense Ministry crashed into the Black Sea early Sunday two minutes after taking off in good weather from the city of Sochi. The plane was carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, often referred to as the Red Army Choir, to a New Year’s concert at a Russian military base in Syria. About 3,500 people, 43 ships and 182 divers have been sweeping a vast crash site for bodies of the victims and debris, and dozens of drones and several submersibles also have been involved in the search. Rescue teams have recovered 11 bodies and numerous body fragments, which have been flown to Moscow. Divers have located parts of the plane’s fuselage and other fragments, but the search for the jet’s flight recorders will likely prove challenging as they lack underwater locator beacons common in modern planes. Officials sought to squelch speculation that the crash might have been caused by a bomb planted

on board or a portable air defense missile. But some aviation experts pointed that the crew’s failure to communicate any technical problem and a large area over which fragments of the plane were scattered point at a possible explosion on board. Evidence of a bombing of a Syria-bound military flight would badly embarrass the Kremlin, highlighting Russia’s extreme vulnerability to attacks even as it boasts its success in Syria after Aleppo fell back into President Bashar Assad’s hands. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters that an attack isn’t a likely scenario. Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, who oversaw the rescue efforts, said investigators are looking into a possible technical fault or pilot error as the most likely reasons behind the crash. But some experts remained skeptical, noting that the crew would have reported any technical glitch. “Possible malfunctions certainly wouldn’t have prevented the crew from reporting them,” Vitaly Andreyev, a former senior Russian air traffic controller, told RIA Novosti, adding that an “external impact” was the most likely reason. Russia’s main domestic security and counterterrorism agency, the FSB, said it has found “no indications or facts pointing at the possibility of a terror attack or an act of sabotage.”

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A woman places flowers in Sochi on Monday in honor of victims of a military plane crash.

The plane departed from the Chkalovsky military airport just outside Moscow and stopped in Sochi for refueling early Sunday. The FSB said border guards and military servicemen were protecting the plane as it sat on the tarmac in Sochi, and the chief pilot along with

the flight engineer personally monitored the refueling. The agency said that a border guard officer and a customs official were the only ones to briefly come on board in Sochi. Some Russian media pointed at lax security at Chkalovsky outside Mos-

cow where the plane was based, saying it’s quite porous compared to civilian airports. Russian planes have been brought down previously in terror attacks. In October 2015, a Russian passenger plane was brought down by a bomb over Egypt,

killing all 224 people aboard. Officials said the explosive device was planted in the plane’s luggage compartment. A local affiliate of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility. In August 2004, two Russian planes were blown up on the same day by suicide bombers, killing 89 people. A Chechen warlord claimed responsibility for the twin attacks, which were made possible by lax security at a Moscow airport. While ruling out an attack in Sunday’s crash, the FSB said that investigators are looking into bad fuel, pilot error, alien objects stuck in the engines or equipment failure. John Goglia, a former U.S. National Transportation Safety Board member and aviation safety expert, argued that while pilot error or bad fuel “would be high on my list,” they wouldn’t have prevented the pilot from alerting traffic controllers to the situation. He also noted that the Tu-154 has been “a pretty reliable platform.” Flags were at half-staff across Russia on Monday, nationwide television stations canceled their entertainment programs and the Cabinet began its session with a moment of silence as part of the nationwide mourning.Vadim Ananyev, a soloist who stayed home with his family, said he was devastated. “I have lost my friends and colleagues, all killed, all five soloists,” Ananyev told The Associated Press. “I have known these people for 30 years. I know their wives and children. I feel terrible for the children and for all that I have lost.”

Obama says he’d have won in ’16; Trump tweets otherwise By Michael Kranish The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said in an interview released Monday that he would have beaten Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “if I had run again,” delivering an implicit criticism of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, which he said acted too cautiously out of a mistaken belief that victory was all but certain. “If you think you’re winning, then you have a tendency, just like in sports, maybe to play it safer,” Obama said in the interview with former adviser and longtime friend David Axelrod for his “The Axe Files” podcast. The president said Clinton “understandably ... looked and said, well, given my opponent and the things he’s saying and what he’s doing, we should focus on that.” Trump took exception to this critique, tweeting out later in the day that “President Obama said that he thinks he would have won against me. He should say that but I say NO WAY! — jobs leaving, ISIS, OCare, etc.” Obama stressed his admiration for Clinton and

said she was the victim of unfair attacks. But, as he has in other interviews, he insisted that her defeat was not a rejection of his eightyear presidency. To the contrary, he argued that he had put together a winning coalition that stretched across the country but that the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign failed to follow through on it. “I am confident in this vision because I’m confident that if I — if I had run again and articulated it — I think I could’ve mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it,” the president said. “See, I think the issue was less that Democrats have somehow abandoned the white working class, I think that’s nonsense,” Obama said. “Look, the Affordable Care Act benefits a huge number of Trump voters. There are a lot of folks in places like West Virginia or Kentucky who didn’t vote for Hillary, didn’t vote for me, but are being helped by this. ... The problem is, is that we’re not there on the ground communicating not only the dry policy aspects of this, but that we care about these communities, that we’re bleeding for these communities.” Clinton spokesman Brian

Fallon said via email that the campaign declined to comment. Axelrod, in an interview with The Washington Post, said he believed Obama went further than he had before in critiquing Clinton’s campaign. “This was all in service of making the point that he believes that his progressive vision and the vision he ran on is still a majority view in this country,” Axelrod said. “He chooses to be hopeful about the future.” Axelrod did not press Obama on many of the most controversial parts of his presidency, such as not taking action to prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in Syria. Such friendly interviews have become a hallmark of Obama’s presidency, whether with friends, or comedians, or YouTube hosts. Obama stressed that he doesn’t plan to get involved in day-to-day responses to a Trump presidency, just as former President George W. Bush has remained mostly on the sidelines during the Obama years. But Obama made clear that he will be more of an activist in the long run. He said he plans to help mobilize and train a younger generation of

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President Barack Obama said in an interview with David Axelrod that he would have beaten GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, left, if he could have run for a third term.

Democratic leaders and will speak out if his core beliefs are challenged. He also said he is working on writing a book. His postpresidential “long-term interest,” Obama said, is “to build that next generation of leadership; organizers, journalists, politicians. I see them in America, I see them around the world — 20year-olds, 30-year-olds who are just full of talent, full of idealism. And the question is, how do we link them up? How do we give them the tools for them to bring

about progressive change? And I want to use my presidential center as a mechanism for developing that next generation of talent.” He said he didn’t want to be someone “who’s just hanging around reliving old glories.” Obama blamed some of his presidency’s problems on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a longtime adversary who famously said in 2010: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”

McConnell failed in that goal, but Obama said his nemesis was successful in blocking many of his initiatives and setting the groundwork for Trump’s victory. McConnell’s strategy from a “tactical perspective was pretty smart and well executed.” The Republican leader found ways to “just throw sand in the gears” in a manner that fed into people’s beliefs that things were going badly. A McConnell spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.

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Tuesday, December 27, 2016 THE CAPITAL

New Year’s poll: Americans more hopeful 2017 will be better year By Emily Swanson and Verena Dobnik Associated Press

NEW YORK — Emotionally wrenching politics, foreign conflicts and shootings at home took a toll on Americans in 2016, but they are entering 2017 on an optimistic note, according to a new poll that found that a majority believes things are going to get better for the country next year. A look at the key findings of the Associated Press-Times Square Alliance poll: DAN BALILTY/AP

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, center, on Monday defended his reaction to the U.N. action.

Israeli opposition faults Netanyahu’s response By Michael S. Arnold Bloomberg News

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic critics are coming out in force after passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements and as the government fears further international moves to impose peace terms Israel opposes. After initially condemning what most Israeli politicians considered a hostile attack at the U.N., the opposition on Monday blamed Netanyahu for harming the country’s standing and criticized his response to Resolution 2334. “The prime minister was bragging about our foreign relations, and now what’s underway is a total collapse of Israeli foreign policy,” Yitzhak Herzog, co-chairman of Israel’s largest opposition party, said at the Zionist Union faction meeting Monday. He called on Yair Lapid, head of the opposition party Yesh Atid, and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, whose Kulanu party is part of the government, to join him and “stop Netanyahu before it’s too late.” Israel summoned representatives from Security

Council members, including the United States, on Sunday and ordered the Foreign Ministry to reduce work ties with countries that voted for Resolution 2334, which demands that Israel cease construction in all areas it captured in the 1967 Middle East war and describes the West Bank and East Jerusalem as occupied Palestinian territory. The measure passed 14-0 with a U.S. abstention. A day earlier, Netanyahu recalled Israel’s ambassadors from New Zealand and Senegal, two of the resolution’s four co-sponsors; ended aid programs to Senegal; and pledged to cut off about $8 million in Israeli funding to U.N. institutions. “This is not policy, this is hysteria,” Lapid said Monday. “We have enough haters who want to isolate us, there’s no reason to isolate ourselves.” Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine was summoned for a meeting Monday after a scheduled visit to Israel by the country’s premier was canceled in the wake of the U.N. vote. Ukraine voted in favor of the resolution. Netanyahu on Monday defended his reaction to the vote, saying, “There’s no

alternative to a firm response. “Israel is a country with national pride, and we don’t turn the other cheek,” he said at an event in northern Israel. “Countries of the world respect strong countries that stand up for themselves.” In the days after the vote Netanyahu lashed out at President Barack Obama, with whom he has a testy relationship, saying Obama’s administration pushed the resolution behind the scenes and had broken a commitment not to allow the U.N. to impose conditions on Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians. The U.S. decision to abstain in the vote, rather than veto the resolution, allowed it to pass. The U.S. abstention highlighted the increasingly strained ties between Obama and Netanyahu. The Security Council vote came in the waning weeks of Obama’s presidency, and Israel expects warmer relations with President-elect Donald Trump, who had pressured Obama to veto the resolution. Associated Press contributed.

So how was 2016? Americans weren’t thrilled with the year. Only 18 percent said things for the country got better, 33 percent said things got worse, and 47 percent said it was unchanged from 2015. On a personal level, they were optimistic about 2017. Fifty-five percent said they believe things will be better for them in the coming year than in the year that just concluded. That’s a 12-point improvement from last year’s poll. Americans interviewed about the poll’s results expressed some of that optimism. “Next year will be better than this year, because people will have more jobs and they’ll have more money to spend,” said Bourema Tamboura, a Harlem resident and car service driver. “I’m hoping 2017 will be better,” added Elizabeth Flynn, 62, an elementary schoolteacher from Peabody, Mass. Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say 2016 was worse for the country than 2015. And Republicans are especially likely to feel that 2017 will be even better for them personally. University of Miami professor Benjamin Alsup said he needed only three words to explain why 2016 felt worse for him: “Trump, Trump, Trump!” Robert Greenstone, a New York commercial real estate broker, said the political discourse leading up to Republican Donald Trump’s election as president played havoc with people’s emotions. “The amount of disinformation made people suspect of everything and everyone, even their neighbors,” he said.

U.S. elections lead top news events The U.S. elections were first on Americans’ list of 10 top news events in 2016. Three-quarters called the presidential election and Trump’s victory very or extremely

important. Sixty-three percent ranked mass shootings and bombings in Orlando, Fla., and in Belgium, Turkey, Pakistan and France as personally important news stories of the year. Fifty-one percent said they found news stories about the deaths of people at the hands of police officers, or news about ambush attacks on police in three states, to be among the year’s most important news events. Fourth on the list are 43 percent who described the spread of the Zika virus as important. The three events described by the largest percentages of Americans as not too important included the death of Muhammad Ali (50 percent), approval of recreational marijuana use in four states (43 percent), and the death of Fidel Castro (40 percent).

Top moments in pop culture and sports A majority of Americans, including 7 in10 Midwesterners, called November’s World Series win by the Chicago Cubs to end their 108-year drought memorable. Of nine other pop-culture items tested, two were called memorable by about half of Americans: the death of Prince, David Bowie and Leonard Cohen; and the Olympic victories of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team. The two least-notable events for Americans, of the 10 possible choices in the poll, were the Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt divorce filing and the “Pokemon Go” app game phenomenon, each described by most as forgettable.

Ringing in the New Year About half of Americans plan to celebrate the New Year at home. About 2 in 10 plan to go out to a friend or family member’s home, and 1 in 10 to a bar or restaurant. About a quarter don’t plan to celebrate at all. About 6 in 10 plan to watch the Times Square ball drop, nearly all of whom will watch on TV. The AP-Times Square Alliance Poll of 1,007 adults was conducted online Dec. 9-11, using a sample drawn from GfK’s probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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DC police: Knife-wielding man dies after being shot WASHINGTON — A man fatally shot by an officer on Christmas Day when he refused to drop a knife had stabbed a woman during an argument, according a District of Columbia police report released Monday. Gerald Hall, 29, took the woman’s house keys on Saturday when he left after an argument and he let himself in Sunday without permission. Chante Hill told police that as they argued Sunday, Hall turned on the gas on the home’s stove, spreading a strong odor of natural gas throughout the house and he lit paper towels. She told police that as they struggled, Hall pushed her out of the house. When Hill got back inside with another person, Hill says Hall produced a knife and approached Hill, but the third person was able to take the knife. Hill said Hall produced another knife and stabbed her in the forearm. After a neighbor called police to report loud screaming, officers arrived and ordered Hall several times to drop the

knife, according to the report. Police said Hall refused and was shot. He died at a hospital. Police didn’t give the races of the officer or Hall. Hall’s mother, Angela McCain, tells WRC-TV that her son went to the home of a woman he was seeing to pick up Christmas gifts for his children. He was the father of four children, aged 5, 7, 8 and 10, she said. McCain disputes the report that her son was armed, and said she believes police used excessive force. She said they could have used less lethal force, such as a Taser. “I see it all the time on the news,” McCain said. “And I never thought it would hit home. I’m hurt. He was such a good guy.” One officer is on administrative leave. The department doesn’t identify officers involved in shootings. The officers involved were wearing body cameras and police said footage will be reviewed in the investigation. Associated Press

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Truck drives through road closure, investigator hurt ELKTON — Maryland State Police said a forensic investigator was injured at a fatal crash scene in Cecil County when a pickup truck drove through a road closure. Police said in a statement Monday that 74-year-old Estel Privett was killed in a crash on Pulaski Highway on Saturday. While police investigated that crash, all eastbound lanes were closed. But police say a Toyota Tundra drove through the road closure, hit a State Highway Administration vehicle and a state police vehicle, which then hit a forensic investigator. The investigator and the truck’s driver were taken to a hospital, but police didn’t release their conditions. Police say they believe that impairment by alcohol and controlled dangerous substances contributed to the second crash, but no charges have been filed in either crash. DELAWARE

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Man walking to gas station along I-95 hit, killed WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Virginia State Police say a man was fatally hit by tractor trailer while walking along Interstate 95 after running out of gas. Police say three people were traveling south on Interstate 95 early Monday when their Honda CRV ran out of gas in Prince William County. They pulled over near Route 123 and called 911. Police say they didn’t want to pay for a wrecker and set off for a gas station on foot. About a half mile south, police say one man was hit by a southbound tractor-trailer. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Police identified the man as 22-year-old Isaac Salgado of Lorton. Police say the other two people with him weren’t hurt. WASHINGTON

Refinery cited over crude oil shipping DELAWARE CITY, Del. — Delaware officials are citing the Delaware City Refining for violating a 2013 state order that limits where the company can ship crude oil by barge. The News Journal reports that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control issued a single violation notice to the refinery Friday. Environmentalists hope the citation will help resolve a dispute with refinery owner PBF Energy over where it’s permitted to ship its oil. State officials say a 2013 order limited the final destination of barges loaded with crude oil in Delaware City to another PBF Energy refinery in Paulsboro, New Jersey. Refinery officials

Woman hospitalized after being struck by train WASHINGTON — A woman has been hospitalized after she was struck by a Metro train at the Landover station. Mark Brady, a spokesman for the Prince George’s County Fire Department, said the woman “intentionally moved in front of the Metro train at Landover Station” on Sunday afternoon. Medics removed the woman, who has not been identified, from the underside of the train. The incident caused delays on the Orange Line. Officials say the woman was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. — Wires and staff reports

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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and its partners received a $1.1 million award to help livestock farmers in Maryland carry out conservation practices like raising animals on pasture rather than in confined areas. The money, a Regional Conservation Partnership Program award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will support about 20 livestock farmers who convert cropland to pasture, the USDA said. “Putting livestock back on pasture, as farmers did for generations, is one of the best means for restoring both farm profits and clean water,” Chesapeake Bay Foundation Executive Director Alison Prost said in a statement. “Pasture-raised animals are generally healthier, input costs are lower and farmers are often paid a premium for selling ‘grass-fed’ products.” Converting cropland to pasture also results in less potential runoff of fertilizer

and manure from farms into local streams, Prost said. The projects will target counties within the Upper Potomac watershed, which represent the highest concentration of dairy livestock operations in Maryland, the USDA said. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation expects sign-up for the funds to be available by fall 2017 and encourages farmers interested in learning more about grazing or applying for the funds to contact Rob Schnabel at 443-482-2175 or rschnabel@cbf.org.

Artwork for trees: DNR opens contest to 5th-graders Fifth-graders across Maryland will have a chance to win something for their schools that will last long after they graduate: Trees. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the state’s Forest Conservancy District Boards are inviting fifthgraders in public and private schools around the state to participate in the annual

Arbor Day Poster Contest. The artists responsible for the three winning posters will have trees planted at their schools, the DNR said. The first-place winner will win 15 trees for his or her school, second place will win 10 trees and third place will receive five trees. The theme of this year’s contest is “Trees Are Terrific…and Energy Wise!” Artwork must be done in marker, crayon, paint pens, watercolor, ink, acrylic, regular or colored pencil or tempera paint, and the posters must be no smaller than 81⁄2-by-11 inches and no larger than 22-by 28-inches. Entries must be delivered to a state forest service office by Feb. 24. Teachers will be notified by March 24, the department said.

DNR seeking applicants for bay restoration funding The Maryland Department of Natural Resources plans to award about $25 million next year to local governments and non-

profit organizations for community projects aimed at restoring the Chesapeake Bay and improving water quality. The department is seeking applicants for the funding, which comes through the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund. The fund, which has sent more than $350 million to more than 2,000 projects to date, focuses its resources on “specifically-designed and -implemented projects,” the DNR said. It has helped restore more than 550 acres of wetlands and 222,000 linear feet of stream, according to the DNR. Last year, 21 individual projects received funding from the trust fund. The department is looking for local projects to fund next year that are focused on mitigating and reducing nonpoint source pollution caused by excess nutrients and sediments. Applicants should submit letters of intent to the DNR by Jan. 20 and full proposals by March 31.

Daisy Girl Scout troop donates craft kits to hospital W

hen a member of Daisy Girl Scout Troop 458 of Crofton suffered a severe head injury on a playground and spent weeks at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, the remaining nine members of her troop knew they had to do something to give back to the hospital that healed their friend. The troop members voted and decided to use their cookie sale proceeds to purchase 100 craft kits for 100 children at John’s Hopkins Children’s Center. Over the course of several one-hour troop meetings, the scouts made kits that included Play-Doh, beads, superhero masks, sun catchers, bracelet kits, hand puppets and various other items. The troop was sure to make kits for boys and girls, and children of all ages. Crofton/ On Dec. 2, half the Odenton troop traveled to Johns Melissa Driscoll Hopkins Children’s Krol Center to donate the gifts. “It felt really good (and) I was happy going there to donate (the kits),” said troop member Tara McElhenny. “It made me feel happy that we were giving things to other kids,” said troop member Abigail Weaver. After donating, “(I) felt happy because if the children didn’t have anything to do, that wouldn’t be fair,” said troop member Gabrielle Story. Troop member Sophie Bouvier said she was happy because the kids in the hospital got to do something. “They got to be happy like kids who aren’t in the hospital. (I’m) glad they got to play and be happy just like us,” she said. Daisy Troop 458 has been together for a year and half and is comprised of 10 first-graders, ages six and seven. This project was not the troop’s first community service act. They also donated $60 of their cash donations to purchase cookies for the West County Police Precinct. Daisy Troop 458 will now begin working on their animal badge, and they have earned a Build-A-Bear party for all their community service.

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Daisy Girl Scout Troop 458 donated 100 gift bags for hospitalized children. Pictured are the troop co-leader Nicole Bouvier, leader Heather Carpenter, co-leader Kate Davis, and troop members Rachel Carpenter, Erin Fenno, Emily Davis, Sophie Bouvier, Abigail Weaver, Gabrielle Story, Leilah Owens, Mila Moore, Gabriella Curtis, and Tara McElhenny.

Arundel junior earns Eagle Scout rank Sixteen-year-old Ryan Hogan recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout and was honored by state Sen. Ed Reilly, R-Crofton, and County Council member Jerry Walker,

R-Crofton. Eagle Scout is the highest rank one can achieve in Boy Scouts of America. The culmination of requirements for earning the rank of Eagle Scout is a community service project planned, organized, and managed by a scout. Ryan’s service project was creating an outdoor learning area at Crofton Elementary

School. He constructed four benches and two flower beds in the school’s newly renovated courtyard. Ryan is also a member of the National Honor Society, an active parishioner of Our Lady of the Fields Catholic Church in Crofton, as well as a player on Arundel High School’s baseball team.

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Pedestrian killed while crossing Ritchie Highway A pedestrian was killed on Christmas Eve in Glen Burnie when struck by a car while crossing Ritchie Highway, police said Monday. Eric Barlow, a 52-year-old Glen Burnie man, was in the 7200 block of Ritchie Highway (Route 2) when he walked west and into the path of a northbound Suzuki near Sixth Avenue. He was declared dead by paramedics at the scene and was taken to the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Baltimore for an autopsy. Police determined that the cause of the crash was pedestrian error. The driver of the Suzuki, Robert L. Fowler of Baltimore, was not injured. Police said neither speed nor alcohol were believed to be factors in the crash. It was the seventh pedestrian death in Anne Arundel County in 2016, up from three last year, according to police.

Two injured in head-on crash in Friendship Two Calvert County residents were injured in a head-on collision in Friendship on Saturday, Anne Arundel County Police said. Chelsea Mae Estep, 23, of North Beach, was critically injured in the crash, police said. Carl F. Raulin, 59, of North Beach, suffered serious injuries, according to police. Officers responded to a head-on collision on Friendship Road near Fairhaven Road around 4:15 p.m. An investigation showed that a 2012 Mazda 3 driven by Estep was traveling eastbound on the road when it crossed the centerline and hit a 2004 Hummer H2 heading westbound, police said.

The Hummer was driven by Raulin. Police said the primary cause of the crash was Estep’s failure to remain right of center. A wet roadway and excessive speed by Estep were contributing factors, police said. Estep was flown by helicopter to the University of Maryland Medical Center Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Raulin was taken to Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick. An investigation is being carried out by the Traffic Safety Section and any charges are pending review by the State’s Attorney, police said.

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Whether Williams played on a basketball team or not, whenever he arrived at a new campus to earn another degree or take on a new job, bad luck seemed to descend upon the home team. “Loyola was the worst team in the country the year I graduated,” Williams said. But the 2004 graduate had earned an MBA with a concentration in management. The basketball team of St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, as Williams tells it, languished during the four years he worked there in the Office of Residence Life. Off campus, he was active in a summer league in Philly, playing games of pick-up ball against a lot of top talent. Likewise, the fortunes of the team at George Washington University picked up after Williams earned his Doctorate of Education in Higher Education Administration in 2014. His thesis focused on injured student athletes.

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At each campus, Williams was deeply involved in student life activities, mentoring and leadership roles, community outreach programs — and basketball. It remains to be seen how the Division III Marymount University Saints will fare now that Williams is assistant dean of students at the university’s Arlington, Virginia, campus. His responsibilities include directing orientation programs for incoming undergraduate students, managing campus-wide events such as Welcome Week and Homecoming, and hiring, training and supervising mid-level staff members and 50 student staff members. “Being in education allowed me to spend time with my family, and to play basketball, watch basketball, and coach or help students,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of good mentors and support on my journey. I was shy, and hesitant to get outside my comfort zone,” he said. His job enables him to split his downtime between his parents’ home in Arnold and an off-campus apartment in Arlington he shares with his wife, Sara Williams, the special assistant for the director of athletics at George Washington.

His father, Dr. George Williams Sr. retired three years ago from the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system. He was a longtime guidance counselor at Annapolis High. His mother, also employed by AACPS, retired a year ago as principal of Severn Elementary School. In addition to his doctorate, he’s become certified to provide education benefits to members of the military, veterans and their families through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Williams and his wife enjoy traveling the globe. They’ve visited Turkey, China, South Africa, Italy and Spain. A Mediterranean cruise took them to port cities of Barcelona and Valencia in Spain, and provided the opportunity to visit Rome, Italy. Last summer, they toured Athens and Mykonos, Greece. His love of travel is tied into his desire to disentangle himself from the 24/7 connectivity of the Internet. “It’s challenging for me to disconnect and see the world.” In the U.S., when the couple travels to major cities, their plans usually include seats at a pro basketball game.

“We love watching Redskins games,” he said. “And I’m still in a basketball league in Washington. A few former pros play on the team, too.” He also is active in service work with Miriam’s Kitchen, a soup kitchen in D.C.’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood that provides food and other services for the homeless; and After School All-Stars, whose mission is to provide comprehensive after-school programs that keep children safe and help them succeed in school and in life. “What brings my world together is the intersection of athletics and academics,” Williams said. “You can have a nice marriage between the nerd and the jock. “I’ve excelled at both and am living proof you can do both.” Teens of the Week: Where are they now? is a yearly series running between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. If you were once a Capital Teen of the Week, check in please. If you’d like to be considered for the 2017-18 series, email Wendi Winters and include your update and full contact information including cellphone, email and home phone. Her email address is wwinters@capgaznews.com.

Blizzards, ice storms wreak havoc across the northern Plains CHICAGO — Travel conditions remained hazardous as a winter storm swept across much of the northern Plains on Monday, with blowing and drifting snow forcing the closure of an airport and creating near-zero visibility on some roads. The combination of freezing rain, snow and high winds that forced vast stretches of highways in the Dakotas to be shut down Sunday continued into Monday, and authorities issued no-travel warnings for much of North Dakota. Meanwhile, in parts of the South, unseasonably warm temperatures was raising the risk of tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms. About 3 million people in parts of

Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee could see damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes Monday, the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said, but no major outbreak is expected. Most of North Dakota was to remain under a blizzard warning through Monday afternoon or early evening, according to the National Weather Service in Bismarck. Severe whiteout conditions led to the closure of Minot International Airport, and the facility wasn’t expected to reopen until 3 a.m. Tuesday. The airports serving Fargo and Bismarck also list flight cancellations on their websites. Winds gusting 40 mph to 50 mph

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Montana border to Jamestown. That stretch remained closed Monday. Portions of U.S. Highways 2, 52 and 281 were also closed because of snow, ice and “near zero visibility.” Motorists who drive past the roadblocks can be fined up to $250. No-travel advisories were issued for much of North Dakota, including the Williston, Dickinson, Minot, Bismarck, Jamestown, Valley City and Grand Forks areas. Authorities in South Dakota shut down Interstate 90 from the Wyoming border to Chamberlain — about 260 miles. Associated Press

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Final goodbye: Notable deaths of 2016 By Bernard McGhee Associated Press

Many notables left the world stage in 2016. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who defied the United States at every turn, died in November. The year also saw the deaths of pop music giants David Bowie and Prince. Among the political figures who died in 2016 was the world’s longest reigning monarch: Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Others in the world of public affairs included: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, astronaut and ex-Sen. John Glenn, former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, former Israeli leader Shimon Peres and former first lady Nancy Reagan. In sports, the year saw the passing of Muhammad Ali, golfer Arnold Palmer and Gordie “Mr. Hockey” Howe. Other artists and entertainers who died included author Harper Lee; conductor Pierre Boulez; musicians George Michael, Leonard Cohen, Merle Haggard, Maurice White and Phife Dawg; and actors Gene Wilder, Abe Vigoda, Florence Henderson and Alan Rickman. Here is a roll call of some of those who died in 2016. JANUARY

Pierre Boulez, 90. Former principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic. Jan. 5. Otis Clay, 73. Hall of Fame rhythm and blues artist. Jan. 8. David Bowie, 69. Musician who broke pop and rock boundaries. Jan. 10. Alan Rickman, 69. British stage star and screen villain in the “Harry Potter” saga. Jan. 14. Glenn Frey, 67. Rock ’n’ roll rebel who co-founded the Eagles. Jan. 18. Abe Vigoda, 94. Actor who appeared in TV series “Barney Miller” and “The Godfather” movie. Jan. 26.

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Maurice White, 74. Earth, Wind & Fire founder. Feb. 3. Antonin Scalia, 79. Influential conservative and provocative member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Feb. 13. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 93. Egyptian diplomat who served as U.N. secretarygeneral. Feb. 16. Harper Lee, 89. Elusive author of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Feb. 19. Umberto Eco, 84. Italian author. Feb. 19. MARCH

Pat Conroy, 70. Author of “The Great Santini” and other best-sellers. March 4. Nancy Reagan, 94. Wife, adviser and fierce protector of former President Ronald Reagan. March 6. Rob Ford, 46. Pugnacious, populist former mayor of Toronto. March 22. Phife Dawg, 45. Lyricist and member of groundbreaking hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. March 22. Garry Shandling, 66. Actor and comedian. March 24.

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Patty Duke, 69. Oscarwinning actress. March 29. APRIL

Merle Haggard, 79. Country giant who rose from poverty and prison to international fame. April 6. Doris Roberts, 90. Played meddling mother on “Everybody Loves Raymond.” April 17. Dwayne “Pearl” Washington, 52. Basketball star. April 20. Prince, 57. One of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times. April 21. Tommy Kono, 85. Weightlifter who won two Olympic gold medals for the United States. April 24. MAY

Morley Safer, 84. Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent. May 19. JUNE

Muhammad Ali, 74. Heavyweight champion who captivated the world. June 3. Gordie Howe, 88. NHL

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Elie Wiesel, 87. Holocaust survivor whose classic “Night” launched his career as one of the world’s foremost witnesses and humanitarians. July 2. Michael Cimino, 77. Oscar-winning director. July 2. Clown Dimitri, 80. Swiss clown and mime. July 19. AUGUST

John McLaughlin, 89. Conservative political commentator and television host. Aug. 16. Sonia Rykiel, 86. French designer. Aug. 25. Gene Wilder, 83. Actor with deft comedic touch. Aug. 28. Juan Gabriel, 66. Mexican songwriter and singer. Aug. 28.

Vera Caslavska, 74. Olympic gold medalist who stood up against the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. Aug. 30. SEPTEMBER

Phyllis Schlafly, 92. Conservative activist who helped defeat the Equal Rights Amendment. Sept. 5. Rose Mofford, 94. Arizona’s first female governor. Sept. 15. Edward Albee, 88. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Sept. 16. Arnold Palmer, 87. Golfing great. Sept. 25. Shimon Peres, 93. Former Israeli president and prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Sept. 28. OCTOBER

King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88. World’s longest reigning monarch, he was revered in Thailand. Oct. 13. Junko Tabei, 77. The first woman to climb Mount Everest. Oct. 20. Tom Hayden, 76. 1960s antiwar activist. Oct. 23.

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Janet Reno, 78. First woman to serve as U.S. attorney general. Nov. 7. Leonard Cohen, 82. Canadian singer-songwriter. Nov. 7. Gwen Ifill, 61. Co-anchor of PBS’ “NewsHour.” Nov. 14. Florence Henderson, 82. Broadway star who became beloved television mom in “The Brady Bunch.” Nov. 24. Fidel Castro, 90. Embraced Soviet-style communism and challenged U.S. power during his half-century of rule in Cuba. Nov. 25. DECEMBER

John Glenn, 95. First U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth and U.S. senator. Dec. 8. Alan Thicke, 69. Versatile performer. Dec. 13. Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99. Jetsetting Hungarian actress and socialite. Dec. 18. George Michael, 53. Musician who shot to stardom in WHAM! and moved smoothly into a solo career. Dec. 25.

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Carolina it had diminished to a Category 1 storm, and soon was downgraded to sub-tropical. But Matthew’s remnants lingered, dumping record rains in South and North Carolina and Tidewater Virginia. Rain and flooding hit the lower Delmarva and Ocean City, too. But Annapolis escaped with just a little rain. Other storms threatened early but missed hitting here, or close enough to cause damage or much worry. Tropical Storm Hermine wasn’t so mean after all. After threatening to wash out the first weekend in September, she dropped but a tenth of an inch of rain at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. Tropical Storm Bonnie threatened, but dissipated after hitting the South Carolina coast. Nary a drop of rain fell here. Overall, seven of the 12 months brought monthly average temperatures above normal. September came in with an average daily temperature 4.5 degrees above normal to lead the pack. There were three days in a row above 95 degrees. August was no bargain either. It averaged 4 degrees above normal and it came in as the sixth-warmest ever. When it began raining in the last few days of April no one thought it would continue for a dozen days. There was measurable rain for 12 days straight, the fourth-longest stretch on record. if you include days where just a trace of rain fell, the streak was 15 days. It ended up raining 22 days in May, including the first 11 days of the month. Despite all that, the month ended up with just 5.24 inches of rain, 1.25 inches above normal. The rainiest month was July with 6.09 inches, 2.02 inches above normal and the wettest in 11 years. So what’s in store for the new year? After two Arctic incursions in December, and an extraordinary warm stretch around the North Pole that could send more cold air south, we could be in for a chilly winter to start. After that, anything goes.

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Grover Barham

Grover Barham A wonderful man died today at 8:33 PM. My father died of complications from pneumonia, influenza, heart disease, and kidney failure. Dad was born June 15, 1931 in a little village of less than 200 people in one of the most economically depressed areas of the United States in the middle of the Great Depression. His father died when he was 5 and he was raised by his mother. He was signed to a professional baseball contract by the St. Louis Browns after high school but when the Korean War started his pro baseball career ended. After service in the Marine Corps he started a new phase of life with a big shift in plans. With his baseball glove, the GI Bill, and a cotton picking wife he earned a BS in Engineering from Arkansas State College. He taught High School for 3 years while my mother earned a BS in Physical Education from Arkansas State while having 2 children in that 3 year stretch. Dad then earned a Masters Degree in Math and Physics from Ole Miss. Dad then worked as a traveling Science teacher through 3 states for Oklahoma State University while mom earned her Masters. Dad then taught Math, Physics, and coached all American sports at Jimma Agricultural and Technical School in Ethiopia for 2 years while mom taught all grades of the American kids of the faculty. Returning to America shortly after the Kennedy assassination dad worked for NASA then returned to education as head of all Youth programs for the National Park Service (Job Corps, Young Adult Conservation Corps, and Youth Conservation Corps). Dad stayed in the Park Service as Education Director until his retirement in 1994 after 31 years of service. During all these years mom was an educator as well. Mom and Dad modeled what a marriage is...what it means to share a vision and work toward a shared goal. Not many poor kids escaped the environment they started in. But with determination, discipline, and courage they accomplished much. Mom has been waiting for Dad to join her in heaven. I imagine she is scolding him now asking what took him so long. I’m guessing he told her he, as always, had some work to finish. Thank you dad for being such a wonderful father. Your love of education has left its mark on thousands of young ones. Closer to home it has left a mark on us. Two of your children are educators. All of us have your work ethic. Your family already misses you. We love and respect you. You have left a legacy few will know of, but all who do know of it will say: What a wonderful man he was. Love you dad. He was preceded in death by 3 brothers Paul, John, and Hugo Barham and 2 sisters Virginia Martin and Norma Million. Grover is survived by his 4 children, John A. Barham of Odenton, Elma R. Barham of Severna Park, Grover “Pete” Barham of Columbia, Md., and Geoffrey D. Barham of Millersville, 8 grandchildren Afton Brown, Angela Housley, Dean, Sam, Haley, Sarah, and Maddon Barham, John T. Ellinwood and 4 great grandchild Ethan Brown, Max, Emma and Elise Ellinwood. Semper Fi. Friends may call on Tuesday from 3-5 and 7-9 PM at the Stallings Funeral Home, 3111 Mountain Rd., Pasadena were funeral services will be held at 8 PM and on Thursday at the Fears Funeral Home, Pocahontas, Arkansas with funeral services on Friday. For online condolences, please visit: stallingsfh.com

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Cheryl M. McLeod talks about the Kikombe Cha Umoja, or Unity Bowl, being held by Marion Wenn during a Kwanzaa program held at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Annapolis.

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the group at the church. For about 90 minutes, McLeod led a presentation that explained the seven principles of Kwanzaa – unity, self-determination, cooperative economics, creativity, collective work and responsibility, purpose and faith – the meaning behind the celebration’s symbols and other pieces of African American culture and history. All seven candles on the Kinara were lit as McLeod discussed the principle that each represented. “African Americans ... get our foundation in traditions and in rituals,” McLeod said. “What Kwanzaa does for us, it gives us a discipline in regards to how we carry ourselves daily. So even though Kwanzaa itself is seven days, the principles are those that we wish to envelope every day.” Later in the presentation, the Angelic Dancers, a group of five women all born and raised in Nigeria, performed traditional dances and sang, as others passed out instruments like drums and maracas to people sitting at tables covered in red, green and black, the colors of Kwanzaa. A little girl in pink danced in her seat near an older woman who would play a flute-like instrument during a group musical session later in the afternoon. Donna McPherson Gathright, a parishioner of St. Philip’s, said she liked that the event was so hands-on and participatory. McPherson Gathright knew a little about

Kwanzaa, she said, but had come to Monday’s presentation because she wanted to know more. “I had memorized the seven principle words in Swahili, but sometimes it was lost on me what they meant,” she said. “And now I have a better understanding of that.”

While she doesn’t have a Kinara that she lights in her home, McPherson Gathright said she takes time to reflect each day of Kwanzaa on the seven principles. “Now that I understand it more, I’ll be better able to do that with real meaning,” she said.

Eliiza Hendricks, 5, colors a map of Africa in a Kwanzaa program.

The Angelic Dancers perform at the Kwanzaa program.

Vera Rubin, who did pioneering work on dark matter, dies PRINCETON, N.J. — Vera Rubin, a pioneering astronomer who helped find powerful evidence of dark matter, has died, her son said Monday. She was 88. Allan Rubin, a professor of geosciences at Princeton University, said his mother died Sunday night of natural causes. Vera Rubin found that galaxies don’t quite rotate the way they were predicted, and that lent support to the theory that some other force was at work, namely dark matter. Dark matter, which hasn’t been directly observed, makes up 27 percent of universe — as opposed to 5 percent of the universe being normal matter. Associated Press

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Holiday shopping no longer seasonal Consumers look for sales all year, say retail experts

business,” said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at consumer research firm NPD Group Inc. “It’s a yearlong investment for the consumer. And retailers need to change.” Here’s what’s behind the shift:

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NEW YORK — The holiday shopping season is losing some of its power in the year’s sales. November and December now account for less than 21 percent of annual retail sales at physical stores, down from a peak of over 25 percent, and experts believe it’ll keep dropping. Those extra percentage points would have translated into an extra $70 billion more in buying for last year, says Michael Niemira, principal at The Retail Economist. The season had steadily gained in importance and peaked in the early ’80s, before the dominance of big discounters like Wal-Mart stalled its growth as shoppers began moving away

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Shoppers take a breather Nov. 26 in San Francisco. November and December account for less than 21 percent of annual retail sales at stores.

from department stores. Still, the two-month period held its own through the mid-’90s, when online shopping for deals took hold. “There was a mindset even before online shop-

ping,” said Niemira, whose data goes back to 1967. “But this just accelerated it.” In general, many people are shopping for the holidays all year long now, mirroring the trend for back-to-school items.

Heavy discounting has diluted sales, and with big promotions throughout the year, shoppers no longer hold off making their biggest purchases until the holidays. “It’s no longer a seasonal

Big-ticket items: Stores now offer good deals throughout the year on products like TVs and appliances, making waiting until the end of the year less appealing. “People are not holding back and waiting because they find a good price for all the things they are looking for,” said Rod Sides, vice chairman of Deloitte LLP. Christopher Rogers, a research analyst at Panjiva, which looks at imports, says he has seen a smoothing out of imports during the preholiday shopping season from July to November on key items like apparel, toys and furniture. Retailers usually concen-

trate on the holidays.

Discounting: With fierce competition online, particularly from Amazon, stores are constantly trying to outdo each other and even undercutting themselves on prices from the previous year. Shoppers have been trained to demand deals. Gift cards: Shoppers are

giving more gift cards as holiday presents, which skews holiday sales figures since they aren’t booked as sales until they’re redeemed. Gift cards were ranked second as a top gift this year, behind only clothing, according to NPD. Experiences: Department

stores like Macy’s have been seeing shoppers shifting their spending away from traditional merchandise like clothing and more toward gifts that offer experiences like beauty treatments and other services.

Slick ideas to keep from slipping In icy Alaska, footwear options for staying upright

Q, a downtown boutique. Prices start at $240. Men’s versions are available online. And then there are Kickspikes. Bachmann set out to invent a golf shoe with steel cleats that could be retracted so they didn’t tear up greens. “It turns out that golf is half of 1 percent of the market we’re after,” he said. “We went full-fledge into boots.” One model is aimed at hikers. Some feature safety toes. In industrial settings, users can transition out of cleats without bending over if they have to climb a ladder or walk into a building. The soles are slightly taller and wider than a regular boot but Bachmann swears by their stability. A video on the company website shoes him running behind a Zamboni ice resurfacer between periods at a hockey game. Prices start at $350.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Darrell Bachmann doesn’t wear ruby slippers, but when he clicks his heel, something magical happens. Bachmann invented KickSpikes, a boot designed to walk on ice. Kick a button on the heel and 7mm steel cleats pop out. Kick the button again and the cleats retract, allowing the wearer to walk inside without tearing up floors. “Traction on demand,” he says. Bachmann’s boots are the latest option for secure footwear in icy climates, including Anchorage, where streets are icy up to seven months per year and falling could mean a broken wrist or worse. Alaskans, like Scandinavians, look for technology that will allow them to embrace long winters, said John Clark, running shoe buyer for Skinny Raven, an athletic gear store that caters to runners. The store carries three brands of shoes for running on ice. That niche market, like trail shoes, didn’t exist a few years ago. “People see those types of things and go, ‘This is a tool for me to not just survive winter, but more likely conquer winter,’ ” Clark said. The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute tested 98 winter boots in a study released Nov. 24 and found only 8 percent met minimum slip resistance. None of the tested boots had cleats. No one shoe is perfect for all applications, Clark said, but there are plenty of options for getting outside.

Old standbys Strap-on cleats — mini versions of crampons used

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Stewart Valladolid, boot buyer at B&J Sporting Goods, demonstrates a boot by Korkers featuring interchangeable soles.

by mountaineers — make any shoe an ice shoe. Held on by straps or rubber harnesses, they stretch from toe to heel and put steel teeth on a shoe bottom. They remain a popular choice in Anchorage because they can be transferred between shoes and removed to enter a store. The price: $10 to $70.

Athletic shoes Strap-on cleats can pinch soft running shoes. Swedish manufacturer Icebugs was one of the first to offer running shoes with cleats. Their bottoms are flecked with tungsten carbide studs. The shoes’ popularity led to competition. Skinny Raven offers studded running shoes from two other European manufacturers, Salomon of France and Inov-8 from Great Britain. They range in price from $150 to $220.

Overshoes Galoshes used to be the norm for northern schoolchildren. Neos Overshoe and Tingley Rubber Corp. offer studded overshoes with uppers like wide gaiters that easily fit over a shoe or boot. They’re waterproof and offer an added layer of warmth. Prices start at about $120. “Very handy for the person who doesn’t like to take off his shoes and put on another one,” said Stewart Valladolid, boot buyer at B&J Sporting Goods. One Anchorage flightseeing company provides tourists with the non-slip footwear on flights to glaciers. “A lot of their clients come unprepared,” Valladolid said. “This way, if they’re wearing regular dress shoes, they can pop these on and not lose their toes.” Tingley and LaCrosse

Emma Bohman, a sales associate at Skinny Raven sporting goods, shows two kinds of exterior cleats attached.

also offer more traditional rubber overshoes with studs.

Cleats on the fly For a warm hiking boot with cleats, Anchorage stores offer Korkers, boots with interchangeable outer soles. Agile users can peel off a rubber outsole and snap on one with cleats without tak-

ing the boot off. Prices start at $180. For the fashion-conscious, Canadian manufacturer Pajar offers boots with a hinged insert on the bottom. Flip the insert and cleats appear. Women’s versions have been popular with customers who have had hip or knee replacements, said Alexa Ives, a manager at Shuzy

Do it yourself Valladolid one day received an appeal from a gentleman with feet so wide, he could not find winter boots. The man navigated Anchorage in flip-flops but took a nasty fall. Valladolid showed him Goat Head Sole Spikes — cleats that screw into the bottoms of almost any shoe. A $24 kit includes spikes and a handle to install them. “We studded out his sandals and he was very happy,” Valladolid said. Skinny Raven offers a similar service. For $10, the store will drill case-hardened screws to the bottom of shoes. The service is free for anyone pregnant, disabled or over 60. “We just don’t want people getting hurt,” Clark said. “We don’t want that to be a limiting factor for people. It’s not that big of a deal for us. We should be doing something nice for those people to encourage them to be out.”

Trump inauguration team taps power of social media By Roxanne Roberts

The Washington Post

Can’t make it to Washington for the inauguration? No problem — the Presidential Inaugural Committee will bring it to you. The committee recently launched its official website — 58pic2017.org — and it includes basic information on the pre-inaugural concert, the inaugural parade and all the social media venues on which you can

follow the action at home. The idea, says PIC Communications Director Boris Epshteyn, is for as many people to be part of the celebration as possible. “Our comprehensive social media profile is going to give Americans across the country the best seat in the house to this historic event,” Epshteyn said. “We’ll be using interactive technologies and live streaming capabilities that will allow every person to join in

President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Pence’s inclusive and uplifting celebration.” Twitter, of course, is Donald Trump’s favorite way of speaking to his 17 million followers @realDonaldTrump. Because he has documented every step of his ascent to leader of the free world, it’s fair to assume that he’ll be weighing in on his inaugural plans as well. The inaugural committee set up its own Twitter ac-

count — @trumpinaugural — this month. Since most of the events are still in the planning stages, the account has mostly been full of cheery updates and historical factoids about former presidents. There’s also a Facebook page, a YouTube channel and an Instagram account. An online store with commemorative inaugural products is in the works. The website will also include information for the

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public seeking tickets for the January events. The Jan. 19 “Welcome Concert” on the Mall is the official kickoff to the inaugural events, according to the website. The lineup of entertainers has not been announced, but both the president-elect and the vice president-elect will appear onstage. The PIC will sell a limited number of general admission concert tickets after Jan. 1 and will release in-

formation about some free, nonticketed areas where it will be possible to watch the show. The PIC will also release a limited number of bleacher seats for the inaugural parade after details have been finalized; the price will be posted at that time. Tickets for the swearingin are distributed by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and members of Congress.

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Leslie Mann discovers a happy place in comedy By Randee Dawn Los Angeles Times

Comedy is something of an accident for Leslie Mann. Over the last 25 years, she’s covered her resume largely with comedies (including several directed by her husband, Judd Apatow) and is now appearing in a movie nestled within the comedy world, “The Comedian.” But for Mann, funny business actually is more therapy than laughs, and she’s OK if she never ends up starring in her own film. While in New York recently, Mann shared tea and chatted. The following is an edited transcript. Q: You’re no small potatoes, but there’s a certain titanic quality to some of your co-stars in “The Comedian”: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Danny DeVito, Patti LuPone. How do you avoid being intimidated? A: I’m still intimidated. It was terrifying to be around all those guys who I’ve grown up watching my whole life and worshipping them and then sitting in a room with them. I don’t think I ever got super-relaxed. Q: So it must have been quite interesting to have a romantic scene with De Niro. A: It was like 4 in the morning, and we were all exhausted. We were in this position so they could light it, and we would lean our foreheads against each other, closing our eyes and resting. That’s what went on behind the scenes! Q: The movie’s about the comedy world, but it’s dark. Is that a tone you prefer to slapstick? A: Always. My favorite movie is “Harold and Maude.” I used to watch it as a kid because this was in

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Leslie Mann appears in the upcoming dark comedy “The Comedian,” which co-stars Robert De Niro among others.

the days of VCRs, and it was the only movie we had. It was my comfort movie. I don’t know if I’ve ever done a slapstick comedy. I never think of things when I read them as comedies; I always read things like they’re dramas. Q: Did you set out to be a comedic actress? A: No. I remember going on auditions and taking myself very seriously, and people would be chuckling or laughing. It really threw me, and I was like, “What are they laughing at?” I think there’s something off about me. Q: What do you get out of acting, beyond, say, a large paycheck? A: No large paychecks; I wound up paying money to do this movie. Q: Really? A: Well, no. At the end of the day, probably. But I was happy, and that was fine with me. When I haven’t worked in a little while, I get this need to be creative and express something. If I don’t have that, I start to lose my mind.

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udging by a flurry of media attention, the ancient philosophy of stoicism is having a resurgence right now, with Silicon Valley billionaires listening to talks on the teachings of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. A key stoic precept comes from Epictetus: “Some things are in our control and others not.” In other words, we can’t control everything that may happen to us — we can just control how we think about it and how we act. That’s good advice in general, and especially good advice for local officials waiting to see if upcoming changes in federal policy by the Donald Trump administration — which may be dramatic in some areas — affect what they’re doing. In the short run, the biggest question for Annapolis may be what happens to city public housing, assuming Dr. Ben Carson — a retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate with no background in housing — becomes the secretary of the

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federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which funds the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis. Authority officials, reasonably enough, are taking a wait-and-see approach. There’s nothing they can do about this anyway, and speculation about what Carson might do won’t be of any use. At the moment, they are embroiled with HUD officials over whether $3 million in federal money was properly spent. Recent federal audits found inadequate documentation of that spending, and the feds could ask that the money be repaid. Mayor Mike Pantelides, meanwhile, says that he has met with HUD officials about the housing authority’s problems, some of which caused him to order city inspections of properties. He said he’s excited about the prospect of Carson taking the reins at HUD, and hopes the agency will do a complete audit of the authority’s finances, put in a better management team and provide money

to help with maintenance. “I hope to get a message to (Carson) …,” the mayor said. “It would be a dream come true to have him come down here and walk the properties.” While we don’t know if any of this will come to pass, we strongly suspect Carson won’t reverse the general HUD policy of cutting funding and pushing for public-private partnerships. If anything, he’ll accelerate it. In spite of reluctance in the communities the Annapolis organization oversees, the number of units under the authority’s control has dropped in three years from 1,100 to less than 800 – and we expect that trend to continue. Pantelides’ appointees now have a majority on the city authority’s board, and it’s up to them to get administrators in place who can repair the effects of past mismanagement. But they’ll just have to see what changes of direction come from Washington — and figure out how to cope with them.

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The column in The Capital about cat overpopulation (Dec. 12) didn’t tell the whole story or offer a realistic solution. Here are the facts: In Maryland, 45,000 cats and dogs have been euthanized every year for the past10 years running, at a cost of $8 million to $9 million to the taxpayer. Most of the animals euthanized are cats. When people learn these facts, the standard response is shock and dismay. How can a responsible government allow such an appalling waste of lives and money without making positive changes? Isn’t it obvious by now that the county policy — in place for decades, without change — of trapping and euthanizing cats isn’t working? It’s high time for County Executive Steve Schuh to try something different, something that will utilize the funds available in the Maryland Statewide Spay Neuter Program enacted in 2013. First and foremost, the county should immediately pass a trap-neuter-return, or TNR, bill that will inform and encourage citizens to implement a community cat program in their neighborhoods. Hillsmere just completed a highly successful TNR campaign, trapping, neutering and returning to trained caregivers over 20 cats that will no longer be able to reproduce. Funds from the statewide spay-neuter program were utilized. Second, the county government needs to do more to encourage citizens to be responsible pet owners, e.g., to not abandon their cats, to keep them inside and to have them spayed or neutered. Just these two simple steps will have immediate and positive ramifications. The cat population will drop, shelters will be less crowded, wildlife will suffer fewer negative effects, citizens living near community cats will notice their more subdued behavior and tax dollars will be saved. CAROLYN KILBORN Annapolis Editor’s note: The writer is a founder and board member of Maryland Votes For Animals.

Pantone blight In response to the Chicago Tribune article “Bringing Pantone’s color of the year into

your life” (The Capital, Dec. 24): Not to squiggle out of the point of the article published on Christmas Eve, but something needs to be aired about Pantone. This “Color of the Year” business Pantone touts is great and wonderful. However, as one who has used Pantone’s tools for well over four decades I think I have a point well worth mentioning. There are many people in the printing industry — yes, it still does exist, despite the digital world we are contorted to use — who have suffered from the use of Pantone’s color guides. I worked for a printing ink company that worked in collaboration to develop the original Pantone color guide back in the early 1970s. It was designed so a printing press could carry a reasonable amount of ink film to achieve the density of the color chips in the guide. Through acquisition and as a means to raise capital, the Pantone printers’ guides have grown from 483 colors on coated and uncoated substrate in 1972 to thousands that print designers have to choose from. This is OK for Pantone and all right for the designers, but is a tragic thing that must be reckoned with on offset printing presses by ink-makers and press operators who

can’t deliver an often unachievable color density because Pantone has strayed away from the original concept of equal balanced ink films to enable the reaching of book density. It is a shame that people like me have to suffer as users of the guides for practical means. Color of the Year, great. But consider the reality and the revelation for most of this entity known as Pantone. DAVID STRAUB Crofton

Get over it As a Republican who didn’t vote for Donald Trump, it’s interesting to watch my Democratic friends worry now that Trump is going to be president. In recent years, I haven’t seen too many statesmen from either party, and yet the Democrats believe a nonpolitician as president will be the end of this country, or maybe the world! Get over it — you had a bad candidate who was almost beaten by a socialist in the primaries. RIC CAMPBELL Severna Park

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n just four days, we will be welcoming a new year, 2017. However, before we say goodbye to 2016, I just wanted to share some observations about the high and low points the year had for me. One of my great joys this year was to be able to celebrate my mother’s 100th birthday in January at the annual Dr. Guest Martin Luther King column Jr. Awards Dinner and Reception at the Carl Snowden La Fontaine Bleue in Glen Burnie. Hundreds gathered to celebrate the birthdays of the Rev. King and my mom. What a joy to participate in this celebration. On Jan. 13 next month, we hope to once again celebrate both her and the Rev. King’s birthdays. One of my lowest points was the death of my friend Alan Legum. He was my confidant, lawyer and trusted ally. One of the things that I most enjoyed doing with Alan was reading books and then discussing them over a leisurely lunch. We read the trilogy of Taylor Branch books on the Rev. King, Malcolm X and the civil rights movement. We would spend time reflecting on where the nation was headed. He would share with me his love for his family and his wife Emily. I would tell him about my sons and how they were progressing. We would talk about politics and current events. When Alan died earlier this year, with the permission of his family, we created an award in his name that will be given at both the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Dinner and the breakfast held at Anne Arundel Community College. This was also the year that, as of this writing, 10 homicides occurred in Annapolis — a record, and something that every Annapolitan knows is unacceptable. Many of the victims were young people. Their families will always remember 2016 as the year they did not spend Christmas with their loved ones. Politics, a staple in this town, was going full blast. The 2016 presidential election was filled with some of the most coarse and uncivil discourse that I had ever heard. Women were demeaned, Latinos were insulted, the disabled were made fun of and Donald J. Trump won, despite all of this. Next month he will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. I suspect the great wall that he promised to build will go the way of “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage” that Herbert Hoover promised when he won the presidency in 1928. We all know how that turned out. Democrats won in Anne Arundel County by a slim margin, but by a huge one in Annapolis, where Hillary Clinton carried the city by 62 percent. Now, Annapolis voters are preparing for municipal elections next year. As in the presidential election, this local election will have citizens engaged as never before. There is a lot at stake. We also witnessed some progress this year. The Caucus of African-American Leaders, the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union were able to get the Annapolis Police Department to do a pilot body camera program. We saw area churches seeking to bring people together to improve race relations in the city and county. Yes, 2016, has been a year of great joy and sadness. Yet I have faith the future. I know that we as a nation will be faced with many challenges. I am well aware that these challenges will be both painful and powerful — painful because they will involve issues that we thought were long resolved, powerful because we will see in Annapolis a reawakening of activism. To all who read this column: I wish you and your family a happy new year, filled with promise and hope — a new year that reminds us all that life is short, so you should enjoy every minute you can with a loved one. A Luta Continua, which means in Portuguese, the struggle continues. Carl Snowden is a longtime civil rights activist from Annapolis. Contact him at carl_snowden@hotmail.com.

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MILITARY BOWL

Demon Deacons stand between Owls and final goal

No. 23 Temple heavy favorite in Annapolis By Brian Burden

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Temple redshirt senior linebacker Avery Williams (Archbishop Curley) was very clear what the focus was for the 24thranked Owls leading up to today’s 2016 Military Bowl, presented by Northrop Grumman, against Wake Forest. “One of our goals was to win the conference championship game, and the other was to get that 11th win and become the greatest Temple team ever,” Williams said. Despite the loss of head coach Matt

Rhule to Baylor earlier this month and the ensuing hire of Florida defensive coordinator Geoff Collins as the team’s new head coach a week later, interim coach Ed Foley has the Owls prepared and focused on the only thing the team can control, and that is the task of defeating the Demon Deacons at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. “These last two weeks have been awesome and the kids have taken very well to what we are doing,” Foley said. “I am just trying to get the kids to the bowl, that is all. We have good senior leaders and it has been a good transition for us.” The bowl season is a typical time for distractions, what with the prolonged period between games and the influx in coach hirings and firings across the

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landscape. Rhule’s hiring is a reflection of the work he did at Temple, which has accomplished back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time in school history. Wake Forest, in its first bowl game since 2011, has had a similar experience. The team’s rise from back-to-back three-win seasons to a 6-6 finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference has been credited heavily to

the defensive side of the ball and defensive coordinator Mike Elko was recently hired to take over the same position at Notre Dame. Elko is staying on through the bowl game for the Demon Deacons, and their explosive, physical defense has the task of stopping Temple’s dynamic offense. “They haven’t seen a defense like ours,” Wake Forest senior linebacker Marquel Lee said. “Coach Elko has prepared us really well for this game and we are confident in our abilities. We still have some fine-tuning to do, but the guys are anxious to get out there.” Lee (98 tackles, 71⁄2 sacks), redshirt freshman strong safety Jessie Bates (93 tackles, 5 interceptions) and redshirt junior defensive end Duke Ejiofor (15 tackles for See MILITARY, page B4

QUICK LANE BOWL BOSTON COLLEGE 36 MARYLAND 30

Terps end season on a losing note Mistake-prone Terps close coach DJ Durkin’s first season with a defeat By Don Markus The Baltimore Sun

DETROIT — The Maryland football team came to Ford Field the day after Christmas looking to fill first-year coach DJ Durkin’s stocking with a victory over Boston College in the Quick Lane Bowl and, even more importantly, a winning record. But a sloppy start Monday left the Terps looking at 16-point deficits at three junctures in the first half, and they eventually fell into a 23-point hole early in the third quarter. Though Maryland made things interesting late in the game, Durkin’s inaugural season ended with a 36-30 defeat and a 6-7 record. While crediting the Eagles, a clearly frustrated Durkin called his team’s fifth defeat in its past six games an “extremely tough loss.” “We made far too many mistakes to win a game; I really feel we shot ourselves in the foot way too many times in that game with penalties and then turnovers,” he said. “... The positive coming out is that you have a bunch of guys in that locker room that really care about each other and really played and fought till the end. There were plenty of times in that game when they could have tanked it and moved on and you didn’t see that.” The game played before an announced 19,117 in the mostly empty 65,000-seat NFL stadium. In reality, the attendance might have been half that number. Much of the game appeared to summarize the season for the Terps. It was highlighted by another breathtaking performance by sophomore running back Ty Johnson, as well as continued struggles for fifth-year senior quarterback Perry Hills and his young offensive line. Johnson finished with 159 yards on 15 carries and two long touchdowns, a 62yarder to get the Terps on the board and a

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Matt Milano (28) of the Boston College Eagles sacks quarterback Perry Hills of the Maryland Terrapins during the first quarter of Monday’s game at Ford Field in Detroit.

30-yarder that cut into a 23-7 lead for Boston College (7-6), which led 29-13 at halftime. Except for a pair of long touchdown passes in the third quarter, Hills had a difficult afternoon in his final game. He was sacked eight times, he fumbled and he was intercepted deep in his team’s territory in the first half. He then fumbled

BOYS BASKETBALL

Knights beginning to raise expectations North County beats Bruins for 5th victory in a row By Brian Burden

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Chris Schrader is working with what he calls a “very special group of boys” at North County, and the expectations are being raised as each day passes. Daiton Lopez had a team-high 20 points while Zavion Spence added 16 points and five rebounds as the Knights held off Broadneck, 78-71, to win their opening game at the 15th annual J.T. Bogle Invitational on Monday North County will play for the tourna-

ment championship Tuesday at 7 p.m. against host Glen Burnie. “I love these boys. They have worked so hard, and they have shown me so much, that they have raised the expectations here,” Schrader said after North County picked up its fifth consecutive win. The Knights jumped out to a 12-2 lead and led 35-19 at the half. “Earlier today, we had a good shootaround, and that got us warmed up and motivated,” Lopez said. “We knew the crowd would not necessarily be with us, so we needed to create our own energy on defense.” However, holiday tournament games, especially ones played the day after ChristSee BOGLE, page B12

on second down at the Eagles’ 1-yard line with a little over four minutes remaining in the game. The Terps trailed by nine at the time of the turnover. “The ball’s on the half-yard line; we’ve got to get the ball in the end zone, let alone turn it over,” Durkin said. “A couple of plays before that, we were on the 2-yard line in a 22-man mosh pit and had a holding penalty

called on us. Just one thing after another.” Boston College returned the favor by fumbling inside its 10, but Maryland managed just a 23-yard field goal by junior Adam Greene (Broadneck). On his team’s final chance in the last two minutes, two of Hills’ passes were deflected at the line of scrimmage and he was sacked for the final See TERPS, page B4

RAVENS

Little to play for but pride and a win

Eliminated from playoffs after loss to Pittsburgh, focus turns to the Bengals By Jeff Zrebiec The Baltimore Sun

There will be weeks, even months, to review the roster, make decisions on free agents and decide on a game plan to fortify a team that wasn’t quite good enough when it needed to be this season. There’s still one game left to play, however, and that’s what has Ravens coach John Harbaugh’s attention this week. Less than 24 hours after the Ravens had

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MARYLAND MEN’S BASKETBALL

Terps looking to hit their stride

By Don Markus The Baltimore Sun

Injuries often clouded Mark Turgeon’s opinion of his Maryland men’s basketball teams going into conference openers through the first five years of his tenure in College Park, and this season is no different. While the progress of past teams was slowed when the guards have been hurt — from Pe’Shon Howard to Seth Allen to Dez Wells — this year’s team has been stymied by injuries to its two true centers. Junior Michal Cekovsky has seemingly recovered from the hamstring and foot problems that kept him out of a bulk of preseason practice and the first four games of the season, but senior Damonte Dodd is still dealing with a sprained knee ligaBig Ten ment going into toopener day’s Big Ten opener. ILLINOIS@ Dodd, who hurt MARYLAND his left knee in pracToday, 5 p.m. tice after having one TV: ESPN2 of his best games as a Radio: Terp (12 points, eight 105.7 FM, rebounds, three 980 AM blocks against Oklahoma State on Dec. 3) could miss his fifth straight game today when Maryland (12-1) plays Illinois (10-3) at Xfinity Center. Redshirt sophomore forward Ivan Bender missed some preseason practice with a fractured wrist and later sat out a game with a bruised knee, and redshirt sophomore guard Dion Wiley missed last Tuesday night’s win over Charlotte in Baltimore with a sprained wrist and an earlier win over Towson with the stomach flu. Wiley should be back for the Big Ten opener. As a result, Turgeon has had his full complement of players only once this season. “It’s been tough at this point to reach our full potential,” Turgeon said on a teleconference Monday. “So yeah, I don’t think we’ve been able to improve at the rate I’d like us to improve or figure out how we’re going to play because of injuries.” That he has started three freshmen for nearly the entire season — guard Anthony Cowan and wing Kevin Huerter have started every game, and forward Justin Jackson has started all but the first two — hasn’t hurt the Terps so far, Turgeon said. “The freshmen have been pretty consistent, to be honest with you,” Turgeon said. “[I’m] proud of them. I think our guard play has been terrific. That’s what has kept us in it.” Maryland’s only loss — a 73-59 thumping by Pittsburgh at Xfinity Center on Nov. 29 in

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Maryland forward L.G. Gill (10) looks for a rebound on a free throw attempt in the second half of a game against Jacksonville State Dec. 12 in College Park. Maryland won 92-66.

the ACC-Big Ten Challenge — came against the biggest team the Terps have faced before Illinois. The Terps came into the game against the Panthers two days after winning two back-to-back, down-to-the-wire games over Richmond and Kansas State in the Barclays Center Classic. And they could face another physical test from the Fightin’ Illini. “I think the Pittsburgh game is just where we were at the time. It had nothing to do with matchups. We were just exhausted in that game,” Turgeon said. “I hate making excuses; it was a different game. I think this team is bigger and they score a little bit better on the block. This team is much bigger and stronger than Pittsburgh.” Statistically, Maryland ranks in the bottom half of the Big Ten in nearly every category, including 12th in field goal percentage (.439), 11th in 3-point shooting

NHL STANDINGS

(.340), 10th in rebounding difference (plus 3.4) and 13th in assists (13.2). Despite those deficiencies, the Terps are 12-1 for the third time in Turgeon’s tenure. Asked whether winning so many close games — and having to come back from second-half deficits in half of the team’s victories — is an indication of how resilient the Terps are or of how much room there is for improvement, Turgeon said that he can see it both ways. “We’ve done some amazing things late in games, and when our backs are against the wall we defend well enough and we execute at a high level,” Turgeon said. “We’re nowhere near where we could be had we stayed healthy and where we can be if we can get healthy down the road..” With only one top-50 win — over Oklahoma State — the question remains as to how many wins in the Big Ten will help get the Terps their third straight NCAA

NBA STANDINGS

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NBA WIZARDS 107 BUCKS 102

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ROW

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CON

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L10

STK

Chicago Minnesota St. Louis Nashville Dallas Winnipeg Colorado

22 21 18 15 14 16 12

9 8 12 13 14 17 20

5 4 5 5 7 3 1

49 46 41 35 35 35 25

102 102 98 94 89 95 67

86 66 103 94 106 105 106

36 33 35 33 35 36 33

20 20 17 14 14 14 12

2-1 1-2 1-1 1-3 0-0 2-1 0-1

23 15 14 15 15

7 16 15 17 18

— 81⁄2 81⁄2 9 91⁄2

3-4 4-4 4-3 3-3 3-3

17-5 11-9 10-11 8-11 9-11

16-2 9-6 10-7 11-5 9-7

8-2 4-6 4-6 4-6 3-7

L-1 W-1 L-1 L-3 W-1

1-0 0-0 0-2 3-1 0-0

PACIFIC San Jose Edmonton Anaheim Los Angeles Calgary Vancouver Arizona

21 18 17 17 18 14 11

12 12 12 13 16 18 18

1 6 6 3 2 3 5

43 42 40 38 38 31 27

87 105 96 87 94 86 75

75 97 99 84 103 109 108

34 36 34 33 36 35 34

19 16 16 16 16 11 8

2-0 2-2 1-1 1-3 2-1 3-1 3-1

Cleveland Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Detroit ATLANTIC Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia SOUTHEAST Charlotte Atlanta Washington Orlando Miami

22 18 16 8 7

8 13 14 22 23

— 41⁄2 6 14 15

5-0 5-1 1-3 0-5 1-3

13-4 14-5 8-8 3-14 5-12

11-5 6-6 11-5 7-8 5-14

8-2 6-4 5-5 3-7 3-7

W-4 W-1 L-1 W-1 L-3

1-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-2

17 15 14 15 10

14 16 16 18 21

— 2 21⁄2 3 7

4-1 3-4 3-5 4-3 3-4

11-10 11-7 10-11 8-12 5-13

10-6 7-7 11-6 7-10 5-11

5-5 5-5 7-3 5-5 3-7

L-1 L-1 W-1 W-2 L-1

0-3 0-0 1-2 1-0 1-1

W 23 22 23 20 20 15 13 13

L 5 8 12 8 12 11 14 14

OL 4 5 1 4 4 7 7 6

PT 50 49 47 44 44 37 33 32

GF 110 121 119 87 110 88 80 90

GA 65 100 89 69 108 90 102 102

GP 32 35 36 32 36 33 34 33

ROW 21 20 21 19 16 13 11 12

SO 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-3 4-3 2-4 2-2 1-2

21 20 18 17 15 14 15 12

9 11 14 15 14 12 15 13

4 3 3 3 6 7 4 8

46 43 40 37 36 35 34 32

104 88 85 100 85 97 83 71

76 89 87 98 97 95 96 91

34 34 36 35 35 33 34 33

20 17 16 15 12 14 10 11

1-1 3-1 2-1 2-2 3-4 0-5 5-0 1-5

EASTERN CONFERENCE METROPOLITAN Columbus Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers Washington Philadelphia Carolina New Jersey N.Y. Islanders ATLANTIC Montreal Ottawa Boston Tampa Bay Florida Toronto Detroit Buffalo

2 pts for win; 1 for OT/SO loss; ROW-regulation+OT wins

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19 18 13 13 10

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— 1 6 7 9

3-2 4-2 3-5 4-1 0-4

10-7 13-9 8-10 9-14 4-14

12-6 10-7 6-8 8-7 5-11

6-4 6-4 5-5 1-9 4-6

W-3 L-3 W-1 L-6 W-1

3-1 0-0 0-3 2-1 1-1

27 22 14 12 9

5 11 17 22 22

— 51⁄2 121⁄2 16 171⁄2

6-1 2-2 2-2 4-4 1-6

18-4 15-6 10-9 7-13 3-18

12-2 11-6 7-6 7-7 5-9

8-2 6-4 6-4 2-8 3-7

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0-1 0-1 0-3 0-0 3-2

25 23 20 12 9

6 9 13 21 22

— 21⁄2 6 14 16

6-1 5-3 4-0 1-6 1-7

14-4 17-6 12-5 5-18 6-14

9-4 11-3 12-7 8-10 6-8

8-2 8-2 5-5 5-5 5-5

W-2 W-1 L-1 W-2 L-1

0-0 2-0 4-1 2-3 1-1

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RESULTS, SCHEDULE SCHEDULE, RESULTS TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 Washington!, at NY Islanders, 7 Ottawa at NY Rangers, 7 Boston at Columbus, 7 Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 Minnesota at Nashville, 8 Winnipeg at Chicago, 8:30 Calgary at Colorado, 9 Dallas at Arizona, 9 San Jose at Anaheim, 10 FRIDAY’S RESULTS NY ISLANDERS 5, Buffalo 1 Minnesota 7, NY RANGERS 4 New Jersey at Pittsburgh, late WASHINGTON 4, Tampa Bay 0 COLUMBUS 2, Montreal 1 Detroit 4, FLORIDA 3 (SO) CAROLINA 3, Boston 2 (OT)

tournament bid. One thing is clear: Junior guard Melo Trimble will have to stay healthy for Maryland to get there. Trimble appears to have emerged from a prolonged shooting slump the past two games (13-for-19 overall, 7-for-11from 3-point range), and so have the Terps (54-for-102 overall, 22-for-42 on 3-pointers). “We set ourselves up pretty well being 12-1 to start the year,” Trimble said after the Terps beat Charlotte. “We just have to … keep doing what we are doing. “The Big Ten is different. Every game is not going to be easy. Every team is going to give us their best shot, just like they did in nonconference. Practice has to be better and the way we approach games has to be better.” NOTE: Maryland’s home game against Nebraska on Sunday will start at noon. don.markus@baltsun.com

LEADERS Colorado 2, CHICAGO 1 (OT) DALLAS 3, Los Angeles 2 (OT) Toronto 4, ARIZONA 1 CALGARY 4, Vancouver 1 SAN JOSE 3, Edmonton 2 (OT) No games scheduled Saturday-Monday THURSDAY’S RESULTS Carolina 3, BUFFALO 1 COLUMBUS 7, Pittsburgh 1 NEW JERSEY 4, Philadelphia 0 Minnesota 4, MONTREAL 2 OTTAWA 2, Anaheim 1(OT) TAMPA BAY, St. Louis 2 Boston 3, FLORIDA 1 Los Angeles 4, NASHVILLE 0 Toronto 6, COLORADO 0 Winnipeg 4, VANCOUVER 1 Home team in CAPS

GOAL SCORING 23: Crosby, Pitt 19: Laine, Win 19: Pastrnak, Bos 17: Carter, LA 16: Hossa, Chi

ASSISTS 28: McDavid, Edm 24: Getzlaf, Ana 24: Kane, Chi 24: Karlsson, Ott 24: Voracek, Phi

POWER PLAY GOALS 8: Crosby, Pitt 8: Draisaitl, Edm 8: Simmons, Phi 7: Atkinson, Col 7: Kesler, Ana Through Thursday

Sullivan gets extension from Pens Mike Sullivan’s arrival in Pittsburgh last season provided the spark that turned the Penguins’ listless season around. The franchise rewarded its fiery head coach with a three-year contract extension on Monday that will keep Sullivan with the team through 2019-20. The 48-year-old Sullivan took over for Mike Johnson last December and guided the team on a spirited run that finished with the Penguins earning their fourth Stanley Cup. Sullivan is 55-24-10 with Pittsburgh, the second-best point total in the NHL over that span. General manager Jim Rutherford said Sullivan “did the best coaching job in the NHL last season.” Sullivan has kept the momentum going. The Penguins, who play in New Jersey on Tuesday, are currently second in the Metropolitan Division, one point behind Columbus. News services

MONDAY’S RESULTS WASH 107, Milwaukee 102 ORLANDO 112, Memphis 102 BROOKLYN 120, Charlotte 118 DETROIT 106, Cleveland 90 CHICAGO 90, Indiana 85 NEW ORLEANS 111, Dallas 104 HOUSTON 131, Phoenix 115 MINNESOTA 104, Atlanta 90 Toronto 95, PORTLAND 91 Denver 106, LA CLIPPERS 102 SACRAMENTO 102, Phila 100 TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE Memphis at Boston, 7:30 Oklahoma City at Miami, 7:30 Houston at Dallas, 8:30 Utah at LA Lakers, 10:30 WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE Indiana at Washington, 7

Charlotte at Orlando, 7 New York at Atlanta, 7:30 Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:30 Brooklyn at Chicago, 8 LA Clippers at New Orleans, 8 Phoenix at San Antonio, 8:30 Minnesota at Denver, 9 Sacramento at Portland, 10 Toronto at Golden State, 10:30 SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE Boston 119, NEW YORK 114 CLEVELAND 109, GOLDEN STATE 108 SAN ANTONIO 119, Chicago 100 OKLAHOMA CITY 112, Minnesota 100 LA LAKERS 111, LA Clippers 102 Home team in CAPS Jan. 5: 10-day contracts can be signed. Jan. 10: All contracts guaranteed for the remainder of the season.

Through Monday

LEADERS SCORING

PTS AVG

Westbrook, OKC Davis, NOR Cousins, SAC DeRozan, TOR Harden, HOU Lillard, POR Thomas, BOS Durant, GOL James, CLE Leonard, SAN Butler, CHI Curry, GOL Irving, CLE Wall, WAS Antetonmpo, MIL Anthony, NYK Walker, CHA Towns, MIN

984 891 843 805 849 865 728 838 688 755 728 772 644 634 656 659 654 666

31.7 29.7 29.1 27.8 27.4 27.0 27.0 26.2 25.5 24.4 24.3 24.1 23.9 23.5 23.4 22.7 22.6 22.2

League: Missed calls went Cavs’ way NEW YORK — The NBA said two calls were missed in the final moments of the Cavaliers’ victory over the Warriors on Sunday, and both aided the Cavs in their one-point victory. The league said LeBron James should have been assessed a technical foul for deliberately hanging on the rim after his dunk with 1 minute, 43 seconds remaining, and that Cavaliers forward Richard Jefferson should have been called for fouling the Warriors’ Kevin Durant on the game’s final play. Jefferson’s feet appeared to get tangled with Durant’s on that last play. Durant tumbled to the floor and could only manage a one-handed fling toward the basket as time expired. The Cavaliers won the NBA Finals rematch 109-108. Afterward, Durant showed his displeasure over the lack of a call from the officiating crew. “I fell. And I didn’t fall on my own,” he told reporters. News services

24.0

Career scoring average for LeBron James in regular season games against the Pistons. That number is the lowest against any Eastern Conference opponent.

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Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) grabs a loose ball against Milwaukee Bucks guard Tony Snell, left, during the first half Monday night in Washington.

Porter, Wall push Wizards to 107-102 comeback win vs Bucks By IAN QUILLEN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Otto Porter scored 32 points and grabbed13 rebounds, John Wall had18 points a season-high 16 assists and the Washington Wizards came from behind to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 107-102 on Monday night. Bradley Beal scored 22 points as Washington turned the game around on a15-2 fourth-quarter run. Markieff Morris added 18 in the Wizards’ sixth-straight home win and seventh this season after trailing by double figures. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Bucks, who had beaten the Wizards by 27 points in Milwaukee on Friday. Milwaukee’s Tony Snell made a career-high six 3-pointers and set a season high with 20 points, but missed a baseline 3-point attempt late that could’ve tied it at 105-all. Down 10 early in the fourth quarter, Washington roared back while holding Milwaukee to just one field goal over a stretch of 6:41. Beal hit a 3-pointer from each Wing and Wall hit a runner before finding Morris for a baseline jumper that put Washington up 99-98 with 3:10 left. Beal added a pair of free throws to complete the stretch. After Jabari Parker’s dunk closed it to a point, Porter answered with another 3 to make it 104-100, and the Bucks would get no closer than three after that. IN THE SHOES?: After struggling in the first half and not hitting a field goal until 1:15 left in the second quarter, Wall changed into a pair of fluorescent orange sneakers. He scored 16 of his points after halftime and reached his team-leading 18th double-double before the third quarter was over.

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Tuesday, December 27, 2016 THE CAPITAL

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HEART OF DALLAS BOWL

SPORTS ON TV Washington St.

TUESDAY, DEC. 27 COLLEGE BASKETBALL 3 p.m. ESPN2 — Northwestern at Penn St. 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Illinois at Maryland 7 p.m. MASN — Howard at VCU CSNP — Cornell at Syracuse ESPN2 — Rutgers at Wisconsin ESPNU — Kent St. at Texas SEC — Lander at South Carolina 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Michigan St. at Minnesota ESPNU — SMU at Memphis COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ESPN — Heart of Dallas Bowl, Army vs. North Texas, 3:30 p.m. ESPN — Military Bowl, Temple vs. Wake Forest, at Annapolis 7 p.m. ESPN — Holiday Bowl, Minnesota vs.

10:15 p.m. ESPN — Cactus Bowl, Kansas St. vs. Texas A&M CRICKET 3 a.m. (Wednesday) NBCSN — Big Bash League, Sydney Thunder vs. Brisbane Heat NBA 7:30 p.m. NBA — Oklahoma City at Miami 10:30 p.m. NBA — Utah at L.A. Lakers NHL 7 p.m. CSN — Washington at New York Islanders RUGBY 3 p.m. NBCSN — English Premiership, Harlequins vs. Gloucester (same-day tape) SOCCER 12:15 p.m. NBCSN — Premier League, Stoke City at Liverpool

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■ BASEBALL: Police said former Rangers

LHP John Barfield died in a shooting Saturday after an altercation with an acquaintance in downtown Little Rock, Ark. He was 52. Barfield pitched three seasons for the Rangers beginning in 1989. William Goodman, 59, of Pine Bluff, Ark., is being held on a preliminary charge of first-degree murder.

■ COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Villanova began its fourth week as No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll. The Wildcats are again followed by UCLA, Kansas, Baylor and Duke. The only new entry in the rankings is Florida at No. 25.

■ COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Jaylen Samuels

caught three TD passes from Ryan Finley, Nyheim Hines returned a kickoff for a 100yard TD and North Carolina State (7-6) beat Vanderbilt 41-17 in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. Vanderbilt finished 6-7. ... Patrick Towles threw two TD passes and caught a pass for a score in the first half, helping Boston College build a big lead in a 36-30 win over Maryland in the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit. The Eagles (7-6) led by 16 at halftime, 23 points early in the third quarter but had to force Maryland (6-7) to turn the ball over on downs late in the game to seal the victory. ... Nick Fitzgerald rushed for 142 yards and two TDs and Mississippi State held off Miami (Ohio) 17-16 with help from a blocked field goal in the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl. Nelson Adams got a hand on Nick Dowd’s potential game-winning 37yard FG that would have helped Miami finish a stunning turnaround from an 0-6 start to a winning record. Instead, both the Bulldogs (6-7) and RedHawks (6-7) finished with losing marks. ... UConn fired coach Bob Diaco. The Huskies were 11-26 under Diaco in three seasons, including 3-9 this season.

■ SOCCER: Chelsea set a club record of 12 straight English Premier League wins as it beat Bournemouth 3-0. ... Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored an acrobatic back flick to wrap up Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Sunderland in the EPL. ... Manchester City wore down last-placed Hull to win 3-0 in the EPL. ... Swansea’s woes deepened under American coach Bob Bradley with a 4-1 loss at home to West Ham in the EPL. Since Bradley joined in early October as the first American coach in England’s top flight, Swansea has lost seven of 11. ... A series of human errors caused an airliner to run out of fuel and crash in Colombia last month, killing 71 people including most of a Brazilian team, aviation authorities said in Bogota, Colombia. ... Sydney FC extended its unbeaten start in Australia’s A-League to 12 matches with a 4-0 win over defending champion Adelaide United. ■ ALSO: Simone Biles’ golden run at the

Summer Olympics earned the 19-year-old gymnast the AP Female Athlete of the Year award. She captured four gold medals and five in all in Rio de Janeiro. Swimmer Katie Ledecky was runner-up. ... Frenchman Thomas Coville sailed around the world alone in a little over 49 days to set what French officials say is a world record. Coville sailed into the Brittany port of Brest on Monday. His round-the-world journey took 49 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds, according to his website. ... Christof Innerhofer of Italy led the only training session for a World Cup downhill in Santa Caterina Valfurva, Italy. Innerhofer led Olympic champion Matthias Mayer of Austria by 1.32 seconds and was ahead of Hannes Reichelt of Austria by 1.44. Thomas Biesemeyer of the United States was fourth.

SAILING

Wild Oats XI retires from Sydney to Hobart race SYDNEY — Eight-time line honors winner Wild Oats XI has been forced to retire from the Sydney to Hobart yacht race for the second straight year after suffering damage to a hydraulic ram. The 100-foot supermaxi was leading the race by around 8 nautical miles and was several hours inside its 2012 race record early Tuesday morning when skipper Mark Richards made the decision to retire. The fleet of 88 yachts which left Sydney on Monday has been reduced to 84 after the additional withdrawals of Freyja, Dare Devil and Patrice. Supermaxi Perpetual LOYAL now leads the race by about 15 miles and is also inside the race record as the fleet sails down the east coast of Victoria. Maserati is in third spot. Wild Oats XI had recovered from a bad start to seize the race lead and to set a record-breaking pace as it sought to break its own race record of 1 day, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 12 seconds. Perpetual LOYAL had the best start of the supermaxis and was the first yacht through Sydney Heads but yielded the lead to Wild Oats XI as the fleet headed down the New South Wales coast. While the Hong Kong-owned supermaxi Scallywag was shown in eighth place early Tuesday its position was deceiving. Skipper David Witt made the decision to go further offshore than most of the fleet which puts the boat in a strong tactical position. It is likely to have to gybe less often than its rivals as the fleet approaches Tasmania.

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In this photo provided by Rolex, the yacht Wild Oats XI is underway after the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race, Monday.

John Markos, commodore of race organizers the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia was confident the race record would fall as the fleet encountered perfect sailing conditions. The leading boat must reach the finish line before 7.23am local time Wednesday (2023 GMT Tuesday) to beat Wild Oats’ record. “We’re very confident the race record is going to get broken,” Markos said. “This is the first time I’ve been confident in the last 10 years. “The modeling suggests they are going to finish at 3am, (more than) four hours ahead of the race record. I’m not quite believing that, it just sounds too incredible, but I predict about five in the morning.” Associated Press

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Army head coach Jeff Monken directs his players in the second half of the Army-Navy game Dec. 10 in Baltimore.

Army and North Texas in rare bowl rematch By STEPHEN HAWKINS

AP Sports Writer

DALLAS — Army had already accepted an invitation to play in the Heart of Dallas Bowl before its biggest victory. Now after beating archrival Navy for the first time in 15 years, the Black Knights (7-5) have a chance to avenge a turnover-plagued loss from two months ago. Army plays North Texas on Tuesday in the only bowl game that is a regular-season rematch. “We didn’t play near as well as we wanted to the first time we came out. I think we did some good things, but we just shot ourselves in the foot so many times and we left (with) a sour taste in our mouth,” Army linebacker Jeremy Timpf said. “You don’t get very many second chances and we definitely got one now.” The Black Knights are in their first bowl since 2010. The last bowl for North Texas (5-7) was a win over UNLV in the Heart of Dallas Bowl three years ago, the Mean Green’s only other bowl appearance since 2004. North Texas has lost four of its five games since winning 35-18 at West Point on Oct. 22, when Army had seven turnovers (three lost fumbles, four interceptions). Even after giving up an average of 43 points in those losses, the Mean Green got to play in another game based on their high NCAA Academic Progress Rate score because there weren’t enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all the spots. “This bowl game was key to us,” first-year North Texas coach Seth Littrell said. “Not only to let our seniors go out the right way but for the simple fact that we get extra practices to get better and build momentum to go into spring ball.” Some other things to know about the game played in the Cotton Bowl Stadium, about 45 miles from the North Texas campus:

READY TO RUN: North Texas RB Jeffrey Wilson, whose 160 yards rushing in October were the most against Army this season, had only one carry the last three games while nursing a knee injury. But the extended break since the regular season has helped. “I don’t know if he’s 100 percent, but he’s been running the ball well and he’s back at full go,” Littrell said. COACHING CADETS: Army coach Jeff Monken described his players this way: “They are very unselfish and play as a team. We don’t have any guys on our team that are all-star, just knock-yoursocks-off, great players. We’ve just got a bunch of good, tough, hard-nosed guys that try real hard and play well together.” PAST TIDE: Alec Morris threw only one pass while at Alabama for two national titles in four years. The graduate transfer, who was a Texas prep standout, ends his collegiate career starting at QB for North Texas in a bowl. Freshman starter Mason Fine missed the last two games with a shoulder injury. “Alec has probably had his two best weeks of practice that he has had since he’s been here,” Littrell said. “Mason’s healthy. He’s fine. He’s missed a lot of reps.” ACADEMY TRIO: Army’s appearance in the Armed Forces Bowl gives the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex a rare trifecta. All three service academies will have played in the area this season. Navy won its regular-season finale at SMU in Dallas last month and then lost to Louisiana Tech in the Armed Forces Bowl on Friday in Fort Worth. Air Force lost to New Mexico in Cotton Bowl Stadium in mid-October. RETURN OF THE BLACK KNIGHTS:

With at least six wins in 2017, Army is guaranteed another bowl in North Texas. They have a conditional agreement already to play in the next Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth. Army played in that game in 2010, its only other bowl since 1996.

SAILING ROUND THE WORLD

Frenchman sets record: 49 days PARIS (AP) — A little over 49 days — that’s all it took Frenchman Thomas Coville to sail around the world alone, to set what French officials say is a new world record. Coville sailed into the Brittany port of Brest on Monday on his Sodebo trimaran. He rejoined his family, weeping with joy, thanked his support crews and showered the seas with champagne. His round-the-world journey, starting

from an island in the English Channel, took 49 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds, according to his website. It was Coville’s third attempt to beat the previous record of 57 days held by Frenchman Francis Joyon since 2008. The record before that, of 71 days, had been held by British sailor Ellen MacArthur. Joyon, in a statement, was among those congratulating Coville.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE SATURDAY, DEC. 24 Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu Hawaii 52, Middle Tennessee 35

MONDAY, DEC. 26 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Mississippi State 17, Miami (Ohio) 16 Quick Lane Bowl, Detroit Boston College 36, Maryland 30 Independence Bowl, Shreveport, La. NC State 41, Vanderbilt 17

TUESDAY, DEC. 27 Heart of Dallas Bowl Army (7-5) vs. North Texas (5-7), Noon (ESPN) Military Bowl, Annapolis Wake Forest (6-6) vs. Temple (10-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl, San Diego Minnesota (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Cactus Bowl, Phoenix Boise State (10-2) vs. Baylor (6-6), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28 Pinstripe Bowl, Bronx, N.Y. Northwestern (6-6) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Miami (8-4) vs. West Virginia (10-2), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl, Santa Clara, Calif. Indiana (6-6) vs. Utah (8-4), 8:30 p.m. (FOX) Texas Bowl, Houston Kansas State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

THURSDAY, DEC. 29 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl South Florida (10-2) vs. South Carolina (6-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl, Charlotte, N.C.

Virginia Tech (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl, San Antonio Oklahoma State (9-3) vs. Colorado (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

FRIDAY, DEC. 30 Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn. Georgia (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), Noon (ESPN) Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas North Carolina (8-4) vs. Stanford (9-3), 2 p.m. (CBS) Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee (8-4) vs. Nebraska (9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl, Tucson, Ariz. Air Force (9-3) vs. South Alabama (6-6), 5:30 p.m. (ASN) Orange Bowl, Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida State (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY, DEC. 31

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Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. LSU (7-4) vs. Louisville (9-3), 11 a.m. (ABC) TaxSlayer Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. Kentucky (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN) CFP Semifinals Peach Bowl, Atlanta Alabama (13-0) vs. Washington (12-1), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz. Clemson (12-1) vs. Ohio State (11-1), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

MONDAY, JAN. 2 Outback Bowl, Tampa, Fla. Florida (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 1 p.m. (ABC) Cotton Bowl, Arlington, Texas Western Michigan (13-0) vs. Wisconsin (10-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Penn State (11-2) vs. Southern Cal (9-3), 5 p.m.

(ESPN) Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Oklahoma (10-2) vs. Auburn (8-4), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

MONDAY, JAN. 9 College Football Championship Tampa, Fla. Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY, JAN. 21 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. West vs. East, 3 p.m. (NFL) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif. National vs. American, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY, JAN. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. South vs. North, 2:30 p.m. (NFL)

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MARYLAND FOOTBALL NOTES

RB Ty Johnson making mark as an elite player With 159 yards and 2 TDs on 15 carries, he has 1,004 yards for the season By Don Markus The Baltimore Sun

DETROIT — After a promising freshman year, Maryland running back Ty Johnson came into the 2016 season trying to find his role in a crowded, five-man stable. Johnson finished the season as clearly his team’s lead back and a potential star. In a season-ending 36-30 loss to Boston College on Monday in the Quick Lane Bowl, Johnson looked like he had a future playing at Ford Field and other NFL venues down the road. As he has done for most of the season, Johnson put up impressive numbers despite a defense geared to stop him. He gained 159 yards on 15 carries and scored on touchdown runs of 62 and 30 yards. It was the fifth time this season Johnson rushed for over 100 yards in a game, and it helped pushed him to 1,004 yards for the season. In becoming the ninth running back in Maryland history and first since Da’Rel Scott in 2008 to go over 1,000 yards in a season, Johnson credited his offensive line and his fellow running backs while downplaying his own performance. Asked if thought he had established himself as one of the top running backs in the Big Ten, as well as in the country, Johnson said, “I believe I have bettered myself. Thanks for Kenny [Goins] and Wes [Brown]. You know the seniors are leaving — they really helped pick up my game. I still got a lot of things to work on.” Said Maryland coach DJ Durkin, “He’s done it all year. He’s consistently been a big-play guy for us. He does have that ability. He’s a young guy, and still learning and getting better. We’re certainly excited about him and a lot of guys at that position, moving forward.” Johnson’s 62-yard touchdown run, which got Maryland onto the board after falling behind 16-0, was his 10th this season of 40 yards or more. His 8.7 yards-perattempt average is among the nation’s best for players at Football Bowl Subdivision schools with more than 100 carries. Johnson also missed out on 32 yards when it was ruled he stepped out of bounds on what was initially believed to be a dazzling 61-yard run in the fourth quarter. “Ty had several [long runs] in this game, and he’s done that,” Durkin said. “I don’t know the yards per carry, but if it’s not a record, it’s got to be up there.” The 8.7 yards per carry trails only Chet Hanulak of the1953 national championship team among Maryland players with at least 75 rushing attempts. Hanulak averaged 9.78 yards per carry as a senior and 8.13 yards a carry for his three-year varsity career. Cockerille ruled ineligible: Maryland jun-

ior linebacker Shane Cockerille, who led

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time on fourth-and-10 from the Terps 35-yard line. “Everything that could have went wrong, went wrong,” said Hills, who finished 15-for-35 for 229 yards, with a 63-yard touchdown pass to senior Teldrick Morgan (Meade) and a 52-yard touchdown to senior Levern Jacobs less than three minutes apart in the third quarter. “It’s hard, but at the end of the day, everyone fought their tails off. I’m proud of everyone — I’m proud of all the seniors not giving up.”

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loss, 10 sacks) all earned All-ACC status for Wake Forest. They will need to live up to that recognition to stop a high-powered Temple offense that has led the Owls to seven straight wins, including five in a row by three touchdowns or more. “They have a quarterback that does not make mistakes and big receivers who can go up and get it, as well as two good running backs,” Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson said. Senior quarterback Phillip “P.J.” Walker has thrown for 2,899 yards and 20 touchdowns for Temple. Sophomore Ryquell Armstead has 918 yards and 14 touchdowns on the ground, while senior Jahad Thomas also has 918 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns, adding 426 yards receiving with six touchdowns to boot. “We have two dynamic backs and receivers on the outside that weigh their opportunities and know their number is going to be called,” Walker said. “It is about just getting out there and taking the opportunities to make plays.” As explosive as Temple’s offense is, the Owls’ defense, ranked third in the country, may possess even more weapons. “Half their starters are all-conference players,” Clawson said. “Their scoring defense is in the top 10, they are really good up front and really fast in the back. They give up less than 300 yards and they are especially scary in passing situations. They have had a great year.” On paper, it looks like a mismatch, as Temple is coming in with great momentum

Maryland quarterback Perry Hills sits on the bench after the Quick Lane Bowl game against Boston College in Detroit.

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the Terps in tackles this season, was ruled ineligible for Monday’s game. An athletic department spokesman announced the ineligibility roughly 30 minutes before kickoff. No reason was given, but the timing of the news — right after the end of the fall semester — suggests it is an academic problem. After struggling to get on the field his first three seasons — moved between quarterback and fullback the past two years after redshirting as a freshman — the former Gilman standout quarterback emerged as a redshirt junior. Cockerille started every game alongside junior Jermaine Carter Jr., and the two played more than any other member of the defense. Cockerille finished with 108 tackles — five more than Carter — and had double-figure tackles in five of the team’s 12 games, including a career-high 15 in a win over Michigan State. In Cockerille’s absence, redshirt freshman Isaiah Davis matched Carter with a team-high seven tackles. End zone: Redshit junior kicker Adam

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D.J. Moore of the Maryland Terrapins and Kamrin Moore of the Boston College Eagles battle for the ball during the second quarter.

Asked about the troubles for the normally sure-handed Hills — he also fumbled a snap on a potential touchdown play — Durkin said he would have to look at the tape. “I don’t know whose fault, the ball was getting up or not, or if it was Perry, I don’t know,” Durkin said. “It’s hard to see that full speed on the field, but at the end of day, that can’t happen.” In addition to the eight sacks, Boston College’s defense had six tackles for losses. When he was sacked by defensive end Harold Landry — the nation’s co-leader with 15 sacks coming into the game — on fourth down with 1:25 left, Hills quickly realized that his injury-marred senior year

and Wake Forest, losers of three straight, is trying to turn things around. However, with time to get healthy and work out some kinks, the Demon Deacons are ready to prove everyone wrong. “We are fired up and it has been about a month since we played, so we are excited and fired up to get out on that field,” redshirt senior guard Tyler Hayworth said. “We were able to look back and see what we did wrong to make corrections and improve in areas that we have struggled in. We want to make sure we go out and put points on the board and help the defense.” Junior quarterback John Wolford is not flashy, having thrown for 1,591 yards and seven touchdowns, but the Demon Deacons do not turn the ball over and Clawson feels that side of the ball has been right there all season and simply needs to do a better job finishing drives. “We are running the ball better and controlling the clock, it is just a matter of scoring more points,” Clawson said. “We don’t turn the ball over, we don’t get penalties and our red zone scoring percentage is 88 percent, but our touchdown percentage is under 50 percent.” Wolford will need to make plays against a front seven that certainly will not be hospitable in terms of time. Sophomore defensive back Delvon Randall (60 tackles, 3 INTs), and redshirt defensive linemen Haason Reddick (21.5 TFL, 91⁄2 sacks) and Praise Martin Oguike (71⁄2 sacks) lead a hungry Owls’ defense. “It is all about who plays best on Tuesday,” Williams said. “One of our goals all season had been to shut teams out in the second half, especially the fourth quarter. Our goal is to keep giving the ball back to the offense so we can score.”

and his long career at Maryland had come to an end. “It was definitely a little heartbreaking,” the normally stoic Hills said. “You start remembering back all through everything that you’ve been through, every game. You start looking around and say, ‘This is the last time I’m going to put a Maryland uniform on.’ ” Durkin said he felt bad for Hills and the other seniors, nearly two dozen of them, who helped change the mentality for Maryland this season. Despite seeing a promising 4-0 start disappear as key players such as Hills and senior cornerback Will Likely III missed games to injuries, Durkin said he saw

Greene, who was benched in the fourth quarter of the regular-season finale against Rutgers after missing a pair of field goals into a swirling wind at Maryland Stadium, regained his starting job during the month of practice and was successful in his only attempt Monday, making a 23-yard attempt to finish the season 9-for-14. He also made all three of his extra-point tries to finish the season 37-for-38. don.markus@baltsun.com twitter.com/sportsprof56

progress. “It’s a hard way to go out, a way to finish for those guys,” Durkin said. “For those guys to buy in the way they bought in this year, and we demanded a lot, it’s been a hard program for 12 months. We made it hard for a reason, so there’d be a big investment. Hard to be in that room. “Our seniors bought in with blind trust and did a great job. It wasn’t all pretty, obviously. But we’ve got to continue to get better. … I think you can definitely see the program is headed in the right direction. We’ve got to learn how to not beat ourselves before we can go beat someone else.” don.markus@baltsun.com twitter.com/sportsprof56

MILITARY BOWL AT A GLANCE Associated Press No. 23 Temple (10-3, AAC) vs. Wake Forest (6-6, ACC) Today, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN). Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Line: Temple by 12. Series Record: Temple leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE: Temple is looking to cap a highly successful season with its school-record 11th win. The Owls won the American Athletic Conference title under coach Matt Rhule, who left for Baylor. Temple subsequently hired Florida defensive coordinator Geoff Collins, but interim coach Ed Foley will be on the sideline looking to bring the Owls their first bowl victory since 2011 and eighth straight win in 2016. Wake Forest is seeking to put a positive spin on a season marred by the scandal in which broadcaster Tommy Elrod leaked or attempted to leak game plan information to at least three opponents. The Demon Deacons are also looking to pull out of a season-ending, three-game losing streak. Wake Forest has lost five of six and needs a victory to avoid its eighth straight losing season. KEY MATCHUP: Temple QB Phillip Walker against Wake Forest’s defense. Walker owns school records for career attempts (1,410), completions (821), touchdowns (73), yards (10,273) and wins by a starting quarterback (28). He will be going up against a Wake Forest unit that is coming off a five-sack performance against Boston College.

The Demon Deacons forced 24 turnovers, tied for 10th in the nation. PLAYERS TO WATCH: Temple: RB Jahad Thomas. The senior had six straight games with at least two touchdowns and finished with 19 TDs, raising his career total to 39. He ranks third in school history with 30 rushing touchdowns and is sixth with 2,564 yards rushing. Wake Forest: SS Jessie Bates III. The redshirt freshman picked off five passes and returned two for scores. He has 93 tackles, including team highs against Tulane (8), Indiana (8), N.C. State (15), Louisville (13) and Clemson (12). FACTS & FIGURES: The only other time these teams met, Temple prevailed 36-0 in 1930. The Owls are playing bowl games in back-to-back seasons for first time. They lost to Toledo last year in the Boca Raton Bowl. Wake Forest is playing in a bowl game for the first time since 2011, when it lost in the Music City Bowl. Demon Deacons coach Dave Clawson led Bowling Green in the 2012 Military Bowl, losing to San Jose State. Clawson and Foley were assistant coaches together at Albany in 1989-90. Temple DL Haason Reddick has 21 1/2 tackles for a loss this season, tops in the nation. During their seven-game winning streak, the Owls have averaged 32.7 points and outscored opponents by an average of 20.1 points. Both teams lost to Army. Temple’s last game was at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, where it beat Navy 34-10 to first win AAC title.

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Jimmy Smith will miss season finale

Chargers’ McCoy expects to return Tribune news services

Mike McCoy remained the Chargers coach Monday, despite losing to the winless Browns. The embattled McCoy survived for at least another week after a 20-17 road loss on Saturday. Asked if he expected to return after Sunday’s season finale against the visiting Chiefs, McCoy’s reply was short. “Yes,” he said. But McCoy knows what everyone else does: NFL coaches are judged on wins and losses, and on that count, the Chargers are 9-23 in their last 32 games. “The only time I think about this is when you ask me the question,” said McCoy, who is signed through next season. “I’m not worried about (my job). I’m worried about this week and playing Kansas City.” Surgery for Lockett: Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett has undergone surgery after breaking two bones in his lower right leg in Saturday’s loss to the Cardinals. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Lockett had surgery Saturday night for a broken tibia and fibula in his right leg. Lockett was injured in the second quarter of the 34-31 loss, making a one-handed catch near the goal line, but a defender fell awkwardly on his leg. Lockett had an air cast placed on the leg and was taken off the field on a cart. Savage to start again: The

Texans are sticking with Tom Savage at QB on Sunday against the Titans. Savage made his first career start in place of Brock Osweiler on Saturday night in a 12-10 win over the Bengals

Sunday expected to be emotional for veteran WR Steve Smith Sr.

that allowed the Texans to clinch the AFC South. Osweiler was benched in the second quarter two weeks ago against the Jaguars and Savage took over to help the Texans rally for a 21-20 victory. Coach Bill O’Brien said early last week that Osweiler would remain on the bench, but wouldn’t say then if Savage would start the rest of the season. On Monday he said Savage would start in the regularseason finale but didn’t say anything about the Texans’ playoff game. Savage struggled in the first half against the Bengals but picked it up in the second half to finish with 176 yards passing and help the Texans to the victory. Savage has not had a turnover in his two appearances this season after Osweiler threw 16 interceptions with just 14 touchdowns before he was benched.

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Jimmy Smith’s return looks like it will be delayed until next year as coach John Harbaugh announced Monday that the Ravens’ top cornerback probably will not play in Sunday’s season finale at the Cincinnati Bengals. Smith has sat out the past two games after suffering a sprained right ankle near the end of the first quarter of a 30-23 loss to the New England Patriots on Dec. 12. Smith wore a protective boot Friday while walking out of the locker room at the team’s training facility in Owings Mills. “I don’t think so,” Harbaugh said Monday when asked whether Smith will play Sunday. “It’s a high ankle, and he probably won’t be able to make it for this week. We were hoping for the playoffs.” With the Ravens out of playoff contention, Smith’s return is no longer urgent. His presence, however, would have been welcomed in the Ravens’ 31-27 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at Heinz Field, where they struggled to stop quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (24-of-33 passing for 279 yards and three touchdowns) and wide receiver Antonio Brown (10 catches for 96 yards and the game-winning score). Still, the secondary fared decently against the Steelers. According to Pro Football Focus, the top four graded defensive players were free safety Lardarius Webb (84.4), rookie cornerback Tavon Young (68.3), strong safety Eric Weddle (60.6) and nickel back Jerraud Powers (60.0). Right tackle Rick Wagner suffered a concussion during the third quarter and missed the entire fourth quarter as he was in the NFL’s concussion protocol. Harbaugh was not asked whether Wagner, who was replaced by James Hurst, would be available for his 15th start of the season against Cincinnati on Sunday; the league has asked general managers and coaches to refrain from discussing players who have concussions.

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was placed on IR by the Jets, ending the second-year player’s short stint as the starting QB. Petty tore the labrum in his left shoulder Saturday against the Patriots. ... Titans QB Marcus Mariota will have surgery Wednesday for his broken right leg, and coach Mike Mularkey said the recovery process will take four to five months. ... Jets coach Todd Bowles was scheduled to meet with his doctors after being hospitalized late last week. Bowles, 53, said the problem is “kidney stones, gall stones, gall bladder.” ... The Bengals placed TE Tyler Eifert on injured reserve with a back injury. ... RB Carlos Hyde of the 49ers has a torn MCL in his left knee and will miss the season finale against the Seahawks.

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heart, soul, effort, belief in one another, a lot of hard work — it’s going to sting. It’s going to sting for us, it’s going to sting for our fans, it’s going to sting for everybody because we all care,” Harbaugh said Monday. “That’s the nature of the game. That’s the nature of football and that’s the nature of life. That’s where we’re at, but now all of our attention goes to Cincinnati. We have a week of football left to play and we intend to make the most of it. I know all of our players feel the same way.” There’s nothing tangible for the Ravens to gain from Sunday’s matchup with the Bengals, who are also playing out the string at 5-9-1 after they made the playoffs the previous five seasons. With a win, the Ravens would finish 9-7 and secure their seventh winning season in Harbaugh’s nine-year tenure. It would also mean winning at Paul Brown Stadium for the first time since January 2012. But it won’t change the fact that at approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday, the Ravens’ season will be over and, for the third time in four years, they’ll be forced to watch the playoffs from afar. “Very disappointing,” safety Lardarius Webb said in the visiting locker room at Heinz Field on Sunday night. “We worked our butts off all year to be at this point and at least have a chance. We fought hard, but we just came up short in the end.” The Ravens had been so close to going to Cincinnati with a chance to win one game to capture their first AFC North title since 2012. Webb was among a number of Ravens who said late Sunday that they were sure they were going to beat Pittsburgh. However, the Ravens couldn’t hold a 20-10 lead early in the fourth quarter or a 27-24 advantage in the final minute. Ben Roethlisberger’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Brown, the Steelers’ third touch-

down in an 11-plus minute span of the fourth quarter, sealed the Ravens’ postseason fate and clinched the AFC North for Pittsburgh. In the end, the Ravens’ inability to put four quality quarters together, a constant problem during the up-and-down season, cost them. At times, they looked capable of beating anybody. For other stretches, they did more damage to themselves with turnovers, penalties and other mistakes. “I’m personally motivated anyway. I think all of our guys are very highly motivated, no matter what,” Harbaugh said. “Of course we feel very excited about where we are as a football team. I know we’re a good football team. I know we’re a very good football team. That’s evident in the way we play. That game hinges here and there. It can fall on a play here or there. That’s how close the National Football League is. That’s how our guys played; that’s how hard they played. It was a dramatic environment; it was a tough environment to be on the road. Our guys handled it very well. There’s just no denying that. They made another play in the end when it was all said and done, and that’s what they get credit for.” Harbaugh said the Ravens will play their healthy starters Sunday. He all but ruled out cornerback Jimmy Smith, who is dealing with a high ankle sprain. Starting right tackle Rick Wagner, who suffered a concussion against the Steelers, is probably unlikely to play as well. But Harbaugh vowed that Sunday will be business as usual. “I think the whole point is you try to do the best you can. You try to win,” Harbaugh said. “We talked about it in the locker room after the game. That is what I pointed toward, the next game. We want to go win it. We do want to be 9-7. It’s important. It’s important to have one more win than we potentially could have. I do not care what the record is. We want to go win the game. That is what we do this for; that is what it’s all about. Our guys are going to be fired up to do it. You know how they have handled adversity throughout the course of the season. ... That’s not going to change.”

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y-Seattle 9 5 .633 329 269 Arizona 6 8 .433 374 356 Los Angeles 4 11 .267 218 350 San Francisco 2 13 .133 286 455 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division SUNDAY’S RESULTS Pittsburgh 31, Baltimore 27 Kansas City 33, Denver 10 MONDAY’S GAMES Detroit at Dallas, late SUNDAY, JAN. 1 New England at Miami, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. New Orleans at Atlanta, 4:25 p.m. Kansas City at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. Arizona at Los Angeles, 4:25 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 4:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Washington, 4:25 p.m. Green Bay at Detroit, 8:30 p.m.

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Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith is pushed out of bound by Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, after intercepting a pass intended for Brown in the fourth quarter in a game earlier this season in Baltimore.

Young disagrees: The Ravens were flagged seven times for 95 yards against the Steelers, and the most disputed penalty was the longest one. Young was called for pass interference while covering rookie wide receiver Demarcus Ayers on a go route down the right sideline. It could be argued that the throw from Roethlisberger was uncatchable, but that did not influence the official who cited Young for the infraction, which resulted in a 35-yard gain for the Steelers. Afterward, Young disputed the penalty. Asked whether he sought an explanation from the official, Young replied: “There’s no reason to ask because once the call is made, it’s made. I feel like I didn’t touch him. I didn’t grab. I didn’t pull. They just called it. When the receivers get up and they do all of that [gesturing for a flag], they’re going to throw it regardless.” Strong safety Eric Weddle made a stronger statement. “The [35]yard P.I. call was bogus, and that kind of just got the momentum for them going,” he said. The flag proved critical as it moved Pittsburgh from midfield to the Ravens 15. Two plays later, running back Le’Veon Bell slashed his way 7 yards into the end zone to

trim a 20-10 deficit to 20-17 with11:41 left, sparking a 21-point fourth quarter for the Steelers. S. Smith’s farewell: Sunday’s

game figures to be an emotional one for the 11 players who will be unrestricted free agents in the offseason — maybe especially so for wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. Smith said before this season, his 16th, that it will be the last of his career. It’s unclear whether that’s still the case. At age 37, Smith leads the Ravens in touchdown catches (five) and ranks second in receiving yards (765) and third in receptions (67). With seven catches for 79 yards and a score in Sunday’s loss in Pittsburgh, Smith passed former St. Louis Rams standout Isaac Bruce on the NFL’s career list for receptions. Smith has 1,028; Bruce had 1,024. Harbaugh acknowledged the significance of Sunday’s game against the Bengals for Smith. “I think for Steve, it’s going to be a big deal for him,” Harbaugh said. “But he’s been that way all year. I think he’ll approach it the same way he has all year, as a pro. It will be very meaningful, certainly. How could it not be?”

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Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson runs after a catch as Chicago Bears inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman moves in to make the tackle Saturday.

Redskins in contention, believe they ‘should be’ in playoffs By BRIAN MCNALLY Associated Press

ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden doesn’t know who the New York Giants plan to rest for Sunday’s critical regular-season finale at FedEx Field on Sunday afternoon. It doesn’t matter to him if New York quarterback Eli Manning plays a quarter, a half or an entire game. The Redskins need a win to earn the final NFC wild-card berth. “You only dress 46 guys, right? They’re going to have to play somebody,” Gruden said Monday. “They’re (10-5) because they not only have good starters, they have good depth. Whoever they put out there, they’re going to have good players and they’re going to compete and try to win the game. We have to get ourselves ready to go.” Washington is just happy its postseason hopes are still alive. Whether the Redskins control their own fate and needs only a win against New York to secure a playoff spot or whether they need help from the Detroit in its matchup with against Green Bay on Sunday night is immaterial. The Redskins (8-6-1) have a chance, and that’s all they can ask at this point. “It’s going to be a huge game. Our backs are against the wall,” wide receiver DeSean Jackson said. “They’ve kind of been against the wall for the past couple

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of weeks.” The Redskins rebounded from a devastating home loss to Carolina on Dec. 19 that left them behind Green Bay and Tampa Bay for the final NFC playoff berth. Washington trounced the Chicago Bears 41-21 on Saturday and then watched the Buccaneers (8-7) lose to New Orleans. The team plane erupted in cheers when that game went final, but there is work left to do. GIANTS @ “The most imREDSKINS portant thing is we Sunday, 4:25 just have to win p.m. against New York,” TV: 5 safety Will BlackRADIO: 92.7 mon said. FM, 980 AM The Redskins LINE: Redskins already own a win by 8 against the Giants, who are locked into the No. 5 seed in the NFC playoffs and have little to play for Sunday. Washington walked away from New York with a 29-27 victory on Sept. 25 to avoid an 0-3 start that probably would have buried their postseason hopes in September. “We obviously wouldn’t think of it as a successful season unless we get in the playoffs,” Gruden said. “That’s our goal coming into the season. We went to the playoffs a year ago, and had every intention of trying to win the division and go back to the playoffs.’’

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Theft of prized possessions

DEAR ABBY: I recently realized that my mother-in-law stole several of my prized possessions. It seems that my husband’s brothers, who helped us move when we lost our home, took the items (obviously at her request and with her approval) instead of placing them in the storage unit as instructed. I am furious at her and my husband’s brothers. How should I deal with this? I want to confront her and let her know that I am aware of her betrayal, but my husband is a great man, and I hate to hurt him in this process. When I told him I was aware that his mother had stolen from us, he said he would make it up to me and that his mother is old (she’s 81) and I should let it go. However, every time I visit her home and see my things it hurts. How should I deal with this? I feel raped. -- FURIOUS IN TENNESSEE DEAR FURIOUS: If the items are replaceable, let your husband do as he promised. If they are heirlooms, you will either have to wait until she dies to reclaim them or go over there and demand that she give them back. DEAR ABBY: I am a senior-aged man who swims three times a week at a nearby fitness center. I shower there after each swim. Seldom do I use the shower in my apartment. My son has reprimanded me strongly for not showering daily. He asserted that by not showering every day and by using a public facility when I do, I am practicing "very poor hygiene." I believe that my hygiene routine is acceptable and in line with common practice, but I’m concerned that in order to visit with him in the future, I will first need to take a

shower. Am I wrong here, or is he? -- NOT SHOWERING ENOUGH DEAR NOT SHOWERING: With apologies to William Shakespeare: To shower or not to shower, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of your son’s criticism or to stand up for yourself (in a sea of sniping) is up to you. From where I sit -- far downwind -- if you can pass the smell test, showering three times a week is all that’s necessary for proper hygiene. Do not allow your son to shake your self-confidence. DEAR ABBY: I recently went to a funeral viewing for a friend’s adult child whom I had never met. After entering the funeral home, I saw a computer-generated sign stating, "Please understand that we (mom, dad, brother and daughter) just couldn’t be here." Abby, I wasn’t there to see the deceased; I was there to express my sympathy to the family. Why bother to have a viewing? All I wanted to say was how sorry I am for their loss. -- KAREN IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR KAREN: Please have a little less judgment and a little more compassion. Remember that not everyone deals with death in the same way. The viewing was for family members, friends and acquaintances of the deceased who COULD bear to be there. You can still express your sympathy to the grieving family by writing them a condolence letter. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Putting together a family first-aid kit Dear Doctor: Our young son fell items -- those allergy medications off his skateboard recently, and the we talked about or backup doses of items my wife and I needed to tend any other vital medications your to his cuts and scrapes were scatfamily members may need. You’ll tered throughout the house. Now also want to include a list of we want to assemble a home emergency phone numbers. first-aid kit. What should it contain? For a family of four to deal with Dear Reader: Great idea! A common emergencies, you should well-stocked first-aid kit is an imhave: Ask the portant safety feature for every -- 2 absorbent compress dressDoctors home. And while first-aid kits are ings available for purchase, you can Dr. Eve Glazier -- 25 adhesive bandages of and Dr. easily put one together yourself. assorted sizes Elizabeth Ko Take an afternoon to evaluate -- 1 adhesive cloth tape your family needs, make a list, then -- Antibiotic ointment and antihit your local drugstore. With just a little bit of septic wipes planning, you’ll be ready to handle the minor -- Ibuprofen bumps and mishaps of everyday life at a -- Acetaminophen moment’s notice. -- An instant cold compress With a home first-aid kit, you’re preparing -- Non-latex gloves to be worn when to deal with three basic types of medical dealing with blood or bodily fluids issues -- injury, infection and allergy. -- Hydrocortisone ointment Everyday injuries include scrapes, cuts, -- A pair of scissors and a set of tweezers splinters, burns, sprains and stings. Infections -- A 3-inch and a 4-inch roller bandage may range from an inflamed wound to fever, a -- 10 sterile gauze pads (3 by 3 inches and 4 sore throat or the flu. You’ll also want to be by 4 inches) prepared for common allergic reactions such -- An oral thermometer that is not glass as the rash from poison oak and poison ivy, and does not contain mercury and itching and swelling from insect stings. -- 2 triangular bandages It’s important that if anyone in your family -- A good first-aid instruction booklet has severe food allergies or a respiratory Rather than in the bathroom, where condition such as asthma, you stock a backup humidity may affect the contents, keep your of the appropriate medication. Mark each first-aid kit in the kitchen. It’s also wise to item with its expiration date and replace as consider a version of this kit for your car. needed. It’s a good idea to keep a separate Finally, read through the first-aid inchecklist, which will make it easy to know struction booklet on a regular basis. You don’t when it’s time to replace that inhaler or want to be holding a page open while you’re EpiPen. trying to bandage a sprained ankle! So how do you build a first-aid kit? Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and Start with a container such as a plastic assistant professor of medicine at UCLA storage tub, a tackle box or a tote bag with Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and separate compartments. It should be easy to primary care physician at UCLA Health. Send open, easy to carry, and have enough room for your questions to askthedoctors@medeverything to be organized and recognizable net.ucla.edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o at a glance. Media Relations, UCLA Health, 924 Westwood Delegate one compartment for personal Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA, 90095.

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Fun to bluff to save a loser

Tori Amos, a singer-songwriter, said, “I’m not like a poker player. I’m not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I’m intending to go. My cards are always on the table.” At the bridge table, you occasionally have to bluff, keeping your cards close to your chest. How should South try to make six hearts in this deal after West leads the club nine? When North raised Win at hearts, South decided to Bridge keep his spade support up Phillip Alder his sleeve, which worked to his advantage in the play. He jumped immediately into Blackwood. If West had led the diamond ace, it would have killed the slam; but that was not obvious. Declarer won the first trick with dummy’s club ace and dropped his queen under it. Then he took his two top trumps to learn that he had a loser there. How could he also avoid conceding a diamond? In theory, South had to find East with three or four spades. But, as you can see, he had only a doubleton. Declarer spotted a ruse. He played a spade to dummy’s queen, feigning the finesse, cashed the spade ace and continued with a third spade. To East, it looked as though South was about to ruff, so that he did not need to “waste” his trump trick. However, after East discarded, South produced the spade king from his back

pocket, overtook the club 10 with dummy’s jack and pitched his diamond king on the spade seven. East probably should not have fallen for declarer’s deception, but it was delightfully deft.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-002576-FC -----ALAN J. HYATT, JONATHAN M. WALL, Substitute Trustees Versus ESTATE OF ALEXANDRU BUTNARIU SERVE ON STEVEN HEINL, PERSONAL REPRESENATIVE Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 5, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Robert D. Miller, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of January 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 4th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 1225 HEARTWOOD COURT, ARNOLD, MD 21012 to be $170,000.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 51/012 Dec. 13, 20, 27 4640422

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIvIL NO. C-02-FM-16-004939-NC -----IN THE MATTER OF: Barbatoni Ariyo Sanni FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO: Toni Ariyo Sanni BY AND THROUGH HIS/HER MOTHER/FATHER/GUARDIAN: -----The above Petitioner has filed a Petition to change the name of a minor child from Barbatoni Ariyo Sanni to Toni Ariyo Sanni The reason for this request is: Minor is known and called Toni by everyone. Having his name legally changed from Babatoni to Toni will be easier and less confusing for everyone especially the minor now and in the future. Any person may file an objection to the Petition on or before the 11th Day of January, 2017. Such objection must be supported by an affidavit made on personal knowledge and served upon the Petitioner in accordance with Maryland Rule 1-321. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk 4653146

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-001321-FC -----CARRIE M. WARD, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus PAUL K. SHEARIN Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 12, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Ludeen McCartneyGreen, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 11th day of January 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 11th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 1328 HANOVER ROAD, HANOVER, MD 21076 to be $140,000.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 52/030 Dec. 20, 27 - Jan. 3

NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-15-003350-FC -----CARRIE M. WARD, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus KENNETH E. HENDRICKS Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 19, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Ludeen McCartneyGreen, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 18th day of January 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 610 BINSTED ROAD, GLEN BURNIE, MD 21060 to be $134,100.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 1/039 Dec. 27 - Jan. 3, 10 4673739

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-002188-FC -----JAMES E. CLARKE, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus TIMOTHY P. FRY Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 5, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Renee Dyson, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of January, 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 4th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 2218 SHORE DRIVE, EDGEWATER, MD 21037 to be $330,000.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 51/017 Dec. 13, 20, 27 4640773

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-001976-FC -----JAMES E. CLARKE, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus BENJAMIN C. HARRIS, VERA E. HARRIS Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 5, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Renee Dyson, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of January, 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 4th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 1431 SHADY REST ROAD, SHADY SIDE, MD 20764 to be $98,000.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 51/014 Dec. 13, 20, 27 4640594

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-000639-FC -----CARRIE M. WARD, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus RACHEL PAYNE, ELIZABETH A. SIMMONS Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 19, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Ludeen McCartneyGreen, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 18th day of January 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 103 CHERRY LANE, GLEN BURNIE, MD 21060 to be $103,000.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 1/041 Dec. 27 - Jan. 3, 10 4673835

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NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-002823-FC -----LAURA H. G. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;SULLIVAN, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus KENNETH MONTGOMERY KNOPP AKA KENNETH M. KNOPP Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 12, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Rachel Kiefer, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 11th day of January 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 11th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 6160 SOLOMONS ISLAND ROAD, TRACYS LANDING, MD 20779 to be $230,611.66. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 52/029 Dec. 20, 27 - Jan. 3 4658105

NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-002510-FC -----CARRIE M. WARD, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus LISA M. MCGILL Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 19, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Ludeen McCartneyGreen, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 18th day of January 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 259 4TH STREET, PASADENA, MD 21122 to be $256,650.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 1/040 Dec. 27 - Jan. 3, 10 4673791

NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-002577-FC -----JAMES E. CLARKE, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus THOMAS A. HARDWICK Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 5, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Renee Dyson, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of January, 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 4th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 7731 EDGEWOOD ROAD, PASADENA, MD 21122 to be $353,905.83. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 51/016 Dec. 13, 20, 27 4640751

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-002553-FC -----CARRIE M. WARD, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus JOHN H. VORNDICK, JR. Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 19, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Ludeen McCartneyGreen, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 18th day of January 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 736 NORTH RIVERSIDE DRIVE, CROWNSVILLE, MD 21032 to be $249,000.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 1/042 Dec. 27 - Jan. 3, 10 4673865

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-000198-FC -----JAMES E. CLARKE, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus JAMES H. ADAIR, TARA ADAIR Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 5, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Renee Dyson, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of January, 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 4th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 8364 LOCKWOOD ROAD, PASADENA, MD 21122 to be $174,000.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 51/015 Dec. 13, 20, 27 4640723

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-002080-FC -----JAMES E. CLARKE, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus PETER M. WHITE Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 5, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Renee Dyson, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of January, 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 4th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 300 ELM STREET, EDGEWATER, MD 21037 to be $140,000.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 51/013 Dec. 13, 20, 27 4640562

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NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-002038-FC -----JAMES E. CLARKE, ET AL., Substitute Trustees Versus TERRELL D. JOHNSON, ALICIA J. JOHNSON Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 5, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Renee Dyson, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 4th day of January, 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 4th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 426 INGRAM COURT, GLEN BURNIE, MD 21061 to be $96,657.50. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 51/018 Dec. 13, 20, 27 4640804

NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-15-000942-FC -----MARK S. DEVAN, ET AL, Substitute Trustees Versus KEITH ANDRE POWELL Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 12, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Thomas P. Dore, Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 11th day of January 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 11th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 7908 EVESBORO DRIVE, SEVERN, MD 21144 to be $297,540.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 52/031 Dec. 20, 27 - Jan. 3 4658168

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Case No. C-02-CV-16-002540-FC -----ERIN M. SHAFFER, Substitute Trustees Versus SEAN KAUTZ Defendants -----Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 12, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Erin M. Shaffer, Esq., Substitute Trustee(s). BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 11th day of January 2017 next; Provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 11th day of January 2017 next. The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 771 WAUGH CHAPEL ROAD, ODENTON, MD 21114 to be $160,000.00. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk CAP 52/032 Dec. 20, 27 - Jan. 3 4658957

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION (ADULT)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIvIL NO. C-02-FM-16-004938 -----IN THE MATTER OF: Shawn Angela Johnson FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO: Shawn Angela Ross -----The above named Petitioner has filed a Petition to change his/her own name from Shawn Angela Johnson to Shawn Angela Ross The reason for this request is: I have received a Divorce and I want to change my last name back to my maiden name. Any person may file an objection to the Petition on or before the 11th Day of January, 2017. Such objection must be supported by an affidavit made on personal knowledge and served upon the Petitioner in accordance with Maryland Rule 1-321. Robert P. Duckworth Clerk True Copy TEST: Robert P. Duckworth Clerk 4653201

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Simone Biles redefining a sport By WILL GRAVES

AP Sports Writer

Simone Biles tried to treat the 2016 Summer Olympics like just your average ordinary gymnastics meet. So what if the stage and the stakes were different? The floor was still the floor. The vault still the vault. The uneven bars still uneven. The balance beam still a four-inch wide test of nerves. And the 19-year-old with the electric smile and boundless talent was still the best in the world. Maybe the best of all-time. Over the course of 10 days in August, the biggest meet of her life ended like pretty much all the others in the four years that came before it: with Biles standing atop the podium, a gold medal around her neck and the sport she’s redefining one boundarypushing routine at a time staring up at her. Not that she remembers any of it. “It’s kind of a blur,” Biles said. Maybe to Biles, but not to the rest of the world. Her massive haul in Rio de Janeiro — a record-tying four golds to go along with a bronze for the dominant U.S. women’s team — propelled her to stardom and rendered her last name superfluous. Now there’s one more honor to add to what on Twitter is known simply as (hash)SimoneThings: Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. In a vote by U.S. editors and news directors announced Monday, Biles received 31 votes out of a possible 59 votes. U.S. Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, who won four golds and a silver in Rio, finished second with 20 votes. Serena Williams, who won Wimbledon for the seventh time to tie Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles, and three-time AP women’s NCAA basketball Player of the Year Breanna Stewart tied for third with four votes each. The AP Male Athlete of the Year will be announced Tuesday. Biles became the fifth gymnast to win the honor, joining Olga Korbut in 1972, Nadia Comaneci in 1976, Mary Lou Retton in 1984 and Gabby Douglas in 2012. It’s company Biles joined while completing a run of dominance that included three straight all-around World Championships, an unprecedented run at the top in a sport where peaks are often measured in months, not years. The teenager from Spring, Texas, hardly seemed burdened by the outsized expecta-

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United States’ Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women’s team final at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aug. 9.

tions. If anything, she embraced them. She opted out of a verbal commitment to compete collegiately at UCLA to turn professional so she could cash in on the lucrative opportunities afforded an Olympic champion, a bit of a gamble considering the window is so narrow and directly tied to success at the Games. Yet Biles seemed immune to it. At least on the outside. Inside, there were more than a few butterflies when she stepped onto the floor during team preliminaries on Aug. 7. They vanished the moment she stepped onto the green and cream colored floor at Rio Olympic Arena as she and the rest of her “Final Five” teammates — Douglas, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian — put on a clinic that showcased how substantial the gap between the Americans and the rest of the world has grown.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK BOYS Dayvon Cuffey, Sr., Glen Burnie, basketball Cuffey went over the 900-point mark for his career with 21 points and 11 rebounds in a victory over Chopticon and 29 points and 19 rebounds in a road win over Hammond. Cuffey’s big week moved him into ninth place on the Gophers’ all-time scoring list. “Dayvon is off to a great start in the early season and is providing a lot of leadership to the team,” Gophers coach Mike Rudd said. Cuffey HONORABLE MENTION Jaylen Jasper, Sr., Broadneck, basketball Jasper blocked 11 shots and altered several others in the Bruins’ victory over Oakland Mills on Wednesday.

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GIRLS Christina McPhail, So., Indian Creek, basketball McPhail scored 29 points and added six rebounds, two assists and blocked two shots in a victory over Broadneck on Thursday. She added five rebounds and three steals to go with her five points in a win over Severn on Wednesday for the Eagles, who have won four straight. “She’s really focused and driven,” Eagles coach Jamie Cook said. “She’s working hard offensively and made McPhail some key defensive plays in our win over Broadneck.” HONORABLE MENTION Whitney Albert, So., St. Mary’s, basketball Albert scored 28 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a victory over Mount Carmel on Wednesday.

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Miles, Patchett, Moran all in double figures in Bucs win Se’Ri Miles tallied 14 points, grabbed six steals and four rebounds and Ali Patchett added 13 points and six boards to lead Kent Island to a 55-46 win over Huntingtown in an opening round game of the Lady Bucs Holiday Tournament on Monday. The Buccaneers will square off against St. Vincent Pallotti in the championship game at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Hannah Moran added 11 points and seven rebounds for Kent Island. Huntingtown (3-3) Kent Island (7-0)

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Huntingtown (46) Diamond 8 2-418; Morgan 3 4-410; Smith 2(1) 0-0 5; Brothers 0 5-7 5; Rhodes 1 2-2 4; Dorr 1 0-2 2; Gross 0 2-2 2. TOTALS: 15(1) 15-21 46. Kent Island (55) Miles 5(1) 3-9 14; Patchett 4 5-8 13; Moran 3(1) 4-6 11; Goodrich 3 1-1 7; Dodge 3 0-1 6; Kiah 1 0-0 2; Plumer 1 0-0 2; Cifolilli 0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 20(2) 13-27 55.

PALLOTTI 44, BROADNECK 42: Autumn Fields increased her number of doubledoubles to six with 22 points and 12 rebounds, but the Bruins fell in the waning seconds to the Panthers in the opening game of the Lady Bucs Holiday Tournament at Kent Island. Khalia Turner added 11 points, Julia Aminzadah contributed six points, Tyliya Washington had three points and Maura Dawson grabbed three rebounds for Broadneck, which will face Huntingtown in the consolation game at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Then again, the gulf between Biles and every other gymnast on the planet — even her good friends in red, white and blue — may be even wider. “In prelims I did very well I kind of shocked myself,” Biles said. “I came in thinking, I` ’ve been to three worlds.’ I knew the gist of it. Once I got (prelims) out of the way, I just kind of relaxed.” What followed was a run of brilliance: a team gold as a fitting send off to retiring national team coordinator Martha Karolyi. Another in the all-around two days later, where her score of 62.198 bettered Raisman by more than two full points, the gymnastics equivalent of winning a football game by three touchdowns. A third gold came on vault, the first ever by an American woman at the Olympics and Biles’ first in major international competition to fill the only hole in her increasingly peerless resume.

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Pallotti (44) Hall 5 0-1 10; Brown 4 1-4 9; Alhassan 3 2-4 8; Tippin 2 2-3 6; Roberts 2 1-2 5; Thweatt 1 2-2 4; Griffin 1 0-0 2; Brogden 0 0-2

0. TOTALS: 18 8-18 44. Broadneck (42) Fields 9 4-6 22; Turner 3 5-6 11; Aminzadah 2 2-2 6; Washington 1(1) 0-1 3, Dawson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15(1) 11-15 42.

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inson had a game-high 14 points and Daevone Johnson added 12 as Old Mill easily handled Ballou, 64-40, in an openinground contest in the Royal Division at the Spartans Holiday Tournament at Laurel High School on Monday. Old Mill will face Chapelgate Christian in the Royal Division championship at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Dayonte Barnes chipped in 11 points for Old Mill. ARUNDEL 68, SEAFORD (DEL.) 42:

Christian Thornton totaled a team-high 12 points and added six assists and three steals to lead the Wildcats to a 26-point victory over the Blue Jays from Delaware. Michael Joynor had 11 points amd seven rebounds and Quest Delaney chipped in eight points for Arundel, which will play Saints Peter and Paul in the championship game of the Overtime Live Tournament at Chesapeake College at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. 24 10

but the Bruins could never retake the lead. Chad Datko had 16 rebounds for Broadneck. Kris Peet had 12 points and three steals for North County, followed by Demtres Gaskins with 11 points. Schrader is confident his team will show well in the final. “I believe they are going to respond,” Schrader said. “You are going to see our very best tomorrow night against whoever we play.” Broadneck (3-4) North County (5-2)

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Arundel (68) Thornton 5(2) 0-0 12; Joyner 4 3-3 11; Delaney 3(1) 1-1 8; Hogan 3 1-4 7; Radford 2(1) 1-1 6; Brown 2 2-2 6; Hebron 2 0-0 4; Kelly 2 0-2 4; Jackson 1 0-0 2; Richardson 1 0-0 2; Rohrer 1 0-0 2; Wise 1 0-1 2; Slocum 0 2-2 2. TOTALS: 27(4) 10-16 68. Seaford (Del.) (42) James 8(4) 4-5 24; Frasier 3(1) 0-1 7; Barrett 2(2) 1-2 7; Deputy 1 0-0 2; Correa 1 0-2 2. TOTALS: 15(7) 5-10 42.

TUESDAY DEC. 27 Boys Basketball Overtime Live Tournament at Chesapeake College Championship: Arundel vs. Sts. Peter and Paul, 6:45 Spartans Holiday Tournament at Laurel HS White consolation, 11 a.m.; White championship, 4:15 Royal championship, Chapelgate vs. Old Mill, 6 James T. Bogle Invitational at Glen Burnie Consolation: Broadneck vs. Patuxent, 5 Championship: Glen Burnie vs. North County, 7 Severna Park at Century Tournament Severna Park vs. Century, 7:30 Rte. 175 Classic at Meade Meade vs. High Point, 4 C. Milton Wright vs. Kennedy, 5:30 Governor’s Challenge Indian Creek vs. Easton, 10:30 a.m. Girls Basketball Lady Bucs Holiday Tournament at Kent Island Consolation: Broadneck vs. Huntingtown, 2 Championship: Kent Island vs. Pallotti, 4 Magruder Tournament Severna Park vs. Clarksburg, 1 Lady Millers Holiday Tournament Arundel vs. Largo, noon Mistletoe Madness at Chesapeake Indian Creek vs. Green Street Academy, 5 Chesapeake vs. Southwestern, 7 Meade at Title IX Classic Southern at Oakland Mills Holiday Tournament Wrestling Broadneck at Damascus Tournament

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28 Boys Basketball Fred Stauffer Cap City Classic at Annapolis Loyola Blakefield vs. Pikesville, 5 Annapolis vs. Chesapeake Science Point, 7 Rte. 175 Classic at Meade Consolation, 4; championship, 5:30 Severna Park at Century Tournament Consolation, 5:30; championship, 7:30 Severn at Huntingtown Tournament Indian Creek at Governor’s Challenge

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Broadneck (71) Gomer 9(6) 7-10 31; Datko 2 1-2 5; Davis 6(3) 5-6 20; McKercher 2(1) 0-0 5; Vican 1 2-2 4; Williams 0 0-0 0; Jacobs 0 2-4 2; Colbert 1 0-0 2; B. Schwob 0 2-2 2; McCarren 0 0-0 0; Atkinson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21(10) 19-26 71. North County (78) Peet 3 6-912; Pearmon 3(1) 0-0 7; Lopez 9(1)1-2 20; White1 0-1 2; Spence 4(1) 7-7 16; Ennis 1 0-0 2; Gaskins 3 5-6 11; Roat 1 0-1 2; Black 1 2-2 4; Waller 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 27(3) 21-28 78.

GLEN BURNIE 81, PATUXENT 33: Dayvon Cuffey exploded for 28 points, including two monstrous dunks that almost brought the house down, along with 14 rebounds and three steals, to lead the Gophers to the victory over the Panthers in the nightcap of the James T. Bogle Invitational. Glen Burnie will face North County in the championship game at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Sese Gbowa added12 points, while Troy Smoot tossed in nine for the Gophers. Patuxent (0-6) Glen Burnie (7-0)

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Patuxent (33) Holloway 3(1) 0-5 7; Thomas 3 0-0 6; Watkins 3 0-0 6; West 2 2-4 6; Griffith 2(1) 0-0 5; T. Johnson10-0 2; Laurers 01-21; C. Johnson 0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 14(2) 3-13 33. Glen Burnie (81) Cuffey 12(2) 2-2 28; Gbowa 4(2) 2-3 12; Smoot 4(1) 0-0 9; Cavey 2(1) 2-2 7; Watkins 21-2 5; Santos 2(1) 0-0 5; Felder 2 0-0 4; Maddox 2 0-0 4; Yearby 2 0-2 4; Cornwell 1 0-0 2; McKissic 0 1-3 1. TOTALS: 33(7) 8-16 81.

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mas, have a weird feel to them, and weird things can happen. North County’s defense struggled at times, in particular marking Broadneck’s shooters. Damon Gomer scored all 31 of his points for the Bruins in the second half — 21in the fourth quarter — and made six 3-pointers in that stretch. Schrader was perplexed at times with his team’s efforts defensively. “Since we have raised expectations, it is frustrating when we do not play to that level,” Schrader said. “We hang our hat on defense. If we can bring the defensive energy, enthusiasm and passion every night, we can compete with any team in the county.” Shane Davis, who had 20 points and three steals for Broadneck, scored 12 points in the third quarter. The Bruins, who trailed by double digits for much of the contest, cut the deficit to three when Gomer made all three free throws with under seven minutes to play. “We got really complacent — that is why they came back,” Spence said. “They should not have come back. We just need to finish like we should be doing.” Spence responded with a fancy spin layup that put North County back up by five. Christian Ennis followed with a rebound put-back, and the Knights used their defense to create turnovers and breathing room. “Defense wins everything, and so does hard work,” Lopez said. Gomer made a flurry of 3-pointers, five in all, in the closing minutes, to get Broadneck back within two possessions,

A bronze on beam followed thanks to a messy landing on a front flip, her only major form break in Rio. No matter, she put the exclamation point on her gold rush with a gravity-escaping floor routine that ended with Biles rushing to embrace longtime coach Aimee Boorman as their long journey to this moment ended in triumph. The ensuing four months have been a whirlwind. Biles carried the U.S. flag at closing ceremonies, published her autobiography, took part in a post-Olympic tour with her teammates (including performing in eight shows despite a fractured rib) and hung out at the White House with the president. She remains open to giving it another shot in Tokyo in 2020. That’s for later. In January she’ll sit down and plot out her goals for the upcoming year. For the first time since she can remember, gymnastics won’t be on the list.

Northeast Holiday Tournament LaPlata vs. Mount Hebron, 4 Northeast vs. Greater Grace, 6 Mistletoe Madness at Chesapeake Wheaton vs. Southwestern, 5 Chesapeake vs. Green Street Academy, 7 Girls Basketball Fred StaufferCap City Classic at Annapolis Central vs. Northwestern, 1 Annapolis vs. LaPlata, 3 Lady Spartans Holiday Tournament at Laurel HS North County vs. Coolidge (DC), 2:30 Glen Burnie vs. Northern, 6 Hyde Holiday Tournament at Queen Anne’s Severn vs. Northeast, 4 Queen Anne’s vs. JEB Stuart (Va.), 6 Waldorf Holiday Hoops Classic at North Point Old Mill vs. Thomas Dale, 1 Southern at Oakland Mills Holiday Tournament Meade at Title IX Classic Arundel at Lady Millers Holiday Tournament Severna Park at Magruder Tournament Wrestling Broadneck at Damascus Tournament

THURSDAY, DEC. 29 (PARTIAL) Boys Basketball Fred Stauffer Cap City Classic at Annapolis Consolation, 3; championship, 7 Severn at Huntingtown Tournament AACS in Governor’s Challenge Northeast Holiday Tournament Consolation, 4; championship, 6 Mistletoe Madness at Chesapeake Consolation, 3; championship, 7 Girls Basketball Fred Stauffer Cap City Classic at Annapolis Consolation, 1; championship, 5 Mistletoe Madness at Chesapeake Consolation, 1; championship, 5 Hyde Holiday Tournament at Queen Anne’s Consolation, 4; championship, 6 Waldorf Holiday Hoops Classic at North Point Consolation, 1; championship, 4:30