The annual Turkey Bowl football game between Calvert Hall and Loyola is moving to Towson’s Johnny Unitas Stadium this year because of the Ravens’ Thanksgiving night home game against the 49ers.
Will the move change the atmosphere for the 92nd edition of the game?
Should the teams have kept the game at M&T Bank Stadium and played on a different day?
Or is Unitas Stadium a better fit for the event in general?
Share your thoughts on the relocation in the comments section below.
Calvert Hall 2010 graduate Rob Zoppo (Towson), Gilman 2011 grad Ryan Tucker (Virginia), and Calvert Hall rising junior Stephen Kelly earned spots on the 23-man roster for the U.S. men’s national under-19 team that will compete in the 2012 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) U19 Men’s World Championships in Turku, Finland next summer.
The team was chosen by a player selection committee following a four-day tryout at UMBC last week in which 123 candidates challenged for positions.
Along with coach Tim Flynn and assistants Jack Crawford (Loyola), Tom Duquette and Tom Rotanz, the committee consisted of 20 coaches from 15 different states.
Players from eight states made the team.
The entire roster:
A – Connor Buczek, St. Xavier High School ’11, Amelia, Ohio, Cornell ’15
A – Daniel Eipp, Groton Dunstable ’10, Groton, Mass., Harvard ’14
A – Matthew Kavanagh, Chaminade High Sch ’11, Rockville Centre, NY, Notre Dame ’15
A – Kyle Keenan, Smithtown West High School ’11, Smithtown, N.Y., Duke ’15
A – Joseph Leonard, Hicksville High School ’11, Hicksville, N.Y., St. Joh
A look at the area players named to the US Lacrosse High School Boys All-Academic Team:
Anne Arundel County: Joe Galdi, Severna Park, senior; Cameron Gormley, Arundel, senior.
Baltimore County: Vance Baughman, Patapsco, senior; Kevin Saval, Pikesville, senior.
Carroll County: Eric Natale, Westminster, senior.
Harford County: Carson Kalama, Bel Air, sophomore; Benjamin Miller, North Harford, senior; Brian White, Fallston, senior.
Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association: Greg Caso, McDonogh, senior; Tony Olmert, Severn, senior.
The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station Baltimore has announced that 17 high school head football coaches from the state have agreed to coach in the inaugural U.S. Marine Corps Passing League Maryland on July 23 at Woodlawn High School.
The seven-on-seven tournament features high school football players from throughout the state.
The following head coaches have agreed to participate:
Andre Brown – High Point
Lance Clelland – South River
Donald Davis – Calvert Hall
Rob Elliott – Chesapeake
Dwayne Green – Bluford Drew Jemison Academy
Terry Hayes – Bowie
Rich Holzer – Meade
Dante Jones – Edmondson-Westside
DaVaughn Mellerson – Woodlawn
Mike Melton – Glen Burnie
Michael Nines – Leonardtown
Craig Rollins – Overlea
Jeff Seals – Montgomery Blair
Todd Sommerville – Laurel
Rich Stichel – The John Carroll School
Reggie White – Milford Mill Academy
Jamie Willis – Pikesville
The single-day event has 20 tournament slots available with three slots remaining. Each participating team is guar