Maryland: Super 60 Crab Bowl Selections Announced

The rosters for the second annual Maryland Crab Bowl High School All-Star Football Game were announced during a news conference Wednesday at Towson University.

The game, which showcases the best high school talent from Baltimore and Washington, D.C., will be played on Dec. 19 at 1 p.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium on the Towson University campus.

“Last year’s talent was the best the state’s ever seen,” said Chuck Harmon, the president and co-founder of the event. “Maryland in the past has not had that national reputation that other states such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas, California and so on has in the nation. But Maryland is quickly rising. We’ve got some athletes in this state that can play for any university in the United States.”

Washington won last year’s inaugural game, 32-21, but perhaps more important than the final score was the fact that several players received football scholarship offers as a result of their participation in the game, played in front of many college scouts.

“Last year we were fortunate to have 88 kids involved in the game,” Harmon said. “Out of those 88 kids, 83 student-athletes received college scholarships. We had 27 kids, as a result of playing in the Crab Bowl, get a chance to play and earn college scholarships.”

Wednesday’s roster announcement — known as the Super 60 — was just the initial list of kids who made the cut. Harmon intends to add 14-15 players to each team before December’s game.

A Super 60 mandatory combine will be held Aug. 1 at the Athletic Republic in Annapolis.

For more information on the game visit www.marylandcrabbowl.com.

Team Baltimore

Josh Alaeze, Parkville, linebacker-defensive end
Nathan Ayers, Dunbar, defensive back
Hansen Barrick, Tuscarora, offensive lineman
Josh Bordner, Century, quarterback
Connor Bruns, Loyola, quarterback
Tyrek Cheeseboro, Milford Mill, wide receiver
Devin Clark, Dunbar, offensive lineman
Tuswani Copeland, Meade, wide receiver
Billy Cosh, Arundel, quarterback
Adrian Coxson, City, wide receiver
Ryan Dixon, Linganore, wide receiver
Anthony Ferguson, Gilman, defensive end
J.R. Ferguson, Hargrave, Military Academy, defensive end
Nick Forbes, Thomas Johnson, linebacker
Kyle Fuller, Mount St. Joseph, cornerback
Josh Furman, Old Mill, defensive back-running back
Emmanuel Gbor, Eastern Tech, running back
Jeremy Grove, Thomas Johnson, linebacker
R.J. Harris, Arundel, wide receiver
Robby Havenstein, Linganore, offensive lineman
Kevin Johnson, River Hill, defensive back
Nick Marth, Linganore, defensive lineman
Jake McGinnis, Joppatowne, linebacker
Hassam Ouri, Broadneck offensive lineman
Bobby Partilla, Arundel, linebacker
Mike Pitz, Hereford, offensive lineman
Jim Poggi, Gilman, linebacker
Matt Robinson, Atholton, athlete
Delonte Tate, Stephen Decatur, defensive back
Kyle Tucker, Linganore, offensive lineman
Willie Williams, Hereford, running back
Zach Zwinak, Linganore, fullback

Washington

Marcus Anderson, Westlake, linebacker
Antonio Belt, Forestville, wide receiver
Brian Blue, Gwynn Park, linebacker
Marcus Coker, DeMatha, running back
Brandon Coleman, Bishop McNamara, wide receiver
Michael Coley, DeMatha, safety
Malik Cross, Oxon Hill, linebacker
Bisi Ezekoye, Kennedy
Troy Gloster, Good Counsel, linebacker
Devin Goode, Riverdale Baptist, wide receiver
Jordan Haden, Friendly, safety
Taylor Henry, Cambridge-South Dorchester
Shane Johnson, DeMatha, offensive lineman
Jerome June, Gwynn Park, defensive end
Jeff Knox, DeMatha, safety
Arie Kouandjio, DeMatha, offensive tackle
Axel Ofori, Gaithersburg, defensive back
Paul Phillips, Georgetown Prep, tight end
Chris Pitsenberger, Good Counsel, linebacker
Mitchell Pollard, Springbrook, wide receiver
E.J. Scott, Good Counsel, defensive back
Arlando Scott, North Point, running back
Khalek Shepherd, Gwynn Park, running back
Devonte Stamps, McDonough, linebacker
Devonta Tabannah, Potomac, wide receiver
Frank Tamakloe, Good Counsel, safety
Titus Till, Wise, defensive back
Oswaldo Velasquez, Magruder, offensive lineman
Lorenzo Waters, DeMatha, safety
Louis Young, Good Counsel, defensive back

West Virginia signee Tavon Austin runs for a gain in the 2008 Crab Bowl.

File photo by Ed Rohde

Baseball: Glenelg coach makes bullpen coaching call

Glenelg baseball coach Tom Thrasher, 58, is retiring as the team's head baseball coach and will turn the reins over to his assistant, Glenelg alum Dave Boteler.

Thrasher turns over a program he has led since 1997 and took to state titles in 1998 and 1999. Despite turning over the varsity team to Boteler, Thrasher will stay involved by coaching the junior varsity team next season, a position he held in 1995 when the varsity team also won the state championship.

Thrasher will continue in his role as a U.S. History teacher at the Glenwood Middle School.

Basketball: Hammond’s Baker makes college selection

Hammond Senior Chris Baker, a second-team All-Metro selection, has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Missouri Southern.

The 5-foot-10 point guard averaged 20.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists during his senior season for the Golden Bears.

Lacrosse: MIAA all-stars announced

The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association lacrosse coaches announced their selections for the 2009 boys all-star teams.

A Conference
Boys’ Latin: Christian Walsh, RG Keenan
Calvert Hall: Chris Lightner, Patrick Fanshaw, Tony Rossi
Friends: Ryan DeSmit
Gilman: Jack Doyle, Greg McBride, Marcus Holman, Harry Prevas
Loyola: Rob Fitzpatrick, Alex Bement
McDonogh: Sam Ford, Curtis Holmes
Mount St. Joseph: Chris Costabile
St. Mary’s: Neill Lewnes, Jason Gonos
St. Paul’s: Pat Powderly

B Conference
Annapolis Area CS: Matt Soldano, Cody Thomas, Sam Ramatowski
Archbishop Curley: Pete Lee, Alex Kelly
Chapelgate: CA Zach Bruce
Glenelg CS: Bryan Arnold, Joe Clark, Matt Lewis, John Carroll, Dave Pons, Tom Murphy, Luke Phipps, Tom Huff
Key: Jake Maldonado
Park: Andrew Duberg
St. Vincent Pallotti: Mike Marks
Saints Peter & Paul: John Kaestner, Conner Effinger

C Conference
Baltimore Lutheran: Jim Woods, Mike Steppe, Sam Coulter, John Jenkins, Robbie Rupp
Beth Tfiloh: Jacob Wilkowski

Cardinal Gibbons: Christian Klimczyk, Will Foy, Mike Dougherty
Indian Creek: Morgan Hall
Mt. Carmel: Mark Concordia, Alex Brylske
St. Frances: Dominique Spence
St. John’s Catholic Prep: Mike Russo, Jon Kubala, Conlin Pierce
Towson Catholic: Eric Dougan, Luke Hahn

Jon Buzby is the Maryland correspondent for MaxPreps.com.