Colleges

Quick Links

Top Story

Skipjacks' women follow title with rout

WYE MILLS The Skipjacks certainly played like champions in their first game since winning the state women's basketball tournament.

Updated: 7:00 am
Comments (0)
Sports, Juco Womens' Basketball, Skipjacks

Recent Headlines

Wednesday 02/22/2012

Terps close on 10-0 run in comeback win

Updated: February 22, 2012 - 7:52 am

COLLEGE PARK (AP) There was no overstating the excitement and gratification Maryland derived from its rousing comeback victory over Miami.

Comments (0)

Binghamton wins at last, beats Vermont

Updated: February 22, 2012 - 9:16 am

VESTAL, N.Y. (AP) Robert Mansell scored 18 points and Binghamton held off Vermont 57-53 to win its first game of the season Tuesday night, snapping a 27-game losing streak and shedding the dubious distinction of being the only winless team in Division I.

Comments (0)

Tuesday 02/21/2012

After baby steps, Skipjacks take the great leap forward

Updated: February 21, 2012 - 6:44 am

WYE MILLS As hard as it may be to believe, it wasn't that long ago that just finishing the season was a goal for Chesapeake College's women's basketball program.

Comments (0)

Monday 02/20/2012

Terps snap No. 5 Duke’s ACC run

Posted: February 20, 2012

COLLEGE PARK (AP)) - Before leading her team against fifth-ranked Duke, Maryland coach Brenda Frese was honored for earning her 300th career victory earlier in the week.

Comments (0)

Skipjacks capture first state title

Posted: February 20, 2012

FREDERICK - In a season of firsts, this one was special.

Comments (0)

Blosser goes 2-for-4 in college baseball debut

Updated: February 20, 2012 - 7:17 am

CHARLESTON, S.C. Freshman Rich Blosser, a 2011 North Caroline graduate, went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI Friday afternoon as the Towson University baseball team defeated The Citadel, 6-5, in the teams' season opener at the Citadel Memorial Tournament.

Comments (0)

Sunday 02/19/2012

Skipjacks capture first women's hoops title

Updated: February 20, 2012 - 7:06 am

FREDERICK -- In a season of firsts, this one was special.

Comments (0)

Chesapeake reaches state championship

Updated: February 19, 2012 - 7:44 am

FREDERICK From their very first possession of Saturday's state women's basketball tournament semifinal when Deja Acree drove hard off the opening tap for a jumper that put her team ahead to stay the Skipjacks took the game right to Frederick Community College.

Comments (0)

more headlines »

Sunday 02/19/2012

Skipjacks make Cecil work for semifinal nod

Updated: February 19, 2012 - 7:47 am

FREDERICK Last month, the Skipjacks dropped a 93-76 men's basketball decision to Cecil College that wasn't as close as the final score.

Comments (0)

After forging tie at intermission, score just 13 points rest of way

Updated: February 19, 2012 - 8:16 am

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. First-year coach Mark Turgeon was feeling pretty good when his Maryland team went into the locker room at halftime tied with No. 22 Virginia.

Comments (0)

NDHS alum Johnson opens season 6-for-12

Updated: February 19, 2012 - 10:28 am

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. Tre'Von Johnson, a 2009 North Dorchester High graduate, began the 2012 baseball season as an all-MEAC preseason selection and has continued to hit the ball well in his third year at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Comments (0)

Friday 02/17/2012

Skipjacks surge by Seahawks in opener

Updated: February 17, 2012 - 7:10 am

FREDERICK Rose Smith knew Thursday's state women's basketball tournament game started at 3 p.m., but her teammates must have hit the "snooze" button on their alarm clocks.

Comments (0)

Stoglin, Terps roll by Eagles

Updated: February 17, 2012 - 8:23 am

COLLEGE PARK (AP) Terrell Stoglin scored 19 of his 24 points in the decisive first half, and Maryland cruised to an 81-65 victory over struggling Boston College on Thursday night.

Comments (0)

No. 8 Maryland women handle Virginia, 73-56

Updated: February 17, 2012 - 8:25 am

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Tianna Hawkins scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and No. 8 Maryland took charge early in a 73-56 victory over Virginia on Thursday night.

Comments (0)

Thursday 02/16/2012

Eighth-ranked Heels rally past feisty foe

Posted: February 16, 2012

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Harrison Barnes scored 23 points and No. 8 North Carolina used smothering defense to rally from an eight-point deficit in the second half and beat Miami 73-64 Wednesday night.

Comments (0)

Finally, a coach who put his foot down

Updated: February 16, 2012 - 7:30 am

For the price of a ticket Tuesday night in Tuscaloosa, you could see something rare in college sports anymore: a coach putting his foot down.

Comments (0)

No. 2 see 'Jacks look to put it all together in tourney

Updated: February 16, 2012 - 7:35 am

FREDERICK The Chesapeake College women's basketball team has already set a school record for victories, has won its last seven games, and has earned the second seed in this week's Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference tournament.

Comments (0)

Wednesday 02/15/2012

Skipjacks March Forward

Posted: February 15, 2012

Featured

WYE MILLS - Kevin Bonsu's family was on hand for the first time during the freshman's JuCo basketball career at Chesapeake College.

Comments (0)

Former Penn State VP seeks dismissal

Updated: February 15, 2012 - 7:36 am

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) A former Penn State vice president on Tuesday asked a judge to throw out charges that he lied to a grand jury investigating former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky and that he did not properly report suspected child abuse.

Comments (0)

Tuesday 02/14/2012

Chesapeake wondering who's coming tonight

Updated: February 14, 2012 - 5:47 am

WYE MILLS Which Howard Community College men's basketball team will show up to play seventh-seeded Chesapeake College Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the first round of the Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference tournament?

Comments (0)

Terps grant O'Brien's request for his release

Updated: February 14, 2012 - 11:51 am

COLLEGE PARK (AP) Maryland football has granted quarterback Danny O'Brien's request for a release from the program to play elsewhere.

Comments (0)

Monday 02/13/2012

Terps fall to fellow Top 10

Updated: February 13, 2012 - 7:37 am

Featured

COLLEGE PARK (AP) - Maryland blew a golden opportunity to beat Miami.

Comments (0)

Sunday 02/12/2012

Skipjacks lock up home court

Updated: February 12, 2012 - 7:28 am

WYE MILLS To be sure, there are still goals out there for the Skipjacks to achieve. They checked a couple more off their list Friday night with a 90-82 men's basketball victory over scrappy but out-manned Frederick Community College.

Comments (0)

Plumlees help No. 10 Duke top Terps, 73-55

Updated: February 12, 2012 - 7:34 am

Featured

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke's Plumlee brothers were double trouble make that double-double trouble for Maryland.

Comments (0)

Orange roll Huskies; Tar Heels tame Cavs

Updated: February 12, 2012 - 8:28 am

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Scoop Jardine sparked a game-deciding rally with 3-pointers on consecutive possessions in the closing minutes, and No. 2 Syracuse beat Connecticut 85-67 on Saturday.

Comments (0)

Friday 02/10/2012

Kizer, No. 8 Terrapins trounce Tigers

Updated: February 10, 2012 - 7:29 am

Featured

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Maryland coach Brenda Frese was worried how her eighth-ranked Terrapins would approach the game with struggling Clemson. She's a lot more confident about the rest of the regular season after Maryland's latest blowout.

Comments (0)

'Jacks rally for OT win on road

Updated: February 10, 2012 - 7:52 am

CATONSVILLE Chesapeake College's new-found ability to win on the road means the Skipjacks are likely to earn a home playoff game to open the state men's basketball tournament.

Comments (0)

Thursday 02/09/2012

Rivers beats horn, UNC

Updated: February 09, 2012 - 7:07 am

Featured

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Freshman Austin Rivers buried a 3-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night.

Comments (0)

Skipjacks prep for playoffs, win seventh straight

Updated: February 09, 2012 - 7:15 am

COLUMBIA The Skipjacks prepped for the playoffs with their seventh straight win, recording a 72-45 women's basketball victory Tuesday night over Howard Community College.

Comments (0)

Syracuse works OT for Boeheim's 880th

Updated: February 09, 2012 - 8:06 am

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Who says Syracuse doesn't have a go-to guy?

Comments (0)

Wednesday 02/08/2012

Stoglin's 27 carry Terps on the road

Updated: February 08, 2012 - 6:51 am

Featured

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Terrell Stoglin was tired of hearing that Maryland just can't win on the road and much of that talk was coming from Terrapins coach Mark Turgeon.

Comments (0)

Terps primed for another title shot

Updated: February 08, 2012 - 11:02 am

COLLEGE PARK After three years of early exits from the NCAA tournament, the Maryland men's lacrosse team finally had its shot at the program's first national title since 1975 last May.

Comments (0)

Tuesday 02/07/2012

Thomas lifts No. 8 Terps women past Georgia Tech

Updated: February 07, 2012 - 6:43 am

Featured

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) Alyssa Thomas scored 23 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, Tianna Hawkins added a career-high 23 points and No. 8 Maryland beat No. 22 Georgia Tech 64-56 on Monday night.

Comments (0)

Monday 02/06/2012

Miami's big man comes up huge vs. Duke

Updated: February 06, 2012 - 6:25 am

Featured

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Leave it to the biggest player on Miami's roster to put the Hurricanes on his back and carry them to their most impressive victory in quite a while.

Comments (0)

Loyola (Md) defeats Saint Peter's 66-55

Updated: February 06, 2012 - 6:32 am

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) Robert Olson scored 19 points and Loyola (Md.) defeated Saint Peter's 66-55 Sunday, for its sixth straight win.

Comments (0)

Sunday 02/05/2012

Terps threaten, but Heels deny

Posted: February 05, 2012

COLLEGE PARK (AP) - Maryland's quest for a significant, attention-getting victory will have to wait for another day.

Comments (0)

Skipjacks men fall a 3-pointer short

Posted: February 05, 2012

WYE MILLS - The Chesapeake College men's basketball team was within one last-second 3-point attempt by sophomore guard Rocky Harris from forcing overtime Saturday against Prince George's Community College, despite trailing the Owls for nearly the entire game.

Comments (0)

Skipjacks women cruise to win

Updated: February 05, 2012 - 7:40 am

WYE MILLS Chesapeake College has built its most successful women's basketball season ever around its full-court pressure. The Skipjacks stayed true to their character in one of their most important games of the year.

Comments (0)

Friday 02/03/2012

Rivers leads Duke past the Hokies

Posted: February 03, 2012

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Austin Rivers scored 18 points, Ryan Kelly had 15, and No. 7 Duke used a late first-half run to open a double-digit lead it never relinquished in a 75-60 victory against Virginia Tech on Thursday night.

Comments (0)

Skipjacks snap road skid, win fourth in a row

Updated: February 03, 2012 - 6:31 am

ABERDEEN A successful team has to be able to win on the road. Chesapeake College took a step in the right direction Wednesday night with a 74-69 men's basketball victory over host Harford.

Comments (0)

Thursday 02/02/2012

Terps rally, but lose in double-OT

Posted: February 02, 2012

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - The Miami Hurricanes blew a 16-point second-half lead, had three players disqualified and still beat Maryland in double overtime Wednesday, 90-86.

Comments (0)

Skipjacks make history

Updated: February 02, 2012 - 6:46 am

ABERDEEN This year's Skipjacks are officially the most successful women's basketball squad in Chesapeake College history.

Comments (0)

Tuesday 01/31/2012

’Jacks tie school wins mark

Posted: January 31, 2012

WYE MILLS - Chesapeake College tied the school record for women's basketball victories Monday night, using a 59-41 triumph over CCBC-Dundalk to match the 2007-08 Skipjacks with their 15th win.

Comments (0)

Woodall leads Pitt by Mountaineers

Updated: January 31, 2012 - 6:34 am

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Tray Woodall scored a game-high 24 points and Pittsburgh won its third straight Big East game with a 72-66 defeat of West Virginia on Monday night.

Comments (0)

UConn right at home in Cameron

Updated: January 31, 2012 - 7:43 am

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) No. 3 Connecticut traveled to Cameron Indoor Stadium and made itself right at home inside No. 5 Duke's famously noisy arena.

Comments (0)

Sunday 01/29/2012

Terps Squeeze By

Updated: January 29, 2012 - 7:57 am

Featured

COLLEGE PARK (AP) Maryland coach Mark Turgeon was disheartened by the way his team finished.

Comments (0)

Longest skid ever now over

Updated: January 29, 2012 - 8:08 am

TOWSON (AP) Erique Gumbs learned a valuable lesson a couple of days ago after Towson coach Pat Skerry tried to inspire his team that had lost an NCAA-record 41 straight games, showing them Muhammad Ali's famous "rope-a-dope" boxing match against George Foreman.

Comments (0)

Skipjacks' big finish subdues Gryphons

Updated: January 29, 2012 - 9:21 am

WYE MILLS The shot Rocky Harris hit from just inside the half-court line Friday night didn't just give Chesapeake College a 41-38 halftime lead. It also served as a sign of things to come from the Skipjacks, who exploded for 59 second-half points in a 100-87 men's basketball win over Montgomery College Germantown.

Comments (0)

Friday 01/27/2012

Tellier, Va. Tech shock eighth-ranked Maryland

Posted: January 27, 2012

COLLEGE PARK (AP) - Monet Tellier tied a career high with 31 points and fueled a late charge that carried Virginia Tech to a stunning 75-69 upset of No. 8 Maryland on Thursday night.

Comments (0)

PSU Pays Final Respects

Updated: January 27, 2012 - 7:29 am

Featured

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Crediting him with building not just better athletes but better men, former Penn State football stars and others paid tribute to Joe Paterno in a huge campus memorial service Thursday that exposed a strong undercurrent of anger over his firing.

Comments (0)

Thursday 01/26/2012

Duke Sullies Dedication

Posted: January 26, 2012

Featured

COLLEGE PARK (AP) - A special night at Maryland was unceremoniously ruined by No. 8 Duke, which had its own agenda in this matchup of longtime rivals.

Comments (0)

Skipjacks’ use depth to prevail

Updated: January 26, 2012 - 8:36 am

WYE MILLS - The short-handed Knights lacked both depth and an inside presence - and the Chesapeake College men's basketball team made the most of its guest's shortcomings.

Comments (0)

Wednesday 01/25/2012

CSM pulls out wild win over Skipjack men

Updated: January 25, 2012 - 7:23 am

LA PLATA Sedric Baker scored a game-high 25 points, including a tie-breaking, three-point play with 6.7 seconds remaining, Monday night to lift the College of Southern Maryland to a 109-106 men's basketball victory over Chesapeake College.

Comments (0)

Tuesday 01/24/2012

Paterno to get public memorial

Updated: January 24, 2012 - 7:46 am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Joe Paterno's family said Monday the legendary football coach will get a two-day viewing and a public memorial this week on the Penn State campus, two months after the university summarily fired him over the phone.

Comments (0)

Skipjacks close on school victory mark

Updated: January 24, 2012 - 8:06 am

LA PLATA The Skipjacks aren't just good they're on the verge of becoming historically good.

Comments (0)

AP source: Navy to join Big East in 2015

Updated: January 24, 2012 - 8:08 am

A person with knowledge of the decision says Navy will announce Tuesday it's joining Big East football in 2015.

Comments (0)

Monday 01/23/2012

'After 61 years, he deserved better'

Updated: January 23, 2012 - 7:47 am