INSIDE SPORTS ALSO INSIDE Comics C6 ORIOLES OUTFIELD LOADED TV C7 Classified C8 WITH YOUNG TALENT B5 Puzzles C9 The Capital B1 THURSDAY Sports February 7, 2019 CAPITALGAZETTE.COM COLLEGE FOOTBALL Navy holding its own Academy winning most er-in-Chief’s Trophy two years in a row. Army posted the first 11-win season in battles with Army on the program history in 2018 and is 21-5 over the past two seasons. Meanwhile, Navy is recruiting trail coming of its worst season since 2001, having struggled to a 3-10 mark. The By Bill Wagner Midshipmen are 5-16 since mid-October of [email protected] 2017. One wouldthink the competitivedispari- Army owns bragging rights over Navy on ty would give Army a huge advantage in the the football field, but apparently that has head-to-head recruiting battles between not automatically translated to the recruit- the two service academy rivals. Navy head ing landscape. coach Ken Niumatalolo said that was not The Black Knights boast a three-game evident during this 2018-2019 cycle. COURTESY PHOTO/HANDOUT winning streak against the Midshipmen Niumatalolo acknowledged the Black Signing Day photo for Jayden Umbarger, Archbishop Spalding - US Naval Academy and have captured the coveted Command- See NAVY, pageB4 STEVE RUARK/FOR CAPITAL GAZETTE St. Mary's swimmer Patrick Hayburn starts the 200-yard medley relay at the MIAA B Conference swimming championships on Wednesday. The Saints won for the fifth straight year. SaSWIMMINintsG MIAA B CONFERENCEcruiseCHAMPIONSHIPto fifth straight title St. Mary’s captures MIAA B fifth Maryland Interscholastic Athletic As- the Saints’ bid. After leading off the footsteps — they’ve done such great things sociationBchampionship crownin as many triumphant 200 medley relay, Hayburn here — but also create my new path,” he Conference honors years. Never before has St. Mary’s boys ruled the 200 freestyle — beating his own said. “I’ve been swimming different events swimming strung together so many titles in teammate by about nine seconds — and the than them. It’s been really fun.” By Katherine Fominykh arow. 100 butterfly, where he edged Severn’s Jonathan Edwards, too, walked out of [email protected] That you could see in the gleeful faces of Andrew Campbell by almost three seconds. Calvert Hall with a bunch of first-place the six seniors who made sure that He sealed theSaints’ title anchoring the400 finishes. The Saints junior swam the third TOWSON — The 200-yard medley relay happened. freestyle relay. stroke of the winning 200 medley relay and and the 400 freestyle relay proved to be tidy “At this point, I’m relieved. I wanted this Though Jimmy and his sister, Annie, then went on to sweep his other two events, bookends to cap off St. Mary’s historic for the boys all year long,” Reiter said. “I both Loyola swimmers, stamped their own 100 and 500 freestyle, back-to-back. After victory. didn’t want anything to get in the way. I’m major legacies in St. Mary’s swimming lore, teammate Patrick Streyle jumped to an Saints coach Allyson Reiter had predic- proud of the way they’ve conducted Patrick Hayburn wanted to both carry the early lead, Edwards caught up and then ted they would be. themselves up to this point.” torch for the family name and leave his own passed him as the “13” card sank into the The Saints claimed all three relays — and Sophomore Patrick Hayburn, just like his mark. water. He then closed out the night aiding another six individual wins — to sail to their brother Jimmy last year,proved essential to “It’s nice to follow in my siblings’ See SAINTS, page B3 MEN’S BASKETBALL NAVY 77, AMERICAN 67 No. 24 Terps top Cornhuskers Abdullah leads Mids over red-hot Eagles By Bill Wagner [email protected] NAVY @ LEHIGH Saturday, 4:30 p.m. The Brigade of Midshipmen turned out Radio: 1430 AM strong to support the Navy men’s basketball team on Wednesday night, bolstering an otherwise sparse crowd at Alumni Hall. (8-14, 5-6), which has won two in a row at The boisterous contingent of mids, who home after losing six of its previous seven. were all seated in the end zone behind the Freshman swingmanJohn Carter Jr.contrib- home basket, saw Navy play an inspired uted nine points,fiverebounds,twosteals and ballgame that produced a critical win over two assists for the Midshipmen, who led for one of thehottestteams in the Patriot League. almost37 of 40 minutes. Senior point guard Hasan Abdullah Sophomore forward Luke Loehr provided reached a career-high with 23 points and abig lift off the bench with nine points, five deliveredasuperb all-around floorgame with rebounds and three assists, which movedinto six rebounds and six assists to lift Navy to an sixth placein the10-team Patriot League. Top NATI HARNIK/AP impressive 77-67 victory over American in six teams receive a first-round bye in the Maryland’s Anthony Cowan Jr. tries to control the ball as he drives past front of an announced crowd of 1,413 at Patriot League Tournament. Alumni Hall. Freshman point guard Josiah Strong hit a Nebraska’s Thomas Allen (12) during the first half in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday. Senior forward George Kiernan got hot in couple clutch shots down the stretch in No. 24 Maryland defeated Nebraska, 60-45. See story, Page B2. the second half and scored17 points for Navy See MIDS, page B2 B4 THE CAPITAL Thursday, February 7, 2019 www.capitalgazette.com MARYLAND FOOTBALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL Terps flexing signing muscle Florida State, Miami UM’s Locksley lands four-star try to flip narrative dual-threat quarterback for 2019 on signing day By Jonas Shaffer The Baltimore Sun By Ralph D. Russo AP College Football Writer COLLEGE PARK – The Maryland football team had landed perhaps its most important recruit of coach Florida State and Miami were hoping signing day could help Michael Locksley’s short tenure, meaning the adhesive put to the negativity of 2018 to rest and provide a push toward nameplate could finally join the others. Offensive better times. coordinator Scottie Montgomery, celebrating with the Coming off a 5-7 record in their first season under coach Terps’ staff inside their recruiting war room, walked Willie Taggart, the Seminoles landed a top 20 class but struck over to a wall with 16 other stickers. The new name out on a much-needed quarterback Wednesday would go at the very top. Miami, coming off a 7-6 season and coach Mark Richt’s Lance LeGendre might not be the program’s immedi- surprising retirement, managed to finally provide some good ate answer under center, nor is he even the class’ news for Hurricanes fans. New coach Manny Diaz bolstered the top-rated recruit. But at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, on Canes` recruiting class with some high-profile transfers. the last of two signing days for the Class of 2019, the This is the second year for college football’s early December four-star dual-threat quarterback’s announcement at his signing period and it’s made the traditional signing day in New Orleans school that he was signing with Maryland February something of an afterthought. More than 80 percent of reverberated 1,000 miles away. the scholarships in FBS were scooped up in December, and the Locksley was hired for recruiting victories such as vast majority of the highly touted prospects were off the board. this. LeGendre (pronounced Luh-ZHON) didn’t have an Still, the usual suspects made some noise, especially in the offer from Maryland until last month. He hadn’t visited Southeastern Conference. Alabama, which had already pretty College Park until this past weekend. But he picked the COURTESY PHOTO much locked up another recruiting national title, had a couple of Terps over Florida State nonetheless, a surprise addition Four-star dual-threat quarterback Lance LeGendre four-stars flip to other schools, but the Tide also pulled to a 17-member class that, with a string of other recent committed and signed with Maryland. 330-pound defensive tackle Ishmael Sopsher out of Louisiana signings, no longer ranks as the Big Ten’s worst. and away from LSU. “Just like what happens to most people, when they get senior at Warren Easton High School, he helped lead the Georgia had the day’s biggest surprise, getting five-star there on this campus, they see the vision, you see the Eagles to the Class 4A state final — the state’s receiver George Pickens to drop his Auburn verbal commitment investment that the administration’s made with the second-biggest classification — and finished with 1,707 to sign with the Bulldogs. facilities that we’re building, and then the opportunity,” passingyardsand 27 touchdowns along with 577 rushing Florida State didn’t make that big of a splash, but the Locksley said Wednesday. “That’s the one great thing we yards and seven scores. Seminoles held on to their commitments, including defensive had to offer, was an opportunity with the new staff Then Locksleygotword that he wasstill available,and end Quashon Fuller from Fort Myers, Florida. Nick Cross, a coming in, to have the opportunity to come in and his whirlwind recruitment took off. With Kasim Hill compete.” coming off his second straight knee injury, Alabama four-star defensive back from Maryland, put off his signing but In two months, the size of Locksley’s inaugural graduate transfer Jalen Hurts picking Oklahoma and didn’t flip to another school. recruiting class nearly tripled. After signing six players Maryland’s staff parting ways with quarterback recruit TheNo` les bolstered an offensive line that desperately needed in mid-December, Maryland added commitments from David Summers, the Terps offered LeGendre on Jan.