Casey Schmidt: Howard County Softball Player of the Year
Glenelg’s Casey Schmidt is one of those powerhouses at the plate and on the pitching rubber. To clench the 2010 county championship she
Beth Glaros. Howard County Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year
Wilde Lake lacrosse player Beth Glaros scored 85 goals last year and will play for
10am Update: How To Trim A Lamb
Learning how to groom a lamb is part of the curriculum of the 2005 Baltimore County 4-H Lamb Grant Project. Lisa Wheeler, project leader from Whitehall, right, supervises Juliana Buckman while she trims a lamb’s hoof Wednesday June 22, 2005 at Green’s Lamb farm in Whitehall. The 10am Update is a (somewhat) regular blog feature [...]
Mark Colabucci Co-Wrestler of the Year
Click here for The Howard County Times article. Mark Colabucci, Reservoir’s 145 weight wrestler, maintained a perfect record last season. In addition to earning a state title, he led Reservoir to a team wrestling title and the state duals title, too. He his photographed wrestling teammate Bubba Mullens (135) at Reservoir High School Wednesday, March [...]
Becky Yep Girls Indoor Track Player of the Year
Click here for the Howard County Time’s article. Becky Yep is a long distance machine. This was the first year she ran indoor track, but she kept her pace from Cross Country season, winning the two golds at counties (1,600 and 3,200), three at regionals (800, 1,600, and 3,200) and despite a stomach flu, managed [...]
10am Update: Memorial Ceremony
Members of the Howard County Police Department Command Staff stand by during a memorial service honoring five fallen officers at the Howard County Police Headquarters Wednesday May 18, 2005. The 10am Update is a regular blog feature showcasing some of the better work from my archives.
Robby Creese Boys Indoor Track Player of the Year
As a sophomore Robby Creese began his long distance career with indoor track. One year later, the Glenelg junior would easily win the 2A State 800, 1,600 and 3,200 races, mirroring his performance at regionals. An avid soccer player, Creese finds more reward from running because “you can see the progression so much better {in [...]
Shantrel Oliver Howard County Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Click for the Howard County Times article here. River Hill senior Shantrel Oliver is among the elite prep athletes to surpass 1,000 career points. This season the 5’5 guard averaged 29 points, 2.5 assists and 3.7 steals.
10am Update: Little Frog in Some Science Fog
Mixing liquid nitrogen with boiling soapy water creates an intense, but harmless explosion. A scenic foggy calm ensues, which George Boyer, age 7, is seen playing in. The liquid nitrogen demonstration was part of Johns Hopkins University’s 2nd annual Physics Fair Saturday April 30, 2005, hosted at the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy. This [...]
Boys Basketball Player of the Year Brandon Bjerre
The Howard County Times Article is here. Six foot four Hammond Senior Brandon Bjerre averaged 16.1 points a game and led the Golden Bears to their first county title since the mid-1990s. Last year Bjerre was benched from a back-injury, but regularly attended practice and games, staying part of the team. .After the Golden Bears [...]
Co-wrestler of the year Nathan Kraisser
Read the corresponding Howard County Times article in the here. The “K” is for Kraisser, and they’re a wrestling family. Nathan Kraisser, top, Centennial’s 112 weight wrestler won his second state championship as a sophomore. He is photographed in his home’s basement, Thursday, March 25, 2010, wrestling his younger brother Austin, a 6th grader. Nathan [...]
Dogs Dogs Dogs
A super costume wins the costume contest for Como, 3, during the Columbia Association’s first Welcome Event of the year, Dog Day Afternoon held at Hopewell Park in Columbia Saturday, April 17, 2010. Como, a rescue boxer, was shown by his owner Jody Stacoffe, from Elkridge. I was not excited about the high noon sun [...]
For the NYTimes, The House That Built Ruth: Gibbons High’s Last Year
I recently shot for a New York Times article discussing the impending demise of Babe Ruth’s high school baseball field. Below are a bunch of photos that didn’t get published. Mike Hoos’s job as the Cardinal Gibbons Admissions Director has faded away, “because
10am Update: Roller Blade Limbo
Third, fourth, and fifth graders from Seventh District Elementary School partake in a popular after school skating program Friday February 11, 2005.
10am Update: What if I told you it’s a business feature?
Javoke Terrell, a licensed mortician, arranges services for a mamber of the Knights of St. John, one of the oldest Catholic Fraternal organizations Thursday February 3, 2005. Terrell manages the Randallstown Vaughn Greene funeral home, in addition to two other locations. When I made this frame I was super duper excited. So, I showed it [...]
10am Update: The Secret to Longevity is…
The secret to longevity according to centurian Beryl Hartmann, right, a Harmony Hall resident of three years, is dark chocolate. “I’d like to be embalmed in chocolate.” Ms. Hartmann’s friends from the Owen Brown Senior Center threw a birthday bash for her Saturday December 18, 2004. Can you believe it? 100 years old. I wonder [...]
10am Update: Shoot whatever you want, just not their faces.
A new playground for the abused and neglected children of The Ravens Courage House had an opening ceremony Friday January 20, 2005. For the children’s safety none of them are to be identified in the photo. So, what do you do when you can’t show faces? — thank your lucky stars for the sun location, [...]
I can’t wait! I love baseball season.
Calvert Hall short stop Christian Burton offers the ball to the umpire after closing out the inning by tagging Perry Hall’s Justin Zeglin on a steal attempt. Calvert Hall beat Perry Hall 19-0 in five innings during a scrimmage game at the Cardinals’ Carlo Crispino Stadium Thursday, March 11, 2010
10am Update: Train Gardens and Stary-faced tikes
A model of the E-2 Bi-Polar train engine passes by a Planters Peanut train car while the reflection of Al Pappadia, age 11, from Ellicott City, is caught in the plexiglass at the Holiday Train Garden on site at the #2 Fire and Rescue Station in Ellicott City Sunday December 11, 2005.
2010 State Basketball Championships
Owings Mills forward Malcolm Thomas takes the opportunity to show his vertical dunking skills on a fast break. Owings Mills defeated Snow Hill 44-42 at the University of Maryland Comcast Center Friday, March 12, 2010. The win will
10am Update: New Specks for Mr. Rouse
An act of vandalism has damaged the glasses off the James Rouse statue William Duffy (holding the glasses) originally sculpted in 1986. The sculpted frames, which are molded after Rouse’s original pair, have been damaged once before, and will be replaced this time around with a sturdier and heavier design. The 10am Update is a [...]
10am Update: Chocolate Mouthed Duckpin Bowlers
Sara Heubeck, age 3, left, grabs one of the tiny duckpin bowing balls before methodically droping it onto the alley. Reveling in the means, she fails to pay attention to the ends, resulting in 5 or 6 stalled bowling balls mid-lane. Her sister Viviann, right, performs a graceful split in her socks after launching her [...]
10am Update: Trees n’ feelings.
Jean Tansey stands amid a canopy of trees lining Sycamore Lane she maintains for the Cedacroft community. Her work has impressed the Baltimore Rec and Parks so much that they are using her program as a model. When I was an intern I was a more anit-portrait than I am today. In fact I’m decidedly [...]
10am Update: Cute ol’ Man
An ensemble of french horns and bassoons will be competing with jet engines at BWI and last minute shoppers at the Westminster Mall in the coming weeks. Phil Hooks, instructor for the french horns, peers over sheet music and excitedly conducts his pupils at Westminster Baptist Church Sunday December 12, 2004. I love this image. [...]