Tickets on sale for Md. Athletic Hall induction

The Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame Foundation will hold its 2016 induction banquet Nov. 3 at 6 p.m., at Michael’s Eighth Avenue at 7220 Grayburn Drive in Glen Burnie. Tickets are $75 a person and $750 for a table of 10, and can be purchased at mdsahof.com or by check. Please make checks payable to the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame and mail to MDSAHOF, P.O. Box 664, Arnold, MD 21012. Inductees will be former Orioles outfielder Brady Anderson, who was born in Silver Spring; Chester-born powerboater Wheeler Baker; former Maryland running back Louis Carter (Arundel); National Sailing Hall of Famer and announcer Gary Jobson, who is based in Annapolis; former soccer- player and four- sport athlete Laurie Schwoy (McDonogh); and former Johns Hopkins and Towson High lacrosse player Jack Thomas. Reporter Jim Henneman will receive the John F. Steadman Lifetime Achievement Award. The evening begins with cocktails and a silent auction at 6 p.m., dinner at 7, and awards from 8 to 10. NBA PRESEASON: Andrew Nicholson scored19 points and John Wall added 17 for the Washington Wizards, who won, 96-91, against the host Cleveland Cavaliers. Marcus Thornton had 16 points, including four foul shots in the last 19 seconds. HORSE RACING: The Maryland Jockey Club will live-stream today’s Maryland Million draw beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. MJC hosts and racing analysts Gabby Gaudet, Stan Salter and track announcer Dave Rodman will go over the post-position draw, handicap the races, and talk to owners, trainers and jockeys participating in the Maryland Million. To stream the event go to facebook.com/LaurelPark, twitter.com/LaurelPark or youtube.com/Maryland Racing. The races will be Saturday starting at 12:15 p.m. JUNIOR TENNIS: A team from Columbia will compete in the USTA Junior Team Tennis 18U National Championships from Thursday to Sunday in Cayce, S.C. The team, coached by Jackson Tsai, comprises Alexandre Nazaire (Ellicott City), Amanda Grebosky (Reisterstown), Andrew Tsai (Ellicott City), Anna Xi (Ellicott City), Brooke Santoriello (Bel Air, Md.), Christopher Chen (Ellicott City), Lilianna Izadi (Eldersburg), Matthew Sklar (Tuscon, Ariz.), Olivia Tsai (Ellicott City), Prateek Swamykumar (Clarksville), Rhoil Bahri (Ellicott City), Ryan Lundergan (Ellicott City), Snigdha Puram ( Elkridge) and Tess Weber (Ellicott City). Tsai, Sklar, Swamykumar and Puram were on last year’s championship team. Sklar attended Atholton. LOCAL GOLF: Aneka Seumanutafa, 15, of Emmitsburg shot 5-under-par 71-70—141 to win the women’s division of the Maryland State Golf Association’s Open championship by 10 strokes at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase. MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Amar Sejdic opened the scoring in the 27th minute and fellow sophomore Gordon Wild broke a tie in the 70th as No. 1 Maryland (12-0-2, 6-0-1 Big Ten) earned a 2-1 victory over visiting American (7-5-3) to extend its winning streak to nine games. Senior goalkeeper Cody Niedermeier (Broadneck) made a difficult save off a point-blank shot from Panos Nakhid with 54 seconds remaining to preserve the win. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Fans interested in seeing Maryland practice may do so on Saturday, beginning at 3 p.m. at Xfinity Center. The practice is expected to last two hours. The Terps, coming off the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance since 2003, will play their lone preseason game Nov. 5 at home against Catawba. The time for that game has not yet been announced. Maryland opens its regular season at home Nov. 11 against American. MORE MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bowie State was picked to finish third overall in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and third in the Northern Division, according to preseason rankings released by the league. Virginia State and Virginia Union are predicted to finish first and second, respectively. WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bowie State was picked to finish seventh overall in the CIAA and fourth in the North. The preseason team included Bulldogs junior guard Kiara Colston and sophomore guard Kyah Proctor and Lincoln sophomore guard Teira Pendleton (Poly). WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Towson senior outside hitter Jessica Lewis was named the Colonial Athletic Association Co-Offensive Player of the Week. WOMEN’S COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: Johns Hopkins sophomore Felicia Koerner was named Centennial Conference Runner of the Week. —