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DMen TCffjJr SPORFS • Vol. 6 No.2 SEPTEMBER 28, 2006, Page 15 Sports community in Westminster, beyond Owls, the local high school Western Maryland College Stallions. It wasn't the Colts. radio station. It doesn't take GEOFF PECKHAM football team. Large numbers Green Terror Men's soccer but it was football. The long to listen to him on the air STAFF WRITER of alumni still attend the team upset the current NCAA Ravens arrived in 1996, and to know how passionate he is If there was one thing about games every week, and the Division m champions Drexel. have since become a staple in about the D's, and about Baltimore that couldn't be team affects so many people It is often considered one of the community, as well as the sports in this area. debated, it's that Baltimore is a because the school is so big. - the greatest sports victories in NFL, when new legends like "We made history as a com- sports town. It is a football "It reminds me of Friday Westminster's history. Ray Lewis and Jonathan munity, coming to the ball- city; it is a baseball city. It is a Night Lights," said junior Jess Johns Hopkins can boast Ogden brought the Lombardi park 52,OOO-strong when the soccer city, it is a lacrosse city. Spear, who graduated from one of the best Men's Lacrosse Trophy back to Baltimore in team didn't win a single game It embraces these events on all Westminster in 2004. She programs in the nation, most 2001. in April of 1988 for Fan levels, from the high school cheered for the Owls then, and recently winning the champi- Westminster has a very spe- Appreciation Night. We athletes to the professionals she cheers for the Gieen Terror onship in 2005. The Blue Jays cial place in the overall legacy watched the team," Aparicio who participate for a living. now. "It was awesome to look also have a century-old rivalry of the NFL. Western said, referring to the season The love of sports is obviously up while cheering and see so with the Green Terror, playing Maryland College would when the O's started 0-21. He not exclusive to Baltimore, but many people [in the stands]. 83 times since 1894. The serve as ·the training grounds knows the passion we feel as there's something just a little Spear's comparison to the Maryland Terrapins won the for the Colts while they were fans, even when our teams are bit different in the way this popular Texas high .school NCAA Men's Basketball still in Baltimore. Today, at an all-time low. area watches these events than football movie is not inaccu- championship in 2002. McDaniel hosts the Ravens These stories are just the other cities. rate. But this is not Odessa, It lies within the profession- annually for Training Camp. beginning. There many more, It extends through the areas Texas. This is- Westminster, al sports. This comrraunity To really-see hoW"much this too rraa.riy to name here They surrounding Baltimore, from Maryland. embraced the Baltimore Colts community loves its sports, illuminate the love we. have Towson to Reisterstown, from The passion lies in the col- as family, when legends like look at the Baltimore Orioles. for our teams. People remem- Dundalk to the Eastem Shore. lege sports. Towson has the Johnny Unites, Alan Ameche, As this beloved baseball team ber where they were, who It extends into Westminster Tigers. Johns Hopkins has the Lenny Moore, and Raymond is about to end its ninth con- they were with when their and onto the campus of Blue Jays. Maryland has the Berry dominated the league, secutive losing season, life- team won the big game. They McDaniel College. McDaniel Terps. And of course, winning four NFL champi- long fan and Dundalk native bring us together, and they students may come from all McDaniel has the Green onships, including the 1958 Nestor Aparicio organized a give us something to be proud over the country as well as the Terror. Many colleges in the "greatest game ever played" fan protest to prompt a change of. And whether you're from - world, but many of them are Baltimore area have a hard- with the New York Giants. m ownership, appropriately Baltimore, Boston, or even from the area, some growing core legion of fans, as well as When the Colts left, this city titled "Take Back the Birds." Budapest, it's not hard to see up right here in Westminster. stories and legacies that will embraced the Canadian Aparicio owns and operates that this community revels in It may be the Westminster last forever. In 1959, the Football League's Baltimore WNST 1570, an all-sports AM that in a big way. Photos courtesy Evan Ticknor, artwork courtesy Emily Biondo and Evan TIcknor McDaniel Volleyball pulled off a nail-biting victory against Swarthmore Saturday, Sept 23. Giving up wins in the first two games (25-30 each time), the Terror fought back and took the next two games 30-17 and 30-24 respectively. Swarthmore crumbled to a 15-9 loss in tie-breaking match. Each player fed the team's success, espe- Cially Freshman Taylor Hergott (#13) and Junior Katie Seibel (#10). Saturday'S volleyball match marked the 18th meeting between McDaniel and Swarthmore in a series that dates back to 1985. The Green Terror lead the all-time series 14-3, but the Garnet took'last season's meeting 3-0.