Kyle Knopp takes a quick look at five local prep stars on the rise: Kasey Mercier, Andrew Nelson, Emily Cain, Zach Sullivan and Brittany Lanahan.

Shut down defense and quick goals helped Loyola Blakefield defeat Gilman in water polo on Friday.

The Calvert Hall Cardinals captured their seventh consecutive water polo title.

Another high school sports season has begun and with it another set of intriguing questions surrounding the fall campaign.