» Read discussion on Oakland Mills 02/25/11 ELLICOTT CITY - All season, top-ranked Broadneck has overcome slow first-quarter starts, winning the county and earning a No. 2 seed in the 4A East Region. Last night, in the District V Boys Basketball Championship at Mount Hebron, the Bruins could not overcome a horrific first eight minutes. Greg Whittington scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds and Oakland Mills jumped to a 20-0 lead after ...
02/22/11 The calls to Jon Browne 's cell phone started last summer. At first, it was mostly mid-major Division I programs calling to express interest in Greg Whittington , the Oakland Mills coach's star player.
02/21/11 Heading into the last leg of the last event of Monday's Maryland Class 2A/1A State Indoor Track Championships, Central High School senior Alim Branch took the baton from teammate Shaquano Brooks and held roughly a 3-second lead over Oakland Mills senior anchor Eric Ezenwanne.
02/18/11 Greg Whittington scored a game-high 34 points, including his 1,000th career point in the fourth quarter, as No. 6 Oakland Mills beat visiting Mount Hebron, 58-38, on Thursday. Whittington made three of the team's five 3-pointers, and the Scorpions (22-0) played tough defense, limiting the Vikings to eight points in the first half.
09/25/10 Wesley scored twice in the final 4:39 to defeat Capital 42-21 behind 361 yards and four touchdowns from Justin Sottilare (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills).
09/04/10 Making his first career start, sophomore Brandon Wright (Clayton, N.J./Clayton) accounted for three scores, while back up quarterback Justin Sottilare (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) came off the bench to throw for three touchdowns in a 34-6 Wesley win over Christopher Newport.
06/29/10 Ken Hovet, a longtime Howard County teacher and coach, whose Oakland Mills football team won a state title in 1998, died Monday night after battling cancer for several months.
06/10/10 I just got off the phone with pitcher Drew Permison, the Oakland Mills High graduate who was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday out of Towson University.
03/07/10 A little less than halfway through the fourth quarter of Saturday's 2A South Region championship game, it looked like the Gwynn Park High School boys' basketball team was about to see its season end against Oakland Mills High.
03/06/10 Gwynn Park junior Brandon Ford has a term for those clutch plays when a game is on the line. Like his steal and layup with 2 minutes 26 seconds left in overtime, or his drive and bucket that drew a foul 30 seconds later -- two plays that helped the Yellow Jackets to a 79-75 overtime win over Oakland Mills on Saturday in the Maryland 2A South region final at Wise in Upper Marlboro.
01/15/10 The Walking Bridge over the Skunk River at Oakland Mills will likely need major repairs within the next few years. This was the message delivered to the Henry County Conservation Board Monday, Jan. 11, by County Engineer Bill Belzer.
12/27/09 Flooding from heavy rains and melting snow forced five families out of their townhouses in the Oakland Mills section of Columbia early Saturday, according to Howard County police. A team of volunteers from the Red Cross of Central Maryland provided 15 adults and children with food, clothing and an overnight stay at a hotel, according to a Linnea Anderson, public relations director for the Red ...
12/26/09 South River Shootout: Broadneck vs. Northern, 4 p.m.; Severn at South River, 6 p.m. J.T. Bogle Invitational at Glen Burnie: Dulaney vs. North County, 5 p.m.; Oakland Mills vs. Glen Burnie, 7 p.m.
12/07/09 BALTIMORE, MD (December 5, 2009) - James Violand, who was an All-Metro performer at Oakland Mills (Columbia, Maryland) High School, an All-Region lineman at Shepherd University, and was named a National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American Athlete, has been signed by the Baltimore Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA). The offensive lineman seeks to make his ...
10/27/09 The Henry County Conservation Board met in special session last night to plot out the next few steps towards building a proposed hydroelectric system at the low-head dam on the Skunk River at Oakland Mills.
08/21/09 State schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick announced the seven finalists for the 2010 Maryland Teacher of the Year Award on Thursday. The finalists, who were selected by a panel of judges from education organizations, will be interviewed Sept. 12, and the winner will be announced Oct. 2. The finalists are Nicholas Greer of Polytechnic Institute in Baltimore; Kimberly Feldman of Oakland Mills ...
08/14/09 An error in the mix design of newly laid asphalt on Oakland Mills Road caused head aches but no delays as crews work to complete the project. | 
