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May 4, 2010
ADN Named Winter League Champions

ADN (10-1) was named the LTA Men's Winter League champions after beating New Development (11-0) 74-64 on Sunday, May 2. more...

January 18, 2010
LTA Hosts Teens from Nepal

This month, Leadership Through Athletics welcomed a group of basketball players from Nepal to participate in a clinic run by Maryland Sure Shots Coach Joe Armstead. The clinic provided both the visiting team and players from the Sure Shots with an opportunity for social development and cultural exchange--an important aspect of the LTA mission. more...

December 9, 2007
Digger Phelps at LTA

ESPN college basketball analyst and former Notre Dame basketball coach Digger Phelps visited LTA. more...

September 20, 2007
"WOJO" HOMECOMING

On Oct. 6, Wojciechowski will put on a basketball clinic for area high school and recreation coaches at the Leadership Through Athletics Center on Hollins Ferry Road in Baltimore County. more...

March 28, 2005
Spring training for SALSA

The youngsters from Lancaster had no idea who Dave Johnson was. But he commanded their attention as he stood on the pitcher's mound demonstrating step by step what it takes to throw a strike. The former Baltimore Orioles pitcher modeled the sequence: where to stand, how to hold the ball, the leg kick, the release of the ball and the follow through. more...

February 13, 2005
Christian Metzger keeps kids in game with his best shot
 (Lancaster On-line)

It might be something like trying to make a full-court shot with one second left in the game. And Christian J. Metzger is looking for nothing but net. High expectations? That's OK with Metzger, 28, director of development for Leadership Through Athletics, a nonprofit charity that was formed to teach leadership to youth by using sports. Metzger, a Columbia native, has the job of trying to raise about $2 million for a new sports center that opened in December outside of Baltimore. more...

December 4, 2004
Brothers bring lessons learned to Lansdowne `gym of dreams' ; Bustling facility offers kids place to play, study, grow

A Dec. 6, 2004, Baltimore Sun article by Laura Barnhardt. On one basketball court, a coach teaches her 11-year-old players the fundamentals of man-to-man defense. On the sidelines of the other court, a parent cheers on a son playing in a scrimmage. Upstairs, a teenage softball pitcher works on her delivery. In the basement, boys take turns in the batting cages. The new Leadership Through Athletics gym in Lansdowne is bustling. more...