Columbia native Wade Jackson signed a national letter of intent to play for the Loyola Maryland men’s basketball program in the 2020-21 season.

Jackson, who will play at Pallotti in Laurel this season, was a standout on the summer circuit, picking up honors that included All-Hoop Group Showcase League while helping the District Basketball Club reach the Elite Eight in the 17U division.

Women’s college lacrosse: Bucknell coach Remington Steele has announced his resignation.

Steele coached the Bison for two seasons, posting a record of 7-26. He also serves as head coach of the Welsh Senior Women’s National Lacrosse Team, which captured a bronze medal at the 2019 European Championships in Israel this past summer.

College football: Noah Bailey, a sixth grader at Old Mill Middle School South in Millersville, has been selected as the second finalist for the 2019 3M Play to Win Award presented by the Military Bowl.

As a finalist, Bailey will receive two complimentary tickets to attend this year’s Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, benefiting the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore, which will be played Dec. 27 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md.

Standing-room-only tickets are all that remain for Navy’s game Saturday against No. 25 SMU (9-1). Kickoff is set for 3:30 PM at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Standing-room-only tickets are available for $30, $20 for ages 12 and under and can be purchased here: tinyurl.com/rzr8yhk.

The Johns Hopkins football team, which will carry a 7-3 record into this week’s Centennial-MAC Bowl Series game at Stevenson, placed 10 players on the All-Centennial Conference team.

Junior wide receiver Dawson Aichholz also was named to the Centennial Football All-Sportsmanship team. Earning first-team honors are senior offensive lineman Joe Figueora, senior defensive lineman Mike Kalanik, junior defensive back Macauley Kilbane and sophomore wide receiver Harrison Wellmann.

Second-team selections for the Blue Jays include senior quarterback David Tammaro, junior linebacker Ryan Weed and junior wide receiver Ryan Hubley. Senior offensive lineman Frank Petracco, senior defensive lineman Corey Tull and senior place-kicker Mike Eberle round out JHU’ All-Centennial selections as they earned honorable mention status.

McDaniel’s Jarius Ransom was named to the All-Centennial Conference second team while Nah’shon Godfrey (City) was named honorable mention.