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From YouTube: "The Score" - Featuring Kelley Crowe, Athletic Trainer, Arundel High School

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Wiley Baker hosts "The Score" and profiles Kelley Crowe, Certified Athletic Trainer at Arundel High School.

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Welcome everyone to another edition of the score.

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wiley baker, with you here. as a reminder,. The score is a sports show here on aacps tv and the anne arundel county, youtube channel,.

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Where our athletes in action show focuses on a specific team at an anne arundel county public school.

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The score zeroes in on an essential individual.

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In the life of anne arundel, county public, school's, athletics. and today,, we have one such individual for sure.

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I would like to introduce, from arundel high school athletics,, their athletic trainer and also from medstar sports medicine, kelly crowe.

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kelly,. Thank you so much for joining me. Today.

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Thank you for having me, wiley.

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Well, talk a little bit about yourself.. Tell us a little bit about kelly crowe.

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Sure. I was born and raised in worcester,. Massachusetts, grew up there, my whole life.. I went to boston university to study athletic training.

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I got my bachelor's in athletic training there..

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I always knew I wanted to be in the medical field.

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And then researching fields, that profession, really,.

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I was really drawn to that., because not only does it encompass so many aspects of health,, you have the prevention side.

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And the evaluation and the rehabilitation side,, but you also get to be around sports for a living, which is pretty awesome. as an athlete myself, and growing up watching sports,.

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It was just a really cool profession to be a part of., and so then I went to old dominion university for grad school.. I got my master's in athletic training. There.

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Because I wasn't quite sure, once I graduated from boston what I wanted to do., I hadn't really figured it out., because there's a lot of different avenues that athletic trainers can work in., and so I got my master's there,.

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I had my grad assistantship position at lake taylor, high school,, which was a two-year position there, and that really instilled in me a passion to be in the secondary schools. so,. Here I am working for medstar sports medicine and now at arundel, high school.

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And we're glad you're here, for sure, in anne arundel county with our public schools.

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talk to us a little bit about your athletic career..

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I'm intrigued, tell us a little bit about what you did.

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It wasn't quite a career.

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I just played soccer in high school.

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I ran track as well and then I just continued that through college,, just intramurals and on the side, and I still stay active today.

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Very good. discuss a little bit about your advice.

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Or expertise that you've learned through playing.

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And now being an athletic trainer,, what do you tell players and coaches even before they get onto the field, to really assist them in preventing injuries.

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Or even having the chance for an injury to happen?.

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Yes,, so the big thing with prevention is just identifying some weaknesses.

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And deficits from the start. so just kind of knowing your athlete and knowing your sports team. so,. I've worked a lot with my coaches, and my coaches do a great job with strength and conditioning in the off-season, so getting strong in off-season,, because that can definitely prevent injuries.

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you're looking at the whole athlete and not just their sports specifics.

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So, working with them on their strength, programs,.

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Our football coach does a great job with that., and then nutrition and hydration really is the big thing that I always stress,, especially now,. In the heat.

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In the pre-season and everything., it's just really important to stay on top of staying hydrated,, taking care of your bodies,.

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Because what you do outside of practice is going to affect what you do in practice.

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Now,, I know I should probably even hydrate myself more.

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How much should someone hydrate, like a student athlete,? How much should they hydrate before they even get onto the field or onto the court?.

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Yes, so with hydration,, it's very personalized.

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To each person., there's the guidelines out there that you should really be having at least eight glasses of water, a day, right?, that's for kind of the sedentary individual., but for the athlete, you wanna make sure that you're having at least 10 to 12 eight ounce bottles of water.

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To make sure that you're hydrated.

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so,, it can be difficult for our student athletes during the day,, because they're in class all day,, so that can be hard,, especially if they can't have a water bottle with them.

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so,. We always just tell them that when you wake up in the morning,, that's when you need to start hydrating,, so that you're not going through the day in a depleted state.

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That's something I guess that maybe schools would want to encourage their teachers and their educators.

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To allow, really, all students to have maybe a bottled water in their classrooms, so that they can stay hydrated as they walk throughout the school, throughout the day and go to their classes..

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Yes, yes. that's true. yep, and then once they're done with school,, they do have a little bit of a break, some of them, before they go out to practice,.

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So just making sure that they're eating and drinking.

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Before that,, because a lot of these kids, too, also,, their lunch may be at 10:30 or 11,, so they gotta make sure they're getting something before they step out on that field.

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Here with kelly crowe., she is the athletic trainer at arundel, high school,.

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For the wildcats, in gambrills, maryland., she also works with medstar sports medicine.

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Kelly,, let's go to nutrition.

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talk a little bit,, obviously different sized kids,.

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You have some big linebackers or linemen in football, and all of the sudden you have maybe a 106 pound wrestler.

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How do you discuss with them about how to eat.

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And what to eat when they're off the mat,, when they're off the court, off the field, and then as they get ready for their matches or their games?.

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Yes,, so it's definitely,, again, individualized.

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To each athlete,, because what works for one athlete.

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Might not work for another,, even when in the same sport,, but especially what a runner is gonna eat before they run their race is gonna, be very different from what a football athlete or a wrestler needs.

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so, really,, it's talking with them and working with them about what foods they like and kind of guiding them,.

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And when we talk with them about nutrition, we're using words like limiting and not completely avoiding,,.

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Because they're still gonna go to (name bleeped out), they're, still gonna go to (name bleeped out) and we just gotta give them some guidelines on getting the right amount of carbohydrates, proteins and then healthy fats as well., because not only does that fuel them,, but it helps them recover. for sure.

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Talk about the teamwork and communication that needs to occur to keep healthy student athletes.

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When you're not around., they've, again, they've gotta limit their fast foods.

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And things like that,, what can you encourage them to encourage each other in regards to eating properly and hydrating properly?.

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Yes, we're all a part of a big team,.

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So the sports teams and then anne arundel county,.

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In general, we're all here to make sure that our student athletes are safe and healthy. so,. We talk to the coaches,, who then also talk to the kids,.

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They do a good job of educating the kids, as well., and we have little take home sheets that they can take with them so that they know exactly what they can get.

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something that says, like, meals under $5 and has specifics of what they can get.

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and just kind of reminding them that what you eat now.

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Is gonna affect you tomorrow and affect you on the field and it's gonna make you better if you eat the right stuff and it's gonna make you worse if you eat the wrong stuff.

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Very good. well,: let's talk about this maryland weather. holy cow!, it's gonna be totally insane.. It has been insane this year, once again.

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Hot one day,, sometimes cold, the next.

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at one point, what, a year or two ago,. We had all four seasons in one week.

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so,. What factor does that? Play, specifically,.

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In the health of a student athlete?.

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A huge factor,, especially when we're talking about heat, for sure. so,. We have a lot of guidelines in place at our high school,.

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And then in the county, in general, for keeping our student athletes safe., we monitor the heat index,, which is the heat plus the humidity,.

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So sometimes, that can be a little bit higher than normal, and we just do what we can.

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To make sure that they're having frequent water breaks, that they're staying safe out there., we have safeguards in place in case an athlete does get too hot or we have a heat illness.

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so,. We have cold tubs to help immerse them.

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and then, also, in terms of storms,, we're monitoring, storms to making sure that again, we're taking care of the athletes,, but also the coaches and everybody in the stands as well.

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so,. If there are storms in the area, or lightning in the area, within 10 miles, we're bringing everybody inside and keeping them safe.

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so, yes,, that's something that we're definitely always watching,, always keeping an eye out for.

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To make sure that everyone is safe.

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And kelly, you make a great point., the fans get fired, up,, they can get dehydrated as well,.

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So they need to also stay hydrated., yes, absolutely.. How much do electrolytes come into play when a student athlete or even a coach or a fan.

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They might just drink a bottled water..

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How much would something with electrolytes in that mixture of that fluid help out?.

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Yes, that would help a lot, because it's got that potassium and sodium that helps with dehydration.

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And will help you come back a little bit quicker than if it's just water. so,. It is very important.. We have that on hand as well. and yes,. We do try to dilute it, because it is pretty high in sugar., but in the case with these athletes, in the heat,, it doesn't really matter.

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we're just giving them (name bleeped out) to help them stay. Hydrated.

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Okay., I don't have the strongest stomach,, so this is your job and not mine..

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That is certainly not my forte,, but what is,? I guess, just so. Our listeners.

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And our viewers know,, what is the worst injury you've ever had to deal with? and I kind of hate to ask that question,, but you know,. It's always think the best,.

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Plan for the worst,, but what's the worst.

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You've had to treat?.

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Yeah,, so we always have to be prepared for anything and everything and we certainly do that..

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These athletes keep us on our toes., the worst injury, so,, pretty nasty ankle.

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Dislocation fracture,- that was a tough one., but also one of the worst injuries, are the concussions and the neck and the head injuries,, because that's a little bit more serious.

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I had an athlete that had a hard hit and then wasn't moving on the ground and lost consciousness for a while, felt like forever.. It was only a couple minutes. and he ended up being all right.. Everything was good. but,. Those are always the scariest ones., but the ankle dislocations was probably one of the worst ones that I've seen.

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How does your stomach and your heart take that?.

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Obviously, you're very well experienced., but you go out there and I'm sure you're acting.

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Just like the mom or the aunt or the sister of that player,, so I know your heart's kinda.

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In your stomach, in your neck at that point., how can you really stay focused mentally to make sure you get your job done?.

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Yes,, it's definitely,. You have to take your pulse., that's what they say. take your pulse first. and then you just kind of get into that zone,, because these are our kids and we're here to make sure.

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That they're safe,, so you just kind of get into that zone.

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Of helping them- and you just wanna- make sure that they're, okay and everything just kind of flows from there. you're, just kind of working from all the knowledge that you have and it all kind of comes together..

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Here again with kelly crowe, of arundel high school., she is the athletic trainer.. She also works for medstar sports medicine.

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kelly,. I do want to ask you about that.

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medstar sports medicine.. I saw, as the postlude of your name,.

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You have a lot of letters, there. m.s.ed.,, atc,, cscs.,.

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Tell us a little about all of those great parts.

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Of your being an athletic trainer.

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Yes,, so I got my bachelor's in athletic training, and the m.s.ed. is the master's in education and athletic training. and then, once you are a certified athletic trainer,, that's the certified athletic trainer., that's the atc. and then, additionally,. I also have my certified strength and conditioning..

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I'm a certified strength and conditioning specialist.

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so,. That is a certification you can get.

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Once you have a bachelor's degree.

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and it's kind of a self-study, test. so,, I have that as well., which helps with athletic training.

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How much can, and again, I guess this would depend on the athlete,, the size,, the weight, et cetera..

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What do you suggest? For,, let's say, young athletes?,.

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Maybe middle school athletes who want to really bulk it up, quote, unquote..

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What do you suggest for them in regards to strength and conditioning?.

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Yes., they can definitely lift. one of the things that people are afraid of.

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Are young or youth athletes lifting,, but as long as they're doing it safely,, we always start with body weight first, of course,, because people just wanna throw on a bar and just squat away.

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but,, just as long as they're doing it with good form, and they're doing it. Correctly, it's great, because it'll just build up strength., that's what helps prevent injury. and it can just help. You become a good, well-rounded athlete for life.

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Are there any contacts where people can get in touch with you and about 30 seconds we have left,?

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Where can people get in touch with you?

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if you're not,, they don't see you at arundel, high school.

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Right, well, they can definitely go to the arundel athletics website., so that's one, and then the medstar sports medicine website,, which I believe is medstarsportsmedicine.org.

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and that has information about all our athletic trainers, and then arundel high school has information about arundel, high school.

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Wow. well,, I have been educated today.. I thought I knew a lot about athletic training,, but you have told me a whole, whole lot more than that.

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and again, kelly,. We really appreciate all you do, out on site at arundel high school, for anne arundel, county public school student athletes,, the coaches,, the fans,, the community.

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you're, certainly a blessing to us..

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Thank you so much for taking the time.

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Thank you,, thank you for having me. and keep doing great work, thank you.

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Appreciate it. again,, I'm here with kelly crowe, of arundel high school.

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She is the athletic trainer. and of medstar sports medicine..

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She is doing great work and we really appreciate all that she has done and will continue to do, to keep our student athletes and our coaches healthy.

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On the court and on the field and on the mat.

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And elsewhere., even in the pool,, should we say.

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as always, in honor of my mom dee baker,.

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I'm wiley baker. I'll talk to you on the court,, on the field, or on the air.

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And with another edition of the score.

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right here, on anne arundel, county public schools, television.

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And youtube channel. (rock music).