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Pomp and circumstance: the WNST Sweet 16 Best High School Athletes in Baltimore history

Nestor Aparicio

Baltimore Positive is the vision and the creative extension of four decades of sharing the love of local sports for this Dundalk native and University of Baltimore grad, who began his career as a sportswriter and music critic at The News American and The Baltimore Sun in the mid-1980s. Launched radio career in December 1991 with Kenny Albert after covering the AHL Skipjacks. Bought WNST-AM 1570 in July 1998, created WNST.net in 2007 and began diversifying conversations on radio, podcast and social media as Baltimore Positive in 2016. nes@baltimorepositive.com

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No. 13 Jim Traber (Wilde Lake 1979) – While more famous for playing first base for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1980s and later spending time as “The Whammer” in Japan playing for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, Traber was a two-sport All-American who moonlighted as a quarterback on Doug Duvall’s teams in Howard County. He played both sports at Oklahoma State and was The Baltimore Athlete of The Year in 1979.