Keron DeShields, on most school days, leaves his home in Baltimore County around 6:30 a.m. and drives to Pallotti High in Laurel.
The trip takes about one hour each way. It is not an ideal situation, but it was one born of necessity.
DeShields was a junior on the boys varsity basketball team last year at Towson Catholic, which played in the A league of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. But last spring Towson Catholic closed its doors for good, leaving students and teachers scrambling to find new schools.
