Though only a sophomore at Patterson High, Aquille Carr is quickly making a name for himself in the basketball world.
"He has a bunch of nicknames: The Computer, Aquille the Deal and, most notably, The Crime Stopper.
Why Crime Stopper? Because when Carr is on the court, crime comes to a halt around Baltimore as everyone flocks to see him play.
"I don't even remember all the nicknames, they call me so much stuff," said Carr, something of a YouTube sensation � one video of his highlights has registered nearly a half-million hits.
Eight times this season, Patterson Coach Harry Martin said, the Clippers moved home games from their smallish gymnasium to Morgan State University to accommodate larger crowds. When the team plays at its school, fans start lining up early in the afternoon to get a seat.
Then you watch Carr play, and it becomes quickly apparent that he's a player whose substance meets the hype.
"We talked about trying to ignore a lot of the show," Eleanor Roosevelt Coach Brendan O'Connell said Thursday night after the Raiders lost to Patterson, 67-59, in a Maryland 4A semifinal. "But he's really good."
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