Poly and City make their move
From The Sun's Stefen Lovelace:
The top two teams in the Baltimore City boys soccer league advanced to the regional semifinals in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association.
Poly, which was first in Baltimore City and got a No. 1 seed in the 2A North bracket, beat City, 6-3, while Patterson, which was second in Baltimore City and seeded No. 3 in the 3A North bracket, defeated Dundalk, 2-1. Poly plays Loch Raven next, and Patterson gets reigning regional champion Towson.
Many of the better soccer teams in the area are in Baltimore County, and Poly and City are hoping to fly under the radar in the playoffs.
"We think we have an advantage," Poly coach Nick Greer said. "In their eyes, since we’re a city school, we’ll be an underdog. If we limit our reservations early on and come out strong, we can shock them early and hopefully hold on to a lead."
Said Patterson coach Harry Martin: "A lot of county teams underestimate us a lot in the city. We’ll just try to keep it close and steal it in the second half."
