The good news just keeps on coming for Digital Harbor, the school that broke Poly's eight-year stranglehold on the city baseball title. The Rams were rewarded for their good fortune and solid play with a No. 1 seed in the upcoming Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association tournament, when the draw was unveiled yesterday. After a first-round bye, Digital Harbor will open play Monday against the winner of tomorrow's Western Tech-Carver game. The 1A tournament semifinals will take place May 20 in a doubleheader at McCurdy Field in Frederick, with the championship match to be played May 23 at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen at 1 p.m.

Despite finishing out of the money in the city race, Poly still received a No. 1 seed in the 2A North and a bye to the regional quarterfinals, where they will host the winner of the Lansdowne-City first-round game next Monday. Down the road, the Engineers could face defending state champion Eastern Tech in the regional final. In the South, Marriotts Ridge, which beat Centennial yesterday in the Howard County championship game, received the top seed in the region. They'll get a bye into the quarterfinals to meet the winner of the River Hill-Hammond first-round game. The 2A region winners will meet in a doubleheader at Arundel May 20, with the championship game taking place at Ripken Stadium on May 23 at 4:30 p.m.

Even with the loss to Marriotts Ridge, fifth-ranked Centennial received the No. 1 seed in the 3A East region, and will meet the Bel Air-Long Reach first-round winner in Monday's quarterfinals. The Eagles may face No. 9 Northeast, the No. 2 seed in the regional final. Unranked Patapsco got the top seed in the North and will host either Dundalk or Milford Mill Monday in the quarters. The 3A semifinals will take place at Joe Cannon Stadium in Hanover on May 20, with the winners advancing to the championship game at Ripken Stadium.

Fourth-ranked Arundel has the top seed in a stacked 4A East region that has five ranked teams in it. The Wildcats will meet the Thomas Stone-Glen Burnie winner in the quarterfinals. The other four ranked teams -- No. 8 Old Mill, No. 10 Chesapeake, No. 11 Severna Park and No. 12 South River -- are all bunched in the bottom half of that regional draw, meaning Arundel would likely only have to play one of them to advance to the state semifinals. Meanwhile, in the North, Kenwood, which is having one of the best seasons in school history, got the No. 2 seed, and may face No. 7 C. Milton Wright, the third seed and Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference winner, in the regional semifinals. The 4A semifinals will take place at Shipley Field at the University of Maryland on May 20, with the championship game scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on May 23.