The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association field hockey playoffs get under way Tuesday with 11 games being played before the regional quarterfinals Thursday.

The nice thing about the MPSSAA is that every team gets to play – everyone from undefeated Westminster to Havre de Grace, which has yet to win a game or even score a goal this season. Each team gets to enter the playoffs and enjoy for a little while, at least, the anticipation that something wonderful could happen.

Here is the Oct. 29 quarterfinal matchups in The Baltimore Sun’s local circulation area:

1A North: Patterson Mill, Harford Tech and Sparrows Point byes; Loch Raven at Joppatowne, 3:30.

1A West: Owings Mills and Carver A&T byes; Manchester Valley at Pikesville, 3:30 p.m.

1A South: Havre de Grace at St. Michael’s, 4 p.m.

2A North: Bel Air or North East-Cecil at Fallston, 3:30; Edgewood at Rising Sun, 3:30; Elkton at Lansdowne, 6 p.m.; Dundalk at Eastern Tech, 3:30.

2A West: Wheaton or Francis Scott Key at Century; North Carroll at Winters Mill, 3:30; Rockville or Walkersville at South Carroll.

2A South: McDonough or Southern-AA at Glenelg, 3:30; Long Reach at Marriotts Ridge; Oakland Mills at Calvert, 3:30; Hammond at Patuxent, 6 p.m.

3A East: Wilde Lake at Howard, 3:30 p.m.; Centennial at Atholton, 3:30; Northeast-AA at Reservoir, 3:30; Mt. Hebron at River Hill, 3:30.

3A North: Aberdeen or North Harford at Hereford, 4 p.m.; Patapsco at Towson, 3:45; Catonsville at C.M.Wright, 3:30; Franklin at Parkville, 3:30.

4A East: Annapolis at Leonardtown, 6 p.m.; Great Mills at Severna Park, 5 p.m.; North Point at Broadneck, 6 p.m.; Arundel at South River, 6 p.m.

4A North: Glen Burnie at Dulaney, 3:30; North County at Perry Hall, 3:30; Chesapeake-AA at Old Mill, 3:30.

4A West: Thomas Johnson at Westminster, 6 p.m.