State football semifinals set
The dates and times for next weekend's state high school football semifinals have been set after the teams were reseeded according to their regular-season points averages to determined the matchups and home teams.
Class 4A
No. 4 seed Broadneck at No. 1 Wise, Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 3 Urbana at No. 2 Gaithersburg, Friday, 7 p.m.
Class 3A
No. 4 Wilde Lake at No. 1 Damascus, Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Huntingtown at No. 2 Franklin, Friday, 7 p.m.
Class 2A
No. 4 Eastern Tech at No. 1 Middletown, Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 3 McDonough at No. 2 Queen Anne's, Friday, 7 p.m.
Class 1A
No. 4 Fort Hill vs. No. 1 Dunbar at Poly, Saturday, 1 p.m.
No, 3 Brunswick at No. 2 Havre de Grace, Friday, 7 p.m.
Comments
Katherine,
If it was reseeded according to point averages why was Queen Annes County seeded #2 and Middletown #1 when Queen Annes scored 488 with 98 scored against, while Middletown scored 358 with 118 scored against?
Posted by: Jim M. | November 20, 2010 11:08 PM
It is not points scored or against. You gain points by the size of schools you beat and earn bonus points from every win someone you have beaten gets. Basically, Middletown played a tougher schedule and is rewarded for it.
Posted by: MHS Kid | November 21, 2010 4:16 PM
Jim M, I don't think that refers to "points scored for vs against" but to the convoluted points system that the MPSSAA uses to rank teams in each division. Under that system, Middletown finished with 10.50 pts and Queen Anne's with 10.40 pts.
Posted by: cabterp | November 21, 2010 4:50 PM
The seeding has nothing to do with points scored and points allowed. It's based on the MPSSAA points system, where teams earn points through their victories (based on school size and the number of wins collected by defeated opponents).
Posted by: Sheldon S. | November 21, 2010 7:05 PM
The system is not great, but it would be wrong to if it seeded QA #1. QA has proven itself as a top program, but if you play a schedule that all the other final-four could dominate, you should not be rewarded a #1 seed just because of point differential. Getting some credit for strength of schedule is a good idea and encourages more aggressive scheduling.
Posted by: publicHS | November 21, 2010 7:29 PM
The real reason why QA was seeded at #2 is the ongoing bias that schools from the Eastern Shore are "inferior" to teams from the Western Shore. It's prevalent when the MPSSAA have the "Maryland Bowl" by selecting a bunch of Western Shore football players and select only 1 (ONE) player from ump-teen schools on the Eastern Shore. It's been happening for the longest.
Posted by: Easternshorenative | November 22, 2010 9:01 AM
Ongoing Bias" Please explain this? You do realize that Middletown had NO ONE selected to the Crab Bowl (Or Maryland Bowl as you called it) even though they were #1 in 2A, State Finalist this year, and State Semi-Finalist last year. Not seeing the western bias there my easternshorenative friend
Posted by: MHS Mom | December 14, 2010 1:17 PM