Eight locals stay on top in regional football standings
David Brookhart and Glenelg beat Howard this week and remain atop the standings in Class 2A South. (Noah Scialom/Patuxent Publishing)
All eight Baltimore-area football teams held onto their top spots this week in the MPSSAA regional playoff standings with just two more weeks to play in the regular season.
Poly's win over Dunbar kept the Engineers in first in one of the area's tightest races. The Engineers hold the lead over Catonsville by one tenth of a point in Class 4A North. Both teams are 8-0 in a region in which a team with just one loss could miss out on the playoffs. Paint Branch, currently third; Perry Hall, fourth; and Westminster, fifth are all 7-1. Westminster is in the toughest spot, because it likely doesn't play enough Class 4A schools to match the others in win points.
In Class 2A East, undefeated Fallston trails Kent Island by one point. The Cougars could make up some ground if they win their last two games against North Harford and Aberdeen -- both Class 3A schools with good records that would improve the Cougars' bonus points.
Here are the local teams currently leading their regions:
Poly in Class 4A North
Old Mill in Class 4A East
North Harford in Class 3A North
Atholton in Class 3A East
Edmondson in Class 2A North
Glenelg in Class 2A South
Overlea in Class 1A North
Dunbar in Class 1A South
Only one team fell from the ranks of the undefeated last week, leaving 15 of the state's 185 public school teams without a loss including Old Mill, Poly, Catonsville, Fallston and Overlea.
One region still includes three undefeated teams remaining -- Class 1A West with Boonsboro, Fort Hill and Mountain Ridge all 8-0. There are no unbeaten teams left in Class 3A.
For a look at the complete points standings, go to the MPSSAA web site.
