Friday night's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference championship game at Calvert Hall offers a shot at redemption for underdog Park, which is playing in its fourth consecutive title game. It also affords rival Archbishop Curley an opportunity to repeat an earlier win over the Bruins for its 10th straight victory. That would complete Curley's best season since 1986 when it won the last of the school's five titles in the now-defunct Maryland Scholastic Association.

The Friars (17-1) are paced by two of its captains, Kenny Whittaker and Doug Herdigan. Park is led by Joe Press, Colin Smith and Jamie Matz. In their earlier matchup, the Friars built a seven-goal halftime lead only to allow the Bruins to rally to within 9-7 of an eventual 10-7 victory for Curley. The Friars were semifinalists in 1998, 2005 and last year, when the Bruins came from behind to end their season, 7-6.

Their contest will be preceded by the MIAA C Conference title game, which features a rematch from last year, when Chapelgate defeated Cardinal Gibbons on a goal by Ryan Gavlin with 44 seconds left in overtime. Chapelgate had lost both regular-season games to Gibbons, which finished 14-1.

The teams have split two regular-season games this season, making the matchup more intriguing. Chapelgate has an eight-game winning streak; Cardinal Gibbons has won five in a row. Senior attackmen Josh Skene and Ryan Kearney return for  Gibbons after combining for seven goals in last year's title-game loss. Gavlin, a senior, returns for the Yellowjackets, who won their third title last year.