Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association

Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association

Abbreviation	MPSSAA
Formation	1946
Type	Volunteer; NPO
Legal status	Association
Purpose	Athletic/Educational
Headquarters	200 West Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21201
Region served	Maryland
Membership	195 high schools
Official language	English
Executive Director	Edward F. Sparks
Affiliations	National Federation of State High School Associations
Staff	5
Website	mpssaa.org
Remarks	Fax: (410) 333-3111

Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA), is the association that oversees public high school sporting contests in the state of Maryland.^[1] Organized in 1946, the MPSSAA is made up of public high schools from each of Maryland's 23 counties and Baltimore City, which joined the association in 1993 when its public high schools withdrew from the Maryland Scholastic Association.

The MPSSAA includes nearly 200 public high schools, with more than 110,000 student-athletes participating in 24 sports. The Maryland State Board of Education establishes the rules and regulations governing Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association athletic programs and functions under the Division of Instruction of the State Department of Education. All qualified public high schools in Maryland who qualify under rules and regulations may become members of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association.

The purpose of the Association is to promote, direct, and control all interscholastic activities of high school students; to establish, maintain, and enforce regulations to assure that all such activities are part of and contribute toward the comprehensive educational program of the state of Maryland; to work with the state department of education in the development of the program to safeguard the physical, mental, and moral welfare of high school students and protect them from exploitation.^[2]

Administration

2013-2014 MPSSAA Officers

Position	Name
President	Earl Hawkins
Past-President	William Beattie
President-Elect	Kimberly N. Dolch
Executive Director	Edward F. Sparks

Past Presidents

1947-48....................William Brish
1949-50....................William Brish
1950-51............George Carrington
1951-52............George Carrington
1952-53 ..................Arthur Ramey
1953-54 ......................Ellery Ward
1954-55..............Crescent J. Bride
1955-56 ............Stephan A. Lerda
1956-57................Edward Semler
1957-58 ..............Charles Hudson
1958-59..............Warren R. Evans
1959-60 ..............Robert E. Pence
1960-61 ..............Charles R. Berry
1961-62....Vincent C. Holochwost
1962-63........William J. Callaghan
1963-64..G. Wayne Burgemeister
1964-65..........William E. Dykes Jr.
1965-66......................Jack Willard
1966-67..................Edward Finzel
1967-68..............Harold S. Martin
1968-69..............Crescent J. Bride
1969-70................Warren Squires
1970-71....................Marvin C. Joy
1971-72..........John E. Molesworth
1972-73 ................Robert Melville
1973-74......................Albert Cesky
1974-76 ........................Earl Hersh
1976-78..............Robert M. Foster
1978-80............Mildred H. Murray
1980-82 ..............Robert E. Pence
1982-84..........................Jim Heins
1984-86........................Roy Comer
1986-88............Clarence Johnson
1988-90..................W. Cecil Short
1990-92....................Chuck Brown
1992-94 ..................Patricia Barry
1994-96 ............Ronald J. Belinko
1996-98..............Donald E. Cooke
1998-00..............Mary Etta Reedy
2000-02 ..................Marlene Kelly
2002-04................Robert P. Wade
2004-06..........................Jay Berno
2006-08........................David Byrd
2008-10..................Andrew Roper
2010-12................William Beattie

Member High Schools

Due to the state's unique geography, Maryland high school athletics is divided into nine districts by the MPSSAA for purposes of organizing athletic activities and postseason tournaments. MPSSAA member schools compete within geographic regions (jurisdictions) and are divided into leagues across the state. In total, there are five conferences and six counties competing together to form a league, but remaining independent.

Classifications

The MPSSAA's 197 member schools are arranged by classification to ensure that schools compete on a regular basis with other schools in the geographic area of a similar size. The classifications are 4A (the largest), 3A, 2A, and 1A (the smallest).

4A = Top 25 percent based on enrollment
3A = Next 25 percent based on enrollment
2A = Next 25 percent based on enrollment
1A = Lowest 25 percent based on enrollment

District Alignment

District 1 – Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties
District 2 – Montgomery County
District 3 – Prince George's County
District 4 – Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's counties
District 5 – Anne Arundel and Howard counties
District 6 – Baltimore County
District 7 – Cecil and Harford counties
District 8 – Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties
District 9 – Baltimore City

Conferences

Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference

Allegany	Garrett
Allegany High School	Northern Garrett High School
Mountain Ridge High School	Southern Garrett High School
Fort Hill High School

Bayside Conference

Caroline	Dorchester	Kent	Queen Anne's	Somerset	Talbot	Wicomico	Worcester
Colonel Richardson High School	Cambridge-South Dorchester High School	Kent County High School	Kent Island High School	Crisfield High School	Easton High School	James M. Bennett High School	Pocomoke High School
North Caroline High School	North Dorchester High School		Queen Anne's County High School	Washington High School	St. Michaels High School	Mardela High School	Snow Hill High School
						Parkside High School	Stephen Decatur High School
						Wicomico High School

Monocacy Valley Athletic League

Carroll	Frederick	Washington
Century High School	Brunswick High School	Boonsboro High School
Francis Scott Key High School	Catoctin High School	Clear Spring High School
Liberty High School	Frederick High School	Hancock High School
Manchester Valley High School	Governor Thomas Johnson High School	North Hagerstown High School
Linganore High School	Smithsburg High School
South Carroll High School	Middletown High School	South Hagerstown High School
Westminster Senior High School	Oakdale High School	Williamsport High School
Winters Mill High School	Tuscarora High School
	Urbana High School
	Walkersville High School

Southern Maryland Athletic Conference

Calvert	Charles	St. Mary's
Huntingtown High School	Henry E. Lackey High School	Chopticon High School
Northern High School	La Plata High School	Great Mills High School
Calvert High School	Maurice J. McDonough High School	Leonardtown High School
Patuxent High School	North Point High School
	Thomas Stone High School
	Westlake High School
	St. Charles High School

Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference

Cecil	Harford
Elkton High School	Aberdeen High School
North East High School	Bel Air High School
Perryville High School	C. Milton Wright High School
Rising Sun High School	Edgewood High School
	Fallston High School
	Harford Technical High School
	Havre De Grace High School
	Joppatowne High School
	North Harford High School
	Patterson Mill High School

Harford Christian School

Independents

Anne Arundel County League

Baltimore City League

Member schools City and Poly clash at M&T Bank Stadium, in Baltimore, November 2007.

Baltimore County League

Howard County League

River Hill's girls compete for a Class 2A girls' basketball state championship in 2009 at UMBC's Retriever Activities Center in Catonsville.

Montgomery County League

Prince George's (PG) County League

Out-of-state teams

Musselman High School's Applemen, in Inwood, West Virginia, regularly plays teams in Washington County, even though Musselman is in Berkeley County.

Recent Champions (since 1993)

The following member schools have won state championships since the MPSSAA expanded in 1993:

Boys Basketball Champions

Since 1993, Baltimore City League members have won a combined 35 MPSSAA state boys basketball titles. During that time, Prince George's County ranks second among all MPSSAA leagues with 17 state championships. Baltimore County teams have won 10 titles, while Montgomery County League teams have won nine. Teams from the Eastern Shore have won eight state titles over the last 22 seasons, most in the 1A classification. MVAC members have earned three state title wins. Howard County and UCBAC teams boast two state championships each since 1993. The SMAC and Western Maryland-based Allegany have won the final two of the 88 state titles earners in the four classifications over the last 22 seasons. The Anne Arundel County League hasn't won a boys basketball state title since 1990 until 2015 when Meade High School defeated Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in the 4A State title game on March 14, 2015.^[3]

Team	State titles	Years won (since 1993)
Dunbar	15	1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Randallstown	5	1995, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
Lake Clifton Milford Mill	4	1995, 1999, 2009, 2012 1994, 2010, 2011, 2013
City College Friendly Springbrook T. Johnson	3	2009, 2010, 2014 1998, 2003, 2004 2008, 2009, 2010 1997, 1999, 2004
Northwestern Potomac	2	1997, 1999 2005, 2014
Aberdeen Allegany Cambridge/SD Central DuVal Forestville Surrattsville	1	2000 1996 1993 1996 1994 1995 1997

References

↑ "Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association". Maryland Public Secondary Schools Association. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
↑ http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/publications/Handbook%201314.pdf
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External links

Official site

National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations (NFHS)

AL: Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA)
AK: Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA)
AZ: Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA)
AR: Arkansas Activities Association (AAA)
CA: California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
CO: Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA)
CT: Connecticut Association of Schools (CIAC)
DE: Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA)
DC: District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA)
FL: Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA)
GA: Georgia High School Association (GHSA)
HI: Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA)
ID: Idaho High School Activities Association (IHSAA)
IL: Illinois High School Association (IHSA)
IN: Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)
IA: Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) / Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU)
KS: Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA)
KY: Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA)
LA: Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA)
ME: Maine Principals' Association (MPA)
MD: Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA)
MA: Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA)
MI: Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA)
MN: Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL)
MS: Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA)
MO: Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA)
MT: Montana High School Association (MHSA)
NE: Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA)
NV: Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA)
NH: New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA)
NJ: New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA)
NM: New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA)
NY: New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA)
NC: North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA)
ND: North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA)
OH: Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA)
OK: Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA)
OR: Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA)
PA: Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA)
RI: Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL)
SC: South Carolina High School League (SCHSL)
SD: South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA)
TN: Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA)
TX: University Interscholastic League (UIL)
UT: Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA)
VT: Vermont Principals' Association (VPA)
VA: Virginia High School League (VHSL)
WA: Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA)
WV: West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC)
WI: Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA)
WY: Wyoming High School Activities Association (WHSAA)

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