Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association
AbbreviationMPSSAA
Formation1946
TypeVolunteer; NPO
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeAthletic/Educational
HeadquartersNancy Grassmick Building, Maryland State Department of Education, 200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Region served
Maryland
Membership
195 public high schools
Official language
English
Executive Director
Edward F. Sparks
AffiliationsNational Federation of State High School Associations
Staff
5
Websitempssaa.org
RemarksFax: (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 after World War II in 1946, the MPSSAA is made up of public high schools from each of Maryland's 23 counties and independent city of Baltimore City, which joined the association in 1993 when its public high schools withdrew at the orders of a new Superintendent of Public Instruction (schools) in the Baltimore City Public Schools from the earlier longtime athletic league, the Maryland Scholastic Association (M.S.A.) which was founded in 1919. The MSA had been composed of public high schools in the City of Baltimore and private / religious / independent schools on the secondary level in the City of Baltimore and its metropolitan area and the surrounding central Maryland region. It was one of the few state-level interscholastic athletic leagues in the nation composed of both public and private/religious/independent secondary schools. After the Baltimore City public high schools withdrew from the MSA, the remaining private/religious/independent schools conferred and organized two parallel regional/state-wide athletic leagues with sports competition and exercise activities with one for young men and the other for young women. These were the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (M.I.S.A.A. - for boys) and the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland]] (I.S.A.A.M. - for girls) which endured today. All three state-wide athletic leagues, two for private/religious/independent secondary schools and one for co-ed public high schools exist today marrying on the proud traditions, memories and championships of the old Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) - one of the oldest state athletic leagues for secondary schools in the country.

The current 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 the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association athletic programs and functions under the Division of Instruction of the Maryland State Department of Education. All qualified public high schools in Maryland in the 23 counties 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]

Team Sports

Individual sports

Administration

2013-2014 MPSSAA Officers

PositionName
PresidentEarl Hawkins
Past-PresidentWilliam Beattie
President-ElectKimberly N. Dolch
Executive DirectorEdward 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 1A (the smallest), 2A, 3A, and 4A (the largest).

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

AlleganyGarrett
Allegany High SchoolNorthern Garrett High School
Mountain Ridge High SchoolSouthern Garrett High School
Fort Hill High School

Bayside Conference

CarolineDorchesterKentQueen Anne'sSomersetTalbotWicomicoWorcester
Colonel Richardson High SchoolCambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolKent County High SchoolKent Island High SchoolCrisfield High SchoolEaston High SchoolJames M. Bennett High SchoolPocomoke High School
North Caroline High SchoolNorth Dorchester High SchoolQueen Anne's County High SchoolWashington High SchoolSt. Michaels High SchoolMardela High SchoolSnow Hill High School
Parkside High SchoolStephen Decatur High School
Wicomico High School

Monocacy Valley Athletic League

CarrollFrederickWashington
Century High SchoolBrunswick High SchoolBoonsboro High School
Francis Scott Key High SchoolCatoctin High SchoolClear Spring High School
Liberty High SchoolFrederick High SchoolHancock High School
Manchester Valley High SchoolGovernor Thomas Johnson High SchoolNorth Hagerstown High School
Linganore High SchoolSmithsburg High School
South Carroll High SchoolMiddletown High SchoolSouth Hagerstown High School
Westminster Senior High SchoolOakdale High SchoolWilliamsport High School
Winters Mill High SchoolTuscarora High School
Urbana High School
Walkersville High School

Southern Maryland Athletic Conference

CalvertCharlesSt. Mary's
Huntingtown High SchoolHenry E. Lackey High SchoolChopticon High School
Northern High SchoolLa Plata High SchoolGreat Mills High School
Calvert High SchoolMaurice J. McDonough High SchoolLeonardtown High School
Patuxent High SchoolNorth Point High School
Thomas Stone High School
Westlake High School
St. Charles High School

Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference

CecilHarford
Bohemia Manor High SchoolAberdeen High School
Elkton High SchoolBel Air High School
North East High SchoolC. Milton Wright High School
Perryville High SchoolEdgewood High School
Rising Sun High SchoolFallston High School
Harford Technical High School
Havre De Grace High School
Joppatowne High School
North Harford High School
Patterson Mill High School

Independents

Anne Arundel County League

Baltimore City League

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

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

Baltimore Poly

Friendly

Springbrook

T. Johnson

New Town

3 2009, 2010, 2014

2017, 2018, 2019

1998, 2003, 2004

2008, 2009, 2010

1997, 1999, 2004

2007, 2015, 2016

Northwestern

Potomac

2 1997, 1999

2005, 2014

Aberdeen

Allegany

Cambridge/SD

Central

DuVal

Forestville

Surrattsville

Edmondson-Westside

Patterson

Perry Hall

1 2000

1996

1993

1996

1994

1995

1997

2017

2017

2017

See also

References

  1. "Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association". Maryland Public Secondary Schools Association. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/publications/Handbook%201314.pdf
  3. "No. 12 Meade rolls over Bethesda-Chevy Chase in Class 4A final for first state title". 14 March 2015.
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