Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association

Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association
Abbreviation	MPSSAA
Formation	1946
Type	Volunteer; NPO
Legal status	Association
Purpose/focus	Athletic/Educational
Headquarters	200 West Baltimore S t. Baltimore, MD 21201
Region served	Maryland
Membership	188 high schools
Official languages	English
Executive Director	Edward F. Sparks
Affiliations	National Federation of State High School Associations
Staff	5
Website	mpssaa.org
Remarks	Fax: [phone]

Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Associationor (MPSSAA), is the association that oversees public high school sporting contests in the state of Maryland.^[1] Organized in 1946, MPSSAA is made up of public high schools from each of Maryland's 23 counties and Baltimore City. The purpose of the MPSSAA is to organize, promote and direct public high school interscholastic sports in order to assure that those activities contribute toward the entire educational program of the state of Maryland. The MPSSAA includes 191 public high schools, with more than 110,000 student-athletes participating in 24 sports.

Administration

The state of Maryland is divided into nine districts.

• 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

Member High Schools

Allegany County

• Allegany High School, Cumberland
• Mountain Ridge High School, Frostburg
• Fort Hill High School, Cumberland

Anne Arundel County

• Anne Arundel County Public Schools
• Annapolis High School, Annapolis
• Arundel High School, Gambrills
• Broadneck High School, Annapolis
• Chesapeake High School, Pasadena
• Glen Burnie High School, Glen Burnie
• Meade Senior High School, Fort Meade
• North County High School, Glen Burnie
• Northeast Senior High School, Pasadena
• Old Mill High School, Millersville
• Severna Park High School, Severna Park
• South River High School, Edgewater
• Southern High School, Harwood

Baltimore City

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

• Baltimore City College, Baltimore
• Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore
• Carver Vocational Technical High School, Baltimore
• Doris M. Johnson High School, Baltimore
• Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore
• Edmondson-Westside High School, Baltimore
• Frederick Douglass Senior High School, Baltimore
• Forest Park Senior High School, Baltimore
• Lake Clifton/Eastern High School, Baltimore
• Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School, Baltimore
• Northwestern High School, Baltimore
• Patterson High School, Baltimore
• Reginald F. Lewis High School, Baltimore
• Dr. Samuel L. Banks High School, Baltimore
• Southwestern High School, Baltimore
• Walbrook High School, Baltimore
• W. E. B. Dubois High School, Baltimore
• Western High School, Baltimore

Baltimore County

• Catonsville High School, Catonsville
• Chesapeake High School, Essex
• Dulaney High School, Timonium
• Dundalk High School, Dundalk
• Eastern Technical High School, Essex
• Franklin High School, Reisterstown
• Hereford High School, Parkton
• Kenwood High School, Essex
• Lansdowne Academy of Finance, Lansdowne
• Loch Raven High School, Towson
• Milford Mill Academy, Baltimore
• Overlea High School, Overlea
• Owings Mills High School, Owings Mills
• Parkville Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science, Baltimore
• Patapsco High School, Dundalk
• Perry Hall High School, Perry Hall
• Pikesville High School, Pikesville
• Randallstown High School, Randallstown
• Sparrows Point High School, Sparrows Point
• Towson Law & Public Policy High School (Towson High School), Towson
• Western Technical High School, Baltimore
• Woodlawn High School, Woodlawn

Calvert County

• Huntingtown High School Huntingtown
• Northern High School (Owings, Maryland)
• Calvert High School (Prince Frederick, Maryland)
• Patuxent High School Lusby

Caroline County

• Colonel Richardson High School, Federalsburg
• North Caroline High School, Ridgely

Carroll County

• Century High School, Sykesville
• Francis Scott Key High School, Union Bridge
• Liberty High School, Eldersburg
• North Carroll High School, Hampstead
• South Carroll High School, Sykesville
• Westminster Senior High School, Westminster
• Winters Mill High School, Westminster
• Manchester Valley High School, Manchester

Cecil County

• Elkton High School, Elkton
• North East High School, North East
• Perryville High School, Perryville
• Rising Sun High School, Rising Sun

Charles County

• Henry E. Lackey High School, Indian Head
• La Plata High School, La Plata
• Maurice J. McDonough High School, Pomfret
• North Point High School, Waldorf
• Thomas Stone High School, Waldorf
• Westlake High School, Waldorf

Dorchester County

• Cambridge-South Dorchester High School, Cambridge
• North Dorchester High School, Hurlock

Frederick County

• Brunswick High School, Brunswick
• Catoctin High School, Thurmont
• Frederick High School, Frederick
• Governor Thomas Johnson High School, Frederick
• Linganore High School, Frederick
• Middletown High School, Middletown
• Oakdale High School, Ijamsville
• Tuscarora High School, Frederick
• Urbana High School, Ijamsville
• Walkersville High School, Walkersville

Garrett County

• Northern Garrett High School, Accident Ravens
• Southern Garrett High School, Oakland

Harford County

• Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen
• Bel Air High School, Bel Air
• C. Milton Wright High School, Bel Air
• Edgewood High School, Edgewood
• Fallston High School, Fallston
• Harford Technical High School, Bel Air
• Havre De Grace High School, Havre De Grace
• Joppatowne High School, Joppa
• Patterson Mill High School, Bel Air
• North Harford High School, Pylesville

Howard County

River Hill's girls compete for state championship in 2009

• Atholton High School, Columbia
• Centennial High School, Ellicott City
• Glenelg High School, Glenelg
• Hammond High School, Columbia
• Howard High School, Ellicott City
• Long Reach High School, Columbia
• Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriotsville
• Mount Hebron High School, Ellicott City
• Oakland Mills High School, Columbia
• Reservoir High School, Fulton
• River Hill High School, Clarksville
• Wilde Lake High School, Columbia

Kent County

• Kent County High School, Worton

Montgomery County

• Albert Einstein High School, Kensington
• Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda
• Clarksburg High School, Clarksburg
• Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School, Rockville
• Damascus High School, Damascus
• Gaithersburg High School, Gaithersburg
• James Hubert Blake High School, Silver Spring
• John F. Kennedy High School, Silver Spring
• Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring
• Northwest High School, Germantown
• Northwood High School, Silver Spring
• Paint Branch High School, Burtonsville
• Poolesville High School, Poolesville
• Quince Orchard High School, Gaithersburg
• Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville
• Rockville High School, Rockville
• Seneca Valley High School, Germantown
• Sherwood High School, Sandy Spring
• Springbrook High School, Silver Spring
• Thomas Edison High School of Technology, Silver Spring
• Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School, Rockville
• Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda
• Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda
• Watkins Mill High School, Gaithersburg
• Wheaton High School, Wheaton
• Winston Churchill High School, Potomac

Prince George's County

• Prince George's County Public Schools
• Bladensburg High School, Bladensburg
• Bowie High School, Bowie
• Central High School, Capitol Heights
• Crossland High School, Temple Hills
• Frederick Douglass High School, Upper Marlboro
• Forestville Military Academy, Forestville
• DuVal High School, Lanham
• Fairmont Heights High School, Capitol Heights
• Charles Herbert Flowers High School, Springdale
• Friendly High School, Fort Washington
• Gwynn Park High School, Brandywine
• Henry Alexander Wise Jr., High School, Upper Marlboro
• High Point High School, Beltsville
• Largo High School, Upper Marlboro
• Laurel High School, Laurel
• Northwestern High School, Hyattsville
• Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill
• Parkdale High School, Riverdale
• Potomac High School, Oxon Hill
• Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt
• Suitland High School, Forestville
• Surrattsville High School, Clinton

Queen Anne's County

• Kent Island High School, Stevensville
• Queen Anne's County High School, Centreville

St. Mary's County

• Chopticon High School, Morganza
• Great Mills High School, Great Mills
• Leonardtown High School, Leonardtown

Somerset County

• Crisfield High School, Crisfield
• Washington High School, Princess Anne

Talbot County

• Easton High School, Easton
• St. Michaels Middle/High School, St. Michaels

Washington County

• Boonsboro High School, Boonsboro
• Clear Spring High School, Clear Spring
• Hancock High School, Hancock
• North Hagerstown High School, Hagerstown
• Smithsburg High School, Smithsburg
• South Hagerstown High School, Hagerstown

Wicomico County

• James M. Bennett High School, Salisbury
• Mardela Middle and High School, Mardela Springs
• Parkside High School, Salisbury
• Wicomico High School, Salisbury

Worcester County

• Pocomoke High School, Pocomoke City
• Snow Hill High School, Snow Hill
• Stephen Decatur High School, Berlin

References

1. ^ "Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association". Maryland Public Secondary Schools Association. http://www.mpssaa.org/. Retrieved 1 April 2011. 

External links

• Official site