Maryland has a number of major and minor professional sports franchises. Two National Football League teams play in Maryland, the

Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays it ...

in Baltimore and the

Washington Commanders The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) E ...

in Prince George's County. The

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter ...

compete as Major League Baseball franchise in Baltimore. Other professional sports franchises in the state include five affiliated minor league baseball teams, one independent league baseball team, the

Baltimore Blast The Baltimore Blast is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The team is a part of the Major Arena Soccer League. The team has won 10 championships since it was founded in 1980. Beginning with ...

indoor soccer team, two indoor football teams, two low-level Basketball teams, three low-level outdoor soccer teams and the

Chesapeake Bayhawks The Chesapeake Bayhawks were a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) professional men's field lacrosse team based in Annapolis, Maryland since 2010. They played in the greater Baltimore metro area beginning with the MLL's inaugural 2001 season, as the Balti ...

of Major League Lacrosse. The

Congressional Country Club Congressional Country Club is a country club and golf course in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Congressional opened in 1924 and its Blue Course has hosted five major championships, including three U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship. It was a ...

has hosted several professional golf tournaments, including the U.S. Open,

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U.S. Senior Open The U.S. Senior Open is one of the five major championships in senior golf, introduced in 1980. It is administered by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and is recognized as a major championship by both the PGA Tour Champions and the Eu ...

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Kemper Open The Kemper Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1968 to 2006. Perhaps more so than any other "regular" PGA Tour stop, the event wandered about, not just from course to course within a given metropolitan area, but along the East Coast. ...

and

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. Maryland has had famous athletes including baseball's

Al Kaline Albert William Kaline ( ; December 19, 1934 – April 6, 2020), nicknamed "Mr. Tiger", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers. For most of his career, Kali ...

of the Detroit Tigers, Orioles'

Cal Ripken Jr. Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed " The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his posit ...

and George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, who played for the old

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Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eigh ...

, and especially won fame with the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of ...

. Plus Olympic swimming medalists

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...

and

Katie Hoff Kathryn Elise Hoff (born June 3, 1989) is a former American competitive swimmer, she is an Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Hoff was known for her success in the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley. She represented the Un ...

Since 1962, the official state sport of Maryland is

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Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

was named the official team sport in 2004, and ''

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'' wrote the sport "has always been the showcase for the flower of Maryland manhood." In 2008, intending to promote physical fitness for all ages, Maryland declared

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the official state exercise and became the first state with an official state exercise.

Major professional teams

Maryland has major professional sports teams in the city of Baltimore and in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.. Two major league teams play in Baltimore — the NFL's

and MLB's

. Additionally, the NFL's Baltimore Colts played in Baltimore from 1953 to 1983 before moving to Indianapolis. The

(formerly the Washington Redskins) play in

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. The NHL's

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and the NBA's

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(formerly the Baltimore Bullets, then Washington Bullets) used to play in Maryland before moving in 1997 to a newly constructed Verizon Center arena in downtown

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in the

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Other current professional and semi-pro teams

Baseball

Regency Furniture Stadium (exterior view)

Basketball

Football

Hockey

Soccer

Former professional and semi-pro teams

Baseball

The following table details baseball teams which were located in Maryland. For minor league teams that changed affiliations, each affiliation is listed as a separate team.

Basketball

Football

Hockey

Inline Hockey

Lacrosse

Soccer

Other sports

Collegiate sports

NCAA Division I

Coppin State University

The

Coppin State University Coppin State University (Coppin) is a public historically black university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland and a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. In terms of demographics, the Coppin State s ...

sports teams participate in NCAA Division I as a member of the

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National C ...

(MEAC) for most sports, with baseball competing in the

Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...

(NEC). Its teams are called the Eagles.

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

The

Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse team represents Johns Hopkins University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college lacrosse. Since 2015, the Blue Jays have represented the Big Ten Conference. Overview The ...

team, founded in 1883, is the school's most prominent sports team, which has won 44 national titles. The Blue Jays play at Homewood Field (pictured right). Lacrosse is the only sport in which Hopkins participates as an

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic ...

member; both the men's and women's lacrosse teams compete at that level in the

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

. All other Hopkins sports compete in

NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their st ...

, in which

athletic scholarship An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university or a private high school awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport. Athletic scholarships are common in the United ...

s are not allowed. Hopkins is one of a small number of Division III schools authorized by the NCAA to continue awarding scholarships in their Division I sports.

Loyola University Maryland Loyola University Maryland is a private Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is the ninth-oldest Jesuit college in th ...

Loyola fields 17 varsity teams and 22 club teams. The varsity teams, known as the Greyhounds, participate in the

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

's Division I. All Loyola varsity teams compete in the Patriot League in the following sports:

Morgan State University

The

Morgan State University Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known a ...

athletic teams are members of the

. Their teams are called the Bears and compete in the following sports: *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Bowling – Women's *Cheer – Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Football – Men's *Softball – Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Track & Field – Women's *Volleyball – Women's

Mount St. Mary's University

Mount St. Mary's University was one of the founding members of the

, but moved in 2022 to the

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I. Of its current 11 full members, 10 are located in three states of the northeastern United States: Connecticut, New Jersey, and ...

. The school's sports teams are called the Mountaineers and compete in the following sports: *Baseball – Men's *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Lacrosse – Men's *Softball – Women's *Soccer – Men's & women's *Swimming – Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor) – Men's & Women's *Water Polo - Men's & Women

Towson University

The athletics teams of

Towson University Towson University (TU or Towson) is a public university in Towson, Maryland. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland. Since its founding, the university h ...

participate in the NCAA's Division I and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association, as well as CAA Football, the technically separate football league operated by that conference. Some sports compete in the

Eastern College Athletic Conference The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 15 sports (13 men's and 13 women's). It has 220 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location fr ...

. The school's sports teams are called the Tigers, and the mascot of the University is named Doc.

United States Naval Academy

The

United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy ...

participates in NCAA Division I in 30 varsity

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. It also fields teams in 12 club sports.Club /Intramural Sports Programs
. Naval Academy Varsity Athletics official website. Retrieved 2010-02-10. The Academy is a non-football member of the Patriot League, a football-only member of the

American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) ...

, and a member of the

Collegiate Sprint Football League Sprint football, formerly called lightweight football, is a varsity sport played by United States colleges and universities, under standard American football rules. As of the 2022 season, the sport is governed by the Collegiate Sprint Football ...

(men),

Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges The Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) is a college athletic conference of eighteen men's college rowing crews. It is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Members Eighteen colleges and universities are member ...

(men),

Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges The Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) is a college athletic conference of eighteen women's college rowing crew teams. The conference is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Members :''See footnote''< ...

Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League The Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League (EIGL) is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference which sponsors men’s gymnastics. It is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Members :''See footnote'' * Army Black ...

(men), and

Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) is an NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling conference. It held its first championship tournament in 1905, making it the oldest wrestling conference in the NCAA; the charter members were Colu ...

. Navy is also one of approximately 300 members of the

(ECAC). Although the teams have no official name, they are usually referred to as "Navy", "Midshipmen", or "Mids". The Academy competes in the following sports: ;Varsity sports *Baseball – Men's *Basketball – Men's and women's *Crew (heavyweight) – Men's and women's *Crew (lightweight) – Men's and women's *Cross Country – Men's and women's *Football – Men's *Golf – Men's *Gymnastics – Men's *Lacrosse – Men's and women's *Rifle – Coeducational *Sailing (intercollegiate) – Coeducational *Sailing (offshore) – Coeducational *Soccer – Men's and women's *

Sprint Football Sprint football, formerly called lightweight football, is a varsity sport played by United States colleges and universities, under standard American football rules. As of the 2022 season, the sport is governed by the Collegiate Sprint Football ...

– Men's *Squash – Men's *Swimming & diving – Men's and women's *Tennis – Men's and women's *Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor) – Men's and women's *Volleyball – Women's *Water Polo – Men's *Wrestling – Men's ;Club sports *Boxing – Men's *Cycling – Coeducational *Hockey (ice) – Men's *Karate – Coeducational *Marathon – Coeducational *Pistol – Coeducational *Powerlifting – Coeducational *Rugby – Men's and women's *Softball – Women's *Triathlon – Coeducational *Volleyball – Men's

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The

University of Maryland, Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...

sports teams participate in the NCAA's Division I, and is member of the

America East Conference The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I founded in 1979, whose members are located in the Northeastern United States. The conference has nine core members including eight public research ...

. The school's sports teams are called the Retrievers, and the mascot of the University is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever which has been referred to as both True Grit and Fever.

University of Maryland, College Park

The

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

sports teams participate in NCAA Division I as a member of the

. Prior to 2014, the school participated in Division I as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, of which it was a founding member. Its teams are called the Terrapins, and its mascot is a

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named Testudo.

NCAA Division II

Bowie State University

The

Bowie State University Bowie State University (Bowie State) is a public historically black university in Prince George's County, Maryland, north of Bowie. It is part of the University System of Maryland. Founded in 1865, Bowie State is Maryland's oldest historically ...

athletic teams are members of the

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. CIAA institutions mostly consist of historically black coll ...

. Their teams are called the Bulldogs and compete in the following sports: *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Bowling – Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Football – Men's *Softbal – Women's *Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor) – Men's & Women's *Volleyball – Women's

Frostburg State University Frostburg State University (FSU) is a public university in Frostburg, Maryland. The university is the only four-year institution of the University System of Maryland west of the Baltimore-Washington passageway in the state's Appalachian highlan ...

The Frostburg State Bobcats began a transition from Division III to Division II in July 2019, joining the

Mountain East Conference The Mountain East Conference (MEC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level and officially began competition on September 1, 2013. It consists of 12 schools, mo ...

. The Bobcats will be eligible for Division II national championships in the 2022–23 school year. The following sports are sponsored: *Baseball – Men's *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Field Hockey – Women's *Football – Men's *Lacrosse – Women's (plays in the

East Coast Conference The East Coast Conference (ECC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of C ...

because the Mountain East sponsors lacrosse only for men) *Soccer – Men's & Women's *Softball – Women's *Swimming – Men's & Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor) – Men's & Women's *Volleyball – Women's

NCAA Division III

Goucher College

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athletic teams are members of the

Landmark Conference The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, plus Washington, D.C. ...

. Their teams are called the Gophers and compete in the following sports: *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Equestrian – Women's *Field Hockey – Women's *Lacrosse – Men's *Soccer – Men's & Women's *Swimming – Men's & Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor) – Men's & Women's *Volleyball – Women's

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

Except for the men's and women's lacrosse teams, Johns Hopkins athletic teams are members of the

Centennial Conference The Centennial Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Eleven private colleges compose the Centennial Conference. Five of ten members of the Centenn ...

and compete in the following sports: *Baseball – Men's *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Crew – Men's & Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Fencing – Men's & Women's *Field Hockey – Men's *Football – Men's *Soccer – Men's & Women's *Swimming – Men's & Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor) – Men's & Women's *Volleyball – Women's *Water Polo – Men's & Women's *Wrestling – Men's

Hood College

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's athletic teams are members of the

Middle Atlantic Conferences The Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC) is an umbrella organization of three athletic conferences that competes in the NCAA's Division III. The 18 member colleges are in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The organization is divided into two main con ...

. Their teams are called the Blazers and compete in the following sports: *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Field Hockey – Women's *Golf – Men's & Women's *Lacrosse – Men's & Women's *Soccer – Men's & Women's *Softball – Women's *Swimming – Men's & Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Track & Field – Men's & Women's *Volleyball – Women's

McDaniel College

McDaniel College McDaniel College is a private college in Westminster, Maryland. Established in 1867, it was known as Western Maryland College until 2002 when it was renamed McDaniel College in honor of an alumnus who gave a lifetime of service to the college. ...

athletic teams are members of the

. Their teams are called the Green Terror and compete in the following sports: *Baseball – Men's *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Field Hockey – Women's *Football – Men's *Golf – Men's and Women's *Lacrosse - Men's and Women's *Soccer – Men's & Women's *Softball – Women's *Swimming – Men's & Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor) – Men's & Women's *Volleyball – Women's *Wrestling – Men's

Notre Dame of Maryland University Notre Dame of Maryland University is a private Catholic university in Baltimore, Maryland. NDMU offers certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs for women and men. History The Roman Catholic academic/educational religious congregation ...

Notre Dame athletic teams are members of the

Colonial States Athletic Conference The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) is an NCAA Division III collegiate athletic conference in the Mid-Atlantic United States. There are currently nine full member institutions as of 2018. The conference's membership, as with most Mid ...

. Their teams are called the Gators and compete in the following sports: *Basketball – Women's *Field Hockey – Women's *Lacrosse – Women's *Soccer – Women's *Softball – Women's *Swimming – Women's *Tennis – Women's *Volleyball – Women's

St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM) is a public liberal arts college in St. Mary's City, Maryland.Maryland State Archives, Online Manual, "St. Mary's College Of Maryland: Origin & Functions" http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/25univ/stmarys ...

St. Mary's College athletic teams are members of the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference, but will move to the

North Eastern Athletic Conference The United East Conference (UEC), formerly known as the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC), is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the Mid-Atlantic region of th ...

after the 2020–21 school year. Their teams are called the Seahawks and compete in the following sports: *Baseball – Men's *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Field Hockey – Women's *Lacrosse – Men's *Sailing – Men's & Women's *Soccer – Men's & Women's *Swimming – Men's & Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Softball – Women's *Volleyball – Men's & Women's

Salisbury University

Salisbury University Salisbury University is a public university in Salisbury, Maryland. Founded in 1925, Salisbury is a member of the University System of Maryland, with a fall 2016 enrollment of 8,748. Salisbury University offers 42 distinct undergraduate and 14 ...

athletic teams are members of the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference except for the football team, which plays in the

Empire 8 The Empire 8 (E8) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. The E8 sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's ...

. Their teams are called the Seagulls and compete in the following sports: *Baseball – Men's *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Football – Men's *Field Hockey – Women's *Lacrosse – Men's *Soccer – Men's & Women's *Softball – Women's *Swimming – Men's & Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Track & Field – Men's & Women's *Volleyball – Women's

Stevenson University

Stevenson University athletic teams are members of the

as well as the

. Their teams are called the Mustangs and compete in the following sports: *Baseball – Men's *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Cheer – Men's & Women's *Cross Country – Men's & Women's *Dance – Women's *Golf – Men's & Women's *Field Hockey – Women's *Football – Men's *Ice Hockey – Men's (2016–17) and Women's *Lacrosse – Men's *Soccer – Men's & Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Softball – Women's *Volleyball – Men's & Women's

Washington College

Washington College Washington College is a private liberal arts college in Chestertown, Maryland. Maryland granted Washington College its charter in 1782. George Washington supported the founding of the college by consenting to have the "College at Chester" name ...

athletic teams are members of the

, except for the sailing team which competes in the

Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA) is one of the seven conferences affiliated with the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association that schedule and administer regattas within their established geographic regions. MAISA organiz ...

. Their teams are called the Shoremen/Shorewomen and compete in the following sports: *Baseball – Men's *Basketball – Men's & Women's *Field Hockey – Women's *Lacrosse – Men's & Women's *Rowing – Men's & Women's *Sailing – CoEd *Soccer – Men's & Women's *Softball – Women's *Swimming – Men's & Women's *Tennis – Men's & Women's *Volleyball – Women's

Collegiate Summer Baseball

Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League

The Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League (CRCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Of the seven teams in the league, four play home games in Maryland.

MLB Draft League

The

MLB Draft League The MLB Draft League is a collegiate summer baseball league that began play in 2021. Created by Major League Baseball (MLB) and ''Prep Baseball Report'', the league serves as a showcase for top draft-eligible prospects leading up to each summer' ...

is a collegiate summer baseball league that began play in 2021. Created by

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

(MLB) and '' Prep Baseball Report'', the league serves as a showcase for top draft-eligible prospects leading up to each summer's

MLB draft The first-year player draft is the primary mechanism of Major League Baseball (MLB) for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on a lo ...

. The league's initial six teams were formerly members of Minor League Baseball's

New York–Penn League The New York–Penn League (NYPL) was a Minor League Baseball league that operated in the northeastern United States from 1939 to 2020. Classified as a Class A Short Season league, its season started in June, after major-league teams signed th ...

, Eastern League, and

Carolina League The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated along the Atlantic Coast of the United States since 1945. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 unti ...

before MLB's reorganization of the minors for 2021.

High school

Baltimore Catholic League

The Baltimore Catholic League (BCL), is a competitive basketball association composed of private Catholic high schools in the

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geographic area. * St. Frances Academy *

Calvert Hall College High School Calvert Hall College High School (also known as "Calvert Hall" or "CHC") is a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys, located in Towson, Maryland, United States. The school's mission is to make its students "men of intellect, men of ...

Loyola Blakefield Loyola Blakefield is a private Catholic, college preparatory school run by the USA East Province of the Society of Jesus in Towson, Maryland and within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. It was established in 1852 by the Jesuits as an all-boys school f ...

(originally Loyola High School) * St. Maria Goretti High School *The

Cardinal Gibbons School , motto_translation = "Send forth Your Spirit" , accreditation = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools , rival = Mount Saint Joseph High School , sister_school = Seton Keough High School , mascot = ...

(originally Cardinal Gibbons High School) * Archbishop Spalding High School * Mount Saint Joseph College (high school)

Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland

The Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (or IAAM), established 1993, is a girls’ sports conference for parochial / private / independent high schools generally located in the

Baltimore metropolitan area The Baltimore–Columbia–Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as Central Maryland, is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Maryland as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As of the 2010 Census, t ...

but extending to various other regions, including the state's mostly rural Eastern Shore. *

Annapolis Area Christian School Annapolis Area Christian School (AACS) is a private, non-denominational Christian school located in Annapolis and Severn, Maryland, United States. It serves grades K through 12. It was founded in the Reformed tradition in 1971. Athletics B ...

* Archbishop Spalding High School * Beth Tfiloh School * Bryn Mawr School * Chapelgate Christian Academy *

Catholic High School of Baltimore The Catholic High School of Baltimore is a private school, private, all-girls, Roman Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. Background The Catholic High School of Baltimore is a ...

* Concordia Preparatory School *

Friends School of Baltimore Friends School of Baltimore is a private Quaker school in Baltimore, serving students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. One of the prestigious Roland Park 5 Preparatory Schools, Friends has been described by author Judy Colbert as "a challen ...

Garrison Forest School Garrison Forest School (GFS) is a non-denominational private college preparatory boarding and day school located on a campus in Owings Mills, Maryland. GFS offers kindergarten through 12th grade for girls as well as a co-educational program fo ...

Glenelg Country School Glenelg Country School is a nonsectarian, co-educational independent day school in Howard County, Maryland, adjacent to Columbia, Maryland and between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption ...

Institute of Notre Dame The Institute of Notre Dame was a private Catholic all-girls high school located in Baltimore, Maryland. After 173 years, the school closed on June 30, 2020. History The Institute of Notre Dame, known as "IND" or "the Institute" by those who are ...

The John Carroll School The John Carroll School Inc., established in 1964 and incorporated in 1971, is a private Catholic school for grades 9–12. It is located in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland, United States in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. History ...

The Key School The Key School is an independent coeducational school, located in the neighborhood of Hillsmere Shores in Annapolis, Maryland. The Key School was established by a group of tutors from St. John's College in 1958. Key is a member of the National A ...

McDonogh School McDonogh School is a private, coeducational, PK-12, college-preparatory school founded in Owings Mills, Maryland, United States in 1873. The school is named after John McDonogh, whose estate originally funded the school. The school now enrolls ...

Mount Carmel School Mount Carmel School (New Delhi) is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day students located in Delhi NCR, India with branches at Anand niketan, Dwarka and Gurugram. Mount Carmel School was founded by Dr. Vijay Williams and ...

Maryvale Preparatory School Maryvale Preparatory School is a Catholic, independent school for girls in grades six through 12. Affiliated with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Maryvale is located in Lutherville, Maryland. It is also affiliated with the Roman Catholic Arch ...

* Mercy High School * Mount de Sales Academy *

Oldfields School Oldfields School is a college preparatory school for girls in grades 8 through 12 in Sparks Glencoe, Maryland. It was founded in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1867 by Anna Austen McCulloch and is the oldest girls' boarding school in Maryland. ...

* Notre Dame Preparatory School *

Roland Park Country School Roland Park Country School (RPCS) is an independent all-girls college preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It serves girls from kindergarten through grade 12. It is located on Roland Avenue in the northern area of Baltimore ...

* Park School of Baltimore *

Severn School Severn School was founded in 1914 by Roland M. Teel in Severna Park, Maryland, as a preparatory school for the United States Naval Academy. In 2013, Severn School merged with nearby Chesapeake Academy. Currently the school enrolls boys and girl ...

Seton Keough High School Seton Keough High School was an all-girls college preparatory private, Roman Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, at 1201 Caton Avenue. It was founded in 1988 after the joining ...

* St. Frances Academy * Saint John's Catholic Prep (St. John's Literary Institution), Frederick * St. Mary's High School * St. Paul's School for Girls *

St. Timothy's School St. Timothy's School is a four-year private all-girls boarding high school in Stevenson, Maryland. History The school was founded as a school for girls by Sarah Randolph Carter in Catonsville, Maryland in 1882. In 1952, the school moved to Steve ...

* St. Vincent Pallotti High School *

Towson Catholic High School Towson Catholic High School was a private Catholic, co-educational high school in the Baltimore suburb of Towson, Maryland, whose closing was announced in July 2009. At its peak enrollment in the 1960s and 1970s, more than 400 children attende ...

Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association

The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (or MIAA) established 1993, is a boys' sports conference for parochial / private / independent high schools generally located in the Baltimore metropolitan area but extending to various other regions, including the state's mostly rural Eastern Shore. *

Archbishop Curley High School Archbishop Curley High School is a Roman Catholic boys' high school in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore in the United States, within the City of Baltimore. It is affiliated with the Conventual Franciscan religious order. It is the broth ...

* Archbishop Spalding High School * Beth Tfiloh School * Boys' Latin School *

* Chapelgate Christian Academy * Concordia Preparatory School *

Georgetown Preparatory School Georgetown Preparatory School (also known as Georgetown Prep) is a Jesuit college-preparatory school in North Bethesda, Maryland for boys in ninth through twelfth grade. It has a 93-acre (380,000 square meters) campus. It is the only Jesuit boar ...

(Football Only) *

Gilman School Gilman School is an all-boys independent school located in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. There are three school divisions: Lower School, grades pre-kindergarten through five; Middle School, grades six through eight; and Up ...

(formerly Loyola High School) *

* Mount Saint Joseph College (high school) * Our Lady of Mount Carmel School * Park School of Baltimore *

* St. Frances Academy * St. John's Prospect Hall * St. Mary's High School * St. Paul's School * St. Vincent Pallotti High School * Saints Peter & Paul High School *

Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association

The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) oversees public high school sporting contests in the state of Maryland.

Member High schools

=Allegany County

= *

Allegany High School Allegany High School is a public high school in the Allegany County, Maryland, city of Cumberland, United States. Allegany High is part of Allegany County Public Schools. Allegany High School was built as Allegany County High School in 1887, h ...

, Cumberland * Mountain Ridge High School, Frostburg *

Fort Hill High School Fort Hill High School is a four-year public high school in Cumberland, Maryland, United States, serving 780 students in grades 9 through 12. Fort Hill is part of Allegany County Public Schools. History Fort Hill High School was one of three loc ...

, Cumberland

=Anne Arundel County

= *

Anne Arundel County Public Schools Anne Arundel County Public Schools is the public school district serving Anne Arundel County, Maryland. With over 80,000 students, the AACPS school system is the 4th largest in Maryland and the 39th largest in the United States. The district has o ...

* Annapolis High School, Annapolis * Arundel High School, Gambrills *

Broadneck High School Broadneck High School is a school in the United States, located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on Green Holly Drive, on the border between Arnold and Cape St. Claire, suburbs of Annapolis. The Bruin is the school's mascot. Broadneck is part of ...

, Annapolis * Chesapeake High School, Pasadena *

Glen Burnie High School Glen Burnie High School is a large public high school located in the Baltimore suburb of Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1923, the school is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system. Today, Glen Burnie Senior High ...

, Glen Burnie *

Meade Senior High School Meade Senior High School is a public high school for grades 9 through 12 located at Fort Meade, Maryland, United States and is administered by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Since its opening in 1977, Meade High School has been accredited ...

, Fort Meade * North County High School, Glen Burnie * Northeast Senior High School, Pasadena *

Old Mill High School Old Mill High School is a public high school in Millersville, Maryland, serving students in grades 9 through 12. It was occupied in 1975 and is administered by Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS). The school was built to alleviate overcrowd ...

, Millersville *

Severna Park High School Severna Park High School is a public high school in the United States located in the suburban CDP of Severna Park, Maryland. It is a part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system. SPHS opened its doors to students in 1959 and was the seve ...

, Severna Park * South River High School, Edgewater * Southern High School, Harwood

=Baltimore City

= * Baltimore City College, Baltimore *

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, colloquially referred to as BPI, Poly, and The Institute, is a U.S. public high school founded in 1883. Established as an all-male manual trade / vocational school by the Baltimore City Council and the Balti ...

, Baltimore * Banks High School, Baltimore *

Carver Vocational Technical High School Carver Vocational-Technical High School – fully George Washington Carver Vocational-Technical High School – also known as Carver Vo-Tech, is a public vocational-technical high school located in the western part of Baltimore, Maryland, United ...

, Baltimore * Doris M. Johnson High School, Baltimore * Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore *

Edmondson-Westside High School Edmondson-Westside High School is a public high school located in the southwest area known as Edmondson Village of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The school is made up of two buildings, the Edmondson Building (located on Athol Avenue) which ...

, 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 Reginald F. Lewis High School of Business and Law (officially referred to as the Reginald F. Lewis High School) is a Public school (government funded), public High school#United States, high school located in northeast Baltimore, Maryland. It is n ...

, Baltimore * Dr. Samuel L. Banks High School, Baltimore * Southwestern High School, Baltimore *

Walbrook High School Walbrook High School formerly known as Walbrook Senior High School (1971–1998) and Walbrook Uniform Services Academy (1999–2005), was a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. History Establishment Walbrook was foun ...

, Baltimore * W. E. B. Dubois High School, Baltimore *

Western High School Western High School may refer: Schools in the United States *Western High School (Anaheim, California) – Anaheim, California * Western High School (Illinois) – Barry, Illinois * Western High School (Florida) – Davie, Florida * Western High S ...

, Baltimore

=Baltimore County

= *

Catonsville High School Catonsville High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the southwest side of the county close to the Baltimore City border near Anne Arundel and Howard County, just outside t ...

, Catonsville * Chesapeake High School, Essex *

Dulaney High School Dulaney High School is a secondary school in Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school serves a generally upper-middle class suburban community, with students from Timonium and surrounding areas in Baltimore County. Dul ...

, Timonium *

Dundalk High School Dundalk High School (DHS) is a four-year public high school in the United States, located in Baltimore County, Maryland. The school opened in 1959. Starting in 2010, DHS was rebuilt and combined with Sollers Point Technical High School. The new b ...

, 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 Loch Raven High School is a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. History The school was established in 1972 and is part of the Baltimore County Public School System. Some of the middle schools whose graduates then enter Loch ...

, Towson * Milford Mill Academy, Baltimore * Overlea High School, Baltimore *

Owings Mills High School Owings Mills High School (OMHS) is a four-year public high school in Owings Mills, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools consolidated school district. History Construction for Owings Mills Junior-Senior High Sc ...

, Owings Mills * Parkville Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science, Parkville *

Patapsco High School Patapsco High School and Center For The Arts is a public high school in the United States, located in Dundalk in Baltimore County, Maryland, near Baltimore. About the School Patapsco is located in the suburban community of Dundalk, in southeaste ...

, Dundalk *

Perry Hall High School Perry Hall High School (PHHS) is a public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, established in 1967 enrolling about 2,000 students a year. Located in the northeastern Baltimore suburb of Perry Hall and serving the surrounding ...

, Perry Hall *

Pikesville High School Pikesville High School (PHS) is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools consolidated school district. The school was opened in 1964 as Pikesville Senior High ...

, 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, Catonsville * Woodlawn High School, Woodlawn

=Calvert County

= *

Huntingtown High School Huntingtown High School is located at 4125 North Solomons Island Road, Huntingtown, Maryland (MD), United States. Completed and opened in 2004, HHS is currently home to approximately fifteen hundred students from grades 9 to 12. Huntingtown High ...

Huntingtown *

Northern High School (Owings, Maryland) Northern High School is a public secondary school located in Owings, Calvert County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of ...

Calvert High School (Prince Frederick, Maryland) Calvert High School is a public high school in Prince Frederick, Maryland, United States and is part of the Calvert County Public Schools. The campus is on Dares Beach Road and includes the main school building, a gym for basketball games, a fo ...

Patuxent High School Patuxent High School (pronounced- Pa-tucks-ent) is a comprehensive, four-year public high school in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The school draws from the communities of Cove Point, the Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Drum Poin ...

Lusby

=Caroline County

= *

Colonel Richardson High School Colonel Richardson High School is located outside of Federalsburg, Maryland, United States, and is part of the Caroline County Public Schools system. the school serves approximately 526 students in grades nine to twelve. Students generally li ...

, Federalsburg *

North Caroline High School North Caroline High School is located in Ridgely, Maryland, United States and is part of the Caroline County Public Schools (Maryland) system. It is one of two high schools in Caroline County. The school serves 1,114 in grades nine to twelve. ...

, Ridgely

=Carroll County

= * Century High School, Sykesville *

Francis Scott Key High School Francis Scott Key High School (FSK or simply "Key") is a four-year public high school in Union Bridge in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The school is located near the west-central section of Carroll County. About the school Francis Sc ...

, Union Bridge * Liberty High School, Eldersburg *

Manchester Valley High School Manchester Valley High School is a high school located in Manchester, Carroll County, Maryland on the eastern coast of the United States. Manchester Valley is located at 3300 Maple Grove Road. The school mascot is the Maverick, and the school co ...

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

North Carroll High School North Carroll High School was a public high school located in Hampstead, Maryland, Hampstead, Maryland, United States, in Carroll County, Maryland, Carroll County. The North Carroll High School building is located at 1400 Panther Drive. The schoo ...

, Hampstead *

South Carroll High School South Carroll High School (SCHS) is a four-year public high school in Sykesville in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The school is located near the southwest corner of Carroll County on Liberty Road between Maryland Route 27 and Maryla ...

, Sykesville *

Westminster Senior High School Westminster Senior High School is a high school located in Westminster, Maryland, United States. The school, which is a part of the Carroll County Public School System (CCPS), has an enrollment of approximately 3,680 students in 1987. There a ...

Westminster Westminster is an area of Central London, part of the wider City of Westminster. The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B ...

Winters Mill High School Winters Mill High School is a high school in Westminster, Maryland, United States that was established in 2002. Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 1,084 students enrolled in 2015-2016 was: *Male - 51.0% *Female - 49.0% *Native Ameri ...

=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 High School is part of the Charles County Public Schools and is located in La Plata, Maryland, United States. The current school was built in 1979. Before that, it was in the building (built in 1964) which now holds Milton M. Somers Mid ...

, La Plata * Maurice J. McDonough High School, Pomfret *

North Point High School North Point High School is a school for career and technology education (formerly science, technology, and industry). It is located in the far western area of Waldorf, Maryland, United States. At and with about 2,000 students enrolled, it is the ...

, Waldorf *

Thomas Stone High School Thomas Stone High School is a public high school in the eastern section of Waldorf, Maryland, United States, administered by the Charles County Board of Education. The school colors are blue and gold and its mascot is the cougar. It was named a ...

, 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 Governor Thomas Johnson High School (GTJHS) is a four-year public high school in Frederick, Maryland, United States. The school is home to the Academy of Fine Arts, an auditioned-only visual and performing arts program for talented students in Fre ...

, Frederick *

Linganore High School Linganore High School is an American high school in Frederick County, Maryland. It serves the eastern portion of Frederick County. The school's mascot is the Lancer and its colors are red and black. History Linganore High School Junior-Senior ...

, Frederick * Oakdale High School, Frederick * Middletown High School, Middletown * Tuscarora High School, Frederick * Urbana High School, Urbana * Walkersville High School, Walkersville

=Garrett County

= *Northern Garrett High School, Accident *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 High School is a public high school Fallston, Maryland, United States. It serves a thousand students of Harford County. History With increasing population growth in this area of once-rural Harford County during the 1970s, the Board of E ...

, Fallston *

Harford Technical High School Harford Technical High School (HTHS) is a four-year technical public high school in Bel Air in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The school, located near the center of the county, is across the street from Harford Community College and ne ...

, Bel Air *

Havre De Grace High School Havre de Grace High School (HDGHS or HHS) is a four-year public high school in Havre de Grace in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The school is located near the southeast corner of Harford County where the Susquehanna River meets the Che ...

, Havre De Grace * Joppatowne High School, Joppa * Patterson Mill High School, Bel Air *

North Harford High School North Harford High School is located in Pylesville, Maryland, United States. It is one of the few schools in Harford County, Maryland to have an FFA Chapter, and the only school in Harford County to have a barn with a semi-working farm A ...

, Pylesville

=Howard County

= *

Atholton High School Atholton High School is a high school in Columbia, Maryland, United States and is a part of the Howard County public school system. The school hosts an Army JROTC program. The school mascot is the Raider. History Atholton takes its name from a l ...

, Columbia * Centennial High School, Ellicott City *

Glenelg High School Glenelg High School is a public high school in Glenelg, Maryland, United States. Glenelg HS is located in the western portion of Howard County, Maryland and is part of the Howard County public schools system, which is among the highest-ranked ...

, Glenelg * Hammond High School, Columbia *

Howard High School Howard High School may refer to: * David T. Howard High School, a former high school in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. * Howard High School of Technology Howard High School of Technology is a vocational-technical high school in Wilmington, Delaware and is ...

, Ellicott City * Long Reach High School, Columbia * Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriotsville *

Mount Hebron High School Mount Hebron High School is a public high school located in Ellicott City, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Howard County Public School System. About the school Mt. Hebron opened in 1965 as a junior high school. When Patapsco Middle ...

, Ellicott City *

Oakland Mills High School Oakland Mills High School was established in 1973 as one of the first high schools to serve the planned developed new U.S. town of Columbia, Maryland area, established by James Rouse and his Rouse Company in 1967 in Howard County, midway between ...

, Columbia *

Reservoir High School Reservoir High School is a public high school in Fulton, Maryland, United States. It was opened in 2002 and is a part of the Howard County public school system. The school is named for its proximity to the Rocky Gorge Reservoir. The school's ...

, Fulton * River Hill High School, Clarksville *

Wilde Lake High School Wilde Lake High School is a secondary school located in Columbia, Maryland's Village of Wilde Lake, United States, one of 12 public high schools in Howard County. The school is centrally located in Howard County, and its district borders that ...

, Columbia

=Kent County

= * Kent County High School, Worton

=Montgomery County

= *

Albert Einstein High School Albert Einstein High School, named after the German-born physicist, is a four-year high school in Kensington, Maryland, that opened on September 7, 1962. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) system. Academic programs ...

, Kensington *

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (B-CC) is a public high school in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is named for two of the towns it serves; it also serves Kensington and Silver Spring. It is located at 4301 East-West Highway, in Bethesda. In May ...

, Bethesda *

Clarksburg High School Clarksburg High School is a public high school located at 22500 Wims Road in Clarksburg, Maryland. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system, Maryland's largest public school system. The school is named after the community in whic ...

, Clarksburg *

Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School Col. Zadok Magruder High School (#510) is a secondary public school located in Rockville ( Montgomery County), Maryland, United States. Magruder is named for Colonel Zadok Magruder, a Revolutionary War patriot and farmer. He was colonel in comma ...

, 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 Montgomery Blair High School (MBHS) is a public high school located in Four Corners, Maryland, United States, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools. The school's total enrollment of 3,600 makes it the largest public high school in Montgo ...

, Silver Spring * Northwest High School, Germantown *Northwood High School, Silver Spring *

Paint Branch High School Paint Branch High School is a high school located in the Fairland census-designated place, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland; it has a Burtonsville postal address. It is named after the Paint Branch creek. The school wa ...

, Burtonsville * Poolesville High School, Poolesville *

Quince Orchard High School Quince Orchard High School (QOHS), also known as Q.O. High School, is a secondary school located on Quince Orchard Road in the Quince Orchard neighborhood of Gaithersburg in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Academics According to ma ...

, Gaithersburg *

Richard Montgomery High School Richard Montgomery High School (RMHS) (#201) is a secondary public school located in Rockville, Maryland. Academics The school houses Montgomery County's first International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB). This competitive-entry magnet pro ...

, Rockville * Rockville High School, Rockville *

Seneca Valley High School Seneca Valley High School (SVHS) is a U.S. public high school (grades 9-12) in Germantown, Maryland. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. Its enrollment for the 2019–2020 school year was 1,226 students. The new building ...

, Germantown * Sherwood High School, Sandy Spring * Springbrook High School, Silver Spring *

Thomas Edison High School of Technology Thomas Edison High School of Technology (often referred to as Thomas Edison or Edison) is a public vocational/technical high school located in Wheaton, Maryland, Wheaton, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, ...

, Silver Spring *

Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School Thomas S. Wootton High School or Wootton High School (WHS) is a public high school in Rockville, Maryland. Its namesake is Thomas S. Wootton, the founder of Montgomery County. The school was founded in 1970 and is part of the Montgomery County P ...

, Rockville * Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda *

Walter Johnson High School Walter Johnson High School (also known as Walter Johnson or WJ) is a public upper secondary school located in the census-designated place of North Bethesda, Maryland ( Bethesda postal address).Watkins Mill High School, Gaithersburg *

Wheaton High School Wheaton High School is a U.S. four-year public high school in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located in the unincorporated Wheaton- Glenmont section of Montgomery County, near Silver Spring, about 5 miles north of Washington, D.C. The high ...

, Wheaton * Winston Churchill High School, Potomac

=Prince George's County

= *

Prince George's County Public Schools Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) is a large public school district administered by the government of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education. The school system is ...

Bladensburg High School Bladensburg High School is a public high school located in Bladensburg, Maryland, United States. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district. The school serves: the towns of Blad ...

, 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 High School was a public magnet high school located in Forestville, a section of unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The school had a comprehensive program with a specialized military academy magnet progra ...

, Forestville * DuVal High School, Lanham * Fairmont Heights High School, Capitol Heights *

Charles Herbert Flowers High School Charles Herbert Flowers High School is a comprehensive science and technology magnet school located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to the Springdale census-designated place and with a Springdale postal ...

, Springdale *

Friendly High School Friendly High School is a public high school in Friendly census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, a county in the state of Maryland in the United States; it has a Fort Washington postal address.

, Fort Washington *

Gwynn Park High School Gwynn Park High School (GPHS) is in Brandywine census-designated place, Prince George's County, Maryland,High Point High School High Point High School (HPHS) is a public high school located in Beltsville, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The school, serving children in grades 9 through 12, is part of the Prince George's Coun ...

, Beltsville * Largo High School, Upper Marlboro * Laurel High School, Laurel * Northwestern High School, Hyattsville *

Oxon Hill High School Oxon Hill High School (OHHS) is a public senior high school, located in Oxon Hill, an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, Maryland, and a suburb of Washington, D.C. in the United States.Parkdale High School Parkdale High School (PHS) is a public high school located in Riverdale Park, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Enrollment was 2,354 students in grades nine through twelve as of 2020. Park ...

, Riverdale * Potomac High School, Oxon Hill * Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt * Suitland High School, Forestville *

Surrattsville High School Surrattsville High School or SHS is a public high school located in Clinton, Maryland, United States and is a part of the Prince George's County Public School System in Prince George's County, Maryland. Surrattsville was the town of Clinton's o ...

, Clinton

=Queen Anne's County

= *

Kent Island High School Kent Island High School (KIHS) is a public high school in Stevensville, Maryland, United States that first opened in 1998 to accommodate the growing population of Queen Anne's County. The school takes its name from Kent Island, the location of t ...

, Stevensville *

Queen Anne's County High School Queen Anne's County High School (QACHS) is a four-year public high school in Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is one of two public high schools in Queen Anne's County along with Kent Island High School. Overview The ...

, Centreville

=St. Mary's County

= *

Chopticon High School Chopticon High School is a public high school located in Morganza, Maryland, United States. The school serves students in grades 9–12. It offers college preparatory programs and programs that prepare students for business and technical ...

, Morganza *

Great Mills High School Great Mills High School is a comprehensive public high school in Great Mills, Maryland, United States. It serves students in grades 9–12 in the mixed rural and suburban area at the confluence of the Potomac River, Patuxent River, and Chesapeake ...

, Great Mills *

Leonardtown High School Leonardtown High School is a comprehensive public high school in Leonardtown, Maryland, United States, for students in grades 9–12. It offers college preparatory programs and programs that prepare students for business and technical occupation ...

, Leonardtown

=Somerset County

= * Crisfield High School, Crisfield * Washington High School, Princess Anne

=Talbot County

= *

Easton High School Easton High School (EHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. It is one of two public high schools in Talbot County along with St. Michaels Middle/High School. Overview The 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 North Hagerstown High School is located at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. The school's colors are red and white, with black as the accent color. The school is part of the Washington County Public Schools system. N ...

, Hagerstown * Smithsburg High School, Smithsburg *

South Hagerstown High School South Hagerstown High School is located at 1101 South Potomac Street, in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. The current principal is Rodney Gayman. The 164,000 square-foot school is part of the Washington County Public Schools system and has an ...

, Hagerstown *

Williamsport High School Williamsport High School is a public high school in Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, United States. Baseball team The school's baseball team, and its coach David Warrenfeltz, were the subject of a 2012 ''Sports Illustrated'' artic ...

, Williamsport

=Wicomico County

= * James M. Bennett High School, Salisbury * Mardela Middle and High School, Mardela Springs *

Parkside High School Parkside High School is a four-year public high school in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. It is one of four public high schools in Wicomico County along with James Bennett High School, Wicomico High School, and Mardela Mi ...

, Salisbury * Wicomico High School, Salisbury

=Worcester County

= * Pocomoke High School, Pocomoke City *

Snow Hill High School Snow Hill High School (SHHS) is a four-year public high school in Snow Hill, Maryland, United States. It is one of four public high schools in Worcester County along with Pocomoke High School, Stephen Decatur High School, and the Worcester Techni ...

, Snow Hill * Stephen Decatur High School, Berlin

Washington Catholic Athletic Conference

The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference or WCAC is a high school athletic league for boys, girls, and co-ed Catholic high schools located around and in Washington, D.C., United States. *

Academy of the Holy Cross The Academy of the Holy Cross is a Catholic college preparatory school sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Cross and founded in 1868. The academy is located on a campus in North Bethesda, Maryland (Kensington postal address),

* Archbishop Carroll High School *

Bishop Ireton High School Bishop Ireton High School is a Roman Catholic high school located in Alexandria, Virginia, less than one mile from Old Town Alexandria. The school was founded in 1964 by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, and named in honor of Peter Leo Ireton, ...

Bishop O'Connell High School Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School (also known as DJO) is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia. It was established by the Diocese of Richmond, but it has been under the direction of the Di ...

Bishop McNamara High School Bishop McNamara High School (BMHS or McNamara) is a private, Catholic coed high school in Forestville CDP in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland.DeMatha Catholic High School DeMatha Catholic High School is a four-year Catholic high school for boys located in Hyattsville, Maryland, United States. Named after John of Matha, DeMatha is under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and is a member of the Washington ...

Elizabeth Seton High School Elizabeth Seton High School is a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Bladensburg, Maryland, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Elizabeth Seton High School was established on March 15, 1957, ...

Gonzaga College High School Gonzaga College High School is a private Catholic college-preparatory high school for boys in Washington, D.C. Founded by the Jesuits in 1821 as the Washington Seminary, Gonzaga is named in honor of Aloysius Gonzaga, an Italian saint from the 1 ...

* Our Lady of Good Counsel High School *

Paul VI Catholic High School St. Paul VI Catholic High School (known as PVI or Paul VI) is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school in Chantilly, Virginia, United States. The school was previously located in southwest Fairfax, Virginia and is named after Pope Paul VI. In ...

* St. John's College High School *

St. Mary's Ryken High School St. Mary's Ryken High School, located on an waterfront campus on Breton Bay, is a coeducational, secondary school sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers. SMR is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and is accredited by the Mid ...

Horse racing

Horse racing has a very long history in Maryland going back to colonial days. The

Preakness Stakes The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held on Armed Forces Day which is also the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs () o ...

, the middle jewel in the

Triple Crown Triple Crown may refer to: Sports Horse racing * Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing * Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States) ** Triple Crown Trophy ** Triple Crown Productions * Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing * Tri ...

, is run at

Pimlico Race Course Pimlico Race Course is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Ol ...

in Baltimore. Presently, Maryland has four

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are ...

tracks and two Harness Tracks.

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NCAA Division I

Coppin State University

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

Loyola University Maryland Loyola University Maryland is a private Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is the ninth-oldest Jesuit college in th ...

Morgan State University

Mount St. Mary's University

Towson University

United States Naval Academy

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

University of Maryland, College Park

NCAA Division II

Bowie State University

Frostburg State University Frostburg State University (FSU) is a public university in Frostburg, Maryland. The university is the only four-year institution of the University System of Maryland west of the Baltimore-Washington passageway in the state's Appalachian highlan ...

NCAA Division III

Goucher College

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

Hood College

McDaniel College

Notre Dame of Maryland University Notre Dame of Maryland University is a private Catholic university in Baltimore, Maryland. NDMU offers certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs for women and men. History The Roman Catholic academic/educational religious congregation ...

St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM) is a public liberal arts college in St. Mary's City, Maryland.Maryland State Archives, Online Manual, "St. Mary's College Of Maryland: Origin & Functions" http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/25univ/stmarys ...

Salisbury University

Stevenson University

Washington College

Collegiate Summer Baseball

Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League

MLB Draft League

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Baltimore Catholic League

Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland

Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association

Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association

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=Allegany County

=Anne Arundel County

=Baltimore City

=Baltimore County

=Calvert County

=Caroline County

=Carroll County

=Cecil County

=Charles County

=Dorchester County

=Frederick County

=Garrett County

=Harford County

=Howard County

=Kent County

=Montgomery County

=Prince George's County

=Queen Anne's County

=St. Mary's County

=Somerset County

=Talbot County

=Washington County

=Wicomico County

=Worcester County

Washington Catholic Athletic Conference

Horse racing

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