Montgomery County now features 17 schools in state's top sports classification
Since the Clarksburg High School’s football program’s inception in 2006, it has steadily developed into one of the more successful Montgomery County teams on the field. In turn, it has rapidly risen through the ranks of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association’s four classifications based on student enrollment.
As a result of the MPSSAA’s biennial realignment this fall, all of the Coyotes athletic teams will reside in the state’s largest classification, 4A, for the first time in school history. During the 2007-08 and 2008-09 campaigns they were in 2A and rose to 3A for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons.
“I don’t exactly think moving up will mean that much for football, but in basketball it will,” said Clarksburg football coach Larry Hurd, the only helmsman the school has known with a 37-16 record. “We’ve played [perennial football playoff contenders] Gaithersburg, Seneca Valley, Damascus, Quince Orchard and Paint Branch the past two years. It won’t be a drastic change in our schedule, but I do think the 4A has more strength top to bottom.”
Like Clarksburg, many of Montgomery County’s 25 public high school’s athletic programs will be affected. Seventeen 4A teams will reside within the county, along with six 3A programs and two 2A schools.
In addition to Clarksburg, Kennedy and Quince Orchard step up from 3A and into the 13-team all-Montgomery County 4A West Regional. Paint Branch, Sherwood, Springbrook and previous 3A dweller Blake move into the 4A North with schools from Baltimore County, Baltimore city and Carroll County. Rockville moves up one classification to the 3A West to join Damascus, Einstein, Northwood, Seneca Valley, Watkins Mill and out of area schools from Frederick and Washington counties. Poolesville and Wheaton remain in the 2A West.
“We may have to do a little more [scouting] homework, but it is a nice change,” Springbrook football coach Rob Wendel said. “It will be nice to see new faces in the playoffs, but we still have Sherwood and Paint Branch with us. We come from a pretty good football area and I’d like to think we can put our area up against anybody.”
But in sports other than football, the change may be more impactful come postseason time when local schools are separated and travel to various parts of the state. County teams regularly play each other regardless of their enrollment size during the regular season. Additionally, every single school qualifies, most by random draw, for the state playoffs in all sports except for football. Just four teams in each region qualify for the football postseason.
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