The Washington Post

Top 10

FINAL

      Team                  

1. Broadneck  20-0 

    MD 4A Champs

2. McDonough  19-0     

    MD 2A Champs

3. Broad Run  22-3   

    VA AA Champs (3rd year)

4. Northern   18-2

    MD 3A Champs (2nd year)

5. Loud'n Valley 24-5

    VA AAA State Finalist

6. South County  27-2

    VA AAA State Semi-F'st

7. Battlefield  23-3

    2 of 3 losses were to

    Loudoun Valley

8. Chesapeake  18-3

    2 of 3 losses were to

    rival Broadneck,

    including region final

9. Centreville  18-6

    lost N. Region

    championship to S. County

10. O'Connell  24-5

    6th straight WCAC title

The Baltimore Sun

Top 15

FINAL - May 26 2009

                                                                                                    Last

                                          Week

1. Broadneck      20-0  1

2. Seton Keough   17-0  2

3. Chesapeake     18-3  3

4. Arch'Spalding  15-4  4

5. Arundel        13-4  5

6. Franklin       20-3  6

7. North Carroll  18-4  10

8. Hammond        15-3  7

9. C M Wright     14-7  8

10. Eastern Tech  13-4  9

11. Fallston      12-9  11

12. Lansdowne     15-5  --

13. Northeast     15-7  13

14. Glenelg       14-7  14

15. Maryvale Prep 17-1  15

Other teams considered: Atholton 910-7);  Bel Air (12-5);  Glen Burnie (11-6); Howard (14-4);  Marriotts Ridge (11-7);  Perry Hall (13-5)

2009 MCPS

R. P. I.

Rated Power Index

--FINAL Reg. Season--

does not include playoffs

  RPI                                           W/L%

  1   Damascus   12  1     2

  2   Sherwood   13  1     1

  3   R Mont     13  2     3

  4   Sen Valley 11  2     4

  5   Gaith'burg 10  5   T10

  6  *P'ville    10  3     6

T7   Blake      10  5   T10

T7   Blair      11  4    T7

T9   Wootton    11  4    T7

T9   Pt Branch  11  4    T7

11   Clarksburg 11  3     5

12   W Johnson   7  7    13

13   Wat Mill    8  6    12

14   Whitman     6  7    14

15   Churchill   3 11   T20

16   Rockville   5  8    15

17   Q Orchard   4 12    19

18   Springbrook 4 11    18

19   B-CC        4 10    17

20   Northwood   5  9    16

21   Northwest   3 11   T20

22   Kennedy     1 12   T22

T23   Magruder    1 13   T24

T23   Wheaton     1 13   T24

25   Einstein    1 12   T22

*Pv played one game outside of MCPS league. That game is not inclusive above.

RPI is exclusive to this site and is not used in any way by MCPS or MPSSAA. RPI is an objective measure of the quality of a team's wins against it's record. First, all teams are sorted top to bottom based on their W/L percentages. Each team is awarded "Quality points"; i.e., the top team(s) are worth 25 Q-points and the bottom teams are worth 1 Q-point. (Ties are taken into account). The subject team aggregates it's accumulated Q-point-wins which are divided by its number of wins to produce an average "multiplier." The multiplier is multiplied back against the subject team's own W/L percentage to adjust for the strengths of those wins. Throughout the season, opponents' Q-worth will rise and fall with wins and losses, and the RPI rankings will ripple to reflect the adjustments.

See last year's Final RPI  here

Frederick-News Post

(Monocacy Valley AA teams)

Final

1. Urbana

2.  Linganore

3. North Carroll

4. Walkersville

Others:

Thomas Johnson, Catoctin, Boonsboro

DigitalSports -- Baltimore

Softball Top 20

(Balt. City and Co., Anne Arundel, Carroll, Cecil, Howard, Harford counties)

FINAL - May 26, 2009

                       last

                        wk

1.  Seton Keough         1

  IAAM A-Conf. Champion

2.  Broadneck            2

  MD 4A Champion

3.  Arch' Spalding       4

IAMM A-conf finalist (L to Seton Keough)

4.  Chesapeake           3

  4A E Region finalist (L to Broadneck)

5.  Arundel              5

  4A E Region SF (L to Broadneck)

6.  Hammond              6

  2A S Region Finalist (L to McDonough)

7.  Northeast            8

3A E Region Finalist (L to Fallston)

8.  Howard               7

  3A E Region SF (L to Northeast)

9.  Franklin            10

  3A State Finalist (L to Northern)

10. Rising Sun           9

  2A E Region finalist (L to Easton)

11. C M Wright          18

  Region SF (L to North Carroll)

12. Mount de Sales      11

  IAAM A-conf SF (L to Seton Keough)

13. Maryvale Prep       14

  IAAM B-Conf. champions

14. Towson Catholic     12

  IAAM B-Conf. Finalist (L to M'vale)

15. Glenelg             15

  MD 1A State SF (L to Pocomoke)

16. Lansdowne           17

  MD 2A State Finalist (L to McDonough)

17.  Eastern Tech       16

  MD 2A N Region finalist (L to Lansdowne)

18. Fallston            NR

  MD 3A State SF (L to Northern)

19. Pikesville          NR

  MD 1A State SF (L to Fort Hill)

20. Catonsville         NR

  MD 3A N Region Finalist (L to Franklin)

Others considered:

Atholton, Bel Air, Perry Hall, Poly, Towson, Harve de Grace, Marriotts Ridge, McDonogh

DigitalSports -- DC Beltway

Softball Top 10

May 19, 2009

(Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax Co., Loudoun Co., Mont. Co., P.G. Co., Prince William Co., SMAC and WCAC)

1. McDonough (17-0) -- LW: 2

Rams enter Maryland 2A semifinals having surrendered just one run all season. Senior Melanie Mitchell pitched third perfect game of season in 17-strikeout, 2-0 win over Howard County power Hammond in 2A South semifinals last Wednesday, and followed with 6-0 shutout of Gwynn Park on Friday in regional final.

2. Battlefield (18-1) -- LW: 1

Dropped first game of season 4-3 to Loudoun Valley on May 8, but the Bobcats bounced back to win next three including a 10-0 shutout of Loudoun Valley on May 14.

3. South County (21-1) -- LW: 4

Defeated Lee and West Potomac by combined 18-0 count in Patriot District tournament last week.

4. Broad Run (17-2) -- LW: 6

Shut out three opponents last week by a combined 17-0, including 1-0 wins over Park View and Potomac Falls.

5. Northern (16-2) -- LW: 9

Defending Maryland 3A state champ avenged one of season's losses with 3-1 win over No. 7 Huntingtown in 3A South final. Patriots open defense of championship with state semfinal showdown with Fallston on Tuesday.

6. Loudoun Valley (17-2) -- LW: 7

Had huge 4-3 win over Battlefileld on May 8, but dropped most recent encounter with the No. 2 Bobcats 10-0 last Thursday.

7. Huntingtown (16-1) -- LW: 3

Hurricanes' season came to an end with 3-1 loss to county rival and defending state champion Northern in 3A South championship game last Friday.

8. Sherwood (16-1) -- LW: NR

Warriors defeated Gaithersburg 5-4 to win the 4A West. Will play North Carroll in Maryland 4A semifinals on Tuesday.

9. Yorktown (14-2) -- LW: NR

Offense has been rolling, as team outscored opponents 42-3 in three wins last week.

10. Briar Woods (15-4) -- LW: NR

Falcons went 3-0 last week, including a 1-0 win over Potomac Falls.

Others Receiving Consideration

Damascus (13-2)

C.H. Flowers (16-1)

Hayfield (16-3)

Madison (16-4)

McLean (18-4)

Bishop O'Connell (21-4)

Saint Mary's Ryken (18-4)

Stone Bridge (15-5)

Westfield (15-5)

This Site's MD Statewide Poll

FINAL

1.   Broadneck       20-0

2.   Seton Keough    17-0

3.   McDonough       19-0

4.   Pocomoke        16-3

5.   Chesapeake      18-3

6.   Northern        18-2

7.   Easton          19-1

8.   Fort Hill       19-1

9.   Arch' Spalding  15-4

10.  North Carroll   18-4

11.  Allegheny       18-4

12.  Franklin        20-3

13.  Damascus        13-2

14.  Northeast       15-7

15.  Hammond         15-3

16.  Sherwood        16-2

17.  Huntingtown     16-2

18.  Urbana          15-5

19.  Towson Catholic 15-3

20.  Gwynn Park      19-3

Others:  Bowie, CH Flowers, Poolesville, Westminster, CM Wright, Howard, Mount de Sales, Walkersville, Glenelg, Maryvale Prep, Elizabeth Seton, Lansdowne, Arundel, R Montgomery, Sen Valley, St. Mary's Ryken, Pikesville, Gaithersburg, Linganore