This week: Baltimore Poly jumps three spots to No. 7 after a pivotal win over previous No. 4 Lake Clifton. Heading into this week, three teams remain unbeaten (Central, Kennedy and Old Mill). Potomac, after a two-loss week, exits the Top 25 while Aberdeen, fresh off a double-digit win over previous No. 20 Joppatowne, makes its debut.
Wise holds the top spot for the eighth week in a row, garnering an unanimous 11 of 11 first-place votes.
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Panel: Traevon Benjamin, owner of G.O.A.T. Enterprises; Dylan Crane, owner of 24/7 Basketball Training LLC; Evan Engelhard, MSA videographer; Marcus Helton, DMVelite editor-in-chief; Kendall Hilton, Co-Founder of Fan-I Sports; Kyle McFadden, MSA editor-in-chief; Mitchell Northam, DelmarvaNow sports reporter; Tom Peace, MSA Baltimore reporter; Azhar Shamsudeen, vice president of Maryland Elite Basketball; Ben Spector, MSA reporter; Brooks Warren, MSA reporter.
NOTE: team records as of January 22
1. Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. Pumas (11) — 275 points (Record: 9-0) LW: 1
County/class: Prince George’s, 4A
Last week: 2-0
Wins: No. 10 private Riverdale Baptist by 13, DuVal by 18, No. 6 Eleanor Roosevelt by 3, No. 9 Bowie by 4, C.H. Flowers by 18, Suitland by 22, No. 7 Bladensburg by 20, Parkdale by 22, Laurel by 16
Losses: None
2. Perry Hall Gators — 258 points (13-1) LW: 3
County/class: Baltimore, 4A
Last week: 2-0
Wins: Archbishop Curley by 17, No. 15 New Town by 22, Calvert Hall by 4, Milford Mill by 16, Kenwood by 29, No. 2 Baltimore Poly by 23, Dundalk by 6, No. 23 Dulaney by 15, Chesapeake by 36, No. 20 Randallstown by 9, No. 2 Lake Clifton by 3, Towson by 52, Franklin by 12
Losses: No. 24 Patterson by 11
3. Stephen Decatur Seahawks — 256 points (13-1) LW: 2
County/class: Worcester, 3A
Last week: 2-0
Wins: Cambridge-SD by 59, Colonel Richardson by 32, Pocomoke by 32, Crisfield by 25, Washington by 34, Mardela by 42, Bishop Sullivan by 16, J.M. Bennett by 36, Mardela by 53, Parkside by 29, Wicomico by 5, Arcadia by 56, Pocomoke by 15
Losses: Potomac (Va.) by 1
4. Eleanor Roosevelt Raiders — 223 points (9-3) LW: 5
County/class: Prince George’s, 4A
Last week: 2-0
Wins: Northwestern by 2, High Point by 18, St. Michael’s by 20, Cape Henlopen by 17, Laurel by 2, DuVal by 26, No. 6 Bowie by 7, Flowers by 21, H.D. Woodson (D.C.) by 2
Losses: No. 1 private DeMatha by 8, No. 1 Wise by 3, No. 7 Bladensburg by 8
5. Bladensburg Mustangs — 219 points (11-2) LW: 7
County/class: Prince George’s, 4A
Last week: 1-1
Wins: Coolidge (D.C.) by 31, No. 9 Douglass-PG by 4, Laurel by 7, Suitland by 13, No. 16 Richard Montgomery by 5, High Point by 12, Parkdale by 10, No. 5 Eleanor Roosevelt by 8, DuVal by 8, Northwestern by 14, Good Counsel by 17
Losses: Sherwood by 5, No. 1 Wise by 20
6. Frederick Douglass Eagles — 210 points (11-1) LW: 6
County/class: Prince George’s, 2A
Last week: 3-0
Wins: Cesar Chavez (D.C.) by 6, Northwestern by 16, No. 18 Largo by 19, Bishop Ireton (Va.) by 3, Springbrook by 2, Oxon Hill by 19, Fairmont Heights by 7, Gwynn Park by 25, Friendly by 39, Crossland by 55, Thurgood Marshall (D.C.) by 8
Losses: No. 7 Bladensburg by 4
7. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Engineers — 202 points (9-6) LW: 10
County/class: Baltimore City, 3A
Last week: 1-0
Wins: Digital Harbor by 29, H.D. Woodson (D.C.) by 1, Mervo by 40, Sussex Central (Va.) by 4, Ben Franklin by 39, Northwestern by 26, Douglass-Baltimore by 8, St. Frances (private) by 20, No. 4 Lake Clifton by 6
Losses: No. 5 Mount St. Joseph (private) by 6, No. 3 Perry Hall by 23, Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) by 15, Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) by 6, Sagemont (Fla.) by 13, Simeon (Chicago) by 1
8. Tuscarora Titans — 191 points (12-1) LW: 8
County/class: Frederick, 3A
Last week: 1-0
Wins: South Hagerstown by 31, North Hagerstown by 17, Northwest by 18, Brunswick by 16, Middletown by 34, No. 15 Linganore by 9, Mervo by 30, No. 4 Seneca Valley by 12, Northwood by 40, Urbana by 9, No. 22 Oakdale by 1, Thomas Johnson by 2, Catoctin by 32
Losses: Frederick by 8
9. Seneca Valley Screamin’ Eagles — 186 points (10-1) LW: 9
County/class: Montgomery, 3A
Last week: 2-0
Wins: Bethesda-CC by 23, Springbrook by 19, No. 24 Sherwood by 5, Rockville by 55, Northwood by 42, Wheaton by 60, South Hagerstown by 14, Northwest by 32, Watkins Mill by 28, Damascus by 32, Poolesville by 40, No. 12 Quince Orchard by 12
Losses: No. 10 Tuscarora by 12
10. Lake Clifton Lakers — 186 points (10-3) LW: 4
County/class: Baltimore City, 2A
Last week: 1-1
Wins: New Era by 20, Northwestern by 33, Eleanor Roosevelt (D.C.) by 1, Croom by 55, NAF by 2, Edmondson-Westside by 8, Southwestern by 10, Owings Mills by 26, Catonsville by 11, Lewis by 52, N/A by 46
Losses: No. 19 Patterson by 10, No. 4 Perry Hall by 3, No. 10 Baltimore Poly by 6
11. Bowie Bulldogs — 180 points (11-3) LW: 11
County/class: Prince George’s, 4A
Last week: 0-2
Wins: No. 15 New Town by 17, Sidwell Friends (D.C.) by 3, Friendship Collegiate (D.C.) by 24, Suitland by 21, Olympic (N.C.) by 3, Battlefield (Va.) by 16, Parkdale by 6, Laurel by 14
Losses: No. 1 Wise by 4, Northwestern by 3, No. 5 Eleanor Roosevelt by 7
12. Central Falcons — 148 points (12-0) LW: 16
County/class: Prince George’s, 2A
This past week: 2-0
Wins: Dunbar (D.C.) by 18, Potomac by 1, Surrattsville by 15, Carver Vo-Tech by 24, Tall Oaks by 80, Fairmont Heights by 20, Surrattsville by 18, Friendly by 41, New Town by 40, Chesapeake by 37, Oxon Hill by 21, No. 21 Woodlawn by 5
Losses: None
13. Patterson Clippers — 147 points (12-2) LW: 15
County/class: Baltimore City, 2A
This past week: 2-0
Wins: Digital Harbor by 27, KASA by 47, Concordia Prep by 34, Benjamin Franklin by 20, No. 25 Douglass-Baltimore by 9, No. 2 Perry Hall by 11, DuVal by 15, No. 2 Lake Clifton by 10, Baltimore City by 31, No. 21 Potomac by 13
Losses: No. 11 St. Frances (private) by 32, No. 10 (private) Riverdale Baptist by 3
14. Dunbar Poets — 143 points (11-0) LW: 13
County/class: Baltimore City, 2A
Last week: 1-0
Wins: Northwestern by ?, Eastern by ?, Baltimore City by 5, Archbishop Curley by 17, Mervo by 10, Dover (Del.) by 5, No. 17 Walt Whitman by 12, NAF by 34, No. 20 Randallstown by 3, Ben Franklin, Friends School by 11
Losses: None
15. Quince Orchard Cougars — 127 points (13-1) LW: 12
County/class: Montgomery, 4A
Last week: 1-1
Wins: Paint Branch by 14, B-CC by 30; Einstein by 30, Wootton by 17, Rockville by 39, Springbrook by 15, South Hagerstown by 16, Frederick by 14, Magruder by 19, Gaithersburg by 15, Northwest by 13, Poolesville by 8, Clarksburg by 28
Losses: No. 9 Seneca Valley by 5
16. Kennedy Cavaliers — 98 points (13-0) LW: 17
County/class: Montgomery, 4A
Last week: 2-0
Wins: Wootton by 20, Wheaton by 55, Gaithersburg by 8, Churchill by 18, Einstein by 25, Northwest by 26, C.M. Wright by 16, High Point by 13, Northwood by 57, Sherwood by 8, Blair by 22, Blake by 51, Springbrook by 24
Losses: None
17. Westlake Wolverines — 89 points (10-3) LW: 18
County/class: Charles, 2A
Last week: 1-0
Wins: Great Mills by 12, Northern by 16, Huntingtown by 2, Crossland by 5, Gaithersburg by 16, Maine-Endwell (N.Y.) by 5, Patuxent by 43, La Plata by 20
Losses: No. 19 St. Mary’s Ryken (private) by 13, Woodrow Wilson (D.C.) by 25, Lackey by 5
18. Richard Montgomery Rockets — 83 points (11-1) LW: 14
County/class: Montgomery, 4A
Last week: 0-1
Wins: Gaithersburg by 6, Episcopal (Va.) by 4 (ranked No. 7 by the WaPo), Blair by 7, Clarksburg by 16, Northwest by 21, Rockville by 41, Einstein by 7, Wootton by 9, Wheaton by 36, No. 18 Walt Whitman by 10, B-CC by 5
Losses: No. 5 Bladensburg by 5, Einstein by 2
19. Walt Whitman Vikings — 73 points (11-3) LW: 19
County/class: Montgomery, 4A
Last week: 2-0
Wins: Landon by 10, Gaithersburg by 1, Magruder by 16, Northwood by 29, Blair by 15, B-CC by 8, Urbana by 4, Churchill by 14, Wootton by 3, Wheaton by 27, Walter Johnson by 18
Losses: No. 18 private Georgetown Prep by 8, No. 14 Dunbar by 12, No. 14 Richard Montgomery by 10
20. Oakdale Bears — 60 points (11-2) LW: 23
County/class: Frederick, 3A
Last week: 2-0
Wins: Middletown by 28, Paint Branch by 16, South Hagerstown by 11, Brunswick by 42, Indian Creek by 29, North Caroline by 31, No. 22 Linganore by 12, Frederick by 12, Urbana by 21, Tuscarora (Va.) by 12, Tuscarora by Va.) by 21
Losses: Gov. Thomas Johnson by 3, No. 10 Tuscarora by 1
21. Old Mill Millers — 53 points (14-0) LW: 24
County/class: Arundel, 4A
Last week: 3-0
Wins: North County by 1, Hammond by 4, Laurel by 6, Northeast by 13, Howard by 16, Ballou (D.C.) by 24, Chapelgate by 8, Southern by 4, Chesapeake by 4, South River by 3, Chesapeake Science Point by 37, No. 25 Glen Burnie by 11, Meade by 8, North County by 12
Losses: None
22. Woodlawn Warriors — 29 points (10-2) LW: 22
County/class: Baltimore, 4A
Last week: 2-1
Wins: Dundalk by 18, Hereford by 14, Milford Mill by 16, Hammond by 22, Suitland by 10, Parkville by 15, Overlea by 40, Catonsville by 11, Randallstown by 17, Eastern Tech by 48
Losses: Largo by 10, No. 16 Central by 5
23. Dulaney Lions — 28 points (8-5) LW: 25
County/class: Baltimore, 4A
Last week: 1-1
Wins: Towson by 41, Catonsville by 2, Harford Christian by 38, Western Tech by 14, Long Reach by 20, Oakland Mills by 9, Sparrows Point by 78, Parkville by 24
Losses: Friends School of Baltimore by 4, Boys Latin by 18, No. 5 Mount St. Joseph (private) by 38, No. 3 Perry Hall by 13, Milford Mill by 19
24. Joppatowne Mariners — 27 points (14-2) LW: 20
County/class: Harford, 1A
Last week: 2-1
Wins: Fallston by 12, Bel Air by 14, Kenwood by 21, Bohemia Manor by 40, Northeast by 37, C.M. Wright by 3, Concordia Prep by 28, Loch Raven by 8, Eltkon by 12, Patterson Mill by 16, Rising Sun by 40, La Plata by 3, Harford Tech by 12, Southwestern by 2
Losses: Edgewood by 5, Aberdeen by 10
25. Aberdeen Eagles — 22 points (8-5) LW: NR
This past week: 2-0
Wins: Bel Air by 10, Wilde Lake by 6, No. 20 Linganore by 1, C.M. Wright by 11, Elkton by 8, Edgewood by 10, Patterson Mill by 16, No. 21 Joppatowne by 10
Losses: Milford Mill by 25, Harford Tech by 5, Fallston by 4, Theodore Roosevelt (D.C.) by 7, Mervo by 3
Dropped out: No. 21 Potomac (8-3)
Received votes: Linganore (11-3) 18, Potomac 18, Lackey (12-2) 10, Edmondson-Westside (8-3) 9, Largo (8-4) 4 points, North Point (6-6) 3
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