With the first round of the high school basketball playoffs complete, the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association released the schedule for the region quarterfinals. Girls basketball teams play on Monday, boys on Tuesday. The winners advance to semifinals on Wednesday and Thursday.
The four region champions in each bracket advance to the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland, College Park for the state semifinals.
In the Frederick County boys’ brackets, Middletown (12-11) travels to fourth-seeded Oakdale (14-8) on Tuesday. Oakdale won both games against the Knights this year by comfortable margins, but every coach will tell you it's difficult to beat a winning team three times in the same season. No. 3 seed Tuscarora plays host to the team that won the Montgomery County 3A/2A Division, Watkins Mill. However, the Wolverines have not won a game this year outside of their conference foes.
For the girls, North Hagerstown (13-9) plays at Urbana (18-4) at 7 p.m. Monday in a 3A West Region matchup and South Carroll (14-8) plays at No. 3 seeded Catoctin (15-7) in a 2A West Region game.
Here is look at the regional quarterfinals for the schools in The Gazette's three-county coverage area:
Girls quarterfinals
4A WestWalt Whitman (14-9) at No. 1 Gaithersburg (22-0), 7 p.m. Monday Winston Churchill (19-4) at No. 4 Montgomery Blair (19-4), 7 p.m. Monday John F. Kennedy (12-11) at No. 3 Walter Johnson (17-3), 7 p.m. Monday Thomas S. Wootton (8-15) at No. 2 Northwest (18-4), 7 p.m. Monday
4A EastWestminster (9-12) at No. 1 Poly (20-0), 6:30 p.m. Monday Dulaney at No. 4 Paint Branch (18-5), 7 p.m. Monday Sherwood (11-12) at No. 3 Perry Hall (17-4), 7 p.m. Monday Springbrook (16-7) at No. 2 Catonsville (18-4), 7 p.m. Monday
4A SouthEleanor Roosevelt (14-8) at No. 1 Henry A. Wise (21-1), 7 p.m. Monday Parkdale (12-11) at No. 4 Suitland (14-6), 7 p.m. Monday Bladensburg (9-14) at No. 3 Bowie (16-5), 7 p.m. Monday Laurel (11-11) at No. 2 Charles H. Flowers (18-2), 7 p.m. Monday
3A WestWatkins Mill (13-10) at No. 1 Damascus (18-4), 7 p.m. Monday South Hagerstown (15-7) at No. 4 Seneca Valley (16-7), 7 p.m. Monday North Hagerstown (13-9) at No. 3 Urbana (18-4), 7 p.m. Monday Rockville (5-16) at No. 2 Frederick (17-5), 7 p.m. Monday
3A SouthNorthern (13-9) at No. 1 Friendly (17-4), 7 p.m. Monday Huntingtown (10-10) at No. 4 Thomas Stone (13-9), 6:30 p.m. Monday Potomac (2-17) at No. 3 Westlake (15-7), 7 p.m. Monday La Plata (5-16) at No. 2 Chopticon (17-5), 7 p.m. Monday
2A WestLiberty (8-15) at No. 1 Century (19-3), 7 p.m. Monday Walkersville (15-7) at No. 4 Middletown (14-7), 7 p.m. Monday South Carroll (14-8) at No. 3 Catoctin (15-7), 6 p.m. Monday Oakdale (12-10) at No. 2 Poolesville (17-5), 7 p.m. Monday
2A SouthMarriotts Ridge (7-16) at No. 1 Glenelg (22-1), 7 p.m. Monday Largo (17-7) at No. 4 Oakland Mills (19-4), 7 p.m. Monday Central (7-16) at No. 3 Gwynn Park (20-3), 7 p.m. Monday Patuxent (8-13) at No. 2 Calvert (21-1), 7 p.m. Monday
1A SouthForestville (7-13) at No. 1 Dunbar (14-5), 5 p.m. Monday Forest Park at No. 4 Northwestern (Balt.), 5 p.m. Monday National Academy at No. 3 Benjamin Franklin, 4 p.m. Monday Reginald Lewis at No. 2 Surrattsville (15-5), 7 p.m. Monday
Boys quarterfinals
4A WestQuince Orchard (8-15) at No. 1 Col. Zadok Magruder (20-1), 7 p.m. Tuesday Richard Montgomery (10-13) at No. 4 Thomas S. Wootton (14-9), 7 p.m. Tuesday Gaithersburg (9-14) at No. 3 Clarksburg (13-9), 7 p.m. Tuesday Walt Whitman (7-16) at No. 2 Winston Churchill (17-5), 7 p.m. Tuesday
4A SouthSuitland (14-7) at No. 1 Charles H. Flowers (16-5), Tuesday Parkdale (7-16) at No. 4 Henry A. Wise (15-6), Tuesday Bowie (13-9) at No. 3 DuVal (15-6), Tuesday Laurel (7-15) at No. 2 Eleanor Roosevelt (18-4), Tuesday
4A NorthMergenthaler Vocation at No. 1 Springbrook (19-3), Tuesday Paint Branch (15-7) at No. 4 Kenwood (13-4), Tuesday James H. Blake (18-5) at No. 3 Westminster (18-4), Tuesday Sherwood (16-7) at No. 2 Southwestern (17-2), Tuesday
3A WestDamascus (9-14) at No. 1 South Hagerstown (20-2), Tuesday Rockville (10-13) at No. 4 Linganore (14-7), Tuesday Watkins Mill (13-10) at No. 3 Tuscarora (17-5), Tuesday Frederick (11-12) at No. 2 Urbana (18-4), Tuesday
3A SouthLa Plata (9-14) at No. 1 Thomas Stone (21-1), 7 p.m. Tuesday Chopticon (6-16) at No. 4 Friendly (9-13), 7 p.m. Tuesday Northern (5-17) at No. 3 Westlake (13-8), 7 p.m. Tuesday Huntingtown (9-13) at No. 2 Potomac (16-6), 7 p.m. Tuesday
2A SouthMcDonough (14-9) at No. 1 Gwynn Park (18-5), 7 p.m. Tuesday Frederick Douglass (9-13) at No. 4 Calvert (17-6), 7 p.m. Tuesday Long Reach (14-9) at No. 3 Marriotts Ridge (17-5), 7 p.m. Tuesday Lackey (9-14) at No. 2 Largo (18-4), 7 p.m. Tuesday
2A WestFrancis Scott Key (7-16) at No. 1 South Carroll (18-4), Tuesday Middletown (12-11) at No. 4 Oakdale (14-8), Tuesday Williamsport (11-12) at No. 3 Poolesville (13-9), Tuesday Walkersville (6-16) at No. 2 Century (19-3), Tuesday
1A SouthMaritime Academy at No. 1 Dunbar (16-3), 5 p.m. Tuesday Surrattsville (5-18) at No. 4 Forestville (8-11), 7 p.m. Tuesday Fairmont Heights (8-15) at No. 3 Benjamin Franklin, 5 p.m. Tuesday National Academy vs. No. 2 Forest Park (15-3), 5 p.m. Tuesday