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Mid-Maryland League ABOUT THE LEAGUE |
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League Members | Season Format | Player Eligibility | Playing Rules How to Join | Directions to Game Sites |
The Mid-Maryland League is a Junior High basketball conference made up of select teams from five counties in Central Maryland. Twenty six teams, Fifteen of the public middle schools in Frederick County have programs in both the Boys League and the Girls League. The newest to open - Urbana - has a boys and girls teams. Oakdale now has a girls team, this season, JV only. The Maryland School for the Deaf and St. John's, also in Frederick County, have programs in both conferences.
Poolesville, in Montgomery County, also has teams in each League while Glenelg (Howard County) now has both a boys and girls program. North Hagerstown, Smithsburg, and South Hagerstown add girls teams joining Boonsboro (Washington County). North Carroll, Westminster, Freedom, Winters Mill and South Carroll (Carroll County) already have girls programs.
Although not affiliated with the public school system, all teams represent defined middle school draw areas.
Each member organization fields both a varsity (8th grade and under) and a junior varsity (7th grade and under) team with the exception of Oakdale which fields only a jayvee girls squad.
The Girls and Boys Leagues have regular season play, beginning in late November, and conduct Conference Championship Tournaments in March with all teams participating. Teams are seeded in the tournament based on regular season records.
Girls League are split into four divisions - I, II, III, and IV. The Boys League are split into three divisions, Chesapeake (former CMC), Piedmont (former MVAL) and Antietam - based largely on their high school league affiliations. Six teams per division were officially designated to break up the old CMC and MVAL Divisions. The boys will host two tournaments, Chesapeake/Piedmont (C/P) and Antietam/Piedmont (A/P). The Girls will host four tournaments, one per Divisions I, II III and IV.
Boys League teams play home-away against each divisional opponent and once against each team outside it's division.
The Girls program also plays home-away against each divisional opponent and four to six additional games outside there divisions.
The postseason tournaments are awarded on a rotating basis. Monocacy and Poolesville will host this year's Boys tournament while the Girls tourney will be held at location in Frederick to be determined at a later date.
No varsity player may attain the age of 15 prior to Jan. 1 of the current playing season and no jayvee player may turn 14 prior to Apr. 1 of that season.
Players must also remain academically eligible with no failing grades and a minimum 2.0 GPA (Frederick County, MD. high school policy). Eligibility can be regained at interim report time.
All games are played under National Federation Rules with two exceptions:
A complete set of the Girls League rules and regulations can be found in it's Constitution & By-Laws.
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