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The drawings for the boys and girls state basketball playoff brackets took place Sunday at Long Reach.
The first round for the girls is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, while the boys are set to play first-round games on Tuesday, Feb. 26.
The No. 3 Dunbar boys have a bye in the first round and will start their quest for a fourth consecutive state championship in the Class 1A South regional quarterfinals against the winner of the KASA-Fairmont Heights game.
No. 13 Lake Clifton, the defending Class 2A state champion for the boys, faces a tough road to repeat. The Lakers will host Dundalk in a first-round game, and No. 6 Edmondson, No. 11 Randallstown, Loch Raven and Douglass are also in the Class 2A North region.
Patterson, which won the Class 3A state championship last year with two-time Baltimore Sun All-Metro Player of the Year Aquille Carr, opens the playoffs with a first-round game at home against Parkville in the Class 3A North region.
Four teams in the latest girls basketball poll from The Baltimore Sun will compete for the Class 3A North title.
No. 2 Aberdeen, the defending Class 3A champion, has a first-round bye and will meet the winner of the Patterson-Franklin matchup in the regional quarterfinals.
No. 6 Milford Mill will play at home against C. Milton Wright in the first round, while No. 7 Digital Harbor hosts Eastern Tech and No. 9 City begins the playoffs with a home game against Patapsco.
Three ranked teams have first-round byes in the girls' Class 3A East region.
No. 10 Reservoir will play the winner of Atholton-Northeast game in the regional quarterfinals. No. 11 River Hill is scheduled to face the Annapolis-Hammond winner in the quarterfinals, and No. 13 Howard will face the Centennial-Mount Hebron winner.
The Dunbar girls, who won the past two Class 1A state championships, will play the winner of the Northwestern-Southside Academy game in the regional quarterfinals.
The girls' state championships will be held at UMBC's RAC Arena on March 9, and the boys' state title games are set for March 16 at Maryland's Comcast Center.
Friday, Feb. 22 OR Saturday, Feb. 23
Girls basketball
Class 4A East first round
Chesapeake-AA at North County, TBA
Severna Park at Glen Burnie, TBA
Meade at Broadneck, TBA
Class 4A North first round
Southwestern at Western, TBA
Perry Hall at Westminster, TBA
Sherwood at No. 4 Poly, TBA
Blake at Dulaney, TBA
Kenwood at Springbrook, TBA
Class 3A East first round
Annapolis at Hammond, TBA
Atholton at Northeast, TBA
Centennial at Mount Hebron, TBA
J.M. Bennett at Wilde Lake, TBA
Class 3A North first round
Franklin at Patterson, TBA
Parkville at Towson, TBA
Eastern Tech at No. 7 Digital Harbor, TBA
C. Milton Wright at No. 6 Milford Mill, TBA
Hereford at Woodlawn, TBA
Bel Air at North Harford, TBA
Patapsco at No. 9 City, TBA
Class 2A East first round
Elkton at No. 14 Patterson Mill, TBA
Harford Tech at North East, TBA
Rising Sun at Fallston, TBA
Joppatowne at Edgewood, TBA
Class 2A North first round
Carver at Douglass, TBA
Lake Clifton at Dundalk, TBA
Class 2A South first round
Patuxent at Marriotts Ridge, TBA
Oakland Mills at Glenelg, TBA
Long Reach at Douglass-PG, TBA
Lackey at Southern-AA, TBA
Class 2A West first round
Francis Scott Key at Catoctin, TBA
Wheaton at Liberty, TBA
Winters Mill at Oakdale, TBA
Class 1A North first round
Perryville at FAET, TBA
Havre de Grace at Bohemia Manor, TBA
Pikesville at Overlea, TBA
Class 1A South first round
Surrattsville at W.E.B. DuBois, TBA
Fairmont Heights at Reginald F. Lewis, TBA
Maritime Academy at KASA, TBA
Northwestern at Southside Academy, TBA
Class 1A West first round
Brunswick at Manchester Valley, TBA
Tuesday, Feb. 26
Boys basketball
Class 4A East first round
Glen Burnie at South River, TBA
Severna Park at North County, TBA
Great Mills at Broadneck, TBA
Leonardtown at Chesapeake-AA, TBA
Class 4A North first round
Springbrook at Mervo, TBA
No. 12 Poly at Southwestern, TBA
Sherwood at Perry Hall, TBA
Blake at Catonsville, TBA
Class 3A East first round
Wilde Lake at Mount Hebron, TBA
Northeast at Howard, TBA
Atholton at Hammond, TBA
Stephen Decatur at Centennial, TBA
Class 3A North first round
Eastern Tech at Patapsco, TBA
Parkville at Patterson, TBA
Woodlawn at C. Milton Wright, TBA
Hereford at Bel Air, TBA
Aberdeen at Towson, TBA
Digital Harbor at Franklin, TBA
North Harford at No. 8 City, TBA
Class 2A East first round
Elkton at Joppatowne, TBA
Fallston at Harford Tech, TBA
Patterson Mill at Edgewood, TBA
Class 2A North first round
Lansdowne at Owings Mills, TBA
Dundalk at No. 13 Lake Clifton, TBA
Class 2A South first round
Marriotts Ridge at Southern-AA, TBA
Douglass-PG at Glenelg, TBA
Class 2A West first round
Walkersville at Century, TBA
Liberty at Williamsport, TBA
Winters Mill at Wheaton, TBA
Class 1A North first round
Havre de Grace at FAET, TBA
Carver A&T at FAST, TBA
Baltimore Freedom Academy at Western Tech, TBA
Overlea at Bluford Drew Jemison, TBA
Sparrows Point at Bohemia Manor, TBA
Class 1A South first round
KASA at Fairmont Heights, TBA
W.E.B DuBois at Southside Academy, TBA
Reginald F. Lewis at Northwestern, TBA
Maritime Academy at National Academy Foundation, TBA
Class 1A West first round
North Carroll at Clear Spring, TBA
Manchester Valley at Boonsboro, TBA