Carroll County High School Sports

No. 6 Dundalk (12-0) will meet No. 9 Mervo (10-1) in the Class 4A/3A final, No. 8 Milford Mill (12-1) faces Douglass-PG (12-1) in the Class 2A championship, while No. 4 Dunbar and No. 11 South Carroll both go into the Class 2A/1A final with 12-0 marks.

Here’s where The Baltimore Sun ranks its high school teams.

With the Cavaliers trailing by six in the final two minutes, senior quarterback Ryan Barnard found Carter Mazalewski for the winning score on fourth down to lift South Carroll to a 14-13 victory against Harford Tech on Friday night.

Three 11-0 football teams — No. 5 Dunbar, No. 7 Dundalk and No. 12 South Carroll — are among the 10 Baltimore area squads that remain alive as the state semifinal round begins for the six classifications Friday night.

Barnard returned to the field after a wrist injury to lead the offense — finishing the night with 282 yards through the air and three touchdown passes — and defensive back Noah Strzelczyk picked off a pair of passes to lead the defense, as South Carroll earned a convincing 27-7 victory over Williamsport.

The Owls captured the fall county cheerleading title on Oct. 30 at Westminster High School and then followed that up by winning the 3A West region championship on Nov. 6 at Harford Community College with a score of 116.45.

The ninth-ranked Gladiators, behind an incredible 27 kills from sophomore Mackenzie Calhoun, made it look easy, defeating No. 8 Century in straight sets — 25-13, 25-19, 25-17 — at Harford Community College on Wednesday.

Washington County’s Williamsport, a 15-time state champion, jumped all over South Carroll early and never let up in a 25-9, 25-22, 25-8 thumping of the Cavaliers at Harford Community College on Tuesday afternoon.

Century volleyball, which won the 2A state title in 2019, swept their way past Eastern Tech, 3-0, in the 2A state semifinals on Monday at Harford Community College to punch a ticket into this year’s championship match.

Here’s where The Baltimore Sun ranks its high school teams.

Nov. 10 was the first National Signing Day for high school athletes across the country, including in the Baltimore Metro region, for the fall 2021 signing period. All athletes, except football, are eligible to participate.

Harford Tech scored a pair of first-half goals and held on to beat the defending state champion Knights, 2-1, in Saturday’s Class 2A state semifinal at Montgomery Blair High School.

After jumping out to a 14-7 lead in the first half, Francis Scott Key football loses 50-20 against visiting Williamsport in a region semifinal game on Friday night.

A roundup of state quarterfinal volleyball action around Maryland on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021.

The Bulls topped Manchester Valley, 3-0, Thursday night in the 2A state semifinals to earn a match-up against Glenelg for the state championship on Saturday at Washington College.

Pocomoke defeats Liberty, 4-1, in 1A state field hockey semifinals at Broadneck High School on Thursday evening.

With scores of 25-12, 25-16, 19-25 and 25-13, Howard volleyball went on the road Wednesday and won the 3A East Region I championship by handing Westminster its first loss of the season.

Claire Slade scored three goals, including one in the first minute of the game, to help lead River Hill field hockey to a 4-1 victory over Westminster in a 3A state semifinal Tuesday evening at Broadneck High School.

Maryland’s public school girls volleyball teams continued their push toward the state tournament on Monday with the regional semifinal round.

The Owls lost a set at home for the first time but didn’t let that deter them as they rallied to win the third and fourth sets and defeated visiting Marriotts Ridge, 25-21, 23-25, 25-18, 25-16. Cassi Shields led Westminster with 31 kills, while Emma Reaves pitched in 10 kills of her own.

Public school football teams throughout Maryland finished up the regional quarterfinal round on Saturday while field hockey and soccer teams wrapped up the state quarterfinals.