The Archbishop Spalding girls ice hockey team will play the Holton Arms School of Bethesda in the Maryland Scholastic Hockey League championship Friday at 6:20 p.m. at the Gardens Ice House in Laurel.
It will be Spalding's first appearance in a championship game. Under coach Mike Stapleton, the team has 49 girls playing at the varsity level.
The Spalding boys' team recently won its first MIAA A Conerence title in the league's 17-year history.