0 — Baltimore-area public school teams to win a state championship last year. In 2008, local schools won three of the four state titles and finished as the runner-up in the other classification.
2 — Losses in the past two years for top-ranked Arundel — both to Montgomery County's Sherwood in the Class 4A state championship.
4 — Top 10 teams that No. 2 St. Paul's faces in a 19-day span in September (No. 10 Broadneck, No. 1 Arundel, No. 6 Severna Park and No. 7 Notre Dame Prep).