The Broadneck boys made their invitational season debut on Saturday and jumped up five spots in our rankings. (Photo by Craig Amoss)
After ranking our top 50 teams before the season we will post updated top 25 rankings at the beginning of every week!
At this point in the season nearly every team has made an appearance at a major invitational. The top of the rankings remain mostly stagnant, with only the Northwood boys moving up following a dominant win at the Rebel Invitational (without one of their top five runners).
There was more movement further down in the rankings. The Blair boys move up after winning the Hood College Invitational and the Loyola-Blakefield boys had the biggest jump (ten spots) after placing third at the Barnhart Invitational. A few teams didn't move quite as much as results may have indicated because of missing runners (Walter Johnson, South River), and the Calvert Hall boys ran a B team at the Barnhart Invitational.
1. Severna Park High School Falcons (hold)
Finished 1st at White Clay Creek Classic
2. River Hill High School Hawks (hold)
Finished 1st at Howard County Invitational
3. Northwood High School Gladiators (up 4)
Finished 1st at Rebel Invitational
4. Calvert Hall High School Cardinals (down 1)
Finished 9th at Barnhart Invitational
5. Richard Montgomery High School Rockets (down 1)
Finished 5th at Oatlands Invitational
6. Oakdale High School Bears (down 1)
Finished 2nd at Howard County Invitational
7. Liberty High School Lions (down 1)
Finished 3rd at Howard County Invitational
8. Dulaney High School Lions (hold)
Finished 1st at Barnhart Invitational
9. Towson High School Generals (hold)
Finished 2nd at Barnhart Invitational
10. Walter Johnson High School Wildcats (up 1)
Finished 12th at Oatlands Invitational
11. South River High School Seahawks (down 1)
Finished 10th at Howard County Invitational
12. Montgomery Blair High School Blazers (up 6)
Finished 1st at Hood College Invitational
13. Gilman High School Greyhounds (up 4)
Finished 8th at Ben Bloser Bulldog Invitational
14. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Barons (up 5)
Finished 10th at Oatlands Invitational
15. Broadneck High School Bruins (up 5)
Finished 4th at Howard County Invitational
16. Loyola-Blakefield High School Dons (up 8)
Finished 3rd at Barnhart Invitational
17. Arundel High School Wildcats (down 2)
Finished 7th at Howard County Invitational
18. Walt Whitman High School (down 2)
Finished 18th at Oatlands Invitational
19. Sherwood High School Warriors (previously unranked)
Finished 14th at Oatlands Invitational
20. Howard High School Lions (up 1)
Idle
21. Archbishop Spalding High School Cavaliers (previously unranked)
Finished 5th at Howard County Invitational
22. Hereford High School Bulls (down 10)
Finished 4th at Barnhart Invitational
23. Mount Hebron High School Vikings (up 1)
Finished 6th at Howard County Invitational
24. Chopticon High School Braves (previously unranked)
Idle
25. Williamsport High School Wildcats (down 2)
Finished 2nd at Rebel Invitational
The next five: Thomas S. Wootton High School, Mount St. Joseph High School, Springbrook High School, Harford Tech High School, C. Milton Wright High School