Severna Park #25

That is terrific! Hope they merit the same ranking by season's end...when it counts.

Congrats! They will be tested early, playing DeMatha and Loyola this year.

That #25 ranking lifts all programs in Maryland, I believe.

SP is a very well-rounded team, maybe their best in a long, long time (including last year's 4A champs). Some well known players, but also some pretty darn good less well-known players, too.

And, a head coach and staff that's as good as there is in the state.

They should be tough to beat. But, as was said above, the season's end is when it counts.

I believe St. John's is #89 on that same list. None of the other WCAC schools made it. However, Baseball America sees things a little differently...

Thats awesome. Wouldn't it be funny if DeMatha pitched Zack Morris against them.

I'm confused. Zack Morris? The kid who pitches for South River?

St.Johns did not make the Baseball America list .They only ranked the top 50 HS. Paul VI made the list at number 48.

The list that St. John's made was the PGCrosschecker Top100. Severna Park was 71 on that 2010 list. So many lists. With all the snow, these may well be the final lists, too.

Sorry, with your handle I thought you were talking abaout the PG list... hmmm, maybe next time I should read messages more carefully before responding!

Heard Morris transferred to DeMatha this week!

yea its true...he is oficially at DeMatha as of Monday...South River lost their number 1 pitcher this year and is looking thin on pitching.

Congrats to Severna Park and all the other school. It is great honor to be recognized before the season instead 30,000 other baseball programs.

My nephew played at South River and told me this this is the norm for the talented baseball players in the South River District to transfer and it has been happening for years. Before the season even started Morris transferred to DeMatha, Oliver transferred to St Marys and the pitching coach transferred to Mt St Joe. Smallenbroek the year before transferred to Spalding and if you go even further back there are several D-1 players that normally would have attended South River but transferred out of thier system. He said that the main reason is because of the reputation of the old school head coach who is stuck in a time warp and will not let go to a younger hungrier coach whom they have had lined up for several years.It is a no brainer for a talented player to transfer from South River to a private if he indeed wants to play beyond High School. The coaches at DeMatha & Spalding do a great job at getting thier talented players to the next level in college if that is thier goal. The South River coach could care less if you played for him & what you do after high school. DeMatha & Spalding average 3-4 baseball scholarships a year where South River may get one every 5 years. I think Morris and the others made a hard but smart choice in order to further thier education and baseball careers

Also, Congrats to Severna Park, well deserved! Should go undeafeated In AA League. At this point I think they are the best team in Maryland!

Keeping the thread on its original course....Severna Park will have a very talented team and should be a fun team to watch this year.

It is great to see a Maryland team ranked with the country's top tier programs. Congratulations to Coach McCandless and the entire SP program.

Thank you.......

I think SPs pitching will hold together just fine this year. They don't have a Taylor, that is true. But they have a wide variety of arms, i.e., speed, delivery, junk that will keep teams off balance. Wail til you see their snowballs.