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Perry Hall led the county in 2025, bringing the 4A state championship home to the east side of Baltimore County! This year, their roster, along with several other of last season’s top teams, will look very different. Click this link or scroll down to learn more about how some of last year’s best squads are shaping up heading into this fall!

The 2025 4A state champions will enter this fall with several major holes in their roster. Perry Hall lost 10 seniors including USC Beaufort commit and first all-state team selectee Gabriela Colon, second all-state team selectee Reese Pinnell, and Anderson University commit Joyce Robinson. The Gators will return Louisville Cardinals commit Katelyn Price, who also made the second all-state team last fall, along with all-county honoree Sofia Zuniga. This year, Perry Hall’s schedule looks very different, with games scheduled against Bel Air, Catholic High, Fallston, Harford Tech, and St. Paul's five opponents the Gators did not see in 2025. 

A year after not having a team at all, Loch Raven, under first-year head coach Adam Smelser, held the best regular season record in the county. After losing their first game against Friends, the Raiders won out through the rest of the regular season, finishing 10-1. LRHS graduated five athletes including Callie French, Daniela Fuentes, and Sarah Watkeys who each earned all-county honors. Full back Zoe Wallace and goalkeeper Lilah Kniffin will have big roles on the Raiders’ squad in 2026. 

Sparrows Point finished the regular season at 8-2-1, going as far as the regional championship before falling to Fallston. Of the five athletes that graduated last year, two will be moving on to play at the next level. Ally Foos will be continuing at the JuCo level at CCBC Essex while Allison Forsythe will play at Stevenson University. While these two are big losses, luckily for head coach Geoff Holland, the Pointers will return the vast majority of their 2025 roster this fall, hopefully lessening the impact of the two collegiate losses. 

Towson reached the state semifinals in 2025, finishing with an overall record of 11-4-1. After that strong season, the team lost just two seniors, bringing back first team all-county selectee Madden Sysantos who guards the goal for the Generals. Sysantos, along with the team’s seven other rising seniors, will look to bring Towson high back to the state playoff for the fifth consecutive season. 

Looking ahead to Hereford’s season, the Bulls could see a step back from last year’s 11-3-3 overall record. This year’s team will be without eight athletes from last year’s squad. The losses are headlined by Cleveland State commit Shanti Atkins and Mercer commit Bella DeSantis, both of whom were selected to the first all-state team in 2025. Sophia Rongione also graduated last year after her division one all-county selection. Hereford will certainly be on watch to have regression from their 2025 campaign. 

Western Tech played just nine games last fall before a 5-1 regional semifinal loss to Carver ended their season. The Wolverines had a small graduating class, consisting of just three athletes: Cheryle Godsey, Suzie Metcalf, and Juls Thomas. Metcalf is a big loss for WT, having been selected to the all-BCPS team in each of the last three seasons while also winning the team’s offensive MVP award. While they will lose relatively few players, the impact of the three will only be figured out in the coming weeks. 

The Carver Wildcats played just nine of their 11 scheduled regular season games, but it was enough action for the team to win three postseason games including the regional championship, a 9-1 win over CMIT-North. Carver graduated six seniors from that 9-4 team whose season ended on the road in an 8-0 state quarterfinals loss against Harford Tech. 

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In 2025, Baltimore County saw several teams come close to finishing with undefeated regular seasons while the farthest playoff run, belonging to Hereford, saw a 2A final four appearance. The Bulls, along with teams like Kenwood and Sparrows Point, graduated several of their top athletes, including college commits and all-state honorees. Click this link or scroll down to learn more about how some of last year’s best squads are shaping up heading into this fall!

Kenwood finished the season with the best overall record in the county at 12-2, but the team will look different this fall. The team with the fewest losses in the country graduated a dozen athletes, including four all-county mentions: Carlos Interiano, Elias Perez-Mejia, Quinton Real, and Cullen Stahl. The team will retain attacker Jean-Claude Misambu who was also selected to the first all-county team, and he will have a much bigger role with these holes to fill.

Parkville led the county standings for almost the entire season, starting 10-0, but lost to Kenwood in their final regular season game, dropping them to second in the standings. Their season ended in an untimely fashion, falling to Dulaney in the first round of the playoffs. Seniors  

Joey Allen and Diego Garcia will prove to be major losses for the Knights as both of the two were honorable mentions to the all-state squad. Parkville will return three all-county selectees including Isaiah Jones, Jeffrey Samborski, and David Siegle to lead next year’s roster. 

Franklin had a strong regular season, going 9-3, but their 2025 campaign was cut short in their first playoff game, falling 2-1 in an upset loss against the Howard Lions. Henry Machado seems to be the Indians’ lone commit as the defensive midfielder will play at CCBC Catonsville to play for the Cardinals this fall. 

Hereford reached the state semifinals in 2025 for the second straight season, but they’ll lose several big pieces heading into the 2026 campaign. Salisbury University commit Brayden Dull and Loyola University Maryland commit Reese Mays were both selected to the second all-state team by MACS while Sam Nicholson made the all-county squad. The Baltimore County runner-up will have some big holes to fill on their roster, especially considering the Bulls’ JV squad finished last season with a 2-5-2 overall record. 

Vassar College commit Takaya Newton is the lone athlete heading to the next level from a team that had a bipolar season. After starting 5-0, the team lost their next five, finishing the season at 7-5. The Generals were eliminated in the state quarterfinals by Stephen Decatur, but based on the team’s social media, there is little information about what next year’s roster could look like. Stay tuned for more information as we get closer to the season. 

The Mavericks earned a 7-3-1 regular season record before also picking up a playoff win. The team will be without their big three this fall, a trio consisting of Dylan Dunn, Jack Locklear, and David Nesteruk. Locklear and Nesteruk both made the all-state roster with Locklear on the first team and Nesteruk on the second, while both of the two will play at the next level at York College and CCBC Essex. These three losses will prove to be significant for Eastern Tech’s 2026 roster. 

Sparrows Point sent three athletes to the 2025 all county roster, Gavin Goodenough, Owen Peiser, and Sam Perrera, in a season that saw the Pointers finish 8-5-1 while making the regional championship. Shai Farmer and Dillon Hiester are the two Pointers heading to play at the next level with Farmer playing at Stevenson University and Hiester heading to St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Those two losses, along with several all-county nominees departing, could prove to be a challenge for Sparrows to overcome. 

Catonsville had a strong season, finishing at 9-4-1, and they’ll lose Christopher Argueta, who will play at Marymount University this fall. Little information was available online about the rest of the Comets’ upcoming season projection.

Stay tuned to County Sports Zone for more preview articles and power rankings for Baltimore County high school sports in the coming weeks! Practices kick off on August 12 before the regular season gets underway on September 4.

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