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In 2025, Baltimore County saw two teams, Milford Mill and Perry Hall, reach the state semifinals, making them the teams with the farthest playoff runs last season. The Millers finished the regular season with a perfect 9-0 record, while the Gators went 5-4 before winning three playoff games. Milford Mill’s 11-1 overall record puts them atop BCPS, but Sparrows Point also had a noteworthy year, finishing with a perfect 8-0 season and winning a pair of games in the postseason. Click this link or read below to learn about the top eight BCPS teams with the deepest postseason runs!

1. Perry Hall (2025: 8-5)

Under first-year head coach Robb Johnson, who took over after a short stint as the Delaware State University running backs coach, the Gators started their season losing their first three games. The stretch saw Perry Hall outscored 138-27 against Glen Burnie, Oakland Mills, and Milford Mill. With an 0-3 record for the first time since 2019, the Gators went on to win five of their final six games. Those six games saw the team’s best offensive performance of the year, a 56-32 win against Hereford and their best defensive performance of the regular season, giving up just six week seven to Kenwood and week nine to Overlea. Perry Hall earned their second win of the season over the Bluebirds and the Dulaney Lions in the regional bracket to claim their third straight regional title. The Gators defeated Oxon Hill in a 35-34 quarterfinals win, but their season ended in the semifinals at the hands of the Sherwood Warriors. This fall’s team will face identical opponents to last fall, and will be without running back and safety Noah Williams, who committed to play for the Georgetown Hoyas for the 2026 season.

2. Milford Mill (2025: 11-1)

Milford finished the 2025 season atop the county standings as the only team with nine wins. The perfect regular season saw a three game stretch from week three through week five where the Millers outscored Perry Hall, Catonsville, and Franklin 156-0 in three road games. The team’s worst game of the regular season came on the road against the Broadneck Bruins, and the Millers still won that game by 23 points. With 17 athletes selected to the first all-county team, the Millers earned a first round playoff bye before shutting out New Town to return to the state bracket. After a 26-14 quarterfinals win over Edgewood, Milford Mill fell to Linganore, the future 3A state champion, 41-12. Pitt commit Damon Ferguson Jr. was the team’s leading rusher with 885 yards and 12 touchdowns while adding four interceptions on defense. Mi’Cah Williams threw for 1399 yards and 13 touchdowns while rushing for 311 and adding eight scores. Milford graduated nine athletes committed to play at the next level, headlined by Ferguson Jr., Koby Sarkodie (NC State), and TJ Turner (Towson).

3. Hereford (2025: 9-3)

The Bulls started their season by splitting their two out-of-county games, beating Manchester Valley 22-14 in week one before falling 49-14 at South River in week two. After the loss to the Seahawks, Hereford went on a five game winning streak that included the county’s highest scoring game of the season, a 49-48 win at Parkville. The stretch also saw the Bulls average 34.6 points per game. After a 56-32 loss to Perry Hall, Hereford finished their regular season at 7-2 with a win over Dundalk, sending the team into the 1A/2A North bracket as the two seed. The Bulls took down North East and Fallston by a combined 84-0 to win the regional title, sending them to the state bracket ranked fourth. After Middletown was eliminated due to an ineligible athlete, Liberty advanced and upset the Bulls 39-38 in the 1A/2A quarterfinals. Hereford quarterback Griffin Walter is the lone senior from this year’s team moving on to play at the next level. Walter is committed to play football and lacrosse for Chestnut Hill College. This fall, the team will return tight end Reed Shilling who is committed to play at Yale University.

4. Sparrows Point (2025: 10-1)

The Pointers’ season saw many more close games compared to previous teams on this despite being the only other BCPS team to finish the season undefeated. From weeks one through six, four of Point’s six wins were by one score including 14-6 wins over Lansdowne and Chesapeake, an 18-12 win at Loch Raven, and a 22-14 win at Pikesville. Through the six game stretch, Sparrows averaged just 18.3 points per game, but the team’s suffocating defense allowed them to win every game. After a regular season high 41 points at Western Tech and a two touchdown win over Towson, the Pointers earned the top seed in the 1A/2A South regional bracket. There, the team scored 43 and 36 against Surrattsville and Central, but their season ended in a 29-point quarterfinals loss at home against Lackey. Running back and linebacker Mikey Maynor led the Pointer offense, surpassing 1,250 yards of total offense with 13 touchdowns.

5. Dulaney (2025: 5-6)

Led by 25 seniors including five college football commits, the Lions kicked off their season with a home win over Towson and a road win over Catonsville, defeating the Generals and the Comets 80-8. After the 2-0 start, Dulaney went on to love five of their next six games. The stretch saw Dulaney’s offense average just over 13 points per game across the losses with 40 points given up at Parkville and 36 against Perry Hall. The Lions salvaged their last game of the season in a 31-0 road win at Kenwood. Dulaney shut out Digital Harbor in their first playoff game, but their season ended at the hands of the 3A/4A state semifinalists, Perry Hall, in a 21-2 regional championship loss. Senior Josh Squires led Dulaney offensively, throwing for 1,683 yards and 13 touchdowns. Wingate commit Jesse Faulkner led the team defensively with six interceptions while Towson commit Jai Nettles added three picks with eight passes defended and a fumble recovery.

6. Woodlawn (2025: 4-7)

Through their first five regular season games, the Warriors average fewer than eight pointers per game, going 1-4 over the stretch. Week two did see a shutout win over the Chesapeake Bayhawks, but Woodlawn scored a combined 12 points in the four losses, allowing 33 points to Randallstown and 42 to Owings Mills. The team split their remaining four games, earning a four-point win at Kenwood and taking an 8-6 victory in week eight at Catonsville. Woodlawn defeated Parkville in their first playoff game, but in their regional championship against Mervo, was held to single digit points for the seventh time in 11 games, falling 34-6 to end their season with a 4-7 record. Senior James Gamble V threw for 686 yards, five touchdowns, and five interceptions in ten games played while junior Tristan McLendon added 615 yards, five scores, and six picks in seven games.

7. New Town (2025: 7-4)

The Titans kicked off their season with a two point home loss to the City College Knights, but the week one defeat was made up for with four consecutive wins. The streak saw their second best offensive performance of the season, scoring 32 at Owings Mills, and an average of 7.8 points allowed. After a pair of big losses at Milford Mill and Randallstown, New Town bounced back, taking down Franklin by four and Woodlawn by 13 to end their season at 6-3. With the four seed in the 3A North bracket, New Town earned their second win of the season over Franklin, taking down the Indians 6-0, but their season ended in their second loss of the year against Milford Mill 35-0.

8. Towson (2025: 7-4)

With a combined record of 4-35 since the shortened 2020 season, Towson brought in Will Thompson, the former offensive coordinator at Concordia Prep, looking to turn around their program. Few expected the Generals to have anywhere near a strong regular season, especially after a 46-8 week one loss at Dulaney, but Thompson’s team quickly turned things around. After the defeat, Towson’s offense scored 40+ in back-to-back weeks, defeating Lansdowne 40-8 and Western Tech 43-8. Despite not having a single home game due to field renovations, Towson finished the regular season with a 6-3 record highlighted by a 51-point offensive onslaught at Loch Raven in week six, the team’s best offensive performance since week 10 of the 2018 season. Towson earned their first playoff win against Overlea, taking down the Falcons 29-20, but City College ended the Generals’ season in the regional championship.

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Out of 24 schools in Baltimore County, four athletic departments, including Carver, Loch Raven, Parkville, and Towson, will see changes to the top of their department. Carver’s Lori Brewer, Loch Raven's Mike McEwan, Parkville’s Jeff Markle, and Towson’s Justin Nash will each be moving on from their schools, either retiring or moving to a new role. Click this link or scroll down to learn about the changes coming to these four schools and recognizing these four athletic directors! Are you a coach or athletic director moving to a new position? Retiring? Do you know someone who is? Write to us at the email below.

Twelve years ago, Justin Nash took over as the director of Towson High School’s athletic department following the departure of Jeff Whalen. In an August 2014 interview with the Baltimore Sun, Nash explained he wanted to make Towson a premiere school for high school athletics in the county.

Since then, the Generals have won a trio of state championships and made over a dozen final fours across sports in each season. At the start of this school year, Nash will no longer be leading the Generals, moving to the county level to work as an Allied Resource Teacher.

Nash will be replaced at Towson by Mike McEwan, the former athletic director at Loch Raven High School.

Towson is not the only school with changes to the head of their athletic department in 2026. Carver’s Lori Brewer announced her retirement after 20 years leading the Wildcats.

Brewer spent 34 years in BCPS and remembers Carver as a smaller athletic program when she took over. Since then, 24 Wildcat teams earned regional championships, and this past year, Carver’s athletic department was awarded the Exemplary Program Award from the NIAAA.

Per Carver’s website, she will be replaced by Denikwa James who coached Volleyball and Girls Basketball while working at Franklin High last school year.

Jeff Markle also announced his retirement after 18 years at Parkville. After coaching football and baseball for the Knights, Markle took over the Parkville athletic department in 2008. Three seasons ago, Parkville’s boys basketball team earned the school’s first state championship since 1986.

Parkville and Loch Raven high schools have not announced who will take over as athletic director this fall.

Stay tuned for upcoming newsletters with detailed sections about BCPS running, including cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field, and BCPS wrestling!

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