FALL 2018 MARYLAND 4A STATE PLAYOFFS

Brackets (Section 1 and Section II Champions play each other in the Region Championship, to advance to the State Final Four)

4A West Region, Section II

#1 ... Gaithersburg
#8 ... BYE
Gaithersburg 2, Clarksburg 0
#5 ... Quince Orchard, 0
#4 ... at Clarksburg, 1
Gaithersburg 3, Wootton 2
#3 ... at Northwest, 3
#6 ... R. Montgomery, 1
Wootton 2, Northwest 1 (OT) 
#7 ... BYE
#2 ... Wootton

4A West Region, Section I
#1 ... Whitman
#8 ... BYE
Whitman 2, B-CC 1
#5 ... B-CC, 3
#4 ... at Einstein, 0
Whitman 3, Churchill 0
#3 ... at Kennedy, 1
#6 ... Wheaton, 0
Churchill 3, Kennedy 1
#7 ... Walter Johnson, 2
#2 ... at Churchill, 5

MCPS 4A West Section II Standings (for State Playoff Seeding)
(2 points Win, 1 point Tie)

#1, Gaithersburg, 11-0-1 (23 pts)
#2, Wootton, 10-0-2 (22 pts)
#3, Northwest, 7-5-0 (14 pts)
#4, Clarksburg, 6-6-0 (12 pts)

#5, Quince Orchard, 5-6-1 (11 pts)

#6, RM, 4-7-1 (9 pts)

#7, Bye

#8, Bye

MCPS 4A West Section II Standings (for State Playoff Seeding)
(2 points Win, 1 point Tie) (remaining games indicated)

#1, Whitman, 11-1-0 (22 pts) (Record at seeding deadline was 10-1-0)
#2, Churchill, 8-4-0 (16 pts)
#3, Kennedy, 7-4-1 (15 pts) (Record at seeding deadline was 6-3-1)
#4, Einstein, 6-5-1 (13 pts)
#5, B-CC, 4-7-1 (9 pts)
#6, Wheaton, 3-8-1 (7 pts)
#7, Walter Johnson, 3-8-1 (7 pts)
#8, BYE

In the event of a tie in the standings, positions will be decided on the basis of head-to-head, and then by coin toss.  The home team in the all three Sectional Playoff rounds will be the team with the better record.  The Region Championship (between the Champions of Section I and Section II) will be played at a predetermined location (this year, that is TBD).

State Playoffs Format
*Wootton is in Class 4A (the "large school" category for the State of Maryland)
*Class 4A is broken into 4 geographic regions (West, East, North, South); Wootton is in Class 4A West Region
*Class 4A West is broken into Section I and Section II
*Schools compete within their Section for the Section Championship
*Section I and Section II Champions then play for the Region Championship
*Region Champions advance to the State Final Four