By Sheldon Shealer

One champion is crowned and six others yet to be decided as Maryland enters the stretch run of the 2009 season.

Gilman, a preseason Top 5 team that fell from that perch with a loss to Calvert Hall, finished with a 34-27 victory to snag the MIAA A Conference crown over McDonogh. Both teams went 4-1 in the league, but the head-to-head matchup decided broke the tie.

This week, the MIAA B Conference title will be determined as Boys' Latin meets Archbishop Spalding. In two weeks, the WCAC title will be determined, and two weeks beyond that the four public school title games will be played.

Private Schools: 1. DeMatha (10-0), 2. Good Counsel (9-1), 3. 4. Bishop McNamara (8-2), 4. Gilman (7-3#), 5. McDonogh (8-2#), 6. Boys' Latin (10-0), 7. Georgetown Prep (6-3), 8. Loyola (7-2), 9. Landon (7-2), 10. Calvert Hall (6-4).

Class 4A: 1. Arundel (10-0), 2. Suitland (9-1), 3. Flowers (9-1), 4. Wise (9-1), 5. North Point (10-0), 6. Sherwood (8-2), 7. Walt Whitman (8-2), 8. Old Mill (8-2), 9. Annapolis (8-2), 10. Broadneck (8-2#).

Class 3A: 1. Linganore (10-0), 2. Quince Orchard (10-0), 3. River Hill (10-0), 4. Huntingtown (10-0), 5. Westlake (8-2), 7. Hereford (8-1), 8. Poly (9-1), 9. Damascus (8-2), 10. Atholton (9-1).

Class 2A: 1. Gwynn Park (10-0), 2. Queen Anne's (10-0), 3. Chesapeake-BC (9-1), 4. Eastern Tech (9-1), 5. Kent Island (9-1), 6. Glenelg (8-2), 7. Rockville (8-1), 8. Douglass-PG (8-2), 9. Century (7-3), 10. McDonough (7-3).

Class 1A: 1. Fort Hill (10-0), 2. Joppatowne (10-0), 3. Dunbar (9-1), 4. Catoctin (10-0), 5. Allegany (7-3), 6. Forest Park (9-0), 7. Bohemia Manor (7-3), 8. Snow Hill (8-2), 9. Forestville (5-4), 10. Havre de Grace (5-4).

#-season complete.