The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A- Conference regular season came to a close on Tuesday. 

And with that the real season begins on Thursday as the first round of the playoffs will begin. 

This year, due to being without a season a year ago due to the pandemic, all nine teams in the conference will make the playoffs. 

McDonogh finished the regular season undefeated and will be the 1 seed. And will be awarded a first round bye. 

Also receiving a free pass from the first round will be 2 seed Archbishop Spalding, 3 seed St. Mary’s, 4 seed Loyola Blakefield and the 5 seed Boys’ Latin will face each other in the Quarterfinals on Saturday. 

The Quarterfinals will be played on Saturday 5/15, and then the Semi-Finals and Final game will be played next Tuesday 5/17 and Friday 5/21 at the Naval Academy’s Navy Marine Corp Stadium in Annapolis, Md.

The first round the A-Conference playoffs will see 

St. Paul’s vs. Gilman

John Carroll vs. Calvert Hall (Defending Champions)

Mount St. Joe vs. Severn