Bears Claw To Top In "AA"
Date: Mar 13, 2026

Oakdale captured a pair of tournament titles while Urbana, Smithsburg and Linganore earned one apiece in the 2025-26 season-ending tourneys on Sunday, March 8. The Bears won the "AA" varsity and "6TH Grade" crowns. The Hawks were tops in "AA" jayvee, while the Leopards' varsity and Lancers jayvee finished as "A" varsity and jayvee champions, respectively.
SUNDAY'S RESULTS:
"AA" Varsity CHAMPIONSHIP
Oakdale 52, Walkersville 43
"AA" Jayvee CHAMPIONSHIP
Urbana 41, Walkersville 31
"A" Varsity CHAMPIONSHIP
Smithsburg 46, Mt. Airy 34
"A" Jayvee CHAMPIONSHIP
Linganore 37, Middletown 26
"6TH" Grade CHAMPIONSHIP
Oakdale 57, Brunswick 49
All tournament results can be located on the tournament brackets page.
Crestwood served as host of the "AA" tournament while Smithsburg and Linganore hosted the "A" event and Oakdale the "6TH" grade tournament.
Congrats also go out to all regular season division winners - VARSITY: Chesapeake (URBANA), Antietam (TJ) and Piedmont (SMITHSBURG) and JAYVEE: Chesapeake (URBANA), Antietam - (LINGANORE) and Piedmont (BOONSBORO) and 6TH Grade (Oakdale). All will receive awards at trophy presentations following championship games of their respective tournaments.
Check out the entire regular season results under the SCHEDULE/RESULTS tab atop this page.
The League expanded once again this season with programs from Carroll County's Westminster and Winters Mill (boys) while Washington County's South Hagerstown returns on the girls side.
The new Carroll County entries will play in the Antietam division with Westminster placed in the "AA" year-end tournament and Winters Mill in the "A".
The 6TH Grade division also expanded to nine teams as Catoctin and Ballenger Creek come on board.
Boys varsity and jayvee teams will play an 18/19 game schedule while 6TH Grade teams will play 16 regular season games. All teams will participate in the season-ending tournaments.
Divisional and tournament alignments break down as follows:
CHESAPEAKE
Monocacy, Ballenger Creek, Crestwood, Windsor Knolls, Urbana, Walkersville and Oakdale
ANTIETAM
West Frederick, Mt. Airy, Middletown, TJ, Winters Mill, Westminster and Linganore
PIEDMONT
Smithsburg, Poolesville, Catoctin, FSK, Brunswick and Boonsboro
6TH Grade
Oakdale, Smithsburg, Boonsboro, Poolesville, FSK, Urbana, Catoctin, Ballenger Creek and Brunswick.
TOURNAMENTS
AA TOURNAMENT - Chesapeake plus West Frederick, TJ, Westminster
A TOURNAMENT - Piedmont plus Mt. Airy, Middletown, Winters Mill, Linganore
6TH - All nine teams