Oakland Mills, Long Reach Among Top Howard County Basketball Teams Heading into States

Find out which top local high school teams are competing in the Maryland State Championships.

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Oakland Mills High school enters the 2013 tournament as the only remaining undefeated public high school in the state. Oakland Mills

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Oakland Mills, Columbia

Finished undefeated in the regular season at 22-0 overall, 19-0 in the county
Number one seed in 2A South region
First game will take place Thursday at 7 p.m. at Oakland Mills High against the winner of Gwynn Park (12-10) and McDonough (12-9)
Leading scorer - Lavon Long, senior (14.7 ppg) via MaxPreps
The last public school in the state that's still undefeated, writes Explore Howard, "They've been tested, playing six games that have been decided by five points or less, but each time the team has dug down and emerged victorious."

Long Reach, Columbia

3rd seed in the 2A South region
Record: 12-7 in the county, 14-8 overall
First game - Thursday, will take place against the winner Glenelg High (10-12) and Frederick Douglass - PG (11-11) at Long Reach High.
Leading scorer - Brian Green, senior (15.1 ppg) via MaxPreps
Long Reach depends on its defense, writes Explore Howard, "during the final eight games of the season... the team didn't allow any opponent to score more than 56 points against them."

River Hill, Clarksville

2nd seed in the 3A East region
Record: 15-4 in the county, 17-5 overall
First game will be against the winner of Centennial High (14-8) vs. Stephen Decatur (13-10) on Thursday at River Hill at 6 p.m.
Leading scorer - Walt Moody, senior (20.4 ppg) via Explore Howard
The Hawks stumbled late in the season losing two of their last three, but "the good news is that Moody, the county's leading scorer this winter who missed the last two games of the season because of sickness is back" writes Explore Howard.

Reservoir, Fulton

3rd seed in the 3A East region
Record: 14-5 in the county, 16-6 overall
First game in tournament will be against either Hammond (0-22) or Atholton (10-12) on Thursday at Reservoir at 7 p.m.
Reservoir was playing well at the end of the season, writes Explore Howard, "rolling off seven straight wins by 10 points or more."

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State championship tournament brackets