Derek Toney

Derek Toney

Joined: Jul 30, 2022

Derek Toney is an award winning sports journalist with nearly four decades of content creation, editing and management experience in the DMV area. He has served as a reporter with the Baltimore Sun, Capital Journal, PG Gazette, Digital Sports and the Baltimore Banner, among others. He also spent 12 years as a Senior Content Editor with Varsity Sports Network. He has been writing for High School on SI since 2023

Archbishop Curley, a perennial power in the MIAA B is off to a 3-0 start in the Baltimore-DMV Top 25 for the first time in 2026.

After an upset win over then-No. 5 St. Paul's, Glenelg Country has jumped into this week's Top 25 at No. 18.

Third-ranked Bullis is off to a 6-0 start and moved up six spots this week to No. 3 in the Baltimore-DMV boys lacrosse rankings.

Second-ranked Archbishop Spalding is off and running in 2026 with a 2-0 mark thus far.

St. Frances, after its Baltimore Catholic League Tournament championship moved to the Maryland state rankings and finishes the year as the state's No. 1 team.

Maryland

With the MPSSAA state championships complete, Blake is the only public in the state's Top 10; St. Frances finishes No. 1.

Led by Fordham commit Adora Nwude, Bullis topped Bishop McNamara, then the nation's No. 1 team, to win its first Maryland Private School state tournament championship and end the 2025-26 season as the top-ranked girls high school basketball team in Maryland.

Maryland

Bullis finishes as Maryland's No. 1 ranked girls basketball team; final rankings now complete with the conclusion of the MPSSAA state tournament.

SEED School's Khaled Al-Mateen is airborne for an eventual dunk during the first quarter of Wednesday's Maryland Class 1A state boys basketball title game at UMBC. It was the first of his game-high 24 points for the Sabers, who won their first title with a 66-56 decision over Cambridge-South Dorchester.

Maryland

CATONSVILLE., MARYLAND - It was redemption for SEED School of Maryland and a return to glory for Walt Whitman on the final day of the Maryland state public bask

South River topped Magruder, 57-40, in the 2026 Maryland Class 3A boys basketball state championship.

Maryland

Jonah Hall powers South River’s dominant 3A win while Malik Gordon leads Lackey’s stunning overtime comeback, spoiling a storybook ending for legendary Wicomico coach Butch Waller.

John Handley won its first championship at the Virginia state boys basketball finals at Virginia Commonwealth University this past weekend. The Judges, ranked No. 15 in the final High School on SI Virginia Top 25 of the season, defeated Hampton in the Class 4 finale.

Virginia

Nationally-ranked Paul VI is Virginia's No. 1 team; O'Connell, Oak Hill, Petersburg and Highland finish in the Top 5.

Abingdon High girls basketball won its first title (Class 3) over the weekend at the Virginia state public championships at Virginia Commonwealth University. The Falcons debut at No. 22 in the final High School on SI Virginia Top 25 poll.

Virginia

Princess Anne goes wire-to-wire to finish No. 1; St. James, Bishop Ireton, Menchville and Shining Stars Sports Academy round out the Top 5.

Petersburg High boys basketball team returned to championship status Saturday. The Crimson Wave, No. 4 in the High School on SI Virginia Top 25 poll, defeated No. 25 Lake Taylor for the Class 3 crown at Virginia Commonwealth University's Siegel Center.

Virginia

When coach Ty White and star Latrell Almond left John Marshall for Petersburg during the offseason, anything other than a Virginia boys basketball state champio

The beat goes on for the Princess Anne girls basketball team. The Cavaliers, No. 1 in the High School on SI Virginia Top 25, defeated fourth-ranked Menchville in an overtime classic to win its 12th Virginia Class 5 state championship in 13 years at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Virginia

Princess Anne High girls are again Virginia state basketball champions. But the Cavaliers, ranked No. 1 all season in the High School on SI Virginia Top 25, had

Blake's Baba Oladotun defends Whitman's Will Shapiro during Saturday's Maryland Class 4A state boys basketball state title game. Oladotun, a 6-foot-10 University of Maryland recruit, had 11 points and five rebounds off the bench in only his second - and final - game for the Bengals after missing the regular season with an ankle injury.

Manchester Valley overcame an early 9-0 deficit to defeat Glenelg, 46-39, to win its first MPSSAA girls basketball state title.

After breaking through as IAAM A champions in 2025, Maryvale Prep is the No. 1 girls lacrosse team, entering 2026, in the Baltimore-DMV region.

After returning to the top of the MIAA last year with an A Conference championship, Calvert Hall is No. 1 in our first Baltimore-DMV boys lacrosse rankings of the 2026 season.