Baltimore City College football | |
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Nickname | City College Black Knights |
Conference | MPSSAA 3A North Region |
Division | Baltimore City (Division 1) |
League | Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) [1919-1993] Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) [1993-present] |
Stadium | George Petrides Stadium at Alumni Field |
Capacity | 2,000 |
Location | Baltimore, MD, US |
Team colors | Orange and Black |
Head coach | Rodney Joyner (4th season); 22-12 (.647) |
Championships | (18) MSA Conference Championships 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992 |
Conference titles | (4) MPSSAA Regional Championships 1996, 2001, 2005, 2023 |
Division titles | (2) Baltimore City League Division Championships 2005, 2006 |
Website | bccathletics.com |
The Baltimore City College football team, known as the "Black Knights", or formerly "Castlemen", and "Alamedans", has represented Baltimore City College, popularly referred to as "City", the flagship public college preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, for nearly 150 years in the sport of gridiron football. [1] Until 1953, the school's athletic teams were primarily referred to as the "Collegians", a moniker that is still used alternatively today. The team is the oldest high school football program in Maryland and is among the oldest high school football programs in the United States. [2] The program was among the nation's best in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, finishing ranked in national high school football polls on multiple occasions. [3]
In the late-1890s, City College competed as a member of the Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association (MIFA) against colleges in Maryland and Washington, D.C. The school joined the Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) in 1919 as a founding member and remained a member until 1992 when it withdrew to join the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) in 1993. The school left the MSA to compete for state championships with Maryland's other public high schools. [4]
The program has a history of producing NFL talent, with 14 alumni reaching the professional ranks of the National Football League. [5] City College also has a legacy of successful head football coaches. This list includes George Young, former General Manager of the New York Jets and George Petrides, whose 257 career wins ranks eighth all-time among Maryland high school football coaches. [6]
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly) has been the team's primary rival since the two schools first met in 1889. The rivalry is believed to be the second-oldest high school football rivalry in the United States between public high schools, predated only by the English High School of Boston-Boston Latin School football rivalry. The rivalry began in 1889 and the teams have met 134 times in history. City College leads the series 66–62–6. [7] [8]
In the mid-1870s, as American football gained popularity, City College emerged as one of the first high schools in the Baltimore area to sponsor the sport. In the program's early years, the team played intersquad games with students also serving as coaches. This early adoption led to a unique situation where, due to a lack of comparable high school teams in the region, the team routinely traveled by train to face out-of-state high school opponents like the Central High School Lancers from nearby Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a matchup featuring the second- and third-oldest public high schools in the country. During this period, City College football also played against current NCAA Division I, II, and III college teams like the Maryland Terrapins, the Navy Midshipmen, the Frostburg State Bobcats, and the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays.
In the late-1890s, City College joined the Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association (MIFA) with colleges in Maryland and Washington, D.C. MIFA members included colleges that ultimately became the University of Maryland, College Park; Johns Hopkins University; Loyola University Maryland; Mount St. Mary's University; Washington College; St. John's College; Gallaudet University; and McDaniel College. As the league's only preparatory school, the Collegians often struggled against older competition. The trend was not exclusive to games against MIFA competition. The program finished a challenging 1895 season with a 3–13 win-loss record, including a significant defeat by Navy, enthusiasm for the team remained high. This passion was evident in 1896 when City College faced Gettysburg College, suffering a 50–0 loss but receiving robust support as they traveled to Hampton, Virginia for a game against the Hampton Athletic Club. By the end of the 1890s, City College became more competitive against collegiate teams, including a 6–5 loss at William & Mary Tribe football in 1899. [9]
The first football game against the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Engineers (often referred to as Poly) was played during the programs early years. The first recorded City-Poly football game was played at Baltimore's Clifton Park in 1889. This game marked the beginning of what is believed to be the second-longest continual public high school football rivalry in the United States, after the Boston Latin School-The English High School rivalry, which started two years earlier in 1887. [10] From 1889 to 1900, City College dominated this rivalry, winning all 12 games during this period. However, by 1918, Poly and other local schools began to surpass City College football in their training and game preparations. This shift was partly due to City College's downtown Baltimore location, which limited the program's access to bonafide practice fields. [10] The City College football continued scheduling a mix of high schools and colleges until the school became a founding member of the Maryland Scholastic Association in 1919.
Under the guidance of Head Coach Harry Lawrence, City College consistently defeated local rivals, including Polytechnic, whom they beat each year from 1934 to 1942. The team also began facing out-of-state opponents, notably defeating Petersburg High School (VA) in 1936. The 1936 squad finished its season with an undefeated record, but later lost the MSA championship due to eligibility issues with a player. Despite beating McDonough High School during the season, the title was awarded to them. By 1940, Lawrence's coaching prowess had led City College to an impressive 38-game undefeated streak and three MSA championships. In 1941, the undefeated Knights traveled to Florida to play Miami High School in the sweltering heat of the Orange Bowl stadium, a drastic change from their usual colder playing conditions, and suffered a loss. During World War II, Lawrence and assistant coach Otts Helms joined the military. Lawrence returned to coaching in 1947 at Bucknell University, where he mentored future City College head coach George Young). In 1950, Andy Defassio took over as head coach, with Robert Lumsden as his assistant. However, Lumsden soon moved to Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, where he became a legendary coach.
George Young, who became head football coach in 1959, brought significant changes. Originally a history teacher at City and an assistant coach at Calvert Hall College High School, Young emphasized discipline and academic performance. Young's summer training camps focused heavily on running and conditioning, contributing to his teams winning six out of eight games against Poly during the 1960s and securing six MSA championships. One of the most notable City-Poly games under Young's coaching occurred on Thanksgiving Day in 1965 at Baltimore Memorial Stadium, drawing roughly 25,000 spectators. City triumphed over Poly with a score of 52–6, completing an undefeated 9–0 season and finished ranked No. 8 nationally by National Sports News Service (NSNS). Many coaches argued that the team should have finished the season ranked as high as No. 2 in the country, but the team was penalized in the poll for not playing at least 10 games and not playing in a state championship tournament. [11] This game set a record for the highest points scored in the rivalry, and notable players like Sykes and Person advanced to the NFL. Kurt Schmoke, who later served as Mayor of Baltimore, was the quarterback. Following Young's departure from the program in 1967, three head coaches led the program until 1974. George Young was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021. [12]
George Petrides served as head football coach from 1975 until he retired in 2015. [13] Petrides, a 1967 City College graduate, coached the team through MSA football seasons from his hire in 1975 until the school left the MSA for the MPSSAA in 1992. Under his leadership, the Black Knights achieved remarkable success, including a record 29-game winning streak and multiple MSA conference championships.
City College joined the Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association (MPSSAA) in 1993 and was expected to compete for football championships immediately after having won a MSA football championship in 1992. City College football has won four MPSSAA regional championships in 1996, 2001, 2005, and 2023 and two MPSSAA district championships in 2005 and 2006. George Petrides, the longest-serving head football coach in school history, announced his retirement in 2015. His 275 career wins ranks eight all-time among Maryland high school football coaches. His contributions to the program is commemorated by the naming of the team's stadium George Petrides Stadium at Alumni Field. The current head coach is Rodney Joyner, who led the program to an appearance in the 2023 MPSSAA Class 3A state semifinals, the program's first state semifinals appearance since 2005.
The City–Poly football rivalry, also referred to as the "City-Poly game" is an American football rivalry between the Baltimore City College Black Knights (City) and the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Engineers (Poly). This matchup is the oldest football rivalry in Maryland. [14] The rivalry is believed to be the second-oldest high school football rivalry in the United States between public high schools, predated only by the English High School of Boston-Boston Latin School football rivalry, which started two years earlier in 1887. The rivalry began in 1889 and the teams have met 134 times in history. In 2023, City won its 12th consecutive game in the rivalry, and now leads the series 66–62–6. [7] [8]
"The Game", as this rivalry is commonly referred to, has featured legendary high school football coaches like Harry Lawrence, Bob Lumsden, [15] George Petrides, [16] and George Young. In all, 25 former players in the City-Poly game ultimately played in the National Football League (NFL), which includes the 14 NFL players City has produced. [5] [17] [18]
The first game in the rivalry was played on a field in northeast Baltimore's Clifton Park without spectators. Beginning in 1922, the game has been played at in large stadiums with seating capacities of 65,000 or more. From 1922 to 1996, the game was played at Baltimore Memorial Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium that was home to the Baltimore Colts and the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL and Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles. When the Ravens moved to M&T Bank Stadium in downtown Baltimore, the game moved to that location. The last City-Poly game at M&T Bank was played in 2017. [19] The game is now played at Hughes Stadium on the campus of Morgan State University.
Baltimore City College has had 28 head coaches since organized football began in the early-1900s. The program has been led by several successful head coaches over the years. This list of notable head football coaches includes:
The 28 individuals who have served as Baltimore City College head football coach during the years are listed below. [21]
No. | Name | Seasons |
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1 | Hay Eichelberger | 1904–1907 |
2 | Captain Steinbacker | 1908–1909 |
3 | D. Claude Stonecipher | 1910–1911 |
4 | Harry (Dutch) Ruhle | 1912–1914 |
5 | Michael J. Thompson | 1915–1916 |
6 | Ferdinand Bonnette | 1917 |
7 | Herb Armstrong | 1918 |
8 | John Coulbourn | 1919–1921 |
9 | Chester H. Katenkamp | 1922 |
10 | Henry "Pop" Goodard | 1923–1928 |
11 | Vic Schmid | 1929–1930 |
12 | David Kaufman | 1931–1933 |
13 | Harry Lawrence | 1934–1941 |
14 | Charles Hirschauer | 1942–1944 |
15 | Charley Rudo | 1945 |
16 | Harry Lawrence | 1946 |
17 | Otts Helms | 1947–1949 |
18 | Andy Defassio | 1950–1951 |
19 | Otts Helm | 1952–1953 |
20 | Frank Lee | 1954–1958 |
21 | George Young | 1959–1967 |
22 | Robert Patzwall | 1968 |
23 | Robert Terpening | 1969–1970 |
24 | Ron Chartrand | 1971–1974 |
25 | George Petrides | 1975–2015 |
26 | Daryl Wade | 2015–2017 |
27 | Mike Hamilton | 2017–2019 |
28 | Rodney Joyner | 2020–present |
The program has a history of producing talented players who ultimately play professional football at the highest level. 14 City College football alumni have played in the National Football League (NFL). [5] This list includes current NFL player Malik Hamm (Baltimore Ravens), as well as former NFL players like Charles Tapper, Bryant Johnson, and others, showcasing the program's ability to develop athletes capable of competing at the highest levels of the football. [22]
Player | Pos | Teams | From | To |
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Malik Hamm | LB | BAL | 2023 | present |
Charles Tapper | DE | DAL | 2017 | 2017 |
Bryant Johnson | WR | ARI,SFO,DET,HOU | 2003 | 2011 |
George Ragsdale | RB-WR | TAM | 1977 | 1979 |
Tom Gatewood | TE-WR | NYG | 1972 | 1973 |
Ara Person | TE | STL | 1972 | 1972 |
John Sykes | WR | SDG | 1972 | 1972 |
Bob Baldwin | FB | BAL | 1966 | 1966 |
Reid Lennon | G-C-T | WAS,LAD | 1945 | 1947 |
Gil Meyer | E-DE | BCL | 1947 | 1947 |
John Wright | B | BCL | 1947 | 1947 |
Art Brandau | C-G | PIT | 1945 | 1946 |
Nick Campofreda | C-T | WAS | 1944 | 1944 |
Year | W | L | T | PF | PA | Comments |
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1895 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 50 | 260 | losses included 42-0 (Naval Academy), & 6-0 (University of Md.) [23] |
1896 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 116 | opponents included a mix of high school and college teams [24] |
1897 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 62 | uniform colors were gold, black and white [25] |
1898 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 62 | [26] |
1899 | ||||||
1900 | ||||||
1901 | beat Poly 5-0 [26] | |||||
1902 | ||||||
1903 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 11 | beat Poly 10-0 [27] |
1904 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | won championship [28] [29] |
1905 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 33 | only loss: 18–0 to Central High of Philadelphia [29] |
1906 | only highschool football team to be pictured in the Spalding Official Football Guide [30] | |||||
1907 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 87 | 51 | beat Loyola College, 53-0 [31] |
1908 | 2 | 2 | 3 | identical record to 1907 but first loss to Poly, 11-0 [31] | ||
1909 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 61 | loss to Poly, 11-0(again) [31] |
1910 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 52 | [32] |
1911 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 36 | [33] |
1912 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 101 | [34] |
1913 | 1 | 4 | 0 | [35] | ||
1914 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 46 | [35] |
1915 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 102 | [35] |
1916 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 18 | only loss was to Poly [36] |
1917 | ||||||
1918 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 128 | [37] |
1919 | ||||||
1920 | ||||||
1921 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 103 | [38] |
1922 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 195 | 41 | beat Poly, 27–0, after 8-year drought [38] |
1923 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 118 | 42 | all 5 wins were by shut out, including 14–0 over Poly [38] |
1924 | beat Poly [39] | |||||
1925 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 209 | all 5 losses were by shut out, including a 94-0 thumping by Lindbloom [39] |
1926 | Harry Lawrence kicked winning field goal for Poly [39] | |||||
1927 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 70 | [40] |
1928 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 144 | [41] |
1929 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 33 | [42] |
1930 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 71 | [43] |
1931 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 128 | played Poly twice, 7–7 tie and 0–2 loss in charity game [44] |
1932 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 111 | 63 | played Poly twice, 2 ties, 2nd tie counted as a loss [1] |
1933 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 129 | no returning seniors [45] |
1934 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 37 | Public School champions [46] |
Year | W | L | T | PF | PA | Comments |
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1935 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 18 | only loss was to Mt. St. Joe who won MSA championship [47] |
1936 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 6 | MSA champions, 8 wins by shut-out (title later forfeited, ineligible player) [48] [49] |
1937 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 24 | MSA champions [49] |
1938 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 271 | 12 | MSA champions, largest margin of victory to that point over Poly (33–0) [50] |
1939 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 30 | MSA champions [51] |
1940 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 6 | MSA champions, all wins by shut-out [52] |
1941 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 230 | 40 | MSA champions, lost last game to Miami Sr. High in Miami, Fl. [53] |
1942 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 28 | MSA champions [54] |
1943 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 98 | lost to Navy plebes, 46-0 [55] |
1944 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 39 | [56] |
1945 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 108 | only win was over an undefeated Forest Park team [57] |
1946 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 104 | 149 | [58] |
1947 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 75 | 23,000 in attendance at the City-Poly game [59] |
1948 | ||||||
1949 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 125 | 96 | [60] |
1950 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 84 | 128 | [61] |
1951 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 193 | Al Kaline was team captain [62] |
1952 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 110 | 126 | shut-out by Poly [63] |
1953 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 64 | 20,000 in attendance at City-Poly game [64] |
1954 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 122 | [65] |
1955 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 94 | 92 | 17,242 at City-poly game [66] |
1956 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 53 | beat a George Young coached Calvert Hall team [67] |
1957 | ||||||
1958 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 113 | 65 | [68] |
1959 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost to Poly [69] | ||
1960 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 98 | beat Poly after 11-year drought [70] |
1961 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 38 | MSA-A conference champions [71] |
1962 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 141 | 99 | 4th, MSA-A conference, Tom Duley at QB [72] |
1963 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 60 | 2nd, MSA-A conf., ended Bates of Annapolis 27 game win streak [73] |
1964 | MSA-A conference champions | |||||
1965 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 331 | 49 | MSA-A conference champions, ranked 7th in U.S., Kurt Schmoke at QB [74] |
1966 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 239 | 45 | MSA-A conference co-champions, Schmoke at QB [75] |
1967 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 266 | 105 | MSA-A conference co-champions [76] |
1968 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 82 | MSA-A conference champions [77] |
1969 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 162 | 134 | [78] |
1970 | ||||||
1971 | ||||||
1972 | ||||||
1973 | 2 | 7 | 0 | [79] | ||
1974 | 2 | 6 | 1 | [80] |
Year | W | L | T | PF | PA | Comments |
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1975 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 226 | [81] |
1976 | ||||||
1977 | 4 | 6 | 0 | n/a | n/a | [82] |
1978 | 1 | 8 | 0 | na | na | 5,000 attendance at Poly game [83] |
1979 | na | na | (no varsity teams at City in 1979) [83] | |||
1980 | na | na | (no varsity teams at City in 1980) | |||
1981 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 183 | 138 | [84] |
1982 | ||||||
1983 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 172 | 92 | [85] |
1984 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 171 | lost 48–0 to Poly, largest deficit in series [86] |
1985 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 175 | [87] |
1986 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 263 | 121 | MSA B-conference champions [88] |
1987 | 11 | 0 | 0 | MSA B-conference champions, ended 17 game losing streak to Poly [89] | ||
1988 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 252 | 72 | MSA-B conference champions [90] |
1989 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 88 | [91] |
1990 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 171 | 101 | [92] |
1991 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 57 | MSA-A conference champions [93] [94] |
1992 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 52 | MSA-A conference champions [93] [95] |
1993 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 340 | 97 | made state quarterfinals [96] [97] |
1994 | 8 | 2 | ||||
1995 | 4 | 6 | ||||
1996 | 9 | 3 | made state semifinals [96] | |||
1997 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 224 | 111 | [98] |
1998 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 159 | 138 | [99] |
1999 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 72 | 244 | [100] |
2000 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 217 | 132 | [101] |
2001 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 298* | 114 | made state semifinals but lost to Hereford 9-0 [102] |
*point totals include a 2–0 win over Poly caused by Poly forfeit | ||||||
2002 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 238 | 95 | made state quarterfinals [96] [103] |
2003 | 7 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | [104] |
2004 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 216 | 186 | finished 5th, Baltimore City, did not make state playoffs [105] |
2005 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 212 | 136 | Baltimore City Champions, lost in state semifinals (class 2-A north) [106] |
2006 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 356 | 33 | Baltimore City Champions, lost 7–6, in 2nd round of state playoffs (3-A) [107] |
2007 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 315 | 217 | moved back to class 2-A [108] lost, first round, state playoffs |
2008 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 249 | 133 | |
2009 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |||
2010 | 8 | 4 | 0 | lost 7–6 in 2nd round of state playoffs | ||
2011 | 5 | 4 | 0 | lost to Poly | ||
2012 | 6 | 4 | 0 | beat Poly | ||
2013 | 8 | 3 | 0 | lost to River Hill, 1st round of playoffs | ||
2014 | 5 | 6 | 0 | lost to Glenelg, 1st round of playoffs | ||
2015 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 239 | 143 | beat Poly 42-6 [109] |
2016 | 6 | 4 | 0 | beat Poly in 2OT | ||
2017 | beat Poly | |||||
2018 | beat Poly | |||||
2019 [109] | 5 | 5 | 0 | 171 | 150 | beat Poly |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no games due to COVID-19 |
2021 [109] | 8 | 4 | 0 | 290 | 155 | beat Poly twice, lost to Linganore High School in 1st round of playoffs |
2022 [109] | 6 | 3 | 0 | 182 | 171 | beat Poly (disqualified from state playoffs) |
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The history of The Baltimore City College began in March 1839, when the City Council of Baltimore, Maryland, passed a resolution mandating the creation of a male high school with a focus on the study of English and classical literature. "The High School" was opened later in the same year on October 20, with 46 pupils under the direction of Professor Nathan C. Brooks,(1809-1898), a local noted classical educator and poet, who became the first principal of a new type of higher institution in the developing public education system in the city begun in 1829. It is now considered to be the third oldest public high school / secondary school in the nation. In 1850, the Baltimore City Council granted the school, then known as the "Central High School of Baltimore", the authority to present its graduates with certificates of completion. An effort to expand that academic power and allow the then named "Central High School of Baltimore" to confer Bachelor of Arts degrees began following the Civil War in 1865, and continued the following year with the renaming of the institution as "The Baltimore City College", which it still holds to this day, with also the retitling of its chief academic officer from "principal" to "president", along with an increase in the number of years of its course of study and the expansion of its courses. However, despite this early elevation effort, it ended at that brief period unsuccessfully in 1869, although the B.C.C. continued for a number of years as a hybrid public high school and early form of junior college which did not fully appear in America in different form until the beginning of the 20th century. Very often the elaborate decorative fancy engraved graduation diploma from the B.C.C. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was accepted by many other colleges and universities entitling City graduates to enter upper-division schools at the sophomore year,.
The City–Poly football rivalry, also referred to as the "City-Poly Game" is an American football rivalry between the Baltimore City College Black Knights (City) and the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Engineers (Poly). This matchup is the oldest football rivalry in Maryland. The rivalry is believed to be the second-oldest high school football rivalry in the United States between public high schools, predated only by the English High School of Boston-Boston Latin School football rivalry, which started two years earlier in 1887. The rivalry began in 1889 and the teams have met 134 times in history. City College leads the series 66-62-6.
Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) is the association that oversees public high school sporting contests in the state of Maryland. Organized after World War II in 1946, the MPSSAA is made up of public high schools from each of Maryland's 23 counties and independent city of Baltimore, which joined the association in 1993 when its public high schools withdrew from the earlier longtime athletic league, the Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) which was founded in 1919. The MSA had been composed of public high schools in Baltimore and private/religious/independent schools on the secondary level in Baltimore and its metropolitan area and the surrounding central Maryland region. It was one of the few state-level interscholastic athletic leagues in the nation composed of both public and private/religious/independent secondary schools. After the Baltimore City public high schools withdrew from the MSA, the remaining private/religious/independent schools conferred and organized two parallel regional/state-wide athletic leagues with sports competition and exercise activities with one for young men and the other for young women. These were the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland, which still exist today. All three state-wide athletic leagues, two for private/religious/independent secondary schools and one for co-ed public high schools exist today marrying on the proud traditions, memories and championships of the old Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA)—one of the oldest state athletic leagues for secondary schools in the country.
The Battle for the Golden Horseshoe is an annual rivalry college football game played between the UC Davis Aggies and the Cal Poly Mustangs.
Calvert Hall College High School is a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys, located in Towson, Maryland, United States. The school was established in 1845 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools as a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys. It is the oldest Christian Brothers school in the United States.
The 1894 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College in the 1894 college football season. Maryland participated as a member of the Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association, which was formed as a result of a disagreement the previous season over whether Maryland or St. John's College deserved the state championship. The Aggies finished the season with a 4–3 record.
The Baltimore City College boys' basketball team, known as the "Black Knights", or formerly, the "Castlemen", and "Alamedans", is the high school basketball team of Baltimore City College, popularly referred to as "City College", or simply "City". The school's athletic teams were primarily referred to as the "Collegians" prior to 1953, a moniker that is still used alternatively today. One of the earliest results recorded in program history is a one-point overtime road loss to the University of Maryland Terrapins on January 25, 1913. With a recorded history spanning more than 110 years, the program is one of the oldest high school basketball teams in the United States. From 1919 to 1992, the team competed as members of the Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA). During this period the team won thirteen MSA conference championships.
Interscholastic athletics at Baltimore City College date back over 120 years. Though varsity sports were not formally organized until 1895, interscholastic athletics became a fixture at the school earlier in the 19th century. In the late-1890s, City competed in the Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association (MIFA), a nine-member league consisting of colleges in Washington, D.C., and Maryland. City College was the lone secondary school among MIFA membership. The 1895 football schedule included St. John's College, Swarthmore College, the United States Naval Academy, University of Maryland, and Washington College. Between 1894 and 1920, City College regularly faced off against the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays and the Navy Midshipmen in lacrosse.
The Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) was a high school sports league governing high school sports in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The MSA was established in 1919 and was initially led by Dr. Phillip H. Edwards, a former coach at and then-President of Baltimore City College. The league was established as a central coordinating entity to ensure fair competition and handle operational processes like scheduling games. The MSA was founded as two leagues of approximately six teams each "to allow the difference in strength among some of the teams." The winners from each league initially played to determine a city champion. Founding members of the MSA included Baltimore City College, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, The Donaldson School, Dunham's School, Friends School of Baltimore, Loyola Blakefield, Mount Saint Joseph High School, Park School of Baltimore, William S. Marston School. Ultimately, MSA membership included public high schools from Baltimore City and surrounding counties, as well as Roman Catholic, other religious, and independent private schools.
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