Maryland High School Baseball And Softball State Tournament Brackets Revealed

May 8, 2018 Posted by Matt Pencek Featured Sports, Local Sports

Stephen Decatur’s 14-2 regular season record helped earned the Seahawks the number one seed in the Maryland High School Baseball State Tournament 3A East Section II bracket. Decatur earns a first round bye and will host Bayside Conference rival James M. Bennett Saturday May 12th in round two.

In 2A East Section II, Kent Island (14-4) is seeded first and awaits the winner of Thursday’s North Caroline / Queen Anne’s first round game. Two Bayside schools are seeded first in 1A East, Colonel Richardson in Section I and defending state champion St. Michaels in Section II.

North Caroline’s softball team is the top seed in 2A East Section II. The Bulldogs await the winner of the first round match-up between Kent Island and Easton. In 1A East Section II, Mardela has the number one seed.

Click here for the brackets.

About Matt Pencek

Matt joined WBOC in October 2015 as a Sports Broadcast Journalist. He is a native of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Matt graduated from Penn State where he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He started his broadcast career as the news/sports director of WEMR AM 1460 in his hometown of Tunkhannock. Matt held that same position for WALI/WROG radio in Cumberland, MD. His first television position was as the weekend sports anchor at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD where he eventually became the Sports Director. Matt then moved to Florence, SC to become a sports reporter/anchor for WPDE-TV In 2011 along with his brother David, Matt co-authored The Great Book of Penn State Sports Lists. From 2012 – 2015 he was the lead radio play-by-play voice for The Friday Night High School Football Game of the Week for DE FOX Sports 1290 in Wilmington, DE. The last 2 years at the radio station Matt was the studio host during the University of Delaware Football radio broadcasts. He has also called the action for the both the Blue Hens men’s and women’s basketball teams. Outside of work, Matt is married to his wife Shannon and has two sons; Jack and Connor. E-mail Matt Pencek at mpencek@wboc.com and follow him on Twitter @mattpencek_wboc. Check out all stories by Matt.