Tournament Time

Get your brackets ready.

No not your college brackets. The other tournament in March Madness for Maryland begins this Friday.

The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association drew up its brackets for the state basketball tournaments Saturday. Maryland high school basketball is divided into four classes based on enrollment. Gaithersburg High School is in Class 4A, the top class in the state, and along with the rest of Montgomery County's 4A schools, the girls and boys teams will compete for the title of 4A West Regional Champion on its way to the Final Four.

As expected, the Gaithersburg Lady Trojans were given the top seed in the West division. The top three seeds are each given first-round byes. They will play the winner of the Richard Montgomery and Bethesda-Chevy Chase game in their first match of the girls tournament.

Meanwhile, the boys team was placed in the fourth seed in their tournament, and will play Bethesda-Chevy Chase at home in the first round this Friday. While they don't get a first-round bye, the Trojans will play at home throughout the tournament until they make it to play against a higher seed. The top three seeds went to the powerhouses of the county: Springbrook, Magruder and Churchill.

The boys semi-finals and finals take place at the University of Maryland College Park's Comcast Center. The girls play their Final Four games at the University of Maryland Baltimore County's RAC Arena.