Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA), is the association that oversees public high school sporting contests in the state of Maryland. Organized in 1946, MPSSAA is made up of public high schools from each of Maryland's 23 counties and Baltimore City. The purpose of the MPSSAA is to organize, promote and direct public high school interscholastic sports in order to assure that those activities contribute toward the entire educational program of the state of Maryland. The MPSSAA includes 195 public high schools, with more than 110,000 student-athletes participating in 24 sports.
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