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

St. John's College is No. 1 in D.C. but will face tons of competition.

St. John's College opens 2025-26 as the top girls high school basketball team in a talent rich District of Columbia.

Bishop McNamara opens the 2025-26 season as the No. 1 girls basketball team in Maryland.

Led by star Qayden Samuels, Bishop McNamara opens as Maryland's No. 1 boys basketball squad in 2025-26.

Princess Anne, which went 28-0 last winer and capture a state championship, returns as the No. 1 team in Virginia girls high school basketball to start 2025-26.

Virginia

Princess Anne begins where it ended, at No. 1 in the Virginia Girls High School Basketball rankings.

Petersburg has emerged as a boys basketball power in Virginia and they are the No. 1 team in our 2025-26 preseason rankings.

Virginia

Petersburg High was a nondescript school in the Richmond, Va. metro area. That has changed as Petersburg is the No. 1 team in the High School on SI Virginia boy

Washington DC

Bell wins a DCSAA title and earns a place in the DC Top 10 rankings.

Poquoson debuted in the Virginia high school football Top 25, at No. 21, this week after defeating then-No. 12 Armstrong, 19-14, the Class 2-Region A final.

Virginia

Poquoson debuts as Virginia high school football playoffs reach the state semifinal stage.

No. 7 Dunbar will face Lackey for the 2A/1A state championship on Friday.

Maryland

No. 6 Mervo and No. 7 Dunbar will play for MPSSAA state championships this week.

Linganore was very impressive in a 41-12 state semifinal win over then-No. 6 Milford Mill. The Lancers advance to the 3A state final where they have a chance to avenge last year's loss to Oakdale.

Maryland

The final week of the 2025 Maryland high school football season has arrived. Seven teams looking to end their campaign with a state championship are featured i

Maryland

We’ve selected 11 nominees for your voting consideration

Maryland

Here are the candidates for our 12th Maryland High School Football Defensive Player of the Week honoree of 2025. Congratulations to last week's winner: Cameron

Top-ranked St. Frances has added a game, as it will face Utah's Corner Canyon at Under Armour Stadium in Baltimore on Dec. 10.

St. James Performance Academy debuts in the Virginia High School Football Top 25 at No. 9.

Westminster improved to 10-1 and powered its way into this week's Top 25 with a 24-6 win over then-No. 19 Guilford Park. The Owls advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals.