Sheldon Shealer

Joined: Jul 23, 2025

Sheldon Shealer is an award-winning sports journalist with more than 30 years of state and national high school sports coverage, which includes creating the Maryland high school football media state rankings and state records. His previous stops include editor positions with ESPN, Student Sports, The Frederick News-Post, and Hagerstown Herald-Mail, and time as a reporter with The Washington Post. He is also a professor of sports journalism at Mount St. Mary's University and a PhD candidate at Penn State University. He began contributing to High School On SI in 2025.

Northwood School and Masters Academy feature several elite prospects.

Concordia Prep cracks the Media State Poll Top 25 for the first time this season, following a win over Mount St. Joseph.

Maryland

Taft School's Keigo Takanabe (16) and Bridgton Academy's Jaxson Wollenberg (3) fight for possession in the teams' NXT LVL Invitational clash on Sunday.

Boys Soccer

Muskegon remains a football power to this day, but in 1912, it had a performance that made national headlines.

News

Jahari Kinney (26), Donte Jones (2) and Jamir Smith (11) combined to score four pick-six touchdowns on Friday.

Maryland

Howard High School reinforced the adage that “the best offense is a good defense” last week, scoring four touchdowns on interception returns in a 55-12 victory.

Combine Academy soccer players Nojus Zilinskas and Dominic Sanchez helped the squad to a draw with Northwood School.

Connecticut

COLONIE, N.Y. -- The night's marquee matchup between High School on SI Prep Top 15 No. 4 Northwood School (N.Y.) and Combine Academy (N.C.) lived up to its bill

NCAA Division I prospect Ja'Zir Dickerson blows past Kent Island defenders en route to a touchdown in last week's 49-7 victory.

Maryland

Easton makes its first appearance in 36 years in the Maryland Media State Football poll. See where the panel place the state's other top teams.

West Goodale has helped Deerfield Academy into the Prep Top 15 this week, just in time for a two-game set at the NXT LVL Invitational this weekend in Albany, N.Y.

Boys Soccer

Early-season results have little impact on national prep soccer rankings.

Larry Bacon is pictured is pictured in the last row of players, wearing No. 44 for City College in 1945.

National

High school sports history is filled with remarkable moments that have largely disappeared from the larger story of American sports. This Week in High School Hi

Surrounded by family and friends, Milford Mill head football coach Reggie White (center) celebrated career win No. 200 Friday night after his team's 52-6 win over Perry Hall.

Maryland

Reggie White and Dalawn Parrish reach 200 coaching wins, Howard matches a shutout streak from 1974 and Maryland teams go 14-3 against out-of-state opponents.

Milford Mill, coached by former NFL player and Baltimore native Reggie White, is back in the Top 25 for the first time this season.

Maryland

The Millers are back! Milford Mill Academy, which spent all of last season ranked among the Top 25, delivered a stunning 48-25 victory over then-No. 10 Broadnec

Mother McAuley has been a perennial Illinois state volleyball power dating back to the 1970's, but this week in 1983 the Mighty Macs saw their 135-match win streak, the longest in state history, come to a surprising halt.

National

A 4-4 Lyons Township volleyball team stunned Mother McAuley on Sept. 20, 1983, ending a historic 135-match winning streak that still ranks among the longest ever.

Milford Mill rebounded from a 42-7 season-opening loss to Dunbar with a 48-25 victory over No. 14 Broadneck in Week 2.

Sheldon Shealer

Joined: Jul 23, 2025

NXT LVL Soccer Showcase: Day 2 Standouts and Results

Concordia Prep moves into the Maryland Media Top 25

Taft Remains No. 1 as Top 7 Hold Steady in Prep Soccer Top 15

This Week in High School Sports History: Muskegon Scored 216 Points in a Record-Setting 1912 Rout

Maryland

Inside Maryland High School Football: Howard’s Defense Does the Scoring

Connecticut

NXT LVL Soccer Showcase: Day 1 Standouts and Results

Maryland

After 36 years, Easton Makes its First Appearance Ever in the Maryland Media State Poll

Boys Soccer

Taft Stays No. 1 as Prep Soccer Top 15 Takes Shape After Opening Week

National

This Week in High School Sports History: The WWII Veteran Who Returned to Football and Scored a Touchdown

Maryland

Inside Maryland High School Football: Milestone Victories and a Shutout Streak Decades in the Making

Maryland

Milford Mill Academy returns at No. 15 in the Maryland Media State Poll

National

This Week in High School History: Unlikely Challenger Ends McAuley's 135-Match Winning Streak

Inside Maryland High School Football: A Stunning Rebound, a Wild Finish and Coaching History

St. Frances, DeMatha Stay 1-2 in Maryland Media State Poll, Broadneck Jumps into the Top 10

Meet the 2026 NEPSAC Preseason Boys Soccer All-America Team

Meet the 2026 PPL/MAPL/Independent Preseason All-America Team