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Anne Arundel 2022-23 boys basketball preview: Meade, Glen Burnie, South River projected to lead the county in a return to normalcy
By Katherine Fominykh
Capital Gazette

Dec 05, 2022 at 4:29 pm

Coach Mike Glick celebrates wit the Meade boys basketball team after a playoff win last season. Meade is expected to be one of the top teams again in Anne Arundel County, and also a Class 4A state championship contender.
Coach Mike Glick celebrates wit the Meade boys basketball team after a playoff win last season. Meade is expected to be one of the top teams again in Anne Arundel County, and also a Class 4A state championship contender. (Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette)

Normalcy. It’s a word coveted by so many people across the world for nearly three full years and one many sports have reached in many phases since the coronavirus pandemic began.

But it’s not one that Anne Arundel boys basketball experienced last year.

A coronavirus surge hit in Mid-December, forcing a slew of teams to shut down. Few teams continued on through the holiday break, and the disparity of play and experience was evident between teams who did shut down and those who did not.

Things may be changing for season season, and parity may be returning.

“Teams have had a much more productive summer and preseason,” Broadneck coach John Williams said. “It’s been easy to see that the level of basketball should get back to being solid throughout the county.”

Turnout has been a big contributor to that return to normal as well. Teams report seeing good numbers across the board.

As for who should emerge as early contenders for the top, well, that will likely resemble the end of last winter’s standings. Namely, Meade.

The Mustangs graduated key figures in guards Andre Campbell and Bryson Spruell, but what it retains — starters like seniors Xavion Robinson (All-County first team), Shawn Jones, John Teague and Kyree Scott — should maintain Meade’s elevated status in the county.

Coach Mike Glick named chemistry and defense as the team’s best qualities, things that propelled Meade to the Class 4A state semifinals last winter.

“Our goal is to win the 4A state championship,” Glick said.
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Coach Mike Glick celebrates wit the Meade boys basketball team after a playoff win last season. Meade is expected to be one of the top teams again in Anne Arundel County, and also a Class 4A state championship contender.
Coach Mike Glick celebrates wit the Meade boys basketball team after a playoff win last season. Meade is expected to be one of the top teams again in Anne Arundel County, and also a Class 4A state championship contender. (Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette)

Normalcy. It’s a word coveted by so many people across the world for nearly three full years and one many sports have reached in many phases since the coronavirus pandemic began.

But it’s not one that Anne Arundel boys basketball experienced last year.

A coronavirus surge hit in Mid-December, forcing a slew of teams to shut down. Few teams continued on through the holiday break, and the disparity of play and experience was evident between teams who did shut down and those who did not.

Things may be changing for season season, and parity may be returning.

“Teams have had a much more productive summer and preseason,” Broadneck coach John Williams said. “It’s been easy to see that the level of basketball should get back to being solid throughout the county.”

Turnout has been a big contributor to that return to normal as well. Teams report seeing good numbers across the board.

As for who should emerge as early contenders for the top, well, that will likely resemble the end of last winter’s standings. Namely, Meade.

The Mustangs graduated key figures in guards Andre Campbell and Bryson Spruell, but what it retains — starters like seniors Xavion Robinson (All-County first team), Shawn Jones, John Teague and Kyree Scott — should maintain Meade’s elevated status in the county.

Coach Mike Glick named chemistry and defense as the team’s best qualities, things that propelled Meade to the Class 4A state semifinals last winter.

“Our goal is to win the 4A state championship,” Glick said.