The Gaithersburg High School baseball team, in search of its first-ever state championship, was named the top seed in the Class 4A West region of the MPSSAA playoff brackets released Wednesday.
First-round matchups for Montgomery County teams:
4A West
(1) Gaithersburg – bye (will play the winner of Wootton vs. Walter Johnson)
(2) Bethesda-Chevy Chase – bye (will play the winner of Magruder vs. Richard Montgomery)
(3) Whitman – bye (will play the winner of Churchill vs. Kennedy)
(13) Northwest @ (4) Quince Orchard
(12) Clarksburg @ (5) Blair
(11) Churchill @ (6) Kennedy
(10) Richard Montgomery @ (7) Magruder
(9) Wootton @ (8) Walter Johnson




