The 70s--more teams join the fun

Growth slowed after the 60s, but the league continued to expand. Eighteen new teams joined the MCSL in the 1970s, most in newly-developed areas of the county. Dates in parentheses are the last year a team competed.

1970
Palisades
Tallyho

1971--no new teams

1972
Fallsmead
Inverness
New Mark Commons
Olney Mill
Stedwick (2003--most swimmers went to Whetstone)
Whetstone

1973
Country Glen

1974
North Creek
River Falls
Rockshire
Tanterra
Watkins Mill (merged with Stedwick)

1975--no new teams

1976
Somerset

1977
Darnestown
Northgate (1999--most swimmers went to North Creek)
Westleigh

1978
Quail Valley
Stonegate

1979
Quince Orchard