{"id":10663,"date":"2015-06-08T08:45:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T12:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10663"},"modified":"2015-06-10T16:15:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T20:15:01","slug":"prep-baseball-update-2015-virginia-regional-results-dc-tourneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10663","title":{"rendered":"Prep Baseball Update 2015: Virginia Regional Results, DC Tourneys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10786\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MadisonRegionalwin2015-via-warhawkbaseballtwitter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10786\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MadisonRegionalwin2015-via-warhawkbaseballtwitter-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Madison Baseball: 2015 6-A regional champs.  Photo RT from @warhawkbaseball\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MadisonRegionalwin2015-via-warhawkbaseballtwitter-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MadisonRegionalwin2015-via-warhawkbaseballtwitter.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madison Baseball: 2015 6-A regional champs. Photo RT from @warhawkbaseball<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the next big update on the state of High School baseball in the area. \u00a0We previously posted updates on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10579\">DC\/MD\/VA District High School Tournament Report<\/a>: 2015 post-season, which covered MD regionals, VA district brackets, Private school tourney results.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10601\">Prep Baseball Update 2015: Maryland State Champs, Northern VA District Champs crowned<\/a>, which covered, as the title suggests, MD state finals, VA district tourneys, VA regional brackets, DC regular season results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this post, we will cover the Virginia Regional results, preview the VA State brackets, finish up the DC tourney results, and have summaries to the Maryland and Private school results.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Virginia Regionals: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All regional brackets are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/athletics.baseball.baseball-conference-region-results\">available at this link<\/a>; we won&#8217;t keep reposting links below.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>6-A North Regionals: <\/strong><\/span>Here were your qualifiers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference 5\/Concorde: Chantilly, Oakton, Herndon, Centreville<\/li>\n<li>Conference 6\/Liberty: Madison, Fairfax, McLean, South Lakes<\/li>\n<li>Conference 7\/Potomac: Lake Braddock, South County, West Springfield, TC Williams<\/li>\n<li>Conference 8\/Cedar Run: Patriot, Osborne Park, Battlefield, Stonewall Jackson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10601\">My predictions<\/a>: Oakton and Madison on one side, Patriot and Chantilly on the other.\u00a0 Most of the expected Northern Region heavyweights are here and it should be a good tourney.<\/p>\n<p>Regional games run from 5\/29\/15 to 6\/5\/15.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a rundown of the results:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the 6-A North\u00a0Regional first round on 5\/29\/15, there were plenty of upsets.\u00a0 South Lakes shut out Potomac champ Lake Braddock and Centreville easily handled Cedar Run champion Patriot 11-5, eliminating two district champions.\u00a0 The other two district champs (Madison and Chantilly) each advanced easily in the first round, with Madison throwing their ace lefty <strong>Brian Eckert<\/strong> (Radford commit).\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/may-prep-roundup\/article_38561232-06bd-11e5-a98a-83270f417414.html\">Battlefield blanked Oakton 7-0<\/a> as <strong>Jake <\/strong><strong>Agnos<\/strong> (East Carolina commit) picked right back up where he left off in his 21-K start, whiffing 13 through 6 innings and eliminating the team I thought might very well win the Region.\u00a0 Liberty regular season champ McLean was trounced by South County 9-1, completing the penalty for their early-district tournament defeat.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the 6-A North Regiona<span style=\"color: #000000;\">l Quarter finals on 6\/1\/15, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/battlefield-baseball-advances-to-region-semifinals-behind-logan-bruckschun\/article_844acd78-08d8-11e5-8d02-6f95111a87d7.html\">Battlefield eased by South Lakes 8-2<\/a> and Chantilly handled South County 7-5.\u00a0 Rain wreaked havoc in the area the evening of 6\/1\/15 so some of these teams may have to play back to back games this week.\u00a0 Indeed, the other two games got pushed to 6\/2\/15; Centreville continued its upset ways by beating West Springfield 10-5 and Madison blasted Herndon 21-3.\u00a0 This sets up two interesting Regional semi finals: Centreville and Chantilly are local rivals, while Battlefield &amp; Madison met in the semis of a tournament in Myrtle Beach earlier this year and Madison won handily 11-1.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the <span style=\"color: #000000;\">6-A North Regional semis on 6\/3\/15, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/pete-nielsens-ninth-inning-double-sends-madison-to-va-6a-north-final\/2015\/06\/03\/d21b6c50-087a-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html\">Madison and Battlefield<\/a> faced off for the 2nd time this year, but this time with both team&#8217;s throwing their aces.\u00a0 Battlefield&#8217;s Agnos threw 8 innings, struck out 14 and gave up 1 unearned run to finish an amazing post-season, but he was matched by Madison&#8217;s Eckert.\u00a0 The game went to the 9th.\u00a0 After having struck out the side in the top half of the inning with runners on 2nd and 3rd, Madison&#8217;s <strong>Pete Nielsen<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaseballMadison\">hit a walk-off<\/a> single to win it for Madison and send them to the Regional final and state 6-A tournament.\u00a0 On the other side, Chantilly beat Centreville 8-4 to return to both the Regional final and the 6-A state tournament for the 2nd year in a row.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just a note on Agnos before moving on: in his final three starts (in the district final and his two regional starts) he threw 21 innings and struck out FOURTY-EIGHT batters.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never heard of such a feat; its amazing to me that he&#8217;s &#8220;only&#8221; just going to ECU and isn&#8217;t more prominently mentioned in the draft.<\/p>\n<p>In the 6-A <span style=\"color: #000000;\">North Regional final on 6\/5\/15, coach\u00a0<strong><span data-reactid=\".3v.1:4:1:$comment668532876613979_668596156607651:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".3v.1:4:1:$comment668532876613979_668596156607651:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".3v.1:4:1:$comment668532876613979_668596156607651:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".3v.1:4:1:$comment668532876613979_668596156607651:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">Mark &#8220;Pudge&#8221; Gjormand&#8217;s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Madison<\/strong> <\/span>jumped out to a 5-0 lead early behind a 3-run homer from starting pitcher <strong>Matt Favero<\/strong> (who took a no-hitter into the 6th) and cruised to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/baseball-madison-rolls-to-virginia-6a-north-title-with-shutout-over-chantilly\/2015\/06\/05\/6804c4b2-087d-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html\">9-0 laugher<\/a> in the regional final over Chantilly.\u00a0 Next up for both teams is the 6-A state semi-finals.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>6-A South Regional<\/strong><\/span>: Here were your qualifiers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6-A Conference 1\/Coastal:\u00a0 First Colonial, Cox<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>6-A Conference 2\/Monitor Merrimac: Western Branch, Grassfield<\/li>\n<li>6-A Conference 3: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cosby, Thomas Dale<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>6-A Conference 4: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forest Park, Colonial Forge<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regional games run from 6\/1\/15 to 6\/5\/15.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a rundown of the results:<\/p>\n<p>In the 6-A South Regional quarters, all four District champions advanced, mostly with ease.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/article_d2c2af5e-08d1-11e5-b207-6f47e338dacf.html\">Cosby beat Colonial Forge in a 2-1<\/a> squeaker, Western Branch pounded Cox, <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2015\/06\/region-baseball-sheehan-sends-first-colonial-past-grassfield\">First Colonial eased by Grassfield<\/a> (in what might have been an upset in reality), and Forest Park beat Thomas Dale.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the 6-A South Regional semis, <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2015\/06\/baseball-roundup-first-colonial-earns-first-state-berth-2006\">First Colonial ended Forest Park&#8217;s season 4-3<\/a>.\u00a0 Rain wreaked havoc on the 6-A south playoffs, with the Cosby\/Western Branch semi rained out two nights in a row, forcing a push of the regional final.\u00a0 When they finally played, Western Branch handled the Richmond power <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/article_efd66074-635a-5ee4-be10-074a47a28ea9.html\">easily 8-2 to advance<\/a> to the state tournament.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the 6-A\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">South Regional final<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Western Branch<\/strong> <\/span>beat First Colonial 2-1 in a tidewater battle.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>5-A North Regional:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here were your qualifiers (not all conference contributed equal numbers of teams)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference 13\/Capitol: Marshall, Edison, Stuart, Lee<\/li>\n<li>Conference 14: Stone Bridge, Broad Run, Briar Woods<\/li>\n<li>Conference 15: Mountain View, Potomac, North Stafford<\/li>\n<li>Conference 16: Patrick Henry, Halifax County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regional games run from 5\/29\/15 to 6\/5\/15.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a rundown of the results:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the 5-A North\u00a0Regional first round on 5\/29\/15, all three conference 13 teams playing lost (Edison, Stuart and Lee), indicating just how weak that conference was this year.\u00a0 Conference 15&#8217;s #2 seed Potomac handled Briar Woods.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the 5-A North Regiona<span style=\"color: #000000;\">l Quarter finals on 6\/1\/15 and 6\/2\/15, #1 seeds prevailed as Marshall, Stone Bridge, Mountain View and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/article_6bf487da-0a6f-11e5-87ca-7fa7b0519a4f.html\">Patrick Henry-Ashland<\/a> all advanced.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the 5<span style=\"color: #000000;\">-A North Regional semis on 6\/3\/15, Stone Bridge beat Mountain View (Stafford) 4-1 to return to the regional final\/state tourney for the second year.\u00a0 Their opponent will\u00a0 have to have played back-to-back games, as the Patrick Henry-Broad Run quarter was postponed two days in a row, backing up that part of the draw.\u00a0 Stone Bridge outlasted Patrick Henry 3-2, setting up a final of Northern Virginia&#8217;s two best 5-A teams this year on Marshall&#8217;s home field.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the 5-A <span style=\"color: #000000;\">North Regional final on 6\/6\/15, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Stone Bridge<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/stone-bridge-baseball-wins-second-straight-a-regional-title\/article_1af1f2c4-0d07-11e5-bf47-5383a0770afd.html\">won their second straight 5-A north title<\/a> by beating Marshall on their home turf 10-7.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>5-A South Regional:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here were your qualifiers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference 9\/Atlantic: Kellam, Princess Anne<\/li>\n<li>Conference 10\/PenSouth: Hickory, Menchville<\/li>\n<li>Conference 11: Deep Run, Freeman<\/li>\n<li>Conference 12: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clover Hill, Manchester<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lots of new faces in this regional &#8230; and two familiar ones.\u00a0 Hickory beat Freeman in last year&#8217;s 5-A state final and could meet again in the regional final.\u00a0 But Hickory would have to go through Kellam, a traditional powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Regional games run from 6\/2\/15 to 6\/5\/15.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a rundown of the results:<\/p>\n<p>In the 5-A South Regional quarters, rain forced the whole slate to 6\/3 or 6\/4, backing up the tournament badly.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2015\/06\/baseball-roundup-first-colonial-earns-first-state-berth-2006\">Menchville (Newport News) upset Kellam<\/a> 4-2 (though by their records it wasn&#8217;t much of an upset), <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2015\/06\/baseball-roundup-first-colonial-earns-first-state-berth-2006\">Hickory advanced over Princess Anne<\/a> easily 12-1.\u00a0 The other two quarters were rained out *three days in a row* unbelievably, forcing the whole slate of the 5-A south tournament to shift.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the 5-A South Regional semis<\/span>, Hickory topped Menchville 7-4.\u00a0 Clover Hill defeated Freeman in 10 innings &#8230; but was then forced to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/article_042e1490-0cc7-11e5-99a4-a7012f2a6ab8.html\">forfeit the game<\/a> due to their using an ineligible pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>In the 5-A\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">South Regional final<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Hickory<\/strong> <\/span>took advantage of a tired Freeman team (a rematch of last year&#8217;s 5-A title game) and won the regional title.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Virginia Smaller Classifications:<\/strong><\/span> we&#8217;ll just summarize the regional finalists who are moving on to the state tournament.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4-A North: All four district champs advanced the semis.\u00a0 Jefferson Forest (Lynchburg) and Fauquier HS advanced to the final, and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Fauquier<\/strong> <\/span>won it.<\/li>\n<li>4-A South: Upsets abounded as Powhattan and Hanover upset district champs in the quarters.\u00a0 North Richmond suburb rivals Glen Allen and Hanover (both from District 20) advanced to the regional finals, where <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Glen Allen<\/strong> <\/span>beat the 2-time defending state champs again 15-4 for the regional title.<\/li>\n<li>3-A East; Loudoun Valley&#8217;s <strong>Jack DeGroat<\/strong> (committed to Liberty) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/pete-nielsens-ninth-inning-double-sends-madison-to-va-6a-north-final\/2015\/06\/03\/d21b6c50-087a-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html\">threw a no-hitter<\/a> in the 3-A East regional quarters over Culpepper.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Loudoun Valley<\/strong><\/span> advanced to the final, facing <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Lafayette<\/strong> <\/span>from Williamsburg.\u00a0 I guess they got rained out so many days in a row that they declared co-champions.<\/li>\n<li>3-A West: All four district champs advanced the semis.\u00a0 There, Rustberg and Monticello advanced to the finals, won by <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Monticello<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>2-A East: Both local teams (Strasburg and George Mason) advanced to the Region semis.\u00a0 George Mason&#8217;s season came to an end at the hands of Va Beach-based Maggie Walker, but <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Strasburg<\/strong> <\/span>continued their recent dominance by winning the regional.<\/li>\n<li>2-A West: Virginia High and Lebanon advanced to the regional finals; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Virginia High<\/strong> <\/span>wins it.<\/li>\n<li>1-A: No DC-local schools are in the smallest 1-A classification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>State tourney matchups and tourney locations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All the state tourneys run from June 12th &#8211; 13th at the various sites.\u00a0 Semis are at 3pm and 7pm on 6\/12\/15 and the finals are the next day (though it seems that some of these teams have graduation ceremonies this coming weekend, so the dates\/times are in flux).\u00a0 All <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/athletics.baseball\">state brackets available from this link<\/a> at VHSL.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>6A- <\/strong>Robinson High school, in Fairfax for both semis and final<\/li>\n<li><strong>5A<\/strong> &#8211; Lake Braddock HS for semis, Robinson for the final.<\/li>\n<li><strong>4A<\/strong> &#8211; Liberty University, Lynchburg for both semis and final.<\/li>\n<li><strong>3A<\/strong> &#8211; Liberty University, Lynchburg for both semis and final.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2A<\/strong> &#8211; Radford University semis and final.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1A<\/strong> &#8211; Salem for the semis, Radford for the final<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the state matchups (? means the regional final results were still pending upon publish; we&#8217;ll update as we get them).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6-A match-ups: Madison (22-5) vs First Colonial and Western Branch versus Chantilly (20-6)<\/li>\n<li>5-A match-ups: Stone Bridge (21-5) vs Freeman (19-6), and Hickory versus Marshall (21-5)<\/li>\n<li>4-A match-ups: Faquier (20-5) versus Hanover (18-5) and Glenn Allen (21-3) vs Jefferson Forest (18-8)<\/li>\n<li>3-A match-ups: Monticello vs ?, ? versus Rustberg<\/li>\n<li>2-A match-ups: Strasburg vs Lebanon, Virginia High vs Maggie Walker<\/li>\n<li>1-A match-ups: Honaker v ?, ? vs Radford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Recent Virginia HS champs<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 Before 2014, we just covered AAA, which now is split between 4-A, 5-A and 6-A divisions.<\/p>\n<p>2014: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=9271\">see this post for 2014&#8217;s state tournament wrap up for all 6 divisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 6-A, Western Branch d Chantilly 6-4.\u00a0 McLean and Cosby were state semifinalists.<\/li>\n<li>In 5-A, Hickory d Freeman 6-4.\u00a0 Stone bridge and the surprising Freedom-South Riding semi finalists.<\/li>\n<li>In 4-A, Hanover d Millbrook 7-1.<\/li>\n<li>In the smaller classifications, Loudoun Valley won 3-A, Virginia High won 2-A and Northumberland won 1-A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2013: Hanover d Great Bridge. Hanover&#8217;s super-junior <strong>Derek Casey<\/strong> (committed to UVA) outlasts Great Bridge and their 1st round talent <strong>Connor Jones<\/strong> (now attending UVA after spurning a likely late 1st round draft position). \u00a0Lake Braddock and Oakton beaten in the semis.<\/p>\n<p>2012: Lake Braddock d Kellam 4-0. Lake Braddock lost to West Springfield in the regional title game but then blitzed to\u00a0a state championship.<\/p>\n<p>2011: Great Bridge d South County in the state final, giving the powerful South County its first and only loss on the season after starting the season 28-0. \u00a0Lake Braddock was the regional finalist and lost to Great Bridge in the state quarters.<\/p>\n<p>2010: West Springfield d Woodbridge in the final, giving Woodbridge its only loss on the year. WT Woodson regional finalist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/pub-vhsl-recordbook-18th%20Edition-april-2015.pdf\">Complete history of Virginia HS Champions<\/a>: from VHSL&#8217;s website. \u00a0Covers all sports and has results for a century.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Maryland<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10601\">previous post<\/a> for MD state final wrap-ups.\u00a0 Brackets here at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpssaa.org\/2015-baseball-state-semifinals-on-deck-for-tuesday-519\/\">MPSAA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A quick list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/playoffs\/brackets.aspx?gendersport=boys,baseball&amp;state=md\">past Maryland State champions by division<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4-A: 2015: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/anthony-felitti-pitches-gaithersburg-to-first-maryland-4a-baseball-title\/2015\/05\/22\/e3d3f12a-ff1e-11e4-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html\">Gaithersburg beat Severna Park 5-3<\/a><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 2014: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/baseball-drew-spinnenweber-chesapeake-top-sherwood-to-win-maryland-4a-state-title\/2014\/05\/23\/86dddaba-e0fe-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html\">Chesapeake beat Sherwood 2-0<\/a>.\u00a0 2013:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/baseball-scott-mitchell-powers-south-river-to-first-maryland-4a-championship\/2013\/05\/24\/6c040000-c4b4-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html\" data-xslt=\"_http\">South River defeated Catonsville 6-0<\/a>.\u00a0 2012: Northwest. \u00a02011: Westminster. \u00a02010: Sherwood<\/li>\n<li>3-A: 2015: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/maryland\/howard\/ellicott-city\/ph-hs-chopticon-ace-ljay-newsome-shuts-down-mt-hebron-in-state-baseball-championship-20150523-story.html\">Chopticon beat Mt. Hebron 1-0<\/a>.\u00a0 2014:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Mq0hRz4Uek&amp;noredirect=1\">Reservoir beat North Harford 2-0<\/a>.\u00a0 2013:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/maryland-3a-baseball-championship-la-plata-falls-to-bel-air-3-2\/2013\/05\/25\/bda7e96e-c54d-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html\" data-xslt=\"_http\">Bel Air defeated La Plata 3-2<\/a>. \u00a02012: Bennett. \u00a02011: Bennett. \u00a02010: C. Milton Wright.<\/li>\n<li>2-A: 2015: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/dj-coleman-truman-thomas-help-southern-repeat-as-md-2a-champs\/2015\/05\/23\/b47a2b6c-ff26-11e4-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html\">Southern beat Eastern Tech 6-1<\/a>.\u00a0 2014: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/maryland-2a-baseball-garrett-gibsons-hit-sends-southern-to-its-first-state-title\/2014\/05\/24\/1d225cb8-e0fe-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html\">Southern beat Parkside 3-2<\/a>.\u00a0 2013 : Catoctin defeated North Caroline, 4-2. \u00a02012: Williamsport. \u00a02011: North Caroline. \u00a02010: North Hagerstown.<\/li>\n<li>1-A: 2015: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/baseball-mcdonough-falls-to-brunswick-in-maryland-1a-final-4-0\/2015\/05\/23\/f244c754-ff26-11e4-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html\">Brunswick beat McDonough 4-0<\/a>.\u00a0 2014: Smithsburg beat Sparrows Point 9-0.\u00a0 2013: Cambridge\/South Dorchester defeated Allegany, 15-0. \u00a02012: Mountain Ridge. \u00a02011: \u00a0St. Michaels. \u00a02010: St. Michaels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Maryland public high school seasons are now complete.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>DC Public Schools\/DCIAA<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedciaa.com\/apps\/pages\/index.jsp?uREC_ID=218108&amp;type=d&amp;termREC_ID=&amp;pREC_ID=425994\">DCIAA<\/a>: Wilson won its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/freshman-will-bouma-pitches-wilson-to-23rd-straight-dciaa-title\/2015\/05\/26\/cff74f1c-03d3-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html\">23rd consecutive DCIAA regular season title<\/a>, extending its city league winning streak in the process.\u00a0 DCIAA tournament runs through 6\/3\/15.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcsaasports.org\/\">DCSAA<\/a>: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcsaasports.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2015-Baseball-Tournament-Bracket4.pdf\">2015 tournament is underway<\/a>, with the final scheduled for Nats park on 5\/31\/15.\u00a0 Gonzaga is the #1 seed and Wilson the #2.\u00a0 Curiously missing is St. Johns, who won the WCAC and is the defending DCSAA champ.\u00a0 In the semis St. Albans upset Wilson to setup a final against Gonzaga.\u00a0 In that final, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/gonzaga-tunes-out-interference-beats-st-albans-2-1-in-dcsaa-baseball-final\/2015\/05\/31\/41dd1f8c-0558-11e5-8bda-c7b4e9a8f7ac_story.html\">Gonzaga beat St. Albans 2-1 <\/a>at Nats Park on a controversial interference call that turned a tag-out at the plate into the decisive run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Private Leagues: WCAC\/MAC\/IAC and VISAA\/Maryland Private<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miaasports.net\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=256&amp;Itemid=65&amp;cf=2&amp;sp=12&amp;pgnc=1\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">MIAA<\/span><\/a>: Class A: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/spalding-repeats-as-miaa-a-conference-champion\/2015\/05\/17\/000e0d68-f9b0-11e4-9030-b4732caefe81_story.html\">Spalding beat Calvert Hill<\/a>.\u00a0 Class B: <a title=\"wiki.allmetsports.com\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.allmetsports.com\/all-met\/schools\/anne-arundel\/st-marys-annapolis\/baseball\/\">St. Mary\u2019s-Annapolis.<\/a>\u00a0 Class C: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miaasports.net\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=92&amp;Itemid=55\">St. John&#8217;s Catholic Prep repeated<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visaa.org\/sports\/baseball\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">VISAA<\/span><\/a>: Liberty Christian repeated as the VISAA Division 1 champ.\u00a0 Greenbriar Christian took the Division 2 title and the Southampton Academy took the Division 3 title among smaller Virginia private schools.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">WCAC<\/span>: St. Johns (DC) topped DeMatha in a 3-game series to win the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/st-johns-grabs-second-straight-wcac-baseball-title-with-win-over-dematha\/2015\/05\/10\/412c875e-f341-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html\">WCAC for the 2nd year in a row<\/a>.\u00a0 (Not the same St. Johns as who won MIAA).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">IAC<\/span>: Georgetown Prep beat Landon to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/power-pitching-defense-carry-georgetown-prep-to-iac-baseball-title\/2015\/05\/16\/f4119ac6-f9ae-11e4-9030-b4732caefe81_story.html\">win the IAC<\/a>, avenging their loss in the finals last year.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">PVAC<\/span>: Sandy Spring Friends defeated Jewish Day school for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/sandy-spring-friends-beat-jewish-day-school-for-first-pvac-title-4-0\/2015\/05\/14\/79e5bd5e-f8cd-11e4-a13c-193b1241d51a_story.html\">inaugural title in this fledgling league<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">MAC:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/panthers-blank-all-opponents-to-win-mac-baseball-tournament\/article_91d6dca6-fa42-11e4-9d5a-3b064dd467c0.html\">Potomac school beat St. James<\/a> (who upset #1 seed and defending champ Flint Hill) in the final.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Maryland Private School Tournament: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/riverdale-baptist-baseball-storms-past-dematha-in-md-private-schools-final\/2015\/05\/23\/343f6d9c-00cd-11e5-8b6c-0dcce21e223d_story.html\">DeMatha beat Riverdale Baptist<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All local area Private schools&#8217; seasons are now complete.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Player of the Year Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatorade.com\/poy\/winners.aspx?sportcode=bb\">Gatorade announced their player of the year<\/a> awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maryland: Chopticon\u2019s <strong>Ljay Newsome<\/strong>, who pitched the game of his life in the Maryland 3-A championship, won the award in Maryland.\u00a0 He has yet to declare for a college.<\/li>\n<li>Washington DC: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/recruiting-insider\/wp\/2015\/05\/28\/chopticons-ljay-newsome-a-j-lee-of-st-johns-named-gatorade-baseball-players-of-the-year\/\">St. John&#8217;s <strong>A.J. Lee<\/strong><\/a> won the award for the 2nd consecutive year.\u00a0 Committed to Maryland.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia: The Steward School (Richmond)&#8217;s <strong>Nic Enright<\/strong> won the award in Virginia.\u00a0\u00a0 He&#8217;s committed to Virginia Tech.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Local and National High School Baseball Ranking Lists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington Post All Met Sports latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/sports\/highschools\/all-met\/statistics\/baseball-rankings.html\">Baseball top 10<\/a>:: Spalding, Gaithersburg 1-2, then Oakton, Madison, and Battlefield.\u00a0 Stone Bridge 8th despite a win over Madison in Vienna.\u00a0 This hasn&#8217;t been updated for regional and state tournaments; i&#8217;d guess we&#8217;d see Madison and Stone Bridge rise slightly but likely not overtake Maryland&#8217;s two best teams unless they win states.<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore Sun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/high-school\/bal-high-school-sports-polls-for-may-25-2015-20150525-htmlstory.html#navtype=outfit\">Rankings page<\/a> : dated 5\/25\/15: They also have Spalding #1, then Calvert Hall, St. Marys, 4-A finalist Severna Park and then 3-A finalist Mt. Hebron.\u00a0 Reservoir 6th.<\/li>\n<li>Hampton Roads <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2015\/03\/rankings-top-10-high-school-baseball\">Baseball top 10 page<\/a>: dated 5\/19\/15: Western Branch #1, then Grassfield &amp; Hickory.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball America&#8217;s High School top 25 (most recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/high-school\/high-school-top-25-june-2\/\">ranking 6\/2\/15<\/a>): no DC\/MD\/VA teams listed.<\/li>\n<li>USA Today High School top 25 (<a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/rankings\/expert\/boys\/baseball\/2015\/6\">most recent ranking 5\/20\/15<\/a>): Western Branch closest to top-25, ranked 26th.\u00a0 Spalding (both Washington Post&#8217;s and Baltimore Sun&#8217;s #1 team) ranked 42nd nationally.<\/li>\n<li>USA Today&#8217;s Virginia-only rankings: no longer seem to be in existence.<\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps top 25\/top 50 lists, which has a hand-picked and a computer\/power ranking list.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/polls\/baseball\/xcellent25.htm\">5\/24\/15 rankings<\/a>.\u00a0 No DC\/MD\/VA teams in MaxPrep&#8217;s &#8220;Excellent 50.&#8221;\u00a0 Highest ranked teams in the area are Liberty Christina (#55), Western Branch (#67), Turner Ashby (#72).\u00a0 Chopticon and Spalding are in the 75-100 range.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington Post&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmetsports.com\/\">AllMetSports<\/a>\u00a0section with standings and schedule results.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/\">InsideNova.com<\/a>&#8216;s coverage of high school sports, but has put limits on the number of stories you can read.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.connection-sports.com\/news\/Sports\/Baseball\/\">Connection family of newspapers<\/a>\u00a0has a sports section that is rarely updated, but it does do some coverage.<\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps.com also has some non-paywall HS information that comes in handy too.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvdaily.com\/sports\/\">Nvdaily.com<\/a>\u00a0(Strasburg) has some results for some of the teams in the smaller conferences\/outskirts of DC, generally in the Strasburg area.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winchesterstar.com\/subchannel\/sports_headlines\">WinchesterStar<\/a> (Winchester) has results for Winchester teams but its pay-only.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyprogress.com\/starexponent\/sports\/high_school\/\">The Daily Progress<\/a>\u00a0(Culpeper local paper) also has some scores for schools in its areas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fauquier.com\/sports\/\">Faquier Times<\/a> (Fauquier) has some local sports news.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivaloudoun.com\/category\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/\">VivaLoudoun<\/a> tracks the Loudoun\/Ashburn\/Leesburg teams.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/sports\/\">Fredericksburg.com<\/a>\u00a0has some local coverage of Fredericksburg and Woodbridge teams.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/\">Richmond Times-Dispatch<\/a>\u00a0has a HS scoreboard.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/pilot\/sports\">Hampton Roads Pilot<\/a>\u00a0(Hampton Roads) has scores for teams in the Chesapeake\/Norfolk\/Va Beach area.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/high-school\/\">Baltimore Sun&#8217;s high school page<\/a>\u00a0has information on some of the programs outside the DC area mentioned in the Maryland section<\/li>\n<li>I use <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectgame.org\/\">perfectgame.org<\/a> to look up high-end HS prospects.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/athletics.baseball.baseball-conference-region-results\">VHSL&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpssaa.org\/springsports\/baseball\/\">MPSSAA home page<\/a>s\u00a0for playoff brackets and updates for VA and MD respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the next big update on the state of High School baseball in the area. \u00a0We previously posted updates on: DC\/MD\/VA District High School Tournament Report: 2015 post-season, which covered MD regionals, VA district brackets, Private school tourney results. 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