{"id":12376,"date":"2016-06-12T18:46:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T22:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12376"},"modified":"2016-06-13T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T13:12:20","slug":"2016-prep-baseball-update-4-virginia-state-champions-crowned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12376","title":{"rendered":"2016 Prep Baseball Update #4: Virginia State Champions crowned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12496\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chantilly_6Astatechamps2016.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12496\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12496\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chantilly_6Astatechamps2016-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Chantilly 6-A state champs 2016. Photo via their twitter account @Tilly_baseball\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chantilly_6Astatechamps2016-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chantilly_6Astatechamps2016-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chantilly_6Astatechamps2016-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Chantilly_6Astatechamps2016.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chantilly 6-A state champs 2016. Photo via their twitter account @Tilly_baseball<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is post #4 of High School Tourney coverage for 2016.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>#1: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12205\">DC\/MD\/VA District High School Tournament Report<\/a>: post-season kickoff.\u00a0 Covers: MD regional kickoffs, VA district brackets, Private school tourney updates.\u00a0 Usually publishes the week before Memorial day tournament finals.<\/li>\n<li>#2: <a href=\"http:\/\/: http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12236\">Maryland State Champs, Northern VA District Champs crowned<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Covers: MD state finals, VA district tourneys, VA regional brackets, DC regular season results.\u00a0 Usually publishes after the Memorial Day weekend tournaments finish up.<\/li>\n<li>#3: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12282\">Virginia Regional Results<\/a>. \u00a0 Covers: VA regional results, State brackets, and summarizes DC and MD.<\/li>\n<li>#4: Final Prep Baseball Tourney Update: Virginia State Champions crowned (<strong>this post<\/strong>).\u00a0 Covers: VA state tourneys, recaps MD, DC, Private School results.\u00a0 Publishes mid-June once the Va state tourney wraps up.<\/li>\n<li>#5: List of all the final Player of the Year links that I&#8217;ve been collecting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this post, we will cover the Virginia State tournaments, re-cap MD, DC and private schools, and various Player\/Teams of the year that have been released as of the date of publication.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Text in Red are pending results;<\/span> I&#8217;ll update this post as the results come in even post publishing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Virginia State tourney match-ups and tourney locations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All the state tourneys run from June 8th-11th at the various sites.\u00a0 All <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/athletics.baseball\">state brackets available from this link<\/a> at VHSL.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semifinals and Finals:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1A\/2A<\/strong> &#8211; at Radford\/Salem, June 10-11<br \/>\n<strong>3A\/4A<\/strong> &#8211; at Liberty University, Lynchburg, June 10-11<br \/>\n<strong>5A\/6A<\/strong>&#8211; at Lake Braddock\/Robinson., June 10-11<\/p>\n<p>You might wonder why the 5A\/6A competitions are at (to be brutally honest) rather run-down high school fields in Northern Virginia. \u00a0Well its because ALL the spring state tournaments are being decided at the same schools at the same time. \u00a0Softball, Soccer, Track, Baseball. \u00a0So you need high schools with enough capacity to park everyone. \u00a0And that leads you to basically the two biggest schools in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Now, why don&#8217;t they just host this thing at George Mason University instead?? \u00a0A great question. \u00a0Without having any direct knowledge, but having been involved with field reservations for the various adult and youth baseball teams for 20+ years, the answer seems to be this: the GMU baseball coach is possessive\u00a0about &#8220;his&#8221; field and thus no amateur teams are ever allowed on it. \u00a0In fact; in case you never noticed there&#8217;s no lights on Mason&#8217;s baseball diamond; that&#8217;s because if there were lights, there&#8217;d be a ton more pressure to give up use of the field to youth and amateur teams. \u00a0Frankly, there&#8217;s *zero* reason why Mason couldn&#8217;t feature itself and its facilities by hosting state championships (like Liberty and Radford do for the smaller divisions). \u00a0Its just typical myopic behavior by baseball coaches in the area who are ultra protective of their fields (while forgetting that its us, the Virginia tax payers, that funded their construction and pay their salaries). \u00a0Rant off.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>6-A State Finals<\/strong><\/span>: held at Robinson and Lake Braddock HS in Northern Virginia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6-A North Winner Chantilly (23-2), runner-up Battlefield (22-4).<\/li>\n<li>6-A South Win<span style=\"color: #000000;\">ner Hylton (19-6), Cosby (13-7)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>6-A State Semis Results: \u00a0In the first state semi, Battlefield threw their ace\u00a0<strong>Jake Agnos<\/strong>, and Battlefield made a 2 run inning stand in a 2-1 victory over Hylton. \u00a0Agnos strikes out 10 in his final prep start. \u00a0In the other semi, Chantilly eased past Cosby 4-1 to setup the third meeting on the year between Chantilly and Battlefield. \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/ace-jake-agnos-nails-down-battlefields-state-semifinal-win-over-hylton\/2016\/06\/10\/091f63a0-2f2b-11e6-9de3-6e6e7a14000c_story.html\">Washington Post story on both games<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>6-A State Final: \u00a0In the State final, Battlefield jumped ahead late 2-0 but Chantilly scored 3 in the bottom of the 7th to walk off a State champion. \u00a0Gut punch for Battlefield, who threw their ace to get there and were in position to win. \u00a0<del><strong>Brett Norwood<\/strong><\/del> <strong>Jared Enders<\/strong> got the walk-off hit to win it in the end. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Chantilly<\/strong><\/span>, twice in a row runners-up, are finally your 6-A State champs (thanks for correction in the comments LV).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>6-A State champ<\/strong><\/span>: Chantilly, 25-2 on the season.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>5-A State Finals<\/strong><\/span>: held at Robinson and Lake Braddock HS in Northern Virginia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5-A North Winner Mountain View (20-4), runner-up Potomac (20-7)<\/li>\n<li>5-A South Win<span style=\"color: #000000;\">ner Nansemond River (19-7), runner-up Mills Godwin (19-5).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5-A State Semis Results: \u00a0In the first semi, Mountain View held serve against Mills Godwin and won 3-2. \u00a0In the second semi, Nansemond outlasted Potomac 3-1 to setup a 5-A final of Regional champs. \u00a05-A State Final: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Nansemond River<\/strong><\/span> defeated Mountain View 5-3 to capture their first state title.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>5-A State champ<\/strong><\/span>: Nansemond River, 21-7.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>4-A State Finals<\/strong><\/span>: held at Liberty University in Lynchburg.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4-A East Winner Hanover (22-1), runner-up Jamestown (22-2)<\/li>\n<li>4-A West Win<span style=\"color: #000000;\">ner Liberty Christian Academy (18-3), runner up Kettle Run (20-2)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4-A State Semis Results: In the first semi, Hanover won a close game 2-1 over Kettle Run. \u00a0In the last semi-final played of the evening, Jamestown led Liberty Christian the whole way, but LCA kept coming back and ended the game with a walk-off hit by\u00a0<strong>Zack Hess<\/strong>, who had pitched the whole game. \u00a0LCA advances 5-4 to setup a dream 4-A final between two of the best teams in the state. \u00a0The 4-A final was perhaps one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/news\/VA\/Hanover-Defeats-LCA-in-Wild-4A-Title-Game-0129658347\">craziest playoff games ever contested<\/a>; Hanover held a 7-1 lead heading into the 6th inning, LCA scored eight runs in the 6th inning to take the lead 9-7. \u00a0Hanover answered by scoring 6 runs the following inning, taking a 13-9 lead into the last. \u00a0LCA rallied, scored 3 runs themselves to cut the lead to 13-12 without recording an out, but then stranded the tying runner at second to lose the state title game to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Hanover<\/strong><\/span>. \u00a0The recap is worth the read. \u00a0What a game. \u00a0Hanover wins their third state title in four years.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>4-A State champ<\/strong><\/span>: Hanover, 24-1.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>3-A State Finals<\/strong><\/span>: held at Liberty University in Lynchburg.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3-A East Winner, Poquoson, runner-up William Monroe<\/li>\n<li>3-A West Winner: Turner Ashby, runner-up Rustburg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3-A State Semis Results: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/news\/VA\/Rustburg-Rallies-Past-Poquoson-to-the-3A-Championship-Game-3958167240\">Rustburg took out Poquoson 6-3<\/a> in the first state semi on the strength of a 5-run sixth inning. \u00a0In the other semi, William Monroe blanked Turner Ashby 3-0 setting up an unlikely state final where neither regional winner advanced. \u00a0In the final, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Rustburg<\/strong> <\/span>outlasted William Monroe 3-2 to take the state title.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>3-A State champ<\/strong><\/span>: Rustberg.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Smaller Classifications: <\/strong>held in Salem and at Radford University.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2-A match-ups: Maggie Walker d Grayson 2-1 in the first semi. \u00a0Goochland 2-time defending champ pounds Virginia 11-4 in the other on the back of a 9-run inning. \u00a0In the state final,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Maggie Walker<\/strong><\/span> 3, Goochland 1<\/li>\n<li>1-A match-ups: Windsor\u00a0d Fort Chiswell 3-1 in the first semi. \u00a0Rappahannock defeats Eastside 4-2 in the other. \u00a0In the state final,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rappahannock<\/span><\/strong> 8, Windsor 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Recent Virginia HS champs<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 Before 2014, we just AAA, AA and A; now we have 1-A through 6-A.<\/p>\n<p>2015: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10813\">See this post for 2015&#8217;s state tournament wrapup for all 6 divisions<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 6-A, Madison d Chantilly 6-5.\u00a0 First Colonial &amp; defending champ Western Branch were state semifinalists.<\/li>\n<li>In 5-A, Stone Bridge d Marshall 9-4.\u00a0 2014 finalists Hickory &amp; Freeman were state semifinalists.<\/li>\n<li>In 4-A, Glen Allen d Jefferson Forrest 9-3.\u00a0 Fauquier &amp; Hanover were state semifinalists.<\/li>\n<li>In the smaller classifications, Lafayette won 3-A, Virginia High repeated in 2-A and William Campbell won 1-A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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: AAA: 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: AAA: 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: AAA: 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: AAA: 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.\u00a0 Lots of fun to dig through.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Maryland<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the state finals results in Maryland.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mpssaa.countysportszone.com\/?bracket=645\">Brackets here at the MPSAA<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4-A: 2016: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/quince-orchards-spirited-run-ends-in-a-maryland-4a-baseball-final-loss-to-bel-air\/2016\/05\/27\/12c131de-2429-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html\">Bel Air beat Quince Orchard 8-1<\/a>.\u00a0 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: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2016: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/huntingtown-sticks-together-to-claim-maryland-3a-baseball-title\/2016\/05\/30\/8e041fce-2360-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html\">Huntington d Chesapeake-AA 4-3<\/a>. <\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 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: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2016:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/la-plata-finds-it-calm-closes-out-game-to-claim-maryland-2a-baseball-title\/2016\/05\/30\/7c23956e-2360-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html\">La Plata eased by Williamsport 4-1<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 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: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">2016: Brunswick beat Patterson Mill 4-0<\/span>.\u00a0 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>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> past what we have here.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland public high school seasons are now complete.<\/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>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/wilsons-youth-steps-into-the-spotlight-in-24th-straight-dciaa-title-game-victory\/2016\/05\/27\/5769506e-2474-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html\">Wilson took its 24th consecutive DCIAA title<\/a> with an 11-1 win over SWW.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcsaasports.org\/\">DCSAA<\/a>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/st-albans-speeds-to-a-dcsaa-baseball-title-wilson-takes-another-dciaa-crown\/2016\/05\/27\/861d7d0a-2428-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html\">St. Albans eased out a 2-1 victory over Maret<\/a> to claim the DCSAA title.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>: A: Spalding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/high-school\/bs-va-sp-miaa-baseball-0526-20160525-story.html\">won their 3rd consecutive MIAA-A state title<\/a>.\u00a0 In the &#8220;B&#8221; division, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/maryland\/baltimore-county\/sports\/ph-ms-tt-boyslatin-baseball-0523-story.html\">Boys Latin defeated Severn.<\/a>\u00a0 And in the &#8220;C&#8221; division, St. Johns Catholic Pr<span style=\"color: #000000;\">ep <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericknewspost.com\/sports\/level\/high_school\/vikings-top-concordia-prep-for-miaa-c-baseball-title\/article_ccbae8c8-b28f-5ae8-8e6b-d3a12c618059.html\">got a 3rd straight title<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visaa.org\/sports\/baseball\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">VISAA<\/span><\/a>: Division 1,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/paul-vi-baseball-ends-successful-season-with-loss-to-collegiate-in-visaa-final\/2016\/05\/22\/9b72614a-1fc1-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html\">Paul VI lost in the VISAA final<\/a> to Richmond&#8217;s Collegiate.\u00a0 In Division II, Greenbrier Christian cruised to the title as the #1 seed.\u00a0 In Division III, #1 seed Southampton Academy also took the title.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">WCAC<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/st-johns-baseball-team-grabs-third-straight-washington-catholic-athletic-conference-title\/2016\/05\/14\/70aaf60c-1882-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html\">St. Johns beat OLGC<\/a> for their 3rd straight WCAC title.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">IAC<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/landon-rallies-late-then-holds-off-bullis-for-iac-baseball-title\/2016\/05\/20\/757667b6-1de1-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html\">Landon outlasted Bullis<\/a> for the IAC title.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">MAC: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/potomac-school-walks-off-maret-for-mac-title\/2016\/05\/18\/7870c1e4-1d66-11e6-9c81-4be1c14fb8c8_gallery.html\">Potomac School beat Maret<\/a> for the MAC title.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">PVAC<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/zain-bamji-leads-sandy-spring-friends-to-second-straight-pvac-baseball-title\/2016\/05\/18\/08b3826c-1c51-11e6-9c81-4be1c14fb8c8_story.html\">Sandy Spring Friends beat St. Anselm&#8217;s<\/a> for their 2nd consecutive PVAC title.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Maryland Private School Tournament<\/span>:\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Riverdale Baptist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/jose-riveras-walk-off-homer-gives-riverdale-baptist-baseball-another-title\/2016\/05\/30\/4c7a0e0e-26a5-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html\">defeated DeMatha 4-3.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All local area Private schools&#8217; seasons are now complete.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Individual Player Accolades Announced<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to being playoff-baseball time, this is also the time of the year that we start to see player awards. \u00a0I keep this as a running list as announcements are made before doing a final publication at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/recruiting-insider\/wp\/2016\/05\/24\/spaldings-tyler-blohm-flint-hills-khalil-lee-and-st-johns-cam-remalia-named-gatorade-state-baseball-players-of-the-year\/\">Gatorade announced their player of the year awards<\/a> on 5\/24\/16.\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2016\/2015-16-gatorade-state-baseball-players-of-the-year\">Link to all Gatorade\/USA Today players of the year per state<\/a>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maryland: Spalding&#8217;s <strong>Tyler Blohm<\/strong> won the Maryland award.\u00a0 Committed to Maryland.<\/li>\n<li>Washington DC: St. John&#8217;s <strong>Cam Remalia<\/strong> (by way of Waldorf, MD) won the DC award.\u00a0 Committed (per PG) to Coastal Carolina.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia: Flint Hill&#8217;s <strong>Khalil Lee<\/strong> won the Virginia award.\u00a0 Committed to Liberty but likely to get drafted early.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pending Awards <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">to be announced\/expected later this spring<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visaa.org\/all-state-teams\/\">VISAA\u2019s All-State teams<\/a>, Division I, Division II and Division III.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Khalil Lee<\/strong> (Flint\u00a0 Hill) is the Division 1 player of the year.\u00a0 <strong>Harry Brown<\/strong> (Greenbrier Christian) is Division II player of the year.\u00a0 <strong>Andrew Lowe<\/strong> (Southampton Academy) is Division III player of the year.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/pb\/2016-spring-allmet\/\">Washington Post All-Met teams<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Jake Agnos\u00a0<\/strong>is the 2016 All-Met Player of the year.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, here&#8217;s a fantastic list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-stat\/sports\/high-schools\/all-met\/history\/allmethistory.htm\">all All-Met teams<\/a> in all sports going back to 1991 that i&#8217;m spinning into a &#8220;where are they now&#8221; post to be done sometime in the future.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/a-north-region-baseball-team-battlefield-s-jake-agnos-is\/article_b3938626-22a7-11e6-b048-3b9a0df3ac4a.html\">All 6-A North Regional team<\/a>: <strong>Jake Agnos<\/strong>, LHP Battlefield (ECU commit) is the Pitcher of the year, <strong>Jared DiCesare<\/strong>, Chantilly (George Mason commit) is the Player of the year.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/all-a-south-region-baseball-team-hylton-s-fox-semones\/article_faa74bd6-2d71-11e6-a19b-136234fbf296.html\">All 6-A South Regional team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Fox Semones<\/strong>, SS\/RHP Hylton (James Madison commit) is the Player of the Year.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/#!Hylton%E2%80%99s-Semones-Mountain-View%E2%80%99s-Smith-named-region-POYs\/c1lhp\/ip6w9dyh33\">All 5-A North Regional team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Alex Smith<\/strong>\u00a0C from Mountain View (Navy commit) is player of the year.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rvagamebreak.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/07\/5a-south-region-baseball-honors\/\">All 5-A South Regional team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Michael Blanchard<\/strong>, RHP Nansemond River (Old Dominion) is player of the year<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/all-a-east-region-baseball-team\/article_0ea201a6-2bee-11e6-9377-c72e37812966.html\">All 3-A East Region team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Noah Murdock<\/strong>, RHP from Colonial Heights (Virginia commit) \u00a0is the player of the year<\/li>\n<li>Other Virginia All-Regional teams: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">pending; sometimes hard to come by<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/about.vhsl-all-state-selection.all-state-base\">VHSL All-State Teams<\/a><\/span>: pending release<\/span><\/li>\n<li>NovaBaseballMagazine.com has selected <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/#!6a-conference-8\/cr6q\">All conference teams<\/a> for all the Northern Virginia-based conferences; click on the &#8220;Standings&#8221; link from their home page, navigate down to the division in question, and you&#8217;ll get the final 2016 conference standings, then the results of the conference tournament, and the all conference team. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure if these are &#8220;official&#8221; all-district teams or if these are NBM&#8217;s staff selections.<\/li>\n<li>Louisville Slugger All-Americans:<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> tba 6\/12\/16 eta<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Rawlings Perfect Game All-Americans:<\/li>\n<li>USA Today All-Americans: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">tba 6\/10\/16 eta<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Baseball America All-Americans: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">tbd<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Baltimore Sun\u2019s All-Metro Team (if exists)<\/li>\n<li>Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Richmond team (if exists)<\/li>\n<li>Virginian Pilot All-tidewater team (if exists)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miaasports.net\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=17197:2016-all-miaa-baseball&amp;catid=31:feature&amp;Itemid=18\">Maryland MIAA All-State teams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My master list of links used to cover HS Baseball:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local and National High School Baseball Ranking Lists<\/strong>: Updated for 5\/23\/16 in most cases.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington Post All Met Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/pb\/allmetsports\/2016-spring\/rankings\/baseball\/\">Area top-10 ranking<\/a>: Madison maintained #1 ranking most of the season but now Chantilly &amp; Battlefield will lay claim.<\/li>\n<li>NovaBaseballMagazine.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/#!rankings\/c1m58\">Rankings<\/a>: Madison and Chantilly have dominated the rankings all year, Battlefield, Kettle Run, Mountain View &amp; Marshall there too.<\/li>\n<li>PrepBaseballReport maintains a VA State-Wide Power25 Rankings: Greenbrier Christian, Hanover, Liberty Christian and Chantilly leading the way.<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore Sun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/bal-hspolls-storygallery.html\">Top-10 Poll Archives<\/a>: Perennial power Spalding has been at the top for a good chunk of the season. \u00a0Spalding, Chesapeake, Severna Park 1-2-3 in final 5\/23\/16 ranking.<\/li>\n<li>The Virginian Pilot <a href=\"http:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/rankings-top-baseball-teams-in-south-hampton-roads\/article_fe997d65-9969-5b4a-8cf6-8846943c7488.html\">Top-10 for Hampton Roads<\/a> area: Private school powerhouse Greenbrier Christian, Grassfield and one-loss First Colonial\u00a01-2-3 in final 5\/31\/16 poll.<\/li>\n<li>Richmond times-Dispatch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/article_99c8dc50-1933-11e6-88c1-7327fa2b641f.html\">Richmond-Area top-10<\/a>: perennial 4-A power Hanover leads the way.<\/li>\n<li>UsaToday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/rankings\/expert\/boys\/baseball\/2015\/12\">National High School &#8220;Expert&#8221; Rankings 5\/25\/16<\/a>: Hanover comes in at #16, Spalding at #21.<\/li>\n<li>USAtoday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/rankings\/computer\/boys\/baseball\/US\/2015\/1\">National &#8220;Computer&#8221; Rankings 5\/25\/16<\/a>: Just Hanover at #21.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball America <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/tag\/high-school-top-25\/\">Top 25<\/a>: No local teams ranked.\u00a0 Madison was in the pre-season list but quickly dropped out with its early season tourney losses.<\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/polls\/baseball\/xcellent25.htm\">&#8220;Excellent 25&#8221; ranking<\/a>: No local teams listed. Madison started #11<\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/news\/-BItrPqDC0m2pZ1FqXL0Lw\/maxpreps-top-50-national-high-school-baseball-rankings.htm\">&#8220;Excellent 50&#8221; rankings<\/a>: No local teams listed.<\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/rankings\/baseball\/1\/state\/virginia.htm\">All-Virginia Rankings<\/a>: Hanover, Grassfield 1-2, then 4-A Jamestown (maybe a bit high), then the two big private schools Greenbrier Christian and Liberty Christian.\u00a0 Highest ranked 5-A team is Mountain View, so there&#8217;s your 6A\/5A\/4A favorites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These National rankings are dominated by teams in Texas, Florida and California, as you might expect.\u00a0 These teams can play nearly 40 games and usually have at least 15-20 under their belts before DC\/MD\/VA teams even get going.\u00a0 So its somewhat of an accomplishment just to have a local team get some recognition.\u00a0 In fact, any cold-weather state team appearing in these lists is pretty special.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Newspaper Links\/Resources<\/strong> for following prep baseball around the state<\/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>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><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><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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/\">NovaBaseballMagazine<\/a>: great coverage of Prep baseball in NorthernVirginia (thanks to <strong>Joe Antonellis<\/strong> for the heads up on this great new resource).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Local Newspaper Coverage<\/strong>, including links to many local papers covering smaller jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<ul>\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><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\/\">Fauquier 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.loudountimes.com\/sports\">The Loudoun Times<\/a> also covers Leesburg-area teams.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/locosportsnews.wordpress.com\/category\/sports\/baseball\/\">LoCosports blog<\/a>, with tons of Loudoun county Coverage<\/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>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsadvance.com\/sports\/\">Lynchburg News &amp; Advance <\/a>for Lynchburg-based sports.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vagazette.com\/sports\/\">Virginia Gazette<\/a> for Williamsburg local stuff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Non-newspaper Links for Local and National Prep Baseball Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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 updates on VA and MD respectively.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedciaa.com\/apps\/pages\/index.jsp?uREC_ID=218108&amp;type=d&amp;termREC_ID=&amp;pREC_ID=564985\">DCIAA<\/a>&#8216;s website, which barely has a schedule but will eventually print results and playoff brackets<\/li>\n<li>PerfectGame: <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectgame.org\/\">perfectgame.org<\/a> is the best place to find HS prospect information.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/virginia\/pre-seasonteamrankings\">MaxPreps <\/a>DC\/VA specific coverage.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/virginia\">Prep Baseball Report<\/a>: DC\/VA specific coverage<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/virginia\/commitments\">Prep Baseball Report&#8217;s Database of College commitments<\/a> for VA players (with pulldowns for other states and other grad \u00a0years).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dynamicbaseball.org\/\">Dynamic Baseball<\/a>: good prep coverage on the east coast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Good Twitter accounts to follow<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddeboss\/lists\/prepbaseball: I maintain an open list at my twitter account via this link, which contains direct links to dozens of local resources (including all the below).\u00a0 Way too many retweets from the travel team accounts especially, but its a good way to keep up with local ball.<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/twitter.com\/PBRVirginiaDC: Prep Baseball Report VA\/DC coverage<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/twitter.com\/NVBaseballMag: NoVa Baseball Magazine<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoVAHSBB<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DynamicBaseball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is post #4 of High School Tourney coverage for 2016.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the schedule: #1: DC\/MD\/VA District High School Tournament Report: post-season kickoff.\u00a0 Covers: MD regional kickoffs, VA district brackets, Private school tourney updates.\u00a0 Usually publishes the week before Memorial day tournament finals. #2: Maryland State Champs, Northern VA District Champs crowned\u00a0\u00a0 Covers: MD state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2411],"tags":[3198,3197,3082,2346,1807,3168,3109,2788,3113,3200,3072,3199,3093,3074,3090],"class_list":["post-12376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-baseball","tag-alex-smith","tag-andrew-lowe","tag-brett-norwood","tag-connor-jones","tag-derek-casey","tag-fox-semones","tag-harry-brown","tag-jake-agnos","tag-jared-dicesare","tag-jared-enders","tag-khalil-lee","tag-michael-blanchard","tag-noah-murdock","tag-tyler-blohm","tag-zack-hess"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12376"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12518,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12376\/revisions\/12518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}