{"id":14891,"date":"2018-06-11T10:54:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T14:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14891"},"modified":"2022-06-13T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T14:01:20","slug":"prep-baseball-update-3-2018-virginia-state-champs-crowned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14891","title":{"rendered":"Prep Baseball Update #3 2018: Virginia State Champs crowned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vhsltopBar.logo_.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14140\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/vhsltopBar.logo_.png\" alt=\"vhsltopBar.logo\" width=\"296\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to my DC Area Prep Baseball Tourney coverage for 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rough schedule of posting and what we&#8217;ll cover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>#1:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14767\">DC\/MD\/VA District High School Tournament Report: post-season kickoff<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0 Covers: MD regionals, VA district brackets, Private school tourney updates.\u00a0 Usually publishes the week before Memorial day tournament finals.<\/li>\n<li>#2: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14828\">Maryland State Champs,\u00a0Virginia District and Regional Champs crowned<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Covers: MD state finals, VA regionals\u00a0tourneys, DC playoff results.\u00a0 Usually publishes after the Memorial Day weekend tournaments finish up.<\/li>\n<li>#3: 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>#4: My theoretical &#8220;All DC\/MD\/VA Dream tournament&#8221; pairings, once all the state champs are finalized.<\/li>\n<li>#5: Players of the Year\/All-State lists and final rankings; publishes early July once all the all-state lists are published.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lets see where we stand now\u00a0with Virginia having completed their regional tournaments and setup state semi finals&#8217; matchups.<\/p>\n<p>All Virginia regional finals were played on\u00a06\/1\/18, and all state tournaments finished up on 6\/10\/18.\u00a0\u00a0Winners in all cases highlighted in\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>bold red<\/strong><\/span>.<\/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 ran from June 5th-10th at the various sites.\u00a0 All\u00a0state brackets available from this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/brackets\/baseball\/\">link\u00a0at VHSL<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/brackets\/baseball\/\">regional brackets\u00a0are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Class 6\u00a0State Finals<\/strong><\/span>: Quarters on 6\/5\/18, Semis and Finals held at Deep Run HS in Richmond.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class 6 Region A: First Colonial winner, Western Branch runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 6 Region B:\u00a0Cosby winner, Thomas Dale runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 6 Region C: West Springfield winner, Lake Braddock runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 6 Region D: Battlefield winner, Chantilly runner-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Class 6 State Quarters results:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/article_037cfbb6-691b-11e8-84d0-8f345b0f97be.html\">Thomas Dale upset First Colonial<\/a> 7-0, <a href=\"https:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/roundup\/article_08f825e4-6938-11e8-87ae-6b29c99c83b4.html\">Western Branch upset Cosby 7-1<\/a> on a near no-hitter from <strong>Antonio Velazquez<\/strong>, West Springfield defeats Chantilly 4-2,\u00a0 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/news_article\/show\/924600?referrer_id=3240250\">Lake Braddock rallied late to upset Battlefield<\/a> 6-5 in a battle of NoVa&#8217;s two top teams.<\/p>\n<p>Class 6\u00a0State Semis Results: <a href=\"https:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/article_589245a0-6b48-11e8-851d-5bd76be888c4.html\">Western Branch defeats Thomas Dale<\/a> 6-5 in extra innings.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/news\/VA\/Pastel-and-West-Springfield-to-State-Championship-Game-6058174293\">West Springfield defeats Lake Braddock<\/a>\u00a0 6-2 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/west-springfield-defeats-lake-braddock-6-2-in-state-semifinal-to-earn-title-game-berth\/2018\/06\/08\/80b7e60e-6a8d-11e8-bf8c-f9ed2e672adf_story.html?utm_term=.119de1d4a7f9\">2nd time in a week<\/a>\u00a0to advance to the state title game.<\/p>\n<p>Class 6\u00a0State Final: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">West Springfield<\/span><\/strong> blew open the game late to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/west-springfield-claims-virginia-class-6-baseball-title-with-12-2-win-over-western-branch\/2018\/06\/09\/62f3b24c-6c09-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html?utm_term=.53df538a2636\">defeat the defending state champs<\/a> 12-2 to take their first title since 2010.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Class 5 State Finals<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0Quarters on 6\/5\/18, Semis held at Glen Allen HS, final at Deep Run\u00a0 HS in Richmond.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class 5 Region A: Menchville winner, Maury runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 5 Region B: Deep Run winner, Prince George runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 5 Region C: Freedom-South Riding winner, Briar Woods runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 5 Region D: Potomac winner, Halifax County runner-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Class 5 State Quarters results: Prince George upsets Menchville 8-1,\u00a0 Deep Run beat Maury 8-6, Freedom-SR beats Halifax County 5-4, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/prince_william\/potomac-baseball-grinds-out-win-over-briar-woods-to-reach\/article_47d008ba-6977-11e8-aa09-174d1109e94f.html\">Potomac defeats defending state champ Briar Woods<\/a> 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Class 5 State Semis Results:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/news_article\/show\/925492?referrer_id=3240250\">Potomac blanked Freedom-South Riding<\/a> 7-0, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/prince-george-baseball-beats-deep-run-advancing-to-its-first\/article_ba941b5c-6b43-11e8-8c3f-d786679897e1.html\">Prince George got revenge<\/a> for last week&#8217;s regional final and ended Deep Run&#8217;s cinderella story 7-3.<\/p>\n<p>Class 5 State Final: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Prince George<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/prince-george-baseball-wins-its-first-state-title-on-buck\/article_05913464-6c11-11e8-9fc2-cf2278c87c1b.html\">beats Potomac 8-0<\/a> behind a\u00a01-hit shutout from\u00a0<strong>Buck Forbes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Class 4 State Finals<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0Quarters on 6\/5\/18, Semis held at Kiwanis, final at\u00a0Salem Memorial stadium in Salem (Roanoke).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class 4 Region A: Grafton winner, Jamestown runner-up<\/li>\n<li>Class 4 Region B: Dinwiddie winner, Powahatan runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 4 Region C: Fauquier winner, Woodgrove runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 4 Region D: Salem winner, Amherst County runner-up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Class 4 State Quarters results:\u00a0 Grafton defeats Powahatan 3-0, Jamestown upset Dinwiddie 7-3, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fauquier.com\/sports\/fauquier-wins-st-state-baseball-game-since-by-beating-amherst\/article_f818b7a4-6949-11e8-aa3f-ab871d645971.html\">Fauquier beat Amherst County 3-2<\/a> and\u00a0Salem beat Woodgrove 7-2.<\/p>\n<p>Class 4 State Semis Results: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vagazette.com\/sports\/dp-spt-jamestown-grafton-baseball-state-semifinals00609-story.html\">Jamestown got revenge against Grafton<\/a> 10-8, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/sports\/high_schools\/scenes-from-the-salem-fauquier-class-state-semifinal-baseball-game\/collection_2da6c642-601d-5459-b990-3da1be419c04.html\">Salem downed Fauquier<\/a> 8-3 behind a seven-run 6th inning.<\/p>\n<p>Class 4 State Final: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Salem<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/sports\/high_schools\/class-baseball-final-salem-wins-first-ever-state-diamond-title\/article_703d0195-1fc2-5d8c-acb1-3e2cfcef8f80.html\">walked-off against Jamestown<\/a> to win their first state title 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Smaller Classifications<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3A Quarters on 6\/5\/18, Semis and Final at\u00a0Salem Memorial stadium in Salem (Roanoke).<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class 3 Region A: Hopewell winner, York runner-up<\/li>\n<li>Class 3 Region B: Brentsville winner, Spotsylvania runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 3 Region C: Fluvanna County winner, Western Albemarle runner-up.<\/li>\n<li>Class 3 Region D: Abington winner, Northside runner-up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Class 3 State Quarters results: Spotsylvania upset Hopewell 5-2, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/sports\/prince_william\/mason-posey-s-clutch-hitting-pitching-lifts-brentsville-baseball-into\/article_471f1f5e-692d-11e8-b278-2ff3ff604e4e.html\">Brentsville beats York<\/a> 4-1, Fluvana County beat Northside 5-1, and Abington downed Western Albemarle 6-3,<\/p>\n<p>Class 3 State Semis Results: Spotsylvania gets regional revenge over Brentsville 8-6, and Abington gets by Fluvanna County 8-2.<\/p>\n<p>Class 3 State Final: Spotsylvania and Abington had to go to extra innings, where <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Spotsylvania<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/sports\/spotsylvania-claims-first-baseball-state-championship-in-school-s-history\/article_90de58ac-4100-5c01-946e-654da0872f60.html\">prevailed 13-8<\/a> after exploding for 5 runs in the 8th.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>2A and 1A brackets at VHSL site<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class 2 State Quarter finalists: Maggie Walker (2016&#8217;s 2-A champ), Stuarts Draft, Tazewell, Appotomax County<\/li>\n<li>Class 2 State Semi finalists: Goochland, Chatham<\/li>\n<li>Class 2 State Final: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Page County<\/strong><\/span> over\u00a0Virginia High 5-4.<\/li>\n<li>Class 1 State Quarterfinalists:\u00a0 West Point, Central-Lunenberg, Galax, Auburn (2017&#8217;s 1-A champion)<\/li>\n<li>Class 1 State Semi finalists: Northumberland, Patrick Henry-Glade Spring<\/li>\n<li>Class 1 State Final: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Riverheads<\/strong> <\/span>pounded Honaker 13-1 for the Class 1 State title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Recent Virginia HS champs<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 Virginia has Class 1 through Class 6.\u00a0\u00a0Before 2014, we just AAA, AA and A.<\/p>\n<p>2017:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=13943\">See this post for 2017&#8217;s state tournament wrap-up for all 6 divisions<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 6-A, Western Branch d Cox 6-4.\u00a0 Oakton, Patriot semis.<\/li>\n<li>In 5-A, Briar Woods d Halifax 5-4 in 14 innings.\u00a0 Menchville and Prince George semi-finalists.<\/li>\n<li>In 4-A, Liberty Christian Academy d Hanover 8-5.\u00a0 Harrisonburg, Great Bridge semi-finalists.<\/li>\n<li>In the smaller classifications, Turner Ashby won 3-A, Dan River won 2-A and Auburn won 1-A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2016:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12376\">See this post for 2016&#8217;s state tournament wrap-up for all 6 divisions<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 6-A, Chantilly d Battlefield 3-2. \u00a0Hylton &amp; Cosby state semis.<\/li>\n<li>In 5-A,\u00a0Nansemond River defeated Mountain View 5-3. \u00a0Potomac, Mills Godwin semi finalists.<\/li>\n<li>In 4-A,\u00a0Hanover d Liberty Christian Academy 13-12. \u00a0Jamestown, Kettle Run semi finalists.<\/li>\n<li>In the smaller classifications, Rustberg\u00a0repeated 3-A, Maggie Walker won in 2-A and Rappahannock won 1-A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2015:\u00a0<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:\u00a0<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\u00a0<strong>Derek Casey<\/strong>\u00a0(committed to UVA) outlasts Great Bridge and their 1st round talent\u00a0<strong>Connor Jones<\/strong>\u00a0(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.\u00a0 Note: if this link fails, its because VHSL has moved it yet again; I have an updated copy of the history books in PDF format.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>That wraps up Virginia, the last local state to play its tourneys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my DC Area Prep Baseball Tourney coverage for 2018. 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