Welcome to my DC Area Prep Baseball Tourney coverage for 2018.
Here’s the rough schedule of posting and what we’ll cover:
- #1: DC/MD/VA District High School Tournament Report: post-season kickoff . Covers: MD regionals, VA district brackets, Private school tourney updates. Usually publishes the week before Memorial day tournament finals.
- #2: Maryland State Champs, Virginia District and Regional Champs crowned. Covers: MD state finals, VA regionals tourneys, DC playoff results. Usually publishes after the Memorial Day weekend tournaments finish up.
- #3: Virginia State Champions crowned (this post). Covers: VA state tourneys, recaps MD, DC, Private School results. Publishes mid-June once the Va state tourney wraps up.
- #4: My theoretical “All DC/MD/VA Dream tournament” pairings, once all the state champs are finalized.
- #5: Players of the Year/All-State lists and final rankings; publishes early July once all the all-state lists are published.
Lets see where we stand now with Virginia having completed their regional tournaments and setup state semi finals’ matchups.
All Virginia regional finals were played on 6/1/18, and all state tournaments finished up on 6/10/18. Winners in all cases highlighted in bold red.
Virginia State tourney match-ups and tourney locations
All the state tourneys ran from June 5th-10th at the various sites. All state brackets available from this link at VHSL, and the regional brackets are here.
Class 6 State Finals: Quarters on 6/5/18, Semis and Finals held at Deep Run HS in Richmond.
- Class 6 Region A: First Colonial winner, Western Branch runner-up.
- Class 6 Region B: Cosby winner, Thomas Dale runner-up.
- Class 6 Region C: West Springfield winner, Lake Braddock runner-up.
- Class 6 Region D: Battlefield winner, Chantilly runner-up
Class 6 State Quarters results: Thomas Dale upset First Colonial 7-0, Western Branch upset Cosby 7-1 on a near no-hitter from Antonio Velazquez, West Springfield defeats Chantilly 4-2, and Lake Braddock rallied late to upset Battlefield 6-5 in a battle of NoVa’s two top teams.
Class 6 State Semis Results: Western Branch defeats Thomas Dale 6-5 in extra innings. West Springfield defeats Lake Braddock 6-2 for the 2nd time in a week to advance to the state title game.
Class 6 State Final: West Springfield blew open the game late to defeat the defending state champs 12-2 to take their first title since 2010.
Class 5 State Finals: Quarters on 6/5/18, Semis held at Glen Allen HS, final at Deep Run HS in Richmond.
- Class 5 Region A: Menchville winner, Maury runner-up.
- Class 5 Region B: Deep Run winner, Prince George runner-up.
- Class 5 Region C: Freedom-South Riding winner, Briar Woods runner-up.
- Class 5 Region D: Potomac winner, Halifax County runner-up
Class 5 State Quarters results: Prince George upsets Menchville 8-1, Deep Run beat Maury 8-6, Freedom-SR beats Halifax County 5-4, Potomac defeats defending state champ Briar Woods 3-1.
Class 5 State Semis Results: Potomac blanked Freedom-South Riding 7-0, and Prince George got revenge for last week’s regional final and ended Deep Run’s cinderella story 7-3.
Class 5 State Final: Prince George beats Potomac 8-0 behind a 1-hit shutout from Buck Forbes.
Class 4 State Finals: Quarters on 6/5/18, Semis held at Kiwanis, final at Salem Memorial stadium in Salem (Roanoke).
- Class 4 Region A: Grafton winner, Jamestown runner-up
- Class 4 Region B: Dinwiddie winner, Powahatan runner-up.
- Class 4 Region C: Fauquier winner, Woodgrove runner-up.
- Class 4 Region D: Salem winner, Amherst County runner-up.
Class 4 State Quarters results: Grafton defeats Powahatan 3-0, Jamestown upset Dinwiddie 7-3, Fauquier beat Amherst County 3-2 and Salem beat Woodgrove 7-2.
Class 4 State Semis Results: Jamestown got revenge against Grafton 10-8, and Salem downed Fauquier 8-3 behind a seven-run 6th inning.
Class 4 State Final: Salem walked-off against Jamestown to win their first state title 2-1.
Smaller Classifications:
3A Quarters on 6/5/18, Semis and Final at Salem Memorial stadium in Salem (Roanoke).
- Class 3 Region A: Hopewell winner, York runner-up
- Class 3 Region B: Brentsville winner, Spotsylvania runner-up.
- Class 3 Region C: Fluvanna County winner, Western Albemarle runner-up.
- Class 3 Region D: Abington winner, Northside runner-up.
Class 3 State Quarters results: Spotsylvania upset Hopewell 5-2, Brentsville beats York 4-1, Fluvana County beat Northside 5-1, and Abington downed Western Albemarle 6-3,
Class 3 State Semis Results: Spotsylvania gets regional revenge over Brentsville 8-6, and Abington gets by Fluvanna County 8-2.
Class 3 State Final: Spotsylvania and Abington had to go to extra innings, where Spotsylvania prevailed 13-8 after exploding for 5 runs in the 8th.
2A and 1A brackets at VHSL site
- Class 2 State Quarter finalists: Maggie Walker (2016’s 2-A champ), Stuarts Draft, Tazewell, Appotomax County
- Class 2 State Semi finalists: Goochland, Chatham
- Class 2 State Final: Page County over Virginia High 5-4.
- Class 1 State Quarterfinalists: West Point, Central-Lunenberg, Galax, Auburn (2017’s 1-A champion)
- Class 1 State Semi finalists: Northumberland, Patrick Henry-Glade Spring
- Class 1 State Final: Riverheads pounded Honaker 13-1 for the Class 1 State title.
Recent Virginia HS champs: Virginia has Class 1 through Class 6. Before 2014, we just AAA, AA and A.
2017: See this post for 2017’s state tournament wrap-up for all 6 divisions
- In 6-A, Western Branch d Cox 6-4. Oakton, Patriot semis.
- In 5-A, Briar Woods d Halifax 5-4 in 14 innings. Menchville and Prince George semi-finalists.
- In 4-A, Liberty Christian Academy d Hanover 8-5. Harrisonburg, Great Bridge semi-finalists.
- In the smaller classifications, Turner Ashby won 3-A, Dan River won 2-A and Auburn won 1-A.
2016: See this post for 2016’s state tournament wrap-up for all 6 divisions
- In 6-A, Chantilly d Battlefield 3-2. Hylton & Cosby state semis.
- In 5-A, Nansemond River defeated Mountain View 5-3. Potomac, Mills Godwin semi finalists.
- In 4-A, Hanover d Liberty Christian Academy 13-12. Jamestown, Kettle Run semi finalists.
- In the smaller classifications, Rustberg repeated 3-A, Maggie Walker won in 2-A and Rappahannock won 1-A.
2015: See this post for 2015’s state tournament wrapup for all 6 divisions:
- In 6-A, Madison d Chantilly 6-5. First Colonial & defending champ Western Branch were state semifinalists.
- In 5-A, Stone Bridge d Marshall 9-4. 2014 finalists Hickory & Freeman were state semifinalists.
- In 4-A, Glen Allen d Jefferson Forrest 9-3. Fauquier & Hanover were state semifinalists.
- In the smaller classifications, Lafayette won 3-A, Virginia High repeated in 2-A and William Campbell won 1-A.
2014: see this post for 2014’s state tournament wrap up for all 6 divisions.
- In 6-A, Western Branch d Chantilly 6-4. McLean and Cosby were state semifinalists.
- In 5-A, Hickory d Freeman 6-4. Stone Bridge and the surprising Freedom-South Riding semi finalists.
- In 4-A, Hanover d Millbrook 7-1.
- In the smaller classifications, Loudoun Valley won 3-A, Virginia High won 2-A and Northumberland won 1-A.
2013: AAA: Hanover d Great Bridge. Hanover’s super-junior Derek Casey (committed to UVA) outlasts Great Bridge and their 1st round talent Connor Jones (now attending UVA after spurning a likely late 1st round draft position). Lake Braddock and Oakton beaten in the semis.
2012: AAA: Lake Braddock d Kellam 4-0. Lake Braddock lost to West Springfield in the regional title game but then blitzed to a state championship.
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. Lake Braddock was the regional finalist and lost to Great Bridge in the state quarters.
2010: AAA: West Springfield d Woodbridge in the final, giving Woodbridge its only loss on the year. WT Woodson regional finalist.
Complete history of Virginia HS Champions: from VHSL’s website. Covers all sports and has results for a century. Lots of fun to dig through. 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.
That wraps up Virginia, the last local state to play its tourneys.