{"id":12009,"date":"2016-03-25T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T11:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12009"},"modified":"2016-03-25T07:46:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T11:46:18","slug":"2016-dcmdva-high-school-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12009","title":{"rendered":"2016 DC\/MD\/VA High School Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 2016 High School Baseball season!\u00a0 According to my handy <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1rE05kljgY8i_IePey_KEDqS_Y8PNRqXQ4qEhqLO_NKI\/edit?usp=sharing\">2016 baseball calendar <\/a>(which has separate tabs for Amateur, off-season and in-season dates) here&#8217;s a quick guide to some key high school baseball dates (both local and national):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/14\/2016: First official VHSL baseball game of the season<\/li>\n<li>3\/21\/2016: First official MPSSAA baseball game of the season<\/li>\n<li>3\/21\/2016: First official DCIAA baseball game of the season<\/li>\n<li>5\/13\/2016 &#8211; 5\/18\/2016: MPSSAA Sectionals (qtrs, semis, finals)<\/li>\n<li>5\/20\/2016: MPSSAA Regional Finals<\/li>\n<li>5\/12\/2016 &#8211; 5\/20\/2016: VHSL Conference Tournaments<\/li>\n<li>5\/19\/2016 &#8211; 5\/25\/2016: DCIAA Playoffs<\/li>\n<li>5\/24\/2016: MPSSAA State Semi-Finals<\/li>\n<li>5\/25\/2016 &#8211; 6\/3\/2016: VHSL Regional Tournaments<\/li>\n<li>5\/27\/2016 &#8211; 5\/28\/2016: MPSSAA State Finals Weekend<\/li>\n<li>6\/10\/2016 &#8211; 6\/13\/2016: VHSL State Tournaments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(VHSL = Virginia High School League, covering Virginia public high schools.\u00a0 MPSSAA = Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, covering Maryland public high schools.\u00a0 DCIAA = District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Baseball Preview Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington Post\/Allmetsports: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/baseball-season-preview-spalding-starts-strong-players-games-teams-to-watch\/2016\/03\/23\/91fa6b5e-f095-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca_story.html\">2016 season preview<\/a>.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a link to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/pb\/allmetsports\/2016-spring\/baseball\/?date=2016-03-17\">day-to-day schedules<\/a> for HS ball in the area pending the big preview.<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore Sun has published their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/high-school\/bal-baseball-2016-20160316-storygallery.html\">2016 Baseball preview<\/a>, with links to Baltimore-area local players of note and rankings.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/season-preview-high-school-baseball\/article_e6082cdc-95f5-5244-b4e1-da782063d412.html\">Virginian-Pilot<\/a>, which includes a pre-season top 10 list and a preview of the good baseball going on in the Tidewater region.<\/li>\n<li>Richmond Times\/Dispatch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/article_1871483e-e9a1-11e5-a5c4-f7d3ee643447.html\">2016 Baseball <\/a>preview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Local and National High School Baseball Ranking Lists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington Post All Met Sports: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/highschools\/baseball-season-preview-spalding-starts-strong-players-games-teams-to-watch\/2016\/03\/23\/91fa6b5e-f095-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca_story.html\">pre-season top 10<\/a>: Madison, Spalding, Gaithersburg, St. Johns, Battlefield; might be a bit low for Battlefield..<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore Sun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/high-school\/bs-va-sp-baseball-poll-0317-20160316-story.html\">Pre-season top 15<\/a>: Archbishop Spalding (last\u00a0 year&#8217;s #1) is #1 again, followed by Calvert Hall, Severna Park, Mount Hebron and St. Marys.<\/li>\n<li>The Virginian Pilot <a href=\"http:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/season-preview-high-school-baseball\/article_e6082cdc-95f5-5244-b4e1-da782063d412.html\">Pre-Season top-10<\/a> for Hampton Roads area: Hickory, Grassfield, Western Branch, Greenbrier christian and First colonial lead the way of annual powers in the Tidewater area.<\/li>\n<li>Richmond times-Dispatch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/article_1871483e-e9a1-11e5-a5c4-f7d3ee643447.html\">Pre-season top 5<\/a>: perennial power Hanover, Lee-Davis, Deep Run, Glen Allen, Collegiate.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball America&#8217;s 1st 2016 National <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/high-school\/high-school-top-25-march-9\/?_wcsid=0642F331649BE48B68A7592138BB223ACEA0DFBC513F0B5F\">High School Rankings 3\/9\/16<\/a>: defending 6-A champ Madison (Vienna) ranked #17.<\/li>\n<li>USA Today High School top 25: already in their 2nd week of doing <a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2016\/super-25-baseball-expert-rankings-week-2\">rankings as of 3\/16\/16<\/a>: no local teams ranked.<\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps &#8220;Excellent 25&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/polls\/baseball\/xcellent25.htm\">ranking for 3\/14\/16<\/a>: Madison listed all the way up at #11.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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).<\/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 (thanks again to Joe Antonellis for this link)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dynamicbaseball.org\/\">Dynamic Baseball<\/a>: good prep coverage on the east coast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good Twitter accounts to follow: i&#8217;ll freely admit i am not &#8220;good&#8221; at twitter, but here&#8217;s some good twitter links:<\/p>\n<ul>\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 2016 High School Baseball season!\u00a0 According to my handy 2016 baseball calendar (which has separate tabs for Amateur, off-season and in-season dates) here&#8217;s a quick guide to some key high school baseball dates (both local and national): 3\/14\/2016: First official VHSL baseball game of the season 3\/21\/2016: First official MPSSAA baseball game [&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":[3071,1016],"class_list":["post-12009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-baseball","tag-joe-antonellis","tag-todd-boss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12009"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12054,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12009\/revisions\/12054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}