{"id":12520,"date":"2016-07-06T14:51:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T18:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12520"},"modified":"2017-06-26T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T14:39:37","slug":"2016-prep-baseball-update-5-players-of-the-yearall-state-lists-and-final-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12520","title":{"rendered":"2016 Prep Baseball Update #5: Players of the Year\/All-State lists and final rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is post #5 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.<\/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.<\/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: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12376\">Virginia State Champions crowned<\/a>.\u00a0 Covers: VA state tourneys, recaps MD, DC, Private School results.<\/li>\n<li>#5: List of all the final Player of the Year links that I&#8217;ve been collecting plus all the final ranking of teams from both local and national outlets (<strong>this post<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this post, we will\u00a0publish all the various Teams of the Year, players of the year and other individual accolades. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been publishing these as i found them in prior posts, but here they&#8217;re all listed as best as I can find them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lists\u00a0in 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>Individual Player Accolades\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/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. \u00a017th round pick by Baltimore, 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 to Coastal Carolina.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia: Flint Hill&#8217;s <strong>Khalil Lee<\/strong> won the Virginia award. \u00a03rd round draft pick and Kansas City signee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\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. \u00a0In two seasons for Battlefield, he was\u00a018-0 with a 0.60 ERA and 265 strikeouts in 134 1\/3rds innings.<\/li>\n<li>(Also,\u00a0here&#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.vivaloudoun.com\/baseball-2016-region-5a-north-all-region-baseball-team\/\">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:\/\/rvagamebreak.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/baseball-4a-all-region-honors\/\">All 4-A East Region team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Grey Lyttle<\/strong>, 3b\/OF from Hanover (High Point) is 4A East player of the year.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivaloudoun.com\/baseball-2016-region-4a-west-all-region-baseball-team\/\">All 4-A West Region team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Brendon Doyle<\/strong>, OF from Kettle Run (VMI) is 4A West 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) and Nationals 38th round draft pick, \u00a0is the player of the year<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/sports\/high_schools\/mundy-king-divers-named-to-a-baseball-first-team\/article_734643e4-ba8e-53f4-84d6-e67ace269f2b.html\">All 3-A West Region team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Drew Calohan<\/strong>, RHP from Rustberg HS is 3A\u00a0West Player of the year. \u00a0 Ferrum commit.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia 2-A and 1-A All-Regional teams: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">pending; not sure if they&#8217;re even done.<\/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><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2016-6A-team.pdf\">6A VHSL All State Team<\/a>: <strong>Jake Agnos<\/strong>, LHP Battlefield is the 6A Player of the Year. \u00a0Committed to East Carolina.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2016-5A-team.pdf\">5A VHSL All State Team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Michael Blanchard<\/strong>, RHP from Nansemond River, is the 5A player of the year. \u00a0Committed to ODU.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2016-4A-team.pdf\">4A VHSL All State Team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Grey Lyttle<\/strong>, 3b\/OF from Hanover is 4A player of the year. \u00a0Committed to High Point.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2016-3A-team.pdf\">3A VHSL All State Team<\/a>: <strong>Drew Calohan<\/strong>, RHP from Rustberg HS is 3A player of the year. \u00a0 Committed to Ferrum.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2016-2A-team.pdf\">2A VHSL All State Team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Matt Pinson<\/strong>, RHP from Maggie Walker (Richmond) is the 2A player of the year as a *junior*.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2016-1A-team.pdf\">1A VHSL All State Team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Bryson Booher<\/strong>, RHP from Ft. Chiswell (SW of Roanoke) is the 1A player of the year. \u00a0 Committed to Concord University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\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>VHSCA (Virginia High School Coaches Association) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhscainc.com\/baseball-all-state.html\">All-State Teams<\/a>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">all\u00a0pending for 2016: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">I gave up waiting for them and published.<\/span><\/span><\/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>: No POTY&#8217;s announced. \u00a0The &#8220;A&#8221; team is dominated by players from Spalding and Calvert Hall, and includes\u00a0<strong>Tyler Blohm<\/strong>. \u00a0The &#8220;B&#8221; team is dominated by the two best B teams: Boy&#8217;s Latin and Annapolis Area Christian.<\/li>\n<li>Prep Baseball Report\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/news\/VA\/2016-All-PBR-VADC-Team-1279385046\">VA\/DC All-State Team<\/a>; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">published\u00a07\/1\/16:\u00a0<strong>Jake Agnos<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is their player of the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>NovaBaseballMagazine&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/#!2016-nova-nine-team\/c254j\">Nova Nine<\/a>&#8221; for 2016:\u00a0 <strong>Jake Agnos<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is their player of the year.<\/li>\n<li>NovaBaseballMagazine&#8217;s alternative &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/#!The-Magazines-2016-auxiliary-NOVA-Nines\/cjds\/576449380cf2d021c400a340\">Nova Nine<\/a>&#8221; lists.<\/li>\n<li>NovaBaseballMagazine&#8217;s selection panel (made of coaches and staff) 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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivaloudoun.com\/all-loudoun-2016-all-loudoun-baseball-team\/\">All Loudoun-County Team<\/a>: announced 6\/29\/16. \u00a0<strong>Will Schroeder<\/strong>, RHP\/SS\u00a0for Loudoun County HS named POTY &#8230; as a sophomore.<\/li>\n<li>Free Lance Star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/townnews\/sport\/all-area-baseball-catcher-smith-delivers-for-mountain-view\/article_af2098e5-21eb-550c-9d1a-ca5c1d0c705e.html\">All-Fredericksburg 2016<\/a>: announced 6\/30\/16.\u00a0<strong>Alex Smith<\/strong>\u00a0C from Mountain View (Navy commit) is Player of the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>American Family Insurance <a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2016\/2015-16-american-family-insurance-all-usa-baseball-teams\">All-USA Baseball Teams<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Riley Pint<\/strong>, P from Kansas and 4th overall pick was POTY. \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Tyler Blohm<\/strong> was 2nd team. \u00a0<strong>Nolan Jones<\/strong> (UVA commit) also 2nd teamer but likely signs after getting drafted in the 2nd round.<\/li>\n<li>American Family Insurance <a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2016\/2015-16-american-family-insurance-all-usa-state-baseball-teams\">All-State Baseball Teams<\/a>: released 6\/30\/16.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2016\/2015-16-all-usa-virginia-baseball-team\">Virginia<\/a>:\u00a0Flint Hill&#8217;s <strong>Khalil Lee<\/strong> won the Virginia award. \u00a03rd round draft pick and Kansas City signee.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2016\/2015-16-all-usa-dc-baseball-team\">Washington DC<\/a>:\u00a0 St. John&#8217;s <strong>Cam Remalia<\/strong> (by way of Waldorf, MD) is POTY.\u00a0 Committed Coastal Carolina.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2016\/2015-16-all-usa-maryland-baseball-team\">Maryland<\/a>:\u00a0Spalding&#8217;s <strong>Tyler Blohm<\/strong> won the Maryland award.\u00a0 Committed to Maryland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/baseballnews.com\/louisville-slugger-h-s-all-americans\/\">Louisville Slugger High School All-Americans<\/a>: announced on or about 6\/17\/16. \u00a0<strong>Zack Hess<\/strong> (Liberty Christian),\u00a0<strong>Joe Rizzo<\/strong> (Oakton), <strong>Khalil Lee<\/strong> (Flint Hill) all first teamers. \u00a0<strong>Harold Cortijo<\/strong>\u00a0(a junior!) from Riverdale Baptist 2nd team.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>American Baseball Coaches Association\/ABCA\/Rawlings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abca.org\/news\/2016\/2016_abca-rawlings_high_school_all-americans_gold_glove\">High School All-Americans<\/a>: released 6\/23\/16. \u00a0<strong>Khalil Lee<\/strong> 2nd team all-american.<\/li>\n<li>ABCA\/Rawlings High School <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abca.org\/awards\/all-region\/2016\/2016_high_school_all-region\">2016 All Region Team<\/a> for the Mid-Atlantic: familiar names <strong>Khalil Lee, Joe Rizzo<\/strong>, and <strong>Tyler Blohm<\/strong> on the all-Region 2 team.<\/li>\n<li>USA Today All-Americans:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">not sure if they do their own or if the multiple &#8220;American Family Insurance&#8221; teams are the official USA Today Teams.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Baseball America All-Americans: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/high-school\/high-school-all-america-teams\/#LsQuS3PagXz0gg5G.97\">released 6\/21\/16.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">No Local players named, to the chagrin of\u00a0<strong>Jake Agnos<\/strong> proponents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Baltimore Sun\u2019s All-Metro Team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/high-school\/bal-allmetro-baseball-first-team-2016-20160610-photogallery.html\">released 6\/17\/16<\/a>. \u00a0<strong>Tyler Blohm<\/strong> the player of the year.<\/li>\n<li>Richmond Times-Dispatch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/2015-2016-all-metro\/baseball\/\">All-Metro\u00a0team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Grey Lyttle<\/strong>, 3b\/OF from Hanover POTY.<\/li>\n<li>(the 2016\u00a0Richmond Times-Dispatch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/2015-2016-all-metro\/baseball\/\">All-Metro\u00a0team<\/a>\u00a0link also has prior POTYs dating to 1993).<\/li>\n<li>Virginian <a href=\"http:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/all-tidewater-baseball\/collection_5050c4ec-5cf6-5758-8676-c08941b3c46f.html\">Pilot All-Tidewater team<\/a>: <strong>Michael Blanchard<\/strong>, RHP Nansemond River (Old Dominion) is player of the year. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/all-tidewater-baseball-second-team\/article_f63d27a1-e89f-59d6-8cc4-aa3fab3ae3a7.html\">Second Team link here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(and here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball-all-tidewater-players-of-the-year\/article_f82aa3df-0527-53a9-9b12-bb8a606e216f.html\">list of the All-Tidewater players of the year since 1993<\/a> for fun)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">If you know of *any* all-anyone team in a publication or official site that i&#8217;m missing, please let me know.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Local and National High School Baseball Ranking Lists<\/strong>: Updated for the final rankings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington Post All Met Sports <strong>Final<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/pb\/allmetsports\/2016-spring\/rankings\/baseball\/\">Area top-10 ranking<\/a>:\u00a0Riverdale Baptist, Spalding, St. Johns DC, Chantilly, Battlefield top 5. \u00a0Madison, who was consensus #1 for practically the entire season, doesn&#8217;t even make the top 10 after its early Regional loss.<\/li>\n<li>NovaBaseballMagazine.com <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Final<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/#!6A-champion-Chantilly-finishes-No-1-in-final-Northern-Virginia-Top-10\/c1lhp\/ipg9flve33\">Rankings of all NoVA<\/a> teams dated 6\/13\/16: Chantilly, Battlefield, Kettle Run, Mountain View,\u00a0Hylton.<\/li>\n<li>PrepBaseballReport <strong>Final<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/news\/VA\/Final-2016-VADC-Power-25-6109743285\">VA State-Wide Power25 Rankings<\/a>:\u00a0Hanover, Greenbrier Christian, Liberty Christian Academy, Chantilly, Nansemond River.<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore Sun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/bal-hspolls-storygallery.html\">Top-10 Poll Archives<\/a>: <strong>Final<\/strong> 5\/23\/16 ranking. \u00a0Perennial power Spalding has been at the top for a good chunk of the season. \u00a0Spalding, Chesapeake AA, Severna Park 1-2-3.<\/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: <strong>Final<\/strong> 5\/31\/16 poll:\u00a0Private school powerhouse Greenbrier Christian, Grassfield and First Colonial\u00a01-2-3.<\/li>\n<li>Richmond times-Dispatch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/article_080bf5f6-9f5f-523e-9a69-bb0021ada551.html\">Richmond-Area top-10<\/a>: 6\/14\/16 <strong>Final<\/strong> poll:\u00a04-A state champ Hanover, Collegiate, Mills Godwin 1-2-3.<\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/rankings\/baseball\/1\/state\/virginia.htm\">All-Virginia Rankings<\/a>: 6\/13\/16 so basically <strong>Final<\/strong> Virginia rankings: Hanover, Grassfield, Liberty Christian Academy, Chantilly, Paul VI.<\/li>\n<li>USA Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/rankings\/expert\/boys\/baseball\/2015\/16\">National High School Super 25 (&#8220;Expert&#8221;) Rankings<\/a> 6\/22\/16 <strong>Final\u00a0<\/strong>rankings: Hanover\u00a0rises to #8, Spalding rises to #13, and Chantilly gets in at #23.<\/li>\n<li>USA Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/rankings\/computer\/boys\/baseball\/US\/2015\/1\">National &#8220;Computer&#8221; Rankings<\/a> 6\/22\/16: Assuming <strong>Final<\/strong> at this point: Hanover at an astounding #4, no other local teams ranked.<\/li>\n<li>USA Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2016\/super-25-regional-baseball-rankings-final\">Super 25 North East &amp; Mid Atlantic Regional Rankings<\/a> 6\/22\/16 <strong>Final<\/strong>: Hanover &amp; Spalding 1-2 in the region. \u00a0Also includes Chantilly at #5, Riverdale Baptist #7.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball America <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/high-school\/high-school-top-50-june-16\/#kLlPC1qIhIG8pCP0.97\">Top 50: dated 6\/16\/16<\/a>:\u00a0Chantilly finishes #28, Riverdale Baptist #39. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Final<\/span>?<\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/polls\/baseball\/xcellent25.htm\">&#8220;Excellent 25&#8221; ranking<\/a>: 6\/13\/16:\u00a0Hanover #21. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Final?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/news\/clZPYwFqI0GnAtcAbWSoOg\/maxpreps-top-50-national-high-school-baseball-rankings.htm\">&#8220;Excellent 50&#8221; rankings<\/a>: 6\/13\/16:\u00a0Hanover #21 and no other local teams mentioned. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Final<\/span>?<\/li>\n<li>MaxPreps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/rankings\/baseball\/1\/national.htm\">Computer Rankings<\/a> 6\/27\/16: Hanover #5. \u00a0You have to scroll pages to find the next local teams (ranked in the 75-100 range).\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Final<\/span>?<\/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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/\">NovaBaseballMagazine<\/a>: great coverage of Prep baseball in NorthernVirginia, far better than what the WP does<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/news\/VA\/\">PrepBaseballReport.com<\/a>: Great HS coverage for DC\/VA.<\/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<\/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 #5 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. #2: Maryland State Champs, Northern VA District Champs crowned\u00a0\u00a0 Covers: MD state finals, VA district tourneys, VA regional brackets, DC regular [&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":[3198,3197,3269,3272,3153,3270,3168,3268,3275,3109,2788,3113,2838,3072,3271,3199,3093,3274,2910,3074,3273,3090],"class_list":["post-12520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-baseball","tag-alex-smith","tag-andrew-lowe","tag-brendon-doyle","tag-bryson-booher","tag-cam-remalia","tag-drew-calohan","tag-fox-semones","tag-grey-lyttle","tag-harold-cortijo","tag-harry-brown","tag-jake-agnos","tag-jared-dicesare","tag-joe-rizzo","tag-khalil-lee","tag-matt-pinson","tag-michael-blanchard","tag-noah-murdock","tag-nolan-jones","tag-riley-pint","tag-tyler-blohm","tag-will-schroeder","tag-zack-hess"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12520","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=12520"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14186,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12520\/revisions\/14186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}