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<\/a>Congrats to Wilson, both public and city champs!<\/p><\/div>\n
Welcome to my DC Area Prep Baseball Tourney coverage for 2018.<\/p>\n
Here’s the rough schedule of posting and what we’ll cover:<\/p>\n
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- #1: DC\/MD\/VA District High School Tournament Report: post-season kickoff (this post<\/strong>).\u00a0 Covers: MD regionals, VA district brackets, Private school tourney updates.\u00a0 Usually publishes the week before Memorial day tournament finals.<\/li>\n
- #2: Maryland State Champs, Northern VA Regional\u00a0Champs crowned.\u00a0 Covers: MD state finals, VA regionals\u00a0tourneys, DC regular season results.\u00a0 Usually publishes after the Memorial Day weekend tournaments finish up.
\n#3: Virginia Regional Results, DC Tourneys.\u00a0 Covers: VA regional results, State brackets, DC tourney results.\u00a0 Usually publishes the first week of June.
\n#4: Final Prep Baseball Update: Virginia State Champions crowned.\u00a0 Covers: VA state tourneys, recaps MD, DC, Private School results.\u00a0 Publishes mid-June once the Va state tourney wraps up.<\/li>\n- #5: Players of the Year\/All-State lists and final rankings; publishes early July once all the all-state lists are published.<\/li>\n
- #6: my theoretical “All DC\/MD\/VA Dream tournament” pairings, once all the state champs are finalized.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nNorthern Virginia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Virginal district tournaments\u00a0start up on 5\/16\/18 and regionals start up on 5\/23\/18.\u00a0 All local district playoff brackets<\/a> are well kept at NovaBaseballmagazine.com.<\/p>\n
The top four teams from each district tourney form the 16-team regional brackets, to be published later on once all the divisions are finalized.<\/p>\n
A reminder that there was some slight re-alignment from last year<\/a>; regional powerhouse Madison was moved out of the Liberty district for the first time in decades, now joins the strong Concorde division with some bigger schools.\u00a0\u00a0There are now mixed conferences, splitting teams up that were formerly 4A, 5A and 6A.\u00a0 Plus there does not seem to be the old “Northern” and “NorthWest” regions.\u00a0 Just 7 mixed-division districts for the whole upper area of the state.<\/p>\n
In a first in my memory, 7 straight days of rain forced organizers to literally abandon playoff games and just hand out district titles.<\/p>\n
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- Cardinal (mostly 6-A)<\/strong>: #1 Potomac, #2 Forest Park, Forest Park won the title over Potomac after both being handed rain-out passes to the final.<\/li>\n
- Cedar Run (6-A)<\/strong>: the two top seeds (#1 Battlefield and #2 Patriot) and frequent rivals advanced to the final … which was rained out and cancelled, giving Battlefield the title.<\/li>\n
- Commonwealth (mostly 5-A)<\/strong>: #1 Mountain View and #2 Stafford were given passes to regionals as the entire post-season tournament was cancelled.<\/li>\n
- Concorde District (6-A):\u00a0<\/strong>#1 Madison, #2 Centreville; Madison beat Chantilly in the final for its 6th straight district title.<\/li>\n
- Dulles (4-A)<\/strong>: #1 Riverside, #2 Woodgrove; semis scheduled for 5\/23\/18 weather permitting.<\/li>\n
- Gunston District (6-A)<\/strong>: #1 West Potomac, #2 T.C. Williams, who lost to #3 Annandale setting up a 5\/18\/18 final.<\/li>\n
- Liberty (6-A)<\/strong>: #4 seed Yorktown won the play-in then\u00a0crushed #1 seeded McLean to advance to the final versus #2 South Lakes.\u00a0 Yorktown took the title in an upset to secure a bye in the regionals.<\/li>\n
- National (mostly 5-A)<\/strong>: #1 Marshall faces off against #3 Edison for the title.\u00a0 Marshall destroyed Edison for the title and got an “at-large” bid into the 6-A regional tourney.<\/li>\n
- Northwest<\/strong> (6-A): #1 Fauquier and #2 Sherando; playoffs not scheduled to occur til the 5\/25\/18 weekend.<\/li>\n
- Patriot (6-A)<\/strong>: #1 Lake Braddock faces off versus #2 West Springfield in a battle of perennial powers, with LB (perhaps the area’s top public team) winning.<\/li>\n
- Potomac<\/strong> (5-A): #1 Freedom-South Riding and #2 Stone Bridge; final 5\/25\/18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We’ll cover the Regional brackets<\/a> once all the teams are qualified for their respective divisions.<\/p>\n
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\nMaryland<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
At this point, the Maryland State tournament is nearly complete; the state finals are this coming weekend. \u00a0Brackets here at the\u00a0MPSAA website<\/a>\u00a0and direct links to the four State-wide brackets are linked directly below.<\/p>\n
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- Maryland 4-A<\/a><\/span>:\u00a0Regional champs\u00a0Howard, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, CH Flowers, and Severna Park face off for the state title.<\/li>\n
- Maryland 3-A<\/a>: Regional champs Towson, Thomas Johnson, Huntingtown and Chesapeake-Anne Arundel face off for the state title.<\/li>\n
- Maryland 2-A<\/a>: Regional champs Hereford, Century, North East and power-house La Plata face off for the state title.<\/li>\n
- Maryland 1-A<\/a>: Regional champs Sparrows Point (a favorite), Boonsboro, McDonough and defending state champ St. Michaels face off for the state title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nDC
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- DCIAA<\/a>: (2018 playoff bracket<\/a>): Wilson<\/strong><\/span> won its 26th consecutive DCIAA championship 5-0 <\/a>over School Without Walls on 5\/10\/18.\u00a0 \u00a0This is perhaps not even the most startling stat about Wilson right now.\u00a0 The went 11-0 in conference play, outscoring their opponents 168-1.\u00a0 That’s right; they gave up one run in league play all year.\u00a0 Deadspin featured the school<\/a> and did some more research into its past; their piece is worth a read.<\/li>\n
- DCSAA<\/a>: (2018 Playoff Bracket<\/a>): the DCSAA tourney runs from 5\/16 to 5\/20.\u00a0 Wilson is the #1 seed and advanced to the final against #2 seeded St. Albans (the IAC champ).\u00a0 There, on 5\/22\/18, for the first time in its history, Wilson won the DC “state” title,<\/a> beating St. Albans in extra innings.\u00a0 They’ve won 26 straight public school titles but had never won the city title until now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nPrivate Leagues: WCAC\/MAC\/IAC and VISAA\/Maryland Private<\/strong><\/p>\n
State-level Private School tourneys:<\/p>\n
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- MIAA<\/span><\/a>:\n
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- Division A<\/a>: play started on 5\/11\/18: Archbishop Curley, John Carroll, Calvert Hall, Loyola, Archbishop Spalding and Gilman the 6 entrants.\u00a0 Loyola the defending state champ.\u00a0 In the final, #1 seeded Curley beat #6 Gilman<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Division B<\/a>: play started on 5\/11\/18.\u00a0 Mostly smaller private schools around the state of Maryland; powerhouse Boy’s Latin #1 seed.\u00a0 In the end, Boy’s Latin won its 3rd straight title<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Division C:\u00a0(difficult to find information)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- VISAA<\/span><\/a>: The Virginial Private State-wide tournament kicked off on 5\/14\/18 with play-ins.\u00a0 Here’s a review of the local teams involved:\n
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- Division I<\/a>: The Potomac School (#8 seed) lost its play-in game and was eliminated early.\u00a0 Local teams Paul VI (#3) and Flint Hill (#6) faced off in the quarters on 5\/15\/18. and Paul VI came out on top, ending Flint Hill’s season without any titles.\u00a0 All the other schools are from Richmond or Norfolk areas, including the top seeded St. Christopher’s and Benedictine.\u00a0 #2 seed Benedictine was upset by #7 Norfolk Academy, and #5 Collegiate upset #4 Norfolk Christian to setup some unexpected semis.\u00a0 In the final, the dominant St. Christophers team took the title<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Division II<\/a>: no DC-area schools: the Miller school (coached by former MLB pitcher, Virginia native and HoFame candidate Billy Wagner<\/strong>)\u00a0and Highland School are the top seeds.\u00a0 Powerhouse #4 seed Greenbriar Christian was upset in the first round.\u00a0 Miller faced off against Steward in the final, and ended up winning to repeat as champs<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Division III<\/a>: no DC-area schools: Walsingham and Southampton academies are the top seeds.\u00a0 In the end, Walsingham beat the Fuqua School 6-5 on a walk-off SB-error<\/a> in the bottom of the 10th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Maryland Private School Tournament; tbd: it did not seem to occur in 2017, we’ll see for 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
DC-area Private School Leagues<\/p>\n
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- WCAC<\/span>: DeMatha ousted #1 seed Paul VI to face off against WCAC power St. Johns for the title.\u00a0 The title series went to the decisive third game, which went 12-innings and ended with a walk-off homer<\/a> win for St. Johns<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 This is St. John’s fifth straight WCAC title.<\/li>\n
- MAC:\u00a0The Potomac School<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0walked-off\u00a0against<\/a> St. James in a surprise final; MAC powerhouse Flint Hill was upset early.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n- IAC<\/span>: Georgetown Prep won the regular season title.\u00a0 St. Albans<\/strong><\/span> downed Georgetown Prep in the 3rd game of the playoffs<\/a> to win a “share” of the title for themselves.<\/li>\n
- PVAC<\/span>: (difficult to find information).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nLocal and National High School Baseball Ranking Lists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
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- Washington Post All Met Sports\u00a0Area top-10 ranking<\/a>\u00a0(5\/7\/18): Riverdale Baptist has been the clear #1 all\u00a0 year; it has been a down year for traditional NoVa powers.<\/li>\n
- NovaBaseballMagazine.com\u00a0Rankings<\/a>:Riverside, Lake Braddock and Paul VI have been the dominant teams in 2018.<\/li>\n
- VISAA maintains Private school polls\/rankings<\/a> (5\/7\/18)<\/li>\n
- PrepBaseballReport maintains a\u00a0VA State-Wide Power25 Rankings<\/a>:<\/li>\n
- Baltimore Sun\u00a0Top-10 Poll Archives<\/a>:<\/li>\n
- The Virginian Pilot\u00a0Top-10 for Hampton Roads<\/a>\u00a0area:<\/li>\n
- Richmond times-Dispatch\u00a0Richmond-Area top-10<\/a>:<\/li>\n
- Baseball America’s\u00a0National High School Rankings 4\/17\/18<\/a>: Riverdale Baptist at #7.<\/li>\n
- USA Today High School\u00a0Experts top 25<\/a>: Riverdale Baptist at #9 nationally.<\/li>\n
- MaxPreps\u00a0“Excellent 50” ranking<\/a>:\u00a0Riverdale Baptist at #7.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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
\nMajor Newspaper Links\/Resources<\/strong>\u00a0for following prep baseball around the state<\/p>\n
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- Washington Post’s\u00a0AllMetSports<\/a>\u00a0section with standings and schedule results.<\/li>\n
- The\u00a0Baltimore Sun’s high school page<\/a>\u00a0has information on some of the programs outside the DC area mentioned in the Maryland section<\/li>\n
- InsideNova.com<\/a>‘s coverage of high school sports, but has put limits on the number of stories you can read.<\/li>\n
- Richmond Times-Dispatch<\/a>\u00a0has a HS scoreboard.<\/li>\n
- Hampton Roads Pilot<\/a>\u00a0(Hampton Roads) has scores for teams in the Chesapeake\/Norfolk\/Va Beach area.<\/li>\n
- NovaBaseballMagazine<\/a>: great coverage of Prep baseball in NorthernVirginia (thanks to\u00a0Joe Antonellis<\/strong>\u00a0for the heads up on this great new resource).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Local Newspaper Coverage<\/strong>, including links to many local papers covering smaller jurisdictions.<\/p>\n
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- The\u00a0Connection family of newspapers<\/a>\u00a0has a sports section that is rarely updated, but it does do some coverage.<\/li>\n
- 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
- WinchesterStar<\/a>\u00a0(Winchester) has results for Winchester teams but its pay-only.<\/li>\n
- The Daily Progress<\/a>\u00a0(Culpeper local paper) also has some scores for schools in its areas.<\/li>\n
- Fauquier Times<\/a>\u00a0(Fauquier) has some local sports news.<\/li>\n
- VivaLoudoun<\/a>\u00a0tracks the Loudoun\/Ashburn\/Leesburg teams.<\/li>\n
- The Loudoun Times<\/a>\u00a0also covers Leesburg-area teams.<\/li>\n
- LoCosports blog<\/a>, with tons of Loudoun county Coverage<\/li>\n
- Fredericksburg.com<\/a>\u00a0has some local coverage of Fredericksburg and Woodbridge teams.<\/li>\n
- The\u00a0Lynchburg News & Advance\u00a0<\/a>for Lynchburg-based sports.<\/li>\n
- The\u00a0Virginia Gazette<\/a>\u00a0for Williamsburg local stuff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Non-newspaper Links for Local and National Prep Baseball Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- VHSL’s<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0MPSSAA home page<\/a>s\u00a0for updates on VA and MD respectively.<\/li>\n
- DCIAA<\/a>‘s website, which barely has a schedule but will eventually print results and playoff brackets<\/li>\n
- PerfectGame:\u00a0perfectgame.org<\/a>\u00a0is the best place to find HS prospect information.<\/li>\n
- MaxPreps\u00a0<\/a>DC\/VA specific coverage.<\/li>\n
- Prep Baseball Report<\/a>: DC\/VA specific coverage (thanks again to Joe Antonellis for this link)<\/li>\n
- Dynamic Baseball<\/a>: good prep coverage on the east coast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Good Twitter accounts to follow<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
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- 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
- https:\/\/twitter.com\/PBRVirginiaDC: Prep Baseball Report VA\/DC coverage<\/li>\n
- https:\/\/twitter.com\/NVBaseballMag: NoVa Baseball Magazine<\/li>\n
- https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoVAHSBB<\/li>\n
- https:\/\/twitter.com\/DynamicBaseball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- DCIAA<\/a>‘s website, which barely has a schedule but will eventually print results and playoff brackets<\/li>\n
- 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
- The\u00a0Baltimore Sun’s high school page<\/a>\u00a0has information on some of the programs outside the DC area mentioned in the Maryland section<\/li>\n
- NovaBaseballMagazine.com\u00a0Rankings<\/a>:Riverside, Lake Braddock and Paul VI have been the dominant teams in 2018.<\/li>\n
- MAC:\u00a0The Potomac School<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0walked-off\u00a0against<\/a> St. James in a surprise final; MAC powerhouse Flint Hill was upset early.<\/span>
- Division II<\/a>: no DC-area schools: the Miller school (coached by former MLB pitcher, Virginia native and HoFame candidate Billy Wagner<\/strong>)\u00a0and Highland School are the top seeds.\u00a0 Powerhouse #4 seed Greenbriar Christian was upset in the first round.\u00a0 Miller faced off against Steward in the final, and ended up winning to repeat as champs<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Division B<\/a>: play started on 5\/11\/18.\u00a0 Mostly smaller private schools around the state of Maryland; powerhouse Boy’s Latin #1 seed.\u00a0 In the end, Boy’s Latin won its 3rd straight title<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Division A<\/a>: play started on 5\/11\/18: Archbishop Curley, John Carroll, Calvert Hall, Loyola, Archbishop Spalding and Gilman the 6 entrants.\u00a0 Loyola the defending state champ.\u00a0 In the final, #1 seeded Curley beat #6 Gilman<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- DCSAA<\/a>: (2018 Playoff Bracket<\/a>): the DCSAA tourney runs from 5\/16 to 5\/20.\u00a0 Wilson is the #1 seed and advanced to the final against #2 seeded St. Albans (the IAC champ).\u00a0 There, on 5\/22\/18, for the first time in its history, Wilson won the DC “state” title,<\/a> beating St. Albans in extra innings.\u00a0 They’ve won 26 straight public school titles but had never won the city title until now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Maryland 3-A<\/a>: Regional champs Towson, Thomas Johnson, Huntingtown and Chesapeake-Anne Arundel face off for the state title.<\/li>\n
- Cedar Run (6-A)<\/strong>: the two top seeds (#1 Battlefield and #2 Patriot) and frequent rivals advanced to the final … which was rained out and cancelled, giving Battlefield the title.<\/li>\n
- #2: Maryland State Champs, Northern VA Regional\u00a0Champs crowned.\u00a0 Covers: MD state finals, VA regionals\u00a0tourneys, DC regular season results.\u00a0 Usually publishes after the Memorial Day weekend tournaments finish up.