EV 7 Fauquier 0
Congrats to EV for 6 straight years making it to a district/conference championship game and 6 straight years of going to regional's.
The winner of tomorrows conf 22 championship game will host sherando and the loser of the game will travel to millbrook, as millbrook beat sherando 5-4 tonight for conf 21.
BASEBALL
CHANCELLOR 7, KING GEORGE 6
Nick Winston was 2 for 3 with a run scored and two RBIs, including what proved to be the game-winner, in Chancellor’s 7–6 Conference 22 baseball semifinal win against visiting King George on Thursday.
Matthew Morgan added a hit and two RBIs, and Thomas Cabrera provided a hit and an RBI for the Chargers (10–10), who visit Eastern View in today’s championship game.
Corey Henderson had a hit and two RBIs, while Jay Buckner added two RBIs for the Foxes.
R H E
King George 1000 032 6 8 2
Chancellor 0110 50x 7 8 2
BARRY, Clift (5) and Hunter Tolliver. JASON MORGAN and Thomas Cabrera.
EASTERN VIEW 7, FAUQUIER 0
A.J. Stead struck out seven in hurling the complete-game shutout for his eighth win of the season and leading the Cyclones to a Conference 22 semifinal win.
Austin Huff went 3 for 3 with three RBIs, David Laird drove in two with a double and Nate Yates stole two bases for Eastern View (14–5).
The Cyclones host Chancellor in today’s 4:30 p.m. championship game.
R H E
Fauquier 0000 000 0 2 3
Eastern View 1010 320 7 8 1
CHARLIE SIMMONS, Croson (5), Simpson (6) and Curtis, Pavlock (6). A.J. STEAD and Austin Huff.
Star Exponent story on the Eastern View win: http://m.dailyprogress.com/sta...3b2370.html?mode=jqm
Congratulations to Eastern View! 4-1 winners over Chancellor and Conference 22 Champs. Good luck to both Chancellor and EV in the Regionals!
Here is what the bracket looks like for the region: games are monday at higher seed field
#1 EV vs #8 Sherando gametime at 4:30pm
#4 Salem vs #5 Louisa gameTime TBD
#2 Amherst vs #7 Pulaski gametime TBD
#3 Millbrook vs #6 Chancellor gametime TBD
The seeds are predetermined and mean nothing more than higher seed will host throughout tournament.
What does predetermined mean? That Millbrook and Amherst Excellent seasons meant nothing? Seems to me when I look they had better records? Just saying, is it right that they play in second round should they win first game?
VHSL selected before the seasons began, which conference champion and which conference runner up would have what seed in the regional tournament, no criteria, not sure how they selected it.
Cyclones blanked in region opener
SHERANDO 1, Eastern View 0, Congrats to Coach Pepper Martin and the Warriors who advance to play Louisa
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Chargers succumb in 10th
Matt Hindershop had two doubles and scored twice to help Millbrook beat Chancellor 4–3 in 10 innings Monday in the 4A North Region baseball quarterfinals.
Millbrook will play Pulaski or Amherst in Wednesday’s semifinal round.
Mason Riser had three hits and scored twice, Jason Morgan knocked a triple and tallied an RBI, and Adam Stillabower added two RBIs for the Chargers (11–11).
R H E
Chancellor 0 111 000 000 3 8 2
Millbrook 0 200 010 001 4 7 2
Mason Riser, TYLER CROSS (10) and Thomas Cabrera. Colin Benner, Trey Braithwaite (8), ANTHONY SIMONELLI (10) and Alex Amos.
EV pitcher throws 1 hitter but EV shutout for the first time since 4/3/2012.
Anyone know when and where is the Louisa - Sherando game ?, that should be a good matchup. Louisa is a tough out.
At Sherando on Wednesday, June 4th. Game time is at noon due to Sherando having graduation at 7:00 that evening.
Ok thanks RedStitch, thats probably a good time, weather is calling for storms later in the afternoon.
Sherando has graduation later that evening
Sherando wins 2-1 on a walk off triple that scored the leadoff batter who reached on a bunt. They advance to the state tournament for the 2nd year in a row and will face the Amherst/Millbrook winner on Friday for the Region Championship.
Redstitch, thanks for the update on the game, sounded like another good one.
The Sherando game was a good one. It will be Sherando vs. Millbrook for the Regional Championship on Friday as Millbrook downs Amherst 12-3.
I would love to know everyone's thoughts on playoffs be a best of 3 series instead of single elimination, then you would always know that the best teams move on..or a double elimination bracket, just curious. I know some other states do this format.
Originally Posted by right arm of zeus:
I would love to know everyone's thoughts on playoffs be a best of 3 series instead of single elimination, then you would always know that the best teams move on..or a double elimination bracket, just curious. I know some other states do this format.
I have promoted this in previous years on this very site! I believe our high school playoff system should be structured much like the D1 college playoffs. Too often does a great team get eliminated by a lesser opponent who happens to have one great arm.
Especially now when one considers that for most, 8 teams make the regional, and only four go to the state tournament.
Originally Posted by right arm of zeus:
I would love to know everyone's thoughts on playoffs be a best of 3 series instead of single elimination, then you would always know that the best teams move on..or a double elimination bracket, just curious. I know some other states do this format.
While a best of 3 series may be the best way to determine the best team that moves on, I don't think it is practical given the short time in which VHSL allows to get it completed. I think a double elimination tournament similar to what the Battlefield district use to do would be more than fair.
I really don't like the fact that all teams for this conference qualify for the playoffs and the regular season is only setting the seedings for the playoffs. Takes away from the meaning of the regular season. No matter how good or bad the team is, they'll still qualify for post season play. To me, that's just not right. I'd prefer taking the top 4 teams and do a double elimination tournament to determine the conference champion.
FWIW - my son played at the JuCo level (region X - D2) the past two years. 12 teams in the region and the top 8 go to the playoffs. The tournament is a double elimination and takes about 4-5 days to complete. The NJCAA D2 world series is a double elimination tournament as well and takes about a week - 10 teams total.
I am not sure if a single elimination or double elimination or tournament would have a greater value on identifying which one is the best team. Some teams match up better against others, some teams have more arms to pitch with, some teams just play down to lesser opponents and get snake bit, that is baseball. As long as it is fair but I do like the JUCO D2 concept as that would be fun to watch as a fan.
The only way you could do a best of 3 would be to start the playoffs at the regional level, using only regular season conference champs, perhaps alternating home/away. Then, only the regional champs meet for the state title, perhaps on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday basis, neutral site.
All of which would be fine by me. But I think you'll see the current format continue, because it involves more teams and doesn't leave a few teams with kids playing so much that they flunk all their exams. (The advantage college teams have is that they are playing their tournaments well after exams have ended.)
Midlo - I agree. The question how would the conference champ be determined? By regular season record or a conference playoff? Time wise I don't think there would be enough time to have a mini playoff at the conference level and then a best of three at the regional level.
Now back when I was in HS (eons ago) the playoff format was much simpler - at least for football - I don't recall how baseball was handled. I played football and basically the district champ (best regular season record) advanced to the regional playoffs. The school I attended was in the Northern Neck (single A) and at the time I think there were about 8 schools in the district. Made for some good games during the regular season. When you played a district opponent you knew the playoffs were on the line - even early in the season.
Up until the realignment our district sent the regular season winner and the tournament winner to the regionals, if the same team won both the runner-up in the tournament went to regionals.
4A North Region final- Millbrook 6 Sherando 5. Millbrook scores the winning run on a walk off sac fly.