Dominion District Down to the wire

HMMM this might be the first time in 3 years that Manchester wanted to beat Midlo in their last matchup of the season to improve their seed/first opponent.

I'm thinking I can catch 3-4 innings at Midlo Thursday before I have to high-tail it up 288 to James River ... I wonder how many of you fans will be on that schedule with me? 

Just an fyi for anyone heading to the JRHS game on Thursday - there is significant construction taking place on Robious road right in front of the JRHS entrance.  What is usually a 3 minute ride for me took well over 20 minutes yesterday so anyone hoping to head to the game in time for the first pitch might want to factor in some heavy traffic time.

^^^ It is Senior Night at James River as well, with festivities before the 6pm game.  Keewartson said the road construction is supposed to last until DECEMBER.

One would think.

I think the traffic is affected only if you're westbound on Robious.  If you come there from 288, is it not OK?

On Tuesday, police were not letting cars cross over at the light, and folks were turning around near Terrington, making traffic headed to JRHS even more congested.

Cosby at James River washed out, will be tried again Friday.  There's talk of starting early (like 2:00 p.m.) to try to avoid a repeat.

Manchester at Midlothian was in the bottom of the first when stopped for weather.  I left at that point and would assume, given the prevalent storms, that it never re-started. 

Anyone know if it starts over from scratch, or resumes from where it left off?  Manchester was up 1-0 but Midlo had 1st/3rd with 1 out, 0-2 count on the cleanup hitter when it stopped.

Bird defeated Clover Hill 5-4 on senior night at Bird.  Very good game and exciting play at the plate to end the game.  So Clover Hill and Bird will play each other in the district tourney as 4 and 5 seed with identical 5-7 records (excluding Huguenot games).  A coin flip will determine home team, or the 4 seed I was told. 

Cosby 9-2 with JR only game remaining

JR 8-3 with Cosby remaining

Manchester 7-4 with Midlo remaining

LC Bird 5-7 with reg season complete

Clover Hill 5-7 reg season complete

Midlothian 3-8 with Manchester remaining

Monacan 3-9 with reg season complete

So, JR can go as high as 1 seed or as low as 3 seed depending on today's outcome with Cosby and Man/Midlo game.   Manchester holds the tiebreaker against JR, but JR could own the tiebreaker against Cosby if they win.  If Midlo wins they are in, if they lose they play a 1 game play-in game against Monacan because they split 1-1 during the season.....I guess.  Clear as mud?  Comments?

latazaea - in years past, they would resume the game.  I'm not sure if there was anything special about last night to preclude them from resuming. Good luck.

Just wondering....

Since the game is starting over, do the pitchers start with a clean slate, or is that one inning counted toward pitch count, etc....? 

I don't think it will matter because you can go back-to-back days if you only threw one inning anyway.  Had it gone into a second inning, though, that would have been an interesting question.

But Keewart, can you confirm starting time at James River today?

For the however many-eth time in recent weeks, James River had a 2-0 lead with one out in the top of the 7th when the roof caved in.  E-4, BB and suddenly Roberts was out, apparently hit the wall.  Not sure he was feeling well from the looks of it, though he had been great to that point and also had 2 hits including one of JR's two two-out, RBI hits (Large had the other).  First reliever walked 'em loaded, next reliever wild pitched in one run and then walked two for the tying run, and now Williams was up and BOOM, grand slam. 

Game still going I would guess, it was 6-2 Cosby and not likely to turn from there when I left.

Cosby wins the district title and the regional berth.  James River has to see if Manchester wins or loses to determine if it finishes 2nd or 3rd, and therefore to see whether it has a quarterflinal district game (for which Roberts would not be eligible) or a bye that would possibly let them qualify for regionals with one win and Roberts available.

At the moment Manchester is clinging to a 2-0 lead in the 7th.  If it holds the word is that Monacan will play Midlothian at Cosby at 10:30am Saturday to see who gets the 6 seed. 

Monacan is reportedly going to throw Jones with Staib and McCollom in reserve - Midlo with Counter with their McCollum (Cory).

As for the JRHS v Cosby game - WOW.  It was the Tussle I had hoped to see first time around.  Came down to one momentum shift with the error in the 7th that led to the chasing of Roberts.  Williams, on the other hand, finished what he started and that wound up being the difference in the matchup.  Getting that 21st is a big one.

Add another scratch and claw victory to the Cosby legacy.  I've seen that movie a few times before, and it always ends the same way.   

Cosby battled, and battled and made Roberts pitch.   Roberts responded and pitched incredibly well.  Cosby threatened but couldn't get those runners across in the earlier innings.  In one inning, Cosby ran themselves out of the inning with an attempted steal of 3rd base (2 outs) with Hunter Williams at the plate...I assume that was a misread signal to steal and I don't think that is what Coach Lowery had in mind.   Despite the base running mistake Cosby had two hits through the top of 7, a couple HBPs, a Dropped Third Strike, and maybe a couple walks...and Roberts keep them all from scoring.   All of the sudden the flood gates opened in the 7th, and Roberts was gassed after pitching a masterpiece.  Cosby had their way with the JR bullpen, and it was over.  TKO.  Will there be a round 3?

Manchester beats Midlo 3-0.

So looks like the Monacan v Midlo game will happen and the winner will get to play James River in the first round of Districts next Monday (or is it a Tues, Thurs Fri thing in Districts?).

Manchester and Cosby get the bye to Thursday.

What a week.

Dominion District site says play is Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.  If someone knows the schedule, please post when available. 

10 day forecast is 80-89 degrees with 30-40% chance of rain.  Spring in Virginia!

Fenway, I just checked your spreadsheet, and btw- thanks for keeping it updated.  On the Dominion District website, this is what is recorded:

	Team	Conference Record		Overall Record
	Cosby	10-2-0	13-3-0
	James River (Midlothian)	9-3-0	14-3-0
	Manchester	9-4-0	13-6-0
	Clover Hill	6-7-0	10-9-0
	Lloyd C. Bird	5-7-0	5-7-0
	Midlothian	4-9-0	7-12-0
	Monacan	4-9-0	4-12-0
	Huguenot	0-5-0	0-5-0

It looks like they have updated through today's games.   Accurate?

I was going to say that James River might still make it to regionals but that M-T-Th schedule may be the death knell. 

I'm thinking that since whoever wins the Midlo-Monacan game will have to spend their top arms to get that W, James River will face their # 2 and maybe even # 3 in the quarterfinals.  Roberts would be eligible only for 2 on Monday and really shouldn't be throwing Monday at all, but you have to think they would still fare OK with Justin White (who did not pitch today for some reason).  Now, if the semifinals were on Wednesday, Roberts would be fully available, but if that round actually gets played Tuesday -- no rainouts or anything -- he'll only be eligible for 3 innings by then. 

I was thinking JR could get by the quarterfinal and then have Roberts for the semi.  Manchester has beaten JR twice with Butts on the hill both times, but I don't think Roberts threw either time.  Since JR will be in the bracket opposite Cosby, you could then see a rematch in the championship but both teams would still go to regionals. 

If that schedule is right, though, then JR figures to have to try to solve Butts with Roberts available for no more than 3 innings.  Rapids fans might want to pray for at least one day of rain Monday or Tuesday.  Otherwise someone is going to have to put today behind himself and throw some quality innings come Tuesday.

BTW congratulations to Austin Powell on his complete game shutout win over Midlothian today.  Considering that Austin warmed up and threw nearly a full first inning yesterday before the weather intervened, for him to go 7 today was special.  Honestly I was thinking they would go to Lane after 5, but Austin got it done!

Rawlings Cumbea also threw quite well.  Neither guy was lighting up the RADAR gun but Cumbea mixed pitches well and Powell's slider was strong all day, in turn making his fastball that much more effective.  At least one of Manchester's runs was unearned, but Cumbea was the guy who ended up with no run support.

Fenway, I just checked your spreadsheet, and btw- thanks for keeping it updated.  On the Dominion District website, this is what is recorded:

 

	Team	Conference Record		Overall Record
	Cosby	10-2-0	13-3-0
	James River (Midlothian)	9-3-0	14-3-0
	Manchester	9-4-0	13-6-0
	Clover Hill	6-7-0	10-9-0
	Lloyd C. Bird	5-7-0	5-7-0
	Midlothian	4-9-0	7-12-0
	Monacan	4-9-0	4-12-0
	Huguenot	0-5-0	0-5-0

 

It looks like they have updated through today's games.   Accurate?

I think it's not through todays games because JRHS has 4 losses.  Manchester (2X), Clover Hill and now Cosby.

So JRHS and Manchester are both 9-4 and that makes Cosby 11-2.  I don't quite understand how everyone has an odd number of games played though.  8 teams in the district, play each twice, should be 14 games.

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Fenway, I just checked your spreadsheet, and btw- thanks for keeping it updated.  On the Dominion District website, this is what is recorded:

	Team	Conference Record		Overall Record
	Cosby	10-2-0	13-3-0
	James River (Midlothian)	9-3-0	14-3-0
	Manchester	9-4-0	13-6-0
	Clover Hill	6-7-0	10-9-0
	Lloyd C. Bird	5-7-0	5-7-0
	Midlothian	4-9-0	7-12-0
	Monacan	4-9-0	4-12-0
	Huguenot	0-5-0	0-5-0

 It looks like they have updated through today's games.   Accurate?

keewart,

My understanding is Huguenot forfeited to Bird but they did not record it.  So, Bird is tied with Clover Hill at 6-7.  They are going to flip a coin for Bird/Clover Hill (4th and 5th seeds) at the district meeting where they do the all-district voting shenanigans, district tournanament rules and procedures, and review everybodys pitching charts.  Remember that 4 inning rule the VHSL implemented this year......bingo.

It is also my understanding that JR and Manchester are tied at 9-4 but Manchester owns the tie breaker as latazea pointed out. 

Midlo Monacan play in game moved to 4:30 Monday. This will mean Districts starting on Tuesday which frees up some pitching.

That bails JR out of the scenario I laid out above.

And, I'm not sure the rain is done with us.  Next week could be challenging in terms of getting all the games in.

Does anyone know where this years district tournament is scheduled? Is it back at Cosby or have they moved it to the lights at JR (or other place)?

At Cosby.  For baseball, softball, soccer....

But, I was getting that info from the Dominion District website...which is incorrect in the standings. (!)

The way the weather is shaping up, I have a feeling they're going to wish they had lights to work with before this week is over.

This is what we are now being told:

Tournament games are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.    If rain moves things back, Friday and Saturday will be make-up days.

Game over after 5.   Monacan 11 Midlothian 0. 

oh the humanity...someone said 7 errors in the 1st inning..i think a couple of walks, and maybe 3 hits...it was a scoreless game after the 1st inning.

latazaea quote:

oh the humanity......

I know exactly how you feel.