Updated 6A Conference 5 standings, reflecting last night's wins by Cougars, @HerndonBaseball and @Cville_baseball. pic.twitter.com/M5ZzXHvimK
— Oakton HS Baseball (@Oakton_Cougars) April 29, 2015
Not the records, but the run differentials tell the story.
OHS @ Robinson rained out yesterday, played today at 2:30 due to OHS Prom:
Cougars beat Robinson 8-1. Jagger James 3-run HR, Cooper Mitchell 2-run HR, Joe Rizzo 3 hits, 2 2B; Connor Jones CG for 6th win.
— Oakton HS Baseball (@Oakton_Cougars) May 1, 2015
Chantilly over Herndon 7-1 tonight.
OHS @ Robinson rained out yesterday, played today at 2:30 due to OHS Prom:
Cougars beat Robinson 8-1. Jagger James 3-run HR, Cooper Mitchell 2-run HR, Joe Rizzo 3 hits, 2 2B; Connor Jones CG for 6th win.
— Oakton HS Baseball (@Oakton_Cougars) May 1, 2015
Robinson was off to a good start at the beginning of the season and has since collapsed loosing the majority of their last ten games. An unfortunate turn of events. I know they have a slew of freshman working their way through so maybe building for the future?
Tyler Jumper's a big part of that team, both on the mound and at the plate. Losing him was the big blow to their season.
Hayfield over Fairfax 4-2 (never know what's going to happen in Conf 6)
LB over WSHS 9-6
Madison over South Lakes 9-0
Centreville over Westfield 3-0
Hayfield played an error-free game (alas, all too rare) and got hitting when they needed it. The Fairfax starter had some incredible movement on his CB and an agreeable umpire.
Tyler Jumper's a big part of that team, both on the mound and at the plate. Losing him was the big blow to their season.
No doubt. It seems that the error in the plan was to rely so heavily on one player. They have a strong core of players coming up so it seems inevitable that Robinson will do better in subsequent years. It should be interesting to see.
Lots of rain, lots of mucked up conference play schedules...and pitching rotations.
Chantilly over Robinson 12-1 tonight.
Lake Braddock 7 West Potomac 3
Connor Jones 3hits/3 RBI, Cooper Mitchell grand slam & Joe Rizzo HR & 2 RBI as Cougars beat Centreville, 9-1. Toma Shigaki-Than 5IP, 4H, 1R.
— Oakton HS Baseball (@Oakton_Cougars) May 8, 2015
The Oakton twitter page says Oakton has 5 games to play in 7 days, Centreville being the first. That's a lot of baseball. Hope they can pull it off.
The Oakton twitter page says Oakton has 5 games to play in 7 days, Centreville being the first. That's a lot of baseball. Hope they can pull it off.
Tonight's re-match against Chantilly should be a good one!
Madison over Fairfax 11-1 in 6 innings last night. Matt Favero went 5 innings with 9 strikeout.
The Oakton twitter page says Oakton has 5 games to play in 7 days, Centreville being the first. That's a lot of baseball. Hope they can pull it off.
Less than a WWBA tourney!
Stone Bridge 3, Briar Woods 1
Loudoun Valley 1, Heritage 0
- DeGroat: CG SO, 8K, 1BB. Now 7-0 with 1 ER allowed on the season
Loudoun County 7, Champe 4
Woodgrove 20, Rock Ridge 1
Hayfield 5, Yorktown 3. Seniors Night. Great evening for baseball.
And very well pitched on both sides.
Anyone know what happened at the Woodbridge/Hylton game?
Anyone know what happened at the Woodbridge/Hylton game?
From novabaseballmagazine.com.....
Dramatic Woodbridge-Hylton Ending Under Protest
By Joey Kamide
May 10 - Friday night's game between C.D. Hylton and Woodbridge is under protest by the Bulldogs, who claim two Virginia High School League (VHSL) rules were broken when Vikings senior Garret Richey failed to touch home plate after an apparent walk off single by sophomore Scott Morgan.
With the game tied at 1-1 with two outs and bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, Morgan hit a base hit to right field for what would be the game-winning run. But Richey did not touch home plate before joining his teammates in a celebration at first base, and it wasn't until his teammates and coaches made him aware of this did he run back towards the plate, sliding in ahead of a tag by Hylton's Trey Shepard.
The Bulldogs (11-4), who had an eight-game winning streak snapped in the loss, are appealing that two VHSL rules were broken: by Richey for removing his helmet during a live-ball situation, and by the Vikings (10-5) for charging the field, thus obstructing the play as Hylton's Kyle Stokes attempts to relay the throw to Shepard.
Officials from 6A Conference 4 and the VHSL are reviewing Hylton's appeal. Should the game-ending play be overturned, the contest would pick up in the top of the eighth inning tied at 1-1.
Cougars defeat West Potomac, 14-0. Joe Rizzo 2 HR, 5 RBI; Connor Jones, Ryan Davis, Chris Ivener 2 RBI each. Big game at Herndon tomorrow.
— Oakton HS Baseball (@Oakton_Cougars) May 12, 2015
Patriot 11, Woodbridge 3. Addison Walker 3-5 w/ GS, 3B, 6 RBI.
Anyone know what happened at the Woodbridge/Hylton game?
From novabaseballmagazine.com.....
Dramatic Woodbridge-Hylton Ending Under Protest
By Joey Kamide
May 10 - Friday night's game between C.D. Hylton and Woodbridge is under protest by the Bulldogs, who claim two Virginia High School League (VHSL) rules were broken when Vikings senior Garret Richey failed to touch home plate after an apparent walk off single by sophomore Scott Morgan.
With the game tied at 1-1 with two outs and bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, Morgan hit a base hit to right field for what would be the game-winning run. But Richey did not touch home plate before joining his teammates in a celebration at first base, and it wasn't until his teammates and coaches made him aware of this did he run back towards the plate, sliding in ahead of a tag by Hylton's Trey Shepard.
The Bulldogs (11-4), who had an eight-game winning streak snapped in the loss, are appealing that two VHSL rules were broken: by Richey for removing his helmet during a live-ball situation, and by the Vikings (10-5) for charging the field, thus obstructing the play as Hylton's Kyle Stokes attempts to relay the throw to Shepard.
Officials from 6A Conference 4 and the VHSL are reviewing Hylton's appeal. Should the game-ending play be overturned, the contest would pick up in the top of the eighth inning tied at 1-1.
Anything come of this appeal?
The penalty for a first offense of removing a helmet is a warning, so that seems an unlikely basis for an appeal.
The possibility that celebrating players caused interference seems more plausible, depending on who did what where.
Anyone know what happened at the Woodbridge/Hylton game?
From novabaseballmagazine.com.....
Dramatic Woodbridge-Hylton Ending Under Protest
By Joey Kamide
May 10 - Friday night's game between C.D. Hylton and Woodbridge is under protest by the Bulldogs, who claim two Virginia High School League (VHSL) rules were broken when Vikings senior Garret Richey failed to touch home plate after an apparent walk off single by sophomore Scott Morgan.
With the game tied at 1-1 with two outs and bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, Morgan hit a base hit to right field for what would be the game-winning run. But Richey did not touch home plate before joining his teammates in a celebration at first base, and it wasn't until his teammates and coaches made him aware of this did he run back towards the plate, sliding in ahead of a tag by Hylton's Trey Shepard.
The Bulldogs (11-4), who had an eight-game winning streak snapped in the loss, are appealing that two VHSL rules were broken: by Richey for removing his helmet during a live-ball situation, and by the Vikings (10-5) for charging the field, thus obstructing the play as Hylton's Kyle Stokes attempts to relay the throw to Shepard.
Officials from 6A Conference 4 and the VHSL are reviewing Hylton's appeal. Should the game-ending play be overturned, the contest would pick up in the top of the eighth inning tied at 1-1.
Anything come of this appeal?
The penalty for a first offense of removing a helmet is a warning, so that seems an unlikely basis for an appeal.
The possibility that celebrating players caused interference seems more plausible, depending on who did what where.
Is the runner, who missed home plate, ran to first to celebrate with the team, and then slid into home from first base, safe?
Is the runner, who missed home plate, ran to first to celebrate with the team, and then slid into home from first base, safe?
I think so, but hope a more experienced umpire will weigh in.
The rules say a player who misses a base, including home plate, is allowed to return "immediately" but it is not specified whether "immediately" means immediately after the missed touch or immediately after realizing the touch was missed.
If he's still on the field, he is subject to a live ball appeal by being tagged, which leads me to believe he can still try to return. If it's a dead ball or he has left the playing field, he can't try to return.
The defense has the opportunity to try to make the play as long as the pitcher and infielders haven't all left the field.
Is the conference 5 tournament schedule posted anywhere?
Is the conference 5 tournament schedule posted anywhere?
Not that I know of but I have it from the coach:
1st Round - 5/15
Semis - 5/19
Final - 5/22
Assumes no rain outs obviously. Only seed lock up at this point is the 6th seed. Rest of seeding depends on tonight's results.
Chantilly over Westfield 6-0 tonight to clinch the 6A Conference 5 title.
OHS over Herndon 12-4 clinching 2nd in Conference 5.
Is the conference 5 tournament schedule posted anywhere?
Not that I know of but I have it from the coach:
1st Round - 5/15
Semis - 5/19
Final - 5/22
Assumes no rain outs obviously. Only seed lock up at this point is the 6th seed. Rest of seeding depends on tonight's results.
Any updates on the schedule for this weekend? Thanks.
From the OHS web site:
Oakton will host the winner of Friday's quarterfinal between No. 3 seed Herndon (8-9, 6-4) and No. 6 Westfield (6-13, 0-10) in the semifinals on Tuesday. Chantilly (15-4, 8-2) is the No. 1 seed, and will host the winner of No. 4 seed Centreville (11-7, 5-5) and No. 5 Robinson (9-11, 4-6) in the other semifinal. The conference championship game is a week from Friday at Westfield.
Robinson plays Centreville at Chantilly this Friday? I was never good with word problems.
Anybody see Annandale beat Lake Braddock last night? 4-2
