Robinson over Lake Braddock 6-2 tonight.
Madison over Hayfield 6-1
Also last night ...
Westfield over Broad Run 3-1
Oakton over Osbourn Park 10-3
Robinson now ranked #6 and Westfield ranked #10 in NOVA Baseball Magazine Top 10.
Madison over South Lakes 3-0. Madison has given up only 1 run in it's last 4 games
Hayfield, 9-5 over W&L last night. Hayfield's offense explodes for 14 hits, with 3 players getting 3 each.
WS over MT. Vernon 6-1 in 7 innings. Not a good showing, but a victory. Jared Lyons back for a plate appearance.
Broad Run walks-off on Chantilly 3-2 tonight. Some pretty weird officiating at this one but Broad Run got the job done in the end. Chantilly had multi-hit games from Senior Garrett Thomas and Freshman Shane Dux.
Madison torched Langley tonight 22-0
Westfield come back after being down 3-0 to beat Chantilly 6-3 tonight.
Does anyone have a good place to find NOVA standings? The Post is partial and wrong, which is worse than not having them up at all. I have Westfield & Oakton on top in Concorde5, Woodson outta the gate well in 7, Battlefield in 8, and Liberty6 as:
| Madison | 5-1 | 5-1 | |
| South Lakes | 3-2 | 3-2 | |
| Langley | 3-3 | 3-4 | L 6-1 Herndon |
| Fairfax | 2-2 | 2-2 | |
| Hayfield | 2-2 | 3-2 | W 10-0 Lee |
| Mclean | 2-2 | 2-4 | L Chantilly 5-3, L Centreville 10-8 |
| W&L | 2-4 | 3-4 | W 6-4 Edison |
| Yorktown | 1-4 | 2-4 | W 10-5 Wakefield |
Hayfield and Fairfax better than expected, Langley a puzzle. Losing 22-0? In 5?. That is hard to do if you are trying, which they really didn't appear to be after going down 11-0 in the 2nd.
Other than Chantilly, I have only seen one other Conference 5 team so far and no surprises here to me as I knew Westfield would be better this year. Antonio Buckley's got a live lefty arm and Seth Hockett only had one hit last night but it was a huge double bases loaded double and he was hitting the ball deep into the outfield all night.
FYI: as usual, you can keep tabs on NoVA baseball by following http://www.novabaseballmagazine.com.
JMU_2016 posted:Madison torched Langley tonight 22-0
Were you there?
joemktg posted:JMU_2016 posted:Madison torched Langley tonight 22-0
Were you there?
I was until the top of the 4th when it was 15-0. Madison was hitting the cover off the ball the whole night. Joey Goldsmith hit a double off the right field wall in the first and hit a 3 run homer later on that was one of the hardest hit balls I've seen.
Big fan of www.novabaseballmagazine.com. He lost his standings in the transition to the new website though. I'm betting he gets them back up there, but until he does I'm enjoying their stories and trying to find standings elsewhere.
Madison over Oakton 6-3
Good game between these two rivals ... seemed like Madison was going to run away with it until Oakton mounted their comeback.
JMU_2016 posted:Madison over Oakton 6-3
Report I received: Madison, as usual, peppered to OF fence with line drives. Also told that the SP for Madison is a new player from JV. OHS rotated pitchers throughout the game.
Guessing that this out of conference game impacted pitching decisions. Of course, with the realignment next year, this will be resolved.
WestPo dominated WS 6-3. Good pitching from WestPo. WS has the wrong lineup to face good pitching.
joemktg posted:JMU_2016 posted:Madison over Oakton 6-3
Report I received: Madison, as usual, peppered to OF fence with line drives. Also told that the SP for Madison is a new player from JV. OHS rotated pitchers throughout the game.
Guessing that this out of conference game impacted pitching decisions. Of course, with the realignment next year, this will be resolved.
Howat was one of their better JV pitchers last year, and he has continued to develop--would love to see a Richards v. Howat game, and likely will see a few in the next couple of years. Should be great games. Howat on the bump in a rivalry game does make the point that the coaching staff at Madison deserves credit for developing players AND putting the best team on the field. You would think that the talented sophomore lefty on the bump would have been the son of the head coach--and if it had been he would have done just fine. But it wasn't--Howat is a bit better in the staff's eyes right now. And at catcher, Madison has a light hitting senior--it has to be tempting to put the assistant coach's son back there--but they haven't. Parent's often gripe about playing time and favoritism--but both of those coach's kids could play well at the varsity level and are not. The Madison coaches are quality men and quality coaches, and while I have heard unfounded complaints from parents in the past, I had no doubt that they would do right by their players. You have to know that the "dad" in them wants their sons out there, but they are doing what is best for their team anyway. I hope the parents and others involved with the program recognize and give credit to the Madison coaches for playing it the right way.
They do have one coach's kid playing--would love to hear someone complain about him!
Fairfax 4-3 over Centreville, Hayfield 12-0 5 inning no hitter for Dickinson on Annandale, Marshall 10-0 5 inning combined no hitter vs. Lee, South Lakes 10-0 5 inning over Herndon, Woodson scores 2 in the 6th to beat South County 2-1, LB 12-1 over TC in 5. Lots of uneven matchups last night.
Chantilly over Robinson 11-4 tonight.
Patriot scratched out 3 runs against Kyle Whitten and Osbourn Park to force extra innings, then scored 3 in the 10th for the 6-3 win. Chantilly whacked Robinson 12-4 with freshman catcher Shane Dux 3/3 with 2x2b and a 3B for 3rbi. Westfield escaped Herndon 1-0. Westfield only had 3 hits off AC Boynton, but 2 came in the decisive 3rd inning. Herndon had 6 hits, including 4 doubles, but ran out of some innings and could not score all night. South County showed up and Klioze/Buzbee shut Lake Braddock out 3-0. Madison kept rolling with Nielsen CG in 5-1 win over Mclean. Madison executed small ball to tack on 2 runs, and played a good deal of depth players. West Springfield beat Woodson 2-0. Hayfield 4-2 over South Lakes. Freshman pitcher Gleason for Hayfield had plus stuff in CG win, hopefully the rest of his game will mature. Dickinson dropped a bomb. Fairfax 6-2 over Yorktown with Fairfax's top 4 batters collecting 8 hits. Langley 5-4 over Yorktown, Timmy Conforti HR. Battlefield jumped to a 9-1 lead, but a game Osbourn team fought back to make it 11-10 after 5....Battlefield held on to win 13-10 with Agnos getting the save. Oakton snuffed out Centreville 7-1, with Lamon/Good combining for a 2 hitter.
Gleason won't last the season if the coach keeps throwing him like he does.
Chantilly at Oakton on Friday.
WS made a line up change and it paid off big time. We'll see if it is permanent or not. WS has more difficult decisions to become a better team. They need to hit.
Rough Diamond posted:Chantilly at Oakton on Friday.
Good game as Chantilly kept it 1-0 until Oakton broke out in the bottom 6th to win 5-1. Oakton has a very balanced team.
Eddie Hope tournament began yesterday at Hylton HS ... Chantilly over Hylton 5-4 in Game 1 and Faquier over Chantilly 3-2 in Game 2.
WS game vs LB cancelled. WS now at Mingo Bay - Myrtle Beach again. I'm stuck watching game changer.
Rough Diamond posted:Rough Diamond posted:Chantilly at Oakton on Friday.
Good game as Chantilly kept it 1-0 until Oakton broke out in the bottom 6th to win 5-1. Oakton has a very balanced team.
Really haven't found themselves yet. Lost today vs. Woodson, although they scored the tying run in the top of the 7th and had multiple opportunities to make hay thereafter. They'll be tested against WHS and Herndon.
This district is always something, and with Madison joining next year it may turn out to the most competitive in the Commonwealth.
joemktg posted:Rough Diamond posted:Rough Diamond posted:Chantilly at Oakton on Friday.
Good game as Chantilly kept it 1-0 until Oakton broke out in the bottom 6th to win 5-1. Oakton has a very balanced team.
Really haven't found themselves yet. Lost today vs. Woodson, although they scored the tying run in the top of the 7th and had multiple opportunities to make hay thereafter. They'll be tested against WHS and Herndon.
This district is always something, and with Madison joining next year it may turn out to the most competitive in the Commonwealth.
Indeed, Madison will shakeup the conference and force the others to pick up the pace to keep up with them. Right now, Oakton, Westfield and Robinson are in position to compete. Chantilly has the right personnel for pitching and defense but need the bats to catchup before we can make a run.
Speaking of Madison, they won their first 2 games today down in Charleston, SC. 20-1 over White Plains (NY) and 6-2 over Academic Magnet (SC)
Brentsville District over Chantilly 4-2 this afternoon.
Nick Karlinchak Throws Shutout as West Springfield Spartans Varsity Defeats Powdersville (SC) Patriots
WS wins 1-0 - Defending the title!
Madison beat Wando HS (SC) 6-1 to move to 3-0 at the Hanahan Invitational Tournament in Chareleston, SC
WS 6 - Landstown Eagles 0. WS on a missions to score as many points as they have players on their roster - 25 more runs to go to break even!
Chantilly over Colgan 7-1 tonight.
Madison moves to 4-0 at the HIT in Charleston with a 9-7 win over Ashley Ridge HS (SC).
They'll play Summerville High (SC) in the championship tonight (4/13)
Kettle Run over Osbourn Park 2-0 to win Eddie Hope Let's Play Two Tournament. Kettle Run pitching only surrendered 4 runs the entire tournament. Will Merriken named tournament MVP.