VPL & VISAA 2012

Cape Henry is D1, I believe.

I understand that Cape Henry was D1 for the last few years, but may have dropped back to D2 this season as their enrollment has changed. Either way, from what I have heard from people who were there, a rematch of those two teams later in the year could make for a great afternoon of baseball.

Would be a great match up to watch.

For as long as I can remember, Cape Henry has played Division 2 baseball - including 2010 when they won the state championship. The only exception was last year when they eeked their way into Division I. Enrollment at Cape Henry has stayed fairly consistant, as they're one of the larger Division 2 schools.

Cape Henry is listed in D1 on maxpreps. They competed mostly in D2 in other sports this winter.

It sounds like ndfan has it right. Sounds like Cape Henry was a perrenial D2 power, went up to D1 for some time and enjoyed success there as well, and has returned to D2 this season.

Either way, I understand they have a very good team, and would expect they will have something to say about who claims the VISAA D2 title this year. I hear Greenbrier Christian is strong again as well; Christchurch returns most of the players who took them to the Championship game last season, and have a number of new players who have upgraded the team in key areas.

What about Steward (sp?), Atlantic Shores, Covenant, and some of the other perrenial D2 powers?

Any word on STAB, Benedictine, PVI and the D1 teams?

According to the VISAA website Cape Henry is D2 this year.

Atlantic Shores starts a challenging 3 day stretch this afternoon with a game at Bishop Sullivan, travel north of Baltimore to play Calvert Hall College HS tomorrow afternoon, then back to Riverdale HS east of DC for a double-header Saturday.

GW - Hope you'll post us on how AS does with the gauntlet they are running this week. That promises to be a real test.

CCS shut-out Isle of Wight by a score of 8-0 at IoW on Thurs. I understand that 2 in the 1st and 5 in the 2nd on IoW's #1 kind of put the game out of reach early. CCS starts VPL play on Tues with a DH on the road at Woodberry Forest. The two teams split a DH last year.

AS came from behind to beat Bishop Sullivan 9-5 on Thursday and lost a close one to Calvert Hall (5-4) yesterday.

how about some news from west of Charlotteville? Liberty Christian beat Carlisle (Martinsville) yesterday 5-1. Just came down to LCA making the key plays and Carlisle not. Carlisle has started 0-3 but has faced some very stiff competition in Westchester and High Point Academy from NC and then LCA. Expect them to make some noise in D2.

Atlantic Shores returned home late last night after a dissapointing three game swing through Baltimore and D.C. Shores lost a hard fought game to Calvert Hall College 5 - 4 after leading 4 - 2 heading into the bottom of the 6th. The effects of Friday's loss to one of the best teams in Maryland carried over into Saturday with Shores dropping games to Riverdale Baptist located outside of D.C. and Moore Catholic from Staten Island, NY.

It doesn't get any easier for Shores this week with a double-header Tuesday against Broadwater Academy, a home game against Norview Thursday, an away game Friday against Isle of Wight, then a two game set next Saturday at home against Cape Henry and Spotsylvania HS. Beginning against Bishop Sullivan last Thursday, after next Saturday's games that will have been 10 games in 10 days.

Sounds like the Shores boys had a tough week, but showed well against what are traditionally some very tough teams, in a grueling schedule. As long as they keep their perspective and their attitude up, taking a few lumps while playing a more challenging schedule will make them stronger players and a stronger team.

Is it true STAB has started the year with 6-7 losses and giving up 10+ runs/game? Someone said they saw on MaxPreps. I know STAB goes to Fla over spring break some years and plays some tough competition--but kinda hard to believe.

I saw on MaxPreps and heard through the grapevine that STAB has dropped some games here in the early going. Based on what I recall from last spring, they did lose a lot to graduation last year, but they had some younger talent waiting in the wings.

I believe they have tested themselves against some traditionally tough opponents here in the early going. With the tradition of success STAB has enjoyed, I will need to see a larger body of evidence in VISAA and VPL competition before I doubt their ability to be there at the end of the season.

Southpaw
Here is what I see/have seen. St Chris is loaded. Should be the favorites to win the state in D1. Decent pitching but the line-up is loaded with Reinhart, Yorgen, Fraser, English and more. Benedictine has a solid line-up as well but it is yet to be determined where their pitching comes from. Trinity has two good arms in Brown and Jamer but I am not sure they have the bats to compete. Collegiate has some good young talent but needs to be more consistent on the mound. Steward has lost a lot of pitching with Hayden White leaving and Patrick Phillips tearing his ACL. They are not the power they have been. As for STAB I am anxious to see what they have, that team was almost all srs last yr. FUMA should be down as should Woodberry. Thats what I hear. Good Luck to you guys and see you across the diamond soon!

Good Stuff Wahoo ... CCS has Woodberry this week, STAB next week, and Collegiate the following week. Coupled with following the other action, this should help give a sense of how things look in the VPL this year. See you around the ball fields.

Christchurch took 2 today from Woodberry Forest (7-2 & 4-2). I think it would be fair to say that CCS definitely had WF outgunned, but there is no quit in the boys from WF. They battled from start to finish, and never gave or asked any quarter.

Michael Taylor had the ball for CCS in Game 1, allowing 2 runs over 5 innings before giving way to David Phillips who closed the door. Trevor Otey went 5 complete for CCS in Game 2. Woodberry actually took a 2-0 lead late into the 2nd game (scheduled for 5 innings) before the CCS offense was able to string together a few hits to claim the lead, and the CCS defense rallied to shut things down.

End-to-end I would suggest that Woodberry may have played with more fight & intensity, but that CCS' edge in talent carried the day.

Atlantic Shores is 4 - 4 in their 10 games in 10 days stretch. They defeated Isle of Wight 10 - 1 tonight, ending the game with a triple play in the bottom of the seventh! Shores finishes up this stretch tomorrow with games against Cape Henry and Spotsylvania HS.

Atlantic Shores ran their record to 11 - 6 with two wins this week. They play Kecoughtan HS at home tomorrow then head to Myrtle Beach over spring break with potentially five games there.

I had the opportunity to see STAB in action this week as they were swept by Christchurch (8-0 & 9-0). STAB is definitely way down this year, due to their being a very young team. Brett Johnson (Sr) is the strength of the team, and there are a few other bright spots for the present; but I expect this is a year for STAB to look to the future. I saw some very young Pitchers take the mound against some very good hitters, and although they were clearly over-matched, they kept their composure on the mound and kept competing. The team is very well coached, and I expect the lumps they take this year will serve as motivation to get some payback over the next 2-3 years as this young nucleus of kids matures.

After a 0-4 start Middleburg has won 6 in a row, including a big win over Flint Hill last week...

I believe Flint Hill was ranked #3 in DI. Middleburg was ranked 10 in DII but looks to move up this week (if there are rankings published this week).

Atlantic Shores went 3 - 0 in pool play at the Mingo Bay Classic in Myrtle Beach with wins over East Clarendan (6-0) and Wilson Hall (11 - 1) both from SC and a win today over Princeton HS from WV (15 - 8). Jordan Sergent continued on a hitting tear going 6 - 9 with 2 HRs in the three games. Jordan is hitting .520 on the season now with 7 HRs. Shores continues in single elimnation tournament play beginning tomorrow morning and are now 14 - 7 on the year.

Does anyone have a copy of the Middleburg schedule?

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Originally posted by bballcoach44:
Does anyone have a copy of the Middleburg schedule?

They have everything posted on max preps.

http://www.maxpreps.com/high-s...aseball/schedule.htm

can somebody give me a link to the VISAA polls for this year? Everything I google is last year

Thanks!

Here is a link to the VISAA State Polls. I believe this is accurate.

http://www.ballcharts.com/team...plbb&custom_number=3

OK, thanks. one more question...do these polls determine who will be invited to the state tournament?

Yes. I am not an authority on this, but my understanding is that the Top 8 teams in the final poll at the end of the regular season (2nd week of May ???) are invited to the State Championship Tournament for their respective Division.

The voters for this Poll are the Coaches for the VISAA teams. Obviously, not all teams will play each other, and many teams will compete across divisional lines, so a D2 team may have losses to D1 teams that could tarnish their record but may not hurt them as badly in the polls (for example).

The Top 4 teams each host a Quarterfinal game (Tues or Wed of Tournament Week); then the Semi-Final and Championship games are played at the end of that week at a neutral location (usually in Colonial Heights, VA I think).

Caveat: I believe this is essentially correct, but I leave open the possibility that I am in error.

Anyone have info on what's going on in the TCIS? Looks like Cape Henry and Greenbrier will battle it out for the top spot so far. Bishop Sullivan appears to be having a down year.

I don't think "down year" is the correct term. Watching them play this year has been about the most painful thing I have ever experienced.

I was trying to spin it a tad on the positive side. There's some talent on that team. Too bad it's not translating into performance on the field.

Shores scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 1st and pounded out 14 hits in a 14 - 5 win over Canfield HS from the Youngstown, OH area tonight. The win puts Shores in the Championship game tomorrow in their Bracket of the Mingo Bay Classic at Myrtle Beach. Shores record is now 15 - 7 on the season.

Shores lost in the Mingo Bay Championship game 8 - 4 to High Point Christian who ran their record to 18 - 1 with this win. High Point was the 2011 NC 3A runner up in 2011. Shores led 4 - 0 going into the 5th inning, but gave up 8 runs in the fifth. Shores' record now stands at 15 - 8 on the season. Shores returns home for a conf game against Alliance Christian next Tuesday, then a rematch with Cape Henry next Saturday.

Congratulations to the Atlantic Shores boys on the great run they made down in SC. The VISAA clearly has some very competitive teams this year.

I had the opportunity to watch my first game at the Collegiate School (Richmond) facility today. WOW! What a beautiful facility, and they had some great fan support. The administration, parents, alumni, and benefactors of Collegiate should be very proud of the wonderful environment they have created for their sports teams.

My only complaint is that the centerfield fence was about 6' too deep tonight when the bases were loaded late

Christchurch completed a sweep of the season home & home series tonight behind LHP Trevor Otey (Jr). CCS booked their 4th consecutive shutout with the 10-0 (5 inning) win. The CCS boys have been getting it done with a good balance of pitching, defense and hitting.

In Division II action yesterday:

Middleburg, Covenant and Norfolk Collegiate all beat up on each other in a 3 way in Cville...

Game 1:
Middleburg 12 Covenant 2

Game 2:
Norfolk Collegiate 9 Middleburg 2

Game 3:
Covenant 8 Norfolk Collegiate 4

this Saturday there is another D2 3-way at the Steward School.

11am Christchurch vs Steward
1:30pm Carlisle vs Christchurch
4pm Carlisle vs Steward

Should be a fun day

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Originally posted by wattsboro:
this Saturday there is another D2 3-way at the Steward School.

11am Christchurch vs Steward
1:30pm Carlisle vs Christchurch
4pm Carlisle vs Steward

Should be a fun day

Saw results from 2 games but didn't see anything on the Carlisle-Christchurch game. Did they play?

no, just as the CC-Steward game ended the bottom dropped out and rain fell for about 2 hours I guess. CC decided to go home since there was no way to get the field ready and then play 2 games since there are no lights there. so the Steward folks worked their tails off to get the field dry enough to play one game before dark so the Carlisle drive would not be in vain.