I thought Abingdon had it in the bag when they beat Fluvanna. Didn’t think Spotsy had it in them.
I thought the Bearcats would struggle if Page threw the lefty freshman. The kid is polished. Not sure how long he went. Page has 3 dominant pitchers. Maybe next year SWVA.
FINAL: Abingdon 8 Fluvanna 2: Falcons are in the State Championship for the first time since 1984, where they will look to claim the schools first State Championship #TCB
Just FYI. Fluvanna has a set of twins, Andrew and Kevin Ward. They both pitch (lefties) and both hit the daylights out of the ball. You will probably see one of them. The other pitcher is Algeri(?). This team has been together since about 1st grade. They played a lot of travel ball as the Fluvanna Extreme. They have a new coach this year. Really solid team.
King William gets 2 in the bottom of the 7th to walk it off and we will have a new Class 2 state champion this year.
Madison allowed 2 unearned runs in bottom of 7th. All three KW runs were unearned. Gotta make the plays. Tough end for a team who returned 8 starters from last year. 8 returners for next year as well.
Happens all over. Today one of the East Rock dads declared that ER could win the 5 or 6A state. I still get a smile recalling his exuberance and hubris.
I’ve been at a team camp all weekend with East Rockingham. 5A teams—Albemarle and Orange
Privates—St Anne’s Belfield and Highland
Western Albemarle, Culpeper, William Monroe, George Mason, Madison, Kettle Run, and East Rock
East Rock is killing it against all comers. I’m going to get out front early and say that they overtake RE Lee in the district and contend for a state 2A title. You heard it here first! They split with Lee last year in the regular season.
Madison’s first loss of season after sweeping Page in regular season. Apparently, due to all the rain outs, Madison agreed to travel to Page and play their semifinal game against Wilson, which they won 8-2. They played Page about 30 minutes later and went with pitcher number 2. Lost 5-1 to end their 30+ game win streak. So instead of hosting a state quarter, they will travel to Region A. My son dates one of their players so I get all the details.
Congrats to Francisco on breaking the record! Too bad Coach Mike didn’t get him back to Bristol.
I want to say good luck in the hunt for a state title but can you imagine the Abingdon blowhards on here if they win it?
Oh what the heck...good luck Abingdon! It would be cool if both Abingdon and VHS brought home titles.
But VHS has its work cut out for them. Page County has 3 stud pitchers. That lefty freshman, TR Williams, is more than a hand full (especially against LH hitters). Eppard is pretty impressive as well.
This is not uncommon this year. The lone D1 team in the Bull Run opted out of the district tourney. They chose to prepare for their region tourney after rain outs moved the district tourney back. Non-issue IMHO.
Congrats to GC. That was a special team and McClung is a rare talent. ALso would love to have seen the only Virginia team to beat GC play this year as well.
A couple of those Lee players are a pain and some of the staff is completely classless. I will not mention my feelings on some of their fans.
I saw Lee play twice season this against East Rockingham. We split with them. They are not as good as last year. Vaughn is good but can be a head case. I think this match up favors GC. Lee kind of plays like they are in a school yard.. try to block everything, try to push when it is not there etc. But they are really athletic. They used their athleticism to beat most teams. Central Woodstock is a poor mans GC and they could have beaten Lee twice if their coach had a clue. GC has better horses than CW. I think McClung will score at will. If Hatcher was still the Lee coach, I would say GC by 15-20. Their new coach is just a little smarter and MAY try to play defense against GCs perimeter players. Can’t believe I am saying this but Go GC!
And Nottoway returns 7 starters. They were reportedly the best team Madison played last year. Their game went 12 innings in the playoffs so there are a lot of top quality young teams in softball.
Sorry to hear this. Richlands had a legitimate chance to bring home a state title this year. I'd be very surprised if she returns with the same effectiveness this season.
I guess Richlands has a chance but didn’t Madison County return their entire team from last years state championship team?
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