CARDINAL DISTRICT – Predicted winner: COLGAN
COLGAN looks once again to be in the pole position— and an early favorite for making it to the state tournament. WOODBRIDGE is the clear #2, and should give COLGAN plenty of competition. FOREST PARK, HYLTON, and POTOMAC SENIOR are all vying for the #3 and #4 spots leading in to the regional tournament.
CEDAR RUN DISTRICT – Predicted winner: BATTLEFIELD
BATTLEFIELD has looked unbeatable as of late, especially with their recent wins against OSBOURN PARK and LAKE BRADDOCK. However, OSBOURN PARK also played a close game against Woodgrove (last year’s Class 5 champion). PATRIOT and FREEDOM round out the top four— most of the other schools look like making the top four will be a stretch.
CONCORDE DISTRICT – Predicted winner: MADISON
MADISON, once again, looks to be the presumptive favorite for the Concorde title. They had a slow start, but have been dominant in the last half of the season. WESTFIELD has had a good run lately, and will be challenging them, but recently lost to SOUTH LAKES. OAKTON will look to be rounding out the top four. OAKTON performed well in districts last year, so there might be some surprises in this tournament.
LIBERTY DISTRICT – Predicted winner: MCLEAN
The two leaders are MCLEAN and LANGLEY. MCLEAN has come out on top (they are a lock for the #1 seed), but LANGLEY has played them close both games. Look for a good match up between the two in the weeks ahead. YORKTOWN and WAKEFIELD look to be the leaders to fill the remaining two spots, but MARHSALL is having a good season and will be competing.
NATIONAL DISTRICT – Predicted winner: HAYFIELD
HAYFIELD always does well in the National district. But look for EDISON to challenge HAYFIELD right up until the end. These two schools always put up crazy high run differentials– should be a close match watching these two teams if they both go to district finals. FALLS CHURCH looks to be a lock at #3 in the district. After that, it’s a three-way race between ANNANDALE, LEWIS, and MOUNT VERNON.
PATRIOT DISTRICT – Predicted winner: LAKE BRADDOCK
LAKE BRADDOCK is locked in the #1 seed. But LAKE BRADDOCK lost to BATTLEFIELD this week, so there will be an interesting contest in Region C. SOUTH COUNTY looks to be a lock in at #2, followed by ROBINSON (#3) and WEST SPRINGFIELD (#4). SOUTH COUNTY has a strong offense, but ROBINSON and WEST SPRINGFIELD have traditionally done well in the post season.
REMAINING DISTRICTS – Predicted winner: GRASSFIELD
GRASSFIELD is currently the Max Preps highest ranking team, and they are the the only remaining undefeated team in VHSL Class 6. It’s difficult to tell where the remaining teams fall– where REGION 6A is a combination of the Southeastern (GRASSFIELD leads), Commonwealth (MOUNTAIN VIEW leads), Colonial (DEEP RUN leads), and Dominion (COSBY leads). WESTERN BRANCH (Southeastern) should be a part of the conversation as well. All of these teams have had excellent regular season records heading in to district tournament play.