2022 Virginia Boys Public 6A Results and Rankings
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Anonymous
| I was confused on this as well. I see Madison in D with Yorktown but I also saw Battlefield in D which unless it changed this year I could not figure out how two teams in "D" could have played in the state championship last year? |
Anonymous
| Madison is in region D, Robinson & LB in C, Battlefield is in B. New regions were created. Each region will get 2 reps in states. Right now its looking like Yorktown/Madison for D, Robinson/LB for C, Battlefield/Patriot for B. |
Anonymous
Yes my bad - meant states. Madison/Yorktown/Oakton/Langley all in Class 6, Region D. Robinson/LB/WestPo/Woodson in Class 6, Region C. Those two regions usually match up in first semi of state tournament. Battlefield/Patriot in 6B and will play winner of 6A region (Cosby/Oscar Smith) in state semis. Never understood why they separate semis out that way - thought it might be to limit travel but thought semi games were all neutral site(?). |
Anonymous
And yes semi matchup information above was through last year. As other poster above indicates, they've changed structure to now include Champion and Runner-up from each region (and therefore 3 rounds rather than 2) in State tournament. Still C vs D and A vs B though. |
Anonymous
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Week 7 - 2022 VA Boys Public 6A “Unofficial” Rankings
1. Robinson (11-0) Results: Def. #9 West Potomac 17-3, Def. South County 19-4 Analysis: This team is just overwhelming its opponents and showed how wide the gap is between the best overall team and the bottom half of the top 10. Despite one of the tougher schedules overall, Robinson is averaging almost 17 goals per game while giving up only 3. The game against #5 Lake Braddock is the must-watch game of the week. Expect lots of scoring, with Robinson pulling away in the second half for the win by 4+ goals. Up this week: vs. Fairfax (4/26), at #5 Lake Braddock (4/29) 2. Battlefield (8-0) Results: Def. Osbourn Park 18-2 Analysis: Another dominant win against a helpless opponent. Two more easy games ahead means Battlefield should cruise into the season finale rematch with Patriot undefeated. It is very likely that Battlefield and Patriot will face off four times this season, and potentially five times if they both make a run in states. With a stingy defense and superb goaltending, Battlefield is giving up just four goals a game. Up this week: vs. Gainesville (4/25), vs. John Champe (4/28) 3. Patriot (5-2) Results: at Osbourn Park 20-2, Def. #7 Freedom South Riding 12-5 Analysis: Patriot had an easy win against Osbourn Park, then took care of business against a good Freedom team and cemented its spot at the top of Region 6B with Battlefield. Easy week ahead, with a more difficult three-game week to follow. Still, Patriot should coast into the final game of the season against Battlefield without another loss. Up this week: vs. Osbourn (4/25) 4. Yorktown (7-2) Results: Def. Herndon 15-2, Def. Dominion 17-5 Analysis: Yorktown and Lake Braddock both killed their weaker opponents, so there was no movement in the rankings. Both teams face their only real district tests this week, with Yorktown looking to keep its winning streak against Langley going, and Lake Braddock trying to topple the mighty #1 seed Robinson. Expect Langley to control the faceoffs and try to slow the game down, but Yorktown’s scoring and strong D should prove to be too much. Up this week: at #7 Langley (4/25), vs. McLean (4/29) 5. Lake Braddock (10-1) Results: Def. Fairfax 17-3, Def. Alexandria City 18-5 Analysis: Lake Braddock made easy work of Fairfax and Alexandria City this week and continues to push Yorktown for the #4 spot. Huge week ahead with a nice warmup game against Woodson and then a huge showdown against #1 Robinson. It would be nice to see Lake Braddock push Robinson and show that there may be some battles ahead in Districts, Regionals and States. Lake Braddock and Robinson look to have Region C locked up, as no one else in the region appears likely to challenge them. Up this week: vs. Woodson (4/26), vs. #1 Robinson (4/29) 6. Madison (9-3) Results: Def. Centreville 14-2, Def. #10 Oakton 13-1 Analysis: Madison is heating up big time and absolutely crushed Centreville and Oakton, with the offense finally firing on all cylinders. Madison has the Concorde District locked up, with no clear #2 team in that district. Region D looks like it is Yorktown and Madison’s to lose, unless Langley can surprise Yorktown next week. Madison should make easy work of South Lakes and cruise past Westfield the following week to finish the regular season 11-3. Up this week: at South Lakes (4/28) 7. Freedom South Riding (5-4) Results: Def. Independence 9-3, Lost to #3 Patriot 12-5 Analysis: Freedom had a good win against 7-1 Indy. A disappointing loss in their rematch with Patriot but the score was not as bad as their Battlefield loss. It was a close enough game with Patriot to support the idea that Freedom is still probably slightly better than the next tier of teams and Battlefield is better than Patriot. Freedom still has five more regular season games and could easily win out and finish 10-4, with losses only to Battlefield and Patriot (2x each). Up this week: at Osbourn (4/27), vs. Osbourn Park (4/28) 8. Langley (6-3) Results: Def. Washington-Liberty 9-0, Def. Herndon 8-3 Analysis: Langley continues to beat the weaker Liberty district teams, but seems to struggle to score at the rate of the higher seeds. It is tempting to move them down despite their two wins this week, but they barely hold on to the #7 spot until they get their shot to prove themselves against Yorktown. Langley’s slow, possession-based offense may keep the game close, but will likely hurt them if they fall behind against Yorktown’s higher powered offense. A blowout loss could drop Langley out of the top 10 altogether. Up this week: vs. #4 Yorktown (4/28) 9. West Potomac: (7-4) Results: Lost to #1 Robinson 17-3, Def. Fairfax 16-1 Analysis: West Potomac got absolutely destroyed by #1 Robinson, then followed up with an easy win against Fairfax. On any given night, there is almost nothing separating Langley, Oakton, West Potomac, Westfield, West Springfield, Woodson (and probable even McLean, Centreville, and Alexandria City). West Potomac beat Oakton and Westfield by one each and holds on to its spot despite the huge loss to Robinson. Games against Alexandria City and West Springfield could be interesting and help clarify the bottom half of the top 10. Up this week: vs. Alexandria City (4/26), vs. West Springfield (4/29) 10. Oakton (6-6) Results: Def. Westfield 9-8, Lost to #6 Madison 13-1 Analysis: Oakton won a close one against Westfield to keep Westfield just out of the top 10, then got pummeled by the surging Warhawks. Truly about seven teams could be in this #10 spot, including the two teams above and several of the teams below. Oakton beat Westfield and Woodson head to head and Woodson just beat West Springfield, so Oakton just barely holds on the ten spot, despite the embarrassing performance against Madison. Matchup with Centreville should be close with both teams playing a similar athletic and aggressive style. Up this week: at Centreville (4/28) Others Receiving Votes: Westfield (7-5), West Springfield (5-2), Woodson (7-4), Alexandria City (8-2), McLean (6-6), Centreville (5-5) |
Anonymous
| Well done! Looking forward to LB v. Robinson and seeing how Yorktown handles the Langley faceoff. I expect Langley to have more possession time but what can they do with it? |
Anonymous
| Excellent - Week 7 rankings and analysis are right on as usual! Great job - hard to have any arguments on anything above. Definitely some big games this week, especially starting tonight with Yorktown vs. Langley. Robinson/LB clash on Friday should be great. Definitely busy week that should have decent impact on rankings next week. |
Anonymous
| I had the Yorktown/Langley date wrong both times in the schedule. It is tomorrow (4/26). |
Anonymous
No problem, thanks - was wondering why it didn't show up in NFHS network listings... Should be good one whenever they play... |
Anonymous
| Langley 11 Yorktown 9 |
Anonymous
How did that happen? |
Anonymous
| Finally something to shake up the rankings. |
Anonymous
Langley put the ball into Yorktowns goal more times than Yorktown did to Langley |
Anonymous
Faceoff guy for Langley is the real deal! With Langley having more opportunities and possession majority of the game, Yorktown had to be more efficient on offense. Obviously, they weren't efficient enough and Langley played a hell of a game. This shakes things up nicely and puts LB ahead of Yorktown now. I would also say that Langley may now move ahead of Freedom in the rankings with that win, since Freedom does not have a win against a ranked team. Cannot wait to watch the Robinson @ Lake Braddock game on Friday. I'm gonna say Robinson gets the win 16-8 in the game of the week. Looks like Madlax media will be there to give us some up close and personal coverage, and the highlight reel of this game should be incredible with so much talent on the field in this one. Hopefully the refs continue to keep their flags tucked away, and don't call minor infractions that could typically be called penalties in youth games. The refs have been great this season in this regard, so let's hope we get more of the same! Shout out to the zebras who know the game and how to call it, especially when it's two high level opponents going at it. |
Anonymous
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Agree the faceoff guy was the difference maker. Although not really fair to call him just a faceoff guy, because it looked like he scored a couple of times and was also playing on the regular offense, man up offense, SSDM, and played pole on man down defense. Wish I had that kind of energy. Also agree Langley likely moves ahead of Freedom, as Freedom hasn't really beaten anyone of note. Langley/Madison is an interesting debate - Langley beat Yorktown and lost to Oakton, Madison killed Oakton but lost to Yorktown. Madison feels like the stronger team though for now and will likely stay ahead in the rankings, but this would be a fun matchup to see in regionals.
Really interested to see Robinson/Lake Braddock, and glad to hear MadLax is covering it (and not doing Landon again for the umpteenth time). Hope it is a good one and not a Rams blowout. |