Anonymous wrote:VHSL Baseball is different. It should be this way for all sports.

Tournament Notes
The top of the bracket is the home team. If If a runner-up is in the top bracket position vs. a region champion, the region champion is the home team. The home team will wear dark uniforms and the visitor wear white uniforms

For quarterfinals: A vs. B and C vs. D. Cross bracketing for semifinals: A vs. C and B vs. D

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Anonymous wrote:The good thing for Oakton is that they have already faced and defeated every likely team they will meet in the district and regional playoffs (Madison, Centerville, South Lakes, Langley and Yorktown). There will be no matchup surprises, only some possible coaching adjustments. The problem for opponents is that Oakton’s younger players are stepping up more as the season progresses, making them tougher to stop than earlier in the season.

Their toughest games will be in the Regional. If they make the State Final, they would easily beat Battlefield by more than 10 goals.

Agree. If it’s a Battlefield vs Oakton state final, I predict a running clock against Battlefield before the end of the first half.

Isn’t that what happened to Battlefield last year against Yorktown?

It’s unfortunate that the Regions are so lopsided that Battlefield has an easy path to the state finals annually. Organizers need to mix up which Regions play which Regions for the state title. The logistics and travel times most likely prevent this from happening. So like years in the past the real State Champion match is the state semi-final with the dominant northern regions.

Yes Battlefield could say the same about what they have to go through in football basketball and hockey. You FX people are full of yourselves.

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Anonymous wrote:The good thing for Oakton is that they have already faced and defeated every likely team they will meet in the district and regional playoffs (Madison, Centerville, South Lakes, Langley and Yorktown). There will be no matchup surprises, only some possible coaching adjustments. The problem for opponents is that Oakton’s younger players are stepping up more as the season progresses, making them tougher to stop than earlier in the season.

Their toughest games will be in the Regional. If they make the State Final, they would easily beat Battlefield by more than 10 goals.

Agree. If it’s a Battlefield vs Oakton state final, I predict a running clock against Battlefield before the end of the first half.

Isn’t that what happened to Battlefield last year against Yorktown?

It’s unfortunate that the Regions are so lopsided that Battlefield has an easy path to the state finals annually. Organizers need to mix up which Regions play which Regions for the state title. The logistics and travel times most likely prevent this from happening. So like years in the past the real State Champion match is the state semi-final with the dominant northern regions.

Anonymous wrote:Already predicting state final scores and who the teams are is bold. And just stupid. There is over a month to prepare for that game.. teams will put up a fight in regional. Just silly to assume it’ll be Oakton. But not surprised, based on the way they talk about themselves on here.

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Anonymous wrote:The good thing for Oakton is that they have already faced and defeated every likely team they will meet in the district and regional playoffs (Madison, Centerville, South Lakes, Langley and Yorktown). There will be no matchup surprises, only some possible coaching adjustments. The problem for opponents is that Oakton’s younger players are stepping up more as the season progresses, making them tougher to stop than earlier in the season.

Their toughest games will be in the Regional. If they make the State Final, they would easily beat Battlefield by more than 10 goals.

Agree. If it’s a Battlefield vs Oakton state final, I predict a running clock against Battlefield before the end of the first half.

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Anonymous wrote:The good thing for Oakton is that they have already faced and defeated every likely team they will meet in the district and regional playoffs (Madison, Centerville, South Lakes, Langley and Yorktown). There will be no matchup surprises, only some possible coaching adjustments. The problem for opponents is that Oakton’s younger players are stepping up more as the season progresses, making them tougher to stop than earlier in the season.

Their toughest games will be in the Regional. If they make the State Final, they would easily beat Battlefield by more than 10 goals.

Anonymous wrote:Any games tonight in this awful weather?

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Anonymous wrote:The good thing for Oakton is that they have already faced and defeated every likely team they will meet in the district and regional playoffs (Madison, Centerville, South Lakes, Langley and Yorktown). There will be no matchup surprises, only some possible coaching adjustments. The problem for opponents is that Oakton’s younger players are stepping up more as the season progresses, making them tougher to stop than earlier in the season.

Their toughest games will be in the Regional. If they make the State Final, they would easily beat Battlefield by more than 10 goals.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain how districts and regionals will work? What teams will end up playing who? Sorry. New to this lol

Anonymous wrote:The good thing for Oakton is that they have already faced and defeated every likely team they will meet in the district and regional playoffs (Madison, Centerville, South Lakes, Langley and Yorktown). There will be no matchup surprises, only some possible coaching adjustments. The problem for opponents is that Oakton’s younger players are stepping up more as the season progresses, making them tougher to stop than earlier in the season.

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Anonymous wrote:Madison 12 - South Lakes 11. Warhawks come from behind and score winner in last minute and then stop the Seahawks in the waning seconds. Great game by both teams.

Any other game details? This one shocks me. I thought Madison was an easy cover at the -2 spread. Not necessarily a blow-out just thought it would be a similar score to the Oakton versus Centreville game.

West Potomac is still my sleeper team (not getting much attention) and expect them to beat both Woodson and West Springfield next week.