VHSL Region Picks, Part II

May 23, 2019
PBR Staff
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Playoff baseball is finally underway all throughout the Commonwealth for public schools as Region tournaments kick off play this week. For each Region, our staff makes its championship game picks, as well as a dark horse and players to watch.

As more brackets have been posted, here is our picks for six more of them, leaving just five brackets to be released, look for our picks in them once they are released.

For more detailed discussion of the Regions, make sure to check out the PBR VA/DC Podcast

Region 3B

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Brentsville	Spotsylvania	Thomas Jefferson	Vince DiMauro (Brentsville), Brian Baker (Spotsylvania, Washington College-MD)
Jason Burton	Brentsville	Warren County	Spotsylvania	Jake DeLisi (Brentsville, King), Jackson Arnold (Warren County)
John Nolan	Brentsville	Warren County	William Monroe	Luke Binstead (Brentsville), Vince DiMauro (Brentsville), Jonathan Sexton (William Monroe)

Region 3C

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Fluvanna	Brookville	Western Albemarle	Brock Duff (Brookville), Nick Griffin (TA), Tristan Shoemaker (Fort Defiance, Virginia), Bryce Suters (Broadway, JMU), Nathan Fink (Western Albemarle, Virginia), Kyle Fields (Rustburg)
Jason Burton	Fluvanna	Brookville	Fort Defiance	Kevin Ward (Fluvanna), Andrew Ward (Fluvanna, VCU), Nathan Fink (Western Albemarle, Virginia)
John Nolan	Fluvanna	Fort Defiance	Broadway	Andrew Ward (Fluvanna, VCU), Tristan Shoemaker (Fort Defiance, Virginia), Nick Griffin (Turner Ashby), Grant Thomas (Turner Ashby), Nathan Fink (Western Albemarle, Virginia)

Region 4D

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Liberty Christian	Salem	William Byrd	Issac Fix (William Byrd), Christian Gordon (LCA, Liberty), Jacob Williams (LCA, East Tenn. St), Emmanuel Johnson (LCA, Liberty), Parker Stallard (Salem, Virginia Tech), Griffin Agee (JF, UVA), Dylan Hatfield (William Byrd)
Jason Burton	Liberty Christian	Jefferson Forest	Jefferson Forest	Griffin Agee (JF, Virginia), Quade Tomlin (LCA, Liberty), Christian Gordon (LCA, Liberty), Emmanuel Johnson (LCA, Liberty)
John Nolan	Liberty Christian	Salem (S)	Jefferson Forest	Griffin Agee (JF, Virginia), Quade Tomlin (LCA, Liberty), Christian Gordon (LCA, Liberty), Parker Stallard (Salem, Virginia Tech), Jackson Cherry (JF), Pell Collins (LCA, Liberty)

Region 5A

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Menchville	Hickory	Gloucester	Trey Morgan (Hampton, VMI), Ahmad Goldson (Menchville, Louisburg JC), Mason Dunaway (Hickory, JMU), Ben Capehart (Maury, VMI), Zack Dzarnowski (Hickory), Tyler Horton (Princess Anne)
Jason Burton	Hickory	Menchville	Maury	Ben Capehart (Maury, VMI), Kennedy Jones (Maury), Kade Abrisz (Menchville)
John Nolan	Hickory	Hampton	Maury	Ben Capehart (Maury, VMI). Phillip Forbes V (Menchville, JMU), Ahmad Goldson (Menchville, Louisburg JC), Trey Morgan (Hampton, VMI), Mason Dunaway (Hickory, JMU), Dalton Barham (Maury, Norfolk St)

Region 5D

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Halifax Co.	Stafford	Mountain View	Brody Mack (Potomac, W&M), Christian Worley (Halifax, Va Tech), Keenan Williams (Orange Co, UNC Pembroke), Andrew Neff (Mt. View, Concord)
Jason Burton	Halifax County	Potomac	Stafford	Michael Tolson (Stafford, Western Carolina), Drew Harlow (Halifax, Radford), Christian Worley (Halifax, Va Tech)
John Nolan	Halifax County	Potomac	Stafford	Brody Mack (Potomac, William & Mary), Michael Tolson (Stafford, Western Carolina), Drew Harlow (Halifax, Radford), Christian Worley (Halifax, Va Tech), Brett Jennings (Orange Co.), Tucker Sullivan (Stafford)

Region 6A

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Western Branch	First Colonial	Ocean Lakes	Antonio Velasquez (WB, Bryant & Stratton), Ethan Anderson (Cox, UVA), Carson DeMartini (Ocean Lakes, Va Tech), Hunter Cole (Granby)
Jason Burton	Cox	Western Branch	Western Branch	South Trimble (Cox, George Mason), Reid Long (Western Branch)
John Nolan	Cox	Western Branch	First Colonial	Antonio Velasquez (Western Branch, Bryant & Stratton), South Trimble (Cox, George Mason), Ethan Anderson (Cox, UVA), Corey Leadenham (Kellam, George Mason)