VHSL Region Picks Part III

May 27, 2019
PBR VA/DC 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 are our picks in the for the final five.

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

Region 1C

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Auburn	Parry McCluer	George Wythe	Avery Mabe (George Wythe, Virginia), Zach Claytor (Parry McCluer)
Jason Burton	Auburn	Parry McCluer	Galax
John Nolan	Auburn	Parry McCluer	George Wythe	Avery Mabe (George Wythe, Virginia)

Region 2B

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Page County	Stuarts Draft	Wilson Memorial	TR Williams (Page, Va Tech), Jay Nesson (George Mason, Washington-MD), Cameron Harmon (Strasburg), Michael Edwards (Clarke Co)
Jason Burton	Page County	Strasburg	Clarke County	TR Williams (Page, Va Tech), Michael Edwards (Clarke Co)
John Nolan	Page County	Strasburg	Clarke County	TR Williams (Page, Va Tech), Tristan Gordon (Page), Jay Nesson (George Mason, Washington-MD), Cameron Harmon (Strasburg), Michael Edwards (Clarke Co)

Region 2D

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Virginia	Lebanon	Wise Central	Preston Steele (Lebanon, Va Tech), Matthew Buchanan (Lebanon, Virginia), Jordan Dixon (Virginia HS, King), Jonathan Compton (Gate City),
Jason Burton	Lebanon	Virginia	Grayson County	Jonathan Compton (Gate City), Preston Steele (Lebanon, Va Tech), Matthew Buchanan (Lebanon, Virginia)
John Nolan	Lebanon	John Battle	Grayson County	Preston Steele (Lebanon, Va Tech), Matthew Buchanan (Lebanon, Virginia), Jordan Dixon (Virginia HS, King)

Region 4C

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Sherando	Kettle Run	Loudoun County	Joe Vogatsky (Kettle Run, JMU), Sajon Belser (Riverside, Col of Charleston), Hunter Entsminger (Sherando, JMU), Wyatt Shenkman (Riverside), Donovan Burke (Loudoun Co., JMU), Carson Swank (Riverside, Yale)
Jason Burton	Riverside	Kettle Run	Loudoun County	Joe Vogatsky (Kettle Run, JMU), Sajon Belser (Riverside, Col of Charleston), Hunter Entsminger (Sherando, JMU), Wyatt Shenkman (Riverside), Donovan Burke (Loudoun Co., JMU)
John Nolan	Riverside	Kettle Run	Sherando	Joe Vogatsky (Kettle Run, JMU), Sajon Belser (Riverside, Col of Charleston), Hunter Entsminger (Sherando, JMU), Wyatt Shenkman (Riverside), Donovan Burke (Loudoun Co., JMU), Carson Swank (Riverside, Yale)

Region 5C

	Champ	Runner-up	Dark Horse	Player(s) to watch
Jerry Shank	Briar Woods	Broad Run	Freedom	Evan Smith (Briar Woods, West Virginia), Carson Mayfield (Falls Church), Ethan Snyder (Broad Run), Connor Hale (Broad Run), Paul Moore (Stone Bridge, Walters State CC), Todd Hartman (Thomas Jefferson S&T, Johns Hopkins), Nathan Cmeyla (Briar Woods)
Jason Burton	Briar Woods	Broad Run	Falls Church	Evan Smith (Briar Woods, West Virginia), Paul Moore (Stone Bridge, Walters State CC)
John Nolan	Broad Run	Briar Woods	Falls Church	Evan Smith (Briar Woods, West Virginia), Carson Mayfield (Falls Church), Ethan Snyder (Broad Run), Connor Hale (Broad Run), Paul Moore (Stone Bridge, Walters State CC), Todd Hartman (Thomas Jefferson S&T, Johns Hopkins)