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We have made it to the final week of the 2022 High School season in Virginia/DC, and with that, we will have our first normal VHSL State Tournament since 2019. As usual, the Region Champs will host their Quarterfinal matchups with Regions A and B paired up and Regions C and D the other pairing. One change this year is that after the first round the brackets will cross, so there is no way two teams from the same Region could meet before the State Championship Game.

This year, Spotsylvania County Public Schools put in a combined bid to host the event, with four schools in the central portion of the county hosting. For the purpose of baseball, Riverbend HS will be the site for all Class 4 games, and Spotsylvania HS will be the host site for all of the Class 3 games.

For each Class, we have the full bracket as well as some short notes on each team's season so far and players to watch. To hear more discussion as well as to find out who our staff picked, be sure to listen to this week's episode of High & Tight. 

CLASS 3

Abingdon
Record: 23-2
Region 3D Champs, Mountain 7 District Champs
Key Players: Ethan Gibson (Virginia Tech), Jett Humphreys, Jack Ferguson

Christiansburg
Record: 21-3
Region 3D Runners-up, River Ridge District Champs
Key Players: Mason Self, Nate Hall, Dawson Gragg, Marshall Basham

Lafayette
Record: 18-7
Region 3A Runners-up
Key Players: Luke Hanson (Virginia), Price Whitaker, CJ Buchan

Liberty Christian
Record: 20-2
Region 3C Champs
Key Players: John Simmons (Liberty), Benjamin Blair (Liberty), Andrew Burns (Liberty), Sullivan Holmes (Liberty), Logan Duff (Randolph-Macon), Tanner Thomas (Longwood), Dillon Stowers

Meridian
Record: 18-5
Region 3B Runners-up
Key Players: Jackson Pierce, Jack Biggs, Thomas Downs

New Kent
Record: 20-2
Region 3A Champs
Key Players: Carson Seely, Nick Redman, Joe Buchman (Ferrum), Brayden Heath, Jack Swynford

Spotswood
Record: 21-2
Region 3C Runners-up
Key Players: Noah Burtner (Bluefield College), Luke Keister (Shenandoah), Dalton Nicely, Jimmy Russell

William Monroe
Record: 18-3
Region 3B Champs
Key Players: Lance Williams, Jared Shifflett, Kaleb Doshier 

CLASS 4

Grafton
Record: 11-11-1
Region 4A Champs
Key Players: Neo Klemish, Frankie Engel, Blaine Griffin, Carter Hayes

Hanover
Record: 20-2
Region 4B Champs
Key Players: Seth Keller (Old Dominion), Levi Huesman (Coastal Carolina), Cannon Peebles (NC State), Owen DeShazo (Boston College), Anthony Gabello (James Madison), Brett Alvis (Mt. St. Mary's), Chase Hustead (James Madison), Marcus Van Alstine (VMI).

James Wood
Record: 20-5
Region 4C Champs
Key Players: Bodie Pullen (Shepherd), Brody Bower (Eastern), Jacob Roy (Richard Bland), Colin McGuire, Jared Neal

Jefferson Forest
Record: 20-4
Region 4D Champs
Key Players: Sam Bell (UMBC), Peyton Smith (East Tennessee St), Sully Tibbs (Radford), Luke Gouldthorpe, Evan Mace (Lynchburg), Evan Mace, Breckin Nace

Millbrook
Record: 21-3
Region 4C Runners-up
Key Players: Jerrod Jenkins (Dallas Baptist), Ethan Burgreen (Shepherd), Nate Brookshire

Monacan
Record: 12-12
Region 4B Runners-up
Key Players: Jaden Greenidge (Lincoln Univ), Jalen Greenidge (Lincoln Univ), Ashton Lasky, Christian Estes, Cole Macomson (Lynchburg)

Salem (Salem)
Record: 14-6
Region 4D Runners-up
Key Players: Trent Judd (Lynchburg), Eli Bowery, Caleb Furmage, Benjamin Bowers

Warhill
Record: 7-14
Region 4A Runners-up
Key Players: Logan Timberg, Robert Wilson, Griffin Wahl, Seth Richardson