2019 Class 5 State Tournament Preview

June 4, 2019
PBR Staff
VA/DC Coverage

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We are into the final week of the 2019 High School baseball season in Virginia and DC, with the VHSL State Tournaments wrapping up the season this week with Championship Saturday. To get you ready for this week's action, we will post a preview for each classification, continuing here with Class 5. In each preview, we will quickly highlight each team's season and our staff will make its picks.

Check out the PBR VA/DC podcast this week for more in-depth analysis of our picks.

State Tournament Previews

Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4

VHSL Class 5 Teams

School	No. 12 Stafford Indians
Record	21-3
2019	Region 5D Champions, Commonwealth District Tournament Champions
Key Players	Michael Tolson (Western Carolina), Tucker Sullivan, Tristan McAllister (Charleston WV), Caleb McAllister

School	Broad Run Spartans
Record	16-9
2019	Reginon 5C Runners-up, Potomac District Runners-up
Key Players	Justin Rebok, Ethan Snyder, Connor Hale, Ryan Gorey (Mary Washington), Anthony Puma, Quinn Stromberg

School	No. 5 Hickory Hawks
Record	22-1
2019	Region 5A Champions
Key Players	Mason Dunaway (James Madison), Zach Dzarnowski, Drew Stanley, Jaren Snellinger, Scott Crosson

School	No. 16 Prince George Royals
Record	19-3
2019	Region 5B Runners-up (By seeding, Championship game was not completed)
Key Players	Buck Forbes (Charleston WV), Jacob Farrar (VMI), Quincy Sippio, Dylan Barber, Michael Dolberry

School	Stone Bridge Bulldogs
Record	16-9
2019	Region 5C Champions
Key Players	Paul Moore (Walters State CC), Mitchell Colombo, Dalton Hines, Daniel Antonucci, Zach Mazur

School	No. 14 Halifax County Comets
Record	22-3
2019	Region 5D Runners-up
Key Players	Drew Harlow (Radford), Alex Lowery, Christian Worley (Virginia Tech), Shaun Perkins (Patrick Henry CC), Troy Ferrell (Roanoke)

School	No. 6 Mills Godwin Eagles
Record	20-2
2019	Region 5B Champions
Key Players	Bryce Safferwich (James Madison), Spencer Rife (Randolph-Macon), Sam Essex (CNU), Noah Berringer (Hampden-Sydney), Noah Cornwell (James Madison), Josh Trentadue

School	No. 11 Menchville Monarchs
Record	19-4
2019	Region 5A Runners-up
Key Players	Ahmad Goldson (Louisburg JC), Philip Forbes V (James Madison), Dawson Guzik, Kody Abrisz, Brandon Rodgers, Kade Abrisz

PBR VA/DC Staff Picks

	Champion	Dark Horse
Jerry Shank	Hickory	Stone Bridge
John Nolan	Hickory	Broad Run
Jason Burton	Mills Godwin	Halifax County