Meet: A-AA Boys State Meet Predictions Location: Mineral Wells, WV Date: To be held November 2, 2002 Predicted A-AA Boys Team Results Scott High has been perched atop the team rankings for several weeks. However, two-time defending champion Ravenswood knocked them off at the Regional Meet last Thursday. Throw in the fact that Oak Glen has the top two runners in the state, and you have the makings of a great team race. We've crunched all the numbers and picked the individual finish of every entrant in the meet, and believe it or not, we came up with a tie. Scott and Oak Glen came up with 77 points apiece. The tie-breaking sixth runner goes to Scott making them our pre-meet favorites. We have Ravenswood only a handful of points back, and they could easily take the meet for their third consecutive title. If any of these three teams falter, Grafton and Williamstown will be ready to pounce on a top three spot. 1. Scott 77 2. Oak Glen 77 3. Ravenswood 84 4. Grafton 113 5. Williamstown 114 6. Ritchie 130 7. Braxton 186 8. Frankfort 189 9. Keyser 235 10. Doddridge 251 11. PikeView 302 12. Richwood 316 Predicted Boys A-AA Top 25 Justin and Josh Simpson have been the story in the state all season long. They have dominated all other runners in the state and could find themselves competing in San Diego at the Footlocker Nationals. Grafton's Scott Gemberling is the favorite for the third spot with Chris Snell likely close on his heels. Things tighten up substantially after that. This was a very difficult year to make picks. There are numerous people that could climb up and take All-State honors. We're giving the pre-meet nod to Woody Snoberger, Jayson Lafferre, Seth Hauser, John Riffle, Adam Benford, and Adam Raper. Place Score Name Year Team 1 1 Simpson, Justin 12 Oak Glen 2 2 Simpson, Josh 12 Oak Glen 3 3 Gemberling, Scott 11 Grafton 4 4 Snell, Chris 12 Ravenswood 5 5 Snoberger, Woody 12 Frankfort 6 6 Lafferre, Jayson 12 Ritchie 7 7 Hauser, Seth 12 Oak Glen 8 8 Riffle, Jon 12 Grafton 9 9 Benford, Adam 11 Ravenswood 10 10 Raper, Adam 12 Williamstown 11 11 Shultz, Jose 10 Scott 12 12 McDougal, Craig 12 Grafton 13 13 Drinkard, Dylan 12 Scott 14 Blair, Jamie 10 Chas. Catholic 15 14 Benford, Andrew 9 Ravenswood 16 15 Dier, Shawn 10 Frankfort 17 16 Smutko, Mike 11 Scott 18 17 Ganoe, Sean 12 Oak Glen 19 18 Sheets, Jason 10 Scott 20 19 Sheets, Josh 11 Scott 21 20 Jobes, Ryan 11 Williamstown 22 21 Hartman, Harman 12 Keyser 23 Wagner, Joshua 11 Liberty Harrison 24 Snider, Travis 10 Philip Barbour 25 22 Thompson, Eric 12 Doddridge