Meet: A-AA Boys State Meet Predictions Location: Mineral Wells, WV Date: To be held October 29, 2005 Predicted A-AA Boys Team Results Ravenswood is basically a lock to win its 6th title in a row. They should have five in before anyone else gets in three. Doddridge is pretty solidly in 2nd. The most likely team to knock them off is Charleston Catholic who has improved dramatically late in the season. Ritchie could move up a spot as they always run well at the end of the season. Tucker and Keyser will battle for the fifth spot. Independence or Wheeling Central could take that spot from both of them. 1. Ravenswood 29 2. Doddridge 85 3. Charleston Catholic 105 4. Ritchie 117 5. Tucker 159 6. Keyser 166 7. Independence 186 8. Wheeling Central 188 9. Grafton 201 10. PikeView 215 11. Shady Spring 237 Predicted Boys A-AA Top 25 Once again, the LKC is providing much of the upper echelon, with 4 of the top five ranked runners coming from that conference. Andrew Benford comes in as the obvious favorite. He turned a 15:52 at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational. That puts him at around 30 seconds better than everyone else in the field. Someone may come closer, but if he's healthy, he won't be beat. Of course, things like that have been said before and turned out to be incorrect. Zac Noel looks to take the 2nd spot. Ben Wise is the favorite for 3rd. Levi Grandt and David Orejuela should round out the top 5. The 2nd through 5th spots could land in any order. Orejuela has beaten both Noel and Wise. Grandt has beaten Orejuela on several occasions. Brian Wilson is definitely a threat to crack into that lineup. He came on strong late last season and appears to be doing the same thing this year. Brandon Miles battled illness through the middle part of the season and is just starting to get back to form. Still, considering his finish last year, he's obviously a threat to get into the top 5. Chris McGhee has been solid all season long. James Sheridan should score a top 10 finish. Skyler McCoy looks to round out the top 10, though any of the top 15 are realistic candidates for top 10 spots. The predicted top 25 are as follows: Place Score Name Year Team 1 1 Benford, Andrew 12 Ravenswood 2 Noel, Zack 11 Winfield 3 2 Wise, Ben 10 Ravenswood 4 3 Grandt, Levi 10 Doddridge 5 4 Orejuela, David 12 Doddridge 6 Wilson, Brian 11 Oak Glen 7 5 Miles, Brandon 12 Grafton 8 McGee, Chris 12 Scott 9 6 Sheridan, James 12 Chas. Catholic 10 McCoy, Skyler 9 Webster 11 Unger, Luke 12 Berkeley Spr. 12 7 Miller, Ben 11 Ravenswood 13 Templeton, Jesse 12 St. Marys 14 8 Warner, Lucas 10 Tucker 15 9 Mullins, Dusty 10 Ravenswood 16 10 Gray, Kurt 10 Ravenswood 17 Reese, Donald 12 Weir 18 11 Gallaway, Chris 11 Wheeling Cent. 19 Hall, Dustin 11 St. Marys 20 12 Lowther, John 11 Tucker 21 13 Blair, Andrew 9 Chas. Catholic 22 14 Richards, Chuck 11 Ritchie 23 15 Smith, Cory 12 Keyser 24 Richardson, Dusty 12 Richwood 25 Ridgway, Wayne 12 Philip Barbour