Meet: A-AA Girls State Meet Predictions
Location: Cabell Midland High School
Date: To be held October 30, 2010
Predicted A-AA Girls Team Results
Philip Barbour looks to be a solid favorite upon the return of Katie Mahoney. She had been
highly ranked at the end of August, but had disappeared until the Regional Meet where she
had a solid run. Inserting her back into the lineup gives Philip Barbour a very strong edge.
Scott is in the running, though. Their pack mentality could reap benefits if they move up
as a group. Shady Spring is a wild-card. Desiree Roseberry is a two-time All-State Performer.
She hasn't run all year, but she's on their entrant list. If she runs and runs well, Shady
will have a chance. Weir is very strong up front, but probably doesn't have the depth to win
it. They'll have their hands full trying to hold off Oak Glen, St. Marys and Berkeley Springs.
I have those four teams separated by just 11 points, so any order is certainly possible, as is
moving into the top 3 for any of them.
1. Philip Barbour 70
2. Scott 97
3. Shady Spring 116
4. Weir 128
5. Oak Glen 132
6. St. Marys 137
7. Berkeley Springs 139
8. Charleston Catholic 174
9. Webster 228
10. Oak Hill 284
Predicted A-AA Girls Top 25
Sami Harris and Sarah McCauley have been the ones to beat all season. They've squared off twice
with McCauley winning the first meeting and Harris the 2nd. McCauley missed a number of meets
in the middle of the season (I'm assuming volleyball), but I'm giving her the edge. Her closing
speed may prove to be the difference. It's tempting to just call this a two-way battle, but
Maggie Drazba is the defending champion, and her time on the Regional Course at Cameron was faster
than Harris had run on the same course (essentially) just five days earlier. It really looks like
those three are on a slightly different level than the rest. Katie Jan has looked very strong late
in the season. Erica Walker has been a little up and down, but she's generally pretty strong.
Alexis Virtue and Kristen Mastrantoni have been steadily moving up the rankings, running in tandem
at most meets. Bethany Carroll had a rough regional run, but has been pretty solid late in the
season and looked very good at the Times Invitational. Chelsea East has been steady. Sarah
Phillips owns some victories over East. There's a lot of room for movement in the field. I
could easily see at least the first 16 of this group.
Pick Score Name Year School
1 1 McCauley, Sarah 12 Philip Barbour
2 2 Harris, Sami 10 Chas. Catholic
3 3 Drazba, Maggie 10 St. Marys
4 X Jan, Katie 10 Frankfort
5 X Walker, Erica 12 Herbert Hoover
6 4 Virtue, Alexis 10 Weir
7 5 Mastrantoni, Kristen 10 Weir
8 6 Waybright, Brianna 10 Philip Barbour
9 X Carroll, Bethany 11 Doddridge
10 X East, Chelsea 12 PikeView
11 7 Phillips, Sarah 11 Shady Spring
12 8 Houck, Macy 11 Berkeley Spr.
13 X Rector, Emily 12 Ravenswood
14 9 Chambers, Kelsey 9 Oak Glen
15 10 Hoyer, Ally 12 Chas. Catholic
16 11 Marker, Tricia 12 Weir
17 12 Paine, Katie 12 Shady Spring
18 13 Griffith, Lexi 10 Scott
19 X Porter, Andrea 10 Point Pleasant
20 14 Green, Brittany 10 Scott
21 15 Knight, Beverly 11 St. Marys
22 X Biser, Hannah 12 Keyser
23 X John, Jessie 12 Wheeling Cent.
24 X Cassidy, Ashley 10 Tucker
25 16 McCoy, Ryleigh 9 Webster