Meet:  		Class AA Boys State Meet Predictions
Location:	Cabell Midland High School
Date:		To be held November 2, 2024

Predicted Class AA Boys Team Results
There is likely to be little drama in this team race. Elkins is a very heavy favorite to take home the title. I have them taking 4 of the top 6 individual spots. Frankfort is the favorite for the 2nd spot with Grafton having an edge over Williamstown for the 3rd position.
1.  Elkins                 38
2.  Frankfort              69
3.  Grafton                88
4.  Williamstown          106
5.  Shady Spring          127
6.  Keyser                196
7.  Buffalo               198
8.  Wayne                 215
9.  PikeView              216
10. Lewis County          230
11. Clay County           278
12. Herbert Hoover        289

Predicted Class AA Boys Top 25
Top Ranked Trevor George comes in as the favorite. However, Ryan Hughes beat him in their only head-to-head matchup this season, in mid-September on Frankfort's course. Hughes gets the nod for the 2nd spot with full acknowledgement that he could easily take the top spot. Joshua Bodkins is tied with Hughes in the rankings and is slated for 3rd. Benjamin Tenney looks to make it 3 of the top 4 for Elkins. He's beaten Bodkins on a couple occasions. M.J. Niggemeyer is the pick for 5th. He was only 5 seconds behind Bodkins at the Big 10 Meet and only 4 seconds behind him at the Forest Festival, and he beat both Bodkins and Tenney at the Midland night meet. Gavin Brown is slated for 6th He just beat Tenny and Niggemeyer at the Regional. Julian Johnson is the pick for 7th. He just been Teny and Niggemeyer at the Regional as well and beat Brown at the Forest Festival. There could be a lot of movement in that 3-7 group. Luca Altobello gets the 8th spot. He has a head-to-head win over Johnson and one showing within 10 seconds of Hughes. Frank Conner gets the pick for 9th. His Regional run was a struggle but the Midland course is more suited to him. He had early season wins over Altobello and Tenney. Colson Annon is tabbed for the final spot, though again, we're looking at a good 15-16 guys with very legitimate shots. Annon has beaten Conner a couple times and has also knocked off Altobello.
Pick	Score	Name			Year	Team
1	1	George, Trevor		10	Elkins     
2	2	Hughes, Ryan		12	Frankfort
3	3	Bodkins, Joshua		11	Elkins     
4	4	Tenney, Benjamin	11	Elkins     
5	5	Niggemeyer, M.J.	12	Grafton   
6	6	Brown, Gavin		12	Elkins     
7	7	Johnson, Julian		12	Williamstown
8	8	Altobello, Luca		10	Keyser     
9	9	Conner, Frank		12	Williamstown
10	10	Annon, Colson		11	Grafton   
11	11	Coiner, Will		12	Williamstown
12	12	McDonald, Gavin		11	Frankfort
13	X	Thorne, Wyatt		10	Hampshire  
14	13	Maier, Chase		9	Grafton   
15	X	Walkup, Johnny		12	Nicholas   
16	X	Stuck, Nathaniel	12	East Fairmont
17	X	Bott, Adrian		11	Lincoln   
18	14	Dowdy, Ethan		10	Shady Spring
19	15	Mallott, Logan		10	Shady Spring
20	X	Barr, Luke		12	Nicholas   
21	16	Huffman, Tyler		10	PikeView
22	17	Alexander, Eric		10	Frankfort
23	18	Gray, Darius		12	Frankfort
24	X	Shuman, Austin		12	Liberty Harr.
25	19	Skinner, Brody		10	Lewis