With the changes to classifications and alignments prior to next season, the playoff picture will see some definite changes.
Region 3A will return 6 of the 8 playoff participants with Colonial Heights, Hopewell, IC Norcom, Lafayette, Lake Taylor and York.
Region 3B will return 7 of 8 playoff participants with Armstrong, Brentsville, Culpeper, Goochland, James Monroe, Skyline and Warren.
Region 3C will return all 8 playoff participants with Brookville, Heritage (Lynchburg), Liberty Christian, Rustburg, Spotswood, Staunton, Turner Ashby and Wilson Memorial.
Region 3D will return all 8 of their playoff teams with no incoming teams so the question is... can Carroll, Northside, Pulaski, Tunstall or William Byrd bust up the playoff party in 2023?
With Phoebus going to Class 4... does Heritage reign supreme or will Kettle Run become a perennial contender or does someone else step up to rule the land?
Region 3A will return 6 of the 8 playoff participants with Colonial Heights, Hopewell, IC Norcom, Lafayette, Lake Taylor and York.
- Absent will be Phoebus who moves to 4A and Southampton who drops to 2A.
- Looking to fill the holes of Phoebus & Southampton will be Grafton & Heritage (Newport News) who drop from Region 4A. Neither team made it past the first round in 2022.
Region 3B will return 7 of 8 playoff participants with Armstrong, Brentsville, Culpeper, Goochland, James Monroe, Skyline and Warren.
- Absent will be Caroline who moves up to 4B.
- Thomas Jefferson returns to Region 3B after a stint in 2A. TJ reached the region semifinals this past season.
- Kettle Run who reached the Class 4 Final falling to Dinwiddie joins this region and will look to challenge as they did in Class 4.
Region 3C will return all 8 playoff participants with Brookville, Heritage (Lynchburg), Liberty Christian, Rustburg, Spotswood, Staunton, Turner Ashby and Wilson Memorial.
- Joining the playoff field is Alleghany and East Rockingham who move up from Region 2A but made it no further than the first round in 2022.
- Dropping from 4D is Waynesboro but like Alleghany & East Rockingham, they made it no further than the first round.
Region 3D will return all 8 of their playoff teams with no incoming teams so the question is... can Carroll, Northside, Pulaski, Tunstall or William Byrd bust up the playoff party in 2023?
With Phoebus going to Class 4... does Heritage reign supreme or will Kettle Run become a perennial contender or does someone else step up to rule the land?