2023 Playoff Picture?

[CRF4Dan]

As we all know, every region, every class will have a different look after the latest cycle of alignment of regions & classifications.

With that said... let's talk about the 2023 playoff picture...

Region 4A only returns 3 playoff participants with Churchland, Hampton and Warhill.

• Grafton & Heritage (Newport News) drop to 3A. Both teams made the playoffs but made it no further than the first round.
• Deep Creek moves up to 5A and Kings Fork moves up to 5B as does Warwick.
• The big move in Region 4A is the addition of the Class 3 champion Phoebus.

Region 4B will have 7 of their 8 playoff participants returning... Dinwiddie, Eastern View, Hanover, King George, Patrick Henry (Ashland), Powhatan & Varina.

• Matoaca exits 4B moving up to 5C and in comes Caroline from 3B. Caroline reached the region semifinals last season for the first time in 30 years.

Region 4C has just 4 playoff participants back with Heritage (Leesburg), Loudoun, Loudoun Valley & Tuscarora.

• Halifax, Millbrook and Sherando stayed Class 4 but now call 4D home.
• Kettle Run dropped from 4C to 3B.
• Joining in the 4C fray is John Champe dropping from Region 6B and Woodgrove dropping from Region 5D.
  • Champe made it to the region semifinals this past season whereas Woodgrove went out in the first round.

Region 4D has just 6 of their 8 playoff participants back with Amherst, Glass, Halifax, Jefferson Forest, Orange & Salem making up the contingent.

• Out is Waynesboro who moves to 3C and Louisa who moves to 5C.
• Muddying up the waters of the playoff picture for Region 4D enter Halifax, Millbrook and Sherando.
  • Halifax made it no further than the first round this past season.
  • Millbrook & Sherando reached the region semifinals this past season.

What is interesting here is that Dinwiddie, your defending Class 4 champion and Class 3 champion Phoebus might be on a collision course.

 

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Halifax has been 4D for the past four years. They played and lost to Glass if the 1st round this year.