Shenandoah/Conf. 36 update 5/8...

[DiamondDude]

3 teams competing in Conf. 35 and 4 in 36 (Draft, of course, will be in C29, 3A)
Heading into the final week & a half of regular season,updated overall records & current ratings. East Rock nipped Luray 3-2 this evening to maintain/hold top spot in the league & C36 at this time. Wilson & hard-throwing RH Brandon Gochenour, toppled Riverheads 6-1 today. Unbeaten 15-0 Strasburg and 14-1 George Mason pace C35 with Page still in the mix too. Also in C36: Nelson County is currently 7-5 and Robert E. Lee is 4-13.


East Rockingham 14-2
Page County 10-4
Riverheads 11-4
Wilson Memorial 9-7
Stuarts Draft 6-10
Buffalo Gap 6-10
Luray 6-8
Stonewall J. 3-10

C36 ratings
1. E.Rock 100 / 6.25
2. Riverheads 77 / 5.13
3. Nelson 50 / 4.17
4. Wilson Mem. 66 / 4.12
5. Buffalo Gap 43 / 2.69
6. R.E. Lee 38 / 2.23

 

[longtimerhsfan]

We should always expect the unexpected with high school sports. Take Wilson/Riverheads for example. Last night the Gladiators played probably their most complete game of the season as they whitewashed Wilson 9-0. But tonight at the Hive, the Hornets returned the favor as mentioned above, as they came out on top 6-1.

They only outhit their visitors 6-4, but Riverheads was done in by four costly errors, most of which led directly to Wilson runs. The big inning for the Hornets was the bottom of the fourth, when they scored four runs to turn a 2-0 game into a 6-0 rout. Riverheads then picked up one in the top of the sixth to avoid the shutout.

As implied in Diamond Dude's post, the biggest victor tonight might have been East Rock. Although there are still two weeks left in the regular season, the Eagles would now appear to have the number one seed for Conference 36 all but sewn up. Riverheads and Wilson may be on a collision course for a rubber match in the Conference semis.