Published Nov 28, 2023
Final VHSL Hoops Top Tens for 2022-23
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It was a season of dominance and brilliance for so many teams across Virginia High School Basketball in 2022-23.

Taking home State Championships were Hayfield, Woodside, Varina, Northside, John Marshall and Lancaster.

In the cases of John Marshall and Lancaster, they completed undefeated dream seasons. Hayfield nearly pulled that feat off, but for the second year in a row, they won every game against foes from the state of Virginia to complete the repeat trick. Also repeating were the Varina Blue Devils, who won a thrilling title game with E.C. Glass.

For, Varina it was their third crown in six years. John Marshall now has 11 State Championships, five of which have occurred since 2014.

Two great comebacks were seen in the Class 5 and Class 3 title games, where one team from the Roanoke area came out on top as Northside recovered from coughing up its early lead to take down Hopewell, while Woodside edged Patrick Henry-Roanoke on a buzzer-beater from Christian Greenlaw.

Check out the Final Playoff Brackets and Top Ten Rankings below...


See the Final Playoff Brackets for 2022-23 Here


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Class 6 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 George Marshall (22-4) and #10 South County (17-10)
RankPreviousSchoolRecord

1

1

Hayfield

30-1

2

3

Patriot

27-4

3

2

Oscar Smith

25-2

4

9

South Lakes

25-4

5

6

Landstown

19-7

6

5

Manchester

22-2

7

HM

Edison

21-8

8

9

Alexandria City

19-6

9

4

Battlefield

22-4

10

NR

West Potomac

17-9

Honorable Mention:

Madison (19-9)

Forest Park (18-10)


Class 5 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #6 Princess Anne (19-7) and #9 William Fleming (17-8)
RankPreviousSchoolRecord

1

4

Woodside

23-5

2

2

Patrick Henry-Roanoke

29-3

3

1

Menchville

22-1

4

8

Highland Springs

20-7

5

10

Maury

22-7; 20-6*

6

3

Kecoughtan

19-4

7

NR

Glen Allen

19-7

8

NR

Stone Bridge

16-13

9

5

Albemarle

22-4

10

7

Potomac Falls

20-6

Honorable Mention:

L.C. Bird (15-8)

Green Run (12-14)


Class 4 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #10 Churchland (15-10; 14-9)
RankPreviousSchoolRecord

1

2

Varina

23-4

2

1

E.C. Glass

25-3

3

1

King's Fork

22-4

4

5

Tuscarora

24-5

5

4

Western Albemarle

23-5

6

7

Jefferson Forest

19-5

7

9

Matoaca

16-9

8

NR

Handley

17-12

9

6

Loudoun County

19-7

10

8

King George

20-6

Honorable Mention:

GW-Danville (17-10)

Heritage-NN (14-13)

Great Bridge (14-10)


Class 3 Top Ten:
RankPreviousSchoolRecord

1

1

Northside

29-1

2

4

Hopewell

24-4

3

2

Cave Spring

23-6

4

5

Skyline

26-1

5

3

Spotswood

24-3

6

9

Lake Taylor

17-9; 17-8*

7

8

Tunstall

24-3

8

6

Abingdon

20-6

9

10

Petersburg

17-8

10

7

Lafayette

22-4

Honorable Mention:

Staunton (20-6)

William Monroe (17-9)


Class 2 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Nottoway (16-5) and #10 Nandua (15-5)
RankPreviousSchoolRecord

1

1

John Marshall

28-0

2

3

Radford

23-5

3

2

Floyd County

20-6

4

4

Brunswick

20-7

5

5

Virginia High

22-6

6

HM

Madison County

22-7

7

6

Strasburg

19-9

8

HM

Greensville

16-8

9

7

Ridgeview

19-8

10

9

Clarke County

17-9

Honorable Mention:

Gretna (15-9)


Class 1 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #10 Narrows (20-6)
RankPreviousSchoolRecord

1

1

Lancaster

29-0

2

3

George Wythe

26-4

3

5

Auburn

23-7

4

4

Altavista

21-5

5

2

Franklin

24-4

6

7

Twin Springs

20-8

7

6

Middlesex

23-4

8

8

Carver Academy

21-4

9

NR

Northampton

16-8

10

9

Lebanon

22-4

Honorable Mention:

Bland (17-9)

Grundy (16-10)

Parry McCluer (17-10)



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