11/28/2023 basketball Edit

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...

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Hayfield won its second consecutive state title, beating Patriot 52-41 at VCU for the Class 6 crown (Matthew Hatfield, VirginiaPreps.com)

Class 6 Top Ten:

Rank	Previous	School	Record
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

Dropped Out: #8 George Marshall (22-4) and #10 South County (17-10)

Honorable Mention:
Madison (19-9)
Forest Park (18-10)

The Woodside Wolverines rallied from a 16-point third quarter deficit to stun Patrick Henry-Roanoke, 54-52, and win the 2023 VHSL Class 5 State Championship at VCU

Class 5 Top Ten:

Rank	Previous	School	Record
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

Dropped Out: #6 Princess Anne (19-7) and #9 William Fleming (17-8)

Honorable Mention:
L.C. Bird (15-8)
Green Run (12-14)

Myles Derricott and the Varina Blue Devils won a back-and-forth Class 4 Final with E.C. Glass that featured six ties and six lead changes, prevailing by a count of 59-56 (Matthew Hatfield, VirginiaPreps.com)

Class 4 Top Ten:

Rank	Previous	School	Record
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

Dropped Out: #10 Churchland (15-10; 14-9)

Honorable Mention:
GW-Danville (17-10)
Heritage-NN (14-13)
Great Bridge (14-10)

Lawrence Cole scored 20 points as the Vikings recovered from losing a 17-point lead and outscored Hopewell 18-10 in the fourth quarter for a 58-52 win in the VHSL Class 3 State Championship in March of 2023 (Bob Lanum, BobLimages.com)

Class 3 Top Ten:

Rank	Previous	School	Record
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)

Jason Rivera-Torres was one of five different John Marshall players chosen 1st Team All-State as the nationally-ranked Justices completed a perfect 28-0 season with a 91-34 rout of Radford in the Class 2 Final at VCU (Bob Lanum, BobLimages.com)

Class 2 Top Ten:

Rank	Previous	School	Record
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

Dropped Out: #8 Nottoway (16-5) and #10 Nandua (15-5)

Honorable Mention:
Gretna (15-9)

The Lancaster Red Devils capped a perfect 29-0 season by beating George Wythe of Wytheville, 62-40 in the Class 1 State Championship on March 9, 2023 in Richmond (Bob Lanum, BobLimages.com)

Class 1 Top Ten:

Rank	Previous	School	Record
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

Dropped Out: #10 Narrows (20-6)

Honorable Mention:
Bland (17-9)
Grundy (16-10)
Parry McCluer (17-10)

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