Published Dec 26, 2019
VHSL Hoops Top Tens - Holiday 2019 Edition
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Matthew Hatfield  •  VirginiaPreps
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It's the holiday season and that means basketball tournaments are in full swing all over the state.

Here's the latest rankings installment through Christmas, entering games on Thursday, December 26, 2019 ...


Class 6 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Lake Braddock (4-2), #9 Patriot (5-4) and #10 Colonial Forge (4-3)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord (thru 12/25) 

1

1

South County

6-0

2

6

John Champe

5-1

3

2

Landstown

4-3

4

NR

Thomas Edison

6-1

5

5

Western Branch

5-2

6

4

Potomac

6-2

7

7

Fairfax

5-1

8

3

Oscar Smith

3-2

9

NR

Thomas Dale

6-0

10

NR

Yorktown

7-0

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Class 5 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #4 Freedom-South Riding (4-4)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord (thru 12/25) 

1

1

Norview

9-1* (6-1)

2

2

Henrico

5-1

3

6

Kecoughtan

7-1

4

8

Varina

4-0

5

5

Green Run

5-1

6

9

L.C. Bird

3-1

7

NR

Maury

8-2* (6-1)

8

7

North Stafford

1-1

9

10

Potomac Falls

6-3

10

3

Patrick Henry-Roanoke

4-3

Class 4 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #7 Lake Taylor (2-5), #8 Handley (5-4) and #10 Churchland (6-5)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord (thru 12/25) 

1

1

King's Fork

6-0

2

2

Menchville

7-1

3

6

Huguenot

5-1

4

5

Loudoun Valley

6-2

5

9

Courtland

6-1

6

NR

Woodrow Wilson

8-1* (8-0)

7

NR

E.C. Glass

6-1

8

NR

Halifax County

5-0

9

4

Louisa

2-1

10

3

GW-Danville

5-3

Class 3 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #4 Northside (3-3), #7 Phoebus (3-5) and #9 Norcom (3-5)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord (thru 12/25) 

1

1

Cave Spring

5-0

2

2

Spotswood

3-1

3

3

Hopewell

4-1

4

8

Western Albemarle

6-0

5

5

Goochland

3-1

6

NR

Lafayette

7-1

7

10

Charlottesville

5-0

8

6

Lakeland

5-1

9

NR

Christiansburg

6-0

10

NR

Broadway

6-2

Class 2 Top Ten:
Dropped Out:
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord (thru 12/25) 

1

1

John Marshall

5-1

2

3

Dan River

6-0

3

2

East Rockingham

6-1

4

5

Radford

2-0

5

7

Buckingham

6-0

6

4

Gate City

3-2

7

9

Fort Chiswell

5-0

8

10

Floyd County

5-1

9

8

Brunswick

6-2

10

6

Martinsville

3-2

Class 1 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Auburn (2-4)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord (thru 12/25) 

1

1

George Wythe

4-0

2

2

Grundy

4-0

3

5

Riverheads

1-0

4

7

J.I. Burton

4-1

5

6

Parry McCluer

5-1

6

10

Northampton

5-1

7

9

Mathews

6-2

8

NR

Galax

1-0

9

4

Lancaster

4-3

10

3

Eastside

1-4


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