Meet:  		A-AA Boys State Meet Predictions
Location:	Cabell Midland High School
Date:		To be held October 27, 2012

Predicted A-AA Boys Team Results
This is likely Fairmont Senior's race to lose. Their depth gives them some room for error. I have Philip Barbour edging Frankfort for 2nd by a single point. Great days by either and an off day by Fairmont Senior could open this up, but I have Fairmont Senior with a 31 point cushion. I have Brdgeport in fairly solid control of 4th. The top 5 or 6 could work their way onto the podium with great days.
1.  Fairmont Senior       78
2.  Philip Barbour       109
3.  Frankfort            110
4.  Bridgeport           130
5.  Doddridge            149
6.  Buffalo              161
7.  Charleston Catholic  171
8.  Williamstown         188
9.  St. Marys            193
10. Keyser               230
11. Westside             285
12. Sherman              294
13. Wirt                 309
14. Liberty Raleigh      353


Predicted Boys A-AA Top 25
Nick Trefz has been the one to beat since the beginning. He wasn't always ranked at the top, but he's been the one to beat. He is a very solid favorite with no A-AA runner having been closer than 14 seconds to him all season. Johnny Hogue is the one who has come closest to him. Hogue's only losses to A-AA Runners have been to Trefz. Caleb Moore has run very strong late in the season and has been within 10 seconds of Hogue on a multitude of occasions. Will Shaffer was the runner-up last season and is ranked ahead of Moore. Moore beat him fairly soundly at their most recent meeting, though. Shaffer is very much a threat for the top 2. Marcus Black has been a very steady performer all season and has run within 10 seconds of Shaffer a couple times. Jordan Whitehair has been coming on very strong late in the season after a rough start. Abe Merinar is another who has come on very strong late in the season. Jason Weitzel is ranked ahead of both Whitehair and Merinar and could easily move up the charts. A top 5 is not out of the question. Brettley Harris is also ranked ahead of both Whitehair and Merinar. Whitehair beat him at the Regional, though. P.J. Louzy gets the nod for the 10th position despite a very rough regional. He's been very steady all season prior to that. I feel like the top 15 have very legitimate shots at cracking the top 10. Outside that, it will take a super run.

Pick	Score	Name			Year	Team
1	1	Trefz, Nick		12	Fairmont Senior
2	X	Hogue, Johnny		11	Ritchie     
3	2	Moore, Caleb		12	Doddridge
4	X	Shaffer, Will		12	Scott     
5	3	Black, Marcus		12	Chas. Catholic
6	4	Whitehair, Jordan	12	St. Marys     
7	5	Merinar, Abe		11	Bridgeport
8	X	Weitzel, Jason		10	PikeView
9	X	Harris, Brettley	10	Webster   
10	X	Louzy, P.J.		12	Grafton     
11	6	Rich, Dylan		12	Buffalo     
12	7	Miller, Trae		12	Frankfort
13	8	Zorn, Matt		12	Doddridge
14	9	Ickes, Shane		12	Frankfort
15	10	Nesland, Scott		11	Philip Barbour
16	X	Haught, James		12	Magnolia
17	11	Young, Lucas		11	Frankfort
18	12	McMillan, Glen		10	Wirt       
19	13	Furby, Trey		12	Philip Barbour
20	14	Dearth, Matthew		11	Bridgeport
21	X	Shetler, Corey		12	Berkeley Spr.
22	15	Strand, Matt		10	Fairmont Senior
23	16	Britton, Keith		12	Doddridge
24	17	Van Horn, Jacob		9	Fairmont Senior
25	18	McClanahan, Caden	11	Chas. Catholic