Meet:  		AAA Girls State Meet Predictions
Location:	Cabell Midland High School
Date:		To be held November 1, 2014

Predicted AAA Girls Team Results
I'm a little surprised at how this turned out. I'm not surprised at the predicted winner, but I am by the gap I ended up with, considering I feel like any of the top 3, and maybe even the 4th have a shot at walking away with the title. Regardless, once I had picked a spot for everyone, I had Hurricane on top by 15 points. I have University edging Morgantown by 3 for the second podium spot. Obviously, with this much quality in the field, everyone will have to take care of business. Hurricane has a four headed giant at the front. University will need big performances from 3-4-5 to take the title. Morgantown is likely to have five any before anyone else. If they can move up as a group, the championship could be theirs. Hampshire will have to have an exceptional run and probably have to have a couple teams mess up a bit.
1.  Hurricane            56
2.  University           71
3.  Morgantown           74
4.  Hampshire            95
5.  Winfield            128
6.  Preston             133
7.  Capital             188
8.  Cabell Midland      230
9.  Buckhannon-Upshur   252
10. Musselman           282
11. Greenbrier East     297
12. Ripley              346

Predicted AAA Girls Top 25
This was a tough one. Peyton Panger has sat atop the rankings most of the season, but I had to go with Abby Colbert for the win. Her history of big-time State Meet performances is just too consistent to ignore. It could certainly go the other way, though, as Panger has been dominant. Hannah Lipps gets the 3rd spot. I give Victoria Cooke the nod for 4th over Sarah Wills and TaShala Turner based mostly on the Regional win. Both have beaten her during the season, though. I went with Wills and Turner, 5th and 6th, respectively. Emily Louk has put together a very strong season despite a lengthy absence in the middle of the season. I put three Hurricane runners in the final three podium spots with Joie Johnston, Jenna Crouch, and Abbie Short in the 8th, 9th, and 10th spots, respectively. The list of very capable candidates goes nearly 20 deep.

The predicted top 25 are as follows. If you want to know where you are picked, just send me an e-mail, and I'll tell you.

Place	Score	Name			Year	School
1	X	Colbert, Abby		11	Jefferson
2	1	Panger, Peyton		12	Capital    
3	2	Lipps, Hannah		9	Hampshire
4	3	Cooke, Victoria		12	Morgantown
5	4	Wills, Sarah		11	University
6	5	Turner, TaShala		9	University
7	X	Louk, Emily		9	Lewis       
8	6	Johnston, Joie		12	Hurricane
9	7	Crouch, Jenna		9	Hurricane
10	8	Short, Abbie		11	Hurricane
11	X	Fedders, Emily		12	Woodrow Wilson
12	X	Hogbin, Jessie		10	Hedgesville
13	9	Englund, Rachel		11	Winfield
14	10	Gordon, Anna		10	Hurricane
15	11	Imperial, Alexis	9	Winfield
16	12	Carr, Tori		9	Preston     
17	13	Brooks, Skylar		11	Morgantown
18	14	Scheffel, Lindsay	11	Preston     
19	15	Roach, Morgan		11	Hampshire
20	X	Ayers, Beighley		9	Wheeling Park
21	16	Mitchell, Mikaila	11	University
22	X	Currey, Allison		11	Park. South
23	17	Hatcher, Samantha	9	Morgantown
24	X	Beck, Rachel		10	St. Albans    
25	18	Martin, Ashleigh	12	Hampshire