The state meet predictions are based on results have gathered throughout the season, head-to-head competitions, regional results, perceived potential, trends and (of course) gut feeling.
AAA Boys Team Predictions 1. Cabell Midland 65 1. Spring Mills 65 1. Wheeling Park 65 4. Capital 44 5. Woodrow Wilson 42 6. Hedgesville 39 7. Spring Valley 30 8. Hurricane 29 8. Parkersburg 29 10. University 22 11. Martinsburg 20 12. George Washington 16 12. Hampshire 16 14. Riverside 14 15. Ripley 12 16. Morgantown 11 16. Musselman 11 18. St. Albans 8 19. Greenbrier East 6 19. Parkersburg South 6 21. Jefferson 4 22. Preston 3 23. Washington 1 Well...that was unexpected. I have a 3-way tied at the top. Every point is going to matter for these three teams. It would be a real surprise if anyone other than Cabell Midland, Spring Mills, or Wheeling Park walks away with the title. There are a number of head-to-head matchups in the meet that can swing things dramatically. All 3 have athletes in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 110HH, 300IH, 4x400, 4x800, Shot Put, and Discus. The only event that has an entry from only one of the teams is the Pole Vault. AAA Girls Team Predictions 1. Wheeling Park 86 2. Ripley 76 3. Woodrow Wilson 54 4. Morgantown 51 5. University 44 6. Hurricane 35 6. Jefferson 35 8. Spring Mills 31 9. Martinsburg 22 10. Buckhannon-Upshur 19 11. Parkersburg South 15 12. Huntington 12 13. Hedgesville 11 13. St. Albans 11 15. Cabell Midland 10 15. Hampshire 10 17. Capital 8 18. Musselman 6 18. Parkersburg 6 18. South Charleston 6 21. John Marshall 5 21. Preston 5 Wheeling Park comes in as the favorite but by just 10 points. However, they have a lot more opportunities to pick up points than Ripley does. Ripley is fairly maxed out with 4 first place picks, 3 second place picks, and 2 third place picks. Woodrow Wilson is pretty maxed out in 3rd as well. Morgantown has more upward mobility and could easily slide into the top 3. AA Boys Team Predictions 1. Winfield 102 2. Weir 56 3. Fairmont Senior 54 4. Oak Glen 41 5. Roane 36 6. Point Pleasant 33 7. Philip Barbour 32 7. Shady Spring 32 9. North Marion 26 10. Robert C. Byrd 24 11. Bridgeport 22 11. Oak Hill 22 13. Frankfort 21 14. Independence 16 15. Keyser 9 16. Herbert Hoover 8 17. Poca 6 18. Berkeley Springs 5 19. Bluefield 2 19. Elkins 2 19. Liberty Harrison 2 19. Westside 2 24. Chapmanville 1 24. East Fairmont 1 24. Grafton 1 This looks like it should be a Winfield romp. The battle for 2nd should be tight between Weir, whose points are pretty solid, and Fairmont Senior, who has a bit more upward mobility. Oak Glen could factor in as well with a strong meet. AA Girls Team Predictions 1. Winfield 134 2. Bridgeport 98 3. Shady Spring 55 4. Point Pleasant 39 5. Oak Glen 38 6. Fairmont Senior 32 7. Oak Hill 24 8. Scott 20 9. Frankfort 19 10. North Marion 18 11. East Fairmont 14 12. Petersburg 13 13. Elkins 12 14. Nicholas 7 14 .Philip Barbour 7 16. Robert C. Byrd 5 16. Wayne 5 18. Berkeley Springs 4 18. James Monroe 4 18. Keyser 4 21. PikeView 2 21. Weir 2 23. Bluefield 1 23. Sissonville 1 Winfield comes in as the very heavy favorite. Bridgeport will score a lot of points, but Winfield would have to have a terrible meet and Bridgeport a great one for this to swing the other way. I have Shady Spring in pretty solid control of the 3rd spot. A Boys Team Predictions 1. Ravenswood 70 2. Magnolia 69 3. Doddridge 65 4. Ritchie 55 5. Webster 53 6. Tyler Consolidated 50 7. Tucker 47 8. Williamstown 33 9. Sherman 24 10. Clay-Battelle 19 11. South Harrison 16 11. St. Marys 16 13. Gilmer 11 14. Wheeling Central 9 15. Midland Trail 6 16. Madonna 3 16. Richwood 3 18. Buffalo 2 18. Summers 2 18. Wirt 2 21. Greenbrier West 1 21. Paden City 1 21. Tygarts Valley 1 I consider this a four team race. Ravenswood doesn't have a lot of upward mobility in their scoring. They have a little, but not much. The other three teams have more opportunity to pick up points along the way. Magnolia has three predicted placers that are in the 4th to 6th range. Doddridge has four such placers, and Ritchie? Ritchie has eight. They have their work cut out for them, but lots of opportunities to do that work. I don't see anyone outside these four having the depth to win it. Climbing into the top 3 would be a possibility for a few, but to win it all would take a blowout meet and bad meets from the other contenders. A Girls Team Predictions 1. Williamstown 112 2. Ritchie 53 3. Wheeling Central 50 4. Buffalo 46 5. Doddridge 43 6. Charleston Catholic 42 7. Magnolia 37 8. Clay-Battelle 28 9. Trinity 20 10. Pocahontas 19 11. Parkersburg Catholic 15 11. St. Marys 15 13. Paden City 14 14. Madonna 12 14. South Harrison 12 14. Union 12 17. Notre Dame 10 18. Wirt 6 19. St. Joseph 5 20. Greenbrier West 2 20. Tyler Consolidated 2 20. Webster 2 23. Wahama 1 This should be a pretty great team race...for second. Williamstown is far and away the dominant team. I have it picked that 2nd and 3rd place combined don't beat them. Ritchie leads a five-way battle for the other podium spot. Whoever can provide step-up performances could find their way to that position.