Baseball: Dulles, Cedar Run, Liberty Updated Standings and The Skinny on Regular-Season Title Races

(April 26, 2012) - The high school baseball regular season is entering its (seventh inning) stretch drive and Potomac Falls (Dulles District), Patriot (Cedar Run District) and Stone Bridge (Liberty District) are the teams in position to capture regular-season titles and/or top seeds heading into postseason. 

Dulles District
The Leader: Potomac Falls (10-1 in district)
The Contenders: Woodgrove (9-2), Loudoun Valley (8-2)
Still Alive: Heritage (7-4)
Key Match-ups: Loudoun Valley vs. Woodgrove (April 27); Potomac Falls vs. Loudoun Valley (May 1); Heritage vs. Woodgrove (May 1); Potomac Falls vs. Heritage (May 4); Loudoun Valley vs. Heritage (May 8).
At Stake: Regular season title, top seed in Dulles District tournament, automatic bid and better seeding in Region II tournament as Dulles top team. 4 teams will advance to regionals.
The Skinny: Potomac Falls took sole possession of first place with its win Tuesday at Woodgrove. The Panthers bats have been hot but the winner of Friday's Woodgrove vs. Loudoun Valley games Friday will be just one game back of Potomac Falls. A Loudoun Valley win Friday would set up a battle for first place on May 1 when the Vikes play the Panthers. At the bottom, Park View (1-8) and Dominion (1-10) are fighting for the Dulles tournament's final playoff spot. Heritage is close to wrapping up a home date in district tournament quarterfinals.

Cedar Run District
The Leader: Patriot (4-1 in district)
The Contenders: Freedom (3-2), Osbourn (3-2)
Still Alive: Battlefield (2-3), Broad Run (2-3), Stonewall Jackson (1-4)
Key Match-ups: All of them in this 6-team district! Freedom and Osbourn will be rooting for Broad Run when the Spartans host Patriot Friday. Freedom then travels to Patriot on May 1.
At Stake: Regular-season title, top seed and bye in Cedar Run District tournament, automatic bid and better seeding in Northwest Region tournament at Cedar Run top team. 3 teams will advance to regionals.
The Skinny: The race in this small district could change dramatically each night but kudos to first-year Patriot for being in the driver's seat at the midway point in the 10-game district slate.

Liberty District
The Leader: Stone Bridge (8-1)
The Contenders: McLean (7-2), Langley (6-3)
Still Alive: Madison (5-4), Marshall (5-4)
Key Match-ups: Stone Bridge vs. Madison (April 27); McLean vs. Marshall (April 27); Stone Bridge vs. Langley (May 1); Langley vs. Madison (May 4); Stone Bridge vs. Marshall (May 8); McLean vs. Madison (May 8); McLean vs. Langley (May 11)
At Stake: Top seed in the Liberty District tournament and automatic bid and better seeding into Northern Region tournament. 4 teams advance to regionals.
The Skinny: Stone Bridge took over sole possession of first place with a big 9-1 win over McLean on Tuesday. The Bulldogs have been on a roll, winning five straight by a combined score of 41-2! Stone Bridge and McLean split their two meetings so the Highlanders need another team to knock off SB to climb back into a tie for first.