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Sectional 49 – Morgan Twp. Participating Teams: Gary 21st Century, Kouts, LaCrosse, Morgan Twp., Washington Twp, Westville. This will be a pretty good sectional with all but one team above .500. The hosts and the favorite, Gary 21st Century, both…
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Continue ReadingSectional 49 – Morgan Twp.
Participating Teams: Gary 21st Century, Kouts, LaCrosse, Morgan Twp., Washington Twp, Westville.
This will be a pretty good sectional with all but one team above .500. The hosts and the favorite, Gary 21st Century, both got a bye with Gary 21st Century having the easier match-up for the semifinal game. Morgan Township is 14-5 on the year but have lost to both Kouts and Westville. The match-up to see will be the Tuesday game between Washington Township and Kouts who previously played a 3OT game resulting in a Washington Township victory.
Sectional 50 – Tri-County
Participating Teams: Caston, Covenant Christian (DeMotte), North White, Pioneer, South Newton, Tri-County, West Central.
This sectional is loaded with only one ranked team but four have a record of 14-6 or better while two have 18 or more. South Newton would seem to be the favorite but with their only losses on the season to North White and Tri-County it is really up in the air. The advantage goes to North White who has not lost a game to the field this year but they got a really tough draw having to face all the toughest teams on the road to the Championship.
Sectional 51 – Triton
Participating Teams: Argos, Culver Community, North Miami, Oregon-Davis, South Central, Triton.
Triton has the advantage in this sectional because they are the home team. The top five teams have really beat up on each other this year. Triton got lucky and drew the bye and will face the winner of Argos and South Central. The winner of this side will likely win the Championship but if one team gets hot all bets are off with this clustered sectional.
Sectional 52 – Fort Wayne Blackhawk
Participating Teams: Bethany Christian, Elkhart Christian, Fort Wayne Blackhawk, Hamilton, Lakeland Christian, Lakewood Park Christian.
Only one team is .500 in this sectional which by W/L sits at 34-90 the weakest by far in the whole tournament. The final game will likely feature FW Blackhawk and Elkhart Christian. It could be an interesting game as Elkhart is 5-0 vs. the field while FW Blackhawk is 3-0. I would give the advantage to FW Blackhawk since they have played a bit tougher of a schedule.
Sectional 53 – North Vermillion
Participating Teams: Attica, North Vermillion, Riverton Parke, Rockville, Turkey Run.
This is not a very tough sectional and should feature Rockville and North Vermillion in the final. Playing spoiler could be Attica who beat Rockville but Attica has to face North Vermillion in the first round while Rockville gets the bye and plays Turkey Run. This is mainly a two team race and the championship game should be very exciting. North Vermillion and Rockville split with both games finishing in OT.
Sectional 54 – Lafayette Central Catholic
Participating Teams: Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Faith Christian, Frontier, Lafayette Central Catholic, Tri-Central.
LCC is ranked #8 in 1A while Clinton Prairie is #9 and this will provide a huge first round game for both teams with the winner being the probable champion of the sectional. LCC probably has the edge in this one though since they play such a rigorous schedule with more than half their games coming against 3A or 4A and playing six 4A teams. They have a good tune up as their final game is against Cathedral so LCC should be ready for the first game.
Sectional 55 – Wes-Del
Participating Teams: Anderson Prep., Cowan, Daleville, Liberty Christian, Southern Wells, Wes-Del.
For the #1 team in 1A this is a pretty easy sectional and they will make it through pretty easily. Cowan is the second best team and Liberty Christian beat them by 26 early in the year. I don’t see any teams giving Liberty Christian a real tough test and most of them should be over by the half.
Sectional 56 – Blue River Valley
Participating Teams: Blue River Valley, Randolph Southern, Seton Catholic, Tri, Union (Modoc), Union City.
Like in Sectional 55 with Liberty Christian, 1A #2 Seton Catholic should be able to easily cruise through this sectional and most games should be over by the half. But with that being said, Tri could play a spoiler and take down Seton Catholic in the Friday game if they make it there. Tri only lost to Seton Catholic by five points earlier this year but Tri also is just 6-14.