4A Toughest Sectionals
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to see the sectional on top. From the beginning of the year the Indianapolis Tech sectional was what everyone believed was the toughest in the state. Southport following that sectional closely isn’t too surprising…
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Continue ReadingIt shouldn’t come as a surprise to see the sectional on top. From the beginning of the year the Indianapolis Tech sectional was what everyone believed was the toughest in the state.
Southport following that sectional closely isn’t too surprising either with the talent from the top teams in that one. Logansport in third gets a big boost from Merrillville, obviously, but has some other solid teams rounding it out. Noblesville in fourth is perhaps a bit lower than people would have expected, but still not an easy one.
Perhaps the biggest surprise is how low the DeKalb sectional is from what people perceived to be one of the toughest in the northern part of the state at the beginning of the year.
The following list is based on the Sagarin Ratings State Rank. It ranks every team from 1 to 413 based on the Sagarin Rating system. We took the average State Rank from all the teams in each Sectional and ranked the sectionals in each class based on that average. Here are the results:
Indianapolis Tech – 9.8
Southport – 46.5
Logansport – 50.7
Noblesville – 58.9
Martinsville – 61.2
New Castle – 65.0
Evansville North – 67.4
Crown Point – 74.0
Huntington North – 76.0
Terra Haute North – 82.0
DeKalb – 93.0
Seymour – 103.2
East Central – 108.3
Plymouth – 113.3
East Chicago Central – 145.1
Elkhart Central – 147.7