Monday and Tuesday’s Best Regional Matchups

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The regional tournament start on Monday with the 9th region tipping off at NKU and there are some awesome opening matchups across the state. Here's a look at the regional openers on Monday and Tuesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Monday:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>9th Region: Lloyd Memorial vs Conner at NKU - With [player_tooltip player_id='1221669' first='Jeremiah' last='Israel'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1252216' first='EJ' last='Walker'], Lloyd has 2 certified D1 talents. Conner has a balanced team with [player_tooltip player_id='1126628' first='Landen' last='Hamilton'] leading the way. Expect a close game and the injury to [player_tooltip player_id='1221670' first='Ayden' last='Lohr'] looms large with a short turnaround from the district title game where he got hurt. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tuesday:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6th Region: Fairdale at Butler - Butler is riding high off the district title win but have no time to rest with a very tough Fairdale team coming to their place. [player_tooltip player_id='1148614' first='Jacob' last='Tucker'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1355176' first='Dalton' last='Hicks'] do most of the heavy lifting for Fairdale while [player_tooltip player_id='1497251' first='Dayton' last='Williams'] and Dontre Russell lead a very deep Butler roster. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6th Region: DeSales at PRP - Possibly the best first round matchup in the state, the Gibson brothers head to PRP to tackle [player_tooltip player_id='932773' first='Keith' last='Robinson'], [player_tooltip player_id='1346650' first='Greg' last='Cole'], [player_tooltip player_id='1346653' first='Jakob' last='Dixon'] and the Panthers. It likely comes down to the production of X factors like [player_tooltip player_id='1123571' first='Brady' last='Cummins'], [player_tooltip player_id='1244942' first='Julian' last='Bunton'] and Malachi Hamilton.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>7th Region: Saint Xavier at Trinity - One of the bigger rivalries in the state is renewed as [player_tooltip player_id='1258402' first='Drae' last='Vasser'], [player_tooltip player_id='1359139' first='Jayden' last='Johnson'] and Cameron McClain lead the Rocks against the young but talented St. X core of [player_tooltip player_id='1302983' first='Chance' last='Dillingham'], [player_tooltip player_id='1369458' first='Will' last='Hanke'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1563823' first='Jeremiah' last='Jackson']. Should be a wild atmosphere.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>11th Region: Lexington Christian at Frederick Douglass - Two of the most talented young rosters in Lexington battle for the right to go to EKU and compete for the regional title. Sophomores [player_tooltip player_id='1344606' first='Aveion' last='Chenault'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1344607' first='Armelo' last='Boone'] are buoyed by Senior [player_tooltip player_id='1133838' first='Kai' last='Simpson']. LCA has super Sophomores [player_tooltip player_id='1130312' first='Andersen' last='Green'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1240891' first='Saxton' last='Howard'] while Senior Tyler Hall is the leader for the Eagles. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>11th Region: Western Hills at Madison Central - Perennial doormat Western Hills has been really good since [player_tooltip player_id='1369439' first='Walter' last='Campbell'] returned from ACL surgery and nearly knocked off Great Crossing in the district Championship last night. Madison Central plays the toughest schedule in the state every season and are battle tested. Eleventh region Co-Player of the Year [player_tooltip player_id='932775' first='Jaylen' last='Davis'] is hard to stop but the matchup to watch is in the post with [player_tooltip player_id='926900' first='Robby' last='Todd'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1409546' first='Javeon' last='Campbell'] going nose to nose.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->