D3 Southwest District Previews

<p>Our Southwest District Previews continue with Division III today. These previews feature teams like Taft and Versailles among plenty of other talented teams.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Southwest 1</span></p> <p>Top Teams: Versailles, Georgetown, Gamble Montessori</p> <p>Potential Sleeper: Purcell Marian- The Cavaliers played the role of Cinderella last season and very well could do it again. With a proven scorer in <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1045460" first="Andre" last="Simmons"]</strong> and favorable game against Cincinnati Country Day, the Cavs could find themselves making another run.</p> <p>District Final: Versailles over Gamble Montessori- Very few teams have been able to figure out how to beat Versailles this season. With a guy like <strong>Jaydon Litten </strong>leading you, it’s no reason the Tigers are so good. Gamble has had themselves a great season but run into a Versailles team that just doesn’t allow themselves to lose games.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Southwest 2</span></p> <p>Top Teams: Taft, Dayton Christian, Indian Lake</p> <p>Possible Sleeper: Carlisle- The Indians are starting to find their footing winning 7 of their last 9 games entering the tournament. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1285257" first="connor" last="smith"]</strong> (2023) has become a scoring threat for the Indians and will need to have his best game yet for Carlisle to knock off an Indian Lake team first round.</p> <p>District Final: Taft over Indian Lake- You can’t pick against the Senators when you have a nationally known player in <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="867936" first="Rayvon" last="Griffith"]</strong> and numerous complimentary pieces in <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="809611" first="Mekhi" last="Elmore"]</strong>, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1088811" first="Eian" last="Elmer"]</strong>, and <strong>Kieran Granville-Britten</strong>. The Lakers have had another great season but just don’t have the pieces needed to upset Taft.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Southwest 3</span></p> <p>Top Teams: CHCA, Preble Shawnee, Meadowdale</p> <p>Possible Sleeper: Madeira- The Mustangs have a special player in junior <strong>Conner Cravaack</strong> who at 6-foot-5 can create problems. A potential game with CHCA can allow the Mustangs to play spoiler. </p> <p>District Final: CHCA over Meadowdale- The Lions would be making a historic run behind the play of <strong>Kalerrio Reaves </strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="922591" first="Lee" last="Benson"]</strong>, but CHCA hasn’t lost a game since December 29th and they have shown they can beat different style teams so far this year.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Southwest 4</span></p> <p>Top Teams: Summit Country Day, Shawnee, Greenon</p> <p>Possible Sleeper: Mariemont- <strong>Tim Stewart </strong>is one of the best scorers in the CHL and could spell problems for Summit in the Sectional play. If he can get himself a 25-30 points outing, it could be enough to challenge the Knights.</p> <p>District Final: Shawnee over Summit Country Day- I think Summit will survive to this game, but facing a Shawnee team that has been here before and has a true athletic stud in <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1201838" first="Zion" last="Crowe"]</strong> doesn’t spell well for the Knights.</p>