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Daily Tournament Fix — March 7
Here’s your daily tournament fix for Saturday, March 7:
Today’s games: D-IV Girls District Final — Southeastern (19-4) vs. Houston (16-7), 11 a.m., at Vandalia Butler Student Activity Center; D-II Boys Sectional Final — Shawnee (16-5) vs. Bellefontaine (13-9), 7:30 p.m., at Troy High School.
Short Takes: Southeastern is making its first appearance at the D-IV district tournament since 2005. The senior class were freshmen that season. They beat Covington to advance to the regional semifinal, where they fell to Jackson Center. … Shawnee senior Justin Williams leads the CBC Kenton Trail in scoring at 16.1 points per game. Bellefontaine’s Brock Mitchell leads the CBC in both rebounding (8.8) and blocked shots (1.6).
Key player: Justin Massie, Shawnee. The senior point guard keeps the Braves organized and steady on the floor. He’ll have to play strong to give Shawnee its third win of the year over the Chieftains.
Tough test: The Southeastern girls face a tough test in the D-IV districts against Houston, who hails from the Shelby County League.
“It’s a very tough league,” said Southeastern coach Jim Lightle. “We’ve got our work cut out for us. We’ve got to take care of ourselves.”
The Trojans have the early game today, something they’re getting used to this season.
“The last few years we didn’t play a lot of Noon games,” Lightle said. “We played three of them this year. Hopefully, they’ll rely on that and get prepared. That was a good experience.”
Last night’s results: Southeastern survived a scare from Yellow Springs, while Northeastern fell to Anna in their first sectional final game since 1983. Mechanicsburg fell to Jackson Center, and Graham rolled Indian Lake for the third time this season.
Something to build on: Northeastern coach Kregg Creamer was happy his team could go on a big tournament run. But it wasn’t something that was unexpected. He felt his team underachieved through the regular season, but peaked toward tournament time. The experience will come in handy next winter.
“We lose seven seniors, but I have a nice nucleus of four underclassmen who were major contributors down the stretch,” Creamer said. “We have something to build on.”
Live blogs: We’ll be live-blogging both of today’s games, as well as the state wrestling meet.
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