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HJN sports mobileSectional baseball draw: Badin No. 1 seed
Rams are voted the top pick by every school by Dayton Christian; Hamilton and Fairfield play each other in Division I opener.
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As expected, the Badin High School baseball team earned the No. 1 seed for the Division III sectional tournament.
Somewhat unexpected, however, was the fact that the Rams weren’t a unanimous pick.
Despite a state runner-up finish last year and a No. 1 state ranking this year, not to mention a record of 39-2 in the last 41 games, Badin was seeded No. 2 on one ballot at the draw meeting Sunday, May 3, at Franklin.
That ballot belonged to Dayton Christian, the No. 4 seed, which voted itself No. 1.
“I don’t care. That’s their opinion,” Rams coach Rick Kunkel said.
Should both teams win their opening games — Badin’s will be May 13 against the Preble Shawnee-East Clinton winner; Dayton Christian’s will be May 13, against the Waynesville-Clinton Massie victor — they’ll get to settle things on the field in a sectional final May 15 at Franklin.
“If we get to them, we’ll definitely mention (the seed vote) to our guys,” Kunkel said.
Carlisle (15-6), Dixie (14-6) and Dayton Christian (11-2) rounded out the top four seeds in Division III.
In Division I, the emotions will be high right off the bat when Fairfield and Hamilton square off in a first-round game at 5 p.m. at FHS on May 11. Fairfield (12-10) is seeded 11th, while Hamilton (9-11) is No. 18.
The two squads have played some memorable tournament games, but the last time they met in the postseason was in 2005, when HHS won 15-0.
All games are at 5 p.m. unless otherwise noted, and the higher seed is the home team.
First-round matchups
Division I
No. 25 Edgewood (8-11) vs. No. 28 Western Hills (6-10), Monday, May 11
No. 13 Talawanda vs. No. 32 Hughes (0-8), Wednesday, May 13
No. 11 Fairfield (12-10) vs. No. 18 Hamilton (9-11), Monday, May 11
No. 10 Lakota East (10-11) vs. No. 16 LaSalle (8-7), Wednesday, May 13
No. 3 Lakota West (15-5) vs. Edgewood-Western Hills winner, Wednesday, May 13
Division II
No. 3 Ross (13-7) vs. winner of No. 7 Little Miami (12-6) vs. No. 8 Wilmington (3-9), Thursday, May 14
Division III
No. 5 Madison (10-9) vs. No. 6 Fenwick (4-9), Monday, May 11
No. 1 Badin (19-1) vs. winner of No. 10 Preble Shawnee (3-13) vs. No. 11 East Clinton (4-10), Wednesday, May 13
Division IV
No. 8 New Miami (7-5) vs. No. 9 Fayetteville (6-5), Tuesday, May 12
No. 2 Cincinnati Christian (11-5) vs. New Miami-Fayetteville winner, Thursday, May 14
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