{"id":202706,"date":"2026-02-15T21:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=202706"},"modified":"2026-02-15T21:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:51:39","slug":"boys-sectional-district-pairings-are-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/02\/15\/boys-sectional-district-pairings-are-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys sectional\/district pairings are set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert and Lincolnview are No. 1 seeds in their respective boys basketball sectional\/districts, while the Crestview Knights are the No. 2 seed at their district. Pairings were set Sunday afternoon and games will begin February 26 or 27 for most area teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division IV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As expected, Van Wert (15-6) earned the No. 1 seed at the Paulding district. The Cougars will host No. 7 seed Napoleon (4-16) in the sectional finals at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 26, with the winner advancing to the Paulding High School district and facing either No. 4 seed Wauseon (7-13) or No. 5 seed Elida (5-16) in the district semifinals at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 3. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Xavier Kelly and the Van Wert Cougars are the No. 1 seed at the Paulding district. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Division V<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paulding (17-4) is the No. 1 seed at the Elida district and opted for a first round bye. The Panthers will host No. 7 seed Swanton (6-13) or No. 8 seed Delta (4-16) in the sectional finals at 7 p.m. Friday, February 27, with the winner moving on to the district semifinals at Elida High School to face No. 2 seed Liberty Center (14-7) or No. 9 seed Northwood (3-18) at 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division VI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview (17-5) is the No. 1 seed at the Defiance district, which earned the Lancers a home sectional championship game against No. 7 seed Hicksville at 6 p.m. Friday, February 27. The winner will advance to the Defiance High School district to face No. 3 seed Wayne Trace (13-8) or No. 6 seed Tinora (9-12) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview (13-8) is the No. 2 see at the Defiance district and won\u2019t play a sectional game. Instead, the Knights will begin tournament play at the Division VI district semifinals against No. 4 seed Ayersville (13-7) or No. 5 seed Fairview (13-8) at 6 p.m. March 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spencerville (14-7) is the No. 4 seed at the Wapakoneta district and will face No. 3 seed Lima Central Catholic (11-8) in the sectional finals at 6 p.m. Friday, February 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Parkway (7-14) is the No. 6 seed at the Wapakoneta district and will play at No. 5 seed New Bremen (13-8) in the sectional final at 6 p.m. Friday, February 27, with the winner moving on to face No. 1 seed Marion Local (18-1) in the district semifinals at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, at Wapakoneta High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division VII<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos St. John\u2019s (21-0) is the No. 1 seed at the Elida district and will host No. 8 seed Hardin-Northern (7-14) in the sectional finals at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 26. The winner will advance to the district semifinals and will play No. 4 seed Ridgemont (11-10) or No. 6 seed Waynesfield-Goshen (10-9) at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos Jefferson (7-14) is the No. 3 seed at the Van Wert district and will host No. 5 seed Holgate (7-13) in the sectional final at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 26. The winner will advance to the Van Wert High School district to play No. 2 seed Kalida (9-11) or No. 7 seed Continental (4-16) in the district semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent sports Van Wert and Lincolnview are No. 1 seeds in their respective boys basketball sectional\/districts, while the Crestview Knights are the No. 2 seed at their district. Pairings were set Sunday afternoon and games will begin February 26 or 27 for most area teams. Division IV As expected, Van Wert (15-6) earned the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 14:38:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202711,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202706\/revisions\/202711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}