{"id":83921,"date":"2017-02-01T07:58:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T12:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=83921"},"modified":"2017-02-01T07:58:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T12:58:40","slug":"area-girls-teams-prepare-for-sectionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/02\/01\/area-girls-teams-prepare-for-sectionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Area girls’ teams prepare for sectionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n

With the 2016-2017 girls high school basketball regular season winding down, sectional tournament pairings will be determined this Sunday.<\/p>\n

Based on factors such as overall record, head-to-head competition and strength of schedule, teams will be assigned a seed or ranking.<\/p>\n

From there, coaches will be able to determine where to be placed on the tournament bracket.<\/p>\n

Here is a breakdown of where local and area teams will begin sectional semifinal competition February 21 and 22, with winners advancing to sectional championship action February 25.<\/p>\n

Division II — Van Wert is one of 12 schools scheduled to begin sectional semifinal play at Leipsic or Spencerville High School.<\/p>\n

The remaining schools are Bath, Bryan, Celina, Defiance, Elida, Kenton, Napoleon, Ottawa-Glandorf, St. Marys, Shawnee, and Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n

Ottawa-Glandorf and Wapakoneta appear to be frontrunners for the top two seeds, with Kenton also in the mix.\u00a0However, Wapakoneta defeated Kenton 55-54 on January 5, which may give the Lady Redskins the nod as the second overall seed.<\/p>\n

Sectional winners will advance to the Paulding district.<\/p>\n

Division III — A field of 13 teams will compete at Lincolnview or Wapakoneta High School.\u00a0The list includes Allen East, Bluffton, Coldwater, Columbus Grove, Delphos Jefferson, Fort Recovery, Liberty-Benton, Parkway, Patrick Henry, Paulding, St. Henry, Tinora, and Van Buren.<\/p>\n

Columbus Grove is expected to be the top overall seed, with Bluffton and Coldwater contending for the second seed.<\/p>\n

Sectional winners will advance to the Elida district.<\/p>\n

Division IV — 14 teams will open sectional play at Allen East or Bath High School, with winners advancing to the Wapakoneta district.<\/p>\n

Crestview and Lincolnview are two local schools scheduled to compete, along with Hardin-Northern, Lima Central Catholic, Lincolnview, Marion Local, Minster, New Bremen, New Knoxville, Perry, Ridgemont, Spencerville, Upper Scioto Valley, and Waynesfield-Goshen.<\/p>\n

Minster is expected to be the top seed.<\/p>\n

Thirteen other Division IV schools will begin sectional competition at Bluffton and Paulding High School. That list includes Delphos St. John\u2019s and Wayne Trace, along with Arlington, Continental, Cory-Rawson, Fort Jennings, Kalida, Leipsic, McComb, Miller City, North Baltimore, Ottoville, and Pandora-Gilboa.<\/p>\n

Ottoville and Wayne Trace are contenders for the top two seeds, with Arlington in the mix as well. Winners from that sectional will advance to the Ottawa-Glandorf district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports With the 2016-2017 girls high school basketball regular season winding down, sectional tournament pairings will be determined this Sunday. Based on factors such as overall record, head-to-head competition and strength of schedule, teams will be assigned a seed or ranking. From there, coaches will be able to determine where to be placed […]<\/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-83921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 11:39:17","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\/83921","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=83921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}