Blanchard River Buzz

A blog for rabid sports fans in the Findlay Area. Maintained by Findlay Courier sports writer Jamie Baker. The opinions expressed are my own crazed ramblings and not those of my employer the Findlay Publishing Company and its subsidiaries.

Monday, February 19, 2007

March Madness Ladies Style

It’s tournament time.
Ohio’s girls version of March Madness gets underway in Northwest Ohio this week.
Girls from some of the other parts of the state like the Central and Southwest Districts started their tournaments last week. Actually, there might be a push for the Northwest District to start their tournaments a week earlier beginning next year…stay connected for more on that later.
Some teams are going into the tournament on a roll while others are struggling.
Take the Findlay High School girls for instance. They enter the tourney riding a 2-game losing streak. They collapsed against Napoleon last Thursday as the Wildcats went on a 17-2 run late to keep the Trojans from gaining a share of the GBC title. Then they lost an overtime thriller to Division II Lima Bath Saturday.
They’ll open tournament play Saturday at Bowling Green against the winner of Tuesday’s matchup between Springfield and Oregon Clay. I doubt they stumble in that one.
If you are looking for a good girls basketball sectional to attend this week is a land of plenty around the area.
To the south at Bucyrus, the Division III sectional there should be a dandy. Mohawk and NCC champion and state-ranked Riverdale square off Tuesday with the winner playing Colonel Crawford in the sectional title game. Carey and Upper Sandusky two more excellent teams will play in the other sectional final at Bucyrus. No matter which game you watch you are going to see some pretty good girls hoops.
The other sectional that I’d recommend is the Division IV Sectional at Fostoria.
OK, Tuesday’s first round games don’t do it for me, it will be Van Buren and North Baltimore and Hopewell-Loudon and Vanlue. But the semifinals should be a battle with Hopewell-Loudon likely to take on Arcadia and Van Buren and Fostoria St. Wendelin. Again, both those sectional finals will be worth the price of admission.
You can download and print your own set of girls brackets and follow along in the fun by clicking here on the OHSAA web site.

NEWSWORTHY:
NW Ohio Wrestling Results and Info
Bucyrus area prep roundup
Big first half carries Royals past Riverdale
Other Monday stories from the Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Defiance Crescent News Sports
Ottoville boys team wins 13th PCL title
Ottawa-Glandorf tunes up by beating Kalida
Findlay Courier Local Sports for Monday
Fostoria Review Times Monday Sports
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune Local Sports

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