SW District Sectional Preview- Division 1 at Lakota East (Cincy 2)
The Cincinnati 2 bracket is led by the #2 Lakota West Firebirds, as Coach Andy Fishman brings in another talented team expected to make a run into the tournament. A potential sectional final against West Clermont would be entertaining as…
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Continue ReadingThe Cincinnati 2 bracket is led by the #2 Lakota West Firebirds, as Coach Andy Fishman brings in another talented team expected to make a run into the tournament. A potential sectional final against West Clermont would be entertaining as they also have some solid competitors.
Division 1 Sectionals @ Lakota East (Cincy 2)
Saturday, February 15
#17 Fairfield vs #9 West Clermont, 12:00 @ Lakota East- As mentioned, West Clermont comes into this battle 15-5 and looks to challenge for a spot in the districts. Kendall Hale is a 5-10 junior multi-talented wing averaging 16 points per game. She will get help on the offensive end from 5-9 senior Marissa Jenike who scored 9 ppg and Amanda Lovejoy, a 5-8 senior averaging just under nine. Fairfield has two prolific scorers coming in, as senior guard Karlee Mills scores at a rate of 15.8 per game, and senior Tori Williams pours in 12. Fairfield is a .500 team looking to pull off the upset in the opener. The winner of this game gets Lakota East, who takes a first round bye. East is led by 5-9 freshman Madison French who scored 8.2 points per game, and 5-7 junior Claire Vogelmann at 7.6.
#25 Winton Woods vs #23 Milford, 1:00 @ Sycamore HS- Both teams come into their tournament opener with seven wins at the time of the draw, and this could be a pretty exciting even matchup. Winton Woods has tradition of being successful while Milford just lost their season finale in an overtime thriller. They do have a couple of players to keep an eye on, as sophomore Madalyn Hills and sophomore Kaylie McKenney are both averaging over 6 points per game.
#2 Lakota West vs #23 Western Hills, 3:00 @ Lakota East- West heads across town to begin their tournament run, and has a good path to get into the sectional finals. Western Hills comes in with five wins on the season, while Lakota West ends the regular season 18-4 overall and champions of the Greater Miami Conference. Chance Gray is a phenomenal sophomore guard, as the 5-10 player averaged 20.5 points per game. Nevaeh Dean was ranked #2 in the preseason PGH Ohio rankings in the class of 2020 scored at a rate of 10 per game. Kailyn Dudukovich is a solid 6-foot junior averaging 15.3 and adds a lot to this lineup.
District Finals info
We have looked at all of the Division 1 sectionals in SW Ohio. Each of the sectional champions will play in the district finals on Saturday February 29 at Princeton High School, with four games that day starting at 11am.