Serving Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and Wood Counties
As area teams wrap up their regular seasons, postseason matchups were announced Oct. 5.
In Division II, No. 2 Clay received a bye through sectional play and will open bracket play with a district semifinal matchup against the winner of No. 3 Fremont Ross and No. 6 Start on Oct. 20. The winner likely gets top-seeded Anthony Wayne for the district title on Oct. 22.
In Division III, No. 6 Waite will face No. 3 Central Catholic Oct. 15 in a sectional final. The winner advances to face either No. 2 Notre Dame or No. 7 Woodward in the district semifinal on Oct. 20. The district final is Oct. 22.
In Division IV, Lake and Oak Harbor could potentially meet in a regional final. The potential journey there for the No. 3 Rockets begins with a sectional championship match against No. 5 Clyde on Oct. 16. The winner would then face either No. 2 Bellevue or No. 7 Upper Sandusky.
Meanwhile, top-seeded Lake received a bye through sectional play, and the Flyers will face either No. 4 Sandusky Perkins or No. 6 Vermilion in a district semifinal on Oct. 21. The district final is slated for Oct. 23.
In Division V, No. 2 Eastwood will face No. 6 Rossford in a sectional final on Oct. 16. The winner gets No. 3 Swanton in the district semifinal round Oct. 21, and a potential championship match against top-seeded Ottawa-Glandorf looms in the final two days later.
In the lower half of that bracket, No. 5 Genoa will face No. 4 Evergreen in a sectional final on Oct. 16. The winner will face either No. 1 Archbold or No. 7 Delta in a district semifinal on Oct. 21 with the championship slated for Oct. 23.
Should Eastwood and Genoa both advance out of district play, they would meet in the regional semifinal.
In Division VI, No. 3 Gibsonburg will open against No. 6 Margaretta for a sectional championship. The winner would face either No. 4 Lakota or No. 5 Riverdale in an Oct. 21 district semifinal. The championship is scheduled for Oct. 23.
In a pair of Division VI sectional championships on Oct. 16, No. 8 Northwood will face No. 1 Van Buren, while No. 7 Woodmore will face No. 2 Carey. The winners of those two matches will meet in a district semifinal Oct. 21. The district title tilt will take place Oct. 23.
In Division VII, Cardinal Stritch earned the No. 5 seed and will face No. 4 Danbury for a sectional title on Oct. 15. The winner advances to the district semifinal on Oct. 20 against either No. 3 Norwalk St. Paul or No. 6 Sandusky Central Catholic. The district final is slated for Oct. 22.
