Badin, Elder get top seeds in Ohio boys volleyball tournament

A 12 months after a pair of Better Cincinnati groups received the Division I and Division II Ohio Excessive Faculty Boys Volleyball Affiliation state championships, the Queen Metropolis is favored to win each titles once more.

 Elder and Badin completed atop the closing state rankings and each have prime seeds within the regional event to achieve state. Add in Defending champions Moeller and Fenwick and the traditionally dominant Cincinnati groups might once more run the state.

Here’s a regional and divisional sit up for the brackets because the postseason begins and strikes in direction of thee state event at Pickerington Central on June 4 and 5.

Division I – South Area

A south area winner has received the state championship in every of the final three seasons with two extra inserting in second throughout these years.

Moeller and Elder superior out of the area final 12 months and met within the finals with the Crusaders clinching the championship as the highest seed. This 12 months, Elder secured its prime seed and acquired all 20 first place votes within the closing state ballot.

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Within the regional , No. 2 Moeller, No. 3 Walnut Hills and No. 4 St. Xavier prevented Elder to play within the South #2 bracket. Moeller hosts the winner of No.7 Mason and No. 8 Milford within the semifinal, whereas Walnut Hills hosts both St. Xavier or No. 12 Princeton.

Elder’s path to state will start towards the winner of No. 9 West Clermont and No. 10 Fairfield. No. 5 Sycamore will meet both No. 6 Loveland or No. 11 Oak Hills..

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If the seedings play true, it will as soon as once more be a pair of Better Catholic League South applications at state, however Walnut Hills would not be a shock if it broke the GCL stranglehold.

Division I – West Area

A pair of the state’s prime 10 groups in Centerville and Beavercreek run the west brackets, however some Better Cincinnati squads may have an opportunity to go upstate.

On top-seeded Centerville’s West #1 bracket, Lakota West will host the winner of Lakota East and Kettering Fairmont within the semifinal. Centerville beat each Lakota faculties in 3-0 sweeps within the common season.

In West #2, Lebanon and Hamilton play for the possibility to fulfill No.2 Beavercreek. Middletown performs Northmont within the semifinal.

Division II – South Area

In Division II, only one staff advances from a regional to state in contrast to the 2 from the Division I tournaments.

Badin received the area final season earlier than falling to eventual champion Fenwick within the state semifinals and all indicators level to the Rams as heavy favorites to advance once more.

Badin isn’t just the highest seed of the area, however the prime staff in all of Division II whereas brandishing a 22-2 document.

Badin begins the tourney towards both No. 4 Roger Bacon or No. 5 Taylor within the semifinals. No. 2 La Salle sits throughout the bracket and can play within the semifinals No. 3 McNicholas or No. 6 Royalmont Academy.

Ought to the highest two seeds meet once more, it will be a rematch of an April 20 match when Badin topped the Lancers in 4 units. The 2 additionally performed in final 12 months’s regional closing.

Division II – West Area

Final season, Fenwick got here out of the west area on the way in which to its second state championship in this system’s historical past.

The Falcons are simply the No. 4 seed within the area, however its 6-17 document is courtesy of the primary 11 video games of the 12 months needing to be modified to forfeit losses.

Regardless of the seeding, the Falcons are the one staff to get a bye into the semifinals and performs both No.1 Carroll or No. 7 Westfall. Carroll and Fenwick, the GCL Coed rivals, performed twice with each outcomes now forfeits.

If Fenwick have been to get by the highest seed, it might doubtlessly see one other GCL Coed staff within the regional closing. No. 2 Chaminade Julienne and No. 6 Chillicothe will meet with the winner enjoying both No. 3 Alter or No. 5 Edgewood.

The work is lower out for Fenwick. No Division II staff has repeated as champion since Alter received every year from 2014-2017.