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If sectional was a hot topic in normal years, it has been “En Fuego” this season.
There is a ton of parity in both Class A and 3A, so predicting a winner might be fruitless, as so many teams have a chance to walk away with that first step to Indy.
Sectional 62 — Class A Loogootee
In Section 62, on paper, Barr-Reeve is ranked No. 2 in Class A at 21-1 and Orleans is 19-3, which would make them look like heavy favorites, but if you dig a little closer, you see that Loogootee and North Daviess can make a case for themselves as well. Since 2012, all four of these teams have won Class A state titles and have represented the South 11 times in the finals since 2002.
This year, ND beat Loogootee in OT, lost to B-R in OT, and was barely nipped by Orleans, 35-32. LHS (15-8) had a close loss to B-R and then ND. The Vikes are the only sectional team to beat Orleans (48-28), but they barely got past North Daviess.
Even the bottom four teams in the sectional have shown that they can make trouble, as Rivet (6-14) lost to B-R in a close game and Medora showed they can be very physical, while Shoals can be scrappy and WC has improved since the beginning of the year.
In the first game at Loogootee, Orleans comes in at 18-4 and will play 0-21 Washington Catholic. WC is giving up 67 points a game and scoring roughly 20. WC comes into sectional at 0-20 under first-year coach Peyton Catt. They don’t have a scorer over 6 ppg and will be looking for their first win in a sectional game since the 2004 sectional, and that is the only win at sectional since the inception of class basketball in 1997. Orleans picked up a very beneficial draw and is coming off a state title. OHS coach Tom Bradly is closing in on his 450th win in his 27th year there. Their only losses this season have come from Barr-Reeve, Providence, Paoli and a close loss to Brownstown Central.
The second set of games on Tuesday include Medora (13-10) and Vincennes Rivet (6-15) and will set up the Friday semi-final game with the Orleans-WC winner.
Wednesday is where things get interesting. In the first game, the traditional rivalry takes place between Barr-Reeve and Loogootee. B-R won the regular season match-up 47-42. Loogootee features the area’s top scorer in AJ Foster getting 17.3 ppg, along with Will Lyon adding 12.2 and Christian Garcia with a little over seven per game. Josh Thompson is in his first year as the Lion Tamer and hopes to win a sectional at his third school. Thompson was 9-4 against Loogootee when he was the Barr-Reeve coach and is now 0-1 facing the Vikes at Loogootee.
New Viking coach Heath Howington has had a great season since replacing Thompson last spring. He hopes to win a second straight title since winning a 3A crown at Memorial last season. Barr-Reeve comes in with two scorers at 13.3 with Kierson Lengacher and Jaylon Graber. Lengacher is second in 3-point shooting, while Braxton Neidigh is posting a little under 10 ppg. The Vikes are 20-1 with the best B-R record going into sectional since 2020.
The winner of that game will get the winner of North Daviess and Shoals. The Cougars (14-8) have a state title under Brent Dalrymple in 2022 and have seven sectional titles in his 26 years. The Cougars have only lost three times to Shoals in his 26 years, including his first game as coach during the 2000-2001 season. The Cougs finished off the regular season with a good win over 2A Sullivan.
A lot of the North Daviess offense runs through Collin Lengacher and Aaron Marner, both scoring around 10 ppg, while Coby Loheider and Koen Stoll provide much of the secondary offense.
Shoals (7-16) is led by Owen Turpin with 12.9 points and Kyle Wininger is adding 7.8 and 5.4 boards. Henry Hoffman has also been a reliable scorer for the 7-16 Jug Rox. ND took the earlier game this season 69-39. That winner will play B-R/Loogootee.
Sectional 31 — 3A Washington
3A Sectional 31 also has no clear favorite either, but Princeton is currently ranked No.3. However, Gibson Southern is one of the teams that has beaten the 20-3 Tigers. Both Jasper and GS can also make a case for themselves, playing a lot of tough competition.
Jasper (12-7) is 4-1 against sectional opponents, with a win over GS and a close loss to Princeton. The GS Titans come in at 16-6 and have a close loss to Princeton for a season split, along with close losses to Heritage Hills and Boonville.
Southridge and Washington are both dark horses, but WHS has improved to 11-11 from 5-9 after a mid-season coaching change. However, the Hatchets are now 6-2 under longtime Gene Miiller assistant Brandt Schuckman. The Hatchets dropped an OT game to Memorial on Friday.
WHS will most likely be without leading scorer Cordell Turner, who recently went down with a knee injury. However, sharpshooter Jacob Garland has picked up his game with 45 triples for 9 ppg, Levi Burkemper is getting 6.8, as well as Adian Boyd and Brody Armes who have also got extended playing time in the second half of the season. Point guard Cooper Wright is adding 8.4 points and leading the area with 95 assists.
They will take on Vincennes in the first game, a team they beat 55-54 just a few weeks ago. However, that game was in Vincennes and this will at at the Hatchet House. Lincoln comes in at 11-13 and has won 4 of the last 5, including wins over a good Bloomfield and Memorial team. The 13 losses have also come to good opponents like Castle, Barr-Reeve, Bosse, Reitz and Jasper. Dave Mahurin, 41-57,is in his fourth year at school and recently picked up his 400th career win. According to the Sagrin/Harrell rankings, WHS is projected one-point winner.
The winner will face the Princeton Tigers, who were 20-3, but recently had a number of wins vacated (not the Washington game) as IHSAA transfer paperwork on one of their players was not complete in several games he played in. The Tigers made it to semi-state and lost last season. They are 5-1 on the court against sectional opponents, with Gibson Southern as the only loss, along losses to North and Bosse. They beat Washington 67-49 and Lincoln, 62-50.
The Tigers are led by Edwin Holmes and Quintin Voltz, who combine for 30 points a game. Demarcus Newsome is getting around 12 and Drew Wilkas is just under 10. Holmes averages 9.3 boards and also leads the team in assists.
On the other side of the bracket, Jasper, 14-8, will play Gibson Southern (17-6) in the second game on Tuesday. This may be one of the most competitive games of the sectional. The Titans, coached by Mark Rohrer, lost to Jasper in the first game of the season. They did lose a game to Princeton, but also beat them, 52-49, and had a two point loss to Bosse. However, they do have a 60-49 win over potential bye opponent Southridge. The Titans have not lost back-to-back games this season. Gibson Southern is predicted to be a one-point winner.
Southridge (12-11) is coached by former Loogootee mentor Ryan Haywood, who is 51-21 in third year at school. They have lost against Jasper, Gibson Southern and Princeton, but beat Washington. They have also lost their final two games.
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There is a ton of parity in both Class A and 3A, so predicting a winner might be fruitless, as so many teams have a chance to walk away with that first step to Indy.
Sectional 62 — Class A Loogootee
In Section 62, on paper, Barr-Reeve is ranked No. 2 in Class A at 21-1 and Orleans is 19-3, which would make them look like heavy favorites, but if you dig a little closer, you see that Loogootee and North Daviess can make a case for themselves as well. Since 2012, all four of these teams have won Class A state titles and have represented the South 11 times in the finals since 2002.
This year, ND beat Loogootee in OT, lost to B-R in OT, and was barely nipped by Orleans, 35-32. LHS (15-8) had a close loss to B-R and then ND. The Vikes are the only sectional team to beat Orleans (48-28), but they barely got past North Daviess.
Even the bottom four teams in the sectional have shown that they can make trouble, as Rivet (6-14) lost to B-R in a close game and Medora showed they can be very physical, while Shoals can be scrappy and WC has improved since the beginning of the year.
In the first game at Loogootee, Orleans comes in at 18-4 and will play 0-21 Washington Catholic. WC is giving up 67 points a game and scoring roughly 20. WC comes into sectional at 0-20 under first-year coach Peyton Catt. They don’t have a scorer over 6 ppg and will be looking for their first win in a sectional game since the 2004 sectional, and that is the only win at sectional since the inception of class basketball in 1997. Orleans picked up a very beneficial draw and is coming off a state title. OHS coach Tom Bradly is closing in on his 450th win in his 27th year there. Their only losses this season have come from Barr-Reeve, Providence, Paoli and a close loss to Brownstown Central.
The second set of games on Tuesday include Medora (13-10) and Vincennes Rivet (6-15) and will set up the Friday semi-final game with the Orleans-WC winner.
Wednesday is where things get interesting. In the first game, the traditional rivalry takes place between Barr-Reeve and Loogootee. B-R won the regular season match-up 47-42. Loogootee features the area’s top scorer in AJ Foster getting 17.3 ppg, along with Will Lyon adding 12.2 and Christian Garcia with a little over seven per game. Josh Thompson is in his first year as the Lion Tamer and hopes to win a sectional at his third school. Thompson was 9-4 against Loogootee when he was the Barr-Reeve coach and is now 0-1 facing the Vikes at Loogootee.
New Viking coach Heath Howington has had a great season since replacing Thompson last spring. He hopes to win a second straight title since winning a 3A crown at Memorial last season. Barr-Reeve comes in with two scorers at 13.3 with Kierson Lengacher and Jaylon Graber. Lengacher is second in 3-point shooting, while Braxton Neidigh is posting a little under 10 ppg. The Vikes are 20-1 with the best B-R record going into sectional since 2020.
The winner of that game will get the winner of North Daviess and Shoals. The Cougars (14-8) have a state title under Brent Dalrymple in 2022 and have seven sectional titles in his 26 years. The Cougars have only lost three times to Shoals in his 26 years, including his first game as coach during the 2000-2001 season. The Cougs finished off the regular season with a good win over 2A Sullivan.
A lot of the North Daviess offense runs through Collin Lengacher and Aaron Marner, both scoring around 10 ppg, while Coby Loheider and Koen Stoll provide much of the secondary offense.
Shoals (7-16) is led by Owen Turpin with 12.9 points and Kyle Wininger is adding 7.8 and 5.4 boards. Henry Hoffman has also been a reliable scorer for the 7-16 Jug Rox. ND took the earlier game this season 69-39. That winner will play B-R/Loogootee.
Sectional 31 — 3A Washington
3A Sectional 31 also has no clear favorite either, but Princeton is currently ranked No.3. However, Gibson Southern is one of the teams that has beaten the 20-3 Tigers. Both Jasper and GS can also make a case for themselves, playing a lot of tough competition.
Jasper (12-7) is 4-1 against sectional opponents, with a win over GS and a close loss to Princeton. The GS Titans come in at 16-6 and have a close loss to Princeton for a season split, along with close losses to Heritage Hills and Boonville.
Southridge and Washington are both dark horses, but WHS has improved to 11-11 from 5-9 after a mid-season coaching change. However, the Hatchets are now 6-2 under longtime Gene Miiller assistant Brandt Schuckman. The Hatchets dropped an OT game to Memorial on Friday.
WHS will most likely be without leading scorer Cordell Turner, who recently went down with a knee injury. However, sharpshooter Jacob Garland has picked up his game with 45 triples for 9 ppg, Levi Burkemper is getting 6.8, as well as Adian Boyd and Brody Armes who have also got extended playing time in the second half of the season. Point guard Cooper Wright is adding 8.4 points and leading the area with 95 assists.
They will take on Vincennes in the first game, a team they beat 55-54 just a few weeks ago. However, that game was in Vincennes and this will at at the Hatchet House. Lincoln comes in at 11-13 and has won 4 of the last 5, including wins over a good Bloomfield and Memorial team. The 13 losses have also come to good opponents like Castle, Barr-Reeve, Bosse, Reitz and Jasper. Dave Mahurin, 41-57,is in his fourth year at school and recently picked up his 400th career win. According to the Sagrin/Harrell rankings, WHS is projected one-point winner.
The winner will face the Princeton Tigers, who were 20-3, but recently had a number of wins vacated (not the Washington game) as IHSAA transfer paperwork on one of their players was not complete in several games he played in. The Tigers made it to semi-state and lost last season. They are 5-1 on the court against sectional opponents, with Gibson Southern as the only loss, along losses to North and Bosse. They beat Washington 67-49 and Lincoln, 62-50.
The Tigers are led by Edwin Holmes and Quintin Voltz, who combine for 30 points a game. Demarcus Newsome is getting around 12 and Drew Wilkas is just under 10. Holmes averages 9.3 boards and also leads the team in assists.
On the other side of the bracket, Jasper, 14-8, will play Gibson Southern (17-6) in the second game on Tuesday. This may be one of the most competitive games of the sectional. The Titans, coached by Mark Rohrer, lost to Jasper in the first game of the season. They did lose a game to Princeton, but also beat them, 52-49, and had a two point loss to Bosse. However, they do have a 60-49 win over potential bye opponent Southridge. The Titans have not lost back-to-back games this season. Gibson Southern is predicted to be a one-point winner.
Southridge (12-11) is coached by former Loogootee mentor Ryan Haywood, who is 51-21 in third year at school. They have lost against Jasper, Gibson Southern and Princeton, but beat Washington. They have also lost their final two games.
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