Picking the Playoff Winners in Week 13
A week after doing better in the first round than I did last year, I did just the opposite in the second round. But I’m not alone. Drew Pasteur and his Fantastic 50 did the same.
I stumbled to a 31-17 finish in the regional semifinals after going 35-13 last year. Speaking of 35-13, that’s the finish Drew Pasteur’s Fantastic 50 formula produced this year. Last year Drew went 37-11.
My best Division in the regional semifinals was D-IV where I went 7-1. I was 6-2 in D-VI.
Drew was 7-1 in D-I and D-VI, but went a miserable 2-6 in D-III.
Here’s who I see making the state semifinals…
2011 REGIONAL FINAL PICKS
DIVISION I
Region 1
1 Mentor (11-1) vs. 2 Cle. St. Ignatius (10-2) at Lakewood Stadium: St. Ignatius
Region 2
1 Tol. Whitmer (12-0) vs. 7 Wadsworth (11-1) at Sandusky Strobel Field at Cedar Point Stadium: Whitmer
Region 3
1 Hilliard Davidson (11-0) vs. 2 Pickerington Central (9-2) at Ohio Wesleyan University Selby Stadium: Pickerington Central
Region 4
4 Cin. Archbishop Moeller (9-3) vs. 3 Cin. St. Xavier (9-3) at University of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium: St. Xavier
DIVISION II
Region 5
1 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (10-1) vs. 3 Aurora (11-1) at Solon Stewart Field: Walsh Jesuit
Region 6
1 Avon (10-1) vs. 7 Tiffin Columbian (10-2) at Fremont Ross Harmon Field at Don Paul Stadium: Avon
Region 7
1 Cols. Marion-Franklin (12-0) vs. 2 Dresden Tri-Valley (11-1) at Gahanna Lincoln Stadium: Marion-Franklin
Region 8
1 Trotwood-Madison (12-0) vs. 2 Kings Mills Kings (12-0) at Dayton Welcome Stadium: Trotwood-Madison
DIVISION III
Region 9
1 Chagrin Falls (12-0) vs. 6 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (10-2) at Bedford Stewart Field: Akron SVSM
Region 10
5 Elida (9-3) vs. 3 Cols. Eastmoor Academy (10-2) at Wapakoneta Harmon Field: Elida
Region 11
4 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (8-3) vs. 2 Dover (11-1) at Canton Fawcett Stadium: Mooney
Region 12
1 Springfield Shawnee (12-0) vs. 3 Plain City Jonathan Alder (12-0) at Hilliard Bradley Athletic Complex: Springfield Shawnee
DIVISION IV
Region 13
1 Girard (11-1) vs. 3 Creston Norwayne (11-1) at Green InfoCision Field: Norwayne
Region 14
1 Kenton (12-0) vs 3 Cols. Bishop Hartley (11-0) at Mansfield Arlin Field: Kenton
Region 15
5 Coshocton (10-2) vs. 2 Johnstown-Monroe (12-0) at Zanesville Sulsberger Stadium: Johnstown-Monroe
Region 16
5 Day. Chaminade Julienne (9-3) vs. 3 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (10-2) at Mason Dwire Field at Atrium Stadium: Chaminade-Julienne
DIVISION V
Region 17
1 Kirtland (12-0) vs. 3 Columbiana Crestview (11-1) at Warren G. Harding Mollenkopf Stadium: Kirtland
Region 18
5 Hamler Patrick Henry (10-2) vs. 7 Hicksville (10-2) at Lima Stadium: Patrick Henry
Region 19
1 Bucyrus Wynford (12-0) vs. 2 Lucasville Valley (12-0) at Westerville Central Warhawk Field: Wynford
Region 20
5 Coldwater (9-3) vs. 6 West Jefferson (10-2) at Piqua Alexander Stadium-Purk Field: Coldwater
DIVISION VI
Region 21
1 Berlin Ctr. Western Reserve (12-0) vs. 2 Shadyside (9-3) at New Philadelphia Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium: Western Reserve
Region 22
1 Leipsic (11-1) vs. 2 Delphos St. John’s (9-3) at Findlay Donnell Stadium: DSJ
Region 23
5 Beallsville (10-2) vs. 2 New Wash. Buckeye Central (10-2) at Reynoldsburg Raider Stadium: Buckeye Central
Region 24
1 Maria Stein Marion Local (10-2) vs. 6 Minster (9-3) at Wapakoneta Harmon Field: Marion Local
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