Steven Wright: Baseball: District tournament brackets released for path to Akron

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Baseball district tournament draws for all divisions saw a few teams get No. 1-seeds as expected, with a few surprises thrown in as well, as released Sunday, May 10, and Monday, May 11.

The final seeds were determined by a coaches vote and not through the MaxPreps RPI formula used by the Ohio High School Athletic Association in most other sports.

Season records closed Wednesday, May 6, at midnight. All games played after and upcoming regular season results that remain do not factor into the final seed order or postseason determination. Seed voting took place throughout the remainder of the week.

District play begins Monday, May 18, and finals take place on both May 28 and 29. All games leading into the district final round will be held at the higher seed’s field. District final games will take place at sites to be determined.

Regional finals will be on either June 3 or 4. The state finals at Akron’s Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium will be held June 11-14. Exact dates of state semifinals and finals games for each division have not yet been announced by the OHSAA.

Here is a look at some of the notable seeds, matchups and game locations for all seven divisions.

All records listed are reflected as of Sunday, May 10.

Division ICenterville (19-2) is the No. 1 seed in the super bracket, ahead of Moeller (15-5) as the two. Moeller is the top-ranked team in the OHSBCA state rankings and Centerville is third. Both opted into Region 3 and could meet in a potential regional final. They will play one another in a regular season game on May 18 at Centerville.

St. Xavier (16-4) is the three, followed by No. 4 Oak Hills (16-6) and No. 5 Mason (14-9).

Beavercreek (16-5) got the six-seed, and Springboro (15-6) is the seven-seed.

Most of the top seeds separated themselves from one another until the regional round. Oak Hills and Springboro could meet in a potential district final.

Eight teams will enter into Region 3, and the remaining 17 are in Region 4.

The Region 3 semifinal and finals games will be played at Wright State University’s Nischwitz Stadium. Region 4 will hold its semis and finals at Miami University’s Hayden Park.

Division IITroy (19-1) was awarded the one-seed in the 12-team district.

Loveland (17-4) is the two-seed, followed by No. 3 Anderson (16-5), No. 4 Edgewood (15-7) and No. 5 Northmont (13-7).

Anderson entered into Troy’s district as a potential district final matchup with the winner going through the Central District.

All teams will enter into Region 8. The host site for the regional rounds has yet to be announced.

Division IIIButler (18-3), the state’s top ranked team, was voted the one-seed. Bellbrook (18-3) leaped up to the two spot, ahead of No. 3 Kenton Ridge (18-5).

Tippecanoe (17-5) got the four, and Chaminade Julienne (10-10) is the five.

The South portion has GCL Co-Ed champion Badin (17-3) as the top-seed. Turpin (16-6), LaSalle (12-10), McNicholas (15-8), and Monroe (15-4) round out the top five.

Badin and CJ could meet in a potential district final. Butler is lined up with La Salle in the district final path, and has Bellbrook and Kenton Ridge as potential regional semifinal opponents.

All teams will enter into Region 12. Regional semis and finals will be at Hayden Park at Miami University.

Division IVUrbana (17-5) will be the one-seed and Oakwood (15-7) is the two. Benjamin Logan (13-7) got the three, Shawnee (13-8) is the four, and Valley View (11-11) is the five.

BL and VV, as well as Oakwood and Shawnee, could meet in the district semis and both have the top seeds from the South in their district final path.

All teams will enter into Region 16. The host site for the regional rounds has yet to be announced.

Division VArcanum (18-2), champion of the Western Ohio Athletic Conference, earned the No. 1 seed.

Anna (15-4) is the No. 2 seed, followed by Versailles (16-7), Carlisle (14-5), and West Liberty-Salem (13-8) at five.

All of the top three seeds await first round winners before knowing their initial tournament opponent.

Arcanum is lined up with the path through the Central District in a regional. Anna could likely face the South’s top-seed, Summit Country Day, in a district final.

All teams will enter into Region 20. The regional semifinals and final will be held at Mason Middle School.

Division VIFort Recovery (13-7) are the top-voted team ahead of Riverside (14-5).

Rounding out the top five are No. 3 National Trail (14-8), No. 4 Twin Valley South (11-6) and No. 5 Covington (11-9) at five.

All teams will enter into Region 24. The host site for the regional rounds has yet to be announced.

Division VIIGetting the small school top-seed in the North is Newton (15-3). They are ahead of Fort Loramie (14-7), which is ranked higher in the state rankings.

Cedarville (11-6) got the three-seed, with Russia (10-10) being the four, and Tri-County North (11-6) the five.

Newton’s path to regionals is through the South’s four teams and then potentially Cedarville or Russia.

All teams will enter into Region 28. Regional semis and final games will be at Newton High School.

The complete brackets are available on the Southwest District Athletic Board website.

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