Some NEO thoughtts:
Div I: Kind of surprised at how easy some of the the teams that won skated through the District finals matches. Solon has some players plus they were playing at home and were still steamrolled by Brecksville, I have to think the Bees are now the favs to make it out of Hudson. For the 2 NEO Districts that feed to Norwalk, both are good teams but will have their hands full with the 2 Toledo schools. Would be shocked if either takes a set.
Div II: This is still all about Lake Catholic, Jefferson playing at home could only get to 20 once in a 3 set sweep. An interesting match will be Revere vs Beaumont, they went to 5 LY in the old Garfield District title game and Revere has been playing well this year. You have to think that Padua is the chalk at Ontario, I heard so much about Ottawa-Glandorf yet not sure they will have seen the athletes the Bruins will bring especially at Setter.
Div III: You would think that Gilmour has this in the bag but they did drop a set to a tough Lutheran West side. They may drop a set at the Regional but would not be surprised if they won both in straight sets.
Div IV: Hard for me to get a feel for this Division, maybe the Wayne County school Dalton who has a decent history in the sport? If not St. Thomas Aquinas has the North Coast League pedigree. Total shot in the dark.
Once again 4 North Coast League teams won their Districts and NDCL lost to Beaumont in the Orange finals, they have a very good chance to move to two teams into the final four. I would also keep an eye on Mentor in the future, they have always had the potential but now that a solid coach is in place they could take it to the next level. Finally I hope the Indians win on Sunday so any Tuesday or Wednesday matches would not be impacted attendance wise by the World Series. HS Football is over so these Regional games bring out some nice student sections and because of the tight nature of the sport it leads to some great atmospheres in the gyms.
