Tournament Preview: Class 2A, Region 7

With the 2A tournament set to get underway on Saturday, February 9th, we are going to be breaking down each region with in depth analysis. We will cover who you should watch for, the teams that could come out of nowhere, and of course, the bracket buster candidate. We will also list five players from each class that you need to keep an eye on throughout the bracket as they can really change the game in a hurry. The complete Region 7 bracket is posted below. <hr /> <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>The</strong></span></span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Teams</span></span> </strong>Panorama (19-1) Dike-New Hartford (16-2) Van Meter (16-4) Southwest Valley (14-7) Earlham (13-8) Ogden (13-8) Nodaway Valley (11-10) Woodward Granger (10-11) ACGC (9-12) Madrid (7-11) South Hamilton (7-13) West Central Valley (5-15) <span style="text-decoration: underline;font-size: 14pt"><strong>The Favorite</strong></span> <strong>Panorama </strong>Panorama is a very good team who doesn't play the best of schedules, but they win the games that they need to. They only have one loss this year and it was a good loss to a great Des Moines Christian team. They don't score a ton of points, but they allow less than 30 points a game. This is a very good team who should easily make the tournament at Des Moines. Senior <strong>Bailey Beckman</strong> is leading Panorama with 20.4 points per game, which is the best in the region by 5.2 points. <span style="text-decoration: underline;font-size: 14pt"><strong>The Sleepers</strong></span> <strong>Dike-New Hartford </strong>Sitting at 16-2, Dike-New Hartford is a team that has the potential to knock a really good team off. The only thing that I think could hurt them is that they only average 50.7 points a game against a pretty weak schedule for the most part. Only 86 3-pointers have connected for them this year and that could be trouble against a team like Panorama. Junior <strong>Ellie Foster</strong> is leading the squad scoring 15.2 points per game. <strong>Van Meter</strong> Van Meter has already taken a loss to Panorama this season and it really wasn't that close of a game. They score 48.9 points a game and most of that has come off of the 3-point shot. Van Meter has made 133 deep shots this year, that is 32 higher than the next most in the region. This is a team that could play spoiler. <strong>Clair Lauterbach</strong>, a junior is leading the team scoring 14.8 points a game this season. <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>The Outside Shot</strong></span></span><strong> </strong><strong>Southwest Valley</strong> Southwest Valley is a school that gets off a ton of shots in each game. They have attempted 1,126 shots this season and are scoring 56.4 points a game. That is the top mark in the region. They are allowing over 46 points a game this year so I think a team like Panorama can score the ball well against them. Scoring 13.9 points a game, junior <strong>Jentry Schafer</strong> leads the team in scoring. <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>Players to Watch</strong></span></span> <strong>2019</strong> Bailey Beckman (Panorama) Sarah Eagleton (Madrid) Abby Langel (Ogden) Morgan Shuey (Southwest Valley) Emily Roberts (Van Meter) <strong>2020</strong> Ellie Foster (Dike-New Hartford) Clair Lauterbach (Van Meter) Jentry Schafer (Southwest Valley) Katie Knock (Dike-New Hartford) Morgan Weber (Dike-New Hartford) <strong>2021</strong> Katie Noah (Earlham) Alli Boyle (Earlham) Lexi Shike (Nodaway Valley) Kylie Young (ACGC) Emma Lewis (South Hamilton) <strong>2022</strong> Emma Anderson (Woodward-Granger) Payton Beckman (Panorama) Madelyn Jaeger (West Central Valley) Chloe Largent (ACGC) Sophia Hoffmann (Dike-New Hartford) &nbsp;