State Tourney Preview- SW District Dayton D3

<!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>SW Sectionals D3 @ Covington</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Opening Round</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G1 Feb. 11 - #6 Dixie (14-6) vs #8 West Liberty Salem (12-7) 11:00am</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G2 Feb. 11- #3 Preble Shawnee (15-5) vs #11 Northwestern (7-12). 12:30pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G3 Feb. 11- #7 Versailles (10-10) vs #13 Houston (6-14) 2:00pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G4 Feb. 11- #18 Northeastern (1-19) vs #2 Miami East (16-5) 3:30pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Round</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G5 Feb. 15- #9 Greeneview (8-11) vs Winner Game 1. 6:00pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G6 Feb. 15- #15 Graham (5-14) vs Winner Game 2. 7:30pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G7 Feb. 16- #14 Indian Lake (7-12) vs Winner Game 3. 6:00pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G8 Feb. 16- #15 Carlisle (4-17) vs Winner Game 4 7:30pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>District Semi Finals</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G9 Feb. 20- Winner Game 5 vs Winner Game 6. 6:00pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G10 Feb. 20- Winner Game 7 vs Winner Game 8. 7:30pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>2 winners advance to District Finals @ Springfield</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The upper bracket of this sectional has four of the top 10 seeds in the open draw, so expect some outstanding competition throughout the games. The 6, 8, and 9 seeds all play in the first two games, as Dixie comes from the WOAC as #6 led by senior Sierra Brinson. West Liberty Salem and Greenview both are from the OHC and will provide some talent. Preble Shawnee is likely the best team in the upper bracket as the #3 overall seed. They have a pair of 1,000-point scorers with Liv Thompson and [player_tooltip player_id='270523' first='Campbell' last='Jewell']. In the bottom bracket, it runs through #2 Miami East as the Vikings have a balanced squad led by 2024 McKayah Musselman in the paint, an improved solid player at the basket. They are the only team above .500 as Versailles stands 10-10 and several sub-.500 teams looking for the upset.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SW District D2 Covington Players to Watch</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dixie- Sierra Brinson, 2023 (24.4 pts, 12.3 reb, 2.4 ast, 2,8 blk)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West Liberty Salem-Chaley Wade, 2024 (10.8pts, 8.8 reb)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West Liberty Salem- Lillian Weaver, 2024 (8.3 pts, 4.4 reb)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Preble Shawnee- [player_tooltip player_id='270602' first='Olivia' last='Thompson'], 2023 (16.4 pts, 2.8 ast, 2.9 stl)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Preble Shawnee- [player_tooltip player_id='270523' first='Campbell' last='Jewell'], 2023 (13.2 pts, 5.6 reb, 5.3 ast, 6.4 stl)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northwestern- Alainee Risner, 2023 (10.3 pts, 6.5 reb)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northwestern- Natalee Risner, 2024 (9.0 pts, 4.8 reb)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Versailles- [player_tooltip player_id='746266' first='Jenna' last='Dirksen'], 2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Versailles- [player_tooltip player_id='537683' first='Katey' last='Litten'], 2026</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Houston- [player_tooltip player_id='527917' first='Katie' last='Maier'], 2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Houston- [player_tooltip player_id='533113' first='Emilee' last='Earl'], 2025</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miami East- McKayah Musselman, 2024 (9.5 pts, 6.7 reb)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Graham- Abby Yukon, 2023 (14.6 pts, 7.4 reb)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Indian Lake- [player_tooltip player_id='270604' first='Stephanie' last='Altstaetter'], 2023 (15.1 pts, 11.4 reb, 2.5 blk)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Indian Lake- [player_tooltip player_id='93550' first='Allison' last='Kinney'], 2023 (8.7 pts, 4.5 reb)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>SW Sectionals 3 @ Northridge</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Opening Round</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G1 Feb. 9- #5 Anna (11-8) vs #10 Brookville (7-13) 6:00pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G2 Feb. 9- #12 Arcanum (7-12) vs #4 Milton Union (15-5) 7:30pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G3 Feb. 10- #1 Bethel (15-4) vs #19 Dunbar (0-18) 7:30pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Round</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G4 Feb. 14- #17 Dayton Christian (4-12) vs Winner Game 1 6:00pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G5 Feb. 14- Winner Game 2 vs Winner Game 3 7:30pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>District Semi-Finals</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G6 Feb. 18- Winner Game 4 v Winner Game 5. 7:30pm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Bethel Bees earned the #1 seed in the D3 super draw as the TRC champions bring in the 2023 trio or [player_tooltip player_id='216104' first='Karley' last='Moore'], Kerigan Calhoun and Rhyan Reittinger. Moore is their go-to, Kerigan is their long range threat and Reittigner makes them go from the PG spot. Anna plays is the always tough SCAL led by Brenna Cobb while Milton Union has a solid chance to make some noise in the bottom bracket.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SW District D3 Northridge Players to Watch</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bethel- [player_tooltip player_id='216104' first='Karley' last='Moore'], 2023 (15.2 pts, 7.1 reb, 2.4 ast, 3.7 stl). <em>(feature photo above)</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bethel- Kerigan Calhoun, 2023 (12.7 pts, 4.2 reb, 48 made 3s)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bethel- Rhyan Reittinger, 2023 (8.1 pts, 2.9 ast, 3.1 stl)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Anna- Brenna Cobb, 2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brookville- Ashlee Haupt, 2024 (10.4 pts, 2.5 stl)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Arcanum- [player_tooltip player_id='802530' first='Alexis' last='Gibbons'], 2025. (13.4 pts, 3.3 reb)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Milton Union- [player_tooltip player_id='319324' first='Jenna' last='Brumbaugh'], 2025. (13.4 pts, 5.3 reb, 2.8 stl)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Milton Union- Rachel Jacobs, 2024. (8.9 pts, 8.8 reb, 2.7 stl)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dayton Christian- Shelby Keister, 2023 (11.7 pts, 3.5 reb)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->