Only one of the 11 area varsity boys basketball teams came home from its respective tournament draw with a top-four seed Sunday.
Coach Rob Pisano’s Lakeside Dragons (13-3) are the No. 3 seed at the Euclid sectional-district tournament.
Geneva (7-11), Madison (4-14) and Riverside (4-13) are seeded ninth, 11th and 12th, respectively at Euclid.
The Dragons will face a familiar foe in a sectional semifinal March 2 in sixth-seeded North (9-8), which Lakeside just defeated, 54-49, in a Premier Athletic Conference clash Friday night at Lakeside Gymnasium.
The winner of that contest will meet coach John Marhefka’s Geneva squad March 6 for a sectional championship.
Coach Pat Moran’s Madison Blue Streaks will play eighth-seeded Glenville in a sectional semifinal March 1, while coach Rick Durkovic’s Riverside Beavers drew a first-round matchup with top-seeded and state-ranked Mentor (15-2) in a sectional semifinal March 3.
Brush and Shaw (10-5) are the second and fourth seeds, while Solon (10-7) is fifth, Mayfield seventh and South (5-14) is 10th.
In the Lakeland Division II tournament, Edgewood (9-7) earned the highest seed — sixth — while area squads Conneaut (8-9), Perry (5-12) and Jefferson (4-12) received the ninth, 11th and 13th seeds, respectively.
Coach Kevin Andrejack’s Warriors will play seventh-seeded West Geauga (8-9) in a sectional semifinal March 1.
Coach Tim Tallbacka’s Spartans (8-9) will tangle with 12th-seeded Cleveland East (4-12) in a sectional semifinal Feb. 26, with the winner moving on to a sectional final against third-seeded Lake Catholic (11-5) on March 2.
Coach Chad Frazier’s Pirates (5-12) and coach Steve Locy’s Falcons (4-12) — who will play a regular-season game Tuesday night in Falcon Gymnasium — will match up in a sectional semifinal Feb. 26.
The top seed at Lakeland is Collinwood (13-5), while John Hay (12-5) is seeded second and Harvey (9-8) fourth.
Rounding out the seeds there are East Tech at five, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (7-9) at eight and Beachwood (8-10) is 10th.
In Division III action at Howland, the area’s two representatives — Grand Valley and Pymatuning Valley — are seeded sixth and seventh, respectively, and, you guessed it, will play in a sectional semifinal on March 1.
The winner between coach Luke Strohm’s Mustangs (11-7) and coach Ryan Fitch’s Lakers (11-6) will move on to tangle with third-seeded Berkshire (12-5) in a sectional championship game March 5.
Newton Falls (15-3), LaBrae (12-6), Brookfield (9-7) and Cardinal (11-6) round out the top five seeds.
The rest of the field includes Mineral Ridge (6-11), Girard (4-13), Champion (4-13), Lakeview (3-15), Liberty (4-15) and winless Garfield (0-16) at eight through 13.
In Division IV play, SS. John and Paul will play Windham in a sectional semifinal in Warren.
Coach Tom Penna’s 14th-seeded Heralds (1-15) and the fifth-seeded Bombers (7-9) will tangle March 2.
Mathews (14-2), Maplewood (13-4), Bloomfield (12-4), and Mogadore (9-7) are the top seeds at the tournament.
Rounding out the six through 13 seeds are Lordstown (6-10), Bristol (5-12), Newbury (5-12), Southington (4-13), Warren JFK (2-15), Ledgemont (2-15), Badger (1-15) and Fairport (1-16).
Brackets for all four tournaments will appear this week.
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Dragons highest area seed for boys
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Comforts of home
A trip home led to a meteoric improvement for Ohio State Buckeye Mallory Kreider, who destroyed her personal best in the 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) by 52 seconds Friday night during the Spire Division I Indoor Track and Field Invitational.
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Look out for Lakeside
Lakeside coach Rob Pisano has been waiting for this moment. And waiting. And waiting.
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Falcons fall
As the Jefferson Falcons’ rise to respectability under first-year coach Jeremy Huber continues, they have continuously improved on certain aspects of their game.
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A case for the offense
Forget offense versus defense. When Edgewood hosted Conneaut on Friday night, It was offense versus offense. And the Warriors won, 69-59.
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Familiar refrain for Torok & Co.
Geneva boys basketball coach Scott Torok is no Bill Murray. However, he may feel like a character in the actor’s movie “Groundhog Day.”
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Perry raids Harvey
The Perry boys can celebrate the fact they have now won twice in a row, and they deserve to do that. But along with Friday’s 66-54 win against visiting Harvey came a sight that nobody ever wants to see.
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Scholastic Statistics:
BOYS BASKETBALL
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Lakeside 89, Madison 76
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Scholastic Schedule:
SATURDAY, FEB. 11
Girls Basketball
n Madison at Chardon (1)
n Lakeview at Edgewood (1)
n Conneaut at Jefferson (6)
n Lakeside at Riverside (1)
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Riverside sneaks past Edgewood
Riverside wrestling coach Scott Blank learned a good deal of what he knows from Edgewood coach Greg Stolfer as a former Warrior great. Thursday, he used a bit of that knowledge to get the better of his old coach as the Beavers bested the Warriors, 31-28, at Edgewood.
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Madison rolls past Geneva
Madison recovered from coming out on the short end of a pin in the first match of the night by taking six of the next seven matches against Geneva and capped the night with pins from their last pair of grapplers in dismantling the Eagles, 49-17.
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